Home grown – Investment – theage.com.au
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Home grown – Investment – theage.com.au
The Age – Apr 27, 2005
That’smore than $300 a copy. These may be especially beautiful magazines,and 80 years old, but the price surprised even hardcore collectors. It shows that what was once a fringe activity has become animportant niche market. Fortunately for the more impecunious collector, this was anexceptional occurrence…
Fortunately for the more impecunious collector, this was anexceptional occurrence. Only early examples of The AustralianDecorator and Painter magazines would attract anything near thatprice. And for those on a budget, vintage copies of Home Beautifuland House and Garden can still be snapped up for $5 to $10each. The years 1925 to 1975 appear to be the golden age forAustralian magazines, starting when full colour covers came in,ending when mass production ended all semblance of individuality. The 1930s and 1950s are the most sought-after periods, given thatthe decade between was largely limited by the austerity of WorldWar Two. Really high prices only come into play when there is acomplete collection of a significant year (the first year ofpublication, for example) or where cover art by a noted artist isfeatured. The most collectable magazines fall into what we now call thelifestyle market, featuring stories about architecture and homedecorating.
Gates Calls for End to Foreign Worker Visa Limits
PC World – Apr 27, 2005
Bond noted that government spending on research and development has increased during the past five years, coinciding with the administration of President George Bush, and he said that funding for the National Science Foundation has increased by 26 percent since 2001. Most panel members expressed confidence that the United States can continue to be the world’s leading technology innovator, but they believe that other countries will continue to become more competitive. Asian countries are trying to copy the U. system of higher education to give their students home-grown opportunities for an excellent education, Bond said. “India and China and others are becoming competitive,” Bond said. “The United States has this in common with Microsoft: When you’re number one, everybody is gunning for you.
NSW to fight power grab
NEWS.com.au – news.com.au – Apr 27, 2005
And The Daily Telegraph has obtained a confidential document, distributed to high ranking rugby officials, that details reasons why proposed changes to the ARU constitution should not be supported by the country’s oldest rugby body. “As the founding member and the natural leader of the game in Australia, why shouldn’t NSW have some power of guardianship,” the document reads. It also claims ACT and Western Australia, currently without representation on the ARU board, should only receive a vote of their own when they field home-grown sides. “Super X [12 or 14] franchises are artificially set up in any ‘other union’ location so until they come up with a team of locally grown players, why should these two Unions be treated any differently to Victoria or South Australia,” it says. Other conclusions reached in the document include: * That anti-NSW forces are behind the move to alter the constitution of the ARU and strip NSW of its traditional power base. * The notion of “independent” directors, as supported by the independent report to be tabled tomorrow, is a myth. “They would be as open-minded as government appointees,” it is claimed.