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WHO WE A A State of quivering expectation A column about Australia
AWESOME is the only word for the power, reach and influence of this column's readers. A matter of days after they resoundingly endorsed this column's campaign to abolish State governments (which we listed as number 4 priority on The National To-Do List after becoming a republic, amalgamating with New Zealand and fixing the coat of arms), our political leaders start the process of abolition. http://blogs.sunherald.com.au/whowea..._are_alte.html Global plan for diplomatic TV service IN a direct challenge to the ABC, Sky News has approached the federal government with plans to expand Australia's international diplomatic television broadcasting service into a global network. This has sparked a war of words between Sky News chief executive Angelos Frangopoulos and ABC managing director Mark Scott http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...6-7582,00.html Warning: get off housing gravy train RBA warns of housing price bubble risk The Reserve Bank has flagged the possibility of a housing price bubble forming, triggered by cheap credit and not enough new dwellings. RBA governor Glenn Stevens said the need for home loans to translate "into more dwellings, not just higher prices'' was a "very real challenge in the near term.'' http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...30/2641253.htm RESIDENTS in some parts of Australia's fastest-growing region will have to get used to living in more crowded quarters under a plan to limit urban sprawl. Queensland Planning Minister Stirling Hinchliffe said growth in Queensland's southeast corner would remain strong, with an extra 754,000 homes needed over the next 20 years as the population grew from 2.8 million to 4.4 million http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...2-2702,00.html Australia sitting pretty – home on the boom’s back The resources boom: good while it lasted but now, like all booms, been and gone. Bust. Is that what you think? Don’t. As the governor of the Reserve Bank, Glenn Stevens, reminded us in a major speech this week, resources and energy prices may have taken a leg down, but the boom hasn’t really gone away http://business.smh.com.au/business/...0731-e4d3.html Global crisis forecaster: Australia 'doing better' A prominent American economist credited with predicting the global financial crisis in 2006 says Australia is better positioned than most advanced economies to recover from the downturn. "Re-leveraging of the housing sector will have to go through a process of slow de-leveraging," he said. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...section=justin Financial crisis hits MBAs The global financial crisis has struck at the heart of the finance world, including the cream of the crop - people with MBAs. Australia's top MBA college, Melbourne Business School, says fewer than half of its students who graduated in May have found jobs. Acting Dean Jenny George says graduates are having to look for work in new areas http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...section=justin We ain't talking like we used to An oral historian says the Aussie accent is changing, but a "class accent" still remains, despite increasing Americanisation. Through his work, Mr Willis has noticed a lot of changes, including Americanisms becoming the norm in our language, and a change in speed. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...05/2646328.htm Biggest Central European Sziget Island Music Festival commences Budapest 12 August for five days featuring international artists including Australian groups Jet and Pendulum, with visitors from Hungary and throughout Europe http://www.caboodle.hu/nc/events/singleview/2438/ AIEC Australian International Education Centre http://www.aiec.biz |
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