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THE PICK OF THE MORNING’S STORIES
Grants double-up fuels regional home boom - The Australian POLITICS AND ECONOMICS Australia Foreign students Revealed: student death toll set to rise - Details of the deaths of more than 50 overseas students have been suppressed by Australian coroners amid claims that the details are being kept quiet as part of an attempt to protect the lucrative $15.5 billion overseas student market - Sydney Morning Herald India delegation to rescue lucrative student industry - Sydney Morning Herald ‘He was the only hope for this family’ - before the Indian student died in Australia - Sydney Morning Herald Foreign student death details suppressed - Melbourne Age Ute gate Joe Hockey creates more turmoil for Malcolm Turnbull - Police appear to have cleared Malcolm Turnbull over the OzCar scandal but the opposition faces a new political headache, with Treasury spokesman Joe Hockey yesterday questioning the Howard government’s cherished economic legacy - The Australian Kevin Rudd puts brake on ute brawl - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has side-stepped questions about whether he is sorry he borrowed the rusty ute at the centre of the Utegate scandal and instead attacked The Courier-Mail - Brisbane Courier Mail Utegate cops clear Turnbull - Sydney Daily Telegraph Turnbull’s Ozcar statement satisfies police - Sydney Morning Herald Health Rudd leaves door ajar on federal hospitals grab - Sydney Morning Herald Brumby vows to fight Rudd over hospitals - Melbourne Age Boat people Softer border controls blamed for suspected flood of refugees - Sydney Morning Herald Industrial relations Hotel staff aim to be first in line for new fair work laws - Sydney Morning Herald
Union push for 6pc wage rises - The Australian Union blamed as staff avoid retailers’ pay deal - The Australian Union back in strife on sackings - The troubled Health Services Union has hit acrimony again, with police called yesterday amid claims the president of an influential branch of the union, Pauline Fegan, bullied and tried to evict a senior manager - Melbourne Age Polls, elections and pre-selections
Economic matters Government borrowing soars, as consumers tighten pursestrings - The Australian Taxes cut, benefits boosted from today - Melbourne Herald Sun 200,000 laggards missed $900 bonus - Sydney Morning Herald Grants double-up fuels regional home boom - The epicentre of the boom is regional Victoria, where the combination of federal and state government grants means first-time buyers outside Melbourne can pocket up to $36,500 to ease the path into home ownership. And it is happening amid a curiously buoyant national residential market, with new figures yesterday showing house prices increasing in the first five months of the year in all state capitals except Perth - The Australian Melbourne in housing recovery - Melbourne Age Brisbane house prices on the rise, median at $432,000 - Brisbane Courier Mail Sydney house prices defy downturn - Sydney Morning Herald Death penalty Law to ensure death penalty stays dead - Federal Government has written to the states telling them of its plans to introduce laws banning them from ever reintroducing the death penalty, whether they like it or not. Although all states have abolished the death penalty, under existing laws there is nothing preventing a future government from bringing it back - Sydney Morning Herald Leadership Martin Hamilton-Smith refuses to quit SA Liberal leadership - Adelaide Advertiser Aboriginal affairs Silent shame of Cherbourg school where pupils can’t hear teacher - Brisbane Courier Mail Wasteful government Building cost projections ‘flawed’, says Queensland auditor-general - Brisbane Courier Mail Council of Australian government Reformed COAG a one-stop co-op - writes Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in The Australian Job for a boy Bomber Kim Beazley hits job bullseye - Appointed to bioard of the Australian War Memorial - The Australian Corruption Premier cuts old colleague loose - Andrew Fraser in The Australian writes of a sitting premier appearing in a criminal trial where her former cabinet colleague had been charged with corruption Political life Labor’s underbelly - Rick Wallace writes in The Australian that ALP warlord George Seitz’s proposed memoir is sure to be an embarrassing book for the party’s Victorian branch. Transport You pay $30 million to go nowhere - NSW Government is ploughing on with another billion-dollar rail project it can’t afford. Yesterday it outlined an imaginary route for an $8 billion link to Sydney’s west - Sydney Daily Telegraph Opinion Boneheads are back on the streets - Michael Stutchbury asks in The Australian if there could be be anything more bone-headed than the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union vowing to set the pace for a national wage round of more than 4 per cent just as business is trying to avoid a wave of job layoffs that would push the unemployment rate above 8 per cent? Tax cuts we can well do without - Ross Gittins in the Sydney Morning Herald on the cuts applying from today NSW Liberals bottom of the class - Janet Albrechtsen writes in The Australian that last week, under leader Barry O’Farrell, the NSW parlizamentary party showed it has no commitment to core Liberal Party values. Pollies pig out as families suffer - David Penberthy in the Sydney Daily Telegraph on a new meal allowance perk for NSW MPs NSW Labor stretches feasibility - says editorial in the Sydney Daily Telegraph. Given the Government’s new approach, we can expect a whole raft of thrilling new unaffordable dream projects to be announced in coming weeks. Rudd puts a bomb under diplomacy - Daniel Flitton in the Melbourne Age argues we need to regularly articulate our approach to foreign affairs. Pricing policy needs teeth if it’s to really benefit consumers - Nicole Rich and Sean Carroll in the Melbourne Age say supermarkets must not be allowed to hijack the unit pricing scheme. Elsewhere Economic matters UK economy shrinking at fastest rate in more than 50 years - The Guardian, UK Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warns of revenge on pro-democracy states - Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has warned the regime would seek revenge against states it has accused of fanning pro-democracy demonstrations in the wake of its disputed election - London Daily Telegraph Malaysia For all Malaysians: new PM abandons ethnic capitalism - Sydney Morning Herald Malaysia in major liberalisation drive - Financial Times of London Michael Jackson Michael Jackson’s funeral to be held at Neverland Ranch - London Daily Telegraph BUSINESS PNG bank’s Pacific buying spree in bid to rival majors - The Australian Year of financial hell ends with optimism - Brisbane Courier Mail Lippy and gloss revitalise David Jones - Sydney Morning Herald Retail rides a wave of confidence - Melbourne Age ENVIRONMENT Car makers urge caution on emission limits - Sydney Morning Herald MEDIA Readers pay a price for authors’ greed - Tim Wilson in The Australian writes that the campaign by wealthy Australian authors such as Tim Winton and Bryce Courtenay against reforms that would enable Australians to buy cheaper books is all about feathering their nests and has nothing to do with protecting Australian culture. China thinks twice - and its 300m internet users scent a rare victory - The Guardian, UK LIFE Consumer affairs Smart meters to lift power costs - Householders could be forced to fork out hundreds of dollars for electricity “smart meters” so the Government can charge them more for power at peak times - Brisbane Courier Mail Safety recalls take food off shelves - Sydney Morning Herald Fraudsters target electricity and gas contracts - The Australian The drink Victoria Bitter to be sold with less alcohol - Melbourne Herald Sun Laneway bar reaches a dead end - Sydney’s attempt at creating a laneway bar culture has been stalled, after one of the first new bars closed after two weeks and can reopen only if it uses main-road access - Sydney Morning Herald The drugs Territory hospitals slap a ban on gaspers - Northern Territory News Swine flu Doctors brace as flus run rampant - Adelaide Advertiser Sporting life Carlton Blues boot John Elliott over footy rape scandal - Carlton banished former president John Elliott over his explosive “hush money” rape allegations - Melbourne Herald Sun Final humiliation for Elliott as Blues dump him - Melbourne Age Home bodies Gen why bother moving out - The “boomerang generation” is thriving and the reason home is so attractive is not just financial but the domestic services - Sydney Morning Herald Gambling Two people win Oz Lotto $106 million jackpot - Brisbane Courier Mail |
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9 Comments
“Foreign studfents”??
I’m not sure many people would agree with you.
still pushing the foreign students(not just Indian anymore since the visa problem story broke eh?) beat up. Why?
One more for the list: Palin writes an email in God’s name. God is not amused.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky/2009/jun/30/sarah-palin-vanity-fair
Heathdon, because being born on a good rung of the caste system makes a person deserve preferential treatment from the police and media in a foreign country?
While I adjust my ‘victim’ hat, I’d add a couple of related questions to the issue of foreign students and the skilled visa program.
With my 15-years’ experience in the ICT industry, what do I need to do to gain a permanent full-time position?
My last contract ended in March 2008. I’ve been looking for a fulltime position since October 2008 and on the dole, sorry Newstart, since May 2009 (silly me, saved money and had to spend it to qualify - next time I’ll piss it all against the wall and play Lotto as I go).
Perhaps I should go to India and apply for a 457 visa?
Or, change my surname to something more employable? (Currently, it’s ‘Smith’).
Suggestions welcome.
Wyane
In the same sarcastic vein
Being a smith your probably anglo and therefore born with all the money you need and the right skin colour, therefore the reason you cant find a job is your fault, that or you are a bogan(amazingly a term based on race and class that is acceptable) and it is your fault anyway.
As you may have read in crikey its harder to get a job with an ethnic name, oh yeah that was another racist beat up without evidence.
best of luck in your work search
Wyane you might find that your employer pays 8% payroll tax on top of your salary. The employers of 457 visa holders might be exempt from payroll tax.
I wonder why Australians bother to study IT at university as our large institutions are hell bent on sending all back office jobs offshore.
I am not convinced that Indian programmers are any better than the Australians they replace. Sure 20 years ago programmers could fall into the job because they were good clerks who were trained up, but these days IT graduates skill levels are similiar where ever they study.
Why are the Indian students being vocal? They speak English well, they are not frightened to speak their mind, and they have been sold places in degree courses in second rate colleges that promise them Australian residency visas after 2 years study.
Dear Billie
my problem is that the students are not being vocal about how they have been hoodwinked or defrauded therefore accusing the fraudsters involved in the false promises. My problem is that they (and their journalistic supporters) are intimating without proof that Australia is racist and singles out indian students for violence, causing tensions that are unnecessary.
I dont know if it is just to sell newspapers or clicks but everytime they dredge this up somebody reacts. Whether it is groups of thugs on train lines or thugs using race as an excuse for their thuggery.
I still have not seen any statistics as to how many indian students had crimes perpetrated against them in relation to other ethnicities.
Unfortunately the politicians will bend to the squeaky wheel. Victoria’s police commisioner should have followed the example of his NSW counterpart and ask the accusers to put up or shut up. when they accused his members of racism. Instead he buckled to PR and smeared all of his officers by increasing patrols as if the problem was real.
Yeah, Billie, there are other advantages to employing a young, single student on a visa. They are less likely to want to take off at 5.30 sharp to get to the child care centre, less likely to know of workplace rights, more likely to work 10 hours without claiming a lousy 30 mins time-in-lieu and so on. (They are also more likely to post the daily email edition on time … tsk tsk).
And yes, Heathdon, I am a dyed in the blood Bogan. Well spotted and thanks for the well wishes
Wyane
It takes one to know one.
Although I prefer working class.