Editorial
15 Nov 09 | IT'S THE first step in a long road to recovery for thousands of people who lost their childhoods.
The Federal Government's apology tomorrow to those left in orphanages and foster care across the country after World War II is a significant shift forward in what has been a slow-moving recognition of a damaging and shameful period in Australian history.
14 Nov 09 | He'd only just cleared his throat. Called everyone's attention to the auction. Looked briefly for a patch of shade out of the sun. There was none. Boy what a stinker of a day. Then thump.
14 Nov 09 | The Rudd Government is being openly contemptuous in its treatment of the citizens of the ACT over the issue of gay marriage.
08 Nov 09 | WE HUG them, climb them, take shelter under them, plant them in commemoration of those lost, fill our city with them and need them to survive. Trees have a powerful and emotional effect on a
07 Nov 09 | All citizens of Canberra will feel a slight surge of pleasure at the news that ACT students are outperforming their counterparts in other Australian states and territories.
07 Nov 09 | Singer Tex Perkins seems to relish the end of newlywed bliss. ''This just ain't fun no more. Don't know what to say. The honeymoon is over baby. It's never gonna be that way again.''
01 Nov 09 | CHILD care in Australia is not unlike a toy that requires a child to fit the right shape into the right hole. And perhaps a child could do better in sorting out the current state of the indus
31 Oct 09 | Many Australians believe our national psyche is defined through sporting prowess and that, as a consequence, winning means everything. The corollary is that success and therefore national pride must be measured by the number of gold medals won at an Olympics.
25 Oct 09 | AS MORE research warns us of the worsening epidemic of obesity and related illnesses, such as diabetes, it is clearly time for a hands-on, pragmatic approach to tackling the problem early.
24 Oct 09 | Like all decisions made on the run, there is nothing pretty about Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's attempts to head off the current stream of asylum seekers headed for Australian shores. To
18 Oct 09 | AS THE so-called floodgates open for refugees to wash over Australian shores, so too has opinion flooded the letters pages of this and many other newspapers around the country.
How quick
17 Oct 09 | Australian obstetrician and gynaecologist Catherine Hamlin is thankful to still be carrying out surgery at the age of 85.
15 Oct 09 | It is rare nowadays for Opposition backbencher Philip Ruddock to appear in the media spotlight, for which many people may feel thankful. But the former immigration minister and attorney-general can always be relied on for a public comment in defence of the policies which he discharged so assiduously while serving in government.
11 Oct 09 | THE DECISION to award the Nobel Peace Prize to United States President Barack Obama has attracted disbelief, outrage, insult and support in equal measure.
Hours after the announcement, many
10 Oct 09 | It was not surprising that John Hargreaves should have cited fatigue from ''negative media attention'' as the main reason for his resignation from cabinet on Thursday. He was the subj
05 Oct 09 | The purchase of Calvary public hospital by the ACT Government from the Little Company of Mary, which has managed it since inception, was inevitable once the ACT Government determined its, no
03 Oct 09 | Malcolm Turnbull has embarked on a classic ''crash through or crash'' approach on climate change. Following in the footsteps of eminent political leaders such as Labor's Gough Wh
27 Sep 09 | OPTIMISM. Is there a word more often employed to capture the Australian spirit?
A nation of battlers, a well-worn platitude but well-earned nonetheless.
The she'll-be-right attitude has carried Australia through war years, through stretches of drought. Through fire and flood.
26 Sep 09 | Sydney residents woke to a red dawn on Wednesday; a dramatic pall of dust that one tabloid newspaper described as being akin to a ''dusty doomsday''. It was indeed an awe-inspiring si
23 Sep 09 | What's the difference between middle-class welfare and help for the needy?