Saturday 31 March 2001 On-line 9am Mon - Fri 10am Sat-Sun (AEST) We read it first
		Headlines Disease lurks on our doorstep (Sydney Morning Herald) Papua New Guinea is facing an African-style AIDS epidemic that could undo decades of development helped by billions of dollars worth of Australian aid and investment. Article Education News QLD: School book smut angers mother (Courier Mail) A Sunshine Coast couple have withdrawn their teenage son from high school after a row over prescribed English literature books which they believe are obscene and should be banned. VIC: Fitzroy school may reopen (Herald Sun) A Fitzroy high school is tipped to reopen after being closed amid controversy almost a decade ago. SA: Cordon Bleu school moving to Mall (The Advertiser) The old Gallerie shopping centre near Rundle Mall will become a $50 million hospitality and gastronomy school. The Gawler Place building has been bought by one of the world's most famous culinary schools, the Paris-based Le Cordon Bleu International, which already operates in Adelaide. NSW: Cash-strapped unis chase trophy patrons (Sydney Morning Herald) The University of Sydney has granted an honorary degree to a businessman who helped secure a $1.2 million grant to establish the university's first chair of pharmacy practice. NSW: A reading from the book of Pell's: take a pew, Sydney (Sydney Morning Herald) The arrival of a zealous and conservative Archbishop has focused interest on what plans he has for sex, drugs and rock'n'roll reform across the sprawling Catholic school system. VIC: Schools system 'failing' (The Age) The Victorian Government has approved a major overhaul of the Department of Education, Employment and Training, following a damning internal review of its performance UK: Concern over new A-level results (BBC) Colleges say there appear to be problems with some of the first exams in the new vocational A-levels. USA: Dyslexia found to transcend language (EdWeek) A new research study shows that the learning disability is rooted in the same processing problem in the brain regardless of people's native language. National News States cut Murray lifeline (The Australian) State parochialism has again blocked efforts to repair Australia's mightiest river, with NSW and Victoria yesterday scuttling a federal government plan to flush out the Murray River at its mouth Fischer and Smith in patriot war (The Australian) Tim Fischer has accused entrepeneur Dick Smith of running a xenophobic campaign against foreign companies that will cost Australian jobs. $250,000 in fake brands at Paddy's (Daily Telegraph) Police closed in on a counterfeit clothing racket in a raid at Sydney's Paddy's Markets yesterday, seizing more than $250,000 worth of fake brand-name goods. Morning shoppers watched as a police convoy pulled up outside the Haymarket building to conduct what police said was the biggest raid of its kind in Australia. International News The boomtown that 'drugs built' (The Australian) This is Mong Yawn: Asia's new drug capital, say Thai and US authorities, but according to Burma merely a township of former hill-tribe people grown suddenly wealthy on mining and agriculture. Daimler got the contract and MP got a luxury car (Sydney Morning Herald) The biggest corruption scandal in South Africa's post-apartheid history intensified this week when a Johannesburg newspaper alleged that a defence contractor secretly gave a luxury vehicle to a senior ruling party MP. The sea tells a tale from the ancient mariners (The Age) In Homer's epics, mariners tell of sailing far and wide across the Mediterranean, of braving fierce storms, of travelling for days with no land in sight. IT and Science News Online bet ban threat to technology (The Australian) A ban on new forms of gambling could threaten the development of key technologies, including digital television and next-generation mobile phone services, technology groups have warned. IE hole surrenders your computer (Wired) A new hole in Internet Explorer could allow a malicious hacker to take control of your computer simply by sending an e-mail with an attachment. Are the days of free over? (Wired) With online advertising dollars shriveling up and dying, more and more websites are returning to an old model that didn't work the first time: subscriptions. Is it desperation, or will it succeed this time? Feature Article On the map: how the great southern land took shape (Sydney Morning Herald) For centuries European explorers combined discovery with imagination to chart a great and mysterious southern continent that eventually came to be known as Australia. Word of the Day mirth, n. gaiety accompanied by laughter e.g. The newly opened playground was the scene of mirth and merriment as the children ran over, under, and around the play structures.
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