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Issue cover date 05 March 2010
THIS WEEK IN THE WEEK
News
Labor begins to simplify
The Federal Government has promised a “back to basics” approach in announcing key reforms in health and education. The first draft of a national curriculum in English, maths, science and history for students from kindergarten to Year 10 was released this week... Read more »
Business
Financial aftershocks of Chilean quake
The 8.8-magnitude earthquake was hardest felt on the south central coast of the country, while most of Chile’s copper mines are in the north, said Brenda Bouw in The Globe and Mail. The world’s largest copper producer, Codelco, and the giant Anglo American each... Read more »
Sport
AFL: free at last
An agreement has finally been reached between the AFL and the players’ union to grant free agency for players who have completed eight seasons, said Michael Warner in the Herald Sun. The clincher was a clause protecting every club’s best ten players. From 2012... Read more »
Culture
Theatre: Hamlet
Director David Berthold’s first play with La Boite Theatre Company is an unequivocal triumph, said Tonya Turner in The Courier-Mail. Not a production for the faint-hearted, it begins by plunging the audience into total darkness, “creating an immediate connection... Read more »
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