Quiney back, McKay out (The Age)
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:18:39 GMT
Victoria welcomes fit-again batsman Rob Quiney into its squad for Ford Ranger Cup final against Tasmania after receiving word paceman Clint McKay off limits.
Britain sorry for shipping children to colonies (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:04:55 GMT
Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologized on Wednesday for past British policies of shipping thousands of poor children abroad, mostly without their parents' knowledge, to former colonies where many suffered abuse.
'I lost my childhood,' say survivors of migrant scheme - Feature (EARTHtimes.org)
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:26:26 GMT
London - Maree Mason remembers a childhood totally devoid of human love and passion in Nazareth House, the church-run home in Western Australia where she was sent at the age of eight in 1947. The beatings, humiliations, the pain and terror of my c...
Ukraine's leading English-language newspaper since 1995 (KYIV Post)
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:52:02 GMT
Thousands were sent from orphanages and institutions in Britain to Commonwealth countries, mainly Australia and Canada, under the Child Migrants Programme which ended 40 years ago.
Child migrant's 'stolen life' (BBC News)
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:27:20 GMT
A child migrant on the trauma of being sent Down Under
Child migrant recalls his 'stolen life' (BBC News)
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:24:00 GMT
The BBC's Alison Holt talks to one of the last child migrants shipped to Australia for a "better life" after World War II.
Why alcohol is as bad as crack (News.com.au)
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:01:00 GMT
THIS year, 65,000 of us will be hospitalised from alcohol-related injuries and another 3,500 will die. So why is drinking still so culturally acceptable?
Drug trafficking not guilty plea (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:55:33 GMT
A 31-year-old Canberra man has pleaded not guilty to a drug charge relating to alleged involvement in a drug trafficking network based in Tasmania.
Insulation fraud claims already with auditor (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:43:20 GMT
Calls for an investigation into allegations of fraud within the now-axed home insulation scheme have come a day late, according to a spokesman for the federal minister responsible for the program.
Liberals back tougher laws on police assault (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:55:29 GMT
Tasmania's Liberals are now backing mandatory sentencing for serious assaults against police and emergency service workers.
