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Monday 7th October 1996
Monday 7th October 1996
Ten people were found unconcious in the gutter and on the footpaths outside the Broadbeach Club on the Gold Coast at about 6.30 am yesterday. A man and a woman who had suffered hallucinations were released from the Gold Coast Hospital yesterday.
Many of those now in hospital actually stopped breathing and had to be resusitated.
It is believed that the club only serves water.... Police and doctors believe that the ten are victims of a new cocktail which includes Ecstasy and a hallucinogenic anaesthetic called gamma hydroxybutyric acid (GHB). The mix is commonly known as Fantasy.
GHB is becoming a popular drug among British club goers and ravers because it is cheaper than the pure Ecstasy from which it is derived.
Police are now very concerned about the timing of the release of the drug - just before the notorious "schoolies week" on the Gold Coast.
Anyone who takes a drug from an unknown source has got to be just bloody stupid. Its rather like loading a revolver with one chamber loaded, pointing the gun at you head, spinning the chamber then pulling the trigger. One way ticket....
Howard was responding to comments made by the New South Wales ALP secretary, Mr John Della Bosca who allegedly called the Prime Minister a racist.
"They were the desperate smears of a man and a party who have nothing relevant to say about the bread-and-butter issues of concern to nmainstream Australia," Mr Howard said.
He said he had confirmed the non-discriminatory character of Australia's immigration policy and that Aborigines were the most disadvantaged Australians, but he made no reference to Pauline Hanson.
The News Limited owned paper has been singing the praises of Rupert Murdoch's son since the Australian Rugby League (ARL) lost the exclusive rights to rugby league on Friday. Lachlan Murdoch is the young man who refused to appear in court to defend Super League when it was on the ropes earlier in the year... one could clearly here the ripple of that famous "chicken-man" radio series as a backdrop at the time.
The latest is that Super League is now out to decimate the ARL by stealth, with further court action now being planned to release ARL players from loyalty contracts as two other major traditional clubs, St George and Parramatta prepare to jump ship.
Senior officials at Penrith (a Super League club) and Parramatta discussed a merger over the weekend... as Rupert Murdoch flies into Sydney from Los Angeles today to join the party.
To quote one of News Limited's papers today:
"Mr Murdoch's son and News Limited managing director, Lachlan Murdoch, News Limited executive chairman Ken Cowley and Super League chief executive John Ribot were seen to be personally vindicated by the decision."
Good bit of "brown nosing" that - I reckon!
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