GenevaLunch » Australia http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Papua New Guinea ferry sinks, rescue operation underway http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/02/papua-new-guinea-ferry-sinks-rescue-operation-underway/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/02/papua-new-guinea-ferry-sinks-rescue-operation-underway/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:08:21 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66231 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Rescuers were reporting 219 saved at 08:00 Swiss time but another 350 are missing after a boat disaster in Papua New Guinea. The MV Rabaul Queen, operated by Star Ships, which is one of the country’s largest ferry operators, sank between Lae and Kimbe West after being reported missing at about 08:30 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/02/papua-new-guinea-ferry-sinks-rescue-operation-underway/feed/ 0 Australians to tax parents whose children not immunized http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/24/australians-to-tax-parents-whose-children-not-immunized/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/24/australians-to-tax-parents-whose-children-not-immunized/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:00:01 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63985 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Australia’s six-stage immunization programme covers 9 out of 10 children, the Sydney Morning Heraldreports, but the highest prevalence of whooping cough in 20 years is in part driving a campaign to increase the number of immunized children. The government will expand its programme to encourage families to get their children covered. An [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/24/australians-to-tax-parents-whose-children-not-immunized/feed/ 0 US, Australia, agree to Marines in Pacific http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/16/us-australia-agree-to-marines-in-pacific/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/16/us-australia-agree-to-marines-in-pacific/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:42:47 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63635 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The United States will station 250 Marines in Australia starting in 2012, with the number expected to grow to 2,500 at some point, US President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard agreed Wednesday 16 November. The BBC reports that “The deployment is being seen as a move to counter China’s [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/16/us-australia-agree-to-marines-in-pacific/feed/ 0 Australia: Sri Lanka should address claims of human rights violations http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/26/australia-sri-lanka-should-address-claims-of-human-rights-violations/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/26/australia-sri-lanka-should-address-claims-of-human-rights-violations/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:11:39 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=62880 GenevaLunch.com AUSTRALIA – The Australian government vetoed on 25 October an attempt to bring a private war crimes prosecution against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa while he is visiting the country. Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard however, urged Sri Lanka to address claims of serious human rights violations. In addition, Australia urged the UN to probe [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/26/australia-sri-lanka-should-address-claims-of-human-rights-violations/feed/ 0 Queen Elizabeth II in Australia for 10-day visit http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/25/queen-elizabeth-ii-in-australia-for-10-day-visit/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/25/queen-elizabeth-ii-in-australia-for-10-day-visit/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=62838 GenevaLunch.com AUSTRALIA – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II attended a wreath laying and met defence force personnel in Australia during a 10-day visit to the former British colony. A crowd of about 1,000 people braved the rain for a glimpse of the Queen as she visited the national war memorial on 25 October, in tribute to fallen [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/25/queen-elizabeth-ii-in-australia-for-10-day-visit/feed/ 0 Mandarin finds favour with European students http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/17/mandarin-finds-favour-with-european-students/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/17/mandarin-finds-favour-with-european-students/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:40:16 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62523 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Mandarin is making quiet steady inroads in European education, with the Financial Times the latest media to focus on West facing East in the area of languages. The British newspaper, in a feature Monday 17 October, notes that Chinese has become the fourth major language, behind French, German and Spanish. In the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/17/mandarin-finds-favour-with-european-students/feed/ 0 Stage set for rugby semi-finals as England and South Africa go home http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/09/stage-set-for-rugby-semi-finals-as-england-and-south-africa-go-home/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/09/stage-set-for-rugby-semi-finals-as-england-and-south-africa-go-home/#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2011 19:56:26 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=62276 GenevaLunch.com WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND  – The Rugby World Cup came down to the final four after some hard fought matches, 9th and 10th October. Australia edged past  the current champions, South Africa 11-9 in a closely fought and bruising encounter. New Zealand had to struggle in the first half but then upped the tempo to beat [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/09/stage-set-for-rugby-semi-finals-as-england-and-south-africa-go-home/feed/ 0 Australia: Grave concerns for the mental welfare of child asylum-seekers http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/26/australia-grave-concerns-for-the-mental-welfare-of-child-asylum-seekers/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/26/australia-grave-concerns-for-the-mental-welfare-of-child-asylum-seekers/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:22:22 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61858 GenevaLunch.com AUSTRALIA – Child asylum-seekers in Australia may be victims of “child abuse,” said the Australian Medical Association, AMA, to a joint select committee looking into Australia’s detention network. The AMA said it has “grave concerns for the mental welfare of child asylum-seekers and believes mandatory detention is akin to child abuse.” According to the Association, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/26/australia-grave-concerns-for-the-mental-welfare-of-child-asylum-seekers/feed/ 0 Angry kangaroo attacks 94-year-old woman in Australia http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/26/angry-kangaroo-attacks-94-year-old-woman-in-australia/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/26/angry-kangaroo-attacks-94-year-old-woman-in-australia/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:09:27 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=60195 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Police in Australia say an aggressive kangaroo attacked a 94-year-old woman as she tended to the laundry in her backyard in the town of Charleville, in Queensland Province. Police say they had to pepper spray the “Big Red” twice after it approached them menacingly. The woman suffered bruises and cuts and was recovering [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/26/angry-kangaroo-attacks-94-year-old-woman-in-australia/feed/ 0 US weather catastrophes will cost at least $295m, says Zurich Re http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/20/us-weather-catastrophes-will-cost-at-least-295m-says-zurich-re/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/20/us-weather-catastrophes-will-cost-at-least-295m-says-zurich-re/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:56:13 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59001 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The unusually high number of very severe weather events in the United States in April and May of this year will cost Zurich Re at least $295 million, for both Zurich North America and Farmers Re, the company says in a 20 June statement. This initial estimate, net of reinsurance and pre-tax, [...]

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