Carolyn Webb

If you walked past Blossom Taw in the streets of Melbourne’s western suburbs, you wouldn’t know her past struggles. But as a teenager in Myanmar, and a member of the Karen ethnic group, Taw protested and fought for years against the military junta. A port... See more

The many faces of Melbourne’s west captured in new community project If you walked past Blossom Taw in the streets of Melbourne’s western suburbs, you wouldn’t know her past struggles. But as a teenager in Myanmar, and a member of the Karen ethnic group, ... See more

Reindeer for dinner: Exchange student extols virtues of Finland life As an exchange student living in Finland, naturally, Australian teenager Marley Hines had to take classes in the local language, Finnish. Eventually, she could follow roughly what the te... See more

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. To say conditions in parts of Sudan are volatile is “a complete understatement”, says Shelley Cook. “At the moment, it’s up there with Gaza.” Shelley Cook, an aid worker with Medecins Sans Fr... See more

To say conditions in parts of Sudan are volatile is “a complete understatement”, says Shelley Cook. “At the moment, it’s up there with Gaza.” Shelley Cook, an aid worker with Medecins Sans Frontieres, in Sudan. And yet in October, of her own free will, Co... See more