Topic: Canberra

Canberra wins W-League soccer title

A Michelle Heyman double helped Canberra United to their maiden W-League crown in an action-packed 3-2 win over Brisbane Roar on Saturday.. ...

A pokies trial in the ACT is bordering on the futile

THERE are two good reasons why you wouldn't want to rely on the results of Julia Gillard's much-ballyhooed poker machine trial in the Australian...

Numbers show why clubs are addicted

The numbers tell the story. I know numbers are a big turn-off, but bear with me because the story is important, and precisely because numbers are a...

ACT women for UN summit

The sisterhood is thriving in Canberra and ready to take the fight for women's rights global.. United Nations Women Australia - formerly UNIFEM -...

Lease of 'own land' was impetus for campaign

It was pitch black in the earliest hours of the morning the minute the tent embassy was born.. About 1am on January 26, 1972, four Aboriginal men...
Full Comment's Araminta Wordsworth brings you a daily round-up of quality punditry from across the globe. Today: Long before the Occupy Wall Street...

Roar aim to ruin Canberra United's season

Brisbane Roar coach Jeff Hopkins believes last week's tempestuous semi-final win leaves the reigning champions in good stead to face Canberra ...
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard fled an event celebrating Australia's National Day at a Canberra restaurant today as a protest outside...

Australian PM flees Aboriginal protest

!--paging_filter-- Things got very ugly between Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's entourage and a group of Aboriginal protesters at an...
In a bold strike of the kind we hope to see in a lot of nations this year, a protesting group of indigenous people mobbed Australian prime minster...