An interesting article in today’s Globe and Mail, if you are interested in Australian-Canadian economic perspectives. Check it out here.
There are even some cool info graphics showing the dollar comparisons and other economic comparison factors.
BRISBANE — St. Patrick’s Day is a day much given to political blarney Down Under, but it also is a reminder of a past in which Irish enmities played a big part in daily life.
Former labour prime minister Kevin Rudd, for example, used a speech at Brisbane’s Irish Club to proclaim his Irish roots. Continue reading
Australia’s National Broadband Network, due for completion in 2021, has announced a three-month delay in its fibre-to-the-premises construction schedule, which if not recovered would represent a miss of a couple of percent on the project’s timing. Continue reading
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s indefatigable 89-year-old president, is preparing his people for an election in the next few months but results may be a departure from the scandalous sleigh-rides to success he has enjoyed in the past. Continue reading
Veteran TV reporter Peter Harvey has died, aged 68
The death of Channel Nine news veteran Peter Harvey from pancreatic cancer prompted an immediate outpouring of grief and tributes by colleagues and rivals.
The newsman with the rich baritone voice was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in October last year and died today with his family by his side.