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Australia - Property, Tourism, Skippy, Far North Queensland &Immigration
House hunters' bargain hot spot expands. Eleven-and-a-half kilometres
from the CBD is proving to be the right distance for value seeking home buyers, according to a report that lists the 24 most attractive suburbs in Australia for investment opportunitie. The Melbourne suburbs of Chadstone, Brunswick and Flemington made the list, compiled by St George Bank, because they offered the best mix of location, amenities and demographic mix for investors. http://www.theage.com.au/business/ho...ml?autostart=1 Victoria overtakes Queensland as Aussies' destination of choice. Victoria has edged ahead of Queensland for the first time as a destination for Australians on interstate trips, new figures show. Data released by Tourism Research Australia shows the southern state recorded 5.4 million interstate visitors on overnight trips in the year ended in June 2009. http://www.theage.com.au/travel/trav...0916-fqoi.html SKIPPY The Bush Kanagaroo: Australia's First Superstar. Narrated by Magda Szubanski, this one-hour documentary is a warm, witty, affectionate and definitive look at one of Australia's most cherished TV stars, Skippy the bush kangaroo. Everybody remembers Skippy! 91 episodes sold in 128 countries, watched by hundreds of millions worldwide, the show put Australia firmly on the global map and for those of a certain generation, the heroic marsupial is synonymous with their childhood, often in more profound ways than they realise... http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/netw/...009T203000.htm Cairns ‘great up top’ message to get a push at WYSTC. The ‘Cairns – great up top…fun Down Under’ campaign will make its international debut at the World Youth and Student Travel Conference (WYSTC) in Manchester in two weeks time. Brett Claxton, Backpacking Queensland chairman told the Cairns Post the campaign will be heavily promoted at the global trade show including the training of over 200 travel agents about the region. http://thumbrella.com.au/cairns-grea...-at-wystc-4612 Video from Tropical Australia Far Northern Queensland, Cairns and Great Barrier Reef. http://www.tropicalaustralia.com.au/...ment_broadband New Cairns Far North Queensland backpacker Tourism website launch September 2009. http://www.uptopdownunder.com/ Tropical North Queensland, Cairns, Great Barrier Reef, World Heritage Daintree Rainforest. http://www.tropicalaustralia.com.au/...ge/default.htm Try this new citizenship test. So the Don's out. The new citizenship test will no longer ask people to learn the cricketer's test average or about Walter Lindrum's billiards prowess. According to the Minister for Immigration, Chris Evans, the aim is to include people, not block them out in an "Australiana Quiz". http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/soc...0917-ftaj.html Population to now hit 35 million by 2049. AUSTRALIA'S population will hit 35 million in 40 years - seven million more than had been expected - as a rising birthrate and rapid migration almost double the rate of population growth. The larger population will be younger, on average, than was expected when Treasury last prepared forecasts two years ago. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...rom=public_rss College's collapse leaves 61 stranded. ANOTHER private training college has collapsed, leaving scores of Australian students in limbo and raising fears that problems in international education have spread to colleges that teach local students. The College of Creative Arts and Technology was closed on September 2 after Victoria's education regulator learnt it was insolvent. Education authorities are scrambling to place 61 students in new courses. http://www.theage.com.au/national/co...0917-ftp4.html Government failing 'silent asylum seekers'. The Australian Immigration Department has been criticised for failing to adequately protect people facing human rights abuses in their home countries. A young Kenyan woman who came to Australia for World Youth Day wants to stay because she claims she will be circumcised if she returns to Kenya. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...section=justin AIEC QUEST Australian International Education Centre http://www.aiec.hu "Aussie Specialists" http//www.australia.com |
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