Australia

Magazine articles on politics and society in Australia.

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Smithsonian January 2006 Simon Worrall	Full Speed Ahead A railroad, finally, crosses Australia's vast interior -- linking not only the continent's south with its north, but also its past to its future.
InternetNews September 6, 2005 Roy Mark	Kazaa to Continue Court Fight Down Under The peer to peer file-swapping service Kazaa loses a major round in legality of business model in Australia.
Geotimes November 2004 Megan Sever	Monitoring Aboriginal Rock Art Over the past 30 years, this remote region in Australia, once home only to Aboriginal tribes and wallabies, has become increasingly industrialized, leading to worries about possible acceleration of weathering and deterioration of the rock art.
BusinessWeek June 21, 2004 Patrick Gray	As Aussie Housing Goes... Are the good times over for Australia's red-hot real estate market -- and if they are, what does that mean for the housing boom elsewhere in the developed world?
ifeminists April 14, 2004 K. C. Wilson	Is 50 / 50 Residency the Right Target? It was bold, and possibly suicidal, for the Shared Parenting Council of Australia to make 50:50 residency its seminal target for family law reform.
Science News December 20, 2003	Seasonal Weather The Aboriginal people of Australia had their own way of defining the seasons, based on local weather patterns. Australia's Bureau of Meteorology has created a Web site that illustrates several of these seasonal weather calendars, established thousands of years ago.
BusinessWeek November 24, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	Australia: Careful Of That Rate Hike, Mate The Reserve Bank of Australia has begun the fight to preempt any rise in inflation. But its hike in interest rates is not without risks.
Outside June 2003 Mark Jenkins	Hot on the Trail Australia's first great adventure was part Lewis and Clark, part Donner Party -- searing proof that fame is a four-letter word.
Outside February 2003 Charles Graeber	Big Bird Gone Bad The cassowary -- Australia's six-foot-tall, 180-pound jungle bird -- is a pushy, hard-pecking, head-butting, talon-swiping thug on the loose, and humans trespass in its habitat at their own risk. But spare a little sympathy for a victim just fighting to stay alive.
D-Lib September 2002	Australian Museums & Galleries Online Australian Museums & Galleries Online serves as a portal to Australia's cultural heritage, providing a single web site entry point to a large percentage of Australia's museums and galleries, as well as preserving and promoting Australia's cultural identity worldwide.
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