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Sunday 14 January 1996

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International:

Queensland's palm cockatoos, the largest parrots in Australia, are being sold in the United States of America for up to Au$100,000 a pair. Wildlife authorities said that the cockatoo deals are part of a huge smuggling operation. The palm cockatoo is found in Cape York at the very northern tip of Queensland and is very hard to breed in captivity.

Political:

Looks like the heat in Federal politics is about to be turned up again. Labor Prime Minister Paul Keating returned to work yesterday after an extended break from the hurly-burly of the game that he plays so well. Seems like he spent the last week of his holiday on a Au$15 million yacht called Cambria. Could it be that the seat of Federal politics "Camberra" is going to be all at sea in 1996?

Business:

The Australian cashless society has taken a giant leap into cyberspace this year with more than Au$19 billion being spent on some 13 million credit cards. Everyone, including Telstra and General Motors are getting on the band wagon with their own credit cards. In Queensland there are over 60 different types of credit card. (It used to be such an easy hobby for collectors when there was only the Visa Card, Master Card and American Express Card!)

Sport:

World number 3 woman tennis star, Sanchez Vicario, said yesterday that she was confident of winning the Australian Open Tennis Tournament which starts tomorrow.
In cricket the Sri Lankan team have now gone on the attack and have attempted to have umpire Darrell Hair charged for misbehavior. The attempt was made by senior members of the Sri Lankan team directly after Friday night's match between Australia and Sri Lanka. A deputation including the Sri Lankan captain, vice-captain, coach and manager confronted ICC representative Graeme Dowling with the complaint. They urged Dowling to take action against the umpire who clashed with the Sri Lankan captain, de Silva, many times during the match. Darrell Hair was the umpire who first no balled Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralidharan for "chucking" the ball.

Social:

Despite stagnation in the Australian housing industry since 1990, housing prices are remaining firm. The real estate industry the optimist supremos of the industry believe that there is reason to believe that the housing industry will go through solid growth in the latter part of 1996.

Global Gripe of the day:

What ever happened to the "gentleman's game"?
When star Australian fast bowler, Craig McDermott, gets a death threat sent to him in a letter originating from the United Arab Emirates; when members of the Sri Lankan cricket team confront the ICC representative right after a day-night match (see story above) and when you get the bickering about "chucking" claims as well as allegations of bribery against key Pakistani players you have got to worry about the international state of play in the game of cricket.

Personal trivia:

Nature turned on another great day yesterday. Today mirrors that thought with the sun shining and not a patch of cloud in the radiant blue sky. The Brisbane river has returned to its sluggish pace and the level has dropped somewhat - but it remains its somber brown (mud) and will do so for some weeks before it returns to the sparkling stream that reveals its prettiest face.

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