Canberra

...injury. Though rare, it is not uncommon for kangaroos to attack humans. Earlier this year a nine-foot kangaroo invaded a house in Canberra during the night, terrifying its occupants, and last year a jogger was attacked by a kangaroo in the...

In this article: Dog, Melbourne, British Airways, and Sydney

...long, people with a disability have had to battle a service system that simply isn't up to meeting their complex needs," Mr Rudd said in Canberra. "The Australian government believes that we need to rethink how we support people with...

In this article: Kevin Rudd, Australia, and Medicare

...wind. Inspired by overseas visits where electric cars were being backed by local government, he said as many as 500 electric vehicles in Canberra could be operational by 2013. The infrastructure, funded and organised by both Californian...

In this article: Electric car, Global warming, Chevy Volt, Coal, and Climate change

THE debt of Australia's six state governments could soon outrank the $136 billion owed by the commonwealth as they state administrations fund an ambitious infrastructure program in a bid to boost the economy. The states are expected to be...

In this article: Citi, Queensland, NSW, Coal, Revenue, and Australian Prudential Regulation Authority

...Sherard Cowper-Coles also flew to Washington twice, and other trips included New Delhi, Munich and Istanbul. A round-trip taking in Tokyo, Canberra and Islamabad cost GBP8,614 for flights alone. Daniel Bethlehem, the legal adviser to the...

In this article: London, Washington, Tokyo, New Delhi, British Airways, Britain, and UN

...of a $75 million IT project in Geelong. WESTERN Australia has rejected the argument that a referral of state law-making powers to Canberra will be needed to give the tertiary sector a new national regulator. RAMIN Pourandarjani was a...

In this article: Coal, Waratah, China, Queensland, and Hong Kong

...Rudd wants Canberra to be in charge of urban planning. The Preventive Health Taskforce wants Canberra to set bottleshop opening hours. The Greens want Canberra to be in charge of pokies licensing. But where on earth does everybody get this...

In this article: Immigration Department, Australia, and United Nations

KEVIN Rudd has not ruled out a veto of new laws to legalise civil ceremonies between same-sex couples in Canberra. The ACT parliament yesterday passed laws allowing gay and lesbian couples to formalise civil partnerships through a...

In this article: Greens, Woolworths, and Thaksin Shinawatra

The nation's war dead call loudest from Canberra's Australian War Memorial, where their names line the walls, former defence chief Peter Cosgrove says. It's a call for all Australians - commemorating Remembrance Day for the 91st time on...

In this article: Peter Cosgrove, Australia, Remembrance Day, Australian War Memorial, World War I, and Charles Bean

Greens Senator Bob Brown, with media personality Rove McManus, at the launch of the book, Earth, in Canberra According to Greens leader Bob Brown, he and the chainsaw wielding, pulp mill building John Gay, chief executive of forestry...

In this article: Bob Brown, Rove McManus, Greens, Linda Evangelista, Tasmania, Fauna and Flora International, and Gunns