Advertisement The Australian government forecast the nation’s first balanced annual budget in 15 years but warned Tuesday that economic pressures such as persistent inflation, elevated interest rates, rising unemployment, and slowing growth would sink the country into deeper debt. Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced that a surplus of 4.2 billion Australian dollars ($2.8 billion) was forecast … Read more
Advertisement Last week, in two separate incidents, two Australian men were arrested in Indonesia. In Aceh province, a young man was arrested after allegedly running naked through a village, chasing and striking members of the community. The second man was arrested after an incident in West Java where he allegedly spat in the face of … Read more
TheStarsHub — An Australian man arrested in a conservative area of Indonesia over an alleged violent rampage faces the possibility of prison time and a public flogging, authorities have said. Bodhi Mani Risby-Jones, 23, from Noosa in southern Queensland, was arrested after allegedly attacking and injuring a local fisherman while drunk. Wearing an orange prison … Read more