Sydney : A dark-skinned doll brought on to the pitch at the end of the Australian Rugby League final has become the talking point of the game.The doll was carried by the daughter of Johnathan Thurston, captain of the winning team, North Queensland Cowboys.Thurston is an indigenous Australian, as was, for the first time in […]
Sydney : Nauru’s government is promising to open up its regional centre for asylum seekers, effectively ending detention.Justice Minister David Adeang says some 600 outstanding asylum seekers’ refugee claims would be processed within the next week.It means asylum seekers will be free to move around the island, something that has been welcomed by rights groups.All […]
Melbourne : Rosie Batty has said she has “a degree of closure” after an inquest found her son’s death at the hands of his father could not have been foreseen. Luke, 11, was bashed with a bat and stabbed to death by his father Greg Anderson at a public cricket ground in Tyabb, outside Melbourne in […]
Melbourne :For decades, Peter Blenkiron remained silent about the abuse he had suffered at age 11 at the hands of his Catholic Christian Brother teacher. Earlier this year, Mr Blenkiron relived the horror of his school days, telling an inquiry into child abuse about how he would be pressed against the wall at the back of […]
Melbourne, Sept. 26 : Hard work always pays off and so did it for a 105-year-old Japanese sprinter who defied his age to script his name in the Guinness World Records book. Hidekichi Miyazaki raised many eyebrows as he set a fresh 100 metres world record in the over-105 age category by clocking 42.22 seconds […]