A Good Deal That Is Not Without Its Share Of Risk

For average Australians, especially those on lower incomes and with little knowledge of computer technology, the Virtual Communities offer, based heavily on the mass market promise of the ACTU, the Catholic Church, AFL clubs and some others, is a pretty good deal - about half current retail prices.

Traditional Media Struggle For Web Niche

In the new media age of the Internet, the more nimble and aggressive Web portal sites so far upstage traditional media companies. Sites such as Yahoo, Excite, America Online and Infoseek, as well as specialist Internet-only content providers such as computer news site C-NET, have done their best to