Australasia
The last king of Tonga?
Tongans have traditionally worshipped their kings. But the incumbent's subjects are increasingly disaffected – and revolution is in the air. Kathy Marks reports
Inside Australasia
Pope condemns 'evil betrayal' by sex-abuse priests
Sunday, 20 July 2008
Benedict XVI says scandal shames church and calls for justice for victims
Pope hits out at consumer culture during Australia trip
Friday, 18 July 2008
Future generations are likely to inherit a planet whose resources have been scarred and squandered to fuel an insatiable consumer culture, the Pope warned yesterday.
'I can't shake off that bad cough': world's oldest blogger logs off
Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Some older people have an aversion to the internet and its myriad forms of communication. Not Olive Riley, who began blogging last year at the age of 107 and posted more than 70 entries before dying in an Australian nursing home last weekend.
Pope's Australia visit overshadowed by abuse case
Sunday, 13 July 2008
Allegations that a priest sex scandal was covered up and a row about civil liberties threaten to blight six-day Sydney festival
Australia faces food crisis as rivers reach new low
Friday, 11 July 2008
The drought in Australia's main food bowl, the Murray-Darling Basin, has worsened, with record low inflows into the river system in June and an even gloomier situation predicted for the coming months.
A miracle pill, a sports team and the most wanted man in Australia
Wednesday, 9 July 2008
Tim Johnston seemed to have found the answer to the global energy crisis: a pill, which when popped into a car's engine, improved fuel efficiency by one-third and cut harmful emissions.
World's smallest state aims to become the first smoke-free paradise island
Wednesday, 9 July 2008
It is the world's smallest self-governing state, with a population of just 1,400 and few resources other than fish and coconuts. But the South Pacific island of Niue believes it can set an example by becoming the first country in the world to go smoke-free.
Art or abuse? Fury over image of naked girl
Tuesday, 8 July 2008
A magazine has reignited debate about the censorship of artworks
Night at the Iguanas could finally end the career of 'Toxic Belinda'
Saturday, 5 July 2008
It started as an argument between a husband and wife political team and staff at Iguanas Waterfront Bar, a restaurant north of Sydney. Now it's Iguanagate – a scandal that could claim the scalp of one of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's new intake of Labor MPs.
Dambusters: the protest that turned the tide of global green opinion
Wednesday, 2 July 2008
It is 25 years since a band of protesters won their campaign to block the construction of a Tasmanian dam. Their success inspired a generation of environmentalists. By Kathy Marks
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