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When Najat Janabi arrived in Australia with her 16-year-old son Ahmed Shalikhan in 2013, she thought they'd finally made it to safety. Their boat from Indonesia was the final leg in a decades-long journey, which included escaping persecution in Iraq under Saddam Hussein's regime and being stateless in Iran. In reality, it was the beginning of another nightmare. Nine years later, Ahmed is still locked in immigration detention — and there's no end in sight. "I lost hope, I lost my childhood, I lost my education. I always wanted to have a better life. This government. This department took everything from me," he told the ABC. Ahmed's case is complex. He last week returned to Sydney's Villawood detention centre after spending five months in the Mid North Coast Correctional Centre because he was charged with assaulting an officer in detention. He pleaded not guilty under the Mental Health Act, and the charge against him was dismissed. Body-worn camera footage from inside … [Read more...] about When Ahmed arrived in Australia he thought he was safe — he actually ‘lost his childhood’

The ninth day of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham has ended with another nine gold medals for Australia, strengthening the nation's lead in the overall tally. Two Australians made it to the final in the table tennis women's singles classes 6-10, ensuring two medals for the nation. Qian Yang won gold and Li Na Lei took home the silver medal. Australia also won gold in athletics, lawn bowls, diving and gymnastics. You can check out how the latest batch of medals were won in our Commonwealth Games blog , or have a look at the medal winners and the top 10 medal standings by country below: Day nine medal results: Gold: Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva, gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics Jemima Montag, athletics, 10,000 metre race walking Oliver Hoare, athletics, 1,500 metre run Maddison Keeney and Anabelle Luce Smith, diving, 3-metre synchronised springboard Ellen Ryan and Kristina Krstic, lawn bowls, pairs Aaron Wilson, lawn bowls, singles … [Read more...] about Nine more golds for Australia on ninth day of Commonwealth Games

There were no gold medals for Australia on the eighth day of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, but two silvers and seven bronze medals kept the nation at the top of the leader board. There were podium finishes for Australian athletes in diving, wrestling, gymnastics and athletics. You can check out how the latest batch of medals were won in our Commonwealth Games blog , or have a look at the medal winners and the top 10 medal standings by country below: Day 8 medal results: Silver: Brittany O'Brien, diving, 1 metre springboard Daniel Golubovic, athletics, decathlon Bronze: Sam Fricker and Shixin Li, diving, synchronised 3 metre springboard Esther Qin, diving, 1 metre springboard Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva, gymnastics, rhythmic individual all-around Jayden Lawrence, wrestling, 86 kilogram freestyle wrestling Sam Carter, ahtletics, T53/54 1,500 metre Domonic Bedggood and Cassiel Rousseau, diving, 10 metre synchronised platform … [Read more...] about Australia still tops the Commonwealth Games medal tally with day eight’s silver and bronze haul

Australia has taken out gold in both the men's and women's cycling time trials on day seven of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The gold haul continues in athletics, with other medals won in gymnastics, weightlifting and diving. You can check out how the latest batch of medals were won in our Commonwealth Games blog , or have a look at the medal winners and the top 10 medal standings by country below: Day 7 medal results: Gold: Matthew Denny, athletics, discus Madison de Rozario, athletics, T53/54 1,500m Rohan Dennis, cycling, time trial Grace Brown, cycling, time trial Silver: Ashari Jesse Gill, Lidiia Iakovleva and Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva, gymnastics, team rhythmic gymnastics Sarah Edmiston, athletics, F42-44/61-64 discus Shixin Li, diving, 1m springboard Bronze: Hani Watson, weightlifting, women's heavyweight Angela Ballard, athletics, T53/54 1,500m Birmingham 2022 medal standings: POSITION … [Read more...] about Australia’s gold haul continues with a double cycling gold and medals in athletics

Tim Winton recalls a recent moment when he led his elderly mother to the beach, to help her into the water. His mum had been a swim teacher as a younger woman, but was now too frail to swim on her own. As Winton and his wife held his mother in the ocean, they were both very aware that this was a scene that Winton had imagined, and committed to paper, more than 20 years earlier. In one of the most moving scenes of Winton's 1997 novel Blueback, the protagonist Abel cradles his ageing mum in the water that she loves. "We come from water," the mother whispers to her son. "We belong to it, Abel." "I'm standing there in the water with my wife and my mother looking at each other like, 'Remind you of anything?'," Winton says. "It was odd because I think all of us were conscious of the connection; as if we were inhabiting some fictional reality." Forty years into his publishing career, Winton says these weird moments — of his writing coming to life — are becoming more common. "If … [Read more...] about ‘I was a ticking bomb’: Tim Winton reveals the book that nearly broke him

Synopsis Panghal bettered his silver from the last edition as he out-punched European Championship silver medallist England's Kiaran MacDonald by a 5-0 verdict in the men's flyweight. Indian boxers Nitu Ghanghas won the women's 48kg Commonwealth Games title before Amit Panghal (men's 51kg) joined her on the top of the podium, here on Sunday. Panghal bettered his silver from the last edition as he out-punched European Championship silver medallist England's Kiaran MacDonald by a 5-0 verdict in the men's flyweight. Nitu, on the other hand, upstaged 2019 world championships bronze medallist Demie-Jade Resztan of England by a 5-0 unanimous verdict. Despite the height disadvantage, Asian Games gold medallist Panghal was the far better pugilist among the two. "It was the toughest round and was the turning point. I lost the first round and gave it all to produce the win and there was no looking back," Panghal told PTI. Asked about his strategy against his British … [Read more...] about CWG 2022: Boxers Amit Panghal, Nitu Ghanghas strike gold