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Ask Afonso de Jesus what he knows about avian influenza (H5N1) and the answer is worrying. “What’s that?” the 27-year-old chicken vendor asked, holding a bird he hopes to sell on the open market in Dili, the Timorese capital. “I...

Europe, according to the Australian Toilet Organisation, offers gold class public facilities in which to spend a penny (or euro). "If you compare our public toilets to countries overseas, our public toilets are quite good (and) there are a reasonable...

WaterAid Australia estimates more than 1000 children die from diarrhoea in East Timor each year and poor sanitation is a reason for this. Its chief executive, Adam Laidlaw, says diarrhoea rates can be cut by more than a third when...

We’ve had so many requests from serving men and women of the Australian Defence Force that it’s nice to be able to finally go. We are all really looking forward to the tour and we hope to bring a bit...

After all, journalists enjoy no greater protection from attack than other civilians. One answer to this question must be that journalists played a crucial role in the independence struggle. Another answer is that in East Timor itself, Sander Thoenes is...

S censors have formed a special team to decide whether to allow the politically sensitive Australian movie about the Balibo Five to be shown in the country. The Indonesian government has declared Robert Connolly's Balibo "offensive" and the Indonesian military...

Image Entertainment Zach Gifford and Emmy Rossum play students who do a scene from “A Streetcar Named Desire” in their drama class. “Dare,” written by David Brind, directed by Adam Salky and based on their short film of the same...

Adelaide has passed another milestone on its way to becoming a diving site on the NSW Central Coast. Thirteen metres of the ship's mast were removed in a semi-formal ceremony in Sydney on Thursday morning, as the ship is prepared...

This last figure aside, unexpected character arcs are the order of the day in Adam Salky 's stilted drama, though the film's tripartite structure, which fatally divvies up its already limited screen time between its central trio, ensures that these...