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Australia Where? November 23 2008
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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