STATE ELECTION LIFTOUT NEW YORK'JACK THOMPSON - SCALES OF JUSTICE GENOCIDE - IRON CURTAIN - OP SHOPS etc etc etc EDITORIAL

Everyone tends to indulge in navel-gazing at some time or another. Conlienis This may come in the form of a need to achieve self-realisation or the discovery that ^e task can be done better, but the more honest of elected people will admit that it comes at election time. THE FORGOTTEN GENOCIDE: World Turns its Back on 1.5 million The recent Semper election caused a quick appraisal of the job so Dead - Very few people know about the attempt to exterminate the far. We tend to get minimal feedback in this job and what we do get Armenian people earlier this century. SUE WILLIAMSON reports. tends to be biased - friends will tell you when an issue is good, but remain quiet if it is mediocre. Previous editors have walked around NEWS - The legality of holding the Expo '85 In Japan has little to do with chlldcare facilities, according to a prominent ALP member, but It's the refec looking over the shoulders of people to see what articles been done to death anyway. they were reading and one even used to hitch-hike anonymously from Toowong to Uni and back a few times asking what each driver NO MORE MISTER NICE GUY7: Jack Thompson plays the baddie in thought of the latest edition. Even these methods are no longer his latest film. - It's difficult to be nice when you have to do an usable since the ferocity of recent Semper elections has meant that Interview over breakfast, but both Jack and SALLY WILLIAMS managed the editor's face is reasonably well-known. to survive the experience. This leaves the elections as the sole reliable method of seeing what students really think of Semper. UNION NEWS - This Is the second-last time you'll be able to read DANIELLE BOND's words of wisdom about the Union, so you'd better In the last election, Cullinan and Bath ran on a 'dissatisfaction read It carefully. with Semper' line. While 1 remain fairly cynical about elections, since they tend to be won by the best campaigners rather than the CAMPING OUT TO CANVASS CANBERRA- r/?e tent embassies have best journalists, this one was relatively close. Cullinan and Bath been outside Parliament House for over a decade now. What are they spoke to more lectures, while Harry Dunstall and I had more posters. like, and why did JOHN HENZELL go down to Canberra?

As you may read later in this issue, Cullinan and Bath received A SMELLY SOLUTION - Is this a story about the state of the editor's nearly 800 votes. Even discounting 200 as the votes of friends and personal hygiene after living in the Semper office for a week preparing votes that were given to them by entirely random methods, that still this Issue? Not really, but If it was, JENNY HOWELL would know how leaves nearly 600 people, or about 30% of voters, who are dissatis­ to de-odourlse him. fied with the present Semper. As a team which tries to remain representative of the students, 9 I. F. YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM... - Inter-Faculty sport Is the excuse this is an unacceptable figure. To this end, as in the by-election, we HARRY DUNSTALL always uses when he gets his stories In late. have incorporated the opposition's policies into our own in an attempt to make more people content. 10 THE EAST IS RED; But the Iron Curtain is Rustmq- Semper sent TIM LOW over to East Europe for a long weekend to try and get the One of the claims that was raised during the election was that feel of the place. Semper should be left-wing. For those who are thinking this should be another of the adopted policies - tough beans, kids. Semper 13 SLEAZE CITY, USA: The Seamy Side of New York City - True should attempt to be unbiased and present issues as they are, not confessions time. KIERAN RIDGE gets down and gets funky In the slanted by any political inclination. Semper should be no more a Big Apple. Semper's production department were offended, but the left-wing rag than it should be right-wing — neither approach would editorial prerogative prevailed. be representative of the students as a whole. 14 LEARNING THE CRAFT OF MOTHERHOOD - The Mothercraft It was suggested that Semper should take a left-wing slant to refuge In St Paul's Terrace Is just one way that neglected children are compensate for the right-wing conventional media. I disagree - helped. TEEN A GIRDIS gives the details. Semper should be able to he read without the need to keep in mind that the paper has a political bias that must be compensated for. An 15 THE SEMPER STATE ELECTION SUPPLEMENT - idealistic view that goes against my basic pragmatism is that Semper THAT WINN ING FEE LING - The Seat of Toowong will be won by should be what the totally unbiased newspaper looks like. I guess the Nationals, the Liberals and Labor, If the candidates can be you'll just have to wait and see the 1984, Dunstall/Henzell Semper believed. JOHN HENZELL has some doubts. to judge whether we achieve that goal. THE ELECTRONIC POLITICIAN - Ability to perform in front of television cameras Is a major criteria for Party leadership, according to MA RIA RAMPA. POLLING THE PERSONALITIES - This is the election for Big Name candidates. PETER KELLY drops a few names. A POLITICAL EDUCATION - How important are education policies to the election? Not very, says DA VID PHILLIPS.

19 POSTGRAD IDENTITY CRISIS - Freud may have a lot to say about this, but the article Is written by JACK FORD, who knows who he Is, and is about the new tutorship schemes. V 20 BOREDOM UNLIMITED: The (yawn) 1983 Student Union election - TEAS got the Executive, SOCgot the numbers, DA Ml EN SIMPSON got the story, and the University gets a 100 metre-tall Rupert the Bear.

23 ENVIRONMENT MINISTER TAKES AIM: Queensland Wildlife the Tzx^X- Environment Minister, Martin TennI, supports crocodile genocide and warns against killer ducks. T. LOW has a shot at i:#" the Minister. 24 ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN: but the Union's got you covered - If you get attacked by killer ducks, you 'II get money for your pains, thanks to the Union. PA UL L UCAS explains.

25 REVIEWS - POOD-Kropotkins, reviewed by name-dropper, CHRISTINE FOGG - BANDS - Eugene and die Egg, interviewed by ROHAN BUETTEL ~ TOADS - The Cane Toad Times, reviewed by KEVIN VELLNAGEL - TELEVISION -Scales of Justice, reviewed by HOWARD STRINGER - BOOKS - For Love or Money, reviewed by JULIE WHITE - MOVIES - Pirates of Penzance, reviewed by A LPHA YAP - Merry Christmas Mister Lawrence, reviewed by SA LL Y WILLIAMS ~ King of Comedy, reviewed by TIM LOW - MUSIC - Everything from Lawyers In Love to Throbbing Pythons to String Quintets, reviewed by everybody and their dogs

30 WHAT'S ON - Who's on with whom, and on which night, by Gossip SEMPER is a non-profit political and cultural magazine based at the columnist KAREN VENZKE University of Queensland. 31 ODDS AND ENDS - Compiled by JOHN ("careful with that shotgun") EDITOR: John Hcnzell; ASSISTANT: Harry Dunstall HENZELL, who suffers from winged-keelltls. TYPESETTING: Jenni Bird LAYOUT: MattMavvson 32 GOODNIGHT! - See what all those sleepless nights at the layout table PRINTERS: Warwick Daily News, Warwick have done to MA IT MA WSON. More coffee!! DISTRIBUTION: On campus, by editor. Off campus - Gordon & Gotch ADVERTISING: Phone Graham Higgins, 371.2558 PUBLISHER: Ms. Fleur KIngham, President of the Students Union, U.Q. Contributions arc welcomed, but no responsibility is accepted for unsolicited material. FEA TORE I The Forgotten Genocide World turns its back on 1.5 million dead

The Turkish Embassy then issued an official state­ When a Turkish diplomat was murdered in Sydney a few years ago, it ment saying that the Armenians were torturing thc^ brought the issue of attempted genocide of the Armenians by the Turks Turks whenever possible, and that the cheeks of Turkish babies were being pierced so that they would starve to directly to the Australian public. In a series of atrocities, exceeded only death. by Hitler's 'Final Solution', 1.5 million Armenians lost their lives. The The next massacre is reported on November 29, Armenians have been retaliating ever since by assassinating Turkish diplo­ 1915, 'Turks at Mush . . . disarmed the Armenians in order to secure a large ransom. Notables of the town and mats around the world. SUE WILLIAMSON reviews 'The Armenian Geno­ head men of the villages were subjected to revolting cide', a book which details the massacres and the failure of the world to act. tortures. Their fmgcrnails, then their toenails, were forcibly extracted, their teeth knocked out, and in some cases their noses were whittled ...'. The article goes on to describe how the villagers On February 28th, 1915, the Central Com­ arc a pure invention. No atrocities . . . have been com­ locked themselves in the churches and fought for four mittee of the Turkish Government announced mitted by the Turks'. days. They were defeated, and the men were slaughter­ that "... the jemiet (Committee of Union and And 'the correspondent of the "Times" at Cairo ed. Some of the women went mad, some prayed amidst Progress}, hopeful for the future, has decided to states that some of the German Consuls have encouraged the burning churches, while their infants were grasped the Armenian atrocities. Herr Rossler... want to Aintab by one leg and hurled into the flames. exterminate all Armenians living in Turkey, and superintended the slaughter in person'. This was The horrific reports continue, with the only diver­ without allowing a single one to remain alive and reported on October 1,1915, and that streets 'literally sion being a report of 4,000 Armenians escaping on for this purpose has granted the Government ran with blood'. December 21,1915. extensive authority'. The 'Age' has an extract from a German missionary The Armenians fought the Turks with primitive journal, part of which is as follows: ' . .. corpses were weapons and managed to hold out for 53 days, after The massacre of the Armenians did not start in 1915, observed floating down the River Euphrates nearby which time they were rescued by a French-protected but in 1895, when up to 300,000 Armenians perished. every day. Often in batches of from two to six corpses cruiser. From this first massacre, others foljowed, culminating bound together. The male corpses are, in many cases, February 22, 1916, and the Russians stepped in to in the death of 1,500,000 Armenians in 1915. hideously mutilated, the female corpses are ripped open. occupy the land. The beaten Turks retreated, while the Before the onset of World War I, two ideologies were An employee of the Bagdad Railway has brought the Russians moved in further, while making every effort fostered. Firstly, the concept of Pan-Turkism, which information that the prisons at Biredjik are filled regu­ to save vestiges of the ancient Armenian civilisation. was hoped would unite all Turanian peoples Into a single larly every day and emptied every night - into the A report a day later states that 'the latest messages political and cultural union. Euphrates'. sliow that Armenia is practically in Russian hands'. This This led on to the notion that the Turanian people And a German eye-witness reported, 'There they was still continuing in July, with the Russians steadily were a master race, with a preordained right to rule and lie, and the dogs and vultures devour their bodies... advancing and the Turks suffering defeat after defeat dominate by terror and violence, if need be, all other They have had their eyebrows plucked out, their breasts And on July 28, a message from Petrograd stated that 'inferior' races. cut off, their nails torn out; their torturers hew off their 'the Turks have now been completely expelled from The 'Final Solution' of the Armenian Question was feet or else hammer nails into them'. Armenia'. instigated with 250,000 Armenian men being herded The next development in this episode occurred when The remainder of the articles deal with the impover­ into the Caucasus mountains. Hundreds died of star­ the Pope personally wrote to the Sultan of Turkey, ished, starving and injured Armenian population. Even vation, disease and exhaustion and the rest were mur­ who promised to put a stop to the massacres. today, the country and its people have not been re­ dered. Countries from all over the world relied on America stored. The book also has quotes from around the world Secondly, the Armenian population was forcibly to stop the massacres, and the USA faithfully promised which protest against the atrocities imposed upon the disarmed. Those who could not produce arms were to do so. Armenians - but these people did nothing. There are tortured, and those who could were imprisoned for. But that's all that happened - an empty promise. also numerous photographs which reveal the truth in conspiracy and treason. The 'Daily Telegraph' reported 'The American repres­ all its horror and sadness. Thirdly, 600 of the leading members of the Armenian entations to Turkey against the Armenian massacres Have you thought of the sufferings of Armenia? community in Constantinople were arrested and de­ having been unheeded, it is not believed that the United You poured out your money to help succor the Ar­ ported, with only a few surviving. The Armenian popu­ States will take further action". menians after they suffered; now set your strength so lation was now without leadership, able-bodied men, While six days later, on October 14,1915, the'Sydney that they shall never suffer again. and any means of self-protection. Morning Herald' reported that 'volunteer corps, con­ President Woodrow Wilson, The final stage was mass deportation and extermi­ sisting of Armenians, in Italy, Egypt, the Ball

CHILD CARE CENTRES

In light of Brisbane having been ship between human lifestyles and the Taken for a Ride? selected to hold Expo '88, Aus­ environment will be explored. tralia has sent a delegation to visit The exhibits to be displayed will Tsukuba, Japan, the site of Expo allow the estimated 20 million visitors '85. to discover the present role and pros­ Each year in which the University For example, just because the Uni­ Australia has also accepted an invit­ pects for science and technology as a and school holidays do not co­ versity is situated in the western suburbs, means of solving problems relating to ation to participate in the 1985 Expo. incide, the Union's child care does not mean that all the users of Play­ The international exposition is to human beings and their dwellings and house arc likewise situated. 'surroundings. centre, Playhouse, has run a vaca­ open for six months on March 17, 1985 tion child care programme. Further, all western suburbs dwellers in Tsukuba Science City, an academic It is hoped that the Australian dele­ are not necessarily out of the 'needs' In the past the scheme has attracted and research community about 60 kilo­ gation to Tsukuba will come back with category. Out of 23 parents who use Government funding and the Union has metres north-east of Tokyo. some useful hints to help make the our after-school care programme (this been able to meet the shortfall in funds. The theme of the Expo is titled: Brisbane Expo in 1988 an international is the core of users of vacation care), 22 This year Playhouse, and any other 'Dwellings and Surroundings - Science success. are in the subsidised bracket, i.e. their child care centre in the Western suburbs and Technology for Man at Home'. HARRY DUNSTALL gross income is less than $200 per week. which applied for funding, received no Many of these are single parents. Through this theme the relation­ money whatsoever. Fortunately, appeals to the Staff The Queensland State Government, Association and the University were whether acting as the National/Liberal successful and the Union was able to coalition or the new minority regime, mount a somewhat reduced programme. ifil;',;.- has not contributed any direct funding The Union is grateful for the assis­ to child care centres. tance that both bodies provided. However, The National/Liberal welfare policy welfare is a Government responsibility was amply demonstrated during the and parents should be demanding that women's refuge debate earlier this year. the State Government distribute Federal Queensland University could learn The aim of the two-day conference is Terry (we'll fight for your rights) White, funds equitably and supplement Federal amidst much saliva, protested that wel­ from its New South Wales counter­ to educate people as to what their rights funds as other State Governments do, fare was a Federal Government res­ part when it comes to informing are when it comes to having a say about to a realistic level. development proposals. A talk on how to ponsibility and that the State would not The chances of this occurring if the members of the public about their supplement Federal funding for women's legal rights. lobby politicians effectively will also be National Liberal Coalition is returned to given. refuges. power are extremely doubtful. Not only The seminar on schools will cover The Government's approach to child has the State Government abdicated its UNSW is running a one-day seminar care is the same. The State Government on 'Schools and the Law' in October and most legal aspects of the child-leacher- responsibility in this area, but individual parent relationships. did not contribute one cent to vacation Government members have the gall to a two-day conference on environmental child care schemes in Queensland this planning laws in November. Perhaps Queensland University could misrepresent the situation and to sug­ also do its part in bridging the gap be­ year. gest that they are to thank for the little Both these courses comprise a series However, it is a State Government De­ of lectures, which do not presuppose any tween the layman and the lawyer. funding the Federal Government passes HARRY DUNSTALL partment - the Department of Child­ on. legal knowledge and will avoid legal ren's Services - which distributes the jargon. In a leaflet recently circulated, the Federal money. Liberal candidate and the sitting member Applications for funding this year, for Toowong, Ian Prentice, gave the im­ as always, exceeded the money avail­ pression that he had been responsible able, and consequently the Department for past funding of Playhouse. This is fm\ had to decide who got what. not true. This year the Department acted on . ^;.if-C^^i^J/J. The State Government's decision not the assumption that parents and child to fund child care has caused hardship care schemes west of the city had the for many parents and Mr Prentice's necessary resources to mount pro­ inability to effectively represent the grammes without resorting to Govern­ gong, says that the elderly may be press­ needs of parents in his electorate is The Victorian Government may be ment funding. ured by callous relatives, or may feel disappointing. introducing legislation which sup­ As with all generalisations, this is ports euthanasia. The proposed that they had a moral obligation to seek For Mr Prentice to represent himself grossly inaccurate In the individual case. to the electorate as having been effective Right to Medical Treatment Bill euthanasia. Whilst a needs-based approach to welfare is outrageous and clearly is not the case. will enable the terminally ill the The Queensland branch of the AMA funding is the only appropriate one, the is strongly against euthanasia, but there FLEUR KINGHAM right to decide whether or not they Department must act on facts, not im­ is however, a policy for the terminally pressions. lllll want to be kept alive by a life- ill. Professor David Wccdon from the support system. AMA says that cuthanasis has not been The Bill would give the doctor im­ considered in Queensland."There is no munity from liability and it would also euthanasia policy because, according to clarify that the right to refuse treatment him, there is no problem. is not homicide, or suicide. The Bill There is no policy for the aged be­ would be directed specifically to a situ­ cause it is not a clear cut situation, and ation in which recovery was not possible. people's emotions arc involved. The It is likely that this will be introduced policy for the terminally 111 stales that early next year. patients don't have to accept extra­ But in Melbourne, it is feared that ordinary measures and doctors don't legalising euthanasia could put pressure have to give them. on the elderly. Professor Lauchlan An 'extraordinary measure' is rather Chipman, of the University of Wollon- hard to define, but it includes the phrase 'excessive pain or inconvenience'. And Or Bor, from the Doctors Reform Society, says that 'extraordinary' is Im­ possible to define, as science is continu­ ally changing, and an extraordinary Alliance measure today may not be considered extraordinary in ten years lime. Dr Bor doesn't think that the AMA Francaise holds to its policy - that's all it is - a INTENSIVE FRENCH COURSES policy. FOR REFRESHERS Because of stringent medical ethics, Daytime or Evening no one is prepared to make any laws. Commencing November 28 'The situation is so variable,' and there is * * » no common concensus to work from. WEEKLY FRENCH COURSES Dr Bor says that 'until there arc some lest cases (taken to court), it will be im­ All Levels - Commencing possible to sec what the law thinks of November 28 this. Doctors arc operating on good will .. .' FRENCH BOOKSHOP And Dr Bor also agrees that it is diffi­ Books, records, cassettes, T-shirts, cult to make a policy on such an emotive Dolls, Posters, etc. issue. All enquiries - So it appears that if people want to ALLIANCE FRANCAISE die naturally, they'll have to do so with­ 1st Floor, 191 George Street, City out the knowledge of the medical auth­ Open Mon-Fri, 11am-2pm & 3pm-5pm orities. Open Saturday from 10am to 12 noon SUE WILLIAMSON Phone 221 7957 or 38 5320 IlllliiiiiltliiJiJlJilJiJlJillllliilllliJIIIIiitJiiilllllllilllllllllJiiiiiJI INTER VI Em No Mote Mister Nice Guy? Jack Thompson plays the baddie in his latest film With some trepidation, I agreed to meet him for breakfast at the Crest International. He emerged from the lift, very tanned, superbly healthy, and incredibly polite for 8.30am. Jack Thompson has a presence in the flesh, that even his excellent screen performances fail to reveal. He talked fondly of his halcyon days at Queensland University and mostly about his involvement in Nagisa Oshima's 'Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence', a film he made with David Borne and Tom Conti.

What are your memories of Queensland University? I remember being tlierc from 1963 to 1966, going there at night. I was in the Army Medical Corps. I started in Science, but changed over to Arts, studying Japanese (something that impressed Oshima). My memories are very tied up with Uni 'Dramasoc', and a climate of student unrest. What were student politics like? Oh, very active. I remember Mitch Thompson, open forums, 5000 of us marching into Roma Street. Was 'Dramasoc' active? Yes. Queensland Uni 'Dramasoc' was invited to the International Drama Festival in France, but unfortun­ ately, we didn't get the funds to go! I remember Ron Finney and David Clendinning were very involved in it too. I wrote an experimental piece called 'Alice Is' in 1966, but I haven't done much since, a few outlines, that's all. It was because of Elizabeth Nosworthy that 1 put that on. She encouraged me and in many ways helped me become an actor. She and Doug Andrews helped me put it together and get It together. • Your folio shows you've done a bit of stage work over the last 20 years. Would you be keen to do more stage Oshima has said the reason he used people like fighting a conventional war. In Cannes, a B.B.C. inter­ work or are you happy vvith films and the way they Conti, Bowie, Sakamoto and Takeshi, none of whom viewer commented to me that 'seven or eight years ago are progressing? are actors by trade, is because he generally doesn't that same character, played in exactly the same way, Very happy with films. I think every actor would like actors' performances on film. He finds them too would have been the hero of the film'. He would have like the involvement of stage, but unfortunately stage been, but he's noL production takes up a lot of time. stagey, even though his own wife is a talented film Whenever I've had offers to work on stage, I've had actress Do you think that's because of films like 'Breaker similar offers for film. Because of the sense of excit- Do you think, perhaps, it's their temperaments he IWorant' and 'Gallipoli'. starting to get away from the ment I get from working in film - I've chosen it over doesn't like? notion of 'because it's English it's right? stage. I'm not sure. It's traditional in Japanese theatre, Yes. 'Oh What a Lovely War' and other films that similar to the R.A.D.A. tradition. Japanese film per­ are critical of themselves contribute to a growing aware­ You've had an amazing cross-section of roles, mostly formances can be very stagey in the sense of Kobuki ness in film and audiences of the absurdity and awful- positive characters. Yet in 'Merry Christmas . . .', you theatre - the great Mask. It's for that reason he cast ness of war - instead of what used to be gungho heroism. play a character that's not likeable. How did you find Tom and me, because, he said, our performances weren't { was disturbed by the 'artistic' violence in the film, did acting such a pityable character? stagey - that's a great compliment! Initially people talked about me being type-cast. you feel this, even though you'd see it from the mech­ I don't think so, and I've worked hard against it. I'm Did you, as actors, have much input in shaping the anical side of production? glad you felt sorry for Hicksley Ellis. I wanted that. emotions of the characters In 'Merry Christmas . . .'? I felt it strongly. That was something we had to joke Yes. During that near-execution scene of Hicksley, about at nights, having drinks. I remember the scene of There is a heavy spiritual undertone to the film. Do you Tom Conti was watching and pointed out that I'd have Sakamoto hitting me, he's such a gentle young man. We think this is a very Japanese element, despite the New to get my hat off so that my bare neck would be seen. had to encourage and relax each other. But mostly it Zealand and Australian involvement in the film? But also that Hicksley was so proud he wouldn't take was Sakamoto's lack of experience in film and thus lack I felt it, it's very Oshima, there in the script. It's the it off himself. Oshima agreed, and arranged for a guard of handling violence - that can be very dangerous. first thing that attracted me. It's about more than the to get it off. It sounds very simple, but it was really so You should be pleased with the film! Are you? people in a Japanese prison camp. He.uses that focus very important. to say something about life and human spirlL Yes, it's an important film. Hamlet isn't about the court of Denmark; Henry V What other pieces are you fond of? How difficult was it to play such an unsympathetic isn't about the King of England - it's about politics, 'Breaker Morant" and 'Bad Blood', though that ambition, that sort of thing. 'Merry Christmas . . .' character as Hicksley? may never be seen on large screen. is about the human spirit I was very impressed vvith the script. The character is central, pivotal, he is the catylist. Everything appears The last piece you've done is 'Waterfront', wiith Greta Did you find any conflict working with a mostly Japanese to be going well, then Hicksley steps in. Scacci and Noni Hazelhurst What's it like? crew, dealing with a highly contentious issue? For example, that terribly provocative line, 'I under­ It's a fabulous series, the best I've ever done for TV. No, it was pretty light weight - only at a joke level. stand lying is the Japanese way'. I mean, that is a stupid It's a good solid piece cleverly written by Mac Gudgeon. The tension of making any film creates a certain amount thing to say, but in his mind he is right. People keep There isn't a character in it I wouldn't have wanted to of conflict anyway. Actually, there was probably less saying what an annoying fool he is, but in fact he is play! Apart from it being a superficial love/detective/ than working on an Australian film. actually a man desperate to do the right thing for his chase story, it also has an accurate historic background Could you tell me a little about David Bowie (Jack fellow prisoners and is very aware of his position as com­ of the Waterside Worker disputes and the 1930's De­ Cetliers)? You said earlier he is the 'new-boy', an ordin­ manding officer. pression. ary man to work with. When he says 'You can't replace me,' it's not out of So what's next for you? Yes, he is. When he's in public though, he's very petty jealousy, but because Cellicrs is a Major and I hope, the Bruce Beresford film he's making in Italy conscious of who he is. I don't mean he'd be showing he is a Group-Captain, which would undermine any­ about the life of David with Richard Gere. off at all, but there are always people around him thing left of military authority. shielding him from the public. But working with him, Hinksley is still fighting the war. The other prisoners Are you going to have a break til then? he's just a nice man, conscientious, a skilful actor. I are simply surviving. Only Yonoi (Sakcmoto) and his Unfortunately no. I'm continuing to promote 'Mr think he'll do more and more film. It's the best film I've soldiers are fighting. But Hicksley is still carrying out his Lawrence' and then I'm going back to Sydney to work seen him in. duties around the camp, inspecting the men, encourag­ on a script with Mac Gudgeon that we hope to make ing them to escape. into a movie next year. What about Tom Conti (Mr Lawrence)? He's a very skilful, competent actor. An actor who I But in the light of this does he still suffer a total lack of Has that got a title yet? think would like to direct. In fact, he's said as much. comprehension of the Japanese psyche? No. It's still a big secret! He makes some very intelligent choices in his perfor­ Absolutely, and of any subtlety in Japanese be­ SALLY WILLIAMS mance. He plays it down, very low key, never over- haviour. He is unthinking, unknowing and frankly passionate. frightened. He covers it all with bluff and bluster. He's llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll^^ The five person committee must be CHILD CARE comprised of Union members, at least Over the next week you will see a broad­ two of whom must be disabled or handi­ sheet entitled 'Childcare News'. The capped. The Union Executive will be broadsheet has been put out by the appointing this committee and if you Union's Childcare Lobby Group (CCLG). wish to become involved in its delibera­ The CCLG is primarily concerned with tions, contact either Fleur Kingham or the provision of childcare facilities at myself. tertiary institutions and in the com­ The research assistant position - a munity at large. To this end they have temporary one to be employed for 100 lobbied politicians and university bureau­ hours maximum - was advertised in the crats in an attempt to raise the profile Courier Mail recendy. The specific duty of childcare as a political issue. being the preparation of the report/ The CCLG meets on a regular basis submission - requires the interviewing and would welcome any imput to their Well the Union Elections are over 'That it be Union Policy that Life Mem­ of a representative sample of students activities. For further information con­ bers of the Union be entitled to vote for 1983 and the results have been suffering disabilities or handicaps at the tact Jenny Trevino on 371.1611. only in the election of the Life Mem­ declared - no doubt an article University of Queensland. The C.C.L.G. have also planned bers' Representative on Council and that appears in this issue of Semper For further information contact Paul activities for National Child Care Week L.S.C. be directed to draft the necessary explaining who won what where. O'Shea or Fleur Kingham, c/- the Union 24th-29th October. On Thursday 27th constitution and regulation changes'. But for the benefit of the unenergetic Office. October, a children's activities day will (is there such a word?) reader here's be held at Queensland Uni. Activities the Union Executive for 1984: THE ENTERTAINMENT BOOK will include clowning, face painting, CONSTITUTION CHANGES The University of Queensland Union and musical activities. Once again for Pr«ident: Tony Kvnaston At the 10th Ordinary Meeting of the Secretary: Ric Moore offers, in conjunction with South East further information contact Jenny Tre­ Treasurer: Karen Axford 72nd Council of the University of Queen­ Queensland Businesses and Organisations vino on 371.1611, or c/- Union Office. General V-P: Dan Crowley sland Union to be held on Thursday, 'The Entertainment Book'. Activities V-P: Olaf Heeremans October 20 1983, at 6.15pm in the Axon The Entertainment Book offers dis­ EtkicBtion V-P; Mike Kaiser Room, the following Constitution Chang­ N.S.A.O.: Paul Lucas counts at Brisbane restaurants, theatres, TEAS es will be presented for a Reading: Part-Timers V-P: Kerry Rea sporting venues, and tourist spots. The The Australian Union of Student's Wonnens Right V.P: Cathy Soman I. Preliminary: discounts remain valid until the 1st June Post-Gradoate V-P: Catherine Cuthbert Education Department is compiling It was moved ~- Herston V-P; Jennifer Cross 1984. Sectitsn 1.3. Insert after "Academic Days" TEAS case studies to be circulated to all Colleges V-P: Peter Shoyer The Book, originally priced at $40, is member campuses and politicians. Basic­ TurbotSt. V-P: Uncontested the following: "Clear Days" means days clear of the being offered to students at $12.50. ally, AUS requires descriptions of the Congratulations to the victors - relevant action. Any interested staff or students can hardships students face on TEAS, as well commisserations and all that to the LSC/55 purchase the Book from the Union Office as personal difficulties students have had losersl 5. Finmces'. {first floor. Union Building). obtaining TEAS. Speaking of elections - October 22nd 5.7 Delete d) and reletter d) to e). If any students feel that they would LSC/56 AITEA SEMINAR is on its way and hasn't it been a boring 9. Union Council: like to illustrate the problems surround­ election? Joh made the Northern Terri­ 9.1. lb) Delete present section and replace The Australian Institute of Tertiary Edu­ ing the eligibility requirements, or any tory Red and left Tasmania off Australia; vnx\\: cational Administration (Qld.) is holding other aspect of TEAS, please contact the Terry is in need of a plumber; and Keith The Executive consisting of the President, a seminar on the 'Transition from second­ Welfare Officer, Jenny Howell, 1st floor. hasn't been on the T.V. much lately. Secretary, Treasurer, Generaf Vice Presi­ ary to tertiary education'. dent, Education Vice President, Women's Union Building, or phone 371 1611 Seriously though, there are quite a Rights Vice President, College Vice Presi­ The seminar will be held at the before October 21. few important issues specific to tertiary dent, Hospitals Area Vice President, Turbot Queensland Agricultural College, Lawes, students in this State Election. Over the Street Vice President, Postgraduate Vice from 12.30pm-5pm on Wednesday 19th, next few weeks there'll be a lot of infor­ President, Part-Timers Vice President, October, 1983. External Vice President and the National mation floating around the campus - The Registration fee. which includes UNION MEETINGS Student Affairs Officer. Management Committee - read some of it and throw the rest away. LSC/57 lunch, is $8. For further information 9.1. (i) Delete present section and replace contact Mrs Jan Biegel, DDIAE, Too- Ryan Room, Tues October 11,5.30pm NATIONAL STUDENT with: woomba, Q. 4350. Ph. (076) 30.1300, Union Council — The Joint Editors of the Union Newspaper, DISCOUNT SERVICE Ext. 384. EG Whitlam Rm, Thurs Oct 20, 6.15pm provided that only one of them shall be a External Students C'tee - In the last edition of Semper I reported Union Councillor for the purpose of voting The seminar will be chaired by Fleur Ryan Rm, Sat Oct 22,3pm on the NSDS run by the Australian in Council, that person to be designated Kingham. from time to time by unanimous consent All students are welcome to attend Union of Students, which was to be of the Joint Editors. any meetings of the Union I available from the Union Office in early LSC/58 WOMEN'S MEETING September. Well they were delayed but 10. Officers and Committees: The Women's Rights Department of the should be arriving within the next tew Section 10.4 add at the end of the present Union has arranged a general meeting of days (ditto for the International Student section the following: female students and academics to discuss Provided also that the Electoral Officer can THANKS card). general issues of concern, in particular, On behalf of the Union, I would like to only be removed under procedure outlined the possibility of establishing an inter­ for office bearers in Section 9.4 of the thank Mrs G.M. Budtz-Olsen, member of disciplinary Womens Studies Major. UNION REGULATIONS Constitution, the University Senate, for donating to LSC/59 The meeting will be held on Thurs­ In the last edition of Semper an article the Union an electric pottery wheel. appeared concerning the proposed Union II. Elections: day 27th October at 6pm in the E.G. Section 11.1 delete in the first line "election Enough for now. Only one more Regulations. At the 9th Ordinary Meeting Whitlam Room. All interested women to the Council" and insert "elections for Union News to go. Regards, of Union Council, the regulations were office bearer positions." are encouraged to attend. For further adopted. The Union now has a brand LSC/60 information contact Michelle Robertson, DANIELLE BOND new constitution and regulations. If Section 11.15 delete "for election" and the Women's Rights Organiser, 371.1611. Union Secretary insert "in elections held prior to the you're interested in perusing this august commencement of the Academic year in document, contact the Union Office which the positions take office", for a loan. and delete "during the term of Council" in the second line and replace with the following: UNION COUNCIL "at the commencement of that Academic The 9th Ordinary Meeting of Union year." LSC/61 Council was held on the 22nd Septem­ Section 11.18 H) Delete "position" and replace with the following: ber in the E.G. Whitlam Room. "The positions of Postgraduate Vice Presi­ Here are the highlights- dent and Postgraduate Representative". *A policy was adopted in relation to LSC/61 Vacation Child Care programmes - com­ Add Section 11.18 (h) Members of the Union who are part time internal students mitting the Union to providing such ser­ shall be entitled to vote for the position vices in light of the fact that University of Part-Timers Vice President. and school holidays do not coincide. LSC/62 *A committee was set up to investigate 12.Misc8tUn80us: the provision of non-smoking areas in Delete "Reserve" from General Reserve the Student Union Complex. This fol­ Account and Special Area Reserve Accounts wherever it appeare. lows a policy initiative at the previous LSC/63 meeting of Union Council giving prefer­ THAT THE 2nd READING OF THE ence to prospective Union employees CONSTITUTION CHANGES BE ENACTED. who indicated that they will not smoke -KINGHAM during working hours. "In relation to the Education Area, Union Council resolved for work to DISABLED STUDENTS proceed on the preparation of a sub­ At the 9th Ordinary Meeting of Union mission on student financing for pres­ Council, policy was adopted calling for entation to the Federal Caucus Edu­ the establishment of an ad hoc com­ 0 cation Committee, the Minister for mittee and the employment of a re­ Education and Youth Affairs, and to search assistant to the committee to others as appropriate. formulate a report on curriculum access 'Council adopted the following policy for disabled or handicapped students in relation to Life Members of the Union to go to the University's Physically (different to Honorary Life Members). Handicapped Persons Committee. WAlteft, >J*^AT^ 'ftt'^ ^OJP ^O'Wt' IN M/ flY ? IZ P0Liric$\ Camping Out to Canvass Canbarra

The Parliament House tent embassy remains a form of protest which is almost unique in Austra­ lia. JOHN HENZELL, Semper's roving reporter in Canberra, explains how the tent protests have changed since the early 70's.

Canberra mornings are just as specifically nffiliatcd to any one anti- cold, and the acceptance by poli­ uranium group, have been camped ticians is probably just as low, but on the site since August 26, two days little else remains the same after a before the Roxby Downs Blockade decade of tent embassies in front of began. While the official resistance has been minimal due to the twice renewed Parliament House. camping permits, some of the par­ The issue is now uranium mining, the liamentarians have protested against the protesters are older than they used to be, protesters. the level of comfort at the camps Is Although most just write them off as higher and the official acceptance of the 'the lunatic fringe', a West Australian tents has reached a level verging on Liberal, Wilson Tuckey, put a caravan on respectability. the concrete near the protesters. 'We now have camping permits for the 'Signs on it said "Earth lovers are earth tents under the Labor Government,' wreckers" and "Protesters don't need they stop mining uranium. We'll be here The camping permit Is for only 10 Dianne Lucas, one of the protesters, tents",' Dianne said. 'We stuck anotlier until they move out across the road in tents, so the new influx will create a explained, 'Tom Uren is the local member one on it that said "Pay rent, you're on 1988,'Dianne said. decision one way or another, about die and he's anti-uranium. aboriginal land".' After that, no one is sure of the tents' tenure. 'He has the final say on v/ho get While the Roxby Downs blockade was legality of camping on the lawn in front The displays have been organised permits to camp and he gives us a peace mainly an attention grabber, designed to of the new Parliament House. Since a to counter criticisms that the tent em­ sign every time he drives past.' get media coverage for the anti-uranium section of the building is covered by bassies were a destructive form of pro­ The Parliamentary security police have protesters, Dianne claimed the tents lawns, that should make for some inter­ test, and offered no alternative to nuclear also been more tolerant of the protesters were directed principally at the politi­ esting protests. power. than in the past cians themselves. 'People have come past and said that 'The police are good,' Dianne said, 'Every time a politician walks out he we're very negative,' one of the pro­ 'There are a few dickheads, but we've (sic) sees us,' she said. The tent embassies outside Parlia­ testers said, 'So we're going to have dis­ got a few dickheads too. One thing that the protesters are ment House will achieve far greater plays of solar power use, and begin to 'We haven't had much trouble - resolute about is the length of their stay national recognition today, October 11, grow our own vegetables.' except for when we cook toast on the in front of Parliament House. when the number of tents will increase The displays will continue until Parliament House spotlights.' 'Uranium mining is the first step in the dramatically with the start of a mini- interest in them dies down, probably The group of tents, which aren't nuclear power structure. We'll stay until festival Into alternatives and lifestyles. within a fortnight

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One of the more tasteless tricks that used to be played at most high Brisbane's clothes-buying population generally has only two choices - schools was the placing of a large, and very dead, fruit bat in the locker of the Op shop, or buying from the large department stores. There is, as someone you didn't particularly like, just before a long weekend. PAUL BEST explains, a third alternative which is somewhere between The victim returned to school to find a smell which would kill a brown those two. What is it? Read on and find out. dog, and everyone, apart from those with lockers adjacent to the affected one, would laugh uproariously. If you have ever entered an Clothes range generally between $1.50 Many students are faced with a similar smell when they arrive back from arcade, taken the escalator up for ties in The Closet in Queens Arcade and forty dollars for shoes in Incognito in long weekends, due to putrified leftovers. JENNY HOWELL, who Is fast instead of down and turned a corn­ the Brisbane Arcade. becoming Semper's 'Home Handyperson' columnist, explains what can be er into a darkened corridor, into which you've never ventured be­ The people staffing these stores are done to remove the smell. individual, some easily identifiable as fore, it is more than likely that 'different' and others who are not so enance department of the refridgerator To remove minor odours, caused by you'll come across a small shop, easily catagorised. These proprietors are firm. Where gasses and odor have perm­ unlidded foods in refridgerators, filled with colourful clothes and easy to get on with as a rule. They wel­ remove everything from the fridge eated into the insulation, it may be different people. necessary to have the insulation replaced, come inquiries and on occasions will and wash all removable parts - the The shops might be hard lo Tind, or the appliance may have to be scrapped. barter over prices. shelves, drawers, egg containers etc. hidden away in grimy corridors in the It is a difficult thing lo include all the If the fridge is part of a rented acco­ - in warm detergent suds. If the arcades, like the Brisbane, Queens and shops that fit into the 'alternative clothes' mmodation, check with the agent first to Elizabeth, but they're worth investi­ area. smell is in the pantry, remove all sec if they will meet costs. containers, jars, bottles etc. and gating. The Closet, a store run by a couple of In an emergency, or when your TEAS If you can cope with the small sect very alternative people, can be found on wipe over completely. budget doesn't include luxuries such as that frequent these stores, along with the top floor of the Queens Arcade, A a service call, remove the rotting food and Protect the floor around the fridge what was 'Marilyns' and the Exchange, shop up from that is the Shady Lady, a bury it in the backyard. Try the spray- or pantry, then spray a diluted house­ you will probably be rewarded. The store given to higher prices and specialis­ on bleach products, together with a large hold bleach solution to the surfaces and clothes these shops deal in arc different, ing mainly in women's wear. into every angle, corner and crease. Use odour-absorber. Electric absorbers arc but fairly acceptable and stylish. available from appliance stores. In the Elizabeth Arcade there's the a clean atomiser spray and one part The shops arc hidden away behind worst of the lot. In Fantales, the clothes bleach to three parts cold water. For those with no faith in 'odour- numerous posters taped across the glass arc alternative, but tend to be plasticly eaters', the early-days method of burning Blot out with clean cloths, then wipe shop front. The stores' names are weird trendy and hardly in the same line as the sugar may be a possible solution. well with a cloth wrung out of a solution and wonderful, but representative of the other shops. Prices are ridiculously steep. In the days of fucl-opcratcd refridger­ of bicarbonate of soda — one rounded clothes they sell. Petalz can be found on the second ators and freezers, breakdowns often teaspoonful to a litre of warm water. Why Not? is probably the best of a floor of the Brisbane Arcade and is occured. To remove the subsequent VVipe well again with a dry cloth, fairly good bunch. The choice of clothes similar to Fantales in merchandise, replace the shelves and other fittings odours, people literally burnt sugar over is good, an amazing collection of tics, a slow heat until it fumed. They then and the numbers on the price tags. It is, and clean, properly-contained foods. shirts, drop-waist dresses, blouses and however, a small step above the other. Finally, pour a tablespoon of pure placed the sugar and its container on a suits stock the racks. Shoes that are board at the base of the cabinet and Incognito's clothes are bought from vanilla essence into a saucer and place individual and attractive line the wall. closed the door while they prepared collectors and, therefore, the quality is on the middle shelf. This pleasant odour A red-haired lady called Meg runs the 3 or 4 more sugar-bombs. Apparently largely superior. will permeate the interior of the fridge store. Meg's an approachable person and the burnt sugar counteracted the smell The best shops for men to select from or pantry. is always ready to help. Her attitude of rotten food. Worth trying if you are The Closet and Why Not? Incognito When food has putrified and the smell get desperate. towards the business is also admirable, has a smaller range, but is still worth is unbearable, it is best to call the maint­ treating it as something to do and not as a noting, if you find nothing in the other way of making outlandish profits. two stores. Prices arc reasonable in most of the Female clothing is available in all stores. The prices fall into an area be­ shops, and all are worth looking at. tween the price paid for the factory These 'alternative clothes shops' make product churned out in unimaginative a welcome change after the tedious, styles from large department stores and uninspired shopping a lot of people find the price paid for the often decrepid, themselves doing in Brisbane. dirty clothes found in Op shops.

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8 ^ SPORT I.F. you caiVt beat them Inter-Faculty Sport Gains Popularity

Inter-Faculty sport at this University has grown in the past few years to a full-on sporting war between various campus groups. HARRY DUNSTALL reports on the history of the inter-faculty competition, and who the groups who compete in it are.

The punters are laying their petition lapsed in 1967 for reasons not bets. The odds have been set: now known, but I suspect it had a lot to Engineering are hot favourites at do with student activism and apathy and 5:2 on, although if they get knock­ all the people disagreeing with the style ed out early in the rugby they of competition - very much the traditio­ could settle at 2:1; Human Move­ nal sports, indeed, as it still is.' Dr Leemon cannot put his finger on ments are at 5:1; Law, Vets. why the IF has created so much interest 'Aggies' and Commerce are out­ in the last couple of years, but he be­ siders at thirties; the rest are gone. lieves it has something to do with chang­ ing student attitudes. These are the standings after nine of He said: 'I think during the 60's and the eleven events in the Inter-Faculty 70's there was a move away from being (IF) sports competition. too organised or identifying with a group. The prize is the Steele Cup. With more The feeling was that you had to do your tradition behind it than that America's own thing. If this is so, then IF has achieved its 'My aim is to be more efficient. If thing. The Cup will be presented after the 'But now there's been more of a swing first aim, that of competition - most of you've got all your faculties, or a major­ final event - the swimming carnival. towards the professional faculties where the University's 13 faculties have compe­ ity of them, in there competing, you With the rugby union being played at the inter-faculty competition is at its ted along with two departments, Human can't do much more about expansion. the moment, this year's IF is being strongest; and I think those students are Movements (who have won the Steele The only thing you can do is make sure heralded by the Sports and Physical more prepared to accept a role as being Cup for the last four years), and Com­ that they're all aware the competition Recreation Association as the most a student of a particular faculty.' puter Science. is on - that your communication is good successful since the competition's re- Dr Leemon believes the purpose of introduction in 1979. Further, if the Law and Engineering and that nobody forfeits.' IF is to promote some competition be­ faculties are any indication, the IF has According to the President of the However, this year, Andy has experi­ tween faculties, and enthusiasm within fulfilled its second aim, that of enthusi­ Association, Howard Leemon, 'The com­ faculties, with basic team sports. mented by introducing the swimming asm. carnival as the last event. It will also According to the Law sports repres­ serve as the venue for the awards cere­ entative, Cameron IVIartens, although his mony. faculty has never won the competition, 'In years gone by, the presentation it has only come to the fore within the of the Steele Cup was a huge event,' last couple of years. he said. 'It was a tradition ever since the 'This year things have really got going,' donation of the Cup in 1918. he said. 'You couldn't get a stronger feel­ 'However, since the Cup's re-intro­ ing of enthusiasm among the males in Earle Bailey's National Party duction in 1979, it has been rather an the faculty; although the females need to anti-climax. Whichever faculty won, and Office is at 7 Croydon Street, get organised. it was always Human Movements, would Toowong. 371-9322. Howard Leemon, who is also the just be awarded the Cup - they didn't Engineers' sports rep., believes that his even get it; it should have been engraved, faculty has not been strong in recent but not even that was done. times due to insufficient organisation. 'To overcome that, to present it a 'However, this year we're leading the bit better, to make it more of an event, competition,' he said, 'and it's mainly to get people enthusiastic and motivated, because we have produced strong wc needed a social event. So two years women's teams - despite the fact that ago the first one was over in the pool they arc so few in numbers.' area. However, rain b^ickctcd down and SPRA Recreation Supervisor, Andy it wasn't a huge success. But this year Worrall, is the main co-ordinator of IF, we're going the whole hog - we're His job includes booking the ovals and dcfinatcly having a BBQ and drinks gyms, finding referees and providing the will be available. necessary equipment. 'The whole idea of a swimming car­ 'The competition is running OK. It's nival is that it's all over In about an hour headed in the right direction,' Andy said. an a half. All faculties can participate, so 'But the important job is the faculty we get a lot more spectators and sup­ rep.,' he said. 'I'm hoping from my end, porters. This way we have a foolproof that the rep. is quite good and does method by which we involve all facul­ spread the information and that the facul­ ties and their spectators and by run­ ty does get behind him, so there are no ning the social event and presentation forefeils — or very few, in conjunction with it.' 'I'm really here as a catalyst to organ­ ise it,' he said. 'You can blame me if the However, sometimes the incentive to competition is a failure.' compete can get out of hand and inter- faculty grudges can develop. Despite this year's success, Andy According to Howard Leemon there cannot see the IF competition being are two aspects of rivalry. extended. 'There is the positive aspect of getting 1 don't think we can expand in the some enthusiasm and involvement in a faculties,' he said, 'Although I'd like to faculty to develop some feeling for being see Arts and Architecture in it. The prob­ in a cohesive group,' he said. 'Too often lem with Arts is the lack of communi­ university students arc apathetic, lazy cations between departments. and don't mix well; therefore, generating 'We've also got time limitations - we enthusiasm, competition and drive to win can't start too soon into a semester as a particular sport can be good. students need a settling-in period. Nor 'Then there is the unpleasant side, if can we finish too close to the end of se­ rivalry becomes too intense. Fortun­ mester due to exam pressures. ately, this doesn't happen often in l.F., as 'We play 11 sports - mainly the tra­ it's still basically a friendly competition," ditional ones - football, basketball, he said. volleyball, hockey and so on - five or Let's hope its stays that way. six in each semester. They do take a couple of weeks to run, except the cross­ country and swimming. IrM VEL

but the Iron Curtain is starting to rust

The nations of Central Europe v/ere originally created by Br'ttzm and France as buffers against German expansionism and Russian Bolshevism. The buffer strategy failed, first when Hitler Hie ?&ast§r»"' marched into Eastern Europe in World War II and later when Russia filled the power vacuum left in Germany's retreat. The Central European states are still buffers, but by a twist of irony they now shield Russia from hostile capitalism. Westerners remain very ignorant of the culture and political conditions of Eastern Europe. Australians flock to Western Europe to sec 'the world', but very few venture over the Iron Curtain. Australian newspapers rarely run articles on the region. Under Cold War rules, the East is the enemy, and we are kept ignorant of conditions there. Bulgaria, like Russia, Romania and East Germany, tall and grey. Seven stories high, it opens over 12 This is unfortunate, as Eastern Europe is interest­ allows very little Western travel.) hours a day, six days a week, and sells everything, ing and Important. Only through knowledge and Cyril had a vast collection of prohibited literature, including food (the coffee is Vietnamese and tastes sympathy for the people of Eastern Europe can the mostly American books and magazines left by West­ awful), clothes (except denim which is bought black West ever work towards a solution to the tragedy of ern travellers. He proudly brought forth two massive market and worn by everyone), and records (the divided Europe. housing catalogues given to him by the American Best of Abba, but mostly local singers). Embassy of East Berlin in about 1963. On my last morning in Sofia I visited the American ijim RIA From these catalogues shone glossy images of the Library. These intriguing Institutions occur in cities Lying on the Black Sea, just north of Turkey, Bulgaria American dream of the early sixties. Proud house­ around the world, wherever the U.S. wants to improve has long suffered from her proximity to Islamic lands. wives posed with vivid pink and aqua oh-so-functional its image. The libraries are small propaganda units, Bulgaria's Christians endured centuries of insult under kitchenettes, white satisfied families smiled from gaudy with books, magazines, and videos depicting America's sometimes savage Turkish Ottoman rule. colour-coded lounge suites. Here was an America contributions to the world - Hollywood, Mickey The suppressed Bulgarians learned to keep to them­ confident in its materialist path to progress, an Amer­ Mouse, Norman Rockwell, democracy - that sort of selves and stay out of politics. In 1878 the Russians ica not yet scarred by Vietnam, Nixon, hippies and thing. became the great liberators when they swept back the drugs. I explained to Cyril this was an America that no Sofia's American library is smaller than many in Turkish tide and established their own sway over longer existed, perhaps never had. But Cyril didn't the West. The Bulgarian Government closely vets Bulgaria. Russian influence has continued, on and off, want to know. incoming books, and not many get through, even though most are in English. The library is allowed til today. We exchanged black market money and I (eft, after to publish a free giveaway in Bulgarian, but only on Of the East European states, it is probably Bulgaria handing him a recent Newsweek, I was relieved to the arts - art, dance and literature - and only classical that bows the most to Soviet interests. Government escape this unhappy family. literature. propaganda stresses 'Slavic brotherhood' and Russia's Cyril bore the bitterness of an unusually well- noble role in Bulgarian history. With national aspira­ education nian, from a once-wealthy background. The librarian was very happy to see me. Not many tions blunted by centuries of outside domination, Other Bulgarians seem more accepting of commun­ people visit an American library in Bulgaria. She told •most Bulgarians probably accept the Soviets as re­ ism. On open days, dozens queue to see the tomb of me Sofia was better than she'd expected, that life was latively benign rulers, Bulgaria's first communist leader, Georgi Dimitrov. easy if you kept within the rules. Bulgaria's capital, Sofia, has a skyline that recalls It is an eery experience to file along narrow pass­ One other person was in the libary, a young Amer­ her turbulent past. Mosques and Turkish baths jostle ageways to the central room displaying Dimttrov's ican studying medicine in Sofia. He was married to with churches and Stalinist gothic edifices. Despite waxy corpse. Five armed guards stand at attention a Bulgarian, but was returning home next year. Would broad avenues and imposing statues, the city retains around tile glass coffin, and a sixth official is quick his wife be able to join him? I asked. He hoped so. a small town mood - reflecting the peasant birth of to usher along anyone caught lingering. The library was not guarded, but it was certainly much of the city's population. Dimitrov's portrait hangs in many stores and res­ watched by the Bulgarians. Soon after I left a well- My brief stay in Bulgaria was enlightened by a taurants, and his mausoleum is even listed as a tourist dressed man appeared on the street wanting to meeting with Cyril, a Bulgarian dissident. Aged about attraction for foreigners. As a popular folk hero he is change money illegally. 'Foreign money, travellers 40, he approached mc on the street wanting to buy rivalled elsewhere in Europe only by Tito and Lenin. cheques? Three for one,' he offered. His rate was too foreign currency. He talked freely of his hatred for Near Dimitrov's tomb stands the Museum of the high and he wanted travellers cheques. He was obvious­ Andropov and the Soviets, and of this three years in Revolution, with many attractions for the servile. ly an undercover cop. I smiled and walked on. prison, during the dark Stalinist era. Cyril was a bitter, All communist capitals have revolutionary museums, unhappy man. but only in Bulgaria is one treated to such mundane We talked outside Sofia's beautiful Alexander artifacts as revolutionary leaders' soap, toothbrushes Nevsky Church, built to commemorate the Russian and underwear. HUNGARY liberation of 1878, when Russia was still Christian. Speaking of soap, any Bulgarian with foreign Hungary is communism with common sense; commun­ Whenever a tourist group called at the church money may enter Sofia's foreign currency shop, ism without queues or shortages or red slogans on grey Cyril approached them discreetly hoping for a black where Japanese radios and casettes are sold alongside buildings. Hungary is the communist country that market exchange . . . 'German tourists!' he would Western deodorants, shampoos, Toblerone choco­ works, a land of gay people with a Westernised way of exclaim, only to return a minute later in disgust. lates, and even A|ax. Most customers seem to be life. 'They are East Germans. Their money is no use to foreign students. Hungary is the unilateralist's dream, the proof that me!' Nearby, Sofia's giant department store looms life can be good in a Soviet satellite. In Hungary to Cyril depicted life in Bulgaria - the 42 hour week, equalised pay for doctors and taxi drivers, the lack of unemployment, and the high officials — 'red spiders' Shoppers in Hungary ... "Communism without queues" - who travelled freely to the West. 'They denounce the West,' he said, 'but their homes arc full of Western things.' As Cyril's father was a carpenter, he had seen inside homes of 'spiders'. Cyril lamented Government censorship that allowed American films and books only if critical of the West - films like 'Apocalypse Now' and books by the 'com­ munist' Steinbeck. This policy disgusted him; America was his symbol of all that was good in the world. When I visited his fiat the next day, 1 understood why. In an old part of town, Cyril's flat was in a housing block once owned by his father. As a translator of technical books, Cyril worked at home, renovating his flat during his spare hours. It would be very comfort­ able when complete, quite acceptable to an Australian family. In the flat was Cyril's wife - small, frail, child-like - a sad woman clutching a crying baby. Here was Cyril's passport to international travel. With a family left behind, he would again be permitted travel in Eastern Bloc countries, for up to one month a year. It was a privilege denied since his early dissident days. (Travel to the West would still be impossible. 10 TRA VEL\

be red is very much better than dead. arc rather out of date, but this reflects the high cost of normally pays to use toilets and to enter museums Even Time magazine recently lavished praise on first release movies balanced against Hungary's large and galleries (the only free displays are some tedious Hungary for creating 'the most efficient economy in foreign debt. ideology museums, usually empty except for the the communist world*. When Time arranged a Europ­ Incidentally, Hungarian movies are highly acclaimed elderly women attendants). ean economists session last June, an invitation went in the West, particularly for their frank criticism of Balaton is even more relaxed than Budapest. Pink to Hungary's chief banker, Janos Fekete, 'an avowed early communist mistakes.* The films are less popular Floyd's 'The Wall' pounds out from the jukeboxes, Marxist'. among Hungarians, who prefer escapism and happy and even a few punks wander about. (I saw one wear­ How is Hungary so different from other Warsaw endings, but they are officially encouraged because ing a T-shirt with the slogan in English 'Fuck the Pact nations? Why do Hungarians enjoy a lifestyle that they earn foreign currency and enhance Hungary's Army', surely a subversive message in a country with Poland still fights for in vain? There is no easy answer. liberal image. compulsory military service). Balaton also has gypsies; Geography may be an important factor. Poland's Budapest is llungry's capital and her only big city. dark mysterious people hauling rag bundles, collecting eternal misfortune is to lie on ths main invasion route Sprawled astride the Danube, Budapest sparkles with sticks and cooking stew by the road. between Russia and Germany. Russia has never forgot­ an architectural harmony on par with Paris. The city's Of all the Warsaw Pact nations, Hungary is clearly ten the last war, and she's determined to keep safe slinky nightclubs, 'Moulin Rouge', and many live the winner. Her decentralised economy and limited supply lines across Poland to the Iron Curtain in East theatres add to the Parisien feci. private enterprise have brought great benefits to the Germany. The gay and easy mood of Budapest is unique in people. In contrast, Hungary's western boarder abuts Eastern Europe. Bikini-clad women sunbake in inner- neutral Austria and strictly non-aligned Yugoslavia. city parks, and on Sunday the ponds and lawns of The question is whether her economic and social Hungary is less critical to Russian defence, and this Varosliget Park are alive with swimmers and picnickers. policies arc likely to be emulated elsewhere in the may mean more freedom to find her own way. Budapest fashion is versatile and Westernised, with East. The attitude of the new Soviet leader, Yuri Hungarians fit the cliche of 'a proud and indepen­ a freedom of expression most obvious in the extra­ Andropov, is most important. Andropov was ambass­ dent people'. The large Hungarian plain is too arid for ordinary number of blantently bra-less women. No­ ador to Hungary for three years (during the Hungarian traditional agriculture, and it became the homeland of where else in Europe can one sec so many middle- Uprising). He has followed the nation's progress warlike Magyar horsemen, originally from the plains aged women, bra-less in T-shirts, serving In stores closely, and since becoming leader, has openly praised of Russia. Today's Hungarians are a cultural group and strolling the streets. the Hungarian economy. unique in Europe, speaking a distinctive tongue that Budapest boasts a number of excellent museums Perhaps little Hungary, which gave the world the separates them from the Slavic states to their north and galleries. The Museum of Fine Arts houses a rich ultimate toy - the Rubik's Cube - will give Eastern and south. With a sense of cultural isolation, Magyars cross-section of European art, from Rubens and El Europe its ultimate salvation - the way to an efficient feel entitled to go their own way. Greco to the 20th century founder of Op Art, Hun­ economy and a happy way of life. And they have shown fierce resistance to Russian gary's own Victor Vasarcly. control. The violence of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising The modern art displays arc as pretentious and startled the Russian invaders. Thousands were killed, alienating of the working class as any art from the and even children joined the melee, discreetly slipping West. Here, as in all Hungary's cultural endeavours, CZECHOSLOVAKIA bombs into Soviet tanks. the orientation is westward, away from the strict Poor Czechoslovakia! How sad to see a country once By comparison, uprisings in Poland, Czechoslovakia confines of Russian Socialist Realism. destined for greatness, now introverted and resigned and East Germany have been tame and almost blood­ No description of Budapest can be complete with­ to mediocrity. less affairs. out mention of her subway system. It is simply the Before the last World War, Czechoslovakia's in­ Hungary's odd language is another barrier to Soviet best in Europe - the fastest, the cleanest, and the dustrialised economy was as advanced as any in the control. Russian is a Slav language and Russians easily cheapest (less than 3c Australian). Trains arrive and world. Now her trams are the most over-crowded in master similar Slavic tongues like Polish, Czech and depart every minute or so, and it is rare to see so much Europe, and the people queue for icecreams and Bulgarian. Few ever learn Hungarian, and this limits as a cigarette butt littering the platform. Advertising groceries. Russian influence in Hungary's affairs. is restricted to just a few platforms, with displays The once-great mediaeval city of Prague looks like 'The mark of Hungarian independence is the de­ from nearby stores of clothes and books (including an old hospital patient, with masses of scaffolding centralised state of her economy. Rigid central plan­ bibles). propping up decaying glories of the past. Everywhere ning has been replaced by decision-making at factory Hungary's major tourist resort is Lake Balaton, a there is scaffolding, and caverns in the ground for level. large shallow lake lined with expensive hotels and subway construction. But the workers are nowhere to Foreign loans have allowed import of a wide range camping facilities for 36,000 people. The best beaches be seen; the city is at a standstill, and no-one seems to of western consumer goods. While Coke and Pepsi are artifical, crowded and charge entry fees. The best care. (as symbols of freedom) are available everywhere in hotels supply their own exclusive, uncrowded beaches. In 1968, the Czechs held high hopes for the liberal­ the East, only Hungarians have easy access to Japan­ While it is clearly not the spirit of socialism to ism of the Prague Spring. When the Russian tanks roll­ ese cassettes, Brazilian coffee, and French kitchen charge entry to beaches, one must realise that the ed in, many lost faith in politics and turned to family appliances. user-pays principle is rife in Eastern Europe. One life, music and alcohol. Hungarian movie-goers enjoy a variety of foreign Czechoslovakia has suffered particularly harsh treat- films, including religious themes (j.C. Superstar, Ben *0n 14 Oclobvr, tlw Crystal Chimw screens 'Daniel Tahes A Hur), soft porn (Canterbury Tales, Decameron), and Train', o brave new Hungarian film dial confronts lite Soviet American dross (Convoy, Atlantic City). The films invasion in 1956. - Continued on following page — 11 TRAVEL

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ment from the Soviets. Communism was long regarded by the intellectual Czechs as a respected ideology, and the communist party actually won the largest vote - 38 percent - in the last clecfions held in 1946. The Czechs could have created a style of Marxism that allowed maximum individual freedom. But Russia has never given them the chance. Prague today Is plastered with slogans and red stars. Window displays show photos of peace rallies in New York, Amsterdam, and Sydney. The Lenin Museuitv has a hologram of Lenin in green. One inner city park is ornamented with a Soviet tank • • a rather pointed souvenir, Prague's stores arc mostly well-stocked, but the price tags of 'luxury' items come as a shock. Porta­ ble cassette players cost over $400 Australia, a litre of Scotch goes l^or $40, and an imported pack of Rol- hmans is a steal at $3. (Local cigarettes are less than onc- fourlh this price.) All this in a country where a secret­ ary's weekly wage is about $50. Despite these sombre facts of life, Czechoslovakia is anything but a wretched police slate. Prague conveys a relaxed mood, and her people smile and laugh as they queue for food. The city is still a vibrant centre for classical music, and young people can enjoy the

The humour of Jaroslav Kerles, one of Czcchoslovaltia's top cartoonists - from the satirical magazine "dikobraz".

Movies in Hungary - Woody Allen's Tl^c Front' and Abba in Australia.

trash of American cinema - Elvis Presley and Saturday Invasion of Afghanistan, and has called for serious Night Fever. The cheap food in the stand-up cafes is talks on reducing the Arms Race. surprisingly good, and Czech beer (including the original Unfortunately, Romanians have paid a high price Pilsner and Budweisser) is still the world's best. for this asscrtiveness. To avoid provoking Russian Free enterprise survives among young artists who try Intervention, Romania has had lo prove her sincerity to sell their wares along Prague's historic bridge. Con­ as a communist state. This has meant greater repression sidering Prague's architectural riches the lack of tourism In Romania than in any other Soviet ally. is astounding, and shows up the difficulty of travel in It is the Hungarian situation in reverse. Hungary's Czechoslovakia. Most visitors seem to be East German, foreign policy echoes Russian sentiments, while her the wealthiest of Warsaw-Bloc nationalities. (Czechs are domestic policy goes Its own way. The Romanian the second wealthlicst, followed by Hungarians, then Government says what it likes, but the people suffer Bulgarians.) the consequences. Fashion in Prague is perhaps a little conservative, though some women wear brief and sexy dresses, and one man prefers pink shirts and striped overalls. Many long-haired youths wear denim and a crucifix around the neck - more often a perverse symbol of rebellion YUGOSLAVIA than a show of piety. Yugoslavia broke dramatically with Stalin and the Many Czechs visit Western Europe every year, flock­ Warshaw Pact in 1948. In the 35 years since, Yugos­ ing to beach resorts in Spain, Italy and Greece. Their lavia has evolved a dynamic brand of communism that only problem is obtaining foreign currency to fund the is the most humane in Europe. trip; Eastern Bloc money is not accepted by Western Factories are run by worker collectives, land is banks. Czechs get funds from relatives in the west, or privately owned (on arable plots no larger than ten from the thriving black market. hectares), Yugoslavs travel freely to the West, and a Passports arc granted freely, except to doctors and wide variety of western goods are imported. Western other professionals - too many of their comrades have tourism is actively promoted, and the country has pio­ stayed abroad where wages arc much higher. Even so, neered in the establishment of nudist resorts. Its stand­ professionals can usually travel if their families stay ard of living is the highest in Eastern Europe. behind. As a founding member of the Non-aligned Move­ ment, Yugoslavia vigorously steers a middle course, condemning the militarism of both Russia and America, The West often confuses Yugoslavia with the Soviet ROMANIA satellites, but the truth is far removed. Yugoslavia is a Romania is the renegade of the Soviet Bloc. Since the proud loner, with a fierce determination to stay inde- late 1950s the country has followed an increasingly pendent. neutral course, refusing to allow Warsaw Pact man­ euvers on her soil. Romania criticised the Russian

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12 TRA VEL \ Sleaze City, USA- WARNING: This iMicte may offend It has been included because it portrays the mood of the area and its people, not as an attempt to get in an Playboy's market • JH The Seamy Side of New York City

New York has the image of being fast, furious and filthy, and New Yorkers live at a pace to suit. KIERAN RIDGE, who leaves no doubt about where he went, or what he did, for his holidays, reports.

Early this year I spent a few weeks in New York. I stayed with my aunt and her husband Chuck, and their two boys, aged five and eight. They live in a comfortable four room apart­ ment, on the fifth floor of a Bronx highrise, just off 242nd and Broadway.

On a clear day you can see from the place right down into Manhattan or looking the other way wc can sec right up into the expanses of Van Corllandt Park. At night you hear the shunting of trains pulling into nearby 242nd Street Station, the end of the 7th Avenue-Broadway line. One Sunday I left my aunt's place around noon to take a train from 242ncl Street to Penn Station down­ town. I was going to Madison Square Garden to sec the final of this year's Volvo Indoor Tennis. McEnroe versus Lendl. After making my way through the black ticket scalpers outside the Garden, I handed over half my ticket at the entrance and then wandered about inside the great coliseum, before taking my seat. I start talking with a middle-aged New Yorker and his daughter and told them 1 thought the two weaknesses in Lcndl's game were his relutance to come to the net and perhaps his backhand. Certainly his first service and forehand were killers and had blown Jimmy Connors clear off the court in their semi, the previous day. 'Gee,' said the New Yorker, thinking me well- informed, 'Are you a pro yourself?' Shit no, I thought. Are you kidding? 'I just play a little college stuff,' I said. 'Ah', said the New Yorker, still impressed. In the States, a little college stuff IS impressive. I pictured myself sneaking onto the courts at St. Lucia to hit a few reason^le shots and a lot of bad ones to a part­ ner no better. The match got underway and though McEnroe put up a better fight than Connors had, he played into Lendl's hands trying to swap baseline rallies with him. Strangely, the more hopeless McEnroe's situation became towards the end of the match, the more the The straight sex booths were often empty while child This was obviously their first time In New York. big New York crowd cheered on their most prodigal pornography was most popular. Lesbianism was also Their close cropped hair suggested their visit had some­ hometown son. They probably reasoned a longer match quite popular, though male homosexuality was not thing to do with having recently joined the armed was better value for their ticket money. showing in any booth in that shop or any other 1 visited forces. Despite the crowd's encouragement and a few spirited on 42nd Street. 'When's the next show?" I asked the black kid behind moments, McEnroe went down in straight sets and A black attendant hustled everyone to choose a the ticket counter. finished runner-up In his hometown tournament at booth quickly and warned dawdlers to stop taking a about the same time the New York Jets were being free look at the stills on the doors of the booths. New 'Fahv,' he said smiling. It struck me that there was an bundled out of Superbowl contention by the Miami York is the only place I have ever seen that sort of hard­ honesty, innocence and pleasantness about him that can only belong to those who have never seen anything of Dolphins. sell conducted in a scunishop. what goes on on 42nd Street or to those who have As the crowd left the arena, news of the jets' loss While wandering among the booths I was approached spent their lives amidst it. was relayed over the public address system. There was by a middle-aged man in a raincoat. 'Thanks,' 1 said and the black kid nodded. a great groan. New York did not have much to cheer 'Ya wanna take one in?' he mumbled. So covert was about that day. his approach, even I had not heard him clearly. I walked past the Southerners who still stood ir­ resolute on the pavement. The swiftness of Lcndl's victory saw me outside the 'Pardon,' I said. There was a place up the street advertising film He glanced about furtively and then repeated himself. Garden much earlier than expected. I decided to walk booths and peep shows. I went there to spend the hour up to 42nd Street. This time I heard what he said, but it took me a until five. moment to understand what he meant. Then I realised. When I arrived, t found it to be just as I'd heard it Again there were the crowds of men wandering I was being propositioned. was - one long strip of sex theatres, porn shops and among rows of film booths. But this place seemed a rundown hotels, whose average occupancy probably 'No thanks,' I replied, meeting his stare, just enough little more upmarket than the scumshop the homo­ lasted half an hour. to warn him off, but not too much in case he was some sexual had propositioned me in. The place was cleaner,, Dope peddlers stood on streetcorners chanting crazy with a gun under his coat. better lit. The booths were in better repair. The at­ 'Smoke, smoke' to no one in particular. Cops cruised He turned quickly and left the shop. It was minutes tendants Were not hustling anyone to hurry up and do by in their blue and white cars. I wandered down one later before it hit me that I has just been propositioned anything. by the stereotypical dirty old queer in a raincoat. To side of the street and back up the other looking for the Everything was operated by tokens you bought from most attractive depravities. my amazement, I found that even as unappealing a pro­ the attendants for a quarter each. I bought five dollars Finally, I entered one rather large scumshop which position as that, was somehow pleasing to the ego. worth and went off to watch some movies. A little overwhelmed by my strange experience sold pornographic literature, films and rubber objects. The first movie I saw featured a well-built black girl in a strange environment, I retreated to the solitude of At the back of the shop were rows of booths in which masturbating on her bed. a booth to recover. I jerked off watching a film in which you locked yourself to watch 8mm porn films projected The next had a doll-like blonde in her early teens a black couple and a white couple swapped partners onto the wall In front of you by a machine set into the making it with her boyfriend, who was not much older. wall behind and over your head. back and forth. But I was so giddy I didn't come. I left the booth and shop for the street. There was another booth showing a film in which Inside each booth was a slot into which you dropped two girls and a guy shitted and pissed on one another a quarter for each minute for viewing time. On the door I walked a couple of blocks to a rundown theatre while fucking, sucking and coming repeatedly. However of each booth were a couple of stills from the film to be advertising live sex shows. 'Males and Females Live that booth was constantly occupied and I had to be con­ seen in that particular booth and a summary of the On Stage', declared the sign at the entrance. Behind tent with looking at the stills pinned to the door of the film's action. me four Southern boys, all about eighteen, were trying booth. Dozens of men milled up and down the booths check­ to talk themselves into going in and seeing the show. I remember the incredible sadness of one film In ing out the stills and summaries in search of the booth 'Shoot, y'only leeyuv wuhunce.' showing the movie most to their taste. 'Dass rahL' - Continued on following pige - 13 \ FEATURE Learning the Craft of Motherhood

When motherhood doesn't live up to the image that time she had an abortion. date, 3,376 nurses have successfully completed the preset^ted by the Womens Weekly and Kimbie 'I was pregnant early last year, but I got rid of it,' Child Health course at the St. Paul's Terrace Home ads, some mothers neglect their children. she said, 'I was just beginning on to two months when I and 1644 child health assistants have been trained at TEENA GIRDIS reports on the St. Pauls Terr­ got rid of it. Then 1 fell pregnant in June with these two. other homes.' 'My mother said if I had gone through with the first ace Mothercraft home, which helps them over­ Dr McFarlane said that all three homes were specifi­ one I destroyed, I would've had a boy, but I got rid of it come the problems. cally mothercraft homes and at the St. Paul's Terrace anyway 'cause I was only 17. I got rid of it and I fell Home, nurses trained for the Child Health Certificate. pregnant again and this time I kept it,' Mary said. Advertisements with mothers and babies are Mr Embury can tell of the sadness she sees in cases Mary's family is scattered throughout Queensland. like Mary's, 'We get lots of girls here, young girls, many not realistic. They depict scenes of Utopia Her parents went to their native island, off the Queens­ are under 20,' she said. 'It's sad, we do all we can to help where angel-like happy babies and young land coast, for a holiday and they were expected to them. We get in touch with charity organisations like the mothers wallow in the seemingly endless joys return home in February. Mary has not yet heard from Salvation Army and others to help the poor girls out, of the dyadic relationship. Motherhood, by such them. but it's difficult to help them all, and every case is accounts, seems to be an easy and pleasant The health officer who recommended that Mary and different.' position to fill. the twins go to the Mothercraft Home wrote in the report, 'There is no consistent surrogate grandmother figure. The father is very concerned for the twins.' Despite all the problems dealt with in the Home, One home in Brisbane, though, by its very existence, At the St. Paul's Terrace Home, Mary is learning the many cheerful faces can be seen there. In the play­ gives the impression that motherhood does not always right way of physically taking care of her babies; how to pen area, bright toys and happy little faces are in abun­ live up to the idealistic expectations depicted in many mix their milk formula, how to bathe them, how to dance. To watch a male nurse play with one of the cute advertisements. change their nappies, how to feed them and even how toddlers makes a visitor realise that this home is much The Mothercraft Home in St. Paul's Terrace in Bris­ to burp them. more than crisp white gowns and the odour of sterilising bane is a home where eight mothers and twenty babies To an experienced mother this may sound easy, but Milton. live. for the new young mothers, trained nursing staff are 'The children do not suffer here. In fact, many like Actually, they don't live there for very long, some­ at the Home to teach them just how these things should it because they have been terribly neglected at home/ times a few days, sometimes a few weeks. Most of the be done. Mr Embury said. She says, however, that mothers do mothers who stay are not married, they are there for not really like to be in the home. Many are homesick, one reason only, to be taught the craft of motherhood. The Mothercraft homes specialise in the seemingly and want to take their babies home as quickly as poss­ Mary and her twin babies are just one family staying little problems that can make motherly duties prob­ ible. at the Mothercraft Home in St Paul's Terrace, Brisbane. lematic and unpleasant. Mary is an unmarried 18 year-old Islander. Her girls The homes deal with feeding and management pro­ Many of the social problems the single mothers were born four weeks premature in January in north blems, things like screaming babies who need to be suffer are caused because the children are born out of Queensland. The twins, at 10 weeks old, were found kept apart from the parents so that everyone can settle wedlock to young girls, according to Dr McFarlane. 'wrinkled and starving' by an officer of the Aboriginal down,' Dr Jean McFarlane, the Director of the Division 'In society today, most, if not many, girls having and Islander Health Division. of Maternal and Child Health, said. their first babies are unmarried; they are living de A report about Mary was sent to the Mothercraft 'Some mothers have breast or bottle feeding prob­ facto or arc from a broken relationship. The girls are Home from the health officer, and Mary and her bab­ lems, while some of the babies suffer from malnutri­ under a lot of pressure because they are alone and they ies were admitted. The report told of Mary's unreliable tion and some arc simply cranky and difficult babies have no stable relationship to depend on or to help character, her nomadic existence, her alcohol problem to manage,' she said. them,' she said. and the way she seemed to favour one twin, denying 'Mothers like Mary are under supervision in the Home The vicious circle that young mothers like Mary are the other food and physical attention. just to make sure they perform their motherly tasks a part of will become much more apparent when the Mary does not like being at the Mothercraft Home, correctly.' twins arc older. The only hope for them is, as Mrs but she is not forced to stay. At her own risk Mary There are twenty-two staff, students and a number Embury said, 'within everybody. No matter who yoii could take her babies and leave, but she has not. of sisters here to help the mothers,' Mrs Melva Embury, are, you need aspiration to use the best in yourself Mary comes from a big family. She has six brothers the Home's practical demonstrator, said. to reach the best you can be.* and four sisters, and lived with her parents and other 'The homes in St Paul's Terrace, ClayField, and Mary said she was disillusioned with motherhood, relatives In north Queensland. Though she favours family Ipswich act as training schools for both fully trained but she would try to be a good mother. For her, mother­ life, Mary does not want to marry the twins' father. nurses and child health assistants. hood is not like it is in the advertisements. In fact, Mary was pregnant to her now ex-boyfriend The State Health Department's Division of Maternal (an Islander aged 21 and unemployed) once before, and Child Health says in its 1982 annual report, 'To

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which a nervous girl was given an enema by a cold She had small, pert tits, a flat tummy and long, shape­ with her legs parted towards the audience as her partner middle-aged woman in a nurse's uniform. The girl ly legs with shinysmooth thighs. Her face was pretty and •slid her up and down his cock..She pulled her labia all the while obviously regretting ever getting involved if a little fuller, would have been sensuous. She was majora apart to reveal the long slash of pink her partner in making such a film, and continuing only through a wearing a bright red lipstick and her hair was a beautiful was thrusting into. The wet pinkness of meeting male bewildered animal fear apparent in her every move­ mass of afro ringlets. Dressed in a bikini, this girl would and female glistened in the white spotlight and the ment and expression. have caused a sensation on the beach at Surfers. audience moaned. She rose from the bed and walked to the booth The couple then disengaged themselves and put on Having had enough of the film booths I went upstairs opposite mine. She bent over and backed her pussy up cheap robes before making their way down from the to the pcepshows. against the twoway mirror. I saw that she was doped stage giggling and holding hands. I reflected that the Both the second and third floors of the building were out of her head. She stumbled around her enclosure .young man had not ejaculated and then joined with the given over to the pcepshows. There were two types of pressing her pussy up against each mirror in turn. rest of the audience in a sheepish round of applause. pccpshow - big show and private show. Each floor had When she had visited each of her customers she The spotlight followed the exiting couple down the one big show and several rows of private shows. returned to the bed and sprawled herself across it once aisle between the rows of men who had just watched A big show consisted of a large circular booth surr­ again. She remained unaware of mc as I watched her them doing it. ounded by a dozen smaller booths. A girl or two girls in dress and only noticed me as she was about to leave the The couple left through the door 1 had entered by, a lesbian couple performed in the large booth while a booth. She came over to my mirror and pressed her then the spotlight went off, the weak houselights came customer stood in each of the smaller booths watching face against it so she could sec mc. I masturbated for on and after a minute, everyone else left through the through a one-way mirror. her to see. She turned around and pressed her rear same door. A private show consisted of two adjoining booth? to my mirror, pulling her panties to one side so I could Outside on the street the night had come. A madness divided only by a wall of perspex. A girl stood in one see her pussy. of artificial light and eager sound. The hookers, peep- booth, her customer in the other. All four sides of the 'You wanna come back to mah booth foh a prah- show girls and scumshop attendants who worked the girl's booth were made of perspex. When a girl did not vate show?' she asked. dayshift were being relieved by the men and women of have a customer she stood scantily clad in her trans­ 'Sure,' I said. the night shift. A heavier air had descended on 42nd parent cage doing her best to attract one of the passing She left and I stood there in my booth wondering Street. I walked down the steps to the subway and windowshoppers. When someone entered the booth what to do. Part of mc wanted to spend the rest of the went home to dinner. adjoining hers, she drew a curtain around the inside of evening in bed with her at one of the nearby hotels. her own booth and gave her joe a private show. Another part of me wanted to cut out now. I cut out, Sometimes when one of the girls working the private and left the peepshow palace for the 5pm show at the shows had not had a customer for a while, she would live sex theatre. grow frustrated and sneak out of her booth to accost the I gave the black kid five bucks and went on into the windowshoppers more directly. Bui this was against theatre. It was a dark drab place with rows of men house rules and usually an attendant was quick to sitting in tattered scats watching the goings on onstage. spot the infringement and chase the girl back into her I made my way to the front row and sat down to watch. booth. Onstage there was a double bed atop which a young I had a couple of- dollars worth of tokens left, so I black man and a PQerto Rican girl were having energetic went to the big show on the third floor and locked sex. Their efforts were illuminated by a single white myself in a vacant booth. I dropped a token into the slot spotlight which was the only lighting in the place. and the screen lowered before mc to reveal a slim, Throughout the theatre eyes strained to sec belter. good-looking, black girl sprawled naked across a small The climax of the act came when the young man bed. sal on the end of the bed and the gid sat atop him 14 [:|ITHfri]7¥>^l^;JIJ.'ill'IC THAT WINNING FEELING Opposing candidates for tfie seat of Toowong eacfi confident of victory

The battle for the seat of Toowong is hardly one of unknown characters; the Liberal candi­ date, Ian Prentice, led the motion to debate the Public Accounts Committee bill, which led to the coalition split; the National Party candidate, Earle Bailey, is widely known for his role as the host of the afternoon television show, 'Bailey and the Birds', and the ALP candidate is ex- Student Union Treasurer, Nigel Pennington, JOHN HENZELL reviews the batde. For any first year Government student look­ ing for examples of the stereotyped politician from each of the three main Parties, they need look no further than the Toowong electorate; the candidates are the epitome of the archetyp­ ical Liberal, Labor and National politician.

Conservative candidates, for instance, have tradition­ ally gone to Protestant private schools, come from solidly middle-class, professional families with histories in politics, have been involved in their parlies for over a decade, and drive sporty European cars.

Ian Prentice went to St Pauls, was the son of a doct­ or, married the grand-daughter of a Federal politician who was the Minister for Defence during the First World War, has been a member of the Liberal Party for 14 years and drives a Lancia bedecked In election posters. Earle Bailey, on the other hand, went to Churchie, had a family with considerable business Interests, is the a christian party and it still has the capacity to under­ not get re-elected. grandson of the founder of the National Party, Sir Earle stand the needs of country people," he said. "I think Prentice is going to lose between nine and Page, has been involved in National Party activities twelve percent of his primary vole. I think that Bailey The ALP candidate, Nigel Pennington, also tends to since he was four years old, and drives a Lancia bedeck­ will pick up about four to five percent of that and we'll have all the traditional qualities of his party. He's young, ed in election posters. get the rest," he said. from a less well-off family, went to a state high school, "The Liberal preferences won't be solid to the Ian is a "small-1" liberal of the sort the Liberal Party and drives a Holden panel van which is probably also Nationals because there's been so much bitterness talks so often about, but has few as members. He be­ bedecked in election posters. Having been a member of lieves in the freedom of personal development and the Labor Party for only five years, he majored in between the parties. Because you can't expect all the private enterprise. Industrial Relations while at the University and, just Liberal preferences to go to the Nationals, that could "My view of Liberalism is that government inter­ to cement the image of the ALP stereotype, he even well put us through," he said. ference with the lives of people in the business sphere denies the Old Guard-New Guard factionalism which Earle Bailey agreed vvith Nigel about the swing away is absolutely minimal", he said. exists within the Party. from the Liberals, but disagreed with both the amount "By allowing a private enterprise - not free enter­ and the direction. He considers that Prentice will lose prise - system to flourish to encourage business so The policies that each of the three Toowong candi­ 30 percent of his votes. people can make profits. Is the way you can -- through dates are supporting are certainly nothing new. They all taxation - create the community where you can pay support their Party lines. The Nationals continue their "I think the majority (25 percent) of the vote away for the welfare of those in need." right-wing, free-enterprise politicking based around the from the Liberals will go to the National Party, and very few to the ALP. traditional family unit; the Liberals continue with their Talking to Earle Bailey is like talking to an articulate, philosophy of personal libertarianism and private enter­ "This is not that sort of an electorate. There are a well-presented, and considerably younger Joh Bjelke- prise, and the ALP continue to advocate electoral and lot of people who have moved here from the country, there are a lot of people who understand the philo­ Bjelke-Petersen. All his opinions on matters such as free social reforms. Take, for example, Earle Bailey's views sophy of free enterprise, and there are young people enterprise, the role of the family, the threat of socialism on the role of the family: who are aware of the need for free enterprise and con­ etc are not dissimilar to Job's, right down to the straight­ "To me, the majority of people are quite happy to cerned about the spread of socialism. forward manner and lack of political pretension. have normal sexual relationships, not to be deviants, "The protest vote won't go to the Labor Party. "I lost interest in the Party for three years after I to educate their children in a christian way. But if you I think they'd rather mar their ballot papers," he left school", he said. "At Sydney University I was a say that, you're called a square and conservative. claimed. lot more interested in playing rugby and having a good "What seems to be happening is that the majority is time. After 9 or 10 years at boarding school, girls were a beginning to feel guilty about being normal. I'm not loo Ian Prentice stands on his record in the past term as hell of a lot more interesting than politics. happy about the Year of the Lesbian, or things of that the main reason why he thinks he will be re-elected to "But the National Party is the only party that appeals nature," he said. Toowong. to all the areas I like. It's a family-oriented party, it has "As much as one can judge such things, I think my absolutely no embarrassment about supporting free But with a curious optimism, each of the candidates major electoral strength is that I've lived up to what I enterprise, it doesn't think 'profit' is a dirty word, it's claims to have worked-out the numbers to prove they promised. I think, across the board, there's a feeling ail have a chance of win­ that politicians should do what they promise. ning. "I would think that taking a stand on things that I Toowong has always think are correct, in spite of the views of the govern­ tended to be a blue- ment or the Premier, appeals to young voters who want ' ribbon area for the Lib­ a politician who is independent and prepared to take a erals. In the Federal stand," he said. election, it is contained If there was any doubt about the validity of the in John Moore's very promise to lake a stand on things that he considers safe seat of Ryan. In the important, they ceased when he crossed the floor to State election, the blue- vote with the ALP on the move to debate the Public ribbon is perhaps a little Accounts Committee Bill. He foreshadowed the motion paler than the Federal's, that led to Terry White's breaking of Cabinet solidarity, but the Liberals are still which in turn led to the Coalition crisis and the eady strongly favoured to re­ election. tain it. Although he can be seen as the cause of the dispute, Based on the 1980 he sees his move as being electorally beneficial. poll, the Nationals need "It has to be an advantage," he said. "Some may an eight percent swing paint it the other way, but I've got enough faith in the to oust Ian Prentice, credibility and intelligence of the electorate to sec the which puts them in a benefits of my move." better position than the Understandably, he considers the seal of Toowong ALP, who need a mass­ virtually won. ive 13 percent. "The ALP are 26 percent behind. The National Party Despite what most are between 12 and 13 percent behind - about 18O0 would describe as a hand­ votes, 'i hey've got buckley's chance of getting there", he icap of titanic proport­ said, with a broad grin. ions, Nigel Pennington Shotgun-weildlng National Party supporter'keeps'an eye on the eleclton sign in front of his residence in Croydon Street, Toowong. Paintbomlwrs liave already struck once. Photos by fearless lohn Hen/ell. claims that Prentice may ililllliJIilllllillllilllllJJlililllllliJillJjiJIIJjilllilllliillllltllllllilliiliJillH^ 15

[mmiii!i.tiijii»i'iifflt= A Political Education

Despite the protests of each of the parties to The National Parly 'believes that a choice of school dent/teacher ratios increased in recent years, while the national ratio has fallen.•_ the contrary, the issue of education spending is to be encouraged' (assuming you can afford it of The Nationals' policy is very big on words like isn't going to change a lot of votes in the coming course). 'In keeping with this philosophy of freedom of choice, and at the same time, maintaining the concept 'enough', 'adequate' and 'sufficient', but very small State Election. Overshadowed by Coalition of equality of opportunity, the Party believes that in­ on hard, numerical committments. In fact, there aren't crises, redistributions and the threat of the dependent schools should be encouraged, and they any. We are told only that 'adequate teaching staff is a southern States taking over our great State, should be enabled to operate without loss of their in­ priority which must be met. Teachers of sufficient the education policies, as DAVID PHILLIPS dependence'. After all, not only do they maintain 'the quality and numbers must be professionally trained, explains, are generally forgotten. concept of equality of opportunity,' but 'it should not and enough clerical staff, laboratory assistants and be forgotten that independent schools relieve govern­ teacher's aides must be provided to free the teachers Nearly all political policy statements are ments and hence the community of a considerable to teach'. The Liberal and Labor parties have rather firmer rather like cheap soups; many are watery, rather cost in regard to education'. ideas about the meaning of 'sufficient numbers' and transparent rhetoric, without much meat. The Given this unequivocal support for private schools, the National Party have called for an investigation of 'adequate leaching staff. Both parties have a target.of exact mixture of rhetoric and substance varies a 'Voucher Systern' which, while not described in reducing class sizes to 25 for grades 1, 2, 3, 11 and 12; from party to party, and from policy area to detail, docs (wc ar*e told) embody 'these principles of and 30 for grades 4 to 10. policy area. free choice, equality of opportunity, independence and This aim will require a significant programme of One thing which seems certain, is that policy state­ also justice'. teacher recruitment if it is to be realised within a reason­ ments in emotive areas such as welfare and education able time. The ALP specify no time limit in their policy. will have more than their fair share of meaningless The Liberals go all out and promise to 'appoint four generalisations and reassuring platitudes to dilute the thousand extra teachers in Queensland over the next serious committments. three years'. Presumably lhat means 4,000 in addition In that respect, the education policies of the three to normal recruitment levels which, if spread over main parties for this State Election have a familiar 3 years, means about an additional $84 million. A lot flavour; although in all fairness the ALP policy stands of dollars for a Party which docs not think that money out as a more substantial statement than that of either is the answer. the Nationals or Liberals, All three policies are prefaced with intcrchangable The ALP promises an additional 1,700 teachers in assurances that each party is philosophically com­ the first year 'to provide for expected enrolment in­ mitted to a Utopian future in which the education creases, progress towards class size goals, urgently system will offer all things to all people and all people required specialist and support teaching staff and other will have equal opportunity to reap its manifold re­ teacher needs'. 1700 additional teachers will cost about wards. $32 million - a large chunk from Labor's promise of an extra $120 million. 'Achieving equality in our society has always been one of the main goals of the Labor Party. In order to provide equality of opportunity, each child and each EDUCATION PLANNING & ADMINISTRATION adult must have the right to the best education services.' The Nationals and ALP differ markedly in this area, (ALP) while the Liberals are notably silent. While both Labor 'Every Queensland boy and girl has a right to be and the Nationals want to move to triennial platining prepared for a career by a good education. That is what for schools, the conservative, rural-based Nationals equality of opportunity is all about.' (Liberals) are keen on decentralisation, while the ALP go for 'One of the basic principles on which the National rationalised, central control. Party is founded, is that each individual should be able Labor wants to set up an 'Education Commission' to develop to the maximum of his or her capacity for which would have broad responsibilities In planning achievement and satisfaction within society. (One of) and administration of both resources and curricula, the principles behind the National Party's policy of perhaps operating within the State in a similar way to good education for all Australians (is) equal oppor­ the Commonwealth Schools Commission. The exact tunity for all.' (Nationals) mechanics aren't terribly clear. Even after the almost identical preamble ramblings No more clear is the National Party's statement are finished, there is a startling degree of similarity that 'the people of each region must be able, with between much of what is said in the policy statements expert advice, to control the method of education in of the three parties. Perhaps the most significant differ­ their area. Control of facilities should be handled by ences lie in what is left unsaid, in what can be inter-' Regional Councils'. Farmers sitting around on stumps? preted from the previous actions and inactions of the Government and the Opposition on educational matters. STUDENT ALLOWANCES Only the ALP mentions allowances for school children STATE FUNDING OF EDUCATION in its policy. In accordance with the Federal Govern­ In simple terms, the State Government's principle fund­ ment's approach, the State ALP is concerned about the ing responsibilities arc in schools and technical and fur­ effect that financial barriers within our so-called 'free' ther education. Under the Coalition, education has not Presumably, this mooted 'voucher system' is a tech­ education system have on the educational participation had a high priority - not even a senior portfolio - and nique whereby schools are funded by the State on an of children from poorer families. Queensland's pcr-capita expenditure on education has equal per-student basis, regardless of need. (So much Two promises are made, neither of which will win too been consistently lower than other states, recently for equality of opportunity.) Each student would re­ many of the swinging voters, but both are long overdue falling further behind. Queensland has spent less than ceive the same funding from the Government, which and would reduce real hardship for the very poorest other states, both from its own budget and from Com­ would be sufficient to cover State School education, families. First, student assistance grants, currently paid monwealth discretionary moneys. but would require the payment of additional fees to to about 500,000 students, will be raised slightly and It is not surprising, therefore, to see the policy state­ private schools. Such a system would, in all likelihood, paid at the beginning of the year. At present these ment that 'the Queensland Government's expenditure operate in favour of the larger private schools. But at grants for uniforms, books etc, are received part way on education, per pupil, should be increased to a level this stage it's all speculation. All the Nationals' policy through the year, too late to be of assistance as In­ at least equal to the mean of the Australian states'. states, is that some undefined voucher system should tended. The only odd thing about that statement is that it be investigated for its philosophic merit. Secondly, the students' allowance for Grade 8 stu­ comes, not from the Labor Opposition, but from the The ALP, on the other hand, want a different type dents from families in receipt of full social security governing Nationals themselves! of investigation. They would instigate 'a complete benefits will be raised to $200 a year to help meet Such statements from the Nationals must surely be review of the methods used to assess priority,' directed the transition costs to high school. The current pay­ taken with several sackfuls of salt. In recent years at the 'forgotten schools, particularly in areas and elec­ ment is a totally unrealistic $5:4 a year and is so severe­ in power, they have shown little inclination to increas­ torates not favoured by the present Government'. ly means tested that even the children of invalid pen­ ing Queensland's expenditure on education to that of Per-capita funding of new Government schools under sioners and the unemployed do not qualify. the other states; rather we have seen the difference in­ Labor would continue at 1983/84 dollar level, with crease to around $250 million. additional funds being distributed on a needs basis. GENERAL The Liberals have not specified a committment to The likely effect of this will be to slowly reduce the Each party's policy has a few more bits of meat and a Education • funding, although they do state that, in subsidisation of the larger, private schools which will great deal more watery rhetoric. Only the ALP, the not come too near the top of a priority listing of needs. 'maintaining the highest standards In our educational crude, shameless ruffians that they are, promise to Some smaller private schools with restricted facilities system ... money alone is not the answer'. introduce a 'Human Relationship Course'. We all know may benefit, but the major effect would be a gradual The ALP go straight to the point with a committ­ what that means. ment of an additional $120 million in real terms during reduction of funding in favour of State schools. The Nationals talk about a few other things which the first full year of office. The astute reader will have The Liberals do not specify any particular system won't cost any money because they can't be done. noticed that this amount would be less than half the of funding to non-Government schools, but it comes The Liberals make ominous rumblings about the difference between current Queensland expenditure as no surprise that the Party of the Old School Tie and the national average, but the ALP is ready with the states adamantly that 'unlike the Labor Party, we wilt quality of teachers and promise a 'permanent review response that they will address themselves to closing mainuin current funding levels to private schools'. of teacher training'. the gap 'over the second and subsequent years in office'. But at the end of it all, one can't avoid the feeling, TEACHERS & CLASS SIZES that sducation policy isn't going to loom large in the FUNDING TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS Queensland's lack of teachers and its overcrowded short remaining period before the Election. Here we strike a point of difference, more between classrooms have been popular political and media the lines than on them. topics for many years. Only in Queensland have stu­ 18 UNIVERSifY] Postgrad Identity Crisis STAFF OR STUDENT?-THE NEW TUTORSHIP SCHEME

The University of Queensland has had a new tutorship scheme in operation this year. Accord­ ing to JACK FORD, the Student Union's Post­ graduate Organiser, It has led to overworked postgrads, lower teaching quality and overdue theses. 1^5

During 1981 and 1982 the University Senate, ^^^m/ rsm^ through its review committee, examined the conditions of employment of tutors on this ^^mwt Jl campus. On March 1, 1982, the Senate formally '^BmSmT^ ifi Ik ^1 approved the recommendations made in the report of this review committee. S^/ j^^.Vi */y^ The result was that at the commencement of the iKi ^u^ 1983 Academic Year, a new Tutorship Scheme was f*. ^t j \ 1 * \f! introduced onto this campus. 3W '^fiMfliv tuU^JUktu^fl The main difference between the old, graded (Groups 1 - 4) tutorship system and the new Tutorship Scheme, was the replacement of the positions of Tutor \ Group 1 through to Group 4, with the new positions of Tutorial Assistants and Tutorial Fellows. To be eligible WM ilrf^ j'*ttf K] to be employed under either of these new positions, a person has to be enrolled on this campus as a full-time postgraduate student. At first glance, the new Scheme seems set to fill the * l^^fenlu^^fe&^^^^U. wide gap in postgraduate funding available on this campus. Currently, of the 697 full-time Higher Degree students at this campus, only 271 arc on any kind of IL''-':^'''ZI..^^' -^!!iiJB scholarship. \8KB -p^^i^K J^iMmuiijiM ^^.^ •--.-...^rTjJJnTj Thus, a tutorial position within their department AP^^ V would appear as a golden opportunity to these people, many of whom have families to support. But a closer examination of the Scheme reveals the during peak periods, such as the lead-up to exams, tutorial work will be handled by postgraduate students. kinds of traps into which the postgraduate student can then it would be the undergraduate student body that The burden of marking and consultations will fall fall, on becoming a tutor in a department would suffer from the University's exploitation of its upon their shoulders .as few senior staff members are, By making the scheme open only to full-time post­ tutors. for the present, at least prepared to make-up for the gap graduates, the University is increasing the workload Another difficulty caused by the Queensland Tutorial caused by the loss of the old tutorship hierarchy. commitments of these people. The students will have to Scheme is the effect it may have on the future of post­ The Scheme allows for a maximum period of employ­ divide their time between full-time research and part- graduate scholarships provided both by universities and ment of five years for Higher Degree students employed time teaching, and more often than not it will be their by the Commonwealth Government. cither as Tutorial Assistants or Tutorial Fellows. thesis work that will suffer. The Council of Australian Postgraudate Associ­ Honours or Masters Qualifying students can only be Tutorial Fellows are paid to work 18 hours maxi­ ations (the postgraduate equivalent to AUS), fears that employed for a maximum of twelve months as a Tutorial mum per week for a total of 360 hours per year. either the Federal Government or the universities will Assistant. Tutorial Assistants are paid to work a maximum of use tutorships as an excuse to opt out of the com­ In both cases, the student's appointments are made at 9 hours per week for a total of 180 hours per year. mitment to postgraduate scholarships. the beginning of each year, which produces a situation These hours are expected to include all of those duties If the Tutorship Scheme becomes accepted national­ of uncertainty in job and income security. related to the giving of tutorials (i.e. preparation, mark­ ly, and some campuses have already implemented simi­ Even though, in may cases, the appointments will be ing of papers and student consultation). lar schemes, the Government may view it as a suitable renewed at the commencement of each academic year, The Postgraduate Students Area Committee of the replacement for increases to the living allowance of the the PGSAC has come across cases where their employ­ Union has been monitoring the Scheme during the first Commonwealth Postgraduate Award. ment is used as a threat against tutors who complain semester of its existence, and has found that many As has already been mentioned, the Scheme places about unpaid overtime. tutors work longer hours than the 180 or 360 they postgraduates with a double workload as full-time Again, the paucity of postgraduate funding available are contracted for. researchers and part-lime tutors. If the responsibilities on this campus will mean that these students will submit This is because the postgraduates are often paid only of the tutorship position infringes upon the amount lo such threats so as to retain the means of providing for actual teaching time and occasionally preparation of time a postgraduate can devote to their research, for their families. and marking time. In reality these postgraduate/tutors postgraduates will take far longer to complete their For the undergraduate student body, die Scheme spend far longer on these 'related duties', but are seldom theses and so deny benefits to the general community. provides them with devalued and dcprofessionalised paid for their trouble. At present, the norm for completing a planned full- tutorial teaching. The only other options available to these full-time time 3 year Ph.D. is four years and for a 2 year full- They will be confronted with a constantly changing students, is for them to work to the rules, and thus time Masters, it is three years. One of the long term group of tutors as the postgraduates complete their deny valuable assistance to their pupils and fellow problems of the Scheme will be the effect it will have courses, leave, and are replaced by other postgraduates. students. on the completion rates for postgraduate research pro­ The traditional role of the tutor in providing that The majority of the postgraduates who are employ­ grammes. important face to face contact for students will be ed as tutors are dedicated and sympathise with the The post-graduates employed under this Scheme eroded. This is because the undergraduates will be familiar problems experienced by undergraduates. To will be shouldering the workload burden caused by the dealing with people who will be changing on an annual them, working to the rules is not an acceptable option. staff-cuts introduced on this campus over rccenl years. basis. Many undergraduates are often unable to contact their Already ail tutors Groups 1 and 2 have been disposed Added to this, is the problem of the inexperienced lecturers who are tied up with academic and adminis­ of, and the majority of tutors Group 3 and 4 have also leaching given by the new tutors. Understandably, the tration duties. gone, with the few people left lo be phased oul in the first few tutorials given by a postgraduate tutor will be The'tutors are these student's only hope for providing near future. full of mistakes, and it will be tlie students in the tutor­ help in understanding a difficult subject. If the post­ It is the University's intention to dispose of the ial group who will be placed at a disadvantage. graduates were to work only to their contract hours Senior Tutor positions as well, so that cvcnlually, all This is not to say that postgraduates make bad tutors, but as novices to the teaching system their enthusiasm will be unable to make up for their lack of experience. Thus, undergraduates will suffer from some inade­ quate leaching during the tutor's first year and the problem will be multiplied should new tutors be em­ Extended Library Melbourne Cup Day ployed at the beginning of each year. In the final analysis, the University's Tutorship Luncheon Scheme offers few benefits for undergraduates and I IL/UI O uf^DEj^GRADUATE LIBRARY causes a lot of headaches for postgraduates. Students 29-10-83 to 19-11-83 at SCHONELL BISTRO face a deterioration in teaching sUindards from tutors Monday to Thursday: 8.30ani to 11pm who arc overworked by their departments, but are still Friday: 8.308m to 5pm MENU - Prawn Cocktail / Rump Steak and Salad Saturday and Sunday: 9am to 5pm Chocolate Mousse / Coffee / plus a Bottle of expected to hand in their theses on time. LAW LIBRARY Champagne per Couple It wdbld not seem possible for postgraduates to com­ 22-10-83to5H-83 to Thursday: 8,30am to tOpm LIVE TV COVERAGE / SWEEPSTAKES mit themselves effectively to being a student and tutor Friday, 8.30am to 5pm PfKtCB - Students 58, a// I'nc/usiVe - Others ttOatt inc. simultaneously. Therefore, ii will be both positions Saturday and Sunday: ONL Y too TICKETS A VAILABLB • SO TO AVOID lhat will lose out in the long term. UOL-Il 9am to 5pm DISAPPOINTMENT BOOK EARLY-371 6840 UMVtRSin OF QUEttiSlMiD UBBAniES IJIIJJIIIIHIIIIIHIIIIIIilllllJIIIJItlllllllllilllllllllllJIJIJjIJIJIillllllllllllllllll^ 19 \UI\IIOI\l BI§ UNLIMITED The (yawn) 1983 Student Union Elections

Most students think of the Student Elections as a time when you get bored silly by speeches in lectures, and attacked by leaflets on the way into the refec. Well, that's true, but DAMIEN SIMPSON claims that he has salvaged some interest out of the last battle.

If there was a Gold Wombat Award for the most boring election, the latest University of Queensland Student Union Annual Election must be the prime contender, just ahead of the March 5 Federal poll.

For the first time in more years than even the Union hacks can remember, there was only one serious team running for most of the executive positions. TEAS, which is the allegedly adequate Team for Education and Services, not the inadequate funding system, was virtually unopposed for most of the execu­ tive. In the history of Union Politics, an institution that makes EC134 seem interesting, there have been, tradilionaily, two main leams for any elcciion - ihc wishy-washy centre and the left wing. There were, in 1982, SWAT (Student Welfare Acdon Team) and EAT (Education Action Team). Just to sec if they could confuse everyone even further than in previous years, they decided on a name change; so SWAT became TEAS, and EAT, after a humiliating defeat by the joke party, SWAPO, mctamorphised into SPT (Student Participation Team). Paul O'Shea was the sole candidate for the SWAT team, apparently unaware of the name change that had taken place - which caused him to have his SWAT called Student Without a Team. No escape for the hungry - Election candidates put the pressure on refec patrons. Seated from left to right; Barry Atkins, Paul O'Shea, Dan Crowley, Kate Greenwood, Karen Axford and Tom Cullinan. Standing, centre, Amanda Falconer. A the close of nominations, the teams were: TEAS, running on the usual boring policies that SWAT who was almost re-elected to the Management Com­ of car Barry drove was to his ability to be a Treasurer, used to support, but never implemented; mittee in March and who was fully backed by the TEAS wasn't commented upon. SPT, barely recognisable and in eminent danger of being team, spoke in public about as much as Howard Hughes. The next was titled: 'Barry this is a balance sheet. forgotten altogether; No one seriously rated Barry as much of a Chance, We thought that since you were trying to be treasurer SOC, Students on Campus, a college based ticket that until the week before voting began, when he began to you might like to see one'. By this time, Barry had got supported putting college issues first; build up a solid following through speaking at lectures. into the act and the banter of shit-sheets flew back and SWAPO, Students Who Are Pissed Off (not pissed often, forth like a match between Connors and McEnroe. In Engineering, he pacified the boos and hisses by as was suggested}, who ran on the same 'social irres­ Then the ultimate stroke of deja vu occurred. Again claiming that he had got a GPA of 0.4 for his first ponsibility' ticket as they did in 1982; with reference to 1981 - at that election Barry's MHOCSGC RP, Manorial Highest Order of the Chival­ semester of that course and 0.0 for the second semester. chances were more or less destroyed by the then Presi­ rous Sloane Gentleman's Club (Royal Patronage), which By this time, most of the lecture was cheering. dent, David Barbagallo, who spoke at lectures about the ran on the bourgeoisie line; Then he delivered the coup de grace by saying that he evils of Young Liberals and how they used to bite heads POSE, Piss Off Saturday Exams, a team which wanted obviously wasn't any good at being an engineer, but off live kittens and things like that. This time the 1983 students to have their Saturdays free. that everyone had to be good at something, and he Union President, with all the objectivity that her posi­ WOMBAT, the South East Queensland and Surrounding would be good at being Treasurer. tion requires, put out a shit-sheet against Barry. Districts Subversive Wombats Committee for the Abo­ As Barry became better known and a serious com­ At this point, Barry may have begun to wonder if lishment of the Letter 'Q' from the Alphabet and petitor to the very anonymous Karen, yet another case some of the other candidates didn't like him. Fleur and Affiliated Slowdown of the Revolution of the Earth of deja vu appeared. For those who missed the shoot­ several others of the Union seemed to look upon him to More Employment and Thus More Time to Play out in the Union Corral in 1981, anonymous sheets with all the affection that Ronald Reagan holds for Netball and Drink Cider and Let's See How Ridiculously of paper carrying information about various candidates John Hinkley. Long Wc can Make Our Party Name Party, which wore released by their opposition u.sed to regularly appear out more typewritter ribbons than the Australia 11 on refec. tables. These highly amusing sheets, if not After the election finished with a distinct lack of victory. always accurate, are part of a time honoured Union communication between the candidates, the counting politicking tradition called shit-sheeting. began. To cut a long story short, the vote came out Despite the seemingly promising battle among the to 956 for Karen Axford and 955 for Barry. A re­ These undoubtedly objective sheets showed that the joke teams, the election dawned with about as much count was ordered and a mistake was duly uncovered interest as the Nugan Hand bank. Thankfully, there 1981 Barry wasn't the clean-cut boy that he alluded to be. It was discovered - shock, horror, scandal - that - unfortunately, for Barry, it was the inclusion of an were a few exceptions to this rule. Barry was a Young Liberal, owned a house in Herston informal vote in his pile. So, after weeks of work on and drove a Jaguar. both sides, the difference between winning and losing It was claimed that, because of these political affili­ was two votes. ations, he couldn't be objective in representing students. The Annual Semper Good Sportsmanship and Gen­ eral Niceness Award must go to David Barbagallo for TREASURER Oddly, the fact that most of the ruling Junta were card- carrying members of the ALP didn't seem to get men­ yelling out 'Bad luck, Baz' to Barry and laughing just The first position to actually wake the electors was for after he heard the news. Treasurer. It all began with a series of Deja Vu lhat tioned. The fact that the house looked like it would would have Leonard Nimoy and Eric Von Danlkcn going fall down if someone sneezed inside it, or that the jaguar Barry's mood must have been considerably heighten­ for several years. was bought for $1,000 and spent most of the time park­ ed when the vote for Law Rep. was completed and he ed in large pools of oil beside Brisbane's main roads, found lhat he had lost that position by two votes as First came the history lesson. Barry was the Presi­ was never mentioned either. well. dential candidate for the SIT team (which became SWAT - but that's an even more boring story), in 1981, Enough of ancient history; the first shit sheet to which was very narrowly defeated by the then SWAT appear in the election claimed that Barry was as objec­ tive as the New York Yacht Club and had tactics to (which was SIT the year before) and came back for more SEMPER punishment in this election by nominating for Treasurer match. In a manoeuvre that David Barbagallo, an old as an independent against the TEAS candidate, Karen adversary of Barry's, certainly knew nothing about, The battle for Semper editors reflected the sudden Axford. these sheets found themselves within the policy state­ recent interest in the position. While the editors were On paper they seemed reasonably evenly matched. ment Scmpcrs that were being given away at the polling elected unopposed in 1980, there have been ten, seven Barry, who had in various stages since 1975, been booth. and six candidates, respectively, in the last three elec­ enrolled in Commerce, Engineering, Arts and Law, Next came the usual disclosure about Barry's poli­ tions. had considerable experience in the Union. Combined tical affiliations, his house, and his MG, Three teams of two fronted up this time around. with a public speaking ability that could convince the Once again, the fact that Barry had a debt problem K Brand was Kathy Kenyon and Kevin Vcllnagel, a Premier to join the ALP, he was well known among that had the International Monetary Fund worried team that wasn't especially serious about getting in, older students. and a credit rating similar to that of Khemlani's, didn't By contrast, Karen, almost a Graduate Accountant, get a mention. And exactly how important what sort 20 UNION

just about getting their names known for when they paid $9,000 a year and controls a good deal of student run again in 1984. money. Thomas Cullinan and Donna Bath were two Law -TOEiGmSIWHCiVALKS The first candidate was the incumbent, JohnCaskey, students running on a 'dissatisfaction with Semper' •VOTES 1 who claimed in his policy statement: 'Activities is a ticket, claiming that the current variety wasn't worth great place - I mean the word has TEN LETTERS for wrapping fish in. a start' and, 'There's a whole world out there and we're DUNSTALbi like a walnut and we need to burst oul like cosmic Harry Dunstall and John Hcnzell held the view that Semper made highly competent fish wrapping, and butterflies out of our hard exterior shell'. lhat it wasn't that bad lo read either - which was hardly Then there was Robert (Jesus Hitler Beelzebub) surprising, since they'd been editing il for most of the Reeves, who wanted everyone to realise that the Uni­ year. BENZELLI verse was a melon-shaped orgasm. As with Treasurer, neither Icam was especially con­ Finally there was Olaf Heeremans, a first year medi­ fident of winning and both campaigned as if they were SEMPER cine student, staying at St. Johns. Being a self-professed bidding for the last iwo places on the Tltanic's last life independent, he sounded like a qu.isi-serious candidate. • However, his policy statement included bulldozing all boat. Unlucky first year students used to count ihc i the other colleges and erecting a large Rupert the Bear number of times the same candidate spoke to them. EDITORS '^aarm'aasiai' statue in ihcir place. Six was the record, but three or four sighlings svasn'l m. uncommon. Wc always wondered wlio the mysterious Semper subscriber in darkest Africa was... • f /VSK FOR Again, like Treasurer, each team's new election gim­ mick was topped by the other as soon as il was released. A banner that would have made at least three of four spinakcrs for the average 12m yacht (with or without winged keel), with 'Cullinan and Bath' written on it, was matched with a board of newspaper photographs with captions attached. To show the slate of Dunslall's and Hcnzcll's minds, a Korean airliner was quoted assaying: 'I'd rather have Dunstall and Hcnzell than a Russian fighter', while Benigno Aquino said: 'If Dunstall and Hcnzell had been on the plane I wouldn't be dead now'. Later in the week, the anxieiy about the election ^d)4iU![infll Bl grew. When writing on blackboards, they used to write 01 'Dunstall and Hcnzell and the crew of KAL007 for ^^ir-v'/ifA^ifi ^ . % Semper'. In the last two days, chalked notices read 'Give mc Dunstall and Hcnzell for Semper, or give mc (slaSlaESlala death'. 1 iMSi^ 1 Cullinan went one better at the polls at Duchesne College, by claiming that he and Donna were Catholic The 100 metre-tall, fcrro-ccmcnt Rupert coming soon to a 9,0.SS^. and the other teams weren't. university near you! After voting slopped and counting was about to begin, neither team had any real idea about who was Amanda ran what was, at best, an optimistic camp­ TKe. Party in front. John Hcnzell had no intention of wailing aign as a 'wrilc-in candidate'. According to the electoral around to find out and went down lo Canberra for ihrcc rules, il was legal to write Amanda's name on the ballot days until the results were oul. paper, with a number 1 placed in a box beside it. WITH A As it turned oul, Dunstall and Hcnzell had an abso­ Unfortunately, few students realised the legality of lute maiority of 1071, as opposed to Cullinan and Bath it all, and even some of the people in the other teams with 821 and K-Brand at 178. Semper next year will be hesitated before remembering to write her name in. as dull and boring as this year's (1 dare you lo sub lhat More importantly, it was particulariy difficult to oul, John) -- a move that nodoubl hasmade Brisbane's explain about the lack of nomination without sounding fish proprietors extremely happy. like she had an IQ with a negative sign in front of it. Considering these difficulties, the vote of around 670 was excellent, but she needed about 900 votes to win and Olaf eventually won, because of his independent ACTIVITIES VICE-PRESIDENT tag (which was written on the ballot paper), and possibly Part of TEAS's domination of the executive was planned because of Rupert the Bear fans. to include the position of Activities Vice President. So, a $9,000 a year job went to a candidate with an However, their candidate, Amanda Falconer, thought unexplained fascination for Rupert the Bear. Further, nominations closed at 5pm instead of two hours earlier, the democratic philosophers of the Union have now got as was the case. the problem of being faced with a clear mandate from The end result was lhat she wasn't on the ballot paper Olaf to bulldoze the colleges and erect Rupert the Bear DIFFERENCE II for AVP and there was a choice of the three joke can­ statues. . didates. This may have been a mildly amusing occur­ rence to the few people who knew what was going on • I'd like to sec them talk their way out of this one. "Vum Cha"? One of ttie more memorable - if meaningless if it had been an insignificant position like one of the catchcrles of the campaign. five part-time Arts reps; but AVP is a position lhat is Sear's Model Overseas Student Rep (1): lim Tripuhi Aciivitics Vice Presidcni: Olaf Heeremans For those who enjoy playing the numbers game, Postgraduate Reps (3): David Barbagallo (2 uncontested) St. Lucia Part Time Vice Prcs.: Kerry Rea the student election is more fun than cutting Hospitals Area Vice President: Jennifer Cross Staff Reps (2): Jack Ford, Fleur Yuilc someone's toes off. Despite all of the domina­ Turbot Street Area Vice Prcs.: uncontested Life Members Rep. {!): uncontested Colleges Vice Presidcni; Pcicr Shoyer |;ditor(s) of Union Newspaper: Harry Dunstall & John Hcnzell tion by TEAS in the executive, they managed External Vice Presidcni: Francie Pitts to get only nine of the positions they sought, Women's Riglits Vice Prcs.i Cathy Bonian Management Committee (8) - Peier Shoyer, Kate Green­ Posi-Gradualc Vice Prcs.: Catherine Cuthbert wood, Barry Atkins, Peter Griffin, Jessica Worrall, lain Smith, compared to eight of SPT and 12 so-called David Barbagallo, Paul Murray. Independents. FACULTY REPRESENTATIVES 4ZZZ Directors (4) — Gordon Curtis, Mark Armstrong, ARficultutc (1): Andrew Walkdcn-Brown Drew Morgan, (anc Grigg. However, the numbers on Council are really domi­ Architecture (t): D.wid Cullin.in Management Committee - Staff Reps (3) - nated by the SOC team which managed to get 20 of its Arts Full-Timc Reps (-11; Ncilc Maynard, Marina Novak, tain David Phillips, Jenny Symmons, Michelle Robinson 21 candidates elected. Smith, Helen Ali-Haapala Arts Part-Time Reps (51: Richard Chanlrill, Shaufehn Forbes, Academic Board Undergraduate Reps (3) - There arc still 10 uncontested positions that will be Nina Seio, julia Rcid, Gordon Curtis Jim Henry, Barry Atkins, Paul O'Shea Council appointments, so we may see a deal between Coinmirce & Economics F/T (2): Ian Oorey, Byrne Haigh Academic Board Postgrad. Rep$ (2) - two of the teams to further their domination of the Commerce & Economics P/T (1): uncontested David Barbagallo (I unconicsied) Council. Who knows, we may even sec the establish­ Deniistry (1): Barry Tickle Education Full-Time jlh Karen Irwin The Report of the Electoral Officer will be submitted ment of an electoral redistribution and Public Accounts Education Part-Time (1): uncontested Committee. Whatever, TEAS docs not have the numbers EnginccfinK (2): Mark Williams, Icssica Worrall 10 the 10th Ordinary Meeting of ihc University of Queensland Union to be held on Thursday the 20th to govern Council alone. Law Rep (1): Terence McBride Medical Reps (3): Teresa Walker, leffrcy Keir, )itlann Farmer October, 1983 at 6.15pm in the Axon Room. Therapy Reps (2): Michael Fox, Slephen Falconer Any result may be challenged by the presentation Music l^cps (t): unconicsied of an electoral petition within five (5) academic days EXECUTIVE Science Full-Time (4): Glecn Reynolds, Brad Kiemann, of this declaration under Reg. 10 Sections 19.3 -19.7 Ingrid Aulil^e, Jane Siddic president: Tony Kynasion Sdence Part-Time (1): Donna Young and 19.9. Secretary: Ric Moore Social Work (t); Louise Akenson KEN MACPHERSON Treasurer: Karen Axford Vet. Science (!}: John Mallyon Electoral Officer General Vice President: Dan Crowley Externat (5): Ray O'Oonncll (4 uncontested) National Student Affairs Officer: Paul Lucas College Rep. (I): Michael Haines iiijijiiiijiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiniiiiiiiiiijiijiiijiijiijiiiiijiiijijijiiiiiiiiiii^ Education Vice President: Michael Kaiser 21 NEWS The Bicentennial Building monuments to self-aggrandisement

While there are few who will claim that the plann­ ed capital works programmes for the Australian Bicentennial in 1988 aren't beneficial, it is becom­ AN UNOPPOSED POLICY STATEMENT AFTER THE AMERICA'S CUP ing apparent that the money has come from more With all the Electioneering just past One thing that the America's Cup Yacht (Union Electionsl and the Joh Show in Race has shown is that Bob HavAe is mundane and beneficial areas such as suburban full swing, students might feel that the more interested in the privileged elite road maintenance, in order to build what has fact that there will be NO SPRA elec­ and their playthings, than in the ordinary tions AGAIN, this year, is a good thing. worker. been described as self-aggrandised personal monu­ I do not. In fact, even though I am elected Some may say that the members of the ments. CHRISTINE FOGG reports on the Queens­ as Men's Vice President (unopposed), i bellevB crew weren't rich, but that means that they're the interests of SPRA's members would have just playthings ol the rich, too. land situation. been better sen/ed had I had an opportunity There are over 700,000 unemployed in lo express my views lo ihe electorate and have Australia today, two-thirds of whom haven't them tested by the ballot box. even registered to vote, I bet they vifere alt Indeed, one must wonder just what are the watching the yacht race. Yeah, I bet. Acknowledged to primarily be mented that it was a disgrace to comm­ policies of the SPRA as no elections have been for the 1988 Bicentennial, the emorate the iniquity of a land stolen held since 1980. Perhaps the Association is And that business at the Regatta Hotel, Boondell Sports Complex's main from its rightful owners with a joyous being run to your complete satislaction? where it's apparently now all right to break the law, if we win a yacht race. Pulling roof- function will be indoor sports and celebration. Well, at least I shall not hear any com­ racks off cars and behaving like animals is a multi-purpose entertainment and plaints about how your money is spent. For the record I will state that I support; pretty warped way to display your patriotism. will cost the Australian taxpayer 'Aboriginal people, especially in this (i) a review of membership fees, with a view to 1 bet if 1500 Aborigines had gotten into a $55,000,000. Slate, are not only discriminated against, but persecuted, and it is shocking and sad increasing the fee for 'public' membership; pub in the Valley and started doing the same to see this amount of money being spent (ii) an increase in expenditure on recreation sort of things, the cops wouldn't have been so classes, and non-competitive recreation; on a Sports Complex while children are gentle. The Complex is being built at a time (iii) a nominal charge for entrance to the I hope the plane bringing over the America's when capital expenditure and mainten­ dying, and there is a lack of housing and weights facilities with monies collected direct­ Cup has to drop ballast, and I have a suggestion ance on Brisbane roads has decreased. health education for Aborigines/ she said. ed towards employment of a professional The Council has cut down on sealing person in the area; for the pilot. roads and concreting footpaths and the The Bicentennial Committee has also (iv) an examination of the effectiveness of, D. CONNER tree planting programme has ground to drawn other criticism from Aboriginal and sen/ice provided by, the Tennis Control a halt, causing Liberal Alderman Norm groups. The all-white Bicentennial Educ­ Centre; Rose lo claim that the Complex is just a ation Committee of eight men and three (v) an open administration. political exercise of the Lord Mayor, women will oversee the history and re­ I am willing to discuss these points further We have serious reservations about the Aid. Roy Harvey. search projects and lecture scries. with any student who has bothered to read authenticity of this letter. D. Conner claims this far. Mail can be addressed to me care of he is enrolled in Arts I, ivliich would follow, Queensland Council Chairperson, Mr the Sports Association. since he would have been banished from the According to Labor Aldcrwoman Pat Ian Russell, however, insists that Aus­ DAVID BARBAGALLO NYYC. We suspect, however, that the above Vaughan, the funding is being provided tralia's original inhabitants have 'a very letter was written by an anonymous person at both State and Federal levels, as well important part' to play in the celebra­ who slips notes like this under die Semper as from the Brisbane City Council, and is tions. part of the Bicentcnery celebration METAPHORICAL BULLETS door regularly, signed with names like Robin funding provisions for job creation. Cherbourg Chairperson,Mr LesStewart Diana Priestly's letter 'Metaphorical Eggs' Gray, Bob Hawke and sundry other person- Any additional money required will come has been appointed to the Queensland Semper Vol. 11 would be a fine piece of alities. iVe published this letter to show our from the Health and Community Services Council and the Bicentennial Authority humour if she didn't intend it to be a readers the son of thing editors of student area. aims to involve 'the whole of Australia'. serious attempt to justify certain persons' newspapers have to put up Vi/ith. actions on that day. She described the $55,000,000 Com­ It seems typical lhat a country of No-one who attended the lecture would dis­ plex as 'a project of significant value for people who arc aroused to a fervour of agree that Levin's peurile, unscientific rubbish FRANKLIN DAM COMPENSATION a significant year', rather than the crea­ nationalist pride by a Perth land specu­ was insulting lo anyone with an iota of intelli­ tion of a personal monument for the lator playing sailing boaties, should sec gence, especially women who vrere continu­ Is it possible to compensate the people Lord Mayor. 1988 as an opportunity to celebrate ally provoked by this allegded Professor ol of Australia for their lost jobs in the an event that many Aboriginals mourn Philosophy. If required, ihe project could be cut Franklin Dam issue by using their own over. Thus one could forgive an impulsive act of money, when you do not know who down to $22,000,000, but was claimed throwing on egg (they just happened to be they are, or how many there are. to provide 4,500 person weeks of em­ To this end, a vast entertainment carrying themi at this imported crusader for I'll give you some examples and estimated ployment for oui-of-work young people, complex goes up - using money needed Women Who Want To Be Wombats. in its original form. figures, if figures are not available. for projects more prosaic, but less likely Indeed I could imagine in a rush of blood, In construction - Over 12 years on site, A spokesperson for the Foundation to provide monuments for self- the responsible persons even forgot the debate 7,200; manufacture of steel, cement, cable, for Aboriginal and Islander Action com­ aggrandisement. at a tactics meetings beforehand as to the tractors, houses, transforniers etc. (from all wisdom of such action. over Australia, per year), 1,800. However, I cannot believe that some person In running - To find the running figure I (for whatever reason - guilt?) decided they • ._. first lound what % extra power the Franklin Wountaincraft should contrive an argument to support this Dam would add to the total, Franklin 81MW dubious action. Thus Diana's letter and those all Tasmania 970MW, that's 1/12. One-twelfth metaphorical eggs??? of the people employed by the Tasmanian TRAVEL & STAY I guess Levin was lucky he didn't use Electricity Board (4,482) is 390. metaphorical bullets, because then you would At present it takes two people to use the

THE V A • (m^ have boyvn his fucking head off. Come to think power for each one generating, 780 LOW COST WAY 4^.^^ QUALITY and SERVICE of it, I hope I haven't used any metaphorical All the raw material comes from the main eggs, salamis, whale vomit or exocetsll land. Nickle, copper, steel, aluminium, tita- are more than just words with YHA ^ffi DAVID BARBAGALLO nuim, etc., these jobs are lost, 1,560. To these figures we add the support workers, ! Todoi^'s Designs IF IT'S NOTTIED DOWN... council workers, doctors, school teachers, shop keepers, railway men, etc., 2% people td one, Last Tuesday, while I was at the Uni ond Motcriols • 7,485. INTERESTED? pool, my wallet was stolen. I—J- ..... — •- . , Total jobs lost throughout Australia in Although losing my student card and driv­ j Vesterycor's Quality , running for one year, 10,215. ing licence is an inconvenience, the thief also Forsixty years-612,900. ! ond Service j took my Commonwealth Keycaid and with­ Total in construction - 21,600. drew all my money from the account More Info (rom: The thermal power promised at mainland MnNUfncTuntns, miponrffls s swpuens While that is upsetting, what is most annoy­ YHA Qld, OF flN€ nl)V(NTUn{ COUIPMCNT prices is too dear. No manufacturer would go ing is the fact lhat the wallet, which is not 462 Queen St, to Tasmania in preference to going to Queens­ worth anything financially, used \o. belong to Brisbane. WRITE FOR OUR BUYER'S GOIDE land. my mother and has considerable sentimental Ph; (07) 221 2022 & DEALERS LIST RAYMOND CLARK or your Travel Agent value. A 10/G00Sh(!rwouci Rd.. Si'prvvoud Q,';075. If the thief is reading this, I'd ask you to return the wallet, Ihe student card and drivers AUSTPAIIA \ Ph :i73 55-';9 licence. ' SUZI GALLAGHER 22 HEM Environment Minister tal(es aim Queensland wildlife the target

Conservationists are unsure whether from crocodiles. The viciousness of a wild they should be laughing or crying duck is not to be believed, over the appointment of Martin 'The Government says that ducks Tenni as Environment Minister in can be shot because they could kill a the Bjelke-Peterscn minority gov­ person. If a person in a 12 foot dinghy ernment. on a river sees a 21 foot crocodile, which could swallow dinghy and all, he As the Member for Barron River, cannot shoot it because the Government Tenni has made a number of alarming says that we should let the crocodile statements to Parliament about wildlife attack, but we should not fight back. It and National Parks. The statements is urgent that the Government change suggest Tenni has a marked lack of sym­ that legislation to provide for an open pathy for the values of environment season on the shooting or capturing of protection. crocodiles.' Consider this statement to Parlia­ Six days earlier he had said: 'We have ment on October 22, 1981: 'A matter enough vicious creatures in the form of of serious concern in the North, is the socialists up there, without having to deal continual spread or the disease or the with saltwater crocodiles.' octopus - call it what you like ~ of national parks in the Barron River elect­ By November 1982, he was calling for orate. It is plain stupidity. I don't know complete elimination of crocodiles. 'I was how it can be stopped.' hoping that die Bill would have contained He made a similar statement on a provision relating to the total destruc­ other means, but something must be done that any future National Parks officer be October 14, 1982: 'In the beginning, I tion of saltwater crocodiles in Queens­ to destroy them.' one who is co-opted from the Queens­ was behind national parks; I supported land, I believe dial they are unneccssar>'.' Mr Tenni's destructive streak is not land Police Force'. them 100 per cent. However, the Govern­ With crocodiles out of the way, Mr confined to animals. While speaking Tenni's views would be cause for ment has gone completely overboard with Tenni would tlicn like to see a cull of about an Aboriginal Relics Bill in March greatest alarm if his portfolio actually some of them. With so many aboriginal gropers, and the destruction of snakes, 1976, he commented on the old Bellevue covered National Parks and Wildlife reserves and national parks, if we are not flying foxes, and 'anything that destroys Hotel, which was then still standing. Preservation. Fortunately, those are the careful, there will not be enough land left crops'. 1 would hate to think that this Bill domain of die National Parks Minister, on which to build a dance hall.' For example, on September 22,1982 would bring about the preservation of a Mr Elliot. Although hostile to national parks, he said: 'I know that greenies and do- relic like that, if one can call it a relic. Tenni's portfolio covers only air and Tenni reserves his greatest criticism for gooders will say, "You are a terrible It is a clapped-out heap that should have noise pollution, as well as Valuation and the saltwater crocodile. He has often guy", but I point out that flying fox been pulled down years ago.' Administration. He can continue to make called for its destruction, as on March 18, camps need to be destroyed so that Tenni's views on National Park staffing outlandish statements and no one will 1981; 'There is a constant increase in fruit is available for the people of Aus­ have also raised eyebrows. In October care very much. And Queensland's the number of crocodiles in the north. tralia and jobs are created in the fruit 1981 he said, 'In view of the problems crocodiles, bats, gropers and snakes will 'Legislation allows for an open season industry for a number of people. I do associated with National Parks and continue unhindered in their nasty ways. not care whether flying foxes are des­ Crown Property in general, particularly on ducks. Apparently there is a much T. LOW greater chance of attack from ducks than troyed by shooting, poisoning, or some in relation to drugs, it is most important CHEAPEST FARES TO EUROPE

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Eugene and the Egg is one o*Bris­ band seems to be concentrating on social bane's newest and most promising comment. Eugene denies, however, that bands. It has an unusual and dis­ the band is making any specific political tinctive sound, derived from the statement. 'We're an apolitical band. We're just juxtaposition of the diverse musical worried about people and their relation­ styles of the three members. ships to organisations. We don't believe in political organisations. Real change Anton Chcckhov provides cold, mech­ only comes through personal change.' anically precise rhythms with his drum machine. Rene Ranke ranges over this / am a hostage foundation with aggressive, freestyle Tied and bound by your politics bass playing. Eugene fills in the back­ Gagged without a sound. ground mood with his nebulous, psy­ 'Hostage' chedelic guitar work. 'Wc just draw attention to issues, All their material is original. Each we don't make judgements or ram mess­ member writes, and provides the vocals ages down people's throats. We're just for his own songs. telling stories.' Eugene Shannon is an unemployed Eugene explains that much of their chemistry graduate. According to the work is concerned with their own feel­ other members of the band, he pro­ ings. Eugene and tlie Egg: L-R - Rene, Anton, Eugene. vides the impetus and the central focus 'Our music is very personal, it exposes a whole range of emotions and different of getting it out of my system.' 'My role is not as a songwriter. My for the group. I asked Anton about the use of the songs just serve to fill up gaps in the 'Eugene provides the inspiration, wc themes. We are very confident with our material. I know I like what I have writ­ drum machine. repertoire. I'm just the bass player'. just provide the talent,' chuckles Anton. 'A live drummer is pinned down, This modesty is surprising, given I asked Eugene about the nature of ten.' This confidence has led to some people having to play bass and high h'H. With lhat he has penned some of the band's the band. the drum machine, the basic beat is labelling the band 'Eugene and the Ego', best material. His real talent lies with 'You've heard of garage bands. Well !aid down, allowing mc greater mobility Anton responds: 'The difference between his bass work, however. we're a bedroom band,' Eugene begins. for snare, toms and cymbols. It gives me ego and confidence is success. If you 'My playing is mainly improvised. The band began, and does all its pract­ greater physical freedom to create multi- succeed, you were confident. If you fail, I never play a song the same way twice,' ising, in Eugene's bedroom. rhythms with the acoustic drums, or he explains. 'There are more mirrors there than you were just egotistical', to play keyboards'. Anton provides a different contribu­ Rene went on to explain how the in the garage,' Anton explains. Eugene I suggested to Anton that, with each band arrived at its distinctive name. continues, 'What wc are trying to get is tion to the band. He is a final year Law student, and as well as operating the member singing, perhaps the vocals 'We were just sitting around one day, a sparse, nebulous sound through the use were spread too widely, and instead drum machine, he also plays acoustic being really stupid, thinking of really of minimalist drumming and guitar play­ should be concentrated with the stronger drums, keyboards and guitar. dumb names. We started using Eugene's ing held together by the bass. vocalists in the band. name, and came up with things like Whereas Eugene's songs tend to be 'The songs themselves, arc written in 'Eugene and the Hamburgers'. Then driving and angry, Anton's arc softer He responded; 'Each member is writ­ a variety of different styles, but because ing to suit his own voice, and he can best someone said 'Eugene and the Egg' and more melodic, making use of sensi­ of the way we play, they all retain the portray the emotions he has expressed and after we slopped laughing, we real­ tive, sensual imagery. unique "Eugene and the Egg" sound'. in the song. The anguish in Eugene's ised it was a good name. Once you hear The major themes running through It's so warm inside, voice, for example, captures well the it, you don't forget it'. Eugene's songs concern loneliness, grow­ Her kiss flows like warm, red wine. torment and frustration he expresses 'Eugene and the Egg' is made up of ing old, political impotence, frustration And 1 just thirst for more. in his songs.' three individuals with different person­ and anger. A good example of his mater­ She says the water's fine, When the band performs live, the alities, musical styles and approaches to ial is 'Veteran's Hospital', a song about Why don 'tyoti take a dive, attention of the audience is immedi­ the band, From this incongruous mix­ the xenophobic rantings of a paranoid And then swim slowly to the shore. ately drawn to the aggressive innovative ture, they derive their own definitive Vietnam veteran. 'Her House- bass playing. This is provided by Rene, sound. Eugene summarises the band's 'It's a song about a nation's paranoia, Anton explains that he writes for a a second year Commerce student. His contribution, as seen through the eyes of one man,' cathartic effect. 'When you see someone songs tend to be sombre and suicidal. 'We play music for the thinking egg.' explains Eugene. playing o'n stage, it purges your own He sees his place in the band, however, ROHAN BUETTEL With songs such as 'Veteran's Hos­ emotions. When I write a song about as predominatly confined to his musici­ pital' and 'Chemicals in the USA', the loneliness, it has the therapeutic effect anship.

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What do KevHooper, Matt Mawson, KROPOTKINS CAFE: 27 Vulture bookrack, immediately inside the en­ trance, featuring light reading such as Damien Ledwich and Judy Dunn Street, West End. Fri-Sun. BYO 'Fighting Sexual Harassment', 'Cinderella have in common with toads? No The promise of political debate and a new vegetarian restaurant Complex' and 'Sisterhood of Man'. it's not warts, but the launching of All the tables were occupied, but new the 'reborn' Cane Toad Times. drew us to the anarchist iMid of arrivals were accommodated at extra Kev Hooper, the Patron Saint of Vulture Street. tables magically produced from tlie Cane Toads, launched the Cane Toad footpath, where there now appeared to Times at La Boite Theatre on September After being seated by a casual wave be a vegetable market in progress. 30 with a toad race. of the hand from one of the people We all thought the Vegetable Lasagne, The race, specially designed by Mal­ wandering around the kitchen, wc admir­ the Savoury Spinach Rolls with Vindioo colm Mackerras and Ben Lexcen, was to ed the way the brown seersucker table­ Sauce and the Indian Lentils with Date predict the outcome of the Queensland cloth set off Ihe wilted chrysanlheum on Chutney (all S5.50) sounded wonderful. Election, but the results are being kept our table, sipped an aperitif of fresh But one of our party elected to just secret. apple juice (60c), noted the obvious drink, anotlier ordered Pumpkin Loaf In its old form, the Cane Toad Times French influence picsent among the (SI.50), declared it 'nourishing, but not was a satirical magazine that gave writers international flavour of the political powerful on flavour' and fell asleep on and cartoonists a chance to look at the posters and that the maroon Persian the table. 'slimey entrails of Queensland polities'. carpet had been cleverly colour co­ There's no dance floor, but tlie space According to the promoters, the ordinated with the pink cement Poor. in front of the nice old SO's fridge was Impending State Election was a major We began with a delicious subtly filled by a ukelcle player stmmming lor reason for the resurrection of the Toad flavoured Chilled Walnut Soup (SI.50), his supper. and they say its eccentric voice is still considered the Sweet Potato and Cheese Cartel and Lemon Cake and Apple Pie intact Jaffle (SI.20) and the Com and Herb (both $1.50) sounded good, but Austrian The Cane Toad Times features original Quiche (S3.00) and tried the Broadbean Lamington (S.1.50) sounded better and cartoons from leading Queensland under­ and Eggplant Pate (S2.50). proved to be cream sandwiched cake, ground cartoonists; including Matt Maw­ The pate was tascfully presented with topped with chocolate and fresh shredded to build the Big Stubbie? And docs the son, Damien Ledwich and Judy Dunn toast irian^es and salad, and was des­ coconut. Big Car Stereo actually work? (all present or ex-Semper people). cribed as having 'a submerged broad- Large cups of excellent coffee com­ The present issue not only looks at The Queensland media is also under bean laste'. Butler and parsley oozed pleted an interesting meal with an overall the shadowy underbelly of politics, but attack in an interview with the Media from a substantial wholemeal Garlic surprisingly good standard of food pre­ Bun (70c). investigates big things. Liberation Front and for the first time paration and presentation, Sipping wine poured from our Tupper- It answers questions of Queensland ever, the MLF's complete Media Hit CHRISTINE FOGG ware container, we decided Ihe cafe's culture such as: Why does the Big Pine­ List is printed. KEVIN VELLNAGEL oddly religious atiUiiancc came from the lllllltillililllllHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllilllllllliJIIIillllHililUllllilllll apple exist? Who drank all the stubbies III!' 25 I REVIEWS Labour of Love

FOR LOVE OR MONEY: McMur- chy, Oliver and Tliarnley. Penguin. S14.95. To most pooj5le, the combin­ ation of women and history would scant absurd in the context of a male-dominated colonial settle­ ment, such as Australia. And, not surprisingly, there haven't been many best sellers that have com­ prehensively tackled the topic . . . until now, that is. 'For Love or Money' outlines the history of women and work in Aus­ tralia from settlement to the present day. It is a pictorial representation of John Melllon, Brian McDermotC and Nick Tate In 'Scales of justice' female trials and tribulations, struggles and achievements in gaining acceptance into the workforce. Feminist propaganda, you may say. But this book should not be dismissed so lightly for, despite its feminist over­ the beginning of the century, some TiltedScales tones, the unfolding history increases women received equal pay, but only to its impact and the hold on reader benefit men. The logic was simple enough. If female workers performed a 'man's' SCALES OF JUSTICE: ABC Tele­ ranks of the police force as an 'inverted interest is sustained throughout. This job with competence and were cheaper vision. pyramid', starting on a small scale, with book does not lose anything by its mild corruption among patrolmen, such slight bias. to employ, then men would be out of The police force has al'ways as turning a blind eye to a traffic offence However, it is apparent that the work. provided good fodder for tele­ in return for a sexual favour from a fe­ authors (three women, of course) take The title refers to the jobs women vision fiction. Ever since the male motorist, and slowly developing a fairly dim view of men and their sup­ have fought for and have been employed dawn of the television series, through to organised crime on a multi- port for women throughout Australia's in (in return for money) and the 'unpaid' producers have discovered that the million dollar scale, involving members past. This is evidenced by such state­ domestic duties, volunteer and charity general public thrive on a format of parliament. Certainly, Scales of Justice ments as, 'if the convict women were commitments which are cynically sugg­ is disturbing viewing. "damned whores", were the men of the ested by the authors to be done 'for of fast car chases, senseless viol­ love'. ence, and the masculine image of The crimes committed by the police colony rapists and whoremakers? No, force becoming more shocking each epi­ they were just men, of.course'. The book sketches the 'progress' of the tough talking, hard fighting white, aboriginal and migrant women policeman. sode, the individual policemen and The strength of 'For Love or Money' women being only committed to the lies in its ability to portray the history in issues such as unionism, equal pay cause of P.Y.A. - protect your arse. of the working lives of women more and the glorification of the 'housewife'. Cop shows such as Starsky and Hutch, On the whole, Scales of Justice has credibly by tlie use of pictures. It is not As an example, 'For Love or Money' Hawaii Five 0, the Professionals, the gone against the convention of gener­ demanding on the reader, because it describes the role of women in the Sweeney - and closer to home, Homicide, alised police drama that the Australian relies on graphics and authentic docu­ 1950's- Matlock Police, and that bastion of police Police Union has reacted strongly against ments to relate 200 years of history, Tite women who couldn't mm out drama, Cop Shop, have employed an al­ the series. rather than a mass of words (in other a three-course gourmet meal at the most stereotyped format that depicts Senior Sergeants in the various states words, a good book to review). The drop of a hat, or produce the whit­ the police force as an organisation dedi­ of Australia have complained about the authors have spared no expense in loc­ est Wash in the street, or cope cated to the eradication of crime. anti-police bias of the trilogy, and con­ ating as sources magazine and news­ serenely with housework and child­ In the two dimensional manner of demned the ABC for its preparedness to paper articles, photos, anecdotes, car­ ren and still look beautiful, clearly television fiction, the conflict between televise what they claim to be. an unjust toons, posters, advertisements, poems, needed guidance . . . to overcome the police and organised crime is a white series. interviews and letters, excerpts from her personal failings. against black struggle. The head of the Australian Police diaries and stills from films ... and the Overall, the book is an mterestingly Criminals are stereotyped as evil Union, Senior Sergeant Colin Chant, list goes on. written and well chronicled account of individuals with few saving graces, dedi- went so far as to demand the resignation To show how times change, tlie book women and their working lives in Aus­ catecf on the whole to the task of under­ of the ABC Chairperson, Mr Ken Myer. depicts one 1910 advertisement which tralian histoiy. It makes excellent use of mining civilisation. Caswell sees the over-reaction of the declares that Australia is 'a land of oppor­ pictures and documents to help fill a The police, on the other hand, are police force more as a public relations tunity for domestic servants'. A few pages void in conventional history references, depicted as the protectors of that en­ exercise than as a serious reaction against on, a 1951 Women's Weekly ad pro­ and has been published as a companion dangered civilisation, and are prepared the unjustness of the scries, and was claims that 'you still need a man to de­ work to a Film of the same name. to indulge in fast car chases, participate quick to explain that the police force fend you, Miss Career!'. An afterthought - I would have pre­ in numerous fistfights and wave their depicted in the series was purely ficti­ 'For Love or Money' is a mine of little sumed that such a book would have sup­ .45 Magnums in the air, all by way of cious - right down to their composite known facts and statistics. In quoting ported a Woman like Caroline Chisholm. duty. uniforms. mid-1970's United Nations statistics, it However, it is surprisingly critical of her Cop shows don't often dwell on the 'The scries was very well received,' states that 'women do two-thirds of the refusal to accept payment for her work in repercussions of organised crime, and he said, 'If anything, it was too well world's work for less than one-tenth of order to avoid the accusation of only dwell even less on the interaction be­ received. We certainly have had a great the world's salaries'. It also says that helping others for money. Hence, reason tween organised crime and the police deal of positive feedback, some of it between the two worid wars, the basic the authors, she 'entrenched the view that force. coming from the police force.' rate for female workers in industry was "charity" work of women should be The type of policeman portrayed in The manager for ABC Television in only 54 percent of the male basic wage. unpaid'. the ABC trilogy Scales of Justice differs Queensland, Mr Rory Sutton, confirmed Still making no impression? Well, at JULIE WHITE vastly from the two dimensional stereo­ this view. 'There has been more positive type, gun-waving, hard-hitting television than negative feedback,' he said. 'How­ cop. ever the negative feedback got greater ^Oii slill IHMMI a rm In the trilogy, emphasis is placed upon hype.' the gradual infiltration of corruption into Caswell predicts that the furore over the police heirarchy, or, as scriptwriter the series will die down a few weeks (Irfrnii voiK Miss Careej^j for the series, Robert Caswell, puts it; after the end of the series. 'the ambivalence of morality' among It remains to be said however, that police. the controversial aspect of the series is Caswell initiated the concept of an thought-provoking. While essentially fict­ \tm K«*r ,». i,rn.p«u H>. f •>*•'* OMJ iMf search has been put into the series. Perhaps the police over-reaction to l(H'irntlilnc I •MM. t mm n>0j^' Caswell describes the structured de­ the series occurred because Scales of

velopment of corruption through the Justice cut a bit too close to the bone. St* ifmlf laHrpradMl. Mlo <'«««^' The role of the ABC in this con­ rmH» ta II U rm' >• •«**< lMm a> iW In association wiih Channel 2 network is reluctant to become fwiff Ihit KmtniU b MUT •••) QUEENSU^ND THEATRE ORCHESTRA Involved in political affairs of this nature. la vhlrli tnr4tm h t")/^ I present However, as Robert Caswell suggests, this mt , HANDEL: DETTINGEN ANTHEM could be the beginning of a new era for Year ••• liMt, n^ b I MOZART: TRINITY MASS the ABC, where a harder stand is taken C,P.E. BACH: MAGNIFICAT by the station, and controversial issues iMM^i iW J,b •/ HalalHf hit* Friday 28th. October al 8 p.m. of the future arc supported. Mayne Halt, University ol Queensland ll« ;•• rw Mr, VMtr Admission S6/$3 HOWARD STRINGER i« iMrmw (Mr »inn«<«» 0t'> lllllll „ • ..... S-iSTJ 26 CINEMA\ Captive ^iisnce

KING OF COMEDY: Directed by and it's almost a esse of deja vu. Only Martin Scorsese, starring Robert this time De Niro plays Rupert Pupkin, De Niro. Schonell Theatre. a dull and stupid man obsessed with Actor Robert De Niro iias had becoming a TV comedian. an interesting film career, starring His one aim in life is to appear on the variety show hosted by comedian Jerry in a number of significant films, in Langford (played by a very straiglit an amazing variety of roles. He Jerry Lewis). played a decadent Padrone's son Pupkin has an imaginary TV studio in '1900', the tough Vietnam vet in his basement, where he sits and chats in 'Deer Hunter', the crazed 'Taxi with a life-size cardboard photo of Lang- Driver', and the Catholic priest of ford. Pupkin is so deluded he believes 'Confessions'. he and his TV hero are good friends. When thrown out of Langford's De Niro's committment to his craft offices by security, Pupkin thinks there was most evident in 'Raging Bull', for has been a terrible mistake. He is pain­ which he spent months studying box­ fully slow to realise his idol is a selfish ing, then gained 50 kilos in two months private man, with no time for boors. to play the fat boxer in retirement. (He later had great difficulty shedding that Undeterred, Pupkin decides his only weight.) hope for TV exposure is to kidnap his De Niro performs his best under dir­ hero. A long jail term seems a fair price ector Martin Scorsese, who delights in for a moment's fame on the screen. presenting the lives of New York's 'King of Comedy' has the haunting inanity and earns the film an innocent De Niro now has a successful comedy losers - those lonely slobs confused feel of a rerun of 'Taxi Driver'. Pupkin NRC rating. role under Ws belt; what will he try next? This is the film for every little loser and isolated in a big city. The Scorsese/ is quite mad, and the escalating absur­ In America, 'King of Comedy' suffer­ De Niro team made 'Taxi Driver' almost dity of his actions suggests an ugly ending in the suburbs who ever dreamed of ed from the confused idea that it was- being famous. Remember, tlie medium a cult film, and later earned De Niro an is on the way. Jerry Lewis slapstick. It is nothing of Oscar for 'Raging Bull'. Fortunately Scorsese knows not to be is the message. the sort. 'King of Comedy' is pure TIM LOW In the 'King of Comedy' the team are predictable. His finale has a delightful Scorsese/De Niro, an intelligent, well- together again, the setting is New York, twist that says much about television's acted drama with a wry humour.

realistic enough to know he will never Sakemoto works hard to highlight tlie be absolutely accepted by his caplors - complexities of Yonoi, revealing his they look down on their prisoners be­ superior intellect and quest for honour. Spiritual Warfare cause the inmates want to survive, albeit He believes he can save the POW's spirits in the "shame" of captivity. Honour in by making them suffer. Sakemoto also death by conflict is heavily imprinted scored the soundtrack for the film with MERRY CHRISTMAS MR LAW­ of war camp in Indonesia, A band of rest­ in the Japanese minds. a meld of Japanese tradition and modern less Japanese warriors guard a debilitated Mr Lawrence has a studied control musical effects. The music plays as RENCE: Directed by Nagisa Oshi­ important a part in the film as does the ma, starring Tom Conti, David allied group. that contrasts with that of "soldier's Major Lawrence is the one link bet­ sensitive dialogue. Bowie, Jack Thompson. Forum. soldier", Jack Celliers (David Bowie). ween these two groups. Hi? pre-war Celliers is a rebel to tJie end, saving The film is more about humanity's The opening scenes of 'Merry experience in Japan and his fluency in Hinksley-EUis (Jack Thompson) in a weaknesses, and the search for spiritual Christmas Mr Lawrence' are savage­ the language make him the negotiator. cynically heroic act - his last act of power and satisfaction, tiian the average ly emotive - a grounding for the His placid approach helps to prevent defiance. "war" movie. film's mood. many ludicrous acts of cruelty. Bowie plays the enigmatic Celliers Director Nagisa Oshima is reknowned Tom Conti is nothing less than brill­ with great verve. It's humorous to hear for his ability to probe and expose A Korean guard is before a kangaroo iant in the role of Mr Lawrence. He is Bowie's off-key singing in the film. emotions (like his 'Realm of the Senses'). court for his homosexual activity with a wry, sad, humorous and never over­ 'Merry Christmas . ..' is finely tempered The constant physical punishment is Dutch prisoner. The setting is a prisoner stated in his reactions. Lawrence is with ironic humour. disturbing, but so is the spiritual betrayal Jack Thompson portrays the pain­ and haranguing. fully noble and pompous Group-Captain If 'Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence' Hinksley-Ellis in a way which might makes the audience uncomfortable, tlien evoke some sympathy for his pathetic it is because Oshima is exposing their own self-rigliteousness. The simplicity of Hink- desire for spiritual understanding. G & S Walk the Plank sley's lack of comprehension of anything not "gung-ho" is quite different to the He has succeeded in transporting the THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE: The production itself is unconvention­ complexities of Yonoi. Sakemoto plays Japanese psyche into a technically al. Traditional Gilbert and Sullivan camp Captain Yonoi, who is obsessed western concept and the marriage of the Adapted and directed by Wilford with Celliers. There are heavy elements Leach, starring Kevin Kline, Lex productions tend to have an overwhelm­ two is complete, even if tlie spiritual ing surface gentility. There is a tradition of homosexuality in this fascination warfare is perhaps never resolved. Smith and Linda Ronstadt. of perfomiance that treats the operettas which upset Uie status quo of the camp, SALLY WILLIAMS The transfer of stage works as frail entertainment, and ignores the Lawrence's control over Japanese cruelty, (plays, musicals, opera) to the elements of satire and parody in the and Hinksley's leadership of the prison­ cinema screen is seldom entirely music and lyrics. ers. satisfactory. In contrast, this version is brash, Not merely because the dynamics loud, very American; G & S approp­ of a three-act play and film are radically riated into the tradition of the Broadway dissimilar, but because a vital compon­ musical. It's also very inventive; there's ent of the theatre is its presence, the tremendous energy to be seen at every sense of something happening here and point. now - the active communication. On The problem is that this film lacks real stage one can discard many of the trapp­ style; a clear view of the operetta. There ings of conventional realism, for perform­ is a desire lo do things with each part of ance focuses the imagination. the play, without any real idea of its It's this particular living quality that point and intent. So the subtle satire is is missing in the cinema, and the danger lost. In this regard, it's not much differ­ in transferring a stage work is that it ent from traditional G & S. cripples the adaptation, A compromise Where it docs score is in sheer pan­ is to film it in the theatre (the approach ache. Kevin Kline, who, iu 'Sophie's Bergman took when he filmed Mozart's Choice' tried to make a iion-existant 'The Magic Flute'). Something similar part complex, makes the Pirate King is used in 'Pirates . . .' A record of the sizzle. More importantly, most of the Broadway production, althougli studio- cast match him, The major exception shot, it makes no pretence of realism. is Linda Ronstadt, who's fairiy dread­ This is an uneasy compromise, never ful. She essays cutencss and finds only quite capturing the visceral immediacy unctious insincerity. of a real theatre nor the familiarity of Though this film is less than it might genuine surrounds. And il isn't helped by have been, it's a tribute to what must the staid direction. The film looks more have been lively nights on Broadway. like a documentary than any more A.& YAP ijnaginative attempt to recreate the thea­ tre production. lilllllllllllllillllllilllllllUllllilllKlllllllllKllllllilllllillllllllll [RECORDS

Not long after Costello went off on a very individual soul tangent on 'Get Happy' and 'Trust', bands like Dexy's Midnight Runners, the Jam and ABC ostensibly spear-headed the English soul revival, a sound which is still very much apparent in the fragmented music scene of today. Costello's albums were packed with brilliant soul. His lyrics were lessons in anger, wit and perception for everybody, but particularly for Kevin Rowlands, Paul Weller and Martin Fry. His band, the Attractions, were good enough to make you believe that it was not just a music of the (by now) remote 60's. Yet he received little credit for it or even for the revival, perhaps be­ cause his albums literally overwhelmed listeners. {'Get Happy' alone contained 21 songs!) According to recent interviews, 'Punch the Clock' is Costello's attempt to get a hit, to make it big. Yet, despite the excellent cover and the printed lyrics, it is unlikely to be the album that makes him more accesi- I HEAR MOTION ble to the public. On first listening, the album is severely flawed - disjointed, passionless, even insincere. 'Love went mad', 'TKC and 'King of Thieves' are terrible - there is no I HEAR MOTION: The Models. better word. Half-arsed, but - even worse - half-hearted. THE SIN OF PRIDE: The Undertones. EMI As Costello himself asks: have we come this far to find The Undertones were formed in Derry, Northern In the past Melbourne band, Models, have a soul cliche? Ireland In late 1975. Since then they have pro­ put out some great records, but they have Subsequent listenings convince that this judgement duced many singles and at least four albums of rarely matched their quality in live perfor­ is a littie too harsh. 'Everyday I write the book', 'The naive, unpretentious pop, without nnuch success mances. Invisible Man' and 'Pills and Soap' all have an appeal outside the United Kingdom. Their latest The tightness they boast in the studio seems to which could slot them into a more than usually tolerant album, 'The Sin of Pride', seems unlikely to disappear and they are left with Sean Kelly's electric top 40. change this. gargle of a voice, something which can very easily lose His version of 'Shipbuilding' (the song so perfectly its appeal. The album contains a mixture of styles from Mo­ interpreted by Robert Wyatt) is a genuinely moving town to modern pop. However many of the songs On 'I hear motion', however, they have produced snapshot of melancholy and defiant romanticism, a are swamped by overproduction and sound like too a brilliant dance record and now I've got a craving to timely reminder that there are better ways of reducing many other bands. hear them live again. unemployment than going to war ('With all the will The high-point of the album is the title track. For The vocals rely less on Kelly's solo voice than on the in the world/Diving for dear life/When we could be once the sound is fresh and dynamic, highlighting group chanting the song's title - three simple words diving for pearls'). just how insipid some of the earlier songs are. which somehow turn an ordinary abstraction into a 'The Element Within Her' is a much lighter confect­ religious experience in a way that has Melbourne's All of the tracks in the album revolve around the ion by comparison, but it features uncharacteristic 60's intellectualism written all over it. basic theme of the 'Sin of Pride'. The best tracks occur harmonies that point to a new direction in the future, It's all tongue in cheek though - Models might be where the band don't take themselve too seriously. a greater reliance on vocal arrangements. intellectuals of sorts, but they're not serious. At worst, the result is embarrassing, In 'Untouch­ Overall, however, there is a sense that Elvis Costello able', Feargal Sharkey, in his high-pitched voice, strained They're more concerned to have fun with the air­ has either diluted his talents or overiooked them, in the with emotion, sings: waves and dance-floors of Australia. In a way, it's just hope that the result will not be too demanding on his / can't deny these foolish hands of mine a bonus if they happen to race up the charts as well. potential audience, a questionable approach at the best Have towed me in the dark IAN GRAY of times. But it's hard to imagine new fans being inspired by A collision course which hit the rocks lilll Has now pierced my heart the album, less difficult to imagine old fans {if they have I'm stricken down by deceptive moves lasted this distance) treasuring it like the rest of their What's meant is meant to be. collection. Old and new alike can only look forward to the time In their earlier albums the Undertones created a when he resumes diving for pearis. dream world of girls and chocolate, a place where no- IAN GRAY one had to grow up. While it seems they want to leave this worid, at the moment, they've got nothing to replace it with. JOHN CARROLL II

P/\NDEMONIUM: Pel Mel. Gap Records. STARS IN MY EYES: Screaming Meemees. Festival. These two 12" 45s are the most recent vinyl offerings since both bands' debut album re­ D OYLY GARTE leases last year. The obvious shifts in stylistic tact show the influ­ THE LAST NIGHT ence of the English electroyfunk 'thang' on the Anti­ podean music scene over the last twelve to eighteen February 27th 1982 months. New Zealand combo. The Screaming Meemees, PUNCH THE CLOCK: Elvis Costello and the perhaps make the most radical departure from their Attractions. RCA. The AdelpliiThecAtne previous style. No longer is there the cleverly crafted The rock media ioves to talk about enigmas, Loiuion melodies, best represented by 'Sunday Boys' from their because it sells records, but the one true enigma '82 album, 'If this is paradise, I'll take the bag'. Instead, remains Elvis Costello. 'Stars in My Eyes' is a complex conglomeration of the most repetitive aspects of foreign funk fashion, right Costello deserves the label, not because he is some down to the (obligatory?) instrumental version, all of form of reclusive or genius, but quite simply because which somehow/ misses the mark, despite the produc­ there is no other way to explain why, despite his talent, tion and engineering efforts of Glyn Tucker Junior. he is still not an enormous success. THE LAST NIGHT: D'Oyly Carte. Festival. He enjoyed a brief flirtation with 'Oliver's Army', Sydney outfit, Pel Mel, have changed line-up con­ perhaps one of the most genuinely subversive pop This is a double album to commemorate the siderably since recording their first album, 'Out of songs ever, but the album, 'Armed Forces' disappoint­ last performance of the D'Oyly Carte Company, Reason', a year ago. ed old and new fans alike. The Compay's programme included excerpts from Graeme Dunn now plays bass with latest addition For the old, it lacked the raw edge of the first two such reknown Gilbert and Sullivan operas as 'HMS Paul Davies on guitar, and the result is certainly a more albums. For the new, it proved to be a far cry from the Pinafore', 'Utopia', and 'lolanthe'. mature sound. 'Pandemonium' succeeds vvhere 'Stars Abba-influenced pop sensibility of the single. Elvis was All the most popular pieces, e.g. 'When I Was a Lad' in My Eyes' doesn't, the difference being a fairly cap­ stranded in a no-man's land in between. and 'I Am the Very Model of Modern Major General' tivating hookline and the vocal talents of Judy McGee He soon realised the predicament he was in and opted are performed with the gusto, professionalism andfami- which seem suited to this slice of dance mix. for the only solution available to him: if you can't liarit/ only made possible by a company that specialises At least the short version deserves airplay, while the please everyone, you gorta please younself. in G & S operas. 12", with an accent on the unstoppable beat, may vvell In the process, of course, he came up with four The fact that the album is live adds to the prevalently become a summertime dance floor favourite. albums that explored the parameters of pop, soul, festive atmosphere, which is further enhanced by clap­ Tony Cohen, who now also works with the Reels R & B and even country music with more energy and ping, and the audience participation numbers. was responsible for the production once again and with character than the great bulk of his contemporaries. As well as being a special recording of the last per­ Pel Mel about to embark on a national tour to promote Naturally, he didn't only please himself. formance of the D'Oyly Carte, the album is a superb their second album 'Persuasion' it will be interesting He acquired one of the largest and most stable cult 'best of collection of G&S opera pieces. to compare the band's sound 'live'. fotlowings in the world. But still the massive popu- From the opening introduction, to the well-chosen They're expected to play Amyls Nightspace on larity he deserves evaded htm. last song 'We Leave You With Feelings of Pleasure", the Friday, October, 28th. This background helps to understand Elvis Costello's music holds you captivated and the album is worth a JON BAIRD present state of mind, but the broader context of the place in anyone's collection. current English music scene also throws some light on KAREN VENZKE IIIIIIIIUIIUIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIilillllHIIIllllillllllllUtllilllllilllllH^ it. iiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiH^ 28 RECORDS^

No doubt, one can compare the jokes to the 'white the oboe, clarient and bassoon and is lively and melodic sandshoes without socks' set in Australia, in turn. This record impressed me greatly. It is very diffi­ Poulenc's composition is the 'Sextet for Wind Quintet cult for a lone comedian to remain funny for any and Piano' and is typical of Poulenc's love for the music period of time (Monty Python rarely do it). of the Parisian streets. The best way to judge this record is to listen to The whole album is a showcase of pieces from the someone else's copy first. Tastes in comedy differ charming period of French wind music, and it is a from person to person, but if you like quality slapstick, record to be enjoyed and treasured. this record's for you. KAREN VENSKE " PAUL LUCAS

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LAWYERS IN LOVE: Jackson Browne. WEA White American music seems to have con­ tributed virtually nothing new to the world music scene in the past decade. Having made that sweeping generalisation, it should be considered that their sole claim to originality. West Coast Rock, tends to be devoid of all innovation, mean­ ing and sentiment. Prior to the release of 'Lawyers in Love', Jackson Browne was one of the few to escape this genre by having lyrics that sounded as if he actually meant what LANGUAGE: Gary Myrick. CBS. he was singing. All cynicism aside, it was probably be­ ALEX CALL: Alex Call. Festival. 'Language', a five-track EP, is My rick's first cause he did mean what he was singing. If an attempt was made to categorise the Alex solo effort after cutting two albums with the Allegedly, his best album, 'The Pretender' (1977) Call sound, one might describe him as a cross recently disbanded Figures. was a result of the suicide of his wife. 'Running On between Jackson Browne and Bruce Springsteen. Myrick displays his usual pounding drums and atten­ Empty' and 'Hold Out' must have been produced Call was brought up in a West Coast atmosphere and, tion-grabbing guitar riffs on 'Guitar, Talk, Love and during similarly adversive periods of his life. if there is one criticism of the album, it is that he tends Drums', which he describes as a 'iet's-have-fun-while- Apparentiy life for Jackson Browne since his last to emphasise rhythm and beat - giving the tracks a the-worid-burns' song. album has been pretty good - his lyrics are now as formula sound. Myrick moves smoothly from his guitar, drum sound meaningful as those from REO Speedwagon. Combined Despite this I still enjoyed the album, which comes to electronic synthesizers and keyboards. This is shown with music that never was any better than his rivals, across with an intense clarity, though not making the on 'Time to Win'. it makes for a biand product that has been heard too mistake of appearing too clinical. His lyrics are good and each track contains a message many times before. Prior to this release Call's major claim to fame was or story. However, it is arguable that he places too much The one track that does stand out on the album is the his co-authoring of Tommy Tutone's hit '867-5309/ emphasis on meaning and does not pay enough attention tide track and single, in which he takes a cynical look Jenny', to ear-catching music. at American life. Anyone who can write a lyric like: Call's musical style varies from light-hearted pop- A notable exception is 'Message to You' in which Last night I watched the news from Washington, rock ('Annie, Don't lie'! to fast-moving rhythms ('Just Myrick's Los Angeles' background is present. The Capital. Another Saturday Night' - the best track on the album. However, the influence of producer Robert Margou- The Russians escaped while we weren 't watching Make sure you listen to the lyrics on this one; it tells left (who worked with Devo) is also apparent ('Glamor­ them. of two real-life Californian killings). Add some superb ous') and adds depth to Myrick's work. Like Russians will. love songs like 'You Don't Have to Tell Me' and the All in all, a good first up effort for Gary Myrick. album must be a success. HARRY DUNSTALL is OK by me. The track 'Love Dogs' sounds like it could have been DAMIEN SIMPSON written by the Beach Boys. Call's lyrics are not too deep, or overiy meaningful, but also are not mere throwavvay lines, for example: Sometimes I think that there's a symbol that appears If we could see it shining above every action that we make And it's all that I can do to deliver out these stories As the rising waters come and threaten to wash me away. ('Dark Side of the Night') Alex Call's new album is definately worth the expen­ diture. HARRY DUNSTALL

THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE ABOUT THE WEST: THROBBING PYTHON OF LOVE: Robin Cowboy Jazz. Williams. Polygram. This album is very easy to listen to, and As the title suggests, this second album of doesn't make many demands of the listener. Williams' is heavy on the 'penis' jokes — turn There is a good selection of their own songs, such the volume up to impress your neighbours. as 'Baby Don't Call', as well as a number of classic This record thankfully lacks the sickly-sweet moral- swing numtjers such as Ella Fitzgerald's 'Cow-Cow isations of Mork & Mindy, and allows Williams a free Boogie', Commander Cody's 'Too Much Fun' and Cab rein to display his considerable comedic prowess. Calloway's 'Nagasaki'. Williams is at his best when impersonating, his 'Elmer This Maryland sextet plays swing jazz w/ith all its Fudd sings Bruce Springsteen' and 'Richard Simmons' slippery syncopation and tricky harmonies, but on tracks that kept me laughing for hours. The title track traditional country and western instruments. sees Williams discussing the various names people Bob Hudson best summed up 'What We Like About employ to describe their penis, raging from 'Mr Happy' the West' recently, when he wrote: 'Western swing to 'Heat Seeking Moisture Missile'. Williams uses the SYDNEY WIND QUINTET: Sydney Wind meets the Andrew Sisters and the pedal steel replaces audience to carry his skits further - he is obviously Quintet. Festival.^ the horn section, in what could have turned out really good at ad-libbing. This album is' basically a composite of ex­ silly, but ended up sounding great'. This album was recorded with the siiecialist punter Unfortunately some of the tracks have their humour­ amples from the modern French school of wind in mind, but if you are trying to make your record ous impact impaired because they refer to American music. collection a littie more varied, then give it a listen. places and personalities that most Australians are not Poulenc, Damase and Itjert are the featured compos­ NICK HOBSON familiar with. Williams enjoys sending up the trendies ers. Damase's contribution is his reknown '17 Variations and preppies that so dominate American youth culture. for Wind Quintet'. Ibert's 'Cinq Pieces en Trio' highlights 11 29 INEMA ALLERIES The Travelling Film Festival presents - Until November 5 - 'Images of a Green Man' - Exhibition by Friday Oct 14 - 'danial Takes a Train' • 7.30pm • A Hungarian Terry O'Malley. Performance on Tuesday Oct 11 at film about the fortunes of Danial as he rides a train to 7,3Qpm. 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Thursday Oct 20 - Performance by the Academy of St Martin The Brisbane Theosophical Society presents - In the Fields, directed by K. Silletto, presented by Saturday Oct 15 - A seminar wiih Phil Harris • 10am • Bring a Nluslca Viva. City Hall, 8.15pm. Book through lunch to share. Festival Hall booking office, 65 Charlotte Street, Monday Oct 17 - 'Comparitive Religion' by Dale Caird. 7.30pm. Brisbane. $15.70 and S11.70. Friday Oct 21 - 'Pathway to Immortality' by Phil Harris. 8pm. •^•Wrafcrtl [•••••••I mm The Degas Art School is now taking bookings for pastel and !••••••••! ROCK Terry O'Mallcy's "Images of a Green Man" - at the Institute of Modern Art until November 5 watercolour seminars in eariy November. Country camps and 4ZZZ-FM presents live rock al Amyl's Nightspace, 502 Queen safaris are also planned for the year-end vacation period. Costs Street, Brisbane - are reasonable. For more info, phone 44 4123 or (071) 96 5141. Wednesday Oct 12 - Band BaZZZaar. 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30 No doubt the Swedish are getting tired of trapping Soviet submarines in their Fjords, Ljakes, Rjivers and the Ijike. (I suppose they could shoot the subs, but that would be a damn waste of a winged keeL) To this end, it would seem to be about as funny as an American protest against Australia II for a defence spokes- being to announce that a suspected Soviet sub was actually "a sewerage pipe placed in the water by pranksters". The Swedish response to the prank was quick and definite - "It's not very funny", said the same spokes-entity. Of all the cliches that are used to impress people at historic momenU, "There's nothing new under the sun" would have to be one of the more popular. "There's nothing new under the sun", the pseudonntellectual will say, nodding his head as Forget the Exocet, the Hornet, and even if he was the possessor of more than half a neurone of brain tissue. the Korean aidiner - Australia now has "Yes", the surrounding sheep reply, astonished by the depth of the p-i's Intellect. "There 1$ an even better war machine - the feral nothing new under the sun". camel. Forget the euphemisms, the Aust­ This Introduction, of course, has very little to do widr what is to follow. There are quite a lot ralian feral camel is the four-legged of people who have likened the Prime Minister, Mr Hawke, to famous leaders of the past. Many say that he owes a lot to Moses (although the claims of a direct blood relationship are variety. probably unfounded), while others claim he reminds them of Harold Holt (post Portsea that is), Undoubtedly called "Camel, the but probably the closest is the Pharohs of Egypt. ' feral" by the Australian Amiy, an article Consider it - both seem to think they'll reign for eternity and both have the relatively in the Defence Force Journal entitied mundane tasks of repressing christians, killing the firstborn sons, and l^eeping an eye on the country's Asp population. "The Military Potential of the Horse and But also both Bob and the Pharohs had the problem of unemployment. For the latter, the In Africa, a man was surprised to find Camel in North-west Australia", by Maj, flooded Nile put the farmers out of work for five or six months a year, while the former's the writhing tall of a snake on his wind­ J.D. Guy, says; "They are natural by employment problems are already well-documented. screen. Since It wasn't a windscreen viper,virtu e of their feral state, and develop no The Pharol»s used to !

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