Milestones of the week

AAP General News (Australia)
08-18-2000
Milestones of the week

SYDNEY, Aug 18 AAP - Milestones of the week:



UNVEILED - The federal government's new welfare plan, the McClure report, which recommends
the extension of mutual obligation.



HONOURED - Sir Donald Bradman at the inaugural Bradman Oration in Melbourne.



BURIED - Corporal Stuart Jones, a 27-year-old Australian soldier accidentally killed
in East Timor last week.



DEPARTED - Australian and New Zealand firefighters, sent to help battle a spate of
fires in the United States.



ARRIVED - The Olympic Torch, finally, in the Olympic state of New South Wales.



RETURNED - A $5.3 million portrait of Captain James Cook, now at Australia's National
Portrait Gallery after several years in London.



STAGED - The first indoor one-day cricket international between South Africa and Australia.



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