Monday 13th January 1997
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Clark said, "Within hours of the High Court judgement being known a staggering range of adverse outcomes were being claimed by people who hadn't even read the decision.
"From there the mischief making has spiralled out of control."
Mr Clark said much of the tension caused by the Wik case came from unrealistic expectations where too many Aborigines believed native title was about land rights rather than land use and too many industry representatives believed that it somehow removed land from their control.
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Finance Minister John Fahey said that the August budget forecast that unemployment would fall back to 8.25% over the next six months was "on track".
This people that Australia had to rescue,should be made to pay.These rescues has cost the Australian people millions of dollars. It`s becoming to be a joke. Australian Navy and other services risk their lives to save this idiots who do things for their own benefit .
Subject: Resue of yachtsman
Good for you. It is ridiculous to think of the expense involved in the rescue of a person who should have had insurance. Money spent on this humanitarian gesture means money diverted from Australia.
Subject: Yacht rescue costs
Good Afternoon,
I would never say that any person should be ignored, any person lost at sea or anywhere else should not be seen in only economic terms. The concept of "rescue insurance" is the perfect solution, all competitors would be covered and any costs to us(the taxpayers) would be negligible. I question the concept however that France will repay us. I don't think anyone since David Dicks has been near France in a boat, let alone that most of the french coast is in shipping lanes. Are they going to nuke Mururoa again? after these two french idiots and Isabelle Autissier two years ago, at a total of nearly 13 Million for the three rescues. Juppe can blow all the hot air he likes, but he knows his citizens have been rescued, at a bargain price!
Subject: Ocean rescue
"Media Watch" no longer published on your page.
Coincidence or was the commentary critical of your biased diatribes? Do you really believe that the rescue of distressed people in the Southern Ocean by our highly skilled service personnel adds one cent to the cost of maintaining the Australian Defence Forces? If you truly believe that Australian's tax money has been mispent and expenditure on health, education, etc. will be reduced to compensate for the cost of the rescues then the time has come that you spend less time in the global office and more time in the real world. I know it is the holiday season but, I challenge you to read what you have written in the past two weeks and deny that an unbiased reader would have to assume that you are crooked on the world.
Phil Musgrave
Media Watch will resume when the publisher returns from his holidays. - Editor.
The result of the vote yesterday on the issue of whether participants in races like the Vendee Solo Challenge should HAVE to take out "rescue insurance" to cover the costs of any rescue attempt was:
75 - YES.
4 - NO.
Packer is already the biggest individual investor in Melbourne's casino but with this purchase the wealthy gambler has locked himself out of placing a bet in both Melbourne and Sydney!
Packer's Publishing and Broadcasting Limited will eventually buy all the Showboat stock (owners of the Sydney casino) for Au$1.85 per share.
But it was Brian Lara who once again, after a slow start, proved the star of the day with a sparkling 90 runs off just 110 deliveries.
The West Indies, batting second, reached the Australian target of 267 runs with 4 wickets to spare.
Taylor is expected to be sidelined for the now meaningless match against Pakistan - and Australia are runner-ups in the competition for the first time since 1979/80.
Eventually the police were called in and the tresspassers were removed.
The worst part was that the kids were there with the sanction of their parents who threatened residents who complained while ythey had a picnic right on the river bank. Pictures of the incident will be released shortly.
Have a great day.
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