A Week at CER East Timor: August 1st A Friday-Saturday of death and life for our community. As I sat down for 7 am breakfast on Friday morning, I saw a bigger than usual group around the village tap. These then come over to buy phone credit. I sold $20 worth and asked questions. A young man from our village, Adolfo, had been killed on a motor bike in Dili at 6am. He has been returning home... Read more...

The work done by Br Ollie Picket and the Rotary is again drawing attention in the print and electronic media. This is well deserved praise for inspirational thinking, charismatic leadership, great teamwork and ten years of tireless effort from a dedicated team of volunteers. This is a great example of the power of partnerships and the willingness of ordinary people to volunteer to do... Read more...

Mr Rudd, in Perth for the Boao Forum for Asia business conference, praised the work of Mirrabooka's Edmund Rice Centre, which formed the team of multicultural footballers aged between 14 and 21 years. "The good thing about what Edmund Rice is doing is bringing together all these kids who have come to Australia as refugees and what they are doing with them is teaching them team... Read more...