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...Matisse would be in nirvana if his spirit could travel to Brisbane's revamped Queensland Art Gallery and neighboring new Gallery of Modern Art. Designed to face the river, creating a large lagoon of light inside, this $A100 million cultural complex succeeds by placing art at the service of the architecture, then ever so gently shifting our view of it. Nowhere can this be better seen than with the opening Asia-Pacific Triennial, where the arts of Oceania shine on center stage. Suva, Nuku'alofa, Apia and Avarua hardly announce themselves as capitals of the avant-garde...
...different lenses, and are known for capturing more light and for snapping exactly what the photographer views through the finder. Canon and Nikon, both strong slr players from the analog days, are leading the charge. Sony, too, is moving for the first time into dslrs with its Alpha dslr A100, which hit the market in July. The camera uses slr technology Sony acquired from Konica Minolta, and is selling for around $1,000, lens included. Companies think the dslr will whet the appetites of gadget lovers who will eat up higher-margin aftermarket treats, like lenses, flashes and cases. Sony...
...dead and dozens injured; property damage was estimated at more than $A1 billion; tens of thousands of hectares of bananas, sugar cane and other crops were flattened; more than 100,000 homes in north Queensland were left without electricity; hundreds are homeless. The federal government announced a $A100 million relief package, and former Defence Force chief General Peter Cosgrove has been put in charge of the reconstruction effort. Some 450 State Emergency Services personnel have joined 300 soldiers, many of whom participated in the Banda Aceh relief effort after the 2004 tsunami...
...when representatives of the local Bidjara people asked Walsh to repatriate his collection (as has become common practice among museums both in Australia and overseas), Walsh had some conditions. In a confidential letter obtained by Time, he offered to hand over the assemblages in exchange for a payment of $A100,000 to his rock art research facility, in recognition of his care of the remains, and a guarantee that the bones would be appropriately stored...
Classrooms on Nauru need pens and books, the hospital is short of equipment and there are fears the electricity supply could collapse when Australian-donated fuel runs out in March. About 1,300 public servants are now receiving the $A100 a fortnight salary, but thousands of Nauruans who work for state-owned enterprises haven't been paid for months. Adeang constantly has to explain to people queueing at his office why the government can't give them the $A30 they need for a bag of rice. "There are so many expectations on us to come up with some solutions." Money...