Billy Adison

Dec 13, 2024 | abc.net.au | Max Walden |Billy Adison |Erwin Renaldi

Read the story in Bahasa IndonesiaOne of the Top End's most elite schools will ditch the language of Australia's closest Asian neighbour in a move experts say flies in the face of preparing students for the future. Despite being located closer to Bali than Sydney, the Essington School in Darwin confirmed to the ABC that "after a long-standing history of teaching Indonesian", the school's board and executive had decided to cease teaching the language by the end of semester one in 2025.

Nov 28, 2024 | abc.net.au | Erin Handley |Billy Adison

Neang Keo was at work in her job as a cleaner at a casino in the Cambodian coastal town of Sihanoukville when she got an alarming phone call — her husband was vomiting blood. Her husband, Ngoem Phea, was at their home province of Takeo more than 200 kilometres away and had been drinking rice wine with friends at one of their homes. "I was so panicked and crying," Ms Neang said.