Braitok Posted January 3, 2005 2.6 billion dollars has now been collected from government and private source. For the most part the private contributions outweigh those from government sources. 80 million dollars from the Australian private sector as opposed to 60 million from the government. [ 03. January 2005, 17:59: Message edited by: Puck ] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dodie Posted January 4, 2005 Japan's Government donated $500million = $AUS 637million (rufly) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nabraxas Posted January 5, 2005 Also said over the long debate was that empires dont have friends they have vassals &, as the 19th century British Foreign Secretary Lord Palmerston put it, "There are no permanent allies ... only permanent interests." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Braitok Posted January 6, 2005 Latest toll figures and predictions exceed 150,000. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Braitok Posted January 7, 2005 http://www.shaman-australis.com.au/cgi-bin...t=000528#000000Latest tsumami figures now available. [ 06. January 2005, 18:58: Message edited by: Puck ] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
