Prime Minister Paul Keating supports the suspension of Nigeria from the Commonwealth following the hanging of eight dissidents in that country.
Political:
The Federal Opposition (Liberal Party) have accused Paul Keating of wasting Au$40,000 to have his bed delivered to Papua New Guinea by RAAF Hercules to ensure that he got his
beauty sleep.. "What this points to is an attitude which would make the worst emperors of Rome feel proud", an opposition leader, Mr Fischer, said
Business:
Visa International is to trial smart cards in Queensland shops - pushing the world further into the cashless society.
Austrlian tax payers are being asked to foot the bill for the welfare of children being fathered by Australian tourists in Asia.
Personal trivia:
Global Web Builders have been receiving a lot of press in the media of late. The Queensland Times covered
our lauch yesterday and the Sunday Mail covered the launch as well as one of our successful web clients, ModelNet in a separate article. Yesterday we
picked up another high profile Japanese client, NEC Software Limited. Triumph International (Japan) are
already up with an excellent 1996 Calendar.