Friday 27th June 1997
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Here is an extract from that press release:
"It is incumbent on leaders of all kinds in our community to never allow their prejudice or personal views to darken the fairness of decision making. This is equally true in the issue of cross media ownership and the conflict of interest that may exist between big business and our country's shadowy political powerbrokers. I know many journalists are in fear of not only losing their ability to be even handed in their reporting, but possibly their careers.
"While the freedom enjoyed by the press carries with it the responsibilities not adhered to by all journalists, that essential
freedom to honestly report what is of genuine public interest or concern must be maintained through a situation of
independence, and not be allowed to in any way to be influenced by one or two powerful individuals. The Australian people
have reason to be concerned by any decision that may lead to any form of conflict or potential monopoly. I urge our current
government to be very careful with the issue of media."
Independent Senator Brian Harradine has applied pressure on a top level parliamentary committee to ban Australians from accessing X and R-Rated materials on the Internet.
Harradine, who holds the balance of power in the Senate, convinced the committee to recommend bans on materials "likely to cause offence to a reasonable adult".
"The committee is not convinced that society ought to provide millions of other legal outlets for this type of publication which is likely by definition to cause offence," the Senate committee report says.
The committee includes two Labor Senators, a Democrat Senator, four Coalition Senators and Brian Harradine.
The report recommendations include:
When Soorley was elected to the position of Mayor he slammed former Liberal Mayor Sally-Anne Atkinson for her overseas trips and expenses... how the worm turns.
Aboriginal leaders will announce the issues that a delegation will raise while on a tax payer funded trip in Europe next month.
The delegation, yet to be announced by the National Indigenous Working Groups, will lobby government leaders and human rights groups before taking these issues up with the United Nations in Geneva on July 26th.
Former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission head Lois O'Donoghue said, "But obviously, there is not going to be too many positive in Geneva this time.
"The world needs to know about indigenous concerns because Australia prides itself on its human rights record. It needs to be highlighted that Australia is not as good as it thinks it is."
It is believed that the "stolen generation" report will be tabled at this meeting.
Every man and his dog is now talking about taking Pauline Hanson at the next Federal election... and the latest to throw his hat in the ring... none other than Bob Hawke! What would Blanche de..... (whatever - who cares) say about moving to Ipswich....
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Official home page.Prosser told Parliament that he had had meetings with councillors in Bunbury about his shopping centres and that he had in fact spoken to Bunbury councillor John McCourt despite denying this earlier in Parliament.
Beazley said that Mr Prosser's statements merely "confirmed and compounded his transgressions" - but with Parliament rising today for a two month winter break it looks like Prosser might have saved his skin although the continued attack and defence have made Parliament a farce as important matters of national interest are sidelined or dealt with "lobbied" bureaucrats to the detriment of the Australian democracy.
Thanks Peter, Ed...
For All of Australia
Out of the red outback centre,
We come from the time of the dreaming,
With the speed of a kangaroo bounding,
We believe in the spirit of mateship,
Together we settled Australia,
From the rocky sea cliffs of Tasmania
One nation uniting the continent,
-- Peter Mackay
Subject: Launch of One Nation
Dear Pauline,
I would like to pass on my congratulations for the launch of One Nation,
the time has come for Australians to stand up and display a pride and a love
of their country that seems to have been forgotten. The "pompous politics" of
the "well to do" have never been the leaders of our nation. Australia was
built by convict settlers, the unwanted and disgraceful lower class of
society
I have lived in outback towns of Australia. I have even played football
for what was considered to be the most racist football team in the league.
Their views changed when an aboriginal side could not nominate a team for
the next season due to lack of players. Our side invited the aboriginal
players to join us. The whole town was shocked!!!! Most of all the
Aboriginals. This experience taught me to appreciate the Aboriginal people,
their culture and history yet some people would still today call me a racist
because of my views. I also learnt that a lot of the Aboriginal people had
little or no faith in the people that represented them. Doesn't that sound
familiar!!!!
Ms Hanson, you have an unenviable task ahead of you. You will be ridiculed
further, called a racist, spat on, lied to, and the power of the "well to
do" will continue to use vehicles such as media to discredit you and your
people. Please continue to voice your views. They are the views of many
people, the people that have built this nation and the people that uphold
that fading Aussie Spirit.
Pauline, I hope that in 50 years I can sit and watch the Anzac Parade
pass, And see the tear in my grandchildren's eyes. That tear that every true
Australian gets on Anzac day that says, "I'm so bloody proud to be an
Australian". You have my vote Pauline, keep it up mate!
Darrel Whittaker
Subject: Comments on Australian News of the Day
Dear Editor,
Finally at last you have said something which I can agree with. The
National (Australia) Bank (NAB) is making a huge profit, at the expense of almost
everybody doing business with them. I had two very bad experiences with
the NAB, and I did not come off as well as you have been able to. The
first one was my own personal loan, which I took out to buy a car and
this computer I type on. I was told I could organise a direct debit from
my own savings account to pay off the loan. Sure, well and good. Went ok
for about a year, at which time I decided to pay off more money and
organised a new direct debit, cancelling the old one. The cancellation
was not a problem, but they completely forgot to organise the NEW one.
I, of course, being your typical trusting lady, neglected to read my
statements and notice that no money was being taken out. Now because I
had been paying extra to begin with, they did not contact me, nor did
they contact me when I began to get behind. Months later, I get a
collection agent appearing at my workplace! I immediately corrected the
situation, putting myself ahead again, yet they still would not remove
the black mark against my name when I go to apply for credit. Thanks
NAB. The second one involved my family's business. Too long and involved
a story to repeat here, but the NAB were completely inflexible on any of
their charges. There was a $35 account keeping fee that appeared once a
month. When questioned, they could not come up with a reason why we
should pay it, yet they would not remove it. They had security of two
houses, yet they would not loan the worth of one! In the end we had to
close our business, and we were bought out by somebody else, my current
employer. My parents came out with a $15,000 loss, and the NAB would not
return the deeds etc until three months later! WHY? They were paid back
in full. I took my business to a credit union that very same week, and
have never looked back. Cost me a bit to change the loan over though,
not from the NAB end.
As regards Telstra, I deal with them on a daily basis as we sell mobile
phones. Seems different departments have different stories, and you can
never ever find the same person you spoke to the first time. We've just
about given up on phones, as there is no money to be made and it takes
up a lot of time.
Wouldn't swap the internet service for quids, however. Very fast, and
best service I have come across. You do get what you pay for in this
world.. sometimes..
Jennifer Widdop
Out of the rainforest green,
Out of the sleepy blue mountains;
We know where we have been.
We come from over the sea.
This is our land of Australia,
A land for you and me.
Or the rush of a spinnaker run,
With the grace of a wild eagle soaring,
The race we know can be won.
We believe in a fair go for all,
We know we can do it together,
With a helping hand if you fall.
We threw off the chains of the past,
We spoke out and sought for our nationhood,
We knew we could do it at last.
To the reef in the tropical sun,
We're scattered all over Australia,
But we come together as one.
One nation, proud and free,
One nation for all of Australia,
One nation for you and me.
Canberra, 24 June 1996
26 June 1997
The Bank of Queensland head office phone number is: (07) 3212 3333. Make the move from NAB you won't regret it.
Editor.
Why should Australians put up with this sort of trash that come into our democratic society - as represented in the email received below? WHY? WHY? WHY? Where is the pendulum now Mr Howard?
Chung you deserve to be sent home to a society where you obviously enjoyed limited or no democracy.
It is because of you that Australia and Australians feel disgusted with the ethics of the media and the so-called racism/Hanson debate inspired by the one-sided media.
Return-Path: chung@goulburn.net.au
Subject: F*** YOU PAULINE
PAULINE HANSON IS A F***'N RACIST BITCH. HOPE SHE DIES.AND I MEAN IT.
Subject: National paranoia
A person who cannot make personal decisions without worrying about what
other people might think of them is regarded as having a psychiatric
problem. All the self-help books agree that such behaviour is paralysing
and self-destructive. It reflects a personality unable to shake loose
from childhood.
A nation which cannot make decisions without worrying about its
'international reputation', what 'mummy' 'international community' might
think of it, is similarly afflicted. The entire federal parliament
should spend their 10 week holiday getting psychiatric help. Maybe then
they might be able to govern properly in the interests, not of 'mummy',
but of the people who elected them.
As for big business, for a damning indictment of the 'big business
society' see my soon-to-be-released book "Economic Rationalism: Disaster
for Australia".
Graham Strachan
BIL confirmed that it had paid an average of Au$3.20 per share in acquiring the stake. This means that BIL has now outlaid over Au$500 million in building up this sizeable stake in the company sought by the Packer empire.
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 17:16:08 -0700
From: Ev Chung chung@goulburn.net.au
Reply-To: chung@goulburn.net.au
Organization: can you see the picture?
To: gwb@gwb.com.auBusiness:
Brierley Investments (BIL) lifted its stake in Fairfax to 22.09% after spending a further Au$50 million buying 3% of the company.Personal trivia, from the global office:
Another gorgeous day in paradise...
We had a larger than usual group of corellas visit us yesterday, see if you can count them in this photo...
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