Recent newspaper stories have reported that the Australian government's aid assistance for the tsunami disaster will now sit at around AUS$1 billion dollars (US$700 million, roughly 340 million pounds). While I've been known to bitch and moan about stingy Howard, at least he's got his priorities right on this front. Nice work, little Johnny. Keep up the work of good and maybe I'll be more inclined to forgive your little... transgressions against liberty, egality and democracy.