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Tuesday 23rd January 1996

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International:

In his speech on welcoming the Canberra Commission Prime Minister Paul Keating spelt out where he is going with his foreign relations strategy at the moment. He said: "What comes next in (the world) is very uncertain, but it won't be uncertain for long.
"Within a very short period of time the world will adjust and settle into new grooves, from which it will be very hard to dislodge it." The Canberra Commission has a role in pushing for the elimination of nuclear weapons in the world.

Political:

The latest Newspoll in the lead up to the next Federal election is not good news for Labor. They have dropped 10% behind the Liberal party who now, according to the survey, would get 50% of the national vote. When John Howard called for the Prime Minister to set an election date he responded by ridiculing the opposition leader as being like the Black Knight in Monty Python's Holy Grail, and saying "come on, I've got no arms, I've got no legs, but give me a punch."
Some Keating classics from the John Laws radio program yesterday:
"I can be charming when I want to be."
"I don't believe in personal effontery and rudeness."
"I have been attacked by all sorts of people. I don't wish ill of any of them.
Now go and check out Paul Keating's classic insults - I'll let you be the judge!

Business:

Few investors outside Western Australia will receive shares in Bank West the state bank which is being launched on the stock exchange. The closing date for shares has been brought forward by three weeks through the pressures put on the state government by 49% owner Bank of Scotland. The float has been heavily oversubscribed and all applications will be cut back severely in the number of shares allocated.

Sport:

The Australian Open Tennis Tournament has taken some interesting turns. After defeating world number one, Pete Sampras, Mark Philippoussis was himself knocked out by Australian Mark Woodforde 6-2, 6-2, 6-2. In the women's table it appears likely that Monica Seles will meet Conchita Martinez.

Social:

Parents are mistaken if they think that Catholic-school classrooms in Australia automatically have a more positive learning environment than those of the government a Queensland researcher has claimed. The results were obtained from a questionnaire that was sent to 208 teachers and more than 2200 students at 20 Catholic and 12 government schools asking them how they felt about the atmosphere in the classroom.

Personal trivia:

A warm day again yesterday - but we had a nice patch of rain overnight and today looks to be a bit cooler. There are heavy clouds hanging overhead and, yes, at 6.30am I am having to use the fan to keep cool!

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