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The dream of suburban living in Australia, still heralded by many, has become a nightmare for the environment and many ordinary working families, reports Grant Duthie, 18, a Commonwealth Correspondent from the Gold Coast. The great Australian tradition of the quarter acre suburban home is still a reality. The ingrained preference towards this satellite life …

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A strike at New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland garnered worldwide attention when the workers and affected families posted a video about their cause on Youtube. Alisha Lewis, 20, a Commonwealth Correspondent from New Zealand, reports. “My dad is not lazy” says the son of an Auckland ‘wharfie’ in a YouTube video released by the Maritime Union …

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A strike at New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland garnered worldwide attention when the workers and affected families posted a video about their cause on Youtube. Alisha Lewis, 20, a Commonwealth Correspondent from New Zealand, reports. “My dad is not lazy” says the son of an Auckland ‘wharfie’ in a YouTube video released by the Maritime Union …

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Fears that New Zealanders are becoming complacent about the spread of the AIDS epidemic have prompted a challenge from the country’s former premier. Commonwealth Correspondent Alisha Lewis, 20, reports on the task facing women and girls especially. Former New Zealand Prime Minister and UNDP Administrator Helen Clark has urged the country to become the first …

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Fears that New Zealanders are becoming complacent about the spread of the AIDS epidemic have prompted a challenge from the country’s former premier. Commonwealth Correspondent Alisha Lewis, 20, reports on the task facing women and girls especially. Former New Zealand Prime Minister and UNDP Administrator Helen Clark has urged the country to become the first …

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The Head of International Relations for Mozambique’s National Youth Council, Limpo Castigo, speaks to Commonwealth Correspondent Francis Ventura about the improving prospects for young people in his country. Ventura: Mozambique was last of all Commonwealth nations in the 2010 United Nations Development Index, at number 168. Why is this the case, how can it be …

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The Head of International Relations for Mozambique’s National Youth Council, Limpo Castigo, speaks to Commonwealth Correspondent Francis Ventura about the improving prospects for young people in his country. Ventura: Mozambique was last of all Commonwealth nations in the 2010 United Nations Development Index, at number 168. Why is this the case, how can it be …

"Many countries have never faced a civil war as we had" Read More »