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Thursday 18th September 1997
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Wayne Goss, who currently sits on the state Labor back bench has announced that he will not stand for the next state election - preparing his way to enter Federal parliament through the seat of Oxley against Pauline Hanson.
Of course Goss has other candidates to contend with and there is, of course, the nasty smell of the Heiner Inquiry Documents which his government shredded knowing that the courts had demanded them.... that smell is nothing compared to the documented cover-up.
Lower interest rates have started to show their effect on consumer confidence according to Westpac chief economist Nigel Stapledon who said, "There is some indication that the rise in consumer confidence is a belated response to falls in mortgage interest rates, as most of the gain this month is because consumers felt that their family finances were better off compared to a year ago."
1200 people were surveyed between September 11 and 14 reflecting a 4.2% rise in confidence.
Of course the International Monetary Fund (IMF) who got Foreign Minister Alexander Downer to throw over Au$1 billion at the Thai baht has now come in to spoil the party. The IMF have warned Australia that although they expect a spurt of growth here a tight grip will have to be kept on spending because of our foreign debt situation.
Put that one down "thanks to Labor".
Now that Australia has put the money into Thailand the IMF is now blaming that country for not heeding the warnings that it was given 18 months ago - which were followed by the run on the baht. Talk about financial blackmail!
Making the
news" -The warming of the continent is of particular concern to islands which are barely two metres above the floor of the Pacific as any melting of the ice caps could have a catastrophic effect on them.
The research funded by the Criminology Research Council-funded pilot study studied individuals involved in 602 domestic violence protection court orders in the Beenleigh, Brisbane, Southport and Ipswich magistrates courts.
Victims and offenders were most likely to be from the poorer socio-economic backgrounds and unlikely to be Australian born.
Most were from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.
Of the orders, 82% were of unlawful wounding and more than one third are brought by the woman against her partner.
God knows, we need it!
Have a great day.
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Research by Anna Stewart for the University of Queensland and Griffith University has linked males with a criminal track record to two-thirds of domestic violence cases in Queensland. The most common criminal activity of offenders is theft, illicit drug offences and road traffic offences.Personal trivia, from the global office:
Overcast today... hopefully we will have some rain later on.
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