Tag: Canberra

The Old Parliament House front door was set alight for a second time and is severely damaged. The act on the building is not condoned.

National Capital Authority gives the okay for the first phase of works, but acknowledges significant public concerns.

Senators and staffers went to great lengths to stop program that investigated behaviour and misconduct of parliamentarians, union claims.

Australia's usually unheralded bureaucratic capital, Canberra, has rocketed up the traveller's charts, according to Lonely Planet.

Arts, sports, beaches, culture and nature. Australia is a land of beauty and abundance. Here's six top spots for the visitor to get a big hit of Down Under.

Sparking controversy; Joe Hockey's comments to first-time home owners complaining about property prices is simple, "Get a good job that pays good money."

The annual hot air balloon festival in Canberra sure makes for exhilarating photographs. Take a look at the incredible array of balloons dotted across the sky of Australia's capital over these past few days.

Where is best to live, work, be seen and find a date? Australia is doing pretty well in all departments.

Australia and its regions dominate OECD wellbeing living rankings, with Canberra rated the world's best city.

Public holidays are costing the economy in more way than one says a new report, particularly in Canberra.

The Great Barrier Reef and Uluru are getting less tourist attention and the Australian War Memorial is now named among the top 25 global tourist destinations.

If you plan your holidays based on where you can get the best tucker you are not alone says Tourism Australia.

In reaction to the annual cull of thousands of kangaroos, animal rights group Alphadog says kangaroo numbers can be controlled in a non-lethal way and is working with Australian officials on an experiment to administer birth control to hundreds of kangaroos.

Liberal MP Andrew Laming says he has no regrets about standing on his head and drinking a beer - and his boss isn't too concerned either.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott oversaw the oaths for 24 people becoming Australian citizens in sunny Canberra on Sunday.

A desperate Canberra resident has launched an online campaign to help find his 1.8 metre-long missing python.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has given Indonesia assurances Australia will not spy on Jakarta anymore as she tries to repair the damage to bilateral ties.

Fire services were called to a Vodafone shop in Canberra after a new iPad air exploded.

Two Australian Defence Force Academy cadets have been found guilty over the ADFA Skype sex scandal.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott have made their YouTube music debut alongside a host of Australian politicians, starring in Canberra band Super Best Friends clip for their latest single ‘Round and Round’.

Former PM John Howard isn’t sure Julian Assange has committed a crime, but rates him as “an attention seeker of the worst kind”.

Sydney and the surrounding area have so much to offer. If you're planning a few weeks there, then you need to make sure you pack as much as possible in. Here's our guide to the best places to visit to help you make the most of your holiday.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has hit back at the Newman government’s ban on federal Education Minister Peter Garrett visiting schools in the state by ordering all Labor MPs to stand outside school gates and push the Gonski reforms to parents that are dropping off and collecting their children.

Opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison was left looking red-faced as a dozen journalists abandoned a press conference he’d called outside Canberra’s Parliament House to chase down Labor rival Joel Fitzgibbon.

Several weeks after having a sandwich thrown at her during a school visit in Queensland, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been forced to dodge more projectile food while announcing the Australian Capital Territory’s signing up to the Gonski education reforms at Canberra's Lyneham High School.

Feminist icon Ita Buttrose says it’s unfair Prime Minister Julia Gillard cops flak for her clothes, empty fruit bowl and her hair. Ms Buttrose also called for the introduction of quotas to address the minority representation of women in boardrooms.

Head of Australian Art at the National Gallery of Australia, Dr Anna Gray, is to present this year’s Menzies Lecture at the King’s College London Menzies Centre for Australian Studies next Tuesday 30 April 2013. The topic is Building Australia's Cultural Capital 1913-2013.

The Australian invasion of Hollywood has never been more evident than in Stoker, a Hitchcock style thriller now showing in UK theatres.