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Thursday 2nd November 1995

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International:

Japanese students holidaying in Australia with short term work visas are being hired to tout outside shops in Surfers Paradise, Queensland to entice customers into the stores.

Political:

New Labor party advertising campaign sparks rumours about the imminent announcement of an election date.

Business:

Coles Myer has good gains in sales and profits.

Sport:

The Intrernational Cricket Council chairman, Sir Clyde Walcott, yesterday called on members to give the council the power to hear the bribery allegations being alleged by Australian cricketers against Pakistant cricket captain, Salim Malik. The Pakistani team and Malik are currently touring Australia.

Social:

Australians lose faith in Church. A report suggests that only 40% of Australians go to the same church as their parents.

Personal trivia:

Another beautiful spring morning, not a cloud in the sky. Guess its going to be a hot one. Yesterday I went to Brisbane on business. Brisbane is a very large city geographically with the city council overseeing a budget bigger than that of the whole of Tasmania. (One of the Australian states.)
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