Australia Ashes, Skill Shortages, RBA, House Prices, PrivateColleges, VET, Regulation
 

Cycling to the Ashes.... 14 months...25000km on a bike... London to
Brisbane ... with a cricket bat. Met this English bloke Oli in
Budapest at our local, he has been staying at a friend's hostel and
playing cricket. He is on his way by bicycle to watch the Ashes in Oz
late 2010.

His Blog Cycling to the Ashes. http://cyclingtotheashes.wordpress.com/

His Website Cycling to the Ashes. http://www.cyclingtotheashes.com/

He is open to sponsors, ideas, whatever!

Surgeon shortage threatens regional health. A critical shortage of
general surgeons in emergency wards across the country is threatening
the 7 million Australians living outside metropolitan areas. General
surgeons are required to deal with almost any surgical emergency, from
hernias to hip replacements, and are the essential ingredient in
keeping full-scale surgical care operating effectively in regional
areas.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...section=justin


Reserve Bank unfazed as housing prices keep rising. WORRIED that
$500,000 is too much to pay for a Melbourne house? The Reserve Bank
isn't worried and it expects prices to climb higher still. In a
speech that amounted to a defence of Australia's historically high
house prices, Reserve Bank deputy governor Ric Battellino told a
Melbourne housing conference yesterday to expect worse and to
recognise that buyers were getting value for money. Who needs
advertising when the real estate industry has the RBA spruiking on
their behalf?
House prices would be boosted by increased population growth and
immigration, solid increases in household incomes and ''substantial
competition'' for construction industry workers from the mining
sector.

http://www.theage.com.au/national/re...1125-jrts.html


Really? Independent Skilled Migration processing suspended, student
numbers trending downward, baby boomers retiring etc,?

Meanwhile more housing costs to increase….


Households to foot emissions scheme bill. The upshot of the events in
Canberra yesterday and today is that the Government's emissions
trading scheme will be passed by the Senate sometime later this week -
barring miracles or accidents. The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
requires businesses to pay for the carbon they emit and that means we
will all have to pay, but how much? On July 1, 2011, it will cost to
emit carbon dioxide.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...section=justin

Private college system a fiasco in need of a fix. Even as the rot in
international education is laid bare, the Brumby Government would like
us to believe the problems with private colleges are restricted to a
handful of small, fly-by-night operators. Rubbish. The recent closure
of nine colleges in Melbourne and Sydney left nearly 3000 stranded
foreign students clinging on to nothing more than hope.

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/soc...1123-ixi3.html

Gillard holds to VET education regulator plan. FEDERAL Education
Minister Julia Gillard will press ahead with plans for a national
vocational education regulator, despite the refusal of Victoria and
Western Australia to sign over their powers. The Government will
legislate next year to create the regulator, which will accredit
colleges, including those offering courses for international
students.

Finally, though WA probably wants to retain control re. mining
industry training etc., Victoria because they are incompetent in
regulating dodgy colleges....
http://www.theage.com.au/national/ed...1122-isup.html

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