Saturday 29th June 1996
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The Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research, which was established by the Hawke Government in 1989, has an annual budget of Au$5 million.
Staff at the department yesterday raised their private concerns about the future of their work yesterday. A spokesman for the Minister for Immigration, Mr Ruddock, refused to comment last night.
The double dissolution would force the Coalition Government to go back to the people in a new national election.
The situation was summed up by one senior member yesterday who said: "Here we are with a 40 seat majority and there's no guarantee we'll be able to pass any legislation, including Budget-related legislation."
Yesterday Howard came under fire for referring to the Aboriginal area as the "Aboriginal Industry" - you might recall that Pauline Hanson was sacked from the Liberal Party in the lead-up to the Federal Election in March for using the same phrase.
The trouble appears to be in-fighting between groups within the so-called United Gulf Region Aboriginal Corporation's 24 members. You don't have to be too bright to realise that the cause of the in-fighting is who gets what % of the money that CRA have agreed to pay the Aborigines in compensation.
So the end-result? The Aborigines in the region will miss out and CRA will be blamed for the plan not going ahead.
Little wonder Prime Minister, John Howard, has joined the "outspoken" who call the Aboriginal scam an "Aboriginal industry".
In typical bloody-minded accounting rules, Michael Brennan of accounting firm Ernst and Young demanded that the AFL underwrite the Au$100,000 match day costs before he would allow this historic team, the Lions, to play their last game against Geelong at Whitten Oval.
Fitzroy has planned to merge with North Melbourne, but the move by the creditors under Ernst and Young might put the whole process in jeopardy.
Further cuts are expected in these programmes and will be seen as broken election promises by the Howard Government.
The Minister for Employment Training and Youth Affairs, Senator Vanstone, said last night that the limited funds available for announced labour market programmes would go to areas where they are most effective - traineeships, apprenticeships and wage subsidies for business - for the next three months.
Cuts to the Department would come through voluntary redundancies bringing the size of the Department's staff down by 20% to 14,300.
I got this response from a "young" oldie...
You've got to pay $2 000 to be part of this so-called self regulation group anyway! Their whole vision is ridiculous with a joining fee like that!
A copy of intiaa's response to APRA is included in their web site.
Thanks Chris - and no wonder (nearly) no-one has heard of them!
Yesterday I saw our friendly and old sulphur crested cockatoo sitting in the gum opposite - must be third generation I reckon...
as later in the day saw this young first generation "stud" preening himself in the mango tree next to our house.Another beaut day in the land of paradise. Moving the Global Office today ton nour new super-duper offices next door. The walk to the office should bowl over clients and potential clients - if they don't fall down the bank of the Brisbane River!
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