Abstract:
A post-tsunami recovery that has also been a peace process
Like all great upheavals, the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami had ripple effects far beyond the places it hit hardest. In Australia, it swamped the widespread antipathy towards Indonesia borne of East Timor and the Bali bombings. Thousands of Australians felt the basic human response and gave generously. Internationally, the tsunami’s aftermath called for solidarity with the stricken of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and elsewhere. Nowhere was it better expressed than at the fund-raising one-dayer between an Asian XI and the rest of the world which was played at the MCG early in the new year.
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