Surfrider Foundation Australia will soon lose its major sponsor, cosmetics giant Garnier, causing a critical shortage of funds in its campaign. Surfrider is a non-profit environmental organisation that works for the protection and improvement of the world’s waves and beaches. It celebrated the ninth International Surfing Day yesterday with fundraisers in Sydney, Perth, Gold coast, Melbourne…
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Easy access has turned Rouse Hill Shopping Centre into a target for young thugs. Employees at some retail stores at a Sydney shopping centre have been banned from leaving alone at night for fear of being targeted by young troublemakers on a crime spree. Though Rouse Hill Town Centre provides a relaxed, landscaped open plan area…
DetailsIt’s official: the Socceroos are on their way to the 2014 World Cup after beating Iraq 1-0 last night. It fell to sub Josh Kennedy to book Australia’s place in Brazil, their third straight World Cup, after 82 minutes without a goal. In his first appearance for the Socceroos in over 19 months after he…
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Facebook has adopted #hashtags as used on other social media sites like Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr and Pinterest. Facebook users will click hashtags to take them to feeds of what other people and pages have said about topics, allowing them to join larger conversations. Posts will not be universally visible; all hashtags will still be subject…
DetailsThe Australian Defence Force has come under fire over incidents of sexual misconduct. Lieutenant-General David Morrison, Chief of the Army, took the unusual step of issuing a video message denouncing the acts of Defence Force members. In a video posted on the Defence website, he condemned degrading action against women, warning soldiers, “if that does not…
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The Arab spring of 2012 was a political revolution for the Middle East and north Africa, but it reflected the social revolution that has swept the world. For the first time, international observers did not need to rely on television or radio to find out what was happening in Egypt or Libya. Just by logging…
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Sea Shepherd’s Paul Watson with Australia’s former Greens senator Bob Brown in 2011. Paul Watson, the founder of the Sea Shepherd conservation campaign, has offered a $30,000 reward for the conviction of those involved in the murder of a Costa Rican turtle conservationist last month. Jairo Mora Sandoval and four volunteers were trying to protect…
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