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6 days ago |
sbs.com.au | Christopher Tan |Madeleine Wedesweiler
This story contains graphic content. Dr Mohammed Mustafa received a hero's welcome back in Perth when he returned after working on Gaza's medical frontline for five weeks, but he said he's "not a hero" and never went to the devastated Gaza Strip for praise. "I did this because my blood is not more important than those children's blood in Gaza," he said.
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3 weeks ago |
sbs.com.au | Ewa Staszewska |Christopher Tan
Australian farmers are urging calm in the face of fresh tariffs imposed on Australian exports by the United States — unless you're a burger consumer in America. On Thursday, US President Donald Trump laid out his Liberation Day plans, announcing reciprocal tariffs that trade partners would face from 5 April. Trump singled out Australia's beef industry in his speech, alluding to a potential ban on beef imports as he delivered a widespread 10 per cent tariff.
الأحزاب تتنافس على مقعد دائرة قد يُغير مسار الانتخابات الفيدرالية المقبلة والسبب تجارة الأغنام الحية
1 month ago |
sbs.com.au | Christopher Tan
للاستماع إلى أحدث التقارير الصوتية والبودكاست، اضغطوا على قد يلعب موضوعا غلاء المعيشة وتصدير الأغنام الحية دورًا مهمًا في انتخابات أستراليا المقبلة خاصة في المنطقة الواقعة في غرب أستراليا. وتؤثر قضيتان رئيسيتان على مسار المنافسة: ارتفاع تكاليف المعيشة في الضواحي؛ وقرار الحكومة الفيدرالية بالتوقف التدريجي عن تصدير الأغنام الحية، وهي خطوة أثارت قلقًا بالغًا لدى الناخبين في الأقاليم. إذ يواجه بيتر بويل، مزارع الأغنام الذي تعمل عائلته في تربية الأغنام في المنطقة منذ عام ١٨٥٥، مستقبلًا غامضًا.
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1 month ago |
sbs.com.au | Christopher Tan
A rare three-way contest in Australia's newest electorate will pit sheep farmers against suburban voters worried about cost-of-living pressures. The Western Australian electorate of Bullwinkel spans 9,508 square kilometres and includes nine rural and outer metropolitan shires in east Perth. The electorate is named in honour of who endured three-and-a-half-years as a prisoner of war during World War Two and later dedicated her life to health care.
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1 month ago |
sbs.com.au | Christopher Tan
The major parties in Western Australia have spent the past five weeks campaigning, each claiming they have the real solutions for households feeling the cost-of-living squeeze. But with candidates making their final pitch as voters head to the polls today, is their messaging cutting through? And can Labor hold on to the state following the mid-term retirement of former premier Mark McGowan in 2023?
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Managing Editor at ABC Midwest & Wheatbelt
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Sports Journalist at The Canberra Times
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James Carmody
Journalist and Editor at WHDH-TV (Boston, MA)
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