Canberra Stadium, Manuka to get repairs
Manuka Oval is due for more upgrades. Photo: Rohan Thomson CANBERRA'S two elite sporting venues will be temporarily closed for business at the same time. Canberra Stadium will join Manuka Oval in...
View ArticleKirklees Council joins national campaign to get more people cycling....
(Source: Kirklees Council) Kirklees is a great place to cycle, and with the partnership there will be even more opportunities to get out and about on a bike in the area - with Sky Ride Local, Breeze...
View ArticleFour more decades of print now in digital
For this morning's reader, the daily miracle of this morning's $2.80 Canberra Times is a jolly useful and entertaining thing. But for researchers (historians, say, and genealogists) this same edition...
View ArticleAsian Cup 2015 launches multicultural event (FFA - Football Federation...
(Source: FFA - Football Federation Australia Limited) The AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015 Local Organising Committee (LOC) today launched a program to engage Melbourne's multicultural communities ahead of...
View ArticleThe Ashes 2013: Australia captain Michael Clarke to see London specialist...
Michael Clarke will see a specialist in London tomorrow about the back trouble which forced him to miss Australia's Champions Trophy warm-up game today against India in Cardiff. Worrying times: Michael...
View Article'Yes' case in referendum receives $20m
Local government minister Anthony Albanese (left) and Labor colleagues arrive for the Australian Council of Local Government Awards dinner on Sunday. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen The campaign against...
View ArticleAustralia needs treaty to bury racist history
Eddie McGuire's controversial comments last week about using dual AFL Brownlow medallist Adam Goodes to promote the musical King Kong tap a long history of Australian racism. As white Australians we...
View ArticleChina steals new Australia spy agency blueprints: Report
SYDNEY: Foreign Minister Bob Carr on Tuesday insisted ties with China would not be hurt by a report that Chinese hackers have stolen top secret blueprints to Australia's new intelligence agency...
View Article'Yes' case in referendum receives $10. 5m federal funding
Local government minister Anthony Albanese (left) and Labor colleagues arrive for the Australian Council of Local Government Awards dinner on Sunday. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen The campaign against...
View ArticleCulture boost for Croydon could be a fine legacy (Croydon London Borough...
(Source: Croydon London Borough Council) Culture in Croydon could be set for a multimillion pound investment following the proposed sale of part of an antique Chinese ceramics collection. The council...
View ArticleMinister for Defence – Australia and India Defence Ministers’ Dialogue...
(Source: Australian Government) Today in Canberra I conducted a formal bilateral Defence Ministers' Dialogue with India's Minister of Defence, Mr A. K. Antony. Minister Antony arrived in Australia on...
View ArticleCensorship is stifling Australia's artistic freedom of expression
Challenging Australian artworks are being attacked and censored. If we are only permitted to view 'correct' works then art's primary function is destroyed Protest at the Linden Centre for Contemporary...
View ArticleHeart Of Glass (St Helens RFC Ltd)
(Source: St Helens RFC Ltd) SAINTS will be working with some of the biggest names in St Helens on an exciting new arts project. The Heart of Glass project, led by the Saints Community Development...
View ArticleWayne Swan: Australia needs to kick-start Republican debate
The Treasurer argues in a new book there should be a vote 'sooner rather than later' to decide the best model for a Republic Deputy prime minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan Photograph: Str/AFP/Getty...
View ArticleLaunch day of the Floral Pavilion Ambassadors, Volunteer Stewarding scheme...
(Source: Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council) New Brighton's Floral Pavilion Theatre and Conference Centre are now recruiting for a new volunteer stewarding scheme that could give you an exciting...
View ArticleIndia and Australia to Hold Defence Talks Today (PIB 5-6-2013) (Prime...
(Source: Prime Minister’s Office of India) On the second leg of his three-nation official visit, The Defence Minister AK Antony arrived in Perth from Singapore yesterday (Tuesday). Mr Antony was...
View ArticleSaving history reaps reward
Michael Pearson, AO Dr. Michael Pearson in front of the Amitabha Buddha, Kamakura, Japan. Photo: Supplied Noel Bissett, OAM Petronella Wensing, OAM Kris Macauley, AM Mike Callaghan, AM By collaborating...
View ArticleFairfax Australia unveils digital paywalls
Fairfax Australia is to introduce subscriptions for the digital versions of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age from next month, 18 years after the launch of the newspapers' websites. From July 2,...
View ArticleSwimming boss stood down for 'inappropriate comments'
Barclay Nettlefold with swimmers Matthew Targett and James Roberts during a press conference in Sydney in June. Photo: AP Swimming Australia has stood down its president Barclay Nettlefold after a...
View ArticleChanging the culture in the Australian military
It was one of the most important speeches in Australian military history, but not a word has been written about it. On an ear-bitingly cold day in New York this year, Australia's Army Chief,...
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