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Australian Music Month on JJJ http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/events/ausmusicmonth_0
8/whatson.htm
and JJJ Documentary Wide Open Road http://www.abc.net.au/wideopenroad/
a roadtrip through Australia's musical landscape November 2008

Keep the home films rolling BY MOST measures, this year's gathering
of the Screen Producers Association of Australia should have meant
fireworks. Box office share of home-grown films is the lowest since
records began 30 years ago -- less than 1% so far this year. Our films
are not finding audiences, domestically or abroad. A new funding
regime is being bedded down amid outcries that emerging filmmakers
will be shut out, symptom of an industry too long controlled by baby
boomers with outdated ideas and a weak grasp on how the market and
audiences have evolved. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/11/14/1226318
927859.html

Monash: The Forgotten Anzac One of the most brilliant generals of
World War I and an architect of Anzac Day, Sir John Monash helped
create the Anzac legend by ensuring the courage of his men was
enshrined in Australian history. Today he is all but forgotten.
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/documentaries/interactive/m
onash/

Wanted Down Under Series in which British families are given a look
at life in Australia ahead of possible migration
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006s5v8

Regional New South Wales Port Macquarie, Hunter Valley, Riverina and
more.. http://www.detinternational.nsw.edu.au/tafe/v_tafeco
untry.html

More WA mining jobs to go There's been another round of job cuts in
Western Australia's mining industry with Consolidated Minerals set to
shed more than 180 staff and contractors by mid-December.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/14/242055
1.htm?section=business

Moves to overhaul 457 visa scheme AUSTRALIA should pay temporary
skilled migrants market rates and name companies employing 20 or more
such workers on a website, an independent review of the 457 visa
scheme has said. http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/moves-to-overhau
l-457-visa-scheme/2008/11/13/1226318837956.html

Warning unis will slip further SWEEPING changes are needed if
Australian universities are to avoid slipping further behind their
overseas counterparts, one of the Federal Government's top higher
education advisers has warned.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/warning-unis-will-
slip-further-20081112-5o1j.html

Australian Tourism http://www.australia.com and Australian Study &
Visa Info http://www.aiec.biz