Intervention shocks Canadian child welfare expert
A Canadian child services expert says she is horrified by human rights abuses that go on under the federal intervention. abc.net.au |
Bernanke still confident despite sluggish US growth
The US federal reserve will take more aggressive steps to boost growth if the economic outlook "deteriorated significantly," the central bank chief Ben Bernanke said on Friday. abc.net.au |
Scheme promises Indigenous savings help
An expert on micro loans is looking to trial a savings and financial program in Queensland's South Burnett region to help Indigenous communities. abc.net.au |
Murdered nun could be our next saint
VATICAN to consider candidacy of football-loving sister who was murdered by terrorists in Peru. heraldsun.com.au |
Massive Hanoi fireworks blast kills four
Three foreigners and one Vietnamese person were killed in a fireworks explosion during preparations for Hanoi's showcase millennium celebrations, official sources said on Wednesday. abc.net.au |