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Mathias Cormann calls for greater foreign aid despite role in Australian cuts

OECD leader urges increase despite previously defending Australia’s cuts while finance minister

The Guardian - AU · Apr 13, 2022

Fourth resident dies during St Anne's Nursing Home COVID outbreak in Broken Hill

Nurses from across Australia are called in to support St Anne's Nursing Home in Broken Hill, as the centre's COVID outbreak worsens and another resident dies. But finding accommodation for the nurses poses another challenge.

ABC News · Apr 13, 2022

Colonial and nationalist myths are recast in Yumna Kassab's Australiana

Yumna Kassab’s Australiana: A Novel is mostly set in an unnamed regional town, likely Tamworth, in northern NSW and in other nearby locations like Barraba, Uralla and the Pilliga. It tells of the lives of ordinary people, their relationships with the land and homes in which they dwell, the objects…

The Conversation · Apr 13, 2022

New CA coach McDonald prioritises workload

Cricket Australia has confirmed Justin Langer's full-time successor, with Andrew McDonald given a four-year contract to coach the men's team.

AAP · Apr 12, 2022

Help save a life this Easter weekend

There is an urgent call for blood donations this Easter long weekend after supplies have dropped to record low levels. There is currently only enough supplies of emergency blood type O negative to last one and a half days. For the first time, Newcastle Blood Donor Centre will open its…

Newcastle Herald · Apr 12, 2022

'I always have trouble with forms': homeless people on how poor literacy affects them – and what would help

Homelessness remains a huge problem in Australia and an important contributing factor is low literacy levels.

The Conversation · Apr 12, 2022

With hugs, tears and Maori performers, NZ welcomes Australian visitors as curbs ease

New Zealand welcomed hundreds of travellers from Australia with emotional scenes on Wednesday as it opened its borders to its trans-Tasmanian neighbour for the first time since mid-2021.

Reuters · Apr 12, 2022

Art Gallery of South Australia’s Adelaide Biennial exhibition interrogates South Australia’s history of slavery, environmental degradation

The Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art invited 25 artists to reflect on ideas of freedom, the state, and states of being - and the resulting works sometimes hit close to home.

ABC News · Apr 12, 2022

PM distances government from private member’s bill – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Apr 12, 2022

Jodie reckons a cruise is as COVID-safe as her local supermarket, and she's among thousands who can't wait for their return

Cruising is one of the last industries to reopen in Australia after COVID, but the first ship is about to arrive.

ABC News · Apr 12, 2022