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Australian Music True Tales: the exiled outbursts of our man in
Australia Rock critic Everett True has relocated to Brisbane and, in
his first weekly blog, he explains why he's not happy with the local
music press Australians don't have much respect for the music press -
it runs counter to their culture. Australian rock is all about "Good
on ya, mate - well done for getting up on stage and switching that
amplifier on". The idea of anyone actually daring to criticise
musicians for the sound they make is almost heresy. Everyone is
treated equally, which means no knocking anyone back, however great
the temptation. (That'll be why Australian rock is best known to the
outside world for such musical abominations as Silverchair, the Vines
and Savage Garden.) Sport is the predominant culture here, and music
is similarly viewed as a leisure activity - it's all about "work
rate", "dedication" and "goals scored". Unsurprisingly, Australians
get the music press they deserve. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musi...g/06/truetales

Historical Music venue Celebrating a passion for the espy This month,
the Espy, as it's famously known, has been basking in the celebration
of a mighty anniversary: 130 years serving punters from its perch on
the hill overlooking St Kilda beach. Hundreds of bands have played
there throughout the month-long birthday celebrations, which culminate
next weekend with a huge line-up of acts over two days.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/ce...1123-6eu8.html

Review Australia the Movie It has every Australian cliché you could
hope for, from kangaroos and Nicole Kidman to aborigines going
walkabout and, yep, Waltzing Matilda. There is even, within moments of
the opening scenes, Rolf Harris's wobble board. But Baz Luhrmann's
long-awaited, and over-budget epic Australia manages, against the
odds, to avoid turning into one big sunburnt stereotype about Godzone
country. Instead, in what turns out to be a multi-layered story it
describes an Australia of the 1940s that is at once compellingly,
beautiful and breathtakingly cruel.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co....cle5178513.ece

Recent documentary release of Sir John Monash “Monash The Forgotten
ANZAC” reminds all of his importance in development of Australian
character including innovation, individuality, equality and
responsibility. However, Australian political (and other) leaders,
both left and right, seem to have been promoting the opposite in
recent years, in the name of Australian values. Targetting those of
non Anglo/Celtic background, like Monash whose family was Prussian
Jewish, as not being Australian, adhoc approaches to issues and
evading accountability (for encouraging jingoistic and racially based
nationalism), not very Australian…. http://www.abc.net.au/tv/documentari...active/monash/

John Monash Father of the Blitzkrieg http://www.convictcreations.com/history/monash.html

"not lip service, nor obsequious homage to superiors, nor servile
observance of forms and customs...the Australian army is proof that
individualism is the best and not the worst foundation upon which to
build up collective discipline" General John Monash

More praise came from British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery who
said of Monash:
"I would name Sir John Monash as the best general on the western front
in Europe".

Socceroos steal World Cup qualification win in Bahrain THE Socceroos
stole an amazing and clearly undeserved 1-0 win over Bahrain overnight
to move into a commanding position for World Cup qualification. A
goal to Palermo midfielder Mark Bresciano in the dying seconds sealed
three points for Australia despite the away team being completely
outplayed by the enthusiastic home side throughout the match. Pim
Verbeek's men had barely threatened to score all match in a disjointed
performance that reflected the hurried preparations for the game which
was sandwiched between European club fixtures.
http://article.wn.com/view/2008/11/1...n_in_Bah rain

Australia and the credit crunch Digging for victory China’s appetite
for its minerals offers Australia some shelter from the storm. TWO
straight railway lines run through the red desert of the Pilbara
region, in Western Australia….. With the onset of the global financial
crisis, the region is now proving crucial to whether Australia can
defy the fate of other rich countries and avoid a recession. China is
now Australia’s biggest trading partner; it buys 40% of the Pilbara’s
iron ore. A few months ago, this seemed enough to protect Australia
from the storms buffeting the world economy. ……central bank delivered
a bleaker prognosis. It forecast annual growth falling to just
1.5%.......So China’s stimulus this week, inspiring visions of more
iron ore needed for steel to build housing and infrastructure, has
brought fresh hopes that the Pilbara once again will be the lucky
country’s saviour. http://www.economist.com/displaystor...ry_id=12601916

The Australian
Property price fall worst in 25 years THE once booming Perth property
market has recorded its third consecutive quarterly fall in the median
house price - a phenomenon not seen in 25 years - as talk of a
recession eats into consumer confidence. Real Estate Institute of
Western Australia president Rob Druitt said the Perth market was
moving into uncharted territory with a combination of falling house
prices and dwindling sales. He predicted that a fourth consecutive
fall was likely before the market began to recover.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...0-2702,00.html


Water in Australia - The dry last ditch - A controversial plan to save
Australia’s largest river system. AFTER 17 years, Tony and Michelle
McManus are preparing for their last sheep-shearing season on Toorale,
a sprawling outback property near Bourke in western New South Wales
(NSW). By Christmas, Toorale’s 30,000 sheep, 1,200 cattle and
irrigation machinery will all be sold, ending a way of life on the
ranch begun by the region’s European pioneers in the 1870s. Last month
Australia’s federal and NSW state governments bought Toorale for
almost A$24m ($17m), not to run it as a farm but to take control of a
commodity that now seems more precious than the food and fibre it
produces: water……On a national scale, the battle between keeping
Toorale’s land and water in the market, or devoting them to the
environment, could set a standard for changing the way outback lands
are used, almost 150 years after white settlers turned sheep and
cattle loose on them. Penny Wong, the federal minister for climate
change and water, admits that little, if any, of Toorale’ s water will
reach the Murray’s depleted mouth 1,000km south. But the Wentworth
Group, a batch of water experts, gives her credit for trying to revive
flows. It foresees an “unfolding environmental disaster” if water
consumption in the Murray-Darling system is not cut by up to 53%.
Peter Cosier, the group’s convener, says: “We’ve reached a point where
the water-buyback scheme is the only game left in town.”
http://www.economist.com/displayStor...ry_id=12480905

Gold Coast Queensland Australia
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/...ia-424712.html
It's got sun, sand and surfing aplenty, but away from the beaches of
this Australian destination, there are also hip bars and rainforest
walks The world-famous Gold Coast offers education, home stay and
training at all levels to Australian and overseas students. A student
may study at a school, technical college, university or choose from
hundreds of registered training organisations. All courses are offered
including vocational education, certificate, diploma, degree, post
graduate http://www.studygoldcoast.org.au/video/

Boost to sponsored skilled migration Senator Chris Evans, has urged
the states and territories to boost their use of state-sponsored
skilled migration to meet labour market demands. There is the capacity
within the Federal Government’s permanent skilled migration program
for states and territories to sponsor overseas skilled workers in
occupations in demand,’ The Rudd Government’s May Budget added an
additional 31 000 skilled migrants to the 2008-09 Migration Program to
help employers with the skills shortage. Overall, permanent skilled
migration will make up 133 500 places in the migration program, which
totals 190 300 for 2008-09.
http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener...e-overseas.htm

Free information, advice, counselling, study & visa application, short
term accommodation etc. see AIEC Australian International Education
Centre website http://www.aiec.biz


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Old November 27th, 2008, 05:34 AM
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Australian Music True Tales: the exiled outbursts of our man in
Australia Rock critic Everett True has relocated to Brisbane and, in
his first weekly blog, he explains why he's not happy with the local
music press Australians don't have much respect for the music press -
it runs counter to their culture. Australian rock is all about "Good
on ya, mate - well done for getting up on stage and switching that
amplifier on". The idea of anyone actually daring to criticise
musicians for the sound they make is almost heresy. Everyone is
treated equally, which means no knocking anyone back, however great
the temptation. (That'll be why Australian rock is best known to the
outside world for such musical abominations as Silverchair, the Vines
and Savage Garden.) Sport is the predominant culture here, and music
is similarly viewed as a leisure activity - it's all about "work
rate", "dedication" and "goals scored". Unsurprisingly, Australians
get the music press they deserve. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musi...g/06/truetales

Historical Music venue Celebrating a passion for the espy This month,
the Espy, as it's famously known, has been basking in the celebration
of a mighty anniversary: 130 years serving punters from its perch on
the hill overlooking St Kilda beach. Hundreds of bands have played
there throughout the month-long birthday celebrations, which culminate
next weekend with a huge line-up of acts over two days.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/ce...1123-6eu8.html

Review Australia the Movie It has every Australian cliché you could
hope for, from kangaroos and Nicole Kidman to aborigines going
walkabout and, yep, Waltzing Matilda. There is even, within moments of
the opening scenes, Rolf Harris's wobble board. But Baz Luhrmann's
long-awaited, and over-budget epic Australia manages, against the
odds, to avoid turning into one big sunburnt stereotype about Godzone
country. Instead, in what turns out to be a multi-layered story it
describes an Australia of the 1940s that is at once compellingly,
beautiful and breathtakingly cruel.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co....cle5178513.ece

Recent documentary release of Sir John Monash “Monash The Forgotten
ANZAC” reminds all of his importance in development of Australian
character including innovation, individuality, equality and
responsibility. However, Australian political (and other) leaders,
both left and right, seem to have been promoting the opposite in
recent years, in the name of Australian values. Targetting those of
non Anglo/Celtic background, like Monash whose family was Prussian
Jewish, as not being Australian, adhoc approaches to issues and
evading accountability (for encouraging jingoistic and racially based
nationalism), not very Australian…. http://www.abc.net.au/tv/documentari...active/monash/

John Monash Father of the Blitzkrieg http://www.convictcreations.com/history/monash.html

"not lip service, nor obsequious homage to superiors, nor servile
observance of forms and customs...the Australian army is proof that
individualism is the best and not the worst foundation upon which to
build up collective discipline" General John Monash

More praise came from British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery who
said of Monash:
"I would name Sir John Monash as the best general on the western front
in Europe".

Socceroos steal World Cup qualification win in Bahrain THE Socceroos
stole an amazing and clearly undeserved 1-0 win over Bahrain overnight
to move into a commanding position for World Cup qualification. A
goal to Palermo midfielder Mark Bresciano in the dying seconds sealed
three points for Australia despite the away team being completely
outplayed by the enthusiastic home side throughout the match. Pim
Verbeek's men had barely threatened to score all match in a disjointed
performance that reflected the hurried preparations for the game which
was sandwiched between European club fixtures.
http://article.wn.com/view/2008/11/1...n_in_Bah rain

Australia and the credit crunch Digging for victory China’s appetite
for its minerals offers Australia some shelter from the storm. TWO
straight railway lines run through the red desert of the Pilbara
region, in Western Australia….. With the onset of the global financial
crisis, the region is now proving crucial to whether Australia can
defy the fate of other rich countries and avoid a recession. China is
now Australia’s biggest trading partner; it buys 40% of the Pilbara’s
iron ore. A few months ago, this seemed enough to protect Australia
from the storms buffeting the world economy. ……central bank delivered
a bleaker prognosis. It forecast annual growth falling to just
1.5%.......So China’s stimulus this week, inspiring visions of more
iron ore needed for steel to build housing and infrastructure, has
brought fresh hopes that the Pilbara once again will be the lucky
country’s saviour. http://www.economist.com/displaystor...ry_id=12601916

The Australian
Property price fall worst in 25 years THE once booming Perth property
market has recorded its third consecutive quarterly fall in the median
house price - a phenomenon not seen in 25 years - as talk of a
recession eats into consumer confidence. Real Estate Institute of
Western Australia president Rob Druitt said the Perth market was
moving into uncharted territory with a combination of falling house
prices and dwindling sales. He predicted that a fourth consecutive
fall was likely before the market began to recover.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...0-2702,00.html


Water in Australia - The dry last ditch - A controversial plan to save
Australia’s largest river system. AFTER 17 years, Tony and Michelle
McManus are preparing for their last sheep-shearing season on Toorale,
a sprawling outback property near Bourke in western New South Wales
(NSW). By Christmas, Toorale’s 30,000 sheep, 1,200 cattle and
irrigation machinery will all be sold, ending a way of life on the
ranch begun by the region’s European pioneers in the 1870s. Last month
Australia’s federal and NSW state governments bought Toorale for
almost A$24m ($17m), not to run it as a farm but to take control of a
commodity that now seems more precious than the food and fibre it
produces: water……On a national scale, the battle between keeping
Toorale’s land and water in the market, or devoting them to the
environment, could set a standard for changing the way outback lands
are used, almost 150 years after white settlers turned sheep and
cattle loose on them. Penny Wong, the federal minister for climate
change and water, admits that little, if any, of Toorale’ s water will
reach the Murray’s depleted mouth 1,000km south. But the Wentworth
Group, a batch of water experts, gives her credit for trying to revive
flows. It foresees an “unfolding environmental disaster” if water
consumption in the Murray-Darling system is not cut by up to 53%.
Peter Cosier, the group’s convener, says: “We’ve reached a point where
the water-buyback scheme is the only game left in town.”
http://www.economist.com/displayStor...ry_id=12480905

Gold Coast Queensland Australia
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/...ia-424712.html
It's got sun, sand and surfing aplenty, but away from the beaches of
this Australian destination, there are also hip bars and rainforest
walks The world-famous Gold Coast offers education, home stay and
training at all levels to Australian and overseas students. A student
may study at a school, technical college, university or choose from
hundreds of registered training organisations. All courses are offered
including vocational education, certificate, diploma, degree, post
graduate http://www.studygoldcoast.org.au/video/

Boost to sponsored skilled migration Senator Chris Evans, has urged
the states and territories to boost their use of state-sponsored
skilled migration to meet labour market demands. There is the capacity
within the Federal Government’s permanent skilled migration program
for states and territories to sponsor overseas skilled workers in
occupations in demand,’ The Rudd Government’s May Budget added an
additional 31 000 skilled migrants to the 2008-09 Migration Program to
help employers with the skills shortage. Overall, permanent skilled
migration will make up 133 500 places in the migration program, which
totals 190 300 for 2008-09.
http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener...e-overseas.htm

Free information, advice, counselling, study & visa application, short
term accommodation etc. see AIEC Australian International Education
Centre website http://www.aiec.biz


I would recommend Sydney and surrounding areas.
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Old November 27th, 2008, 05:37 AM
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Originally Posted by AIEC View Post
Australian Music True Tales: the exiled outbursts of our man in
Australia Rock critic Everett True has relocated to Brisbane and, in
his first weekly blog, he explains why he's not happy with the local
music press Australians don't have much respect for the music press -
it runs counter to their culture. Australian rock is all about "Good
on ya, mate - well done for getting up on stage and switching that
amplifier on". The idea of anyone actually daring to criticise
musicians for the sound they make is almost heresy. Everyone is
treated equally, which means no knocking anyone back, however great
the temptation. (That'll be why Australian rock is best known to the
outside world for such musical abominations as Silverchair, the Vines
and Savage Garden.) Sport is the predominant culture here, and music
is similarly viewed as a leisure activity - it's all about "work
rate", "dedication" and "goals scored". Unsurprisingly, Australians
get the music press they deserve. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musi...g/06/truetales

Historical Music venue Celebrating a passion for the espy This month,
the Espy, as it's famously known, has been basking in the celebration
of a mighty anniversary: 130 years serving punters from its perch on
the hill overlooking St Kilda beach. Hundreds of bands have played
there throughout the month-long birthday celebrations, which culminate
next weekend with a huge line-up of acts over two days.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/ce...1123-6eu8.html

Review Australia the Movie It has every Australian cliché you could
hope for, from kangaroos and Nicole Kidman to aborigines going
walkabout and, yep, Waltzing Matilda. There is even, within moments of
the opening scenes, Rolf Harris's wobble board. But Baz Luhrmann's
long-awaited, and over-budget epic Australia manages, against the
odds, to avoid turning into one big sunburnt stereotype about Godzone
country. Instead, in what turns out to be a multi-layered story it
describes an Australia of the 1940s that is at once compellingly,
beautiful and breathtakingly cruel.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co....cle5178513.ece

Recent documentary release of Sir John Monash “Monash The Forgotten
ANZAC” reminds all of his importance in development of Australian
character including innovation, individuality, equality and
responsibility. However, Australian political (and other) leaders,
both left and right, seem to have been promoting the opposite in
recent years, in the name of Australian values. Targetting those of
non Anglo/Celtic background, like Monash whose family was Prussian
Jewish, as not being Australian, adhoc approaches to issues and
evading accountability (for encouraging jingoistic and racially based
nationalism), not very Australian…. http://www.abc.net.au/tv/documentari...active/monash/

John Monash Father of the Blitzkrieg http://www.convictcreations.com/history/monash.html

"not lip service, nor obsequious homage to superiors, nor servile
observance of forms and customs...the Australian army is proof that
individualism is the best and not the worst foundation upon which to
build up collective discipline" General John Monash

More praise came from British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery who
said of Monash:
"I would name Sir John Monash as the best general on the western front
in Europe".

Socceroos steal World Cup qualification win in Bahrain THE Socceroos
stole an amazing and clearly undeserved 1-0 win over Bahrain overnight
to move into a commanding position for World Cup qualification. A
goal to Palermo midfielder Mark Bresciano in the dying seconds sealed
three points for Australia despite the away team being completely
outplayed by the enthusiastic home side throughout the match. Pim
Verbeek's men had barely threatened to score all match in a disjointed
performance that reflected the hurried preparations for the game which
was sandwiched between European club fixtures.
http://article.wn.com/view/2008/11/1...n_in_Bah rain

Australia and the credit crunch Digging for victory China’s appetite
for its minerals offers Australia some shelter from the storm. TWO
straight railway lines run through the red desert of the Pilbara
region, in Western Australia….. With the onset of the global financial
crisis, the region is now proving crucial to whether Australia can
defy the fate of other rich countries and avoid a recession. China is
now Australia’s biggest trading partner; it buys 40% of the Pilbara’s
iron ore. A few months ago, this seemed enough to protect Australia
from the storms buffeting the world economy. ……central bank delivered
a bleaker prognosis. It forecast annual growth falling to just
1.5%.......So China’s stimulus this week, inspiring visions of more
iron ore needed for steel to build housing and infrastructure, has
brought fresh hopes that the Pilbara once again will be the lucky
country’s saviour. http://www.economist.com/displaystor...ry_id=12601916

The Australian
Property price fall worst in 25 years THE once booming Perth property
market has recorded its third consecutive quarterly fall in the median
house price - a phenomenon not seen in 25 years - as talk of a
recession eats into consumer confidence. Real Estate Institute of
Western Australia president Rob Druitt said the Perth market was
moving into uncharted territory with a combination of falling house
prices and dwindling sales. He predicted that a fourth consecutive
fall was likely before the market began to recover.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...0-2702,00.html


Water in Australia - The dry last ditch - A controversial plan to save
Australia’s largest river system. AFTER 17 years, Tony and Michelle
McManus are preparing for their last sheep-shearing season on Toorale,
a sprawling outback property near Bourke in western New South Wales
(NSW). By Christmas, Toorale’s 30,000 sheep, 1,200 cattle and
irrigation machinery will all be sold, ending a way of life on the
ranch begun by the region’s European pioneers in the 1870s. Last month
Australia’s federal and NSW state governments bought Toorale for
almost A$24m ($17m), not to run it as a farm but to take control of a
commodity that now seems more precious than the food and fibre it
produces: water……On a national scale, the battle between keeping
Toorale’s land and water in the market, or devoting them to the
environment, could set a standard for changing the way outback lands
are used, almost 150 years after white settlers turned sheep and
cattle loose on them. Penny Wong, the federal minister for climate
change and water, admits that little, if any, of Toorale’ s water will
reach the Murray’s depleted mouth 1,000km south. But the Wentworth
Group, a batch of water experts, gives her credit for trying to revive
flows. It foresees an “unfolding environmental disaster” if water
consumption in the Murray-Darling system is not cut by up to 53%.
Peter Cosier, the group’s convener, says: “We’ve reached a point where
the water-buyback scheme is the only game left in town.”
http://www.economist.com/displayStor...ry_id=12480905

Gold Coast Queensland Australia
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/...ia-424712.html
It's got sun, sand and surfing aplenty, but away from the beaches of
this Australian destination, there are also hip bars and rainforest
walks The world-famous Gold Coast offers education, home stay and
training at all levels to Australian and overseas students. A student
may study at a school, technical college, university or choose from
hundreds of registered training organisations. All courses are offered
including vocational education, certificate, diploma, degree, post
graduate http://www.studygoldcoast.org.au/video/

Boost to sponsored skilled migration Senator Chris Evans, has urged
the states and territories to boost their use of state-sponsored
skilled migration to meet labour market demands. There is the capacity
within the Federal Government’s permanent skilled migration program
for states and territories to sponsor overseas skilled workers in
occupations in demand,’ The Rudd Government’s May Budget added an
additional 31 000 skilled migrants to the 2008-09 Migration Program to
help employers with the skills shortage. Overall, permanent skilled
migration will make up 133 500 places in the migration program, which
totals 190 300 for 2008-09.
http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener...e-overseas.htm

Free information, advice, counselling, study & visa application, short
term accommodation etc. see AIEC Australian International Education
Centre website http://www.aiec.biz


I would recommend Sydney and surrounding areas.
 




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