Gold mine thrown lifeline at 11th hour
Thailand's military government has thrown a lifeline to Australian gold miner Kingsgate, three weeks before the scheduled closure of its Chatree mine.
Lindsay Murdoch is a three-time winner of the Walkley Award, Australia's top award for journalistic excellence. Lindsay is a former correspondent based in Singapore, Jakarta and Darwin. In 1999 he covered the tumultuous events in East Timor, and in 2003 he covered the Iraq war while embedded with US Marines.
Thailand's military government has thrown a lifeline to Australian gold miner Kingsgate, three weeks before the scheduled closure of its Chatree mine.
Cambodia has told dozens of Australians they must declare they are the biological parents of babies being carried by surrogate mothers or risk being treated as suspects in human trafficking.
She is three months old now, living in a brand new double-storey house in a quiet street in a southern Melbourne suburb with her biological father.
Rohingyas who have fled Myanmar have given graphic descriptions of killings, rapes and burning of homes by soldiers, fuelling fears of ethnic cleansing.
Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn has acceded to Thailand's throne to become the 10th monarch of the Chakri dynasty that was formed in 1782.
Thailand's Crown Prince is set to become king within days after the country's military-dominated parliament formally invited him accede to the throne on Tuesday.
Cambodian police say their investigations have revealed that surrogate mothers were already married and there is no evidence they married Australians.
Hour Vanny couldn't feel the caesarean section, but she knew the baby had arrived when she heard a cry.
The Cambodian government has criticised Australia for failing to take some responsibility for an unfolding human tragedy as dozens of surrogate mothers carrying babies for Australian biological parents have gone into hiding.
A surrogacy company run by Australian nurse and fertility specialist Tammy Davis-Charles has been paying poor Cambodian women $US400 ($540) a month to carry babies for foreign biological parents, including Australians.
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