Elliot is a freelance print and radio journalist with a passion for experimental radio fiction, podcasting and international affairs.
NINETY-ONE Iraqi families have been illegally expelled from al-Aetha village north of Baghdad over an alleged ‘familial feud’ involving Defence Minister Juma Inad. Minister Inad has reportedly punished his brother, Abdulrazaq Inad, for marrying the widow of a member allegedly linked to…
A RECENT spate of pet food-related poisonings has today prompted RSPCA Australia, Australian Veterinary Association and the Pet Food Industry Association of Australia to call for an overdue mandatory pet food standard – almost three years after it was recommended by a…
On a tiny island in the South Pacific, the Phillip Island centipede or ‘Cormocephalus coynei’ stalks through the undergrowth on humid nights. Growing up to almost a foot in length the diet of the exclusively nocturnal arthropod varies wildly, using two pincer-like…
MASS child starvation is expected to rise tenfold in Ethiopia’s conflict-ridden Tigray region as warfare continues to shatter emergency supply lines. In 2019, Ethiopian President Abiy Ahmed claimed to distance the country from tense and longstanding ethnic nationalism by condensing regional parties…
NEW South Wales farmers have slammed the NSW Government’s new Future of Gas Statement as a “threat” to agriculture in the region. Just months after approvals for the divisive Shehuna Mine was cancelled, Santos can now drill 850 wells in the Pilliga to pump…
NEW research from the University of California shows menthol cigarettes keep smokers hooked. The new study of almost 6000 smokers across the US found that menthol smokers were 53 per cent more likely to keep smoking when compared with a control group.…
