Samoan Prime Minister offended by criticism of China's Aid programs

Australia’s relationship with the Pacific region is under fire, as the Prime Minister of Samoa expresses his disappointment of a Federal Government frontbencher’s criticism of China’s Pacific aid programs.

Senator Fierravanti-Wells, the Minister for International Development and the Pacific, accused China of building “roads to nowhere” and “useless buildings” in the island region.

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Front Line Action on Coal continues their campaign.

On Tuesday the 9th of January, two volunteers locked themselves inside a barrel filled with concrete across a railway line in Bowen which leads to Adani's Abbot Point port. The volunteers from Front Line Action on Coal are blocking the Aurizon railway in a continued campaign against the use of coal and the proposed Adani Carmichael coal mine. 4ZZZ Reporter Jack McDonnell spoke to Ed from Front Line Action on Coal about this direct action and their plans for the ongoing campaign.

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No Feet. No Hands. No Excuses

Johaan Kaa lost both his hands and feet to meningococcal septicaemia. He now goes around Queensland visiting schools and inspiring children. Now he has been chosen to be a baton bearer for the Commonwealth Games. 4ZZZ reporter Demi Lynch reports. 

For more information on Johaan Kaa visit his Facebook page "Hands for Johaan." 

 https://www.facebook.com/Hands-for-Johaan-239503993192651/?fref=mentions  

 

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