The promise of a ten-billion dollar package for rural Australia may have helped Julia Gillard win the vote, but according to new research released today, regional Aussies are still at a serious disadvantage when it comes to their career.
MANY Australians have flocked to Croatia’s scenic Adriatic Coast for a rejuvenating holiday, but precious few to prime themselves for a Commonwealth Games gold medal.
Almost three quarters of Australians in vocational training drop out before they complete their course. That’s the finding of a study conducted by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research. It tracked enrolments of more than 1.3 million students to monitor how many subjects they completed.
Britney Spears’ lip-syncing draws outrage and controversy in Australia, proof the Aussies have unrealistic expectations from the pop star.
Matthew Booth You don’t run into a lot of Irish folks in Africa. Lots of Canadians, Norwegians, Japanese, and Australians but very few Irish. Maybe that helps to explain why Sport Against Racism Ireland was among the groups who, during June’s Confederations Cup in South Africa, were quick to assume that predominantly black crowds were booing the lone white player on the South African national team Matthew Booth.* In fact, the crowd was celebrating Booth by enunciating and elongating his
