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Today's Word
transposition./trnspzn, træns/ [prob. a. F. transposition (c 1560 in Paré), or ad. med.L. transposition-em (Du Cange), n. of action from L. transponere (f. TRANS- + ponere to place); but, like other nouns in -position, associated in F. and Eng. with transposer, TRANSPOSE v., etc.]
Whats in a number
40,000 (The Australian)
Cairns was battered last night by tropical cyclone Steve, with winds of up to 150kmh unroofing houses and blacking out 40,000 homes across the north Queensland city.
Headline News
VIC: TAFE's anguish as it turns away much-needed students (The Age)
Victoria's leading tourism and hospitality school, the William Angliss Institute of TAFE, yesterday expressed its "heartbreak" over turning away thousands of applicants.NSW: Students get set for extra education (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Senior students at Holroyd High School in Greystanes will spend part of next week at Homebush Bay working as extras in a film about a blind athlete taking part in the Sydney 2000 Paralympics.NSW: School's critic 'is not acting for Carr' (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Mr Bob Gaussen, who has publicly questioned the academic performance of the selective Manly High School, has been forced to defend himself against accusations he is acting on behalf of his friend, the Premier.QLD: Pay row may hit schools, health (The Courier Mail)
Queensland schools and hospitals could face industrial turmoil as public sector unions gear up to take on the State Government over wages and conditions.NSW: No room on bus so rural students stranded (The Daily Telegraph)
The families of 15 public school children have been told they must find their own way to school because of overcrowding on their only bus.NZ: Teachers may strike over testing plan (The Press)
A group of secondary school teachers opposed to changes in secondary school testing is threatening to strike unless the new qualifications system is scrapped.MAL: Virtual teacher for varsity (The Star)
The Multimedia University (MMU) will introduce a virtual teacher concept from next year, cutting down on student-lecturer interaction from 50 to 25 hours.
IT News
Copyright lobbyists aim to tackle Net royalties (The Sydney Morning Herald)
An alliance of Australian copyright lobbyists will meet in Sydney next week to evaluate a system for drawing royalties from intellectual properties stored on the Internet.Price war means the Internet will soon be free (The Age)
The first ranging shots have been fired in an Internet pricing war that could reach a peak in September and, in a year or two, give virtually free access to everyoneBiotechnology key to SAR hub plan (The HongKong Standard)
HongKong aims to become an international centre for science and technology in 10 years with the development of biotechnology as the driving force, two scientists say.
Sydney 2000
Cathy wins 200m in photo finish (The Daily Telegraph)
Cathy Freeman turned back the clock yesterday with a courageous photo-finish 200m victory at the Australian athletics championships and may seek an Olympic encore.Alice Springs volunteers called for Olympic torch celebrations (ABC)
The Alice Springs Council's organising committee for the Olympic Torch Celebration is calling for volunteer drivers and performers to become involved in the event.Schools in golden opportunity (The Daily Telegrah)
School students will have about 565,000 low-priced chances to see the Games in Sydney with today's release of the Olympic Opportunity ticket offer.
News Specials:
Howard abandons deadline (The Australian)
John Howard has declared that Aboriginal reconciliation will not be achieved by the December 31 deadline and that real reconciliation will take years.Two sets of twins a rare double act (The Sun Herald)
Seeing double is twice as likely when these four get together. The Kennedy sisters are two sets of identical twins – aged just 17 months apart.Biotech firm rules out work on humans (The Sydney Morning Herald)
An Australian biotechnology company with exclusive rights to a patent that allows the creation of genetically modified people has offered reassurances that it has no interest in carrying out such work on humans.