Recently we here at Arena have had our switchboard jammed with a flood of calls from concerned parents seeking advice on their children's career plans. It seems that some kids are still harbouring unrealistic expectations about their role in the future labour market, and many parents are having to find sensitive ways to disabuse children of their fantasies.
The decision to award the 2000 Olympics to Sydney rather than Beijing was loudly trumpeted in the local media as being attributable to the poor view taken by the International Olympic Committee of China's human rights record. Indeed throughout the whole protracted bid process the significance of human rights in the IOC decision-making process was an unquestioned assumption.
By now, few of you will be unaware of the tremendously important ballot currently being conducted throughout the country. You will probably have seen one of our television commercials, read our full-page daily newspaper advertisements, heard our national radio campaign, or been handed one of our full-colour brochures with either two, three, or even four folds. Perhaps one of our trained representatives has called at your home or office to explain the ballot to you…
