Job strategy still a work in progress

DWAYNE Bulmer is something of a rarity in his suburb. The North Fitzroy public housing resident has a job.

WHAT THEY SHOULD DO ...

AS A RULE, most sporting traditions conjure positive vibes. Even antiquated grass courts, bad weather and snobbery topped with strawberries and cream, make for a revered combo, a la Wimbledon. But it€™s time the five-ring circus did away with the extravagance and nationalistic bombast that is the opening ceremony.

Sharing the right tools of the trade

Fourth-year Apprentice of the Year (joint winners): carpentry and joinery Shamus Long, Southern Cross Constructions(NSW); Joseph Maniago, Brisland.

If I Were A Carpenter

First-year apprentice of the year Ben Gazzola - Parkview Constructions

Profession Nailed Down

MICHAEL Thompson, the MBA's Apprentice of the Year, was destined to be a "chippie".

Rookie Aims To Stay On A Winner

APPRENTICE carpenter Daniel Carmody will be looking to build on his recent success when he drives Mainland Countess at Newcastle International Paceway this afternoon.

Acknowledging The Apprentice Achievers

IT MIGHT not be the Young Rich List, but the inaugural Business Network Apprentice Hall Of Fame should be just as inspirational to a new generation of entrepreneurs.

Bat In Hand Worth Two Wins For Bush

AS an apprentice carpenter, Trent Bush is comfortable with a hunk of wood in his hands.

Son's Chance To Reach His Dream

NSW Education and Training Minister John Aquilina will officially sign tomorrow the indentures of Hunter Valley Training Company apprentice carpenter and joiner Jeremy Starr.

Trainee In Dad's Tracks

IT was a case of like father, like son yesterday when 17-year-old Jeremy Starr became an apprentice carpenter and joiner with Maitland-based Hunter Valley Training School.

Apprentice On The Way Up After First Metropolitan Success

Leading Gold Coast trainer John Wallace gave inexperienced apprentice Michael Rodd his stamp of approval after Teleban won the Lydia Jordane Handicap (1350m) at Doomben yesterday. Rodd, 18, scored his first win at a metropolitan track when Teleban (15/8 fav) scored by 11/4 lengths from Opal Ice

Apprentices Pursue A Trade On The Dole

When Liz Henson was retrenched in her third year as an apprentice carpenter, she panicked. ``You spend all that time on really low wages and then if you don't manage to finish and get your papers it means that you go through all of that for nothing, " she said. Ms Henson, who was sacked abou

Why Style Is Grace Under Pressure

The wild rush to catch an aeroplane flight can sometimes bring the best out of an individual. For Scott Grace, an apprentice carpenter from Murwillumbah, one eye on the clock and the other on the wicket had the intoxicating effect of enabling him to take a hat-trick against West Indies Youth

Time And Tax Brings Scott A Different View

Politics were clearer for Scott McDonald at the last Federal election when he was an apprentice carpenter in Albury. Together with most of his friends, the 20-year-old cast a vote for the Australian Labor Party. Two-and-a-half years later Scott is living at Coogee, in the marginal se

For Trial On Beer Glass Charge

A man has been committed for trial for the alleged malicious wounding with a beer glass of a Mt Colah apprentice carpenter at a Hornsby club in March. Allan Wrightson, 38, labourer, of Geddes Place, Cabramatta, told Hornsby Court this week he pleaded not guilty and reserved his defence. Af

Jailed Bushfire Lighter Appeals

A man was released on bail yesterday after lodging an appeal against a four-month jail sentence for starting a bushfire at Emu Plains. Warren Michael Pieri, 18, an apprentice carpenter and joiner, of Kyre Crescent, Emu Plains, had appeared in Penrith Local Court for sentence after being c