Australia swears in new Labor PM ahead of Quad meeting
Sydney, Australia Reuters Australia’s Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese was sworn in as the country’s 31st Prime Minister on Monday, promising a “journey of change” as he vowed to tackle climate change, rising living costs and inequality. Labor returns to power after nine years in opposition as a wave of unprecedented support for the Greens […]
“One and Free”: prominent Australian lawmaker urges change to national anthem
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia should change the lyrics of its national anthem to honour its Indigenous people, the leader of the country’s most populous state said on Wednesday, becoming one of the most prominent lawmakers to endorse such an alteration. Australia’s national anthem includes the line “we are young and free”. But Gladys Berejiklian, Premier of […]
PICTURE SHOW: RAY AND KEN’S PHOTOGRAPHIC ADVENTURES
Images captured by Australian journalism identity Ray Martin and iconic photographer Ken Duncan during their joint – as well as separate – photographic expeditions feature in a new free exhibition at Duncan’s gallery in New South Wales from 1st to 10th November. Here are some of the images on show…
BOOKS: LATE AUSTRALIAN POET ROBERT HARRIS’ “HEART AND SKILL” ON DISPLAY IN ‘THE GANG OF ONE’
LLOYD HARKNESS reads a collection showcasing the work of the late Australian poet Robert Harris…
ESSAY: WHY AN AUSTRALIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS IS A MATTER OF NATIONAL URGENCY
In an article first published on The Conversation, GILLIAN TRIGGS, former head of the Australian Human Rights Commission and now Assistant High Commissioner for Protection at the United Nations, argues the need for more rights protections in Australia…
1000 days since kidnap of 84 year old doctor in Burkina Faso: family plea for freedom
World Watch Monitor It’s more than 1,000 days now since an Australian doctor, Ken Elliott, was kidnapped in Djibo, Burkina Faso, on 15th January, 2016. His abduction was claimed by the ‘Emirate of the Sahara’, a branch of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Dubbed ‘the Doctor of the Poor’, Dr Elliott was providing free treatment […]
Australian nun ordered to leave The Philippines
A 71-year-old Australian nun has been ordered to leave The Philippines within 30 days after immigration authorities revoked her visa for joining protest rallies. Sister Patricia Fox, co-founder and superior of the Sisters of Our Lady of Sion in the Philippines, was ordered to leave after authorities reportedly said she had engaged in activities not permitted […]
‘Typical’ Aussie a 38-year-old female who is married with two children, according to preliminary Census data release
The ‘typical’ Australian is a 38-year-old female who is married with two children, has completed Year 12 and lives in a three bedroom house with two motor vehicles, according to preliminary data from last year’s Census in Australia. Data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday also showed that the typical Australian male […]
RURAL COMMUNITIES: REMEMBERING AUSTRALIA’S FARMERS THIS CHRISTMAS
BEV HOLMES-BROWN reports on initiatives to help support farmers in the Australian outback…
BUCKING THE TREND: HOW THE LOVE OF JESUS TRANSFORMED THE LIFE OF PROFESSIONAL BULL RIDER PAUL DANIEL
DAVID ADAMS speaks to cowboy Paul Daniel about how an encounter with God redefined his life…