Food security plan essential for the national interest

As TV programs from Masterchef to Food Safari show, we Australians love our food. But many of us, including our governments, are complacent about where it is grown and who produces it. While people discuss the threat of obesity in the suburbs and in the seat of power, nobody talks about the threat of global food scarcity.

Rescuers close to Sundance crash site

RECOVERY experts are expected to soon gain access to the site where a plane carrying all of an Australian mining company’s board members crashed in west Africa several days ago.

Miners ignored rule on flights

SIX Australian mining executives feared dead in Africa went against company guidelines by boarding an ill-fated flight on advice from a US expert.