From Canberra's memorial to the streets of Auckland, people around the world are waking with the dawn to celebrate those who gave their lives for our freedom.
On Monday Australia said goodbye to Harold Herman, a WWII digger who lost his leg fighting in New Guinea and whose acts of heroism extend even beyond death.
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh have paid tribute to World War One personnel at a Tower of London art installation featuring thousands of ceramic poppies.
Aesha Mohammadzai was just a teenager when her Taliban husband sliced off her nose and ears after she tried to escape their abusive marriage. Now, three years later, she is half-way through a life-changing procedure to rebuild her face. Aesha, now 22, is living in the US and is six months into facial reconstruction surgery. […]
If there’s one genre Aussie filmmakers have feared to tread since 1981’sGallipoli, it has been the sweeping war epic. But director Jeremy Sims now takes us underground, beneath Hill 60, for his ambitious foray. Brendan Cowell leads as Oliver Woodward, the new commanding officer of a group of civilian miners charged with digging their way […]
There’s more to the war in Afghanistan than terrorism. Glen Williams meets the brave Aussie women resurrecting ravaged communities. Up until now, it’s always been surreal. A dark item on the nightly news. Afghanistan – a place associated with buzz words such as “war on terror” and “Taliban”; home of the suicide bomber. “A bastard […]