one fellow's political coverage, music ramblings and general hijinks across decades under a range of guises at several locations often in a state of awe.
As one Melbourne-based artist has discovered, football is not the only entertainment on offer during Germany 2006.
David Wadelton has made a career of exhibiting his neon-inspired paintings throughout the world.
But for the World Cup, he was approached by the reputed Rosenthal homewares company to produce some keepsake memorabilia and a limited-edition art piece.
The medieval city of Angkor lies at the very heart of Cambodian society. The spires of its temples appear on its flag, and its sculptures inspire thousands of tourists to visit the nation annually.
But do you know how colossal the city of Angkor really is?
In the mid- to late-1990s — as Asia’s new tiger economies boomed — several South East Asian leaders promoted a concept called “Asian values” in explaining an unprecedented economic growth and new prosperity.
While population growth continues to explode in most of the poorer nations on Earth, many of the most affluent nations are facing declining birth rates and a scarcity of young workers to look after the new majority — the elderly.
As Michael Caronna in Tokyo explains to Adam Connors, the Japanese are coming up with novel, technological ways of filling their skills shortage.
Continue reading “Japanese turn to robots in skills shortage”
The uncovering of ancient civilisations — and the study of the rise and fall of their empires — can teach us very valuable lessons about the path that our own modern civilisation has taken.
In the first of a series of stories tracing the way Australians are helping countries around the world in uncovering their heritage, and the incredible civilisations that once dominated whole parts of the Earth, Adam Connors speaks with archaeologist Craig Barker.
Continue reading “Archaeologists dig Greek temple in Cyprus”
It’s been an emotional week for the Australian Defence Force and its 14-hundred personnel in Iraq.
Three years ago this week, the President of the United States, George W. Bush, stood upon the deck of a large aircraft carrier and declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended.
Last week, directly following the announcement of a new prime minister in the Solomon Islands, a mob moved upon and attacked the Chinatown district in Honiara.
The world has since been asking why the ethnic Chinese were targeted in such mob violence, and down such ethnic lines.
Continue reading “Chequebook diplomacy and the South Pacific”
British newspaper The Times has revealed that a civilian nuclear installation in north-west ENGLAND cannot account for 30 kilograms of plutonium, enough for seven or eight nuclear bombs.
Following some harsh criticism from the chair of the NEW SOUTH WALES Board of Study, the federal Education Minister, (mr) BRENDAN NELSON, has launched a new inquiry into teacher education.
The new enquiry, examining how universities prepare future teachers and the philosophies behind their teaching methods, also follows criticism that recommendations from a 2003 inquiry were not followed-up.
