McDonalds looks overseas to fill WA jobs. The fast food chain McDonald's has started recruiting workers from the Philippines to combat labour shortages in Western Australia's north-west. [ABC News: Business Stories]
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This paper reports on a Centre for the Economics of Education and Training (CEET) project that explored policies, programs and other initiatives by Australia’s states and territories to support innovation, and to build VET capability to respond to its effects on skill needs. The project was undertaken in late 2003-early 2004. The project examined the range of initiatives adopted by…
Manufacturing activity growth continues. A modest recovery in manufacturing activity appears to be back on track. [ABC News: Business Stories]
Subatomic Inferno Under the Alps. The world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, takes delivery of its last superconducting main magnet, and Wired News gets an exclusive underground tour. John Borland reports from Geneva. Nov 30, 2006 | 2:00 AM The world's biggest collider hopes to create a smorgasbord of exotic particles, from the so-called God particle…
Australia Balks at Bids by Equity Firms. A flurry of foreign bids for Australian companies has touched a nationalistic nerve and drawn calls for a more protectionist government stance. By TIM JOHNSTON. [NYT > Business]
Those of us familiar with the changes in the UK under Tony Blairs "Education, Education, Education" world view, will recognise elements of this proposal. This will be something that we should watch very closely. In a profound and challenging move in State Education, Carolin Milburn reports in todays Saturday "Age Online" that some state schools will be closed and their…
Ken McKay argues building the skills base along with research and development are the key issues to drive productivity. Link: Building capacity in Australian industries.
The factories that once supported four generations of the Roy family are now mostly parking lots. By DANNY HAKIM. [NYT > Home Page] Link: For a G.M. Family, the American Dream Vanishes.
A report summarising the key factors identified as influencing parents’ decisions to enrol their children at 20 government schools for which there was high demand for enrolments is now available from the Department of Education Science and Training's Web Site. The Age newspaper has also covered the publication of this report in an article today. It can be read here.…