Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans asks Indonesia to keep Australia informed about the deaths of 5 Australians in East Timor in October 1975.
Political:
Murdoch calls Prime Minister Keating one of the strongest leaders in the world today.
Business:
Murdoch calls the leadership of Coles Myer thuggish for threatening to cancel $90 million worth of
advertising with News Limited because of adverse reporting on the Coles Myer group.
Sport:
Australian Steve Elkington beaten in the final of the Golfing World Cup by South African Ernie Els.
Social:
Paul Keating criticised the media magnates, Murdoch and Packer for not lending greater financial support to the arts.
Personal trivia:
It has been dry in paradise for about a week now, beautiful sunny days, balmy evenings and cool (not cold)
nights. There is thick cloud lurking this morning but it is of the type that clears by mid-morning.