Friday 24th May 1996
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I joked that it was a UFO but realised that because of the proximity of Amberley it was probably something to do with a military exercise.
I thought no more until I saw the news last night. UFOs had been sighted to the west of Gladstone by a large percentage of the community. The UFOs pulsated in blue, white and red and were seen from close proximity. They moved extremely fast and unlike a traditional man made flying machine. The national UFO spokesman Ross Dowe said that there had been an unusual number of sightings over the last week. Amberley Air Base also confirmed that no planes had flown or been in the proximity of the air base. They were also tight lipped about the sightings.
I did see a UFO about 20 years ago back in South Africa. I lived in a town with a population of about 30,000. It was one of those isolated, sleepy towns in the Natal Midlands. I had been working late at the local bank. It was about 9pm and you could have heard a pin drop from where I parked my car. It was a dark night with no moon but the stars shone brilliantly in the sky.
When I got out of my car I was aware of a noise similar to that of the old 35 mm film running through the spool in those old movie houses. It was a most unusual noise and I recall wondering who could be looking at a film in the bushveld as my house overlooked a barren dark strip of undulating land which stretched into the darkness.
I tried to pinpoint the noise and only then realised that it was coming from above the horison. What I saw next was the most amazing yet almost hypnotically pacifying experience. At an unknown distance I saw the dark outline of a saucer with beads of lights strung across its middle like fairly lights. From where I stood it was about the size and shape of a football.
I watched stupified as I followed the object and the noise as it drifted horizontally, effortlessly across the starlit sky. I has a distinct feeling that I was being watched...
All of a sudden it lifted vertically at tremendous speed with hardly a noise, but a soft fssssss... and it was gone.
You can understand why the UFO experience on Wednesday night was a poor comparison.
But the laws will face delays in the Senate as the Democrats are not only determined "to keep the bastards honest" but are also determined to be the thorn in every side, the black sheep in every decision made. In effect the political spoilers to a system which should run very smoothly.
The bill, the Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Bill, is the centerpiece of the government's reform package. This is to be referred to a Senate committee, a la the Democrats.
The bill will reduce the complex, horribly mixed up industrial relations system to a simple set of 18 mimimum conditions (including pay) which will represent a safety net for staff. The safety net will be overseen by the Industrial Relations Commission.
Clarence Walden said that the Aborigines needed to be left alone rto work through the negotiation process.
It sounds to me like there is a bit of internal bickering going on as to who gets how much of the multimillion dollar pie that the mine has agreed to pay the Aborigines as "compensation" for providing the the opportunity to do an honest days work.
In the opening session he launched a series of stinging attacks against the findings of the original trial judge. Mr Hughes claimed that Justice Burchett was unduly influenced by the emotional arguements of the rugby league authorities.
The decision effected eight clubs and 311 players, most of whom are now playing within the ARL. Some 65 reasons were put forward.
But hey guys I thought that the players and the clubs had signed agreements with the ARL to stay loyal until at least 1997.
Can you imagine what would happen if someone pulled the plug on an agreement on News Limited and Rupert!!! Amazing what money can buy.
Medical graduates were virtually guaranteed a job with 99.6% having full time work and normally in medicine. Others with good chances included: dentistry (99%); mining (97%); pharmacy (96%); and nursing (94.9%).
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