The Sydney-based Powerhouse Museum, which has vast galleries of diverse exhibitions on themes including space, design, transport, technology, fashion, music, social history, is uploading to flickr some of its collections here and here…

From Al-Jazeera…
About 500 Australian combat troops have pulled out of southern Iraq, six months after Kevin Rudd, the Australian prime minister, came to power promising to bring the soldiers home.
A spokesman for the governor of Dhi Qar province said the troops had pulled out of the Talil base in Nasiriya on Sunday, with US forces [...]

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From Gulf News…
Australia’s defence minister has admitted that oil is one of the reasons for its presence in Iraq.
The admission came at the launch of an official review of the country’s national security policy which was published on Thursday morning.
Speaking on Australian radio, he said: “For these reasons in particular … , one of [...]