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NO 4. THURSDAY MAY 29 UNIVERSITY Or : ^y JUNiou QUEENS! ftND Mo DITOI It's that dme of year again. 3 MARIA AHN MULCAHY takes a look at the Australian Time to break out a carton of Fourex stubbies, linger over die haunting • flavour of a Moreton Bug, and reflect on die wonder and grandeur of our fa-' Broadcasting Tribunal's decision to ban an anti- bulous State. Queensland Day is upon us, and all decent people will rejoice- smoking advert featuring Yul Brynner Immediately no risk mate! before his death. Queensland Day was initiated bythe Bjclke-Pcterscn Government in 1982 j to foster pride in die State and develop a feeling diat "diis is our homeland". 4 Letters to the Editor But why.? What motive lay behind the State Govemment's decision to' ; spend hundreds of diousands of dollars to encourage our hearts to warm I I nearly and dearly to all diings northern.? j 6 scon FARROW interviews David Bradbury, Director The relationship is subde, but it just so happens that the long serving! of the documentary, Chile Hasta Cuando (Chile How I Nadonal Party Government is one northern institution that has become a; Long). I s)'mbol of Queensland. If you love die State, you pay homage to its institutions, and any bias-j i phemer who dares to criticise is an enemy of die Queensland way. ' 7 The Student's Union has decided to call a 1 Queenslanders are funny people. On the whole, they have always dis-! referendum over the Stringer sacking. KATRINA ;playedaferventaffectionfordieir State that far exceeds the pride that people' JENSEN reports. I of the soudiem persuasion hold for their respective portions of die Fe-] [ deration. ' Queensland Day is a clever attempt to harness endearment to the State to 8 JEANNIE HENDERSON reports on the after effects in : endearment to the State Govemment. Europe of the Chernobyl disaster and KATHRYN Let's hope diat while Queensland school children are bu.sy waving Queens-, McKAY explores alternative energy forms. land flags in Queensland schools, die National Party fails in its attempt to^ pull the wool over very parochial Queensland eyes. 9 SHARON WELLARD interviews Brisbane iournallst, ANatUtWAROl Harley Stumm, about the problem of Journalists In Queensland being arrested while reporting at protests. 10 JEFF WATERS talks to Queensland Day dissidents. 12 CINDY HEALY takes a look at the financial burdens of; foreign students. COMING UP 13 All the news In reviews - The Cultural Supplement. !iU.Q.U. REVUE: 23 What are the pros and cons of the Australia Card? MARIA ANN MULCAHY reports. 24 CRAIG ARNOn replies to last editions article on the Stringer sacking. BAND REHEARSAL ROOM- 25 A broken man! HOWARD STRINBER comments on the Union's decision to hold a referendum. ;l COME ON A SHARE BASIS. 27 Union News 175TH ANNIVERSARY: 28 The Women's Rights Committee reports on the recent spate of attacks on campus and the function of the University Sexual Harassment Committee. 0NE WANTING TO BE INVOLVED'IS VERY I WELCOME. "lavcRY ^ 1 29 Cartoons and a U.Q.U. Revue update. 31 Dorothy Drain and DIRT G S.n.p.r IS . "«"-P""" '"'ri'"* "•"""" """'"" '""' Quifc at the Ontorsltj of OueenjUn*. I ^C'^^ nECiRN & lAYOUT: LoulSB Bell COtmilBOTORS! BanitoU temp, Bawwn aa^x. mKmiMS-UuUelartM (37116111 mi%COVERS : filenn Thompson accepted for "n'°"?JJV?r!^ CENSORED TO DEATH BARRIERS TO ANTI-SMOKING ADVERTISING Once upon a time It would have Mr Irving said current campaigns by the Cancer "IT'S AVERY POWERFUL AD AND been safe to assume that no Fund were aimed at teenager audiences but the Br\'n- IN AMERICA FIVE MILLION thing would Interfere with a ner ad was extremely important as it showed the con PEOPLE QUIT SMOKINQ message to be broadcast in sequences and focused on the older generation where BECAUSE OF IT.** the interest of public health. lung cancer deadis were most prominent. Last weelc the Western Aus "It is most regrettable diat the Tribunal was so pe tions who unlike the Western Australian Government, tralian Health Department dantic over the ad that carries an important public did not have die resources to pay. found that that was not the health message. Drjohn Campbell from the Cancer Council said the case. MARIA ANN MULCAHY "The publicity will probably help the cause and situation was disgraceful. He said Yul BrjTiner's ad had we'll probably run an abridged version here (in Queens impact that could not be matched by an Australian has the report. land) as a conimunit\' service announcement with no ad. The situation so far... financial attachments," he said. "The advertisement was so effective because he was American Actor, Yul Brynner, made an anti-smoking The Cancer Councils around Australia were in an dying when he made it. advertisement which was to be shov»m in Western Aus uproar over the Tribunal's decision. Natalia Bradshaw "It was his farewell message to the world and now tralia a few weeb ago. It wasn't! The Australian Broard- from the NSW Cancer Council said on Good Morning because of red tape we're being denied the oppor- casting Tribunal vetoed the ad because it said Aus Australia diat it was always impossible to negotiate tvtnity to see it. tralian Content rules were contravened. Foreign com prime time spots for such announcements. "Stricdy speaking it's not an ad. An ad sells a pro mercials must carry only 20 percent overseas content "It's a very powerful ad and in Amercia five million duct. It's good healdi at question here," Dr Campbell 'in performance or production. people quit smoking because of it. said. TheTribunal said the ad would have to be used as an "At least wc are still getting great publicity from all unpaid public service announcement. However the die controversy it seems to have caused", she said. * 'THE STANDARDS MUST BE Western Australia Govemment wanted to use it as a The Chairperson of die ABT staled widely to the APPLIED ACROSS THE BOARD paid advertisement in prime time. media that die Tribunal found nothing WTong with AND THERE CAN BE NO The Govemment ai^es that as a public service Brynner's message except for its content. EXCEPTIONS." announcement the ad would notget maximum airplay Mrs O'Conner said the Tribunal was never given a Dr Campbell said there was more at stake than just or prime time consideration because that involved copy of the ad to preview and never approved ii as a negotiating with a television station to use otherwise this one incident. He quoted a recent survey that asked paid spot. children if cigarettes were advertised on television. A profitable airtime for an ad free of charge. The Tri "The advertisement can have twenty percent over bunal said no content restrictions were applied to majority said yes! seas content but we must promote die Australian look He said die whole issue was one of great irony. public service announcements. on televison. Ten years ago tobacco ads were banned from tele- "Now that I'm gone I tell you - "The standards must be applied across the board Don't smoke! \'ision and radio. However the tobacco industry got and there can be no exceptions. round this by advertising on grandstands and bill Whatever you do just - Don't smoke! "U can be cut and remade to use Yul Brynner at the If 1 could take back that smoking, boards at televised sporting events. maximum but with the required content," Mrs O'Con-" we wouldn't be talking about any cancer! Several times die Federal Coun has ruled diat broard- ner said.' Now that I'm gone I tell you casters and the tobacco industry were in breach ofthe Mrs O'Conner said the regulations were made to Don't smoke! law. But little action was taken to effectively change the protect the Australian principle and other organisa- Whatever you do just - Don't smoke! situation. Powerful words when you consider they came from With the Wcsieni Australian situation, more ironies one ofthe world's mostlovcd actors only a few months exist. The Government has been a long time anti- before he died of lung cancer. Yul BcN'nner made the ad smoking advocate, buias the '7.30 Report' pointed out for The American Cancer Society but in Australia the it was not just this message diat was stifled. reception has been one of mixed feelings and prio The Western Ausiralia Government opposes the rities. principle of protecting thejob of an .Australian actor in The conllict centres around how much of Br)'rmer this instance because it said it could be questioned as to we see compared to die' Australian input. whether Rrs'iiner was acting on this occasion and if he While the ad gathers dust, the war over its content was which .Australian actor's job was he taking-' continued between Healdi Depanments, Cancer Coun cils, The Advertising Standards Council and The Broard- "ITWAS HIS FAREWELL casting Tribunal. MESSAGE TO THE WORLD AND Mr John lT\'ing from the Qvsecnsland Cancer Fund NOW BECAUSE OF RED TAPE said the ad was to be part of a major CiUIT campaign WE'RE BEING DENIED THE planned for this year. OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IT." Mr Irving said die ad would be most cfTective with The Western Australia Health Department gained the adult population and would help change attitu the rights to the ad, shordy before Yul Brenner died des. and the man behind the campaign, Mr Daul)e, told the He said anti-smoking propaganda in Qiiecnsland 7,30 Report' it would be a "public health tragedy" if has always been sensitive since the State provides 54 die ad could not be shown.