Canberra

WRC: APRC: Queensland in, Canberra out.

Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008

Rally Queensland gains Asia-Pacific status.

Vivid in Canberra

Junk for Code (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008

Vivid ---National Photography Festival-- in Canberra. The Church Gallery has an exhibition of alternative photographic processes....

Bushwalker found after three sleepless nights

News.com.au (Free subscription) | yesterday

EXHAUSTED but uninjured, bushwalker Karina Scott tucked into baked beans and ham this morning after surviving a three night ordeal missing in rugged mountains near Canberra.

Australian woman becomes governor general

Moldova.org (Free subscription) | yesterday

Quentin Bryce -- a lawyer, grandmother and feminist -- was sworn in Friday as the first female governor-general of Australia.Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his wife, Therese Rein, greeted Bryce when she arrived at Government House in Canberra to take the oath of office, The Age reported.Australians, you have entrusted a great deal to me, Bryce said. I will honor your trust wholeheartedly.Bryce takes...

• Australia swears in first woman governor-general - Reuters
• Australia swears in first woman governor-general - Reuters UK
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Bryce assumes mantle of Australia's governor-general

The Age (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008

Canberra's great Parliament House was made for days like this.

Experts: 'Global Warming Heat Stress' Threatening Nations

Global Warming Is A Hoax (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008

Wednesday, September 03, 2008 CANBERRA, Australia — Climate change is likely to first hurt developing countries which could become almost too hot to successfully grow essential crops, international experts told a conference Wednesday. World Bank Vice President for Sustainable Development Katherine Sierra told a scientific conference in Canberra that "heat stress" from global warming posed a serious...

• 'Heat stress' a threat to nations - IOL

First Lady Vice-Regal of Australia

The Monarchist (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008

The Queen, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia, has been pleased to approve the appointment of Ms Quentin Bryce as the next Governor-General of Australia. This morning at Parliament House, Canberra, Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended a ceremony at which Ms Bryce was sworn-in as the twenty-fifth Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. Watch the full...

Australia gets first female governor general

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008

Sydney - Quentin Bryce was Friday sworn in at Parliament House in Canberra as Australia's 25th governor-general, as the first female to fill the position. Bryce, 65, is now the representative in Australia of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. ...

BloomKlein Model in the Land of Oz

Ednotes Online - The Blog (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008

I received an email from Trevor Cobbold, a parent activist, who is based in Canberra, Australia's capital and is involved with Save Our Schools Canberra. He wrote an article for the Canberra Times addressing the situation in New York in terms of school reporting: Ideology win in school reporting The Rudd Government's ''education revolution'' is looking more and more like an extension of the Howard...

Open Garnaut Review Targets and Trajectories thread

Larvatus Prodeo (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008

Ross Garnaut will be at the National Press Club in Canberra today at 12.30pm to release his next report - on Targets and Trajectories. There’s been a fair degree of speculation around that he will recommend a low target. Bernard Keane wrote in Crikey the other day: Ross Garnaut’s Supplementary Draft Report to be released on Friday [...]

Canberra wants to spike Moscow's uranium guns

Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti commentator Tatyana Sinitsyna) - Reports from the Associated Press and other sources tell us Australia has not remained immune to the "Georgian incident": Canberra has warned Moscow that it may put on hold agreements on uranium supplies to Russia. Meanwhile the Kremlin has not received any Australian diplomatic note, oral or written, and nor has Russia's Nuclear Power Agency (Rosatom)....

• Canberra has warned Moscow that it may put on hold agreements on uranium supplies to Russia. - Russia News Net

Australia shopping centre bans "hoodies" to cut crime

ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008

CANBERRA (Reuters Life!) - An Australian shopping centre has banned customers from covering their heads with sweatshirt hoods or caps in a bid to reduce crime and to improve the image of the mall as a safe place.

Bennett has no regrets

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008

WHEN Wayne Bennett left Canberra to coach the Brisbane Broncos in 1988, he thought he would be lucky to last three years.

"Twilight" author drops new book after Web leak

Reuters (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008

CANBERRA, Australia (Reuters) - Stephenie Meyer, author of the best-selling young adult "Twilight" books, has put the fifth and final installment in the series on hold in protest after a partial draft was posted on the Internet.

• Stephenie Meyer Puts 5th Book On Hold Due To “Midnight Sun” Internet Leak - Pulse2
• Leak Halts Fifth Twilight - SCI FI Wire
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Raiders to appeal Learoyd-Lahrs ban

ABC (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008

The Canberra Raiders have been granted leave to appeal against the seven-match ban imposed on forward Tom Learoyd-Lahrs for a dangerous throw.