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Monday 8th January 1996

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International:

Thousands of international airline passengers will be disrupted today as Qantas' international flight attendants go on strike and hold a stop work meeting in Sydney. The strike has been caused because Qantas want to reduce the meal allowance of flight attendants in overseas cities where the cost of living has fallen.

Political:

The big guns in politics have returned from their Christmas break with Liberal leader John Howard firing off the first salvo in 1996. Howard supported the idea of a people's convention to decide whether Australia should become a Republic - a more democratic approach to Prime Minister Paul Keating's desire to railroad Australian's into a Republic

Business:

The recent merger of mining giants CRA Ltd and its UK parent RTZ Corp Plc into a dual-listed company has received support from international credit agency Moody's Investor Service. Certain guaranteed subsidiaries of CRA and RTZ have risen from A2 to Aa3.

Sport:

The all might Australian cricket team were beaten into submission last night by the West Indies. Richie Richardson starred with a sparkling 81 runs to lead his team to 231 runs. In reply Australia could only manage 217 with Michael Bevan's amazing run of six not outs including his match winning performance last week being broken by a run out at 17. The table now shows:
Australia played 5 won 4 lost 1 Total points: 8
West Indies played 7 won 3 lost 4 Total points: 6
Sri Lanka played 4 won 1 lost 3 Total points: 2

Social:

New rules and processes begin today in the Australian Family Court. These are aimed at cutting red tape, reducing costs and speeding up settlements. Today is the Family Court's 20th anniversary.

Personal trivia:

My mother's birthday today. She turns a sprightly 74 years old - and will I guess be having her morning cup of tea in her unit back in Perth right now. Happy birthday mum. By the way she is a great computer "freak" and is currently writing a book on her life which includes the colonial days in Africa. (I was born in Dar-es-salaam in Tanzania).
The weather? Beautiful. Sunny skies with a few whisps of cloud and sheer joy out there as the birds perform their melodies in the river valley below.

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