Neighbourhood House &; Adult Learning Centres – the need, the hours & the funding
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Centre coordinators work many hours unpaid overtime as government funding fails to keep pace with ballooning demand and award wages, says Clare Corbet of Victoria’s Association of Neighbourhood House & Learning Centres (ANHLC). Half of Victoria’s 360 Neighbourhood Houses are …
Australia’s legendary ‘Ghan’ to double its service in 2006
December 15th, 2005The Ghan has recently been voted Australia’s best innovative tourism experience by readers of ‘The Australian’ and this legendary Adelaide-Darwin train service, covering 2,979 kms, will double its service from March 2006.
Guests have two nights aboard the Ghan. They
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SASSIC – Services, Assistance, Skills, Swap, Incentive & Community
December 15th, 2005SASSIC – Services, Assistance, Skills, Swap, Incentive & Community – is a new grassroots local community group online set up just recently at http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/sassic/
It is a place to advertise a need or to offer assistance to someone in need for
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Conflict between Tasmanian Tourism and Tasmanian Greens
December 15th, 2005Another Green ‘anti forestry’ protest, this time against the Tahune Air-Walk in Tassie’s Huon region, in front of delegates at the recent Ecotourism Conference, has angered the Tourism Council of Tasmania (TCT). The Greens argue the need to preserve forest
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SA’s ‘Blessed Cheese’ wine & cheese self-drive trails & Cellar Door ‘Smart Card Package’
December 15th, 2005Two years ago biochemist turned cheesemaker, Mark Potter, took the gamble and opened ‘Blessed Cheese’ in the McLarenvale wine region. The bright orange cafe offering local produce, local, national and international cheeses plus hands-on cheesemaking courses and do-it-yourself wine and
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