When Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan delivered the national budget yesterday, he blamed the nation’s $17.8 billion deficit on …
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Harsh Sentence a Warning to Australia’s Youthful Muslim Zealots
In almost any circumstance, pushing a police officer and kicking a police dog aren’t considered smart things to do. But does that behavior — even if it took place during the chaos and fury of a riot — deserve four years and …
Sea Search Ends for 2 Australian Cruise Passengers
(SYDNEY) — Police late Friday ended the ocean search for two cruise ship passengers lost overboard two days earlier off eastern Australian.
Aircraft and ships that covered 4,670 square kilometers (1,360 square nautical miles) of ocean during the search north of Sydney did not find any sign of the Australian couple, New South Wales …
The Epic Vistas of the World’s Largest Algae Farm
Steve Back’s work might look like a series of Rothko paintings, but they are, in fact, stunning pictures of algae. Hutt Lagoon is a Western Australian salt lake that contains the world’s largest system of algae farms; they get …
Israel’s Prisoner X: A Spy Caught Between Two Countries?
Why did an Australian end up in one of the most infamous prison cells in Israel?
Australian Kids Face Birthday Candle Ban to Prevent Spreading Germs
The new hygiene regulations have been slammed by the Australian Medical Association as “bubble-wrapping.”
Wildfires Scorch Australia As Temperatures Reach Record Highs
The heat wave across Australia has spiked to unfathomable levels as the ominously-labeled “dome of heat” blankets the continent, sparking wildfires that have caused more than $60 million in damage and claimed more than 120 homes
When Massacres Force Change: Lessons from the U.K. and Australia
Separate mass shootings sixteen years ago in the U.K. and Australia prompted soul-searching, anger and a rapid political response in both London and Canberra. The resulting legislation saved lives.
“Australia’s new offshore processing law is a giant step backward in the treatment of refugees and asylum seekers”
Must-Reads from Around the World, August 13, 2012
Egypt’s president makes his move against the military, Germany mulls a referendum on the E.U. and Australia’s expert panel on asylum policy reports.
Must-Reads from Around the World, July 10, 2012
Today’s picks: the stormy waters of the South China Sea, India faces the fallout from late monsoon rains and a controversial German writer and economist (not surprisingly) speaks his mind
Must-Reads from Around the World, May 3, 2012
Dependent Dissident – As Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng undergoes medical procedures at a Beijing hospital after leaving his refuge at the U.S. Embassy in China, the Washington Post poses questions about the deal brokered …
After a Week of Bad News, NATO Talks Endgame in Afghanistan
The shadow of American misdeeds fell over a NATO summit of defense and foreign ministers in Brussels. A visibly irritated Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta apologized for the acts of U.S. soldiers who posed in front of the …
