Nuclear power in the Australian News

Going fission

Nuclear power shunned for fear of political fallout

More Aussies back nuclear power: poll

Population and Water: An Australian Dilemma: Graeme Hugo ANU

The Problems with Melbourne's Train System

Melbourne

Australian Vowel Sounds

International Students in Australia

Here are a few radio stories reporting on the situation on international students in Australia.

National Interest

Life Matters
Australia Talks

Midnight Oil - Antartica

Immigration in Australia

After the accident off the coast of Australia, the big news issue of the week is immigration.

Below is a series of programs on multicultralism. Does it work?

There are seven parts explaining this issue from different perspectives around the world.




Finally, a great migration success story.

Cane Toads

Mateship in Australia

Go to this website. Watch the movie clip and read the information under it to understand why mateship is so important in Australia.

Australians and The Great Depression

What was the Great Depression? Listen here and answer the following questions.

How were Australians healthier during the Great Depression?

Why were they healthier during the Great Depression?

Gallipoli: Where Australia found it's identity

Gallipoli, a beach in Turkey, is the most famous place in Australia's wartime experience. All Autralians know how important it was in defining Australia's national identity.

There is a great movie about Gallipoli. You can visit this website and see some clips from the movie.

If you haven't seen this movie yet, you should!

If you are from Turkey, I would love to hear your feelings about our shared history at Gallipoli.

Australia's International Students

Here is an article from this week's Australian newspaper. It is about the number of international students coming to Australia.

What do think about the article? Are all the opinions true?

ABC TV on iView

The ABC is Australia's public broadcaster. It airs a number of TV programs that are valuable to you as learners of English. I have made a list of the "best" programs. There are many more, but this are my recommendations.

News/Current Affairs:

Compass

Foreign Correspondant

Four Corners

Landline

Lateline

Media Watch

Q&A

The 7:30 Report

Australian/Aboriginal Topics:

Australian Story
Message Stick

Science:

Catalyst

The New Inventors

Entertainment:

At the Movies
The Bill

All of these programs can be viewed on ABC1 or ABC2. You can also stream them on the internet at iView.

Spiderbait

Mixtape from http://favtape.com/search/spiderbait

The Story of Australian English

This is a great lecture about a new book on Australian English. You can listen to the story or you can read it by clicking on the transcript. This is an interesting and useful lecture.

CFA Bushfire Widget

Paul Kelly

Mixtape from http://favtape.com/search/paul kelly

Going swimming this weekend?: Watch this!

How's the weather?

It's hot!!!

Many of you may be thinking about going swimming this weekend. Here is a very informative video for you.

Please note: this only applies to beaches outside Melbourne city.

Summer Days: Fun or Fatal?

Welcome back! I hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas and New Year holidays.

Are you enjoying the Australian summer? How has it been for you? Too hot? Too cold? Both?

Here is an interesting article from the BBC about summer in Oz.

What do you think is the biggest danger in the Australian summer?

The beach?

The sun?

Or the animals?