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Saturday 5th October 1996
Saturday 5th October 1996
In a remarkable turn around Super League won on appeal against the Australian Rugby League (ARL) at the Full Court in Canberra yesterday afternoon.
It was also the first time that we saw young Lauchlan Murdoch at a press conference even though he has been involved in the push on daddys behalf since its inception.
Guess he doesn't like to be on the losing side.
In a result which is sure to see the end of Australian Rugby League (ARL) by the year 2000 the Super League clubs and highly paid players are already celebrating. It goes without saying that the chairman of the ARL Ken Arthurson is devastated.
When Arthurson was told that Justice Burchett, who originally ruled in the ARL's favour earlier this year, was in Turkey on holiday he said, "I wish I was in Turkey - or Tanganyika or anywhere but here." (The East African country of Tanganyika became Tanzania in the 1960s).
In the main judgements the court ruled:
The decision has effectively rewritten the rules of league and other sports in Australia with both players and clubs trying to digest the implications.
To me, it just means one thing - justice is not about equality it is about money. Who else in Australia could have driven the law to such lengths to secure such a prize?
Australian pilot Justin Fraser was released by the son of Somalian war lord the late Mohamed Farah Aideed yesterday after 129 days as a hostage in the war-ravaged land.
Aideed who can only be equated to Adolf Hitler was the thug who forced television to film a dead American marine being dragged through the streets... a stunt which resulted in the small American force scampering for home... unlike their "safety first" actions against Iraq.
The Kenyan president, Mr Moi, welcomed Fraser after he arrived in Nairobi by truck. Fraser was originally arrested after his plance crash-landed near the Somalian town of Baidoa - where he was held hostage.
White Australia has no case to answer for the destruction of indigenous families and entire tribes, according to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Senator Herron. The government argue that the policies were applied in an environment which were then judged to be the best course of action.
The "stolen generation" inquiry began this year after almost a decade of lobbying from Aboriginal groups.
He later sold 125,000 shares at Au$1.25 each and the remainder at 76 cents - making quite a killing.
Williams is now the first person to be convicted on insider trading in Australia - being fined Au$50,000 and being sentenced to 18 months periodic detention. The maximum fine for insider trading is Au$200,000.
Judge Kinchington said William's behaviour was a crime against the Australian way of life saying, "Such dishonest and illicit conduct is abhorrant to the community as a whole as well as to those specifically involved in the securities industry."
The honorary secretary of the Mackay SPCA, Rex Patterson, said that the cockatoo's owner, Mr Boshard was suing the organisation for unlawful seizure.
This could turn out to be an expensive exercise for the non-profit organisation which has already spent Au$20,000 related to "Cocky".
A copy of the paper entitled, "Does Koala trouble spell a new trend in education?", can be downloaded in Word for Windows format.
Beautiful day outside.. warm overnight.
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