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Britney Spears' lip-syncing draws outrage and controversy in Australia, proof the Aussies have unrealistic expectations from the pop star.

ADMA – the Australian Direct Marketing Association has compiled its shorlist for the ADMA Awards. The event takes place on November 19 in Sydney. The finalists are: CREATIVE Art Direction AWARD Call for Entries AWARD DDB Sydney Optus Cirque de Soleil Website Optus M&C Saatchi/Mark Reduce the Badness Simply Energy Clemenger BBDO Proximity Melbourne Second Self Save the Children Australia M&C Saatchi Broadcast Replace Everything Freedom M&C Saatchi Th

THE FUTURE OF EUROPE ROAD TO A CIVILIZATION SUICIDE SUMMARY: Revision 2005 Since the 18th and the Enlightenment, Europe has been the cradle of Civilization ( Freedom-Reason- Technical progress-Pursuit of Happiness). Europe has conquered quite the entire world in building vast colonial empires and its migrants have settled in new continents such as North and South America or Australia. Then, Europe lost its empires. Nevertheless, most of the world culture in civilized cou

H igh in the rainforest of New South Wales’ Nightcap Range, my fellow study-abroaders and I had our first “bush” encounter at a place called Dharmananda. After making it through orientation the week before, I was eager to embark on the first of many field trips throughout Australia, getting acquainted with the land I was supposed to be studying. There was one problem though: the mini-portrait I’d gathered of Australia so far included the city of Brisbane and my program’s orientation site —

Recently, I was interviewed by Paul Comrie-Thomson for Counterpoint, a current affairs radio programme broadcast on ABC Radio National. The topic was the potential role of nuclear power in Australia. Below is the transcript of the interview, broadcast on 13 July, and a link to the original .MP3 audio of the broadcast. I’d be interested in any feedback you, as BNC readers, have — not only on the content of the interview (remember, this was done off the top of my head, so there may be a few minor