Archive for August, 2006
SCINEMA: Science Film Festival
Date: August 4th, 2006 | No Comments August 12-20 is National Science Week in Australia and New Zealand and in celebration over 80 cities across both countries will hold a science film festival called SCINEMA. Check out the program for all the great science films, documentaries, multimedia works, animations and guests.
Films screening include movies from Australia and overseas, including Germany. This festival [read more]
Anti-Americanism bad: Treasurer
Date: August 31st, 2005 | No CommentsWhy the hell is this guy talking about anti-Americanism in the first place? Treasurer Peter Costello claims that Australian school children are learning anti-America attitudes from their left-leaning teachers, who, he assumes, have the same viewpoints as they did when he attended university in the 1970s. Huh? Sorry crazy man, you’re taking [read more]
Australia Issues Gay Travel Warning
Date: August 29th, 2005 | No Comments Gay Australians should pay attention to the fact that other countries are not as accepting of homosexuality, according to a new warnings issued by the Australian governement.
Singapore is a popular tourist destination for Australians, but officials of the Asian state consider gay sex “an act of gross indecency”, and blame gay events for rising rates [read more]
Dollar’s strength threatens tourism?
Date: August 24th, 2005 | No Comments And just when you thought that a strong economy was a good thing, the tourism people have to get all up in your face:
The strength of the New Zealand dollar is starting to worry tourism operators, with one of the big players in the industry warning people are starting to choose other, less expensive [read more]
Drug Smuggling Idiots Part 3
Date: August 22nd, 2005 | No Comments“Two children’s books and a wheelchair are alleged to have been used to smuggle more than $3 million worth of drugs into Australia in two separate incidents.” The culprits in the first case are two adults in their 60s(!!!). I guess grandma and grandpa need a little coke pick-me-up every now and then [read more]
Bid to be cultural icons
Date: August 4th, 2006 | No Comments It’s about time they honored something, uh, important.
ARE Gold Coast meter maids culturally significant? Adoring Queenslanders believe the bikini-clad good samaritans have contributed as much to the state’s identity as the Great Barrier Reef after they were nominated as an “icon”.
Bid to be cult [read more]
What looked funny sounded funny
Date: August 30th, 2005 | No Comments The subject isn’t a joking matter, but the result definitely is:
An Australian bus driver who called police after he found a package on his bus which emitted a strange sound when touched was left red-faced when it turned out to be a novelty store cushion.
. Whoops! From What looked funny sou [read more]
Aussie diaspora ‘neglected resource’
Date: August 25th, 2005 | No Comments Aussies overseas aren’t such a great thing, according to a government official. The opposition leader believes that the government should do more to lure back ‘gold collar’ workers. I think the government should be more lenient about letting in other ‘gold collar’ workers to replace them.
Aussie diaspora ‘neglected resou [read more]
Hunt for missing Aussie backpacker
Date: August 23rd, 2005 | No CommentsAn Australian backpacker has gone missing in a part of India known for drug-related deaths. The 23-year-old dissapeared two weeks ago after going out for a walk. Hunt for missing Aussie [read more]
Melbourne edges closer to Sydney as Australia�s top tourist destination
Date: August 18th, 2005 | 1 commentWatch out Sydney! The city’s southern sister is making a move on Sydney’s dollars. According to Tourism Research Australia, Melbourne has 12% of the combined domestic and international spending while Sydney has 15%. The commonwealth games in Melbourne next year should help the city boost numbers even higher. Perhaps now Sydney won’t [read more]
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