The News Review:
- Fire in north west Tasmania
- The £10 ticket to another life
- Top marks for health system
- Cowes – Victoria – Australia – Travel – theage.com.au
Fire in north west Tasmania
abc.net.au – Jan 31, 2008
Crews were called to the fire near Christmas Hills shortly before two o’clock (AEDT). The fire service says motorists should drive carefully because of smoke shrouding the highway. Meanwhile fire fighters are continuing to battle a blaze one kilometre from Tarraleah in the Central Highlands. The fire service says three helicopters are water-bombing the 270 hectare blaze which is burning in steep terrain. The fire is still spotting over containment lines but no properties are under threat.
The £10 ticket to another life
BBC News – Jan 31, 2008
I often wonder how life would have turned out if things had been different. Stephen Jones Pontypridd UKI was 10 years old and the eldest of four children when my family emigrated to Australia in 1960. My father was a teacher and had already secured a job in Tasmania. We travelled on the Italian cruise liner Fairsea which was a wonderful experience for us children though not so good for Mum – she was in one cabin with the four children whilst my father had to go to another deck sharing with other men. We spent only a couple of days in the migrant camp in Melbourne before starting our new life in Tasmania. Although the job failed to materialise (the new headmaster decided he did not want to employ any Pommie teachers) my father found another teaching job. We had a wonderful life there – if you are prepared to work hard there is still plenty of opportunity… We had a wonderful life there – if you are prepared to work hard there is still plenty of opportunity. Those who didn’t last long (and we met several in the early days) tended to be those reluctant to make an effort expecting things to be handed to them on a plate. My father died last year in Tasmania at the age of 91 and to the end of his days would be fond of saying that it was the best £10 he had ever spent. Tessa Samuelson Woking UKI was one of the last of the £10 migrants going over there for what was supposed to be a two-year working holiday in 1969. The only qualifications you need were to speak English have white skin and pass a TB test. I returned to England in 2006 primarily for family reasons.
Top marks for health system
NEWS.com.au – Jan 31, 2008
The health news was not all good with statistics showing SA had one of the highest suicide rates in the country a higher than average mortality rate and an increase in the number of complaints about aged-care services. The state also performed poorly in some areas of education. Apart from Tasmania SA had the lowest proportion of people in full-time education training or work and the lowest proportion of people with post-school qualifications. Education Minister Jane Lomax-Smith said SA had the equal highest Year 12 completion rate – along with Victoria Tasmania and the ACT – and said that from 2009 all young people would be required to be in school training or full-time work until they turn 17. The state performed well in justice with the nation’s highest approval rating of police. Police Minister Paul Holloway said 85 per cent of people who had police contact were either very satisfied or satisfied. There were fewer complaints about police than the previous year.
Cowes – Victoria – Australia – Travel – theage.com.au
The Age – Jan 31, 2008
Henamed it Western Port as it was at the time the most westerlyknown harbour on the coast. Bass returned in ctober 1798 withMatthew Flinders. The two men were travelling down the mainlandcoast on board the 25-ton sloop Norfolk on a voyage intended toconfirm their suspicion that a strait existed between the mainlandand Van Diemen’s Land (i. They anchored off what isnow the settlement of Rhyll on the eastern side of Phillip Island. Bass thought that Cape Woolamai resembled the head of a snapper andso the island became known as Snapper Island.