Hundreds of fine arts students protested against TAFE funding cuts as they delivered a petition with more than 20,000 signatures to NSW State Parliament yesterday. The state government announced last month it was withdrawing all public funding from TAFE fine arts courses from January 2013. The government argued that art courses were not vocational, and that there are few job prospects for…
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Left to right: Defence Minister Stephen Smith, US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Prime Minister Julia Gillard, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Foreign Minister Bob Carr US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Australia doesn’t have to choose between America and China. “These last three days have reinforced the indispensability of these countries’ relationship… The relationship [is] not a…
DetailsXi Jinping today assumed the reigns of the Chinese Communist Party. The once-a-decade leadership change followed a week-long party assembly. Xi’s appointment marks the fourth transition since Chairman Mao Zedong. He entered the Great Hall of the People with six other party officials to form the Politburo Standing Committee who will become China’s new decision makers on economic,…
DetailsPhoto courtesy of Zlatan Ibrahimovic Facebook fan page The greatest goal of all time may have just been scored. Football fans around the world have flooded Twitter with praise for Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic after he scored a miraculous goal in Sweden’s 4-2 defeat of England overnight. Ibrahimovic scored all four of his side’s goals,…
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Love Travel? Love the environment? Concerned about your global impact? Take a walk on the green side of travel. One adventurous traveller Mitchell Duncan, 22, undertook an environmentally friendly trip to Japan. “I cycled from Tokyo to Osaka. The trip was 550 kilometres and it took eight days to ride. I carried a small camping…
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It is National Recycling Week, so what’s clogging our streets? Cigarette butts have been the leading form of litter on Australian streets for the past 15 years. City of Sydney council cleaners pick up 15,000 butts every day – just a fraction of the estimated 7 billion Australians throw away each year. According to Clean Up Australia, butts are often…
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