Op-Ed: Australia-Sri Lanka – a gold standard partnership that stands the test of time. Op-Ed: Australia-Sri Lanka – a gold standard partnership that stands the test of time. Rear Admiral Justin Jones CSC RAN, Commander of the Joint Agency Task Force Operation Sovereign Borders and Lucienne Manton, Australia’s People Smuggling and Human Trafficking Ambassador recently travelled to Sri Lanka for a number of high level and working level meetings. They summarise their trip and recent engagements with their Sri Lankan counterparts. Great friendships are built upon a bedrock of trust, shared values and providing support to one another. Such was the case during our visit to Sri Lanka from 30 August to 1 September – a trip that reaffirmed the deep ties that exist between our two countries, forged 75 years ago. It is a relationship that has grown from strength to strength. As a long-standing friend, Australia is supporting ...
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For school leavers Source:Island One imagines that over the years School Principals develop a splendid antenna which allows no school child’s mis-demeanour or untoward emotion to go undetected. Such is certainly not the case. Most of the bustling little beings in the care of the school’s Staff have the eyes of angels and the minds and hearts of a Judas. They fool their parents most of the time, their teachers some of the time and the general public all the time. When they leave school to go out into the world of Higher Studies Principals try to soften the transition from the protected atmosphere of a school campus to the comparatively unprotected freedom of University. The following hints are for students who intend getting their Degrees and are positively ecstatic that they no longer have their Principal or any of their teachers breathing down their necks on a daily basis. ...
