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Two friends who faced being evicted by an uncompassionate council from a campsite on their own land have been granted a brief stay of execution.

Two friends who were forced to camp on their own land after being priced out of the housing crisis face being evicted from the site.

We have momentum, Cr Rosie Annear tells council meeting.

Red Cross scales up operations as COVID spreads from India to neighbouring countries26/05/2021|4min Local charities in Nepal and Bangladesh are scaling up their COVID response as the crisis spills over the borders from India including an outbreak at the Mount Everest base camp. Australian Red Cross International Director Michael Annear told Sky News “our concern is right across the whole South Asia region where at the moment we see 3.5 million active cases”. “Particularly we’re conce...

Date Time Australian Red Cross concerned about COVID-19 in Nepal, Bangladesh Australian Red Cross is urging action to protect communities at increasing risk of COVID-19 outbreaks in Nepal, Bangladesh, and neighbouring countries, in addition to the urgent and devastating crisis in India (recently compounded by Tropical Cyclone Tauktae). Australian Red Cross is working with locally based partners across the region to scale up their emergency activities in response to COVID-19 surges, and to susta...

Share Share on Twitter India has been devastated by a ferocious new wave of COVID-19, with oxygen supplies diminishing and hospital beds full as the total virus caseload tops 20 million. While there are hopes the worst of the wave may have passed - with new infections down from a peak of 402,000 last week - the country still recorded more than 350,000 new cases on Tuesday and another 3,449 deaths. Many experts suspect the true number to be much higher. Indias...

Date Time No end in sight, 10 years after Syrian crisis began After 10 years of conflict, the humanitarian situation in Syria – which has already impacted 16.7 million people – is worse than it has ever been. As Australian Red Cross marks a decade since the Syrian conflict began, more than 13 million Syrians – 75 per cent of the population – are in urgent need of food, shelter, medical support and education. In fact, the people of Syria are now more dependent on aid than they were five...