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Sunday 10th November 1996

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International:

The 1991 Dili massacre in East Timor continues to have negative repercussions for the Malaysian Government.

An international three day conference, the Asia Pacific Conference on East Timor (APCET) at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur, was "stormed" by about 1,000 members of the Malaysian Action Front. The group, who are aligned with Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed, succeeded in breaking up the conference and causing total pandemonium in the hotel.

Six Australians who attended the conference were arrested and put into a detention centre in Kuala Lumpur. They were taken there with about thirty other international guests in police vans.

The Australians arrested included: Hilton Deakin, an auxillory bishop in the Melbourne diocese; Abel Guterres of Melbourne; Russell Anderson of Nimbin and Andy Alcock of Adelaide.

Political:

The National Party practically endorsed Oxley Independent MP Pauline Hanson's stand on immigration at a conference this weekend. Siting the concerns of Australians about immigrants taking "Aussie jobs" the delegates moved that the numbers of immigrants currently being allowed be reviewed.

On the same issue, a random survey of voters in Ms Hanson's electorate shows that about 85% support her views. This flies in the face of a newspaper survey earlier this week which deduced that support for the controversial Independent was falling.

Business:

Australian economists are confident of another interest rate cut early next year. A poll of leading economists revealed that many believed the sluggish economy would be behind the cut.

Bill Evans, a Westpac economist, said that another cut in interest rates was "extremely likely", saying, "Clearly inflation is suprisingly on the downside. It may well be that a cut could follow the next inflation statistics due out at the end of January."

Sport:

Australian Rugby League (ARL) boss John Quayle is set to pack it all in. The events of the year culminating in Super League's win in the Federal Court has put the nail in the coffin for Quayle. A close friend of Quayle was reported to have said, "John has been unhappy over a couple of issues over the last few weeks. Things that have happened with the ARL clubs have really disappointed him. It's got to the stage where he is looking at doing something away from football."

Personal trivia, from the global office:

Another gorgeous day ahead, one to be enjoyed in the global office.

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