'A national symbol of unity': brave acts and special garden celebrated on Wattle Day Two former governors-general joined Governor-General Sam Mostyn at the ceremony. The Canberra Times · Sep 1
'Ambitious plan' to protect cornerstone species in two Scottish rivers Cairngorms National Park has announced the preparation of an “ambitious plan” to help endangered species of mussel... The National (Scotland) · Dec 2, 2024
Australia helped bring peace to Timor-Leste – but that doesn’t absolve it of a long appeasement of Indonesia The Howard government promoted itself 25 years ago as the people’s champion while at the same time affording Jakarta diplomatic cover for militia violence The Guardian - AU · Sep 7, 2024
A half-century on, distinguished jungle war veteran finds a fresh audience Former Governor General Sir Peter Cosgrove reflects on his Vietnam War experience. The Canberra Times · Jul 18, 2023
Cosgrove to fill in former role as governor-general Sir Peter Cosgrove will step back into his former role as governor-general while David Hurley and state governors are out of the country. The New Daily · Apr 27, 2023
'Clive Palmer holds the record': Government secrets and a spicy ko po chicken Sisters Amy Lo and Lin Pun have become quite the diplomats themselves. The Canberra Times · Nov 22, 2022
Milestone for Hunter Valley Wine Show Over the 50 years in their present form at Singleton, the shows have had more than 33,000 entries and awarded more than 1900 gold medals. Newcastle Herald · Aug 17, 2022
Australians ordered to extract videotaped confession from man allegedly tortured in secret interrogation centre in East Timor An Australian intelligence officer ordered interrogators to extract a videotaped confession from a Timorese man after he was allegedly tortured in a secret interrogation centre in East Timor in 1999. ABC News · Apr 13, 2022
Sir Peter Cosgrove 'dismayed' to learn of New Zealand's secret probe into allegations of torture by Australian soldiers in East Timor Former INTERFET commander Sir Peter Cosgrove denies any senior New Zealand military officials raised concerns with him about the treatment of detainees by Australian soldiers in East Timor. ABC News · Apr 12, 2022
An Australian soldier was accused of kicking corpses in East Timor. What the NZ SAS witnessed went much further Secret documents reveal eyewitness accounts from New Zealand soldiers who said an Australian SAS operator brutalised corpses in East Timor in 1999. ABC News · Apr 4, 2022