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Tuesday, 13th January 1998
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Hanson responds to the "fairy" party - the Democrats.
Yesterday Pauline Hanson responded to comments by the talent-strapped Democrats whose acting leader, Senator Stott Despoja, saying, "I challenge Senator Depsoja and her totally Cheryl (Kernot) free and out of touch Democrats to explain to Australians everywhere why children must be on dark and dangerous streets after midnight."
The full One Nation press release is now on-line.
Townsville still under siege.
Rain continues to fall in Townsville in northern Queensland. An estimated Au$50 million in rain/flood related damages has now struck this small tourist area. Emergency Service workers were sent home after further large rainfalls were predicted by the weather bureau as another cyclone approached the area.
The freakish is weather is now being treated as a "one in 500 year" event as 104 mm fell yesterday in Townsville in just six hours. Over 800 mm of rain have now fallen in Townsville since 9am on Friday morning.
Quote of the year:
Rupert Murdoch on receiving his papal knighthood: "I found if very spiritual and very moving." Enough said.
Aboriginal leaders continue to throw a furphy.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander acting chairman, "Sugar" Ray Robinson, slammed the Coalition's release on native title yesterday calling it wrong and misleading.
Mr Robinson said on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio yesterday, "What I'm upset about is that it states that we can stop farmers from building dams and growing crops and we're claiming railway stations and schools. I think it's a political document.. it's wrong, that's never happened in the history of the country that I know, those things I just spoke about."
The four page information sheet released by acting Prime Minister Tim Fischer says that 79% of Australia may be subject to native title claim and that about Au$10 billion of mining projects are expected to be delayed because of native title.
"All that indigenous people are talking about with pastoral leases is co-existence, the right to go on and do their traditional activities," Robinson said.
This is the same Robinson who has been convicted for rape who now heads up a billion dollar indigenous industry.... Source: The Age: on Pauline Hanson's maiden speech.
Christopher Skase and his step daughters go to ground
Following the well publicised action being taken by Australian politicians in publicising how close they were to tracking Skase's money tree down Skase and his step daughters have gone to ground - avoiding being served with summons to appear in the Cayman Islands to explain the ownership of the properties thought to be financed by Skase's "missing millions".
Making the
news" -
The Queensland Australian Labor Party are showing their ultimate hypocrisy when they continue to raise the issue of the Queensland Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) and their decision to ignore the claims that the Coalition had won government in a by-election for the seat of Mundingburra in 1996.
Lead ALP ego-tripper, Jim Elder, who once said one of my business partners had been compromised because "of his association with Scott Balson", yesterday said, "The CJC is paid millions of dollars to stamp out corruption. What they should do is immediately act." Interesting that Jim Elder was part of the Goss team disgraced by their CJC led cover up of the shredding of documents required in the Heiner inquiry.
But we have got to remember ethics don't stand high in politics - especially with the Australian Labor Party.
The value of the Australian Stock Market lost about Au$9 billion yesterday following the continuing meltdown of the Asian currencies - now led by Indonesia.
More than Au$6 billion was spent in the 1996/97 financial year on medical benefits.
Visits to general practitioners representing just more than half of the yearly expenditure.
Another beautiful day in paradise.
Have a good one.
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