The Decline of Investigative Reporting
Region: AustraliaWhile the US comes to terms with the reactionary chain of events since Fox News duped itself and the public about a black woman's racism, the Australian media pursues its own self destructive path. The ABC political reporter, Chris Uhlmann now breaks a page one story that vaguely refers to anonymous sources in what amounts to character assassination of the recently deposed Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd. R... more
Views: 1738On the Demise of Kevin Rudd, Australian Prime Minister
Region: Australia
With self-righteous anger and vengeful spirit members of the Australian Labor Party caucus discarded a Prime Minister who more than any other leader in the past 50 years delivered substantive social benefits for all Australians. On this record of his leadership, the media are in surprise agreement. Yet, the Labor party power brokers never wanted his leadership. So it's significant that they took the ver... more
Views: 2910Australian government applying inclusive school curriculum
Region: Australia
The West Australian daily published on 01 reports that the Australian government is going to apply a national school curriculum, though opposed by the country’s Opposition. Australia’s Opposition education spokesperson Christopher Pyne terms the plan as an imminent national disaster. He belongs to the Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) while the prime minister belongs to the Australian Labor Party (ALP). Pyn... more
Views: 3202Aussie Blue Chip Firms Offshore More than Overseas Counterparts
Region: Australia
According to a recent survey, Aussie blue chip firms are keen on tech work to offshore destinations like India in comparison to their counterparts abroad. A study by Capgemini included tech chiefs from Foster’s, Westpac, and Qantas. CIOs from 490 commercial and public firms worldwide took part in the survey done from July – October. These firms include L’Oreal, Allianz, Mars, Michelin, Bayer, Arcelo... more
Views: 1307Dart Thornton Fantasy Reveals Deepest Truths
Region: Australia
One of the great finds for me in 2009, was the best selling fantasy fiction series, The Bitterbynde Trilogy, by Cecilia Dart Thornton. Over the past thirty years, I have devoured George MacDonald’s fantasies, C.S. Lewis fantasies, Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy plus The Hobbit, numbers of times, always uplifted by the adventures of remarkable characters in their mind-created realms. I have had a... more
Views: 1573Will whaling remain main issue At Japan-Australia summit ?
Region: Australia
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is goin to visit Japan, on next week for talks with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. As per my point of view,Japan's research whaling likely will be the main agenda. The Australian government said on Friday that Prime Minister Rudd will remain in Japan on Tuesday, on his way from the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen. It is also predicteed that,the 2 leaders m... more
Views: 926Australian Author Driven To Penetrate American Publishing Market
Region: Australia
Professor David Carter of The University of Queensland, in Australia wrote, "While a number of high profile Australian writers are now located in the US and/or routinely have American publishers, little is known currently about the history of the publishing relationship between Australian authors/Australian books and American publishers. What is known at present has largely been the by-product of work on an ind... more
Views: 2608Once again an Indian student at suicide in Australia
Region: AustraliaAs per my knowledge,in Australia within a week,this is the second incident of an Indian immigrant suicide. Before this,not getting a job by Indian student Gurjinder Singh had committed suicide . Please cicl following link for more news. http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/4251639-once-again-an-indian-student-at-suicide-in-australia Thanking you. more
Views: 1192"Katich must replace Ricky as captain"
Region: Australia"It's time to allow a stronger character like Simon Katich to take over," Former stumper Steve Rixon said. "We've lost our edge. I don't relate to the brand of cricket we are playing under Ricky. We aren't playing the sort of cricket that has made us ruthless and a team that no one really likes to play," Rixon said. "Teams aren't capitulating under pressure like they used to. We seem to have a more timid nature...and... more
Views: 1822Keep it simple, McGrath tells Mitch
Region: Australia"He needs to keep it simple. That is the key. He just has to clear his head and not complicate things," Australian pace great Glenn McGrath said. "Less things can go wrong when you keep it simple. I just used to switch a voice off in my head, pick out a song to sing at the top of my mark and trust myself that my body knew how to bowl. "It didn't always work. But if you win the battle with yourself you are 75 per cent... more
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