BtN- Chinese Olympics
The Chinese Government have been waiting and preparing for 7 years for these Olympics. That’s a long time and its costing the Chinese government 40 million dollars. But is it all worth it? The Chinese government hopes this will be one of the best Olympics in the history of modern Olympics. Or will these Olympics be remembered as one of where the Chinese government were cruel and tough on journalists and protesters.
The Chinese government has invested a lot of money into these Olympics to show the world how far it has come since the mid 1970’s when China had no money invested in future projects and in jobs and infrastructure. China wants these Olympics to be the best ever Olympics since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Its spent a lot of money on stadiums such as the birds nest and the water cube.
But what if these Olympics turn out to be not so great as everyone imagined it to be then the Chinese government would have just wasted 40 million dollars and they would have preparing for nothing. And maybe China has spent to much? Also China has a lot of issues to address such as human rights and journalist freedom. This week a BBC reporter was reporting on a free Tibet protest when some Chinese police noticed him tackled to the floor stood on his fingers Stoll his bag and detained him for 20 minutes.
My conclusion would be that China would be a good host for 2008 Olympic games as long as it addresses issues such as journalist freedom and human rights. And I don’t think China has over spent.
BtN-Carbon Emissions Trading
By Matthew
We all know by now that the earth is getting warmer and warmer. So the Australian Government has decided it needs to take action on climate change. But its idea has brought a lot of controversy.
The Australian people were told to expect a big jump in their energy bills when Professor Ross Garnaut released his green paper. The message wasn’t good. In order to save the planet we have to drastically cut our carbon emissions by 2020 and Australian households will have to pay a lot more for their energy bills. Professor Garnaut wants Australians to pay more for their energy bills so they realise they have to do something in order to save the planet. Read the rest of this entry »
Mergers are when one company or sports team or what ever wish to take over another company or sports team. An example may be in soccer. Two teams are the best in the league so to become the best team they merge. $18 million dollars was offered by Westpac to St George and they accepted it and that’s a lot of money. The reason why Westpac wanted to merge with St George was Read the rest of this entry »
Nargas – that’s the name of the cyclone that’s hit Burma, causing widespread disaster. And to add to the people of Burma’s woes the military government will only allow very few aid agencies in only from nations it trusts. Asia that’s where Burma’s location is it’s south of Vietnam and Cambodia Burma’s location is the reason why the cyclone Nargas was so devastating. The buildings in Burma were really bad quality and the people of Burma are very poor. So when the cyclone hit many people’s houses were destroyed. Many of the challenges the people of Burma are faced with are dirty drinking water and not enough food. Probably the most deadly is disease. Who knows how many disease’s there could be in Burma. Read the rest of this entry »
Plastic bags, a sight you’ll see everywere at the shops. Australia alone produces billons upon billons of plastic bags every year. And most of them end up in either sea life’s stomach’s rivers, creeks and the sea bed. Read the rest of this entry »
People sometimes drink alcohol because they’re sad. They also drink alcohol for the fun of it. The age that teenagers start drinking these day can be too young. Their brains have not developed yet and will damage them further on in life. Peer pressure is a factor of binge drinking. Read the rest of this entry »
