When floodwaters tore through Nepal on August 26, they carried with them the lives of hundreds and left thousands more unaccounted for — among them, thirty-six Australians whose absence now weighs on a parliament and a nation. Prime Minister Albanese addressed the chamber not merely as an administrator tallying losses, but as a leader asking his country to hold the full human weight of a distant catastrophe made suddenly intimate. Forty-nine support workers have been deployed, condolences have been exchanged between heads of government, and across party lines, Australia has spoken with one voi
Australia grapples with Nepal crisis as domestic political battles intensify
36 Australians unaccounted for; hundreds dead and thousands missing in Nepal; multiple people injured in separate Ohio campaign attack.