Essay: Australian generosity to global neighbours ignored in new government budget
PETER KEEGAN, director of advocacy at Baptist World Aid Australia, says Australia’s Federal Budget, handed down on Tuesday night, contains nothing new to celebrate in terms of foreign aid…
Australia boosts emergency funding for bushfire-affected businesses
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia on Monday boosted emergency grants and loans for small businesses hit by bushfires that have ravaged the country during the peak tourist season, as firefighters used cooler weather to prepare for a return of hazardous fire conditions. The fires have killed 29 people and millions of animals, destroyed more than 2,500 homes […]
Drought-hit Australian towns prepare for “unimaginable”water crisis
Guyra, AustraliaReuters The little town of Guyra in eastern Australia lies next to a freshwater lagoon just half a day’s drive from Sydney, but its drinking water is due to run dry in 400 days’ time. The local authorities have been trucking in fresh water, built a pipeline to a local dam and will soon […]
Blocking of same-sex marriage plebiscite may work to “secure the preservation of marriage”, says ACL
The blocking of the Federal Government’s plans for a national plebiscite on the issue of legalising same-sex marriage in the Senate last night “might work to secure the preservation of marriage in the long term”, according to the Australian Christian Lobby. A bill to hold a non-binding plebiscite on the issue of changing the Marriage […]