Major earthquakes in Japan and South Pacific - some blame French nucleur testing.
Political:
Opinion polls predict coalition victory in next Federal election after 13 years of Labor rule
- election due by March 1996.
Business:
Investors told to buy Qantas Airways shares by leading US stock brokers. Shares currently Au$2.30ea
Sport:
NBL Final: North Melbourne beat Perth Wildcats 104 to 97 .
Social:
Attempts by Gold Coast business to ban NSW and Victorian "schoolies" (school leavers) during Christmas.
Personal trivia:
Lovely day in Ipswich, Queensland after first spring showers yesterday. Gum trees starting to shoot and
sulphur crested parrots creating havoc in the air above the Brisbane river.