The News Review:
- Bulls do it tough against Tasmania
- Tas firefighters’ pay dispute worsens
- Haddin tipped to replace Gilchrist
- His Quest is ver
- To attract quality teachers we need to pay competitive wages
- Katich’s 189 puts Blues in box seat
Bulls do it tough against Tasmania
abc.net.au – Jan 27, 2008
Despite a 211-run opening stand the Bulls collapsed and won the game by just two wickets finishing with 8 for 284 in response to Tasmania’s total of 9 for 280. An unbeaten 71 from Travis Birt was the best in a team batting effort from the hosts with Mark Divin scoring 63 and opener Michael Dighton the other main contributor with 43. Ben Hilfenhaus (13 not out) provided good lower order support for Birt with the pair putting on 41 runs in their unbeaten last-wicket stand. James Hopes was the main destroyer for the Bulls claiming 3 for 62.
Tas firefighters’ pay dispute worsens
abc.net.au – Jan 27, 2008
6 per cent over four years which the Firefighters Union claims is a breach of an election commitment by the Government to bring wages into line with firefighters in other states. Union secretary Richard Warwick says firefighters are not happy about taking industrial action during a period of high fire danger but they are serious about a better deal. “I’ve never seen career firefighters in Tasmania as angry and as determined to change the outcome of this bargaining agreement and to fix their superannuation [as they are now]” he said. Tags: industrial-relations government-and-politics states-and-territories unions tasSearch for news.
Haddin tipped to replace Gilchrist
Independent nline – Jan 27, 2008
50 and completed 35 dismissals. Although youngsters Luke Ronchi from Western Australia Tim Payne (Tasmania) and Chris Hartley (Queensland) have their supporters the 30-year-old Haddin seems certain to finally get his chance at Test level. Gilchrist’s predecessor Ian Healy said here Sunday that Australia was blessed to have a player like Haddin to call upon. “We are very lucky with wicketkeeping we have got as close to Gilly as there is in Brad Haddin” he said. “Haddin is the closest in world cricket to being able to emulate Gilchrist. Taking over from the greatest wicketkeeper-batsman the game has seen will be daunting but Haddin has been in fine form for NSW this season averaging 60.
His Quest is ver
Providence Journal – Jan 27, 2008
“I’ve done a bit of it but no huge Andrew Lloyd Webber-type arias. ”But for the most part his roots are in legitimate theater. Siberry grew up in Australia actually Tasmania where his doctor father had emigrated when the family was young. He attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney and began his career in Adelaide at the State Theatre Company. After two years Siberry left for England and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company where he played Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew Parolles in Alls Well That Ends Well and Jacques in As You Like It. These days he is based in New York where he has been working on and off since the mid-1980s. His two years with the Spamalot tour provided his first look at the hinterlands of the United States.
To attract quality teachers we need to pay competitive wages
The Age – Jan 27, 2008
Those of uswho have been lucky enough to have had great teachers — evenif great only to us — know what an important role they canplay in our lives. Which makes it all the more essential that we attract the bestpossible people to teach in our schools and that we ensure theprofession is held in the high esteem it deserves. For a start itmeans paying Victorian state school teachers in line with theirinterstate colleagues — recent figures show that Victorianteachers are the lowest-paid in the country with the mostexperienced paid $65414 compared with $72454 in NSW and morethan $68000 in South Australia and Tasmania. The AustralianEducation Union wants an annual pay rise of 10%; the BrumbyGovernment has offered 3. 25% a year over three years with teachersset to strike over the issue on February 14 if they cannot reach adeal by then. Aside from the obvious importance of investing in a strongpublic education system — of which high-quality caring anddedicated teachers are the linchpin — there are other goodreasons for the Government to give teachers a better deal. Inpolitical polling education consistently ranks as one of the mostimportant issues for Australian voters — we largely acceptpaying relatively high tax rates on the understanding that thispublic money will then be invested in public service such asschooling recognising the vital role that a good broad andequitable education provides for the community and young people asthey grow into adults.
Katich’s 189 puts Blues in box seat
NEWS.com.au – Jan 27, 2008
Left-hander Katich’s six-hour master class ended when he was bowled leg stump by paceman Ben Edmondson (4-110) at 7-388. Katich whose 23-Test career was interrupted by national selectors 26 months ago has made four Pura Cup centuries this season with a highest score of 306 against Queensland. The 32-year-old has scored a remarkable 1067 runs this Pura Cup season at an average of 118. The scoring record in a Pura Cup season is Michael Bevan’s 1464 runs for Tasmania in 2004-05. AAP Share this article.