Topix: Latest and Most Recent News from Oceania [March ‘11 Diet]

Topix · Mar 20, 2011, 12:05 PM

Four Australian men are alleged to be high ranking members of a global pedophile ring busted by a three-year international police effort.

Source: Four Australians high up in pedophile ring

Topix · Mar 20, 2011, 04:05 PM

It is thought the discovery of the largest paedophile ring ever will send a strong message to offenders.

Source: Hopes paedophile ring bust will send message

Topix · Mar 20, 2011, 08:05 PM

The former advisor to the royal family discusses Prince William's trip to New Zealand.

Source: Will royals host lavish wedding in austere times?

Topix · Mar 21, 2011, 12:05 AM

One recommendation is that more needs to be done to care individually for the elderly.

Source: Senior moments of desperation

Topix · Mar 21, 2011, 04:05 AM

Prince William has witnessed first-hand the devastation caused by last month's earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Source: William tours NZ quake-hit city

Topix · Mar 21, 2011, 08:05 AM

A farmer harvests a sugar cane crop near Bundaberg in Queensland. While Australia is a net exporter of grain and beef, it is a net importer of horticultural produce, Growcom says.

Source: Growers fear for our food security

Topix · Mar 21, 2011, 12:05 PM

An immigration official in Australia says more than 200 rioters torched buildings and tried to escape a crowded offshore detention center in an escalation of protests there to gain asylum in the country.

Source: Rioters try to escape Australian detention center

Topix · Mar 21, 2011, 08:05 PM

Parts of the main Christmas Island detention centre burnt as protests by 250 asylum seekers turned violent last night.

Source: Christmas Island detention centre burns in protest

Topix · Mar 22, 2011, 12:05 AM

The first US government-chartered evacuation flight has taken off from quake-hit Japan for Taiwan, amid rising fears over the country's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Source: US evacuation plane leaves Japan

Topix · Mar 22, 2011, 04:05 AM

Bob Brown and Paul Thomas at Oura Oura ... "It's just a great relaxing, quiet, beautiful spot ... the more people who can share it, the better." Photo: Angela Wylie The senator makes a gift of his Tasmanian retreat, writes Michael Gordon.

Source: Brown ponders the meaning of Liffey