Legacy of love sustains Aussie aid worker’s forsaken children in Gaza
Life was difficult enough for the late Jean Calder’s physically disabled adopted children in Gaza. And then war came, unleashing nightly fear and even more hardship.
Jamie Walker
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Four years ‘wasted’ in Games backflips, auditor-general finds
A review of planning for the 2032 Olympics has found Brisbane squandered the priceless advantage of time.
All aboard as Albo puts gravy train back on track
The Prime Minister let rip, splurging $3bn on childcare and early education, in a dress rehearsal for next year’s federal election campaign.
‘The inmates’ anguished cries for help could now be heard’
Fifty years later Bill Jauncey doesn’t know how he held on with two fellow guards and more than 90 prisoners in their custody, as Darwin’s Fannie Bay Gaol was torn to pieces by Cyclone Tracy.
Premier pressed to break election pledge on Olympic stadium
The surprise move by 2032 Olympic Games organising boss Andrew Liveris to back a new Brisbane stadium intensifies pressure on the Queensland Premier to abandon an election pledge on the issue.
Liveris Olympic stadium call: it’s game on
Brisbane Olympics organising boss Andrew Liveris has dramatically backed a new stadium for the 2032 Games, revealing a multi-billion-dollar venue at inner-city Victoria Park ‘makes the most sense’.
No glitz or glamour, just great Games
Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie says politicians will be ‘stepping back’ on Olympic planning amid 100 day venue review.
Chastity for priests ‘archaic and unhelpful’
Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane Jeremy Greaves has defended changes to the church’s code of conduct for priests and staff. But the Archbishop of Sydney can’t see how the amendment ‘improves the standard’.
Chastity changes for priests chafe with church conservatives
Anglican priests need not be ‘chaste’ under a change of policy in the progressive Diocese of Perth that has angered traditionalists and stoked tension over moral standards.
Olympics probe run by donor to the LNP
The ‘independent’ review of Brisbane’s stalled Olympic venues program will be headed by a businessman who gave more than $12,000 to the Queensland Liberal National Party.
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