Local officials in South Australia state said “extremely large” herds have been encroaching on rural communities — threatening scarce food and drinking water, damaging infrastructure, and creating a dangerous hazard for drivers. Snipers took to helicopters in Australia on Wednesday to begin a mass cull of up to 10,000 camels as drought drives big herds of the feral animals to …

Maria Sharapova has pledged at least $25,000 to Australia’s bushfire relief and urged Novak Djokovic to do the same. The five-time grand slam champion becomes the latest of a host of tennis stars to donate to the cause after Australian Nick Kyrgios kick-started a wave of support from the sport earlier this week. Wildfires have raged across Australia for months, killing …

World No.1 tennis player Ashleigh Barty has become the latest Australian sports star to join fundraising efforts for bushfire victims, pledging to donate all of her Brisbane International prize money. After donating more than $30,000 late last year to the RSPCA to help wildlife affected by the national disaster, Barty said she wanted to dig deep again for families who …

It was a family business on the brink of collapse, but by harnessing the power of social media, Bridestowe Lavender Estate has become a global tourist destination. Robert Ravens could see the potential as a tourist site in 2007 and purchased the property as a retirement project. “We had no customers and no technology. We didn’t know anything about anything,” …

A well-known Queensland snake catcher has been released from hospital after being bitten by an eastern brown snake at a house south of Brisbane. Tony Harrison was live-streaming on Facebook on Saturday when he was bitten by a brown snake which was hiding under an air conditioning unit outside the home in Pimpama. The video shows the snake striking at …

Sydney Harbour New Year’s Eve fireworks display to go ahead despite bushfire risk The City of Sydney Council says the harbour’s New Year’s Eve fireworks will go ahead as planned but the Rural Fire Service (RFS) has refused to rule out cancelling the event at the last minute. Heatwave conditions are expected across large parts of the state next week, …

Sydney 14 December 2019 – In the Regent’s Park Community Center, HWPL in collarboration with IWPG and IPYG Sydney hosted its end of year Christmas and celebration party for 2019 . Many of HWPL’s close partners such as representatives from T and R Accountants who sponsored the event venue, Love Peace and Harmony,Afghan Peace Foundation, Iraqi Renaissance, Iraqi TV, The …

Winners selected and announced for the final IWPG art competition among 6,500 participants from 30 countries Seoul, October 30, 2019 – The International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG) announced the winners of the 2nd International Loving-Peace Drawing Competition. This is an international competition is one of the policies for realizing world peace that is designed to foster children and youth, the …

The Arab Council Australia celebrated its 40th anniversary at the Bellevue Bankstown Hall, in the presence of politicians, mayors and councilors, community leaders and many of the Arab community members, as well as everyone who has served on the Council for the past 40 years. Arab Council Australia is a secular non-profit independent community organisation working to bring about social …

Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard ripped into Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Twitter Wednesday. Gabbard said, “Erdogan has been helping ISIS/AQ for years. He has denied this but is now openly using militias of “former” ISIS/AQ terrorists, exposing him for what he really is: a radical Islamist megalomaniac who wants to establish a caliphate with himself as the Caliph — the …