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Sunday 28th January 1996

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Prime Minister Paul Keating yesterday announced the date of the next Federal Election. It will be held on March the 2nd. Queensland will be critical when over 11 million Australians go and take part in, what is, a compulsory vote. (Citizens are fined if they do not vote). Eight seats in Queensland are marginal and with the current opinion polls all eight are likely to fall to the coalition. This would mean that the coalition would need just one more seat to hold the majority in Parliament.

Political:

The Federal Government enters the election campaign while trailing in the three major opinion polls. Newspoll show the Liberal/National coalition with a 10% break over Labor; AGB McNair put the gap at 8% and Morgan put the gap at 4%.
Perhaps the most interesting twist is the seat of Kalgoorlie which has been held since the donkeys came home by that old favourite Graeme Campbell. Campbell was too outspoken for the Prime Minister who orchestrated his dumping. Campbell is now entering for the seat as an independent and an outspoken one at that. With his popularity at home it will be interesting to see how Campbell fairs at the election and the importance that his seat will have in the end result.

Business:

The Australian business community want a coalition win hoping that a change in government will help them to improve long term planning and to increase profits.

Sport:

The women's final of the Australian Tennis Open was won yesterday by Monica Seles who powered past her opponent German Anke Huber. In the mens final later today Boris Becker meets Michael Chang.

Social:

Modern young women swear too much according to a Queensland University language expert. "It is part of the pressure in the Western world for more and more equality. It is reaching for the balance between the sexes," Associate Professor Max Brandle said. Dr Brandle went onto say that the language of romance had been destroyed by young women's increasing use of profane words.

Global Gripe of the day:

Bureaucracy:
The old saying Nero plys while Rome burns comes to mind on this one. A business associate has been waiting for 12 months now for a research and development project to get through the government net of approvals. The number of meeting, approvals and delays because of bureaucratic ineptitude are reminicent of a man sitting, watching while his house burns to the ground. Now really, how can you establish a new technology when it takes 12 months just to get past the bureaucrats? No wonder so many of Australia's greatest discoveries and innovations are going off-shore for development.

Personal trivia:

What a hot day yesterday again! We sat outside yesterday afternoon finishing the day with a lovely bar-b-que. Earlier we sat under a flowering bush and were blessed with the close attention of a group of rainbow lorikeets who had come to feed on the nectar in the flowers. They were literally three feet from us and their vibrant colours, squeaky voices and enguiring eyes while seated in the shade of this bush made for a fabulous afternoon's entertainment.

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