Tuesday 26 December 2000 On-line 10am during the Festive Season We read it first
		Holiday Edition Headlines Ansett debacle sparks shake-up (Sydney Morning Herald) Airlines could face tougher air-safety regulations following Ansett's Christmas maintenance debacle which left more than 20,000 passengers stranded, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority said yesterday. More Education News NSW: Complaints may lead to overhaul, universities warned (Sydney Morning Herald) The NSW Ombudsman has warned the State's universities that a major investigation into one institution could result in an overhaul in the way all of them are run. UK: Children want teacher for Christmas (BBC) Children at a Cambridgeshire primary school have an unusual request for this Christmas - a teacher. USA: Bush seen helping abstinence education (EdWeek) President-elect George W. Bush has given personal assurances that abstinence education will thrive under his administration, say veterans of the issue, one of whom predicts a "real war of ideas." SA: At home with hippy (The Teacher) The Hippy early-childhood programme helps ensure that parents are confident and prepared for their parenting role. National News 50,000 forced to repay Medicare (Daily Telegraph) More than 50,000 people who have wrongly claimed exemption from the Medicare levy surcharge will be forced to repay the Australian Taxation Office this year. White Christmas for Tasmanians (The Mercury) Early risers woke to a "white Christmas" in Hobart yesterday, with a light dusting of snow on Mt Wellington. Jobless to fight fires in work-for-dole scheme (The Age) Long-term unemployed people will have the option of fighting bushfires or rescuing people from car accidents in return for their dole payments under an expansion of the Federal Government's controversial "mutual obligation" policy. International News Barak yields on Temple Mount (Sydney Morning Herald) The Israeli Prime Minister, Mr Ehud Barak, is preparing to hand over the holiest site in the Jewish world to Palestinian sovereignty, in his most daring move so far to secure Middle East peace. Antarctic shows stars in a new light (The Australian) For many years, the south pole had been thought to be the best place in the world to build an infra-red observatory to watch the birth of stars. Media turns up irregular Florida votes (The Age) Continuing news media examination of the presidential election in Florida has turned up new evidence of irregularities in the state, which President-elect George W. Bush carried by a final certified margin of 537 votes over his Democrat rival, Vice-President Al Gore. IT and Science News Yikes: More holiday FAT to fear (Wired) As if massive calorie-intake during the holiday season isn't enough to worry about, there's also the dread of not knowing what to do with all those high-tech gifts your kid wants. The acronym, ha-ha-ha, is FAT. Or is it just Foolish Analytic Twaddle? The sock puppet tells his story (Wired) Despite the recent demise of Pets.com, its spokesperson appears to be here to stay. This is one sock that won't get lost in the laundry. Web revolution began 10 years ago tomorrow (OttawaCitizen) In a mere decade, 'global nervous system' has grown to link tens of millions of addresses Feature Article An old man's vision for a new nation (The Age) Tenterfield is where the federation saga begins. It is a town in northern New South Wales, close to the Queensland border. Here, in October, 1889, Sir Henry Parkes made a speech calling on the colonies to meet together to write a federal constitution. Word of the Day figuration 1. a. The action or process of forming into figure; determination to a certain form. b. quasi-concr. The resulting form or shape; contour, outline.2. a. The action of representing figuratively; an allegorical or figurative representation.
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