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Australia buoyant, but it must get batting priorities right

24 January 2011

AUSTRALIA is spending too much time thinking about captaincy and too little thinking about runs... read full story

SALARY SPOTLIGHT

13 February 2010

Art and museum curators acquire items for the collections in their care, identify and classify specimens and arrange conservation and restoration work. Curators work mainly indoors but they may be required to travel extensively on field study. Curators might be required to answer public queries or to lecture on and write about their collections. Appreciation of the history of science, the environment or the arts is important, as are patience, attention to detail and good oral and written communication skills. Try volunteering or a work-experience placement at a museum or gallery to gauge your interest in the industry. On the government website joboutlook.gov.au, curators are grouped with archivists and records managers. There are 8600 (August 2008) people employed in these professions across Australia. Job prospects are good, growth is set to be strong and an average weekly wage (before tax) hovers at about $782... read full story

SALARY SPOTLIGHT

21 November 2009

FLORISTS.. read full story

Minister warns gen Y: beggars can't be choosy

26 July 2009

JOBLESS young people should re-adjust their ideas about work and take what they can get, the Employment Minister, Mark Arbib, said yesterday... read full story

Online Classifieds Take Hit As Job Market Declines

13 January 2009

THE looming recession isn't just bad news for job seekers... read full story

Hilditch Right Man For Job

4 January 2009

AUSTRALIA have made 27 changes in 18 Tests since the retirements of Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Justin Langer. The knives are out for the selection panel - and even South Africa captain Graeme Smith has criticised the revolving-door policy as lacking clarity and resembling the disarray of England - but Cricket Australia boss James Sutherland yesterday gave his official stamp of approval to chairman Andrew Hilditch and his cohorts... read full story

Australia Faces 3-0 Whitewash

31 December 2008

THE whoops of triumph emanating from the South African dressing room signalled a new world order, but Australia still faces the ultimate humiliation - its first whitewash defeat on home soil in more than 120 years - if the Proteas complete a clean sweep of the series in Sydney... read full story

Australia Facing First Whitewash In 122 Years

31 December 2008

THE whoops of triumph emanating from the South African dressing room signalled a new world order, but Australia still face the ultimate humiliation - their first whitewash defeat on home soil in more than 120 years - if the Proteas complete a clean sweep of the series in Sydney next week... read full story

Troubled Opera Australia May Need Some New Faces

27 November 2008

OPERA Australia has been in almost continuous crisis for the past six years, compounded by this week's sudden death of its music director, Englishman Richard Hickox... read full story

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