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ASYLUM SEEKERS

Australia reinstates legislation to deter asylum seekers

Australia’s prime minister, Julia Gillard has announced a sharp reversal in her government’s policy on asylum seekers on Monday.

  • Rod McGuirk
3 min read
ADOPTION

Australia hospitals apologise for forced adoptions

Roman Catholic hospitals in Australia apologised on Monday for forcing unmarried mothers to give up babies for adoption decades ago.

  • Rod McGuirk
3 min read
AUGUSTUS OWSLEY STANLEY

Iconic 1960s LSD producer dies in car crash

Owsley "Bear" Stanley, who worked with The Grateful Dead and was a prolific LSD producer, died in a car crash in Australia, his family said on Monday.

  • Rod McGuirk
1 min read
AUGUSTUS OWSLEY STANLEY

LSD producer Owsley Stanley dies in car crash

Owsley Stanley, a 1960s counterculture icon who worked with The Grateful Dead and was a prolific LSD producer, died in a car crash in Australia.

  • Rod McGuirk
1 min read
CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE

Businesses face uncertain future after NZ quake

Last week’s earthquake, which caused an estimated $15-billion in damage to Christchurch, has become New Zealand’s most expensive natural disaster.

  • Rod McGuirk
  • Kristen Gelineau
5 min read