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Thursday 4th January 1996

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Australians working at an oil field in Papua New Guinea have been placed on alert to flee in the face of a local clan dispute. All non-essential staff were flown out of the remote Kutubu project in the Southern Highlands province yesterday. Appears the trouble is primarily caused by the local principal landowner, Sosoro Hawego, who is looking for a bigger royalty from the profits of the project. The clan trouble has been caused because it is alleged that none or little of the royalties are distributed to the rest of the clan.

Political:

The Queensland Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) has been weakened by the very people that it was set up to keep an eye on - the politicians. This was revealed in a report by the Attorney General Matt Foley on Tuesday. "The research department of the CJC was waived aside by a department that was acting in the government's interests." the report said. Reminds me of that classic book Animal Farm.

Business:

The Au$1.13 billion Century zinc mine in north-west Queensland is again under threat after an Aboriginal leader demanded another year to consider the project. "CRA wants an agreement by the end of January, but that's bullshit. There is no way on earth that can happen", said Mr Yanner a Carpentaria Land Council leader. It's ironic that Federal Government supported Aboriginal complaints recently sunk another employment generating project in South Australia - driving the project managers into bankruptcy.

Sport:

Controversial Sri Lankan spin bowler Muttiah Muralidharan who was no-balled for "chucking" in a recent match against Australia took two wickets in a match against the West Indies. Neither umpre no-balled him in a one-day match won by the West Indies who scored 194 against Sri Lanka's 124. It was a win that broke the Windies dismal performance on this tour.

Social:

The rapid decline in the numbers of male teachers in schools in early-childhood education in Australia was reinforcing gender stereotypes and depriving children of adequate role models a researcher warned yesterday. Research showed that there was only one male graduate to every 80 to 90 female graduates.

Personal trivia:

It was a wet one yesterday with gentle rain falling all day. Rain is expected to continue for the rest of the week - the change has brought cooler conditions after the high temperatures that we have experienced over the last fortnight.

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