Friday 31st May 1996
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The ARL is opposing the appeal by Super League, News Limited and others against Justice Burchett's judgement and orders which effectively closed the whole Super League concept down until at least the year 2000.
Mr Ellicot said that Justice Burchitt was depicted as an emotional incompetent, a picture that was a joke.
"The reality, of course, is that the judge found them out. He laid bare News' dishonesty."
It is quite scary that the decision by politicians in one part of the country could have such a major effect on the future of the drug, the way it is cultivated, distributed and sold to the rest of the country.
Personally, I hope that they vote "no" as smoking cigarettes is bad enough.
St George, which is itself under threat of takeover by the National Australia Bank, last night lifted its Metway offer by 15 cents a share to Au$4.77. That compares favourably with the government proposal which would have seen Metway shareholders offered Au$4.65 a share.
The Queensland State Government is now under pressure to raise its bid.
Sounds like an auction house to me, except the bigger fish like National Australia Bank are waiting in the wings...
A bank probe initiated by the Federal treasurer, Peter Costello, is expected to result in home interest rates being lowered. For too long the home loan market has been seen as the cash cow for the major banks who have extracted huge Au$ billion profits from screwing the average Joe Blow trying to earn an honest living and owning a home.
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