Word: australian
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...evening of April 15, a small wooden vessel was spotted making its way toward the northwest coast of Australia. By dawn, the Australian navy had intercepted the boat. As members of the HMAS Albany stepped on board, they noticed a strong smell of gasoline. Moments later, the craft exploded, leaving all of its human passengers - 47 Afghani asylum-seekers and two Indonesian crew members -stranded in the water. Five Afghanis died, and dozens, including four navy personnel and the crew, were injured in the blast...
...Five months later, the cause of the explosion on Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel (SIEV) 36 - as the Australian government later named it -has not been determined. But The Australian has reported that the fuel was deliberately ignited by the Indonesian crew members, believed to be human smugglers, as an attempt to prevent authorities from turning the boat back to Indonesia. Afghan elder Hassan Gulam, who interviewed the refugees, recently told the press that it was an accident that occurred during refueling. Wherever the truth lies, the investigation became a political powder-keg when rumors started to circulate that the Australian...
...during the whole year. On September 11 and September 12, two boats carrying 148 asylum-seekers were discovered off the northwest coast of Australia. On September 16, another boat carrying 58 people was intercepted 265 miles (420 km) north of Broome in Western Australia. Just the day before, the Australian government announced that in co-operation with Indonesian authorities 1000 potential asylum-seekers were blocked from coming to Australia this year. Those caught were following a familiar passage: a flight to Indonesia, a payment of $10,000-$15,000 to a smuggler and a makeshift place on a fishing boat...
...book is driven by a rather unlovable character. How did you come up with Bunny? Very early on it was a script. I wrote it for [Australian film director] John Hillcoat, who wanted me to write about a traveling salesman. I watched this documentary about a 1960s traveling salesman and then I interviewed some of the guys. What emerged was a culture of alcoholism and drug taking and womanizing, and I made an individual character from that...
...When the Australian government started reforms in November 2003, fees fell 0.45 percentage points, and a 2007-08 review of the reforms indicated that the changes had saved Australian merchants $1.1 billion [AU] that year, the coalition's report said...