Wednesday 26th June 1996
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In another major downer the poor fellow has been accused once again of misleading Parliament over the contacts he has had with senior diplomats about the scrapping of the Development Import Finance Facility (DIFF). The opposition appear to hold all the cards tabling a letter from the Indonesian Minister for Research and Technology, Dr B J Habibie complaining to Mr Downer about the decision to scrap DIFF.
Opposition Foreign Affairs spokesman, Laurie Brereton, who released the letter said that Mr Downer was unfit for office as yesterday Downer had claimed in Parliament that the only complaints that he had had were verbal.
Treasurer Peter Costello yesterday told Parliament that the Government would adopt a Labor plan to widen tax exemption for overseas loans.
It means that mortgage originators who specialise in home loans, such as RAMs and Aussie Home Loans, will be able to compete with the bigger banks by getting tax exemption on offshore money secured for home loans.
UGRAC has until Friday to return an answer to Century Zinc on the future of the mine.
Carpentaria Land Council co-ordinator Murrandoo Yanner is continuing his vocal opposition to the mine and some negotiators have conceded votes from his personal supporters may be enough to wreck the deal.
So what do the parties stand to lose:
The Aboriginal community at Carpentaria Au$60 million.
The State of Queensland a major cash inflow for a Au$1 billion project.
What makes this whole affair laughable is that the mine is in a rugged area that no-one inhabits but the Aborigines claim. The environmental aspects have already been looked after... so everybody loses.
But no-one more than the Aborigines. I think its called shooting yourself in the foot.
The report concluded that young city dwellers were more likely to imbibe in drugs and indulge in sex below the age of 18.
The worst abuse was limited to street kids and delinquent adolescents who were largely unaffected by national anti-drug strategies.
One study in the Queensland area of Logan found that 80% of youth had tried drugs and 26% were current users.
YOUTH - WHAT THEY ARE DOING:
| Area | Alcohol | Drugs | Sex |
| Logan | 67% | 26% | 49% |
| Mackay | 51% | 8% | 21% |
| Cairns | 52% | 22% | 22% |
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