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...churlish man" and accused him of everything from dishonesty to cowardice, not only through his books but in the letters and diaries that make up the Jack Fingleton Papers, stored in 27 boxes at the State Library of New South Wales. These documents, which include chummy correspondence with several Australian Prime Ministers, were a boon for Fingleton's biographer, Sydney journalist Greg Growden, who's written a book that would have Bradman, topical again in the centenary of his birth, turning in his grave...
...Dozens of randomized controlled trials later, the wacky factor is fading. E-therapy programs are being offered or tested by reputable institutions worldwide. In Australia, Swinburne's panic-online and ptsd-online have been joined by e-Couch, for mood disorders, and MoodGYM, for depression, from the Australian National University's Centre for Mental Health Research, and by the Climate suite of programs from the Anxiety Disorders Research Unit at St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney. The Australian Department of Health is now funding Swinburne's National e-Therapy Centre for Anxiety Disorders, which will soon offer CBT treatment via anxietyonline.org.au...
...photos of Australian fishermen's hunt for tuna here...
Dave Morrison sits on top of an estimated $800 million in gold but can't get his hands on any of it. The 42-year-old Australian engineer went to the tropical island of Sulawesi in Indonesia's east five years ago to open a gold mine on a palm-studded hillock outside the provincial capital, Manado. He has yet to overturn one shovel of ore. A half-built processing plant sits idly alongside a dirt track. Among the only signs of activity to be spotted are in the picturesque bay nearby, where fishermen paddle wooden canoes. The mine...
...Changing of the CodesDaniel Williams? artice on the Maori and Pacific Islander presence in ?The Country?s Premier Winter Sports Competition? applies to rugby league and rugby union, but the dominant football code nationwide is Australian Rules [Sept. 8]. In that code Maori and Pacific Islanders are seldom seen, but the number of Aboriginal players is growing rapidly. Jeffrey Graham, Geelong, Victoria...