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/ 10 December 2007

‘Bondi caveman’ shares millionaire views

When Jhiymy Mhiyles arrived in Sydney homeless and broke during the 2000 Olympic Games, he decided he liked Bondi beach so much that he set up camp on the cliffs overlooking the famous stretch of sand. He’s stayed there ever since, enjoying million-dollar views from a surfside squat made of tarpaulins and rope.

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/ 25 May 2007

Australia’s Aborigines still living off the map

Huddled around a campfire in a community deemed unworthy of inclusion on Australia’s official maps, Aboriginal elder Dick Brown reflects on a vote that ended the practice of counting his people among Australia’s flora and fauna. "We thought that it would change for the better," Brown says without rancour when asked about the 40th anniversary of a landmark vote that recognised Aborigines as full Australian citizens for the first time.

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/ 29 December 2005

Report says Asian airlines to hit turbulence

2006 will be a make-or-break year for airlines with big expansion plans in the Asian region, the Centre for Asia-Pacific Aviation said in its annual outlook report. With an unprecedented number of aircraft ordered by Asian airlines for delivery in 2007, the Sydney-based industry research group said next year represented "the quiet before the storm"..