ACT: Main stories in today s Canberra Times

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12-06-2000
ACT: Main stories in today s Canberra Times

CANBERRA, Dec 6 AAP - The main stories in today's Canberra Times:

Page one: PM says rort claims won't go to the police; Moore wins Assembly support to
force ACT clubs to match political and charitable donations dollar-for-dollar; Gallop
to head inquiry into disability services; QC paints black picture of witness Bermingham.

Page two: Costello clashes with Nats on trusts; Resuscitation for flood hit farming
areas announced; ABC Radio and TV programs disrupted by strikes; Government set to impose
ban on online gambling; Carols by Candlelight a success.

Page three: One third of homeless unemployed people having Centrelink benefits reduced
as a result of breaches according to report; Volunteers to benefit from $16mln government
initiative; Study finds unemployed youth have little trust in Centrelink; Police say lack
of helicopter did not delay search for child; Needle biopsies urged for breast lump testing;
Charges against former rugby league star Steve Roach dropped; $1.3mln to help stem crime
in ACT.

World: Two severe blows to Gore campaign; Refugees flee to PNG border after clashes;
Fifteen killed in Aceh war anniversary; Maluku Muslims have killed 93 Christians.

Business: Foodland gives chief mandate to go shopping; Unchanged interest rates tipped;
Research focus for Telstra to change; More Asian investment to come for the telecom; Knowledge
sector driving ACT boom; New ANsett Hazleton bid.

Sport: Door opens for Martyn and Katich; Klim in pain but still too fast; Australian
women wary of Indian spinners; Newk says fatal mistake by Spain; Young Canberra tennis
player Alun Jones wild about Australian Open wild card entry.

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NSW: Residents evacuated in apartment block fire

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04-24-2000
NSW: Residents evacuated in apartment block fire

SYDNEY, April 24 AAP - Firefighters hacked down doors with axes as they searched for
residents feared trapped in a burning apartment block in inner Sydney, the Fire Brigade
said today.

Officers had evacuated the first two floors of the Kings Cross block of units and were
conducting a "search and rescue" of the remaining floor, a spokesman said.

The fire broke out in a unit on the second floor about 8.30am (AEST) and quickly spread
to the third.

It was now threatening the roof, the spokesman said.

It was not how many people were in the building.

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Vic: Yallourn workers vote to return to work

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02-07-2000
Vic: Yallourn workers vote to return to work

Striking workers at Yallourn Energy have agreed to return to work in line with a directive
from the state government.

Melbourne radio station 3AW reports Electrical Trade Union …

Fed: Govt optimistic on trade future

AAP General News (Australia)
12-06-1999
Fed: Govt optimistic on trade future

By Linda McSweeny

CANBERRA, Dec 6 AAP - Trade Minister Mark Vaile today admitted he had been overly ambitious
about the World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks in Seattle.

The talks, plagued by protests from environment and labour groups, were suspended on
Friday after a failure to reach agreement on the future of world trade and a new round
of talks.

"Obviously we are disappointed that the ministerial conference in Seattle last week
didn't achieve its goal of launching a round," Mr Vaile said today after returning from
Seattle.

But he expected burgeoning trade prospects to eventually result despite the European
Union's (EU) opposition to liberalisation.

The talks should have focused on launching a broad-based round of negotiations but
were complicated by the EU and US attempts to introduce issues such as competition, investment
and labour standards, he said.

"These are the issues that caused the ministerial conference not to be able to achieve
that outcome of launching a round, not necessarily the impact of the demonstrations in
Seattle, nor the negotiations on agriculture," Mr Vaile said.

Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson and Mr Vaile agreed there was a lack of US leadership
at the talks.

But no round of talks was better than a bad round.

"I said before I left Australia we would not be launching a new round at any cost,"

Mr Vaile said.

"We wanted to see substantial gains in terms of the agenda for agriculture so we have
achieved that.

"We know what most of the countries will agree to on agriculture and there were significant
gains as far as Australia is concerned."

Local farmers and the commodities sector remain sceptical of benefits and are urging
the government to walk the tough road ahead.

The Grains Council of Australia predicted the road to freer trade could be blocked
for another 50 years, given the attitude of the EU.

But the federal opposition said the news was not all bad and future trade talks could
deliver real benefits to the community in welfare, greater market access, higher wages
and cheaper products.

Opposition Leader Kim Beazley urged the government to renew its push to deliver more
jobs to Australia via trade.

"We have got to do what we can to get it back on track and we'll be pressing the government
to do so," Mr Beazley told reporters.

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FED: Service for airmen may be delayed until next week

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04-20-1999
FED: Service for airmen may be delayed until next week

By Janelle Miles

BRISBANE, April 20 AAP - A funeral service for two Australian airmen killed in Sunday's
F-111 crash in Malaysia may have to be delayed until next week because of problems in bringing
their bodies home.

The cockpit containing the bodies of pilot Flight Lieutenant Anthony Short, 31, and
navigator, Squadron Leader Stephen Hobbs, 33, was found in dense jungle yesterday.

The plane had crashed into a mountain on the tiny island of Aur off the Malaysian east
coast.

The Malaysian deployment was aimed at providing the RAAF with its first opportunity to test
newly-installed mission computer software in the F-111s.

An Amberley air base newspaper said the software upgrade was designed to improve
operational capability to make running the navigation seat easier and give crewmen more time
to concentrate on the mission at hand.

Defence Force spokesmen have so far been unable to comment on whether there was any
suspected link between the crash and the new software.

Defence Force spokesman Phil Smith said an accident investigation team arrived at the site
today.

The RAAF recalled one of its specialist airmen from the United States to help in the
investigations.

"The team, including people with fast jet experience, will be there for some days before
returning and working through what they've discovered," Flight Lieutenant Phil Smith said.

He said logistical difficulties in getting the bodies of the two young fathers home meant a
funeral service may have to be delayed until next week.

"A coroner has to get into the site. That's not going to be easy," Flt Lt Smith said.

"That has to be done before the remains can be brought from the site and then there's the
process of actually bringing those guys home to Australia.

"It's not a simple process. It takes a fair bit of planning.

"We are working on a memorial service. I don't expect that there'll be anything until next
week."

The deaths bring to 10 the number of airmen who have died in eight F-111 crashes since the
fighter bombers were introduced in 1973.

The crewmen from Number Six Squadron at Amberley Air Base, west of Brisbane, were taking
part in a simulated attack on a navy flotilla when the accident happened about 10.30pm on
Sunday.

Amberley chaplain Rod Acreman said until the remains of the men were returned home and a
funeral was held, the families would have difficulty understanding what had happened.

"RAAF chaplains have been helping the bereaved families deal with the emotional shock of
their loss and also helping them to understand the sense of unreality," Squadron Leader
Acreman said.

"Three chaplains are available for the families at all times, undertaking personal visits
and helping with formal arrangements."

The downed F-111 was one of four G-models from Australia taking part in war games involving
naval and air force personnel from Australia, Britain, Malaysia, Singapore and New Zealand.

Squadron Leader Hobbs left behind a wife and one child and Flt Lt Short is survived by a
wife and three children.

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NSW: Man in court over policeman killing

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01-12-1999
NSW: Man in court over policeman killing

SYDNEY, Jan 12 AAP - A seventh man appeared in court today charged with the 1997 murder of
Sydney policeman David Carty.

Eshmail Orhaum Esha, 36, unemployed, of Kenyon Street, Fairfield, was refused bail when he
appeared in Fairfield Local Court late this afternoon.

Esha was charged with the murder of Constable Carty at the Cambridge Tavern at Fairfield in
the early hours of April 18, 1997.

He entered no plea.

Prosecutor Sergeant John Weir told the court police had decided to charge Esha because
tests had shown that Constable Carty's …

VIC:Former cop apologises over affidavits

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12-19-2011
VIC:Former cop apologises over affidavits

The former head of Victoria's anti-gangland taskforce has told drug boss TONY MOKBEL's
change of plea hearing that he's sorry for the costs to Victorians of his officers' failure
to swear affidavits.

Former detective inspector JIM O'BRIEN, who was a police officer for more than 30 years,
admitted today there was a practice within the Victoria Police crime department of not
properly swearing affidavits.

Mr O'BRIEN, who was head of the Purana Taskforce during his final years as a policeman,
told the Victorian Supreme Court he can recall only four occasions when a Bible was brought
into his office and affidavits were properly sworn in front of him.

Mokbel is trying to change his plea to major drug trafficking charges from guilty to
not guilty after revelations that Victorian police officers have not been swearing affidavits.

Mr O'BRIEN couldn't explain why he didn't change the practice and apologised.

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KEYWORD: LEGAL: MOKBEL (MELBOURNE)

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