The News Review:
- AUSTRALIA: ABRIGINES DEMAND REPATRIATIN F ANCESTRS’ BNES.
- P&F welcomes school bus seatbelts pledge
- Ferguson fuels talk of Federal LGH takeover
- Rotary teachers exchange skills
- Queensland NSW set for Interstate showdown
- Slog-fest to topple Boxing Day Test
- Foreign demand will double by 2025
AUSTRALIA: ABRIGINES DEMAND REPATRIATIN F ANCESTRS’ BNES.
Free with registration – Inter Press Service – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 19, 2007
ur beliefs are that the old people their spirits won’t lay to rest until their remains are back in country. And we have an obligation to ensure that happens” said Greg Brown a member of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Center delegation which clinched the agreement with the museum to repatriate the remains of 17 Tasmanian aborigines. The remains held by the museum likely date to the 19th century and they include bones teeth and hair. Their repatriation ended a 20 year struggle with the Natural History Museum and facilitated the return of the remains of… ur beliefs are that the old people their spirits won’t lay to rest until their remains are back in country. And we have an obligation to ensure that happens” said Greg Brown a member of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Center delegation which clinched the agreement with the museum to repatriate the remains of 17 Tasmanian aborigines. The remains held by the museum likely date to the 19th century and they include bones teeth and hair. Their repatriation ended a 20 year struggle with the Natural History Museum and facilitated the return of the remains of.
P&F welcomes school bus seatbelts pledge
ABC nline – ABC nline – Sep 19, 2007
She says she’s been unhappy with the State Government’s hesitancy and welcomes the Federal intervention. “If there is an accident a severe accident seatbelts do save lives” said Ms Branch. “I mean why do we have them in cars every day?”We have them in cars and there are penalties for not wearing them because they save lives and the same thing will happen if an accident like that occurred in a bus. The Tasmanian Bus Association says the money would be better spent on updating school buses. Tags: community-and-society disasters-and-accidents road-accidents education parent-organisations government-and-politics federal-government parliament federal-parliament state-parliament activism-and-lobbying tasSearch for news.
Ferguson fuels talk of Federal LGH takeover
ABC nline – ABC nline – Sep 19, 2007
The Federal Member for Bass Michael Ferguson says he and senior doctors have met the Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott to make a joint submission for more funding. Mr Ferguson says he’s told the Government that a Federal takeover of the Launceston hospital must be seriously considered. He says the State Government’s health reforms favour southern Tasmania over the north and today’s meeting was for doctors to complain about the State Government. She says the Federal Government underfunds local hospitals by $70m a year and is now trying to exploit the anger that has generated. Ms Giddings says the State has already increased funding at the LGH by $19m this year and the Federal election is a perfect opportunity to now make the Commonwealth accountable. Tags: community-and-society government-and-politics federal-government federal-state-issues parliament federal-parliament state-parliament health doctors-and-medical-professionals healthcare-facilities health-policy regional activism-and-lobbying tasSearch for news… Mr Ferguson says he’s told the Government that a Federal takeover of the Launceston hospital must be seriously considered. He says the State Government’s health reforms favour southern Tasmania over the north and today’s meeting was for doctors to complain about the State Government. She says the Federal Government underfunds local hospitals by $70m a year and is now trying to exploit the anger that has generated. Ms Giddings says the State has already increased funding at the LGH by $19m this year and the Federal election is a perfect opportunity to now make the Commonwealth accountable. Tags: community-and-society government-and-politics federal-government federal-state-issues parliament federal-parliament state-parliament health doctors-and-medical-professionals healthcare-facilities health-policy regional activism-and-lobbying tasSearch for news.
Rotary teachers exchange skills
Fiji Times – Sep 19, 2007
She said the visiting team exchanged ideas and views with teachers in Lautoka on ways of improving teaching skills in the classrooms and also keeping the students interested. The Rotary club of Bellerive Tasmania held a workshop for some 25 teachers from various schools on lifting literacy. “Part of the group work is listening to what the students have to say after hearing you out. Listening skills are important” she said. “As teachers we also should respect student’s opinion and we have also got to keep in mind that students cannot focus topics for a very long period. “So when you are carrying out group work or discussion you cannot keep it go on for long because students start to lose concentration.
Queensland NSW set for Interstate showdown
iseekgolf.com – Sep 19, 2007
Queensland started the day in positive fashion taking three of the opening foursomes matches before Andrew Dodt led his team to victory in the afternoon. The Australian Amateur Stroke Play Champion carded an amazing run of seven consecutive birdies to overcome a stiff challenge from Craig Hancock. Dodt was three behind before his streak but remarkably only won four of those holes which was a credit to Hancock who stuck with him the entire way. James Pyke and Paul Marshall scored wins for Tassie but it was the narrow one-hole victories earlier by Brett Rankin Blake McGrory and Adam Gemmell that earned Queensland the win and number one spot.
Slog-fest to topple Boxing Day Test
The Australian – Sep 19, 2007
"Cricket fans in Australia and around the world including a significant number of fans who are new to cricket continue to vote with their feet when it comes to Twenty20 cricket" Sutherland said. There are only two international Twenty20 matches scheduled for summer. Last year nearly 30000 turned out to see the Twenty20 final between Victoria and Tasmania. ne state official said that the new form was "where the big bucks are" and claimed it was the only state generating a profit. Costs for the Twenty20 matches are considerably lower than for one-day internationals or Pura Cup matches. Cricket Australia said yesterday excitement created by the Twenty20 World Cup was expected to drive interest. "We’ve been really excited about the prospect of Australia hosting the first international Twenty20 against India for some time" a spokesman said.
Foreign demand will double by 2025
The Australian – Sep 19, 2007
Pollock said that while the total number of students from China and India coming to Australia would grow significantly demand from Malaysia and Hong Kong would flatten out and there would be no increase in students from Western Europe or the US. University of Tasmania vice-chancellor Daryl Le Grew said establishing offshore campuses was one way of dealing with increased international student demand. He said institutions should set up more partnerships with universities overseas to offer more places to international students. "What we should now be doing is to think about the role we play outside the country" he said. The full findings of the research conducted by Melissa Banks Alan lsen and David Pearce will be presented at the Australian International Education Conference in Melbourne next month.