Harrisson

= Harrisson's Journal =

How is Australia globally conected?
War: If we go to war our aliayes have to go to war with us. Tecnoligy: If we come up with some new phone or computer. We can sell them to the world for money. Money: To know how much money their is in the world and the stock market too. Internet: How fast the internet can go and where. EC Enrgy: To use safe and earth's energy or solar, nucilar, water, wind, and coal. Importing and exporting: Things that we get can have desses or bugs. That can come to Australia and then move to other conters.

= How are we socially connected through communication? =

= = = = = How Australia is globally connected? = = 2 newspaper articles = = Qantas competitors make the most of grounding debacle =

THE corporate travel industry and the broader tourism industry reacted at the weekend with shock at Qantas' decision to ground its fleet.

And Qantas competitors, naturally, moved to try to make the most of the fracas.

Brisbane-based Flight Centre said yesterday the Federal Government should have acted on the Qantas industrial relations dispute sooner.

Flight Centre managing director Graham Turner, who called for government intervention early last week, said the dispute had damaged the already-ailing domestic tourism industry and hampered travellers well before Saturday's dramatic decision by the airline.

"The need for a fast resolution did not just arise - resolving this dispute has been in the country's interests for some time," Mr Turner said.

"Given domestic tourism's importance to the Australian economy, the Government should have acted sooner."

Flight Centre opened as many of its shops as possible yesterday and was phoning customers to help them change their travel plans.

Competitor Corporate Travel Management also moved to try to ease the burden on its clients, with calls to its offices up exponentially.

Managing director Jamie Pherous said CTM had deployed extra resources across the group's national network to assist affected clients.

Meanwhile, Virgin and the likes of Air New Zealand - along with smaller competitor Strategic Airlines - were trying to arrange what Strategic called "relief flights" across Australia and to and from some overseas destinations.

Virgin, offering discounted fares to stranded Qantas customers, said it was being inundated by demand.

What the longer term economic impact of the Qantas action will be remains to be seen. But ANZ said yesterday it didn't expect the dispute to influence the RBA's decision tomorrow on interest rates.

"The development will likely not impact the RBA's decision-making at this Tuesday's board meeting, or drive developments in the Australian dollar beyond perhaps some initial speculative selling," the bank said.

Article 1. Qantas grounding their planes!The people in other Counties can not go to and from A to B.

= More damage as Rena 'prepares for the worst' =


 * Big swells cause further buckling to side of stricken Rena
 * Salvage crews race to get heavy fuel off the ship
 * "The situation is precarious - we're preparing for the worst"

**CONCERNS for the prospect of the Rena breaking up off the coast of Tauranga are increasing after big sea swells caused more damage to the stricken ship.**

The swells overnight on Monday caused further buckling to the hull on the starboard side, a little further back from a large crack in the hull on the centre of the boat.

Salvage crews have been racing to get heavy fuel oil off the ship but the bad weather has forced them back to the tug Go Canopus, which is tethered to the Rena.

"The situation is looking increasingly precarious and we are preparing for the worst," Maritime New Zealand salvage unit manager Bruce Anderson said.

"The worst of the weather is due to hit around midnight tonight. We are continuing to closely monitor the situation."

More than 350 tonnes of oil have spilled from the Rena, killing hundreds of birds and marine life, and 88 containers have fallen overboard since it grounded on the Astrolabe Reef on October 5.

Article 2. Ship falls over! The fuel or oil will go all over the water and contaminate it and kill fish/animals

= How is Australia globally connected through sport? =

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Australia is globally connected through sport by us doing sking, sooting ,golf, football, swiming, hockey, car raceing, house racing, nrl, kricket, socer, surfing, hunting and racing all over the world with other countries for ever. We are going in olimpices to so this is how we are globally connected through sport. =====

= = = How is Australia globally connected through tourism? = Australia is globally connected through tourism because people pay to get hear and back, and hotels, food, gites and transport. Australia is globally connected through tourismbecause peopel pay money to go arond the world to see thing thing. So Australia gets the money from the tourim indistry and the transpot the use.