Stopping sexual harrassment 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,...
View ArticleA timely halt to the war within
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,...
View ArticleScorching increase in bushfire danger
Canberra could be facing a nearly 70 per cent increase in dangerous bushfire weather in less than seven years as the result of climate change, according to Australia's Climate Commission. The report,...
View ArticleAfghan women must be top of Australia’s agenda (Amnesty International)
(Source: Amnesty International) Amnesty International says the threat of a return to the brutality of the Taliban era means the plight of Afghan women should be a foreign policy focus of all three...
View ArticleProbe into president's comments
Stood down ... Swimming Australia president Barclay Nettlefold earlier this year. Photo: Joe Armao Swimming Australia has stood down its president, Barclay Nettlefold, after a second allegation was...
View ArticleAustralia defeats New Zealand in shoot-out (AOC - Australian Olympic...
(Source: AOC - Australian Olympic Committee Inc) Australia defeats New Zealand in shoot-out 17 June 2013 Listen © Stefan Postles/Getty Images Football: The Australian women's football team claimed the...
View ArticleSuccess for Vivid but lingering fears over censorship
Relationship between Destination NSW and Reportage strained over continuing breach of contract allegations Andrew Quilty's photograph of the aftermath of a bushfire was pulled from Reportage's outdoor...
View ArticleInstitutes to join forces for war centenary
Canberra's cultural institutions are expected to make a joint effort to promote the national capital during the centenary of the First World War. They will encourage visitors from Melbourne and Sydney...
View ArticleOdisha’s katha in colour
Not of India’s north, not of its south, not lurchingly eastward enough, Odisha does not lie at the end of a directional arrow. It cannot be geographically ‘fixed’. It is a place in itself, historically...
View ArticleToot toot for rail folly
So Andrew Barr has shackled us with a $254 million black hole. Gee, we can fix that in one fell swoop. Why doesn't young Andrew grab a tin cup and knock on every door in Canberra and ask for a $700...
View ArticleAustralian Social Trends - ABS Celebrates Canberra's Centenary (Media...
(Source: ABS - Australian Bureau of Statistics) MEDIA RELEASE 29 May 2013 Embargo: 11.30 am (Canberra Time) 94/2013 ABS Celebrates Canberra's Centenary In celebration of Canberra's centenary, the...
View ArticleMartin Ferguson's resignation speech
Labor MP Martin Ferguson tells parliament he won't context the September election. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Martin Ferguson AM MP – Speech to the House of Representatives – Wednesday 29 May 2013 I wish...
View ArticleSeselja set for big campaign and even bigger clan
Zed Seselja and wife Ros, who is 27 weeks pregnant with their fifth child, at home with their four children Olivia, 5, Michael, 13, Tommy, 11, and William, 7. Photo: Melissa Adams Leaving the ACT...
View ArticleSeriously, ribbons and sugar means business
President of the ACT Cake Decorators Society, Floss Aitchison, is getting ready for the society's open day by baking a special Centenary cake. Photo: Katherine Griffiths It may be all about sugar and...
View ArticlePlanning to cope with changes
ACT's new chief planner, Dorte Ekelund outside her office in Dickson, Canberra. Photo: Melissa Adams INSTEAD of wearing her heart on her sleeve, the territory's chief planner, Dorte Ekelund, wears a...
View ArticleA matter of degrees
More than 25,000 year 12 students will have the opportunity to study at university next year, but will they be on the right course? Photo: Marina Neil In October, more than 50,000 Victorian year 12...
View ArticleCall to honour indigenous servicemen
Next year's Anzac centenary is a chance to belatedly recognise the efforts of Aboriginal servicemen during both world wars, Australian War Memorial council member Graham Edwards believes. Aborigines...
View ArticleTony Abbott transcript - Address to the NSW Liberal Party State Council,...
(Source: Liberal Party of Australia) 01/06/13 EO&E........................................................................................................................................... Thank...
View Article$900,000 push to lift tourism
Australian Capital Tourism director Ian Hill. The organisation is spending close to $1 million to attracts tourists to Canberra over the winter. Photo: Rohan Thomson Australian Capital Tourism is...
View ArticleAustralia gets 'deluge' of US secret data, prompting a new data facility
Australian intelligence agencies are receiving ''huge volumes'' of ''immensely valuable'' information from the United States including through the controversial PRISM program, Fairfax Media can reveal....
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