STRANGESIGHTS: VEGEMITE AND…CHOCOLATE?; CAPTAIN KIDD’S TREASURE FOUND?; AND, CATCHING A FALLING PLANE IN A SPIDER’S WEB…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
AUSTRALIAN BUDGET REACTION: REFUGEE AND HUMANITARIAN AID ADVOCATES SAY “MEAN- SPIRITED” AND “SHORT-SIGHTED” BUDGET FAILS TO RESPOND TO WORLD’S HUMANITARIAN CRISES
DAVID ADAMS reports on reaction from refugee and humanitarian advocacy groups to Tuesday’s Federal Budget…
At least 40 more killed as s another large quake hits Nepal
At least 40 people have reportedly been killed and hundreds more injured after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal only two weeks after more than 8,000 people were killed in an earlier quake. The epicentre of the latest quake, which struck at 12.50pm local time, was some 76 kilometres northeast of the capital of Kathmandu […]
ESSAY: THE COMFORTABLE NATION THAT WOULDN’T
BEN THURLEY, national coordinator of Micah Challenge, reflects on the impact of the cuts made to Australia’s foreign aid budget over the past few years…