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RETROSPECTIVE TAX So Brisbane's event of the decade, the Commonwealth IAN COOK goes to the bottom of the harbour Games, has been and gone. An extra thirty thousand people to dredge up Fraser's tax problems in town, a few hundred medals won, hundreds of people being arrested at the one time. All gripping stuff. ARCHER RIVER The test case of the Racia) Discrimination Act Yet what was the point of the Games themselves? The Grecian investigated by SHAUN HOYT concept of sport was a carefree expression of friendship epitomised in SEXIST LANGUAGE flow and energy of movement. To play games as they did was to liber­ ANNE HORAN lool • • • • • • »• right behind her. And Boyle's victory embodied some of the traditional I • • • • Australian characteristics - self-reliance, courage, a career spent over­ • -• • • coming obstacles, a sense of fair play. As she received her medal the SEMPER is a non-profit political and cultural unsolicited manuscripts, photographs and I • - - . maqaiinc based at the University ofQld. illustrations. • • • , crowd emotionally joined in singing "Advance Australia Fair". SEMPER is copyright, St Lucia Qld, 1982. Under these circumstances it's easy to be an Australian. But while EDITORS: Kay Nicol, Andrew Eraser Non-profit publications may reprint articles the crowd may be urging the competitors to greater heights, it is their LA YOUT: Damicn Ledwich and graphics provided Semper and the authors TYPESETTING: jenni Bird are duly acknowledged. Exceptions are creative training and their work which enables them to find those extra re­ PRINTERS: Gymple Times Ply Ltd, m writing and copyrighted graphics which remain serves. 197Mary Street, Gvmpie the copyright of the authors and may not be ••••••V KKKKf Raelene Boyle's victory was indeed a great one. Hopefully Aus­ DISTRIBUTORS: Gordon A Cotch Pty Ltd, reproduced without their permission. •c I Brisbane tralians will not resen/e this spirit, which embodies a sense of fair play, AD^'ERTISING: Gordon Disc, Tom Harwood Address all enquiries to - (phone 371 2568) Semper Magazine, Unl of Qld Union, exclusively for the sporting arena. St Lucia 4067 SEMPER welcomes contributions and letters, (phone 371 2568,371 1611} but does not assume any responsibility (or

CHILD CARE of Queensland's Law Society are spon­ soring a free lecture on this subject. There are still Evening Child Care UNION vacancies at Playhouse. Evening child It's on the 27th October at 8pm in care is available from Monday to Wed­ the Physiology Lecture Theatre 1. For nesday 5-9pm. further details contact Fleur Kingham !NE\N& The cost to the parent is as follow - at the Union Office (371.1611). INCOME COST moral and financial support to the IT'S A PARTY 0-$100 per week $1.20 per hour POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS Aboriginal Land Rights rallies held in By this stage you're all aware that the or a single parent The P.G.S.A.C. is to send a submiss­ King George Square on the 17th and Union elections have been and gone. Well $100-$200p/w $1,40 per hour ion in October to the Australian Vice- ' 26th September, 1982. this announcement has nothing to do S200 and over p/w $2.10 per hour Chancellors Committee on the Tutor­ The 10th Ordinary Meeting of Union with voting, but rather how to celebrate For further information contact Ester ships System being introduced at this Council will be the 28th October at that completion of voting. Friedlander at Playhouse or ring on 371, University. 6.15pm in the E.G. Whitlam Room. Everyone is invited to the Union Post- 1611. If any postgraduate wishes to make Election Party to be held on Wednesday UNION CONSTITUTION their feelings on this Tutorship Scheme 20th October at 7.30pm in the Main SEXIST LANGUAGE known, please contact Jack Ford — the A Constitutional Working Party, estab­ Refectory, The Union has completed it's survey Postgraduate Organiser. lished late last year, is at present review­ It's free admission and cheap alcohol of Departmental Handbooks re the use The National Postgraduate Association will be on sale. NINJA SKIL and the ing the Union's Constitution and Regu­ of sexist language. Thirty-five depart­ C.A.P.A. is holding its annual conference TRUCK DRIVING GURUS are playing. lations. Any interested student is wel­ ments were surveyed. The main findings from the 3rd to 6th December at Mel­ So come along and celebrate the New come to make submissions to this Com­ were that female linguistic exclusions bourne University. The P.G.S.A.C. is to Union, or the beginning of exams, or the mittee. Contact through Union Office, occured. That is to say, there was overall contribute papers on the Queensland end of the Games, or whatever. Union Complex or phone on 371.1611. use of the masculine male pronoun in Tutorship Scheme, Supervision, and Sex­ sex-unspecific contexts. ual Harassment. Any postgrad interested UNI-REVIEW EDUCATION Reports detailing sexist language in contributing to these papers should contact the Postgraduate Organiser before ALTERNATIVE HANDBOOK - Can 18 000 students get their act found and our suggested alternative theSlst of October. There will be an Alternative Handbook together? Find out on October 20th terminology were sent out to the Heads meeting on Friday October 15th at 2pm in the Cement Box Theatre, of Departments concerned. In addition, in the E.G. Whitlam Room. copies of non-sexist guidelines were sent MEETING DATES All students interested in writing CEMENT BOX THEATRE to each member of the academic staff. Thursday 21st October - Management So far the response has been good. about their department or particular From October 20th to November Cttee, 5.30pm, E.G. Whitlam Room. subjects are encouraged to attend. 14th, the T.N. THEATRE CO. will be Copies of these guidelines are avail­ Sat. 23rd October - External Students able to students (free of charge) through ASSESSMENT - There will be an presenting "THE ELOCUTION OF Cttee., 3pm, Whitlam Room. the Union Office. Assessment Workshop on Wednesday BENJAMIN FRANKLIN". October 20th at this institution. The The play is directed by Bryan Nason See you at the Union PartylH Union Education Committee has called and stars Ken Lord. C.A.R.E. this meeting in an attempt to raise the For further details contact Robert The Campaign Against Racial Exploit­ regards, assessment issue. Kingham - Cement Box Director. All interested students please attend. ation will be bringing out famous British Lawyer, Tony Gifford Q.C. to speak on ENTERTAINMENT flibu^y UNION COUNCIL C.A.R.E.'s campaign in South Africa. The Media Committee of the Union The A.L.P, Club and the University An extraordinary meeting of Union has organised a concert for November Council was held on Wednesday 15th 5th in the Main Refectory. The COMSAT September. ANGELS and INSX will be playing. The The main business of this meeting doors open at 8pm. For further details was constitutional changes that were contact the Union Office on 371.1611.. necessary before the Union could make its submission to the University for a THE BISTRO Capital Contribution Fee and a read­ The Bistro has recently opened a justment in External Students' Union Gourmet Smorgasboard- It's on every fees. lunch hour from 12 noon until 2pm, Other decisions made at Union Coun­ the cost is $5 for students and $6.50 for cil included — non-students, tn addition to a hot or * approval of the Prior Plan to refurbish cold meat/fish dish, and a varity^ of and improve the Heirston Refectory; salads, is a free glass of wine and a cup of * the passing of a motion extending both coffee.

Senrper-2 if Dan Whitehead, Executive Director of the Games Foundation, had wanted to, he could have surrounded himself with Games paraphena- lia. He could have parked his gold Ford Meteor QEII in his driveway next to the trees that the Council sup­ Melbourne may have the Aussie Rules and Sydney the Rugby plied free to homeowners to brighten up Brisbane. With his Adidas 'Games' track shoes, he could have League to help boost business, but Brisbane has trumped them walked up his driveway (which would'vc been painted red, white and blue, if he'd listened to 4MMM's radio both with the Commonwealth Games. JOHN HENZELL looks advertisements) and sat down in his favourite chair. Opening a G;imcs Special XXXX, he could'vc turned at who's making money out of the Games. on the television where he would'vc been told that he should 'Shine on Brisbane' and to 'Be there, be llicrc, be there, be there on the day'. When 'On their marks' (about competitors' prcjiar- ations for the Games) was finished, he could have sur­ prised his wife by giving her some Games symbol car- rings or pendants or brooch. On going to bed, he could have used a stuffed Matilda (made in Taiwan) as a pillow as he fell asleep on Sealy's Matilda, the Games bed. Inspiring stuff. It can be said with a good deal of ccrtainity that Dan Whitehead didn't do that, but he certainly did have the opportunity. While the Brisbane Games have spread a great deal of sporting goodwill among the Commonwealth nations, il has also instigated the great­ est (in quantity, no quality) advertising line that Bris­ bane has ever seen, Mike Browning, Advertising Manager of the Games Foundation, claimed th.it the question of ihe Games becoming too commercial must be balanced by whether or not il would have been better t'or the Government lo foot the bill than the private sector. The probicm of Games funding is a complex one. If the Games were Government funded, il would mean that there would be SIO million less that could have been spent on public services. But worse than ihc monetary factors, it would mean that the organisation of the Games would have been done by politicians and would suffer from all the bureaucratic problems that arc associated witli ihc political system. "Wc are on target with the Games budget. As Dan Whitehead has said again and again, there will be no debt for the Government at the end of these Games," Mr Browning said. The Games had 26 major sponsors as well as about 90 minor sponsors, 46 licencee companies, they pay a royalty to the Foundation based on the sales of the products bearing the Commonwealth Games symbols. The Foundation Is quick with dealing with the un­ authorised use of the Games symbol. "If someone is using the Games symbol illegally, we take legal action. We have to protect the rights of the Foy^i^fori and we have to protect the people that HSre^giVdi money," he said. Mike :3r6vJlning claimed that two or three companies

'mdi "A lot of people are using thfr^C^lni^ per se," Mil^e"'*'!"!. Browning claimed, 'ijbwc are tKings^i'liiceUhe gdid Ford :.^;/: Meteor QEll, they*i^ttiing to'.do Wttfi^tis,''-<„-v, ~^^t;i^ Ford \vas oncifif^V^ny compartiw tha^Wpugh't "^^^^ out. Gamer- s s pcct^sues'aii'a way of bencfitinV^frofti.lhe-.-i^« . " Commonweailth'tajmel s wjtbout actually paying lT(or!W'.4<>i to the Games Foundation >,> The gold Ford;,Meteor QEII is k staraani^Met|bf:,.-/;-^j ^. with unique cloth^4edt\covering, better wheels _at3(lj^''i>:;|;^ tyres, custopi gfgpr}^.st^ping, commferorative b*aBges^i-^p and a special Gamiirl'gold medal • facsirtllie keyring^*'' "'^' Other advertisJD^ftistered an ajmostfinpistic State .-^l^.*'^. pride. Mostly itiSyP^I^TfcOtitlnuation of existing adverj-V-ir?'

Before the.darjiesfB'f^'e'a great issue ih the lives of QueenslandeB^ ,we:Hacl,a(f$ tliat tofd us how great it was to liveMfo-e; •Thfe'^afi'k of Quieenstand claim'ed:«, that 'Yotgcan^Urtfbri'*aX3ueens|aodcKYi'hilc X>fX)< '^ used to«%'Whaajrnatt ado you like'^iiBoiitiQueenslandlike'^^Boul^QueenjIand? ^v WhatrntjE^s^wfeTiesHebestAtosiestate?*,t Ajjssinctatp'?*^' "^'Wn l ,':' 'i^- Errol ^tew fts .conriifui^ the lifind.^Kit'h:their iinglci.^X-;> 'We're QueensUnderstnders^|@:^i*'bn'j t l|f you "dbv^^n', but the^^i Golden Peahl^< ;A^^yTgoe JD^goess toto th&e coniftertial.ijrging^^^^^conjfiwrtial.ijrging^^'-'^ t people to bu»r '^guWnslari d madHoods. %VnC aloni?r|^ the lines dfi~''Wfl ^ made the-Mte the greaitcst in the|^ land ,..' "^ - < ^,^, f Nobody was naiW'enough to think that;the i:ponsors gave their money for altruistically sporting motives but the .Tiileage that some of the companies are getting from their sponsorship dollar is considerable. Sealy, who provided the beds for the Games Village at a discounted price, released 'Matilda', the Games bed. Not that their 'Matilda' bed is the same as the one that is used in the Games Village - nobody cares about minor points like that. Besides, as Sealy points out, they are both posturepeadic. — continued on following page

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In Australia as in other countries, legislative and other changes have for some years been made to enable women to enjoy societal oppor­ tunities and privileges to the same exteiM as Harrassment Contacts men. At the same time, sexual harassment, more frequent­ ly directed towards women than men, has been shown to be a serious form of oppression which may occur in the home, the workplace and the place of learning, Frank Tiil,^ in a research report published by the U.S. National Advisory Council on Women's Education­ al Programme distinguishes five general types of harass­ ment in educational settings: gcncraffsed sexist remarks or behaviour; inappropriate and offensive but sanction- free sexual advances; solicitation of sexual activity or other sex-linked behavour by promising rewards; coercion of sexual activity by threats; and sexual assaults. Till's research showed that harassment was often unreported because of students' fear of the conseque­ nces of reporting. Sandler^ points out that sexual har­ assment of students can produce such results as physical symptoms, depression, loss of interest In education, forced changes in educational plans and feelings of helplessness. The University of Queensland Act 1965-1981 states that the University shall not discriminate against any person on the grounds of that person's sex, religion or colour. Apart from this legislative requirement, an important consideration is the desirability of maintain­ ing ethical standards in keeping with the principles and traditions of a centre of tertiary scholarship. t_C ^v..*'«•••—. During 1981 a number of persons and groups on campus were alerted by action being taken elsewhere staff and students to be self-critical and aware of the sexual harassrnent involving staff or students arc: in Australia and overseas to the desirability of diminish­ possible effects of their behaviour and sensitive to the Professor G.N. Davies, Deputy Vicc-Ciiancellor ing, or preferably preventing, instances of sexual harrass- attitude of others in order to minimise the possibility (Academic) Ph. 377 3372 ment here. of harassment. Professor E,R, Chamberlain, Head, Dcpt. of Social Work In response to that concern the Vice-Chanccllor This means that the Committee sees its major role Ph. 377.2507 established a panel of six persons to act as points of as educational and preventive. On the other hand it will Dr j. Irwin, Director, Health Service Ph. 377.2545 contact for persons who consider they arc being sub­ not hesitate to recommend appropriate disciplinary Dr M.C. Grassic, Deputy President, Academic Board jected to sexual harassment and from time to time the action where it regards this as warranted. The Univer­ Ph. 377.3273 panel meets as the Committee on Sexual Harassment. sity has a clear responsibility to take up cases of harass­ Dr H.W. Thiele, Director, Counselling Services During the period over which the Committee has ment of students by staff. Ph. 377.2993 been meeting, complaints of sexual harassment have It also regards itself as having a responsibility to con­ Ms F. Kingham, Secretary, University of Qld. Union been considered. To date, these have essentially con­ sider allegations of harassment in other cases, for ex­ Ph. 371.1611 cerned remarks or actions which proved unwelcome ample, of staff by staff and particularly of students by to their recipients and which might reasonably have students. -G.N. DAVIES been considered harassment by them. In Statute 13, which cover student discipline, 'mis­ Deputy Vice-chancellor Complaints are dealt with under conditions of con­ conduct' is defined as: (Academic) fidentiality. If the Committee is convinced that sexual 'conduct on the part of a student which impairs 1. Till, Frank ], Sexual Harassment: A Report on ihc Sexual harassment tnay have occurred, or has occurred, it will the reasonable freedom of other persons to pursue Harassment of Students. Research report, National Advisory take what it considers to be appropriate action under their studies, researches, duties or lawful activities Council on Women's Educational Programs, August 1980. the circumstances. in the University or upon University premises or to 2. Sandler, Bornlce R., ct al. Sexual Harassment: A Hidden It is likely that in some cases of harassment the participate in the life of the University or is other­ Problem. Educational Record 1981,62, 52-57. person responsible fails to perceive the effect produced wise detrimental to the proper conduct of the upon the recipient. It is also possible that some cases of University'; rXv perceived harassment are related to the sensitivity of in addition, it expressly includes unlawfully assaulting the recipient. a person on University premises. Nevertheless, the effects may be profound and last­ The' members of the panel, who can be contacted ing. The purpose of the Committee is to encourage under confidential conditions to receive complaints of

John Sands jumped on the Games enthusiasm band­ The public reaction to the commercial funding of wagon by producing 'The Sands Games', a board game the Games has generally been positive among people based on the Commonwealth Games in which players who are aware of the practicalities involved. had the opportunity lo win Gold, Silver and Bronze Sporting purists, those people claim that the Games medals. should be purely for sport and not have anything to do And then there arc the souvenirs. If you thought with advertising, can claim to be idealistic. Less charit­ that Pierre Cardin made a wide range of apparel, you able people might call them naive. Whatever, they don't obviously haven't seen the Games Collection. seem to be anything more than a small minority. The Brisbane Mall was filled by people, locals and Talking to interstate and overseas tourists, the major­ tourists alike, wearing T-shirts, sweat shirts, jackets, ity of people who have come to see the Games accept jumpers, scarves and leg warmers (scarves and leg warm­ that commercial spinoffs are inevitable. ers in a city that hit 34 degrees in the week before the As a Victorian said, "Even if there wasn't any official Games began!), emblazoned with Matilda or other sponsorship or licencing, the companies and manu­ Games symbols. facturers would cash in on the Games, so it's just as well On the Gold Coast, a large number of women could that the Games Foundation gets some money out of it." be seen wearing the Games bikinis. The competitors themselves treat it philosophically. There was jewellery available to match the Games "If the Games were being funded by the Govern­ clothing. All the manufacturers from the Queen Street ment then the facilities probably wouldn't have been' as jewellers to Woolworths and K Mart showed their range good as they actually are," is the way one Canadian put of Games rings, keyrings, earrings, badges, brooches, it. tic pins etc. Although most tended to accept that the Common­ If the tourists had bought too much clothing and wealth Games were irreversably paired with commercial­ jewellery, they needn't have worried for there was a isation, several commented on the fact that the Brisbane — from previous page Games bag to put it all in. Games seemed to be more commercial than previous Beer has carried the brunt of the Games-derived If their Games Special beer was getting warm in Games. advertising. the hot Queensland sun, then the purchase of a Games Idealistic as one can be, there is no denial that the XXXX (another major sponsor) and Brisbane Bitter ice bucket or stubby holder was a virtual necessity . .. Games is an expensive affair. cans are both covered with Games logos depicting vari­ An extra mode of sales that was expected was not Despite the Games Foundation's economising (for ous sports. This may have eased the consciences of the welcomed. The Queensland Consumer Affairs Bureau example, using volunteer workers wherever possible) drivers who idly threw their empties out of their car publicly warned tourists about 'southern con men' who and sponsoring, the ticket prices are still expensive. windows. were coming to Brisbane for the Games. The commercialisation of the Games has meant that millions of tourist dollars have gone Queensland's way. XXXX went one further by releasing 'Games Special'. Without old favourites like aluminium siding to use, But while the tourists brought their cameras, their Rather than just a redesigned label, Games Special the field was wide open for the get-rich-quick scheme suntan lotion and Uieir summer clothes, they needed was in a new bottle and was half as alcoholic again proponents. But as Joh keeps telling us, Queensland is to bring their cheque books too. as normal XXXX. the state for free enterprise. Semper-4 But it isn't the opposition from lawyers which will cause Mr Fraser the most trouble. Rather it is the oppos­ ition from within his own Party. The Western Australian branch of the Liberal Party and most of the Members of Parliament of that state are opposed to the legislation. The President of the WA branch, Mr. Ian Warner, went so far as to publish a large advertisement in a Perth newspaper which attack­ ed the Government's decision to introduce the retro­ spective legislation. In the advertisement Mr Warner wrote: "We believe the lure of retrospective tax legislation is too easy a temptation for expedient politicians to get out of self-inflicted trouble, in a belated demonstration that they arc doing their job". While other Liberal MPs have been a little more reticent there are a few notable Liberals who will cross the floor to oppose the Bill. One of these is Senator Neville Bonnor who believes that retrospective legis­ mcntKC lation is totally contrary to the Liberal Party's philos­ ophy. "The Prime Minister and his Cabinet are determined to go ahead with it, I cannot and will not support it. "I don't support tax evasion orany of that stuff that has been going on, I don't support it one little bit. But let's introduce a law to outlaw it now, not five or six years ago, but outlaw it now so that we stop people from doing those things. "As I understand it there are quite a number of members of the House of Representatives who will not support the Bill and will cross the floor and vote against it. "I doubt if there is sufficient to block the Bill be­ cause with the support of the Executive, and those who do support the Government in this issue plus the Op­ position, it will go through the House, I can't at this stage, say what number in the Senate is of the same opinion as I am and so there is a strong likelihood that it will pass through the Senate. "But that is on the Executive's hands, they forced the issue and they will have to live with it." And indeed over the next few weeks the Fraser Government may find it increasingly difficult to live with the division the legislation threatens to cause within the Party. That Fraser had to resort to an address to the nation concerned with demonstrating the necessity for retros­ pectivity is significant, according to Dr. Paul Reynolds, Senior Lecturer in Government at the University of Queensland. "The statement to the nation by the Prime Minister The Costigan Report bought to light the nature of tax was basically an appeal to the public over the heads avoidance in Australia. In an attempt to regain some of the of the Liberal Party to try to generate, or, at least, capitalise upon the groundswell of opinion in favour lost tax, the Federal Government is in the process of intro­ of retrospective legislation designed to catch blatant tax avoiders in the rather dubious schemes they have ducing retrospective tax measures. IAN COOK evaluates the been operating. "I think the hope is that the recalcitrants within implications of retrospective tax. the Liberal Party will see that the public is on side in this issue then they will not make too many waves for in his attempt to regain ground lost over the emphasised that the actions of tax avoiders in creating the Prime Minister." tax avoidance issue Mr Fraser may be placing artificial schemes was immoral and unfair to all other Dr Reynolds said that the retrospective tax legis­ Party unity at risk by giving the proposed tax * Australians. lation issue was one which was good pragmatic politics laws retrospective effect. Fraser's address was one designed to develop support if Mr Fraser could get the Bill passed without the oppos­ within the Australian community for his proposals and Significant elements of the Liberal Party have public­ ition within the Party becoming too significant, and ly announced an opposition to retrospectivity but in as a result pressure the potential waverers in the Party particularly so long as Mr Fraser did not have to rely on spite of this, Mr Fraser is pushing ahead with a Bill to toe the Fraser line. the support of the Labor Party to pass the legislation, which in the long run may prove a political embarass- "Fairness" represents the rally cry of the pro- due to back bench opposition. ment and cause even further disaffection with his leader­ retrospective people. Against this the opponents of "In one sense this is an issue which brings together ship. retrospectivity believe that in principle any legislation economics and ideology for the more right wing mem­ with retrospective effect should be opposed, since what Clearly, Fraser had to move quickly to close loop­ bers of the Liberal Party, but also as far as some ele­ it does is make something legal, (though, perhaps, ments of the backbench are concerned it's just an­ holes within taxation laws and recover some of the vast immoral) into something illegal after the act was legally amounts of money lost by the Government through other way-station in the general long march from wel­ tax avoidance, as detailed in the McCabe-Lafranchi done. fare economics and interventionist government. and Costigan reports. Tlie Australian legal fraternity is amongst the groups "But of course, there has been a lot of speculation which opposes absolutely any form "of retrospectivity within the Party about Fraser's leadership and so on However, tax legislation with retrospective effect is in any legislation. opposed by the Western Australian branch of the Party, and it may well be that a section of the backbench is The President of the Queensland Law Society, Mr. prepared to systematically defy Fraser because of the other individuals within the backbench and even some John Waddley, believes that while most people may members of Cabinet have been reported as having Withers' case, the Moore and MacKellar case, the ele­ reservations about what Fraser is trying to do. support the introduction of retrospective tax legis­ ments of the Peacock support, so you have a whole lation on economic grounds it should be opposed on series of cross currents in the Liberal backbench so you There is not doubt that the Bills will be passed principle. since the Labor Party supports the principle of retros­ can't say that there is a group opposed to Fraser. "The danger of retrospective legislation is that it "It is unlikely that the revolt on this issue will go pectivity in tax legislation but if Fraser is forced to rely can create a precedent, and precedents are very import­ much beyond the economic drys, on the otherhand, on Labor support to push the Bills through it will be ant as much of our legal system is based on precedent. embarassing for the Liberal Party and himself as leader. Once a precedent has been established it can always be it will be another factor in the general dissatisfaction The issue, however, is something of a rarity in Aus­ cited to say we can introduce more of the same type of within the Government's ranks." tralian politics in that it involves matters of principle. legislation." But time is running out for the Fraser Government for not only does it have to get the legislation through The supporters of retrospective tax legislation argue Mr Waddley said that retrospectivity would make the that it is necessary to counteract the artificial schemes lawyer's task in advising citizens of their rights under the without the disunity over the issue becoming too ob­ constructed to deny the Government money which is law very difficult because they could only base their vious, but also the legislation must be put into effect, legitimately due. advice on the law as it stood at the time and couldn't and be seen to have been put into effect. Further, It is said that when these taxes are not foresee how the law would be changed. And even if this is done there is no guarantee that the paid to the Government the tax burden on those who do Fraser Government will come out less than badly mauled pay up increases and it is unjust to allow this to happen. He said that it was unfortunate that the issue of ret­ over the whole issue, as Dr Reylonds points out: However, another argument which is less often cited rospectivity arose with respect to tax legislation. "To date, the Fraser Government has lost on the tax Is that retrospective tax legislation would demonstrate However, Mr Waddley said that some aspect of avoidance issue because nobody has very satisfactorily that the Government is prepared to pursue money which retrospectivity may be unobjectionable so long as it explained why the Government didn't act when it has been tost in the past as soon as it became aware of was intended to rectify cases where fraud was being became aware of the problems in the mid 1970s." the schemes which were employed. The result being that perpetrated; this was not the case here. 1982 has not been a particularly good year for the the tax avoidance industry would always be open to "The legislation as proposed as we understand it, Fraser Government and it will be even worse if Fraser's the threat that taxes artifically avoided may in the long will catch not only cases where an element of fraud gamble does not pay off and he cannot get the back­ run be identified and recouped. exists, but also where there was an innocent partici­ bench to support him or to be less vocal in their In his address to the nation, the Prime Minister pation in the tax scheme." opposition.

Semper-5 In the light of the spiralling arms different things. Sure a nuclear power In conjunction with similar interest race, scientists are the modern plant accident like Three Mile Island groups such as the Victorian Association scapegoats. When the mushroom (in America, 1979) is a tragedy, but that's for Peace Studies, SANA will provide clouds start rolling' over, they'll nothing compared to what will happen information on weapons and their effects in the event of a nuclear war,' says Pro­ to Members of Parliament, the media, be the ones to get the blame for it fessor Mason. or any interested group. all. •In "The Fate of the Earth" by johna- SANA will also publish a regular Yet not all scientists arc prepared to thon Schell it's been fairly well docu­ bulletin and the members, either collect­ accept the Judas role of the modern mented that with a nuclear war than ively or as individuals, v/ill contribute scientist, selling out humanity for pieces virtually all life on earth will be wiped to scientific or other publications. of silver. out. Professor Mason said that because of The Association of Scientists Against 'There's been a world-wide reaction the specialisation in scientific research Nuclear Arms (SANA) are a group of against this. Over in New York recently most scientists worked on problems with people interested in science who feel there were one million people marching no regard for the application of what they have a responsibility to halt and against the build up of nuclear arms. they were researching. reverse the arms race. As such scientists are just part of a larger 'Originally the title was pronounced movement,' says Professor Mason. He described how during the Vietnam as "Sarna", but now we prefer "Sana" War scientists had replaced steel with as in sane, because that's what we'd The organisation is quick to dispel plastic in anti-personnel bombs so they like to think we're doing - injecting any notions of elitism about itself. At could not be detected by X-rays. some sanity into the whole nuclear the inaugural meeting there were several "They didn't listen to the screams of debate,' says Professor Peter Mason, people who shyly admitted they knew the children, they didn't even hear them Professor of Physics at Macquaric Uni­ nothing about science, but were inter­ because they were so busy thinking about versity in Sydney and the main speaker ested in being part of such a movement. X-ray absorption of different polymers. at the inaugural meeting of SANA. 'They are as welcome as anyone else 'I would suggest that you can't do The title of the organisation also to join,' said Professor Mason. science responsibly without, in your stresses that the scientists arc opposed Although part of the wider protest own mind, following through the possible to nuclear arms, and not necessarily to movement against the arms race, SANA 'implications as far as you can,' said nuclear power. intends to remain as politically indep­ Professor Mason. 'Your'rc talking about two completely endent as possible. -ANDREW FRASER

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.^S3 !^^T^^*^??^-:-'^'^^iS^-^^^^i and facts will be passed on by the five percent who spoke with us." .^?>^ In Bundaberg, residents were writing :tS^ to the Editor of the local paper about 'Woobora' weeks after the bike riders had moved further north. Once the riders had reached Towns- '^;:..^ ville things began to heat up. The news editorial appealed to the City Council not to officially welcome the riders. The reason it gave was that four of the riders had painted peace slogans on a bill­ '^^^ board advertising a brand of cigarettes, and that not all citizens were anti- uranium. The Mayor of Townsville did official­ ly greet the riders and helped them plant forty-seven trees in the pattern of ^^*; a peace symbol measuring forty metres "^^^^^^i across. This area is to become Queens­ 'Cis.^^s^.'-s::-- land's first Peace Park. After this the group were raided by police in the early hours under the notorious Health Act Paul Marshall The peace movement has created people is a just one. Without justice accused the police in Townsville of more interest recently than ever there can not be peace and that's what trying to 'damage the credibility and standing of the World Bike Ride and before and is an issue v^'hich should we are striving for... peace." our cause'. concern every man, woman and Mr Marshall said he doesn't believe that Australians are apathetic towards The group has left more permanent child. After all, the thought of issues such as uranium mining. "They reminders of their stay in Townsville, total annihilation is not a very, feel that the arms race and nuclear war including the Peace Park and an Atomic pleasant one. is inevitable. Free Embasssy which sits outside the However when it comes to an issue of "We know that it's not inevitable and main gates of the Ben Lomond Uranium such magnitude, many people prefer tak­ that with public opinion throughout the Mine near Townsville. Visitors to the ing a back seat. There are at least forty- world swinging in favour of peace mine are greeted by the residents of the five Australians who are prepared to and anti-uranium groups, ordinary people Embassy with chants of "You're entering make some contribution to peace. can become unified to do something a death zone". These forty-five people are the mem­ about these issues." The riders peddled their bikes into bers of 'Woobora', a group promoting Another member of 'Woobora', Kathy Darwin July 19 but have since split up peace throughout Australia from their McDonald, stressed the importance of for a time. Some members continued bicycle seats. communicating at the 'grass roots' level. across to V/estern Australia, others came In March, these people began a World "We meet the people In a town. We back to Brisbane and the rest stayed Bike Ride for Peace in Canberra and go to the schools, the pubs, the streets. in Darwin. have since travelled along the east coast Anywhere we can speak to people." An advance party has travelled to to Darwin. The bike riders hold forums and Japan to join in the rememberance The group Is concerned with the min­ debates, show films and entertain the ceremonies in the Peace Park at Hiro­ ing and exporting of uranium, the arms town's people with street theatre and shima. This group is waiting to be joined race, B-52 landings and Aboriginal Land sing-a-longs. by the rest of the group, who are present­ Rights. The members of 'Woobora' Paul Marshall explained that it wasn't ly raising money to buy a yacht, the believe that their peace mission encom­ important to attract the whole popu­ 'Hati Sentosa' ('Peaceful Heart'). passes other issues such as land rights, lation to a forum. The total cost of this yacht will be Paul Marshall, who started the ride "If five percent of the population between $30-40,000, and the group re­ in Canberra, said that their interests come along and hear what we have to quires sponsors before it can make this lie in common sense and justice. "The say then we've done our job. The debate exercise a truly international one. fight for land rights by the aboriginal has been Initiated by us :nd the issues -GAVIN ALDER

Senrper-6 Queensland University Union has subtle approach of the other joke parties, while several members of her team who stuck with the middle of the the Reformed Psuedo Post Neo-Neoist had left parked cars returned to find road following the recent Union Party and the jobby Party, failed to win them with panels bashed In. elections. many votes. Last year's good natured rivalry that The Students Welfare Action Team The National Civic Council-backed existed on the doors of the refectory (S.W.A-T.), a team composed predomi- Friends -of Univeristy of Queensland where teams handed out their how-to- natly of A.L.P. members, swept all the failed to win any executive positions and vote cards was absent, with friends of executive positions and most of the this failure will make it almost impossible long standing who had worked together faculty positions it contested. for the N.C.C. to maintain any sort of in the past, completely Ignoring each Fleur Kingham, the current Union profile on campus next year. other for hours at a stretch. Secretary, becomes the first female While voting was mainly along party The campaign was not confined to President of the Union in it's 72 years lines, some independents managed to gain the University campus. Motorists on of operation. office. The perpetual independent Sir Fred Schonell Drive, during election In contrast to last year, when S.W.A.T. Gordon Curtis was most prominent in week, were exhorted to vote for four hastily rallied it's forces the day before this regard, winning a position on the different candidates. nominations closed, this year the engineer­ executive as Part Timers Vice President. Altogether about 2,500 students voted ing of tickets started before the May John Henzell and Phillip Malksham in the elections, a number slightly down by-election. won the battle for Semper, although on last year's turnout. Yet with 15% The 1981 election saw a victory for there is some doubt that this pair will of students voting the situation con­ S.W.A.T. which was at that stage, a actually occupy the editors' chairs next trasts favourably with some southern coalition of left and centre groups against year. campuses, where some elections are a team which was identified as being on A disturbing feature of this camp­ won by students who find it sufficent the right, through the Liberal Party affili­ aign was the bitterness that has not been to persuade all their friends tb vote for ations of it's leader, Barry Atkins. present the last few years. One prominent them. While S.W.A.T. came Into power this candidate had her car tyres let down. -ANDREW FRASER year as a happy coalition, throughout the year the centre and left factions have clashed on many occassions, and it came as no surprise to see the Education Action Team (E.A.T.) running against S.W.A.T. S.W.A.T. campaigned heavily on a continuation of the present style of administration, while E.A.T.'s slogan, 'If you're hungry for a change, vote E.A.T.' epitomised their policy of making the Union a more progressive institution. However, E.A.T. proved to be no real challenger to S.W.A.T. and were beaten for most places on the executive by what started off as a joke team, S.W.A.P.O. (Students Who Are Pissed Off). S.W.A.P.O. capitalized on a backlash /-^ '1 against the Union by students who were not interested in pondering the intricacies of campus politics. S.W.A.P.O. threaten to run again next year, and should they adopt slightly more serious policies they '-..-'•^^ could be a big threat. V '-^^fQ. / This year their policies centred mainly on consumption of alcohol, but the more .tt^ ''^^''^tfyi4\M^ m ^ rare moment ^JT^^^^'t^m O^} » fci.iii'T.it?!,.

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Very few people who voted in come in and said 'I'/.i not going to bore Only four of those interviewed the Union elections were satis­ you with electionpropoganda -just vote expressed a positive attitude towards the fied they knew enough about the for me.' You don't know a thing about Union. "/ think the Union is very import­ candidates to make an informed them." (Agriculture) ant in the University." (Medicine) "We'd decision, according to a survey Among people who did vote many be stuffed without the Union." (Arts) conducted by Semper during elect­ said they would have liked to have had Of the students who didn't vote, more information, even though they ion week. about half had no attitude at all towards were prepared to make do with what they the Union. "I'm too lazy." (Arts) "/ 150 people were asked n the survey had. forgot they were on." (Science) "/ if they had voted, why they had or hadn't "/ voted because I think it's import­ haven't got time," (Science) voted, and if they knew enough about ant to have the right people In there, the candidates. even though I don't know who they'd Most students who didn't vote had an The survey was conducted by asking 6e."(Arts) overwhelming negative attitude towards people around university these questions. Most people who voted did so out of the Union and the value of voting in the A (Jeliberate attempt was made to get a sense of civic responsibility. elections. away from polling areas, as this was "/ want to see responsible manage­ "The people I would like to vote for where election fervour was highest. ment in the Union." (Architecture) would be people doing a course that Among the 150 people interviewed "/ want to get some value for the money requires a high I.E. score such as Vet., 65 had voted, 65 had not voted, and did that I pay." (Musk) Engineering, or Agriculture, because I not intend to vote, while 19 people were However of tiie 65 students who did think they're more practical. not sure if they were going to vote or not. vote, 41 expressed a negative attitude "My Idea Is that practical people don't As the survey was conducted late in towards the Union. follow elections with the fanaticism of the week it is probable that a good pro­ "I've voted but the people running Arts students. That why Arts students portion of this last group did not vote. seem like a mob of idiots." (Human always win. The reason I'm not going Of the 150 only two said they knew Movements) "The candidates were all to vote is because if I was going to vote enough about the candidates and their Arts pooftahs." (Science) "/ didn't want I'd vote for S.W.A.P.O. and the reason policies to make a decision they were to vote, but when I walked Into the I'm not going to vote for them is because completely happy with. While about refectory all these people put pieces of they're not serious." (Engineering) half of the sample voted, a common paper Into my hand so It seemed easiest The belief that the Union was the pre­ response among those who didn't vote to vote. It's all a bit of a wank really." serve of Arts students was expressed by was that they would have if they knew (Law) six Engineering students and one Science more about what was happening. student. This assessment is rather puzzl­ "/ can't really see much point In Twenty of those who voted had an ing in view of the largest group on the voting as I don't know anytliing about ambivalent attitude towards the Union. Executive being Law students. the candidates. A few odd people have "I'm at a cojlege and it's easy to vote." - ANDREW FRASER

Semper-7 The Archer River case, which was the cause of the Queensland Government's challenge to the Racial Discrimination Act, has been in a state of Ijmbo while the constitutional question was determined in the High Court. With the May decision, upholding the validity of the Act, the Queensland Government will now have to de­ fend, in the Supreme Court, its refusal to allow the purchase of a property at Archer River, in the far north of the State, for a group of Aborigines. Although this case has so far been overshadowed by the constitutional issue, the Supreme Court ruling will also be a crucial test of the legislation. This is the first time that legal action has been taken under the Racial Discrimination Act - and it may en-' courage other actions, including a parallel case against the Queensland Government over another property in the Gulf country, which is already pending. The legislation is now 7 years old and the Community Relations Commissioner, Al Grassby, who administers the Act, has issued a number of certificates enabling legal action to be taken. When Mr, Grassby cleared the way for the Archer River case to proceed in the courts, a total of 8 certificates had been issued. But, until the taking out of a writ against the Queens- Inad Government a year ago, in April, none of those certificates had been acted upon. The reasons for this apparent reluctance to take discrimination cases to court can be put down to a variety of factors, some of which should become clear in the following outline of the long and complex sequence of events that goes to make up the story of the Archer River case. And, as the Community Relations Commissioner has often pointed out, it must be remembered that groups likely to be the subject of discrimination are also likely to be the disadvantaged of our society, without ready access to legal advice, and intimidated by legal proceed­ ings. The writ against the Queensland Government was taken out by an Aborigine, John Koowarta, on behalf of himself and the Winychanam Aboriginal Group. It alleges discrimination on the part of the State Cabinet In refusing to permit the lease transfer for a cattle pro­ perty at Archer River, neighbouring what was the Auru- kun Aboriginal Reserve, on Cape York. ^tEiI><.VMt.f+-^ The dispute goes back a long way, to 1973, when Mr Koowarta from Aurukun raised the question of the purchase of the land with the Federal Department of Aboriginal Affairs. He claimed that his people had Following the landmark High Court decision, validating the Racial traditional ties with the land and with seven sacred sites Discrimination Act, the stage is now set for the first legal action under on the land. The Winychanam people also planned to run the the Act to proceed, in a case of alleged discrimination by the Queens­ property as a business enterprise which would have land Government. allowed them to be independent of life on the Abor­ iginal reserve, under the rule of the Queensland Govern­ In this report SHAUN HOYT backgrounds the Archer River story. ment. The series of events over the next eight years, leading up to the issuing of the writ last year, then went as follows: * November 1975; An offer of $50,000 from the Federal Aboriginal Land Fund Commission (now

Semper ~-8 the Aboriginal Development Commission) to buy But, as solicitor for Mr. Koowarta, Greg Mclntyre, As well as pointing out this legal loophole, the the Archer River property on behalf of the Winy­ points out, if that acquisition requires legal action then, letter also asserted that 'there has been no discrim­ chanam people was accepted by the Company that as the Archer River case has shown, it will be a lengthy ination as is alledged', and that 'the constitutional owned the property. Archer River Pastoral Hold­ procedure which, under the Act, must first go through validity of the Act is disputed.' ing, and a contract was settled to the consent of the stages of conciliation, presided over by the Com­ "' July 1979; Mr Grassby issued a certificate under the Queensland Lands Minister. munity Relation Commissioner. the Racial Discrimination Act, Section 24(3), * July 1976; The Aboriginal Land Fund Com­ The Queensland Government has expressed concern enabling the complainant (the Winychanam mission was advised that the Queensland Govern­ that the High Court decision could lead to what it sees Aboriginal group) to take the dispute before the ment had refused to give approval for the lease as a further infringement of State rights. courts. transfer. However, its to be expected that a Government which Such a certificate can only be issued after the * October 1976; The then Queensland Lands has consistently blocked attempts to purchase land in Community Relations Commissioner is satisfied Minister, Ken Tomkins, wrote to an executive Queensland for Aborigines will not alter that policy that all possible avenues of conciliation have been of Archer River Pastoral Holding, Mr Broinowski, merely because the Racial Discrimination Act has been explored, and have failed. suggesting alternative ways in which the company judged legitimate. Mr Grassby said that when conciliation failed, could dispose of the property. * December 1976; In a Ministerial statement to he issued the certificate on the grounds that: 'It Mr Tomkins said that the National Parks and the Queensland Pariiament, Mr Tomkins re­ is illegal in Australia to descriminate on grounds of Wildlife Service'may be interested' in the property, affirmed this policy, saying that the Cabinet race, or colour, or ethnic background, or place of but that this branch didn't have 'a lot of money to attitude remained unchanged and: 'that in accor­ birth. acquire properties over an area as large as this'. dance with such policy as it is considered that suf­ It was clearly stated by the Ministers and The letter goes on: 'the other point that I felt may ficient land in Queensland is already reserved and implemented, by the two public servants, that land be the best prospect for you and you Company available for use and benefit of aborigines, no that was bought by Aboriginal people was not was that it may be possible to establish a wood consent be given to the transfer of Archer River permitted to be taken up by them on the grounds chip industry there, , . , . and you may see fit to Pastoral Holding, No. 4785, to the Aboriginal of the fact that they were Aboriginal people.' contact . . . Comalco, as I do know that this Land Fund Commission.' * April 1982; After nearly two years, awaiting Company has been investigating the possibility of * May 1977; The matter is referred to Community acceptance of an application for legal aid from the establishing such an industry in the Peninsula for Relations Commissioner, Al Grassby, who then Commonwealth's Aboriginal and Torres Strait some years now.' wrote to Mr Tomkins, drawing attention to the Islander Legal Service, John Koowarta, repres­ * October 1976; The then Federal Minister for the Minister's statement in Parliament, and express­ enting the Winychanam people, issued a Supreme Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Ian Vincr, ing the view that the Queensland Cabinet policy Court writ against members of the Queensland wrote to Mr Tomkins, asking him to reconsider was discriminatory and that any action to imple­ Cabinet for a breach of Section 12 of the Racial his decision. ment the policy constituted an unlawful act under Discrimination Act. The case was then removed • In replying, Mr Tomkins quoted a Queensland Section 12 of the Racial Discrimination Act. to the High Court by the Federal Attorney Gener­ Cabinet policy dating back to 1972: 'The Queens­ According to Mr Grassby, there was no reply al, Senator Peter Durack. land Government has long and formal policies to that letter and after waiting more than ten * May 1982; The High Court rules in a split de­ relating to the administration of lands for the months two further letters were sent to Mr. cision (4/3 majority) that the Act is constitutional benefit of the Aboriginal population of this Tomkins' successor as Queensland's Lands Min­ under the Federal Government's external affairs State, and as part of those policies, the Govern­ ister, Nev Hewitt, who also failed to reply. power to implement international treaties in this ment docs not view favourably acquisition of lands * June 1978; A compulsory conference was held case, the United Nations Convention on the Elimi­ for development by Aboriginals, or by Aboriginal in Canberra with representatives of the Winy­ nation of All Forms of Racial Discriminafion. groups in isolation.' chanam people, the Aboriginal Land Fund Com­ The Archer River case was then returned to the Queensland Supreme Court for hearing. Mr, Mclntyre says there arc precedents, such as the mission, and the Uniting Church, which had settlement reached over the Framlingham Forest, in entered the dispute in support of the Aboriginal Prime Minister Fraser's electorate in Victoria. group. The outcome of the Archer River legal action will * July 1978; Two Queensland Government Minis­ itself be a significant precedent as this is not the only ters, and two public servants boycott a compul­ Ironically, with legal action ready to proceed, after instance in which the Queensland Government has sory conference called in Brisbane by Mr Grassby, ail the years over which the dispute has dragged on, it applied its policy against the acquisition of land by under the provisions of the Racial Discrimin­ is now impossible for the Winychanam people to secure Aborigines. ation Act. the Archer River property. Two other case? which have been cited are the block­ Those directed to attend the conference were The reason is simple. It was declared the Archer ing by the State Department of Aboriginal and Islander the then Lands Minister, Mr. Hewitt; the previous Bend National Park by the State Government in 1977. Advancement of negotiation for the development of a Lands Minister, Mr. Tomkins; the Director of the Consequently, the writ taken out against the Queens­ caravan park by the Aboriginal Burdell Co-operative Queensland Department of Aboriginal and Islander land Government is not couched in terms of seeking in North Queensland. Advancement Mr Kllloran; and Chairperson of the land. Instead, it seeks a declaration of discrimination by And, on Thursday Island, in the Torres Strait, a simi-' Land Administration Commission, Mr. Hcffernan. the Cabinet, and an injunction restraining it from again lar case occurred when the Queensland Lands Depart­ All four failed to attend, but, what did turn acting in such a way. ment refused to transfer the lease that would have al­ up, was a letter on their behalf from the Queens­ The writ also seeks damages for loss of dignity, lowed the Islander Co-operative to acquire eight blocks land Crown Solicitor. It was addressed to Mr. humiliation and injury to feelings. of land for a housing development Grassby and argued that 'no good purpose would Greg Mclntyre, the Cairns solicitor representing Most likely to be the cause of further legal action, be served by their appearance as that Act (the Mr. Koowarta, has proposed another form of com­ under the Racial Discrimination Act, is another dispute, Racial Discrimination Act) does not require tliem pensation which will be dependent on the outcome already mentioned, in which the Lands Department-has to make any statement or answer any question, . of the court action. If the plan is carried through, re­ recently prevented the Australian Development Com­ and as they would be obliged to adopt such a presentation will be made on bchlf of the Aborigines mission from buying another large property for Queens­ stand, it would be unreasonable to go through the that they be given part-management of what is now the land Aborigines. motions of mere physical attendance.' Archer Bend National Park. This time the property, called 'Dorunda', is near Normanton in the Gulf. Its purchase would have allowed fringe-dwelling Aborigines in the area to return to their traditional lands. Head of the Aboriginal Development Comission, Charies Perkins, has welcomed the High Court's ruling upholding the Act, and he says it has cleared the way for the ADC to proceed with the land acquisition.

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HIGGINS/P.S.A.C. DEBATE Although these students are obviously not CONTINUES In the majority, they make up a significant On the 31st May, 1982, I wrote a . percentage of the student body. Any intro­ tetter to Semper concerning Graham duction of fees would certainly hit them the Higgins' views on the re-introduction of ' hardest, and force them to leave the education fees for Higher Degree Students. system. This tetter was sent on behalf of the Post­ Mr Higgins states about the $2-3000 level graduate Students Area Committee which is of fees for postgraduate students: "How J.M. the official representative body for the post­ can justifiably pluck that figure out of the air graduate students at this University. will probably remain one of the world's greatest Mr Higgins subsequently answered our mysteries". If he had bothered to read the criticisms with a letter sent lo Semper on the States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) 16th August. Mr Higgins has falsely misre- , Bill of 1S81, he would have seen on page 10 of presented me by slating Ihat "I don't believe the section, "Determination with Respect to that any sacrifice is justified in gaining an edu­ Fees" the following statement: 'Tuition fees cation". at such rate (not exceeding Si 000 per annum)". Nowhere in my \etler did I make such a For a two year Master degree course, the total statement! Mr Higgins also placed himself as fees paid amounts to S2000, for a three year an example of a student who has put himself Ph.D. course the total amount will be $3000. at a disadvantage to gain an education. That is Mr Higgins fails to realise that I am not talk­ fine; but I was talking about postgraduate ing about students on T.E.A.S. as higher de­ RE-. GROWTH LIMITS ENGINEERS' REPLY students who would be in an entirely differ­ gree students are ineligible for such assistance I refer to Ian Cook's article, 'Growth I ann writing on behalf of all Civil ent situation to that which Mr Higgins is in. - it is postgraduate students who were to be Limits' (Semper 16 August) setting out Engineering students who were present The average age of a postgraduate student affected by the re-introduction of fees! some of the arguments for and against at the function held on August 13th. is 27 years, and 65 per cent of postgrads are Mr Higgins may be justly proud of being the University's ill-conceived plan to The function was not the sort of thing married and 63 per cent of these have children. "rewarded by his own initiative rather than extend, by stealth, the boundaries of the liable to end In vandalism. It was a staff/ Approximately 30 per cent of postgraduates suffer the demoralising affect of being paid by campus, by acquiring all the residences student 6.B.Q. put on by the staff to show receive no parental financal support. These the already overburdened tax payer". Post­ up to Picardy Street. their appreciation to the students for the work figures were drawn from the Council of Aus­ graduate students by the nature of their thesis As your writer states the Brisbane City they did during Expo Uni. tralian Postgraduate Association's submission. work do seek to be rewarded for their own Council has rejected^ the University's applic­ While regretting the loss of the venue for to the Minister for Education in April 1982. initiative. ation for consent use of certain properties in 4ZZZ, I also regret the implications that Civil I asked Mr Higgins to provide facts for his Instead they are provided with few and Hawken Drive as University offices. Engineering students were involved in the claim that education is supported by the lower inadequate postgraduate scholarships and also The University has since appealed against vandalism and the misinformation that 4ZZZ income earner. He replied "just ask one - have the threat of the re-introduction of fees this decision and thematter will now be argued has taken all the blame. better still, ask me.". Mr Higgins assumes that hanging over their heads. They have to suffer out, at considerable expense, in the Local The Civil Engineering Students Ass'n Ex­ because he as a lower income earner, pays the demoralising effect of seeing their families Government Court. ecutive was approached by security on the taxes, then so does every other low-income inadequately provided for, because they, as Whatever be the final outcome, the Uni­ Monday following the event and we have been earner. low income earners on such scholarships, are versity community should be aware of the cost fully cleared of any blame. Such generalisations do not provide an overburdened by taxation. of this exercise in terms of the loss of good will Had Shelley Oempsey bothered to research adequate argument. Even if it is true that -J.M.FORD to the University. her article she would have found this. We lower income earners pay more tax, then this Postgraduate Organiser Several hundred St. Lucia residents objected suggest that in future more care is taken with is due more to the inadequate tax system sup­ to the application, the local Alderman opposed articles befoie blame is aportioned. ported by the Fraser Government, than the it, the local Member of Parliament opposed il, -CESA EXECUTIVE fault of the education system. the Minister for Education, according to press I quoted a sun/ey conducted at Sydney reports, is unhappy about it and, as stated, the SHELLEY REPLIES! University last year, which showed that 43 per City Council voted against it. I was aware that Engineering students cent of students come from low income fami­ A list of those objecting bears careful had been cleared of the blame - perhaps lies. analysis. These are not the people who sign I should have said so in the article. anything put in front of them. Among them The reason I didn't was because I person­ you will find graduates of this University, ally couldn't see how either group could have lawyers, accountants, teachers, engineers, mem­ been cleared, given the meagre evidence avail­ bers of the judiciary, including the former able. Chief Justice, members of the University staff, I did not intend to blame the engineers retired graziers, company directors and pro­ outright - I merely wanted further investi­ fessional people of all kinds. gation into the issue for Triple Zed's sake. Their views should not lightly be disre­ I did mention that the University received garded. In their considered opinion the Uni­ reports of punks in Jacks Road after the versity should not be permitted to vandalize a damage occurred, and stressed at the end of high class residential suburb. These are the very the article that, whether the culprits were people the University looks to for support, engineers or punks, nevertheless, they have the very people who might contribute to the effectively put Triple Zed, Brisbane's only University Foundation. public broadcaster with any intere.st in live It's a crazy policy which puts these influen­ rock music, in serious financial jeopardy, I tial people offside. reiterate my call for more information and In terms of public relations, the University investigation. has not acted with diplomacy or common sense. An apology is due to the local shop keeper who was visited by "two heavies" from administration" who abused him for exercising his democratic rights by participating in the campaign to oppose the University's appllca- tionl It will take the University many years to recover the good will of the local community. The winner of the E.A. 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Over the past few weelcs the Student Union of the University of Queensland has conducted a survey of the language used in departmental away handbooks with regard to sexism. A report of each handbook, detailing any sexist language found and suggesting alternative terminology, has been sent to each Head of Department concerned. With the reports, copies of nonsexist guidelines, compiled by the Student Union and based on the McGraw-Hill Guidelines for Equal Treatment of the Sexes'^, the Miller & Swift Handbook of Nonsexist Writing^, and the survey itself, were sent to every member of staff. The Student Union hopes that this exercise will help to eliminate sexism in subsequent departmental handbooks and m lectures and tutorials. These guide­ lines are also available to students: copies can be obtain­ ed free of charge at the Student Union Office. One of the major problems encountered in devising nonsexist terminology is finding a suitable singular pronoun in place of 'he' in sex-unspecific contexts such as: "No student should enrol before he has seen his supervisor." This use of 'be' is both sociologically and linguistically unsatisfactory. The sociological objection is that it is demeaning to females to be merely subsumed under a term whose primary use is to refer to a male. From the linguistic perspective, while It is argued that 'he' in sex-unspecific contexts means 'he or she', we do not, however, feel comfortable using it in this way of a nurse, a typist or a kindergarten teacher; similarly, the writers of the 1975 Family Law Act felt it necessary to use 'he or she' of a spouse and not 'he'. This 'linguistic awkwardness' frequently results in These examples suggest that people fmd it difficult or the plural, unnecessary get^der is to be dis­ the dual pronoun being used in a token way only initial­ pensed with by the use of the masculine only.' ' to dissociate 'he' from maleness, which raises the ques­ ly, the writer/speaker thereafter reverting to the mas­ tion of whether, in fact, 'he' is a sex-indefinite sense (emphases: Bodine's) culine only pronoun. The English language was thus deliberately altered exists. What is needed, then, is a one-word, 'natural' pro­ by the traditional grammarians to accord with their if we take it that it does exist, use of 'he' in sex- noun, and the best candidate — one which was sug­ male-oriented view of the world: 'he' became the stan­ indefinite contexts is ambiguous: which 'he' are we gested in the reports and guidelines - is singular 'they', dard singular pronoun used In sex-unspecific contexts. using? If it doesn't exist, then use of 'he' in such con­ that is, 'they' used with a singular antecedent as in: Most books or other formal literature the reader exam­ texts is inaccurate. Consider, for example, the follow­ 'SOMEONE has forgotten THEIR book.' ines will confirm this. In the spoken language, however, ing advertisement [WjE Australian, 14/8/82) - one 'ANY STUDEI>)T can apply if THEY have the pre­ singular 'they' clung on tenaciously, probably because which was otherwise totally unsexist in wording. requisites.' prescriptive teaching has less effect on speech than 'They' in this singular, sex-unspecific capacity is writing where there is more scope for self-editing. Ex­ nothing new. It has been in the language for centuries: amples of singular 'they' in speech abound. The Fol­ The Government of witness examples from Shakespeare and Jane Austen: lowing are only some of the hundreds I have collected f Papua New Guinea 'And everyone to rest themselves betake' recently from the media and other sources: [Much Ado About Nothing, II, iv) 'Everyone telles their children, 'If you get lost, 'Each leaning on their elbows and their hips' ask a policeman'" <"'^iS^ Department of Justice (Venus and Adonis, 43) (Maxine McKew, 'Nationwide', ABC, 3/3/82) Applications are invited for the following vacancies within 'Everybody should marry as soon as they can' 'Can anybody look me in the face ... and say the Coirective Institution Services of the DepBrtrt»ent._ [Mansfield Park, p. 3^'^] that they have not used a public phone for a 'Nobody put themselves out of the way' private phone-call?' Commandant (Ibid, p. 11) (Norm Lee, Liberal Member for Yeronga, National Training College - Level 19 In present-day English, however, it is used only in 'Nationwide', 26/4/82) The appoinlce will tic iubpuni>ible loi IhUL-tliuitirilmunjtjumenlolltti) liaiiiii)>| speech and informal literature (and even in these areas 'When a person's very desperate, the stuffing Colleue, ppuparu ir.imino |Ho;l>unmiu!> arid ovutsee llii-' level ol liaminu Hcwil! a:>sis1 in Ihe sducliun ol Mc<:iiiil>i, assuss und rnporl on Ihu ulliciunLv and 'he' is more frequently employed). This is largely a result goes out of them ... and with it the capacity polunUdI ol all peisonnol m ti jmiiiu. of its proscription by the nineteenth century, male- to do anything about it themselves.' The applicant mubl (MVU IUIIMI V iiuulilicalion^ in social or twhavioural sciencuii. biased, traditional grammarians who argued that 'they' tjachimj quiihficaliOMb and ijitivun ;ii)iiHniblialtuL' jUilily, wilh vxpuiioncu in a (Frank Pavlin, Reader, Social Work lecture, di&ciplinud lurcu jiid soniu kiiuwiitduu ul lliu tiumiinj nouds of a Corrctiivu was a plural pronoun and accordingly could not be U.Q., 31/3/82) Insdtuliun OtibKablu. correctly used with a singular antecedent, and that To those who are concerned with developing a 'he' should be used instead. language representative of all rather than half of society, Accountant Thus, number alone was seen as important In I suggest we work on singular 'they' with the energy Level 17 antecedent-pronoun agreement; gender was totally of the traditional grammarians - but in the opposite Ttie appointee will t)« responwUlc lor dccounlinfl ol Public monies Ihroiuih lecurrenl expenditure, NHlional Plarininy L"»peiiililuia Plan and Inlernat Riivoiiuc ignored: the fact that masculine 'he' was to be used with direction! al a National Level. Jtiilwill supurvisu uccouiitimj procedures al alt Cuiiuctive an antecedent which covers females as well as males Singular 'they' is presently used fairly frequently in Instilulions, Pay anoSupply Units and conduct audit m lliosi' aiiMS Tti.;.ipplicantmustt>eaqualilieda(;OieaisteiodactomitaiilwilhL'«ii.;iiei(.(.'iii was considered to be not only acceptable but 'correct'! speech. It is also employed, though to a less extent, i> .lucentralised orqanisalion and aUitily lo supeivibu and Ham i.l.ill The prescriptive grammarians taught that, for ex­ in informal written material such as student manuals, ample; class notes and newspaper articles. 'The person who enjoys their work is fortunate.' The reinstating of 'they' into the language, must Here, is 'he' 'sex-indefinite', 'he' meaning that both should be changed to: therefore start in these areas where it already has a men and women may apply, or 'male-only' 'he', thereby 'The person who enjoys his work is fortuante.' hold. Once more fully established there, 'they' is likely in a deliberate yet subtle - and, moreover, sanctioned - and: to spread into formal literature, and eventually totally way, deterring women from apply for the positions? 'No one wants to admit they did it,' replace use of'he' as a standard, singular, sex-unspeciftc A number of alternatives have been advanced, such should be rephrased: pronoun, a move which will eliminate ambiguity, in­ as, 'he or she'; id, te, co. The latter three have little 'No one wants to admit he did it.' accuracy and the linguistic exclusion of half of society. hope simply because they are 'artificial' and pronouns So successful were the grammariai^s that, in 1850, are a 'closed' area of language to which new material an Act of Parliament was passed which decreed that in -ANNEHORAN is rarely admitted. official language 'he', rather than 'he or she' or 'they', The dual construction 'he or she' is different: it is was to be used in sex-tndefinite contexts, legislation composed of 'natural' pronouns, and has, over the past which, 130 years later, is still with us, embodied in a few years, gained some ground. statute of this university, viz.: REFERENCES It does, however, have certain disadvantages: it can 'In these Statutes and the Rules made thereunder, be argued that an element of sexism remains in that words importing the masculine gender shall be 1. In The Norton Reader, Norton & Co., N.Y., 4th ed. 1977. 162-73. 'he' precedes 'she'; it has also attracted criticism for its taken to extend to females and the singular to 2. C. Miller & K. Swift, revised British edition. The Women's 'clumsiness', a characteristic which Is particularly appa­ include the plural and the plural the singular Press. London, 1982. rent in reflexives ('himself or herself) and where pro­ unless the contrary is indicated by the context."* 3. OUP, London. 1970. nouns occur in close proximity with others (e.g., 'A Thus, as Bodine5 says: .4. Statute 44, Part 4. U.Q. Calendar. 1982. p. 107. 5. A. Bodlnc, 'Androccntrism in prescriptive grammar: singular student cannot plan his or her course until he or she 'Whereas unnecessary number is to be dispensed 'they', sex-indcfinile 'he', and 'he or she'. Language In has consulted with his or her supervisor.') with by the arbitrary choice of either the singular 5(7c/cf>', 4.1975. p. 136.

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Australia the only ribs commonly served are pork, but they are the basis for a superb Chinese dish. This is fine for a barbeque but well suited to the kitchen griller as well. Pork Ribs with Chilli Plum Sauce s 750 g pork ribs Sauce: Marinade: 2 shallots, finely chopped 2 tabsp sherry '/j tsp ginger, finely cfipd 2 tabsp soy sauce 1 clove garlic, finely chpd 1 tsp 5-spiee powder 225 g far Plum Sauce pepper 'A-'A tsp chilli water 1 chicken stock cube third cup water 2 tsp soy sauce 2 tsp cornflour Trim any excess fat from ribs. Mix marinade ingredients, pour over meat and add enough water to cover. Stand al least one hour. Sauce: Fry shallot, garlic and ginger over a low heat in a little oil. Dissolve stock cube and cornflour in water. Add all ingredie­ nts to pan, stir until sauce boils and thickens. Giill meat on iow-to-mcdium heat for about ten minutes, turning regularly. Remove from grill and brush both sides •generously with Chilli Plum Sauce. Return to grill and cook a further ten minutes till golden brown.

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Cooking meat on skewers is ideal for grilling and barbeques - tender meat (good cuts or marinades) can be well browned, even chaned, while the inside remains moist due to a short cooking time. This method also means that just about any meat, seafood, poultry or vegetable, once threaded onto the skewer, is managable enough to cook on a barbeque. The first two recipes come from the Middle East, and are best served rolled in pita bread. Souvlakia / boned shoulder lamb 2 cloves garlic, finely diced 'A-'A cup olive oil 1 tsp oregano juice from I lemon salt, pepper to serve: salad, dressing, bread Trim fat from meat and dice into 2-3 cm cubes. Mix other ingredients, stir meat well into marinade, and stand at least two hours. Drain, thread meat onto skewers, and grill till well brown­ ed (but still pink and juicy within). To serve: Split Lebanese-style pita (one of the thinner varieties) into two circular halves (as opposed to pockets), wrap around meat, and pull out skewer. Add salad (either tabbouleh - see Semper, May 31 1982 - or diced tomato, onion and lett­ uce) and dress with tahini, yoghurt, or lemon/olive oil. Roll up bread into firm sausage shape. Kofta 500 g minced lamb, beef, plenty of salt, pepper or a mixture of both J tsp cinnamon •^S' 1 large onion, finely diced 1 tsp coriander With sunny days well upon us, the true Brisbanite can dumping those good weiners in boiling water. These can third to a cup copped parsley be found, not'watching Lawn Bowls or Badminton be done on the barbeque (for a horde), on the hibachi (by far the best for brats and dogs), or in a pan on the If you have a mincer, put meat throu^ the fine screen twice. competitions between the Isle of Man and Botswana, If using butcher's mince, take extra care in shaping and cooking. but planning their first barbeque of the season. stove. Before you drop them in the pan, be sure to fry Mix all ingredients together well. Take smallish lumps of the up a pile of thinly sliced onions, which are the next The Victa mower hardly cooled down Iwfore the mixture and roll into firm sausage shapes (keeping your hands ingredient. Remember that weiners are pre-cooked so wet will aid the shapmg). Thread carefully onto skewers (the guests arrive, the twilight hangovers from drinking in they won't need as long as bratwurst, sausages etc. flat metal skewers are best). Grill till well browned. For cooking the sun, the carcinogenic leather that once was prime Real American hot dogs use small bread rolls that indoors, Kofta can be pan fried without skewers. Serve as for beef, the lingering aroma in your clothes the next don't smother the meat, but personally I think the main souvlakia. day - all this and more make the backyard barbie the thing is the quality of the bread. Boycott limp stodge highpoint of the summer social calendar. and buy cmsty rolls or sticks (cheaper) from a hot- The other common skewered dish is Satay, from Personally, 1 don't mind admitting that I like barbe- bread Idtchen, or baguettes from delis or the bakery Indonesia and Malaysia. Beef is the usual meat, but pork, ques, and Til try and suggest a few cooking styles that at the West End Market. chicken, and lamb are fine. All should be served with the are ideally suited to this great institution, while still Finish your roll off with a choice of mustards or traditional peanut sauce. encouraging the odd bit of experimentation. I will say condiments and you wiU be most pleasantly surprised. at the outset that in fact all of the recipes are quite Satay suited to the kitchen as well - either in the pan or under BURGERS 500 g round beef 1 small onion, grated the grill, and should not be solely relegated to the great juice of a lemon or crushed outdoors. Yes, everything I've said about hot dogs applies to 1-2 tabsp soy sauce 1-2 cloves garlic, crushed As I'm also a bit of a fence-sitter. Til put in a plug for burgers. 'A tsp garlic my personal favourite - the hibachi on the verandah. If you ask for a hamburger in an American restaur­ Dice meat into quite small even cubes (max 2 cm). Mix other ingredients, stir meat well into marinade and stand at least one These natty little Japanese inventions are ideal for the ant (and just about every one has them on the menu), theyll ask you how you want them done .. . you know hour. Also soak bamboo satay sticks in water for one hour to traditional Queensland verandah, offering a smoke-free, prevent charring. Drain meat and thread onto sticks. Grill, kitchen, a feeling of being outdoors, and no need to" - rare, medium, well-done. They make them really thick., from the real meat (I won't say beef - it usually turning frequently. Don't overcook. Dunk in peanut sauce. tackle the jungle in the back yard; in short, the perfect Note: It is less messy to thread meat onto slcewen before compromise. They burn charcoal, which should be start­ comes from Australia), and most come well-grilled on marinading, but this wiil require more marinade. the outside and still a little pink inside. ed with tightly crumpled paper and pine chips at tlie Peanut Sauce bottom, and perhaps a touch of metho {not kerosine, If you have your own mincer, you can try a variety 250g peanut crunchy peanut paste which will taint the food). The real secret, however, is of meats (and blends). Lamb, and pork and beef mix are both excellent. 1 tsp brown sugar 'A-H tsp chilli how to get all the coals smouldering away. I always 1 Ige clove garlic, finely chpd 1 cup coconut milk suffered defeat until a fellow biatwurst-lovcr from Melb- If you have some vegetarian friends coming to your 1 med onion, finely chopped juice of !6 lemon s ourne (what would they know about barbeques?) barbeque, or if you feel like something a litde lighter sah to taste showed me the trick - the domestic hair-diyer, liberally than a slab of meat, then this recipe will make an excell­ oil for frying applied, will ensure your journey to brat-heaven. ent burger (or rissole). Don't forget to cook these Fry the onion and garlic over low heat. Add the peanut before the meat if they are for vegetarians. paste, sugar and soy and fry for one minute while stining. Add other ingredients except lemon and continue stirring till sauce Nut Burgers thickens a little. Add the lemon, and water if sauce is too thick. 250 g. mixed nuts J tsp marjoram Adjust chilli and salt (and lemon) for taste. Note: A more ISO g. brown lentils or coriander authentic recipe would use finely crushed raw peanuts in place J med onion, finely diced chopped parsley of the peanut paste. BRATS & DOGS 1 large carrot, grated salt, pepper One of America's major contributions to the worid's 2 cloves garlic, finely diced breadcrumbs MARIIVfADES 2 tsp butter 1 egg (optional) selection of convenience foods is the lowly Hot Dog - The easiest way to liven up the food at a barbeque a pas'y bread roll with an equally pasty imitation-meat Simmer lentils in salted water till quite soft (30-45 mtns.), drain and mash well with butter, (reserve water). Mince oi chop is to enhance the flavour of your meat with a tasty frankfurter smothered in a chemical-flavoured red sauce. marinade. This method is especially suited to steak and Like most foodstuffs captured by the fast-food moguls, nuts very finely. Fry onion, carrot and garlic over a very low- heat to soften. Combine all ingredients except breadcrumbs chicken, but can be done successfully with other meats. hot dogs have a creditable heritage waiting to be and mbc weU. Note - with care, these patties should stay to­ This excellent marinade originates in Japan. enjoyed. gether without the egg, which many vegetarians would prefer First and foremost, choose a good quality continental left out anyway. Teriyaki style weiner - or what about pork or veal bratwurst Check seasoning. Add breadcrumbs or lentil water as required ii-1 cup soy sauce 3 cloves garlic, crushed (they look white and anaemic but taste wonderful), to gain a Arm consistency suitable for patties. Shape into l^ge 3 tabsp sherry 2 tsp ginger, finely chpd Italian pork sausages (filled with real minced meat), firm rissoles, coat with breadcrumbs (it will oiily be a light 4-6 tabsp honey water Spanish chorizos (paprika flavoured) and so on. Most coating) and fry in pan or on barbeque plate. Mix ingredients well and check for balance between soy and delis carry a range these days, with the best value to be honey. This is a strong marinade and can be diluted by up to had in the Valley (Italian) and West End (Greek/Leban­ RIBS one third with water (and wine). Meat should stand in mari­ nade at least two hours. ese). In the U.S., beef ribs, often lightly smoked, are a very All the best dogs are fried or grilled - forget about popular grilled (or, as they say it - broiled) meat. In -KNIFE and FORK MacARTHUR |

?iH»tiHHHHHmHHHItHI{HHtlttti»)HHtllHWtHtiWtim»ttilHHttim»HHHHHIWIlH»HttHHftHPHHHmi}W itiltninntiiinillUiUiiUUlUlUlUr ^HIWHIHIHfflHIIflllllllllHIHIIItli Semper-14 Women In the 80's: a feminist Racism and Feminism, for example. conference was held at Q.I.T. on FEMINIST Perhaps it is a comment in itself that the 11th and 12th of September. these workshops are only now being Women's Rights conducted the provided when the struggle by Abor­ following interview with members igines and Islanders is currently very of the organising collective. CONFERENCE much in focus. It is insufficient for white feminists One of the most Important aspects of to simply liken women's oppression to any feminist conference is the oppor­ the oppression and cultural genocide of tunity it provides for the exchange of. a race and assume this to be the basis of ideas and information. Two clear stra­ FLASHBACKS a tacit alliance. Land rights and racism tegies that the conference seemed to are issues for white feminists. support were firstly the compilation of The second important aspect of these lar issue could gain access to the current To fight, for example, the Com­ a directory of women's groups in Queens­ proposals is that they provide a focus for work being done in that area. monwealth Games Act simply as an ero­ land and secondly establishment of a on-going activity, which if successful, sion of civil liberties, ignores the fact In that respect did the overcrowded Brisbane Women's Resource Centre. will give concrete existence to the basic that blacks arc denied those civil liber­ programme present difficulties? Could you comment on these in relation communication networks of the women's ties anyway. To speculate about violence To the contrary," it facilitated partici­ to the conference? movement. increasing during the Games ignores The co-operation the coirtmunication pant involvement in discussion by creat­ the daily reality of the violence of racism. ing smaller workshops. I think it high­ networks of the women's movement in So white feminists must not only lighted both the lack of suitable forums Queensland have recently become some­ Some thirty-four workshops were offer­ fight their own racism but also make the for discussion around various issues and what invisible. At present wc all rely ed. That there was a demand for so many issues they take up, part of an anti- the wide variety of areas in which women upon individual resources and contacts Is indicative of what you were saying racist struggle. AH progressive movements arc currently active. for access to this network. about the recent invisibility of com­ and alliances must take up with equal Of course the advantages of a group munication networks. Why was a work­ Clearly, the women's movement is not seriousness, struggles which are anti- like Women's Rights is clearly that these shop format adopted? a coherent expression of an identical capitalist, anti-racist, pro-women's liber­ contacts arc built up over time. Making workshops the major emphasis oppression, but rather a system of alli­ ation and anti-heterosexist. Nevertheless, there is a need for a of the conference programme potentially ances between groupings of interests. 'Equal seriousness' does not merely directory which lists all organisations allows for the maximum participation of This raises complicated questions about refer to equality of support for a number involved in women's issues and the nature those who attend. All workshops were the basis for these alliances, the camp­ of separate struggles; but relates to the of their involvement - giving not only opened by women who were active in aign priorities we make and the way we priorities which arc given to particular the contact points for these groups but tlie area covered by the session. This make them. Were these questions ad­ issues and the manner in which they are also perhaps any publications which are provided a focus for the equally import­ dressed at the conference? taken up. available and any venues of activity such ant discussion and debate which follow­ Yes, and the variety of workshops as a cultural event of specific relevance to ed. It also gets away from putting one or presented and participants involved, in Are more conferences being planned? women. two people in the position of having all part, reflect the attempts made to focus Not specifically by this organising The idea of the resource centre is bas­ the answers. on those questions. I feel however that collective, although some of us arc in­ ically an extension of this. It would So there are really three processes in in some areas both our discussions and volved in the planning meetings for provide support and information for operation. Firstly there is an exchange of practice reflect only a very tentative the Women and Labour Conference to women. There is also the possiblity of a information; secondly, new ideas and beginning. be held in Brisbane in 1984. We can printing press being available which strategies are developed and finally The way in which the women's move­ only hope, however, that the impetus would facilitate the dissemination of the workshops provided a useful means ment relates to other progressive struggles created by the recent conference may information. by which women interested in a particu­ was discussed in the workshops on engender a few more in the interim.

Holiday resorts are the places finance you don't want to buy one of where eighteen year old fetnalesare these shirts, there is a way around it. chatted up by forty-five year old When I was staying in the Youth businessmen and successful south­ Hostel some months back, the probicm of GREAT using the pool without hassle or expense ern company directors strut around in their Pierre Cardin swimwear and was solved. About twenty of the hos­ tellers pooled their money and bought Carcrra sunglasses with Farah four T-shirts. Then, whoever wanted to Fawcett/Bo Derek clones hanging go to the pool could borrow one of the off their elbows. shirts. That's nothing new and it certainly .When one hosteller left, another would occurs on Great Keppcl Island - hardly a pay them what they originally paid and reason for any self-respecting university joined the shirt co-op. student to spend their holidays there. At night, the place to go, the only But where Great Kcppel differs from place to go, was the Sand Bar wilh live the rest, is that it is not wholly owned by music care of CoCo, the worst band in any one company. While TAA owns the the southern hemispere, possibly the $60+ per night resort, another section world. The cover charge is $3 but if you is run independently as a camping ground wait until 11 pm, the staff on the door get ($3 per night off peak, $10 per night tired and go elsewhere. peak). While yet another style of accom­ Apres CoCo activities usually involved modation is available at the Youth late night skinny dipping. A feature of Hostel. Great Keppcl is that one of the varieties What it means is that you can use most of sea life lights up when it's moved. of the resort's facilities while staying in So if you move your hand through the the cheap catnping ground or Youth water, it will leave a trail of tiny specks of Hostel. Because of this, the average age of light in its path. Just like being in a Walt people on Great Kcppel is considerably Disney movie. younger than at other resort islands. The more energetic the activity, the By any standards, the Youth Hostel is more light was produced; three people the place to stay. Regardless of season, haying an aquatic mcnage-a-trois could be the nightly fee is only about $4. For that seen several hundred metres away. you get a bed with a matress, a roof over Seasonally, winter is the time to go to your head, a place to cook and a fridge. Great Kcppel because, if you can avoid You share quarters with young and the Victorians that walk past in a daze impoverished people of all nationalities claiming that they 'can't believe it's (mostly Canadian and New Zealanders), winter,' you'll find that the days are who are over on the Island to have a good 'Dave the driver' will take you from pub getting a suntan. always cloudless and the temperature is time. Rockhampton to Roslyn Bay before The resort pool is supposed to be for balmy. In summer, being (just) in the The economy of a holiday on Great changing from a peak cap to a captain's guests only and the resort security men Tropics, it gets a little too hot for com­ Keppel extends beyond accommodation cap and becoming 'Dave the boat driver'. enforce this as best they can. Their main fort. costs. Because it is the most southerly of The boat trip to the Island costs $10 criteria for entry to the pool is standard A week on Great Keppel can cost as the resort islands, transport costs are but it includes a cruise around the Island of dress. If you didn't bring your Pierre little as $120 if it's done the cheap way. lower. and a session on the boom nets. Cardin swimsuit expect to be challenged. If you're bored with the Gold Coast, then The Sunlander takes fifteen hours to The usual resort day activities such as One alternative is to wear one of the Keppel is probably the best value of reach Rockhampton and is an experience sailing, scuba diving, fishing, jet skiing (at gauche Great Keppel Island T-shirts that all Barrier Reef islands. In Itself. While it isn't quick or com­ $40 an hour) are available, but by far the the resort people are given on arrival. If, fortable, it is cheap. most popular activity is sitting in the for reasons of good taste or lack of -JOHN HENZELL

Semper-15 The radical itadents of the late sixties and Present day assessment systems unfortunately in­ Many of the assessors at Quccn^fM Un)yef5tty Jtre early s^rventws waged assessment campaigns at corporate none of these features. It could be argued siitl too conservative or unimaginatty^ xa flff

Semper-16 ^ M^ ^>''- V,-' ^>? •'j'y "r-" ^'it *y'; J. The end of POPULAR THEATRE as we know it? Bad luck is supposed to come in threes. In rMv::mZ!>r&-xz::.'i'rs!f/m''v:Ci-T^,':-r;' which case Brisbane's Popular Theatre Troupe POPl'!..^R''Tli^iATR!::. (P,T,T.) still has one more disaster to weather. The week 24th-30th September saw the Troupe's IKOU latest production "The State We're In" banned from performance in Queensland Government schools, while later in the week the Australia Council, the Troupe's main source of finance, decided not to fund the Troupe next year. The impact of these decisions places the future of the Troupe in grave doubt. The P.T.T. began in 1975 with the Albert Hunt/ Richard Fothcringham production, "The White Man's Mission", which was resurrected recently by the Uni­ versity Drama Society at La Boitc Theatre. Since then sixteen other shows have been produced by the Troupe which have toured nationally. These- productions have dealt wilh such values as mulfinational corporations, sexism, unemployment and nuclear pro­ liferation. Since its inception the P,T,T, has been funded through the Australia Council. This Federal Government funding accounts for about seven percent of the Troupe's income. The Slate Government has never funded the Troupe, At a public meeting held on Sunday 3rd October at the P.T.T. Hall in Red 1-lill, Errol O'Neill, chairperson of the Troupe's Committee of Management, said "The decision of the Australia Council lo cut funding of the Troupe for 1983, in our opinion, leaves a gap in Aus­ tralia's culture. "Il has been the conviction of Ihc P.T.T. for the last cighl years that it is possible, indeed desirable, lo bring the dramatic arts into the service of a much more wide­ spread community than the ihcatrc-going minority, for Ihc purpose of spreading inforination, social criticism, and inicllcclual stimulallon," he said. "The two or three percent of the population who arc theatre goers are mostly of the educated middle class. The Troupe has always altemplcd to reach a wider audience," he said. The Troupe's commitment to community theatre is evidenced by the venues in which they perform - prisons, factories, schools, handicapped persons institu­ tions, mental institutions, senior citizens clubs, and occassionally, theatres. While the Australia Council has crificised the Troupe for its lack of innovation, Mr. O'Neill believes that for the audience the Troupe performs to, innovation is not AWOODCHIP an important factor in appreciating a performance, "The Australia Council is cmbucd with bourgeois theatre values. It is concerned with form rather than content," he said. Theatre groups in other states that have lost their funding have usually had it restored after a year, with the State Government making up the difference for that year. However, given the Troupe's past criticism of the with a twist of bitterness State Government it is unlikely that they are willing to see the continuation of the Troupe. At Mt Nardi outside of NImbin, the Forestry Commission is starting Their attitude is exemplified by the recent decision to log one of the last remnants of rainforest on the north east corner of of the State Education Department to ban the Troupe's New South Wales. latest production, "The State We're In", from perform­ For the past two months a camp of conservationists have been camped ance in State High Schools. In a letter to the P.T.T. administrator, Ms Dec Martin, on Mt Nardi to try and stop the logging. the school programmer for the Queensland Arts Council The day before the Commonwealth Games started in Brisbane a huge Mark Keyworth stated: "The State We're In' is not ac­ squad of police and loggers moved in to enable the logging to proceed. ceptable for performance in State High Schools during JOHN JIGGENS tal/' //.>r pol'ict'if/i'ii said, "/7>/.s- say they have ever heard of him. Yet as the composer of music /.v ahwliitc uiaihicss\ Ami another for films such as "On Golden Pond" and "Heaven Can Wait", his music has received.a far wider hearing thai^ any of his com­ replied, 'You have lo laiivh in this mercial contemporaries. jobr Grusin is a musician in the fuller sense of ttte word. His basic style is contemporary jazz, and in his time he has been a player, — from previous page conductor, arranger, composer, and producer. "Out of the Shadows" is his second solo album. Besides The police operation lo support the ttjggers was Grusin, six artists play on this album. No brass, no vocals - the planned by Sen. Inspector Harold Fredericks, the sound is based on electric piano and synthesizer. Officer-in-Charge of the Lismore Police Station, after However, for a recording artist Grusin has probably been in consultation with Standard Sawmilllng Company of film for too long. His music is too slick, too orchestrated - you Murwillumbah. can just see Warren Beatty driving a Merc down the expressway It was a big operation involving fifty police and a as they zoom to a long shot through Grusin's music. huge team of thirty loggers. They were prepared for -ANDREW FRASER the tactic of blocking the road with cars; they had hired tow trucks to remove them. At this stage the number of conservationists at the camp had fallen to forty. Many had left to support the Land Rights campaign in Brisbane. It was the day be­ fore the Commonwealth Games Opening so the national media could be expected to ignore the clash. Various people estimated the cost of the police TROPICAL GANGSTERS: Kid Creole and the Coconuts operation at between SI0,000 - $20,000 per day. (Ze Records) Inspector Fredericks said the costs were 'mountainous'; From the opening samba of the Kit! to the closing rhumba of he thought the operation would have to be maintained the Coconuts, this record is pure Jamaican rum antl coca-cola for three to four months. fun, Inspector Fredericks approached the conservations "Tropical Gangsters" is a professional collection of Latin to remove their roadblocks: "You're acting irrespon­ American rhythm and blues. The Kid, August Darnell, leads sibly." he said. his fellow castaways on the shores of B.Diili Bay: Sugar-coated "Now I'll ask you one more time to move." The Andy Hernandez (in reality known as Coati Mundi), the Babes answer came back, "Wc need this forest!" (remeniscent of Bananarama at the beacii), and the Pond Life The other police stood around looking tough and Orchestra, through a collection of serious and not-so-serious determined: This was a show of force. They had a songs, complete with bongos, maracas and Herb Albert tjuiana leader, they had a plan, they were disciplined. They brass. wore stern expressions on their set faces. They did not Musically the album is difficult to fault. With the resources laugh. of horns and strings and the musicians to play them the varia­ Confronting them was the anarchia spirit of Nimbin. tion in sound makes boredom impossible. This is no synthetic Some went round trying to make the police laugh, electronic music. This is real race music. Benny Zable wore his gas mask and his black Mr Money Lyrically the songs are simple and often amusing. In keeping WILLIE PHOENIX (A&M) outfit with its white emblazoned slogans: 'Consume with the theme of the album as music from the sun-drenched Willie Phoneix's self-titled album is his first solo recording Be Silent Die', '1 Rely On Your Apathy', 'Save the shores of the Caribbean, the lyrics are intended only to enter­ and hopefully there will be a lot more of them, because this Rainforests'. He danced round, carrying a placard wilh tain. This they do with the skill characteristic of the sun/ivors album is great. a $ sign on il with which he mimed chopping down trees. of the shipwrecked Banana Boat Particular favourites are If I had to compare this black American singer to anyone Other demonstrators argued with the police the 'Stool Pigeon' and 'Annie, I'm not your daddy'; it would be Bruce Springsteen, not because they play exactly the same sort of music (though a lot is very similar), but be­ ethics of logging rainforests while others sang, clapping Oh Annie, I'm not your daddy cause their whole approach to their music is critical of what is their hands in rhythm: 'All we are saying is give trees a 'Cause if I was in your blood. around them and yet remains ultimately optin>istic. chance!' You wouldn't be so ugly. One of the policemen said, 'This is absolute madness.' Like Springsteen, Phoenix relies more on passion than pace And another replied, 'You have to laugh in this job!' Though this record is good, one senses that the best way to in his music and the best track on the album is the slow but The police replaced the first grid. Beyond that was appreciate Kid Creole and the Coconuts would be to see them engaging 'No Sign of Joanna', while of the up-tempo number, a blockade of cars, then the bonfire, then another lot live, I hope that opportunity arises soon. 'New York is Burning' stands out. of cars and finally another grid. -BRETT MORGAN Overall the album is an impressive first effort, though 1 feel The police moved a tow truck in to remove the cars. that too many of the songs rely on the tried-to-trivial hetero­ People yelled and screamed as a bulldozer moved in sexual love song formula. to remove the fire. John Seed described the scene for Watch this guy, if he can continue to produce stuff of this 2NCR-FM. "Inspector Fredericks just gave the sign lo calibre he's sure to carve out his own niche in rock'n'roll. push the fire out of the way. Oh, and the fire's going - IAN COOK into the people! Look at that! And it's going into the bush! They're going to burn the place down!!' He completely lost his cool; and forgets there's a tape and he's recording for radio. Seed started shouting loudly, "Hey! Watch Out! Hey! Murderers! Hey!!' The conservationists chain water across to put out the fire. Gradually the superior numbers and organisation of the police prove effective. The roadblock is cleared. Twenty-four protesters were arrested. One last scene remained to played out. As the first policed vehicle tried to drive up the cleared road a number of conservationists jumped in front of it and tried to push it back down the hill. The driver reved the engine. Burning clutch, the vehicle laboured up the hill. The conservationists retreated, running backwards, still trying to push the car down the road. On Friday there were forty more arrests. One con­ servationist was run over by a police vehicle and re­ ceived a badly bruised leg. TONWELLE: Richard Wahnfried H.C.D.U.) The battle continues. The police have set up a camp Richard Wahnfried is a collection of studio musicians who on the mountain and expect to be there for another four put together 'an experiment between avant garde and muzak months. Inspector Fredericks said it might become nec­ ... music between genius and madness' to quote the collectiv­ essary to bring in reinforcements from elsewhere in the ity's mentor, Klaus Schulze. State. On Tonwelle (German for Soundwave), are featured Schulze, CIRCUS: Bagarre (Astorl The conservationists are as determined. 'This is Mike Shrieve (of Santana repute) and Manuel Goetsching (Ash As the title implies, 'Circus' is entertainment An enjoyable symbolic of what is happening everywhere to nature. flal. The album consists of two instrumental creations (a vocal­ Euro-disco/funk production that says little but says it in a very In our lifetime nature could be destroyed. Hundreds ist Is used, but only to provide another musical dimension and listenable fashion. of people have passed through this camp now. It's not in the traditional wayl. Slickly constnicted by a group of Italian Geordlo Moroders given them the chance to take a stand," said John Seed. I'm not even going to attempt to categorise the music but to (the cover credits producers, rather than musicians), this record The confrontation is shaping up to be bigger than say that the musicianship is exiiellent I don't like using the term features all the familiar disco traits - funky bass, zappy jynth Tcrania Creek. ambient if the music so categorised is intended to be mera back­ effects, cardiac beat, crisp production. Against the wishes of many locals, protected by a ground music; Tonwelle does allow for a drift into and out of Add to these elements a whole heap of fun lyrics and vocal large squad of police at great cost to the state of NSW, the music but only because of the technical master/ which the delivery reminiscent ol Tom Tom Club's Weymouth clan, the logging operation continues. One of the last sections album is infused with. Waitresses' Patty Donahue, and even Yoko Ono at her best. of unloggcd rainforest on the far north coast is being A close listen to the album is a rewarding and absorbing ex­ and you end up with a minor gem of a record. Lead vocalist cut. perience, don't just put it on and forget it, othenvise the album Jo Clearly is a joy to listen to, intermixing bubbly, gently, will degenerate into mere muzak and not a display of brilliant satirical monologues with smoother, hook-filled tnelodies. musicianship wihich it undoubtedly is. Meaningless entertainment Recommended. - IAN COOK - MATT MAWSON

Semper-18 RECORDS S i^ # ^' # # . ^ . # .. I (Love), the Velvet Underground, Television and the Talking justice to Schulze's production and mixing. Distribution is Heads, But their real importance has always been in their vocals limited at this early stage of ICDU's existence, but interested and their vocalist, Dave Studdert.' can try Skinnies Records or write to 196 Nelson Road, Albert Sc/Mi^^owtU Studdert doesn't break any new ground, but he does take Park, 3206. a lot of liberties. So much so that if he had been in another - MATT MAWSON time and another culture (1976, London), he would probably have been one of the major vocalists to emerge out of the punk movement. Instead, Studdert has to be content with being S!MpLe'^MlND5 ^onof^toK^mem^^ Australia's most radical singer. Dave Studdert is radical not because he follows somebody else's dogma, but because he is prepared to think and speak for himself. He is prepared to start from scratch, rummage around for detail and piece together his own opinion. And he's prepared to express it no matter what, event if it offends the weak or insults the strong. If he were an artist his paintings would be hanging in every gallery and company foyer in Australia, So It goes, - IAN GRAY

SONGS TO REMEMBER: Scritti Politti (Rough Trade) As the public's taste in popular music is tnoving towards a more sophisticated pop sound, I won't be surprised to see this C8k82'83/84) band become the tiarlings of the 'Pop Scene', hct.on the heels of ABC. Vocalist Green is the moving force behind Scritti Politti, writing and arranging all the tuaterial on this album, NEW GOLDEN DREAM: Simple Minds (Virgin) The record has a sound that gives you a feeling that you Leaving behind Steve Hi|lage and adopting new producer must move, even if it's just a shuffling of the feet. Easy funk. Peter Walsh, has made a noticeable difference to Simple Minds' If the track is slow or upbeat like the single, 'Asylums in Jeru­ nevj album. salem', it makes no difference all the tracks have instant appeal. Whether it is for the best must be left up to the individual - No deep and meaningful lyrics - if yo" 'isalbums. "Songs to Remember". - IAN GRAY It isn't that "New Golden Dream" is bad - it's just thai -J.B. Simple Minds have done better in the past. -J.B.

DINArESlBlLD Warren Zevan THE EHVOY

PROGRAMM 1. PROGRAMM 2: Din A Testbild (I.C.U.D.) THE BONES OF BARRY HARRISON; Tactics (Green) Graduates of the Berlin School of Electronics, Din A Test­ THE ENVOY: Warren Zevon (WEA) The release of live albums should always arouse your sus­ bild create a harsher, factory-floor version of the type of music 'The Envoy' stands as another testimony to the enormous picion. The only real benefits are that they allow groups to popularised by the more clinical Kraftwerk. talent of Warren Zevon. If you are already into his music you'll showcase different, more adventurous arrangements of their The band originated as a six-piece playing, in the words of not be disappointed with this album and if you have never songs, they show how groups relate to their audiences and producer, Klaus Schulze, a chaotic 'garbage of noise'. By the listened closely to Zevon's music this album will get you in. they protect fans from it\ferior bootlegs. time they released 1980's 'Programm 1' on Schulze's Innovative While 'The Envoy' does not have songs of the malicious On the other hand, live albums are often released to get out ComtT^unication label in Europe, they had been honed down to cuteness of Zevon's better known numbers ('Excitable Boy' of recording contracts and as a cheap way of making a record a duo; Mark Eins and Genee Romee. and "Werewoives in London') the insight - and the cynicism it (they are invariably of poorer quality than studio albums). Eins sings in German and English. His English lyrics are brings - which Zevon has displayed in earlier albums is de­ "Bones" is a live album which is difficult to judge in these fairly disposable, tending towards the pseudo-cosmic in places. finitely there. terms. While the recording quality is uneven (it varies from ade­ His singing is human, even histrionic, compared to Kraftwerk's The production on this album affords a more full sound than quate to terrible), I doubt whether Tactics have any long term vobotoitl style. on some of Zevon's previous albums and in this seems to match contract they are trying to get out of. In fact, the band has Romee's multi-tracked handling of the sophisticated music better the Zevon vocal style, which is very, very impressive. been quite unstable during the last twelve months and "Bones technology is described as 'naive' in ICDU's press release, but is Of the more rocky number on the album the best, in my is more of a desperate attempt to reassure Tactics fans that they creative and occasionally brilliant. A mixture of acotistic and opinion, is where Zevon takes a long look at civilisation and still exist in some term or other. decides 'It Ain't That Pretty At All', symbolised in an endless synthesized instruments, heavy on rhythms, repetition, and In their favour. Tactics have released seventeen songs total­ process of throwing himself against a brick wall. effects. ling more than fifty-five minutes and the bulk of them have not Of the slower tracks, the most interesting is a eulogy to 'Programm 2', released in Europe in 1981, saw Din A Test­ appeared on their studio albums. Given that David Studdert is Elvis Presley in which the King walks on the water 'With His bild as a four-piece, still with Mark Eins but with Romee's role a prolific songwriter, it is unlikely that many of them will ever Pills'. In fact the slow stuff on the album provides an excellent taken up by three others, including Klaus Schulze on sequencer he re-recorded and this alone makes "Bones" a worthwhile medium for a singer with a great voice. and 'sounds'. More sophisticated musically than the first album, purchase for any Tactics fan. but with no improvement in Eins'approach to lyrics. There are no really weak track on this album, but I've come Within the alternative bands that make the "inner city The two albums were released in Australia earlier this year to expect that from the former Everley Brothers pianist/band­ sound" Tactics have always stood out on a limb. Their music by Ic Down Under. Sound quality is better than average - all ar. is harsh, rhythmic and uncompromising. LPs in ICDU's wide-ranging catalogue play at 45rpm - and does - IAN COOK Their influences are as diverse as Neil Young, Arthur Lee

Sennper-19 as Australia's first marijuana journalist. ago, as the Marijuii:. "arty candidate, Supremists . . . Instant Guide to the a dozen dcpey yams "A Dozen Dopey Yarns" is mainly he outpolled all but ''2 major parties Women's Movement, but quite useful. • taJes from the oz pot prohibition McRoach writing on the activities of in the Senate elections in Vijtoria. While much of the supporting evid­ McRoach, which is fascinating enougli "A Dozen Dopey Ya. J" is good tyJJ.McRoach ence derives from the Third World, the reading. The chief candidate for (he reading. But read it mainly for nostal­ book deal specifically with the oppression Australian Marijuana Parly in the 1977 gia - it looks as thougli the cultural of Western, particularly British, women. elections, McRoach also becomes a sus­ conditions that created McRoach will not 'Subject Women' is palatable, con­ pect in the disappearance of Don Mackay occur again for some time. troversial but coldly unemotional. at Griffith, and acts as Public Relations -ANDREW FRASER Most of the data is depressing, and Ms Officer for Hunter S. Thompson on the ,-.•.•.•.•.•••.••• Oakley offers no solutions from the mass Gonzo Doctor's visit Down Under. of other evidence she presents. This apparently was some trip. "On For Women's Liberation? Wonder why the sixth night, Dr. Thompson passed we make such a fuss? Don't really care? out. He matched, but did not break, Reading 'Subject Women' cannot leave the record still held by the creator of you unmoved. It may even make you the universe." angry. 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Before our eyes, or perhaps The role of dope in popular He is his own twisted pliilosophy, his own false prophet; liis sense of behind our backs, Australia is being culture was originally championed values, where it exists, reflects the sold off to transnational corpora­ by Cheech and Chong in the poverty of a diminishing mind. He tions at an ever increasing rate. 1960s. Long, meaningful intakes is no rare bird fouling the distant The genera! response from the present of breath, giggles and "Oh, wow, scene. He is here in our own back­ government has been to close down or man". yard ..." limit the activities of agencies which Wow indeed. As everything that The book abounds with quotable indicate the extent to which industrial happens in America eventually is adopt­ quotes. It might be hard to pin down his and mining industries are being taken ed in Australia it seemed only a matter style, but McRoach/Oliver is, if nothing over by transnational. of time before marijuana culture took else, entertaining. Or, al least, such is the impression off here. On a technical note, however, not all SUBJECT WOMEN: by Ann Oakley. given by "Australia: A Client State". The early 1970s, and enter Perry cartoons are attributed. Semper cartoon­ Fontana. 1982. S5.95. Indeed, the facts produced to support Oliver, aspiring young journalist on the ist Matt Mawson suffers in this regard. If you are still waiting to be con­ such allegations are established to tlie Nation Review. Promising all the dope In these days when the best of Nation vinced that feminists have a case, point where tlie information concerning on dope, Oliver changed his name to Re\dew runs to eight pages, it's difficult 'Subject Women' will sliock you the "great takeover" becomes over- J.J. 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Undoubtedly, the Riptides are which they have now permanently made Brisbane's favourite pop sons. When their home. Only the lead singer Mark they play here it is almost unpatri­ Gillespie, remains out of the original members. otic not to see them and bop along The band has since released an E.P., to "Holiday" or "Tomorrow's "Swept Away", and two more singles, Tears". "Tomorrow's Tears" and "Only Time". The Riptides were formed in 1977 in These arc to be followed by another the golden age following the Revolution single, "Hearts and Flowers", (which, in England during which, a host of Bris­ they informed mc, is accompanied by bane bands were spawned. a great film clip), lo be released in early They are one of the few successful October, and possibly an album after survivors. Christmas. Their first single, "77 Sunset Strip", As for changes in the music of the quickly became a local classic. Even Riptides, Mark says the band wants to today if you go lo a Riptides' concert develop a fuller sound exploiting the in Brisbane, il is almost certain lo be talents of band members lo play new among the encores the band plays. This and different instruments. is despite the band's decision never to As he said in a recent interview, play the song again. "There is not as much dependence on it's hard to say no to hundreds of just belting it out which has ils charm chanting fans who refuse to leave without and which I really like ... but it has hearing it. its limitations... ", Seeking different and possibly greener The Riptides have recently just finish­ The BLOWTORCH in art. . pastures, the band moved to Sydney ed a five week tour of the Eastern states and will soon be in Brisbane again lo SPELT TROM SIBYL'S LLAVES: support Simple Minds on their national University Art .Musmiin, Forgan- lour. Sniith Tower. Until the end of Though pleased with ihc chance lo lour wilh Simple Minds, the band still October. docs not feci they arc a success: "In One of tho mosi cxcilinj; an the overall scheme of things, we're not exhibitions scon in Brisbane this a success. We're just anolhcr band". year is ])rcsently on show at the Success or not, the Riptides are University Art Museum. obviously popular. They have just signed 'Spelt from Sibyl's Leaves - Kxpior- a new distribution contract wilh record­ ations in Italian .Vrl', is a collection of ing company WEA tliough they will con­ contemporary Italian Art diverse in botli tinue to record with Regular Records. content and media. "The sort of success we're looking Works ran^'c from the delicately paint­ for is more of a personal one, personal ed guaze of Italo Bressan to a monumen­ satisfaction wilh what we're doing, and tal plaster installation of Paolo Icaro and although each piece has its specific in­ we've still got a long way to go." dividuality, the collection appears to look Hopefully the search will continue back to the ostentatious loth centur\' for a long time to come. I also hope Baroque period for its slrenpth and in­ they keep playing 'Sunset Strip'. spiration. Dig that crazy new wave beach music. The University Museum has provided -BRETT MORGAN an interesting environment for this show as it flows from the intimacy of a purely I I black and white corridor to the excit- ment of soild aluminium hanging scrolls. K most intriguing piece is the work RED Pots of Jannis Komiellis, essentially composed of a collection of familiar orchestral instruments. Each instrument, however, RED HILL POTTERY: is strapped to its own onimous blow­ 23 EnoggcraTcc., Red Hill. torch and gas bottle which, when lit, The Red Hill I\)tlery is the deems the instruments both sterile and classless as they uncxpectantly emit culmis^ation of ten months work the same monotonous hissing sound. R.E.staurant on the part of Michael Walker and 'Spelt from Sibyl's Leaves' does not co-poitcrs Gerard Burford and aim lo present a complete picture of Roddy Duller. Italian art, many pieces in fact date ROYAL EXCHANGE HOTEL: to regard a meal at the R.E. as a meal back several years and it is unfortunate Michael obtained the house late last High Street., Toowong. Counter out. year and has carried out extensive reno­ (hat wc cannot see the complete cata­ The service is simple. You pay for Teas 6-8pm. vations incorporating a showroom, large logued show in Australia. your meal and get a number and eventu­ workshop, film house, storage areas, and However, the vibrant pieces on show We walked into the R.E. just as ally that number is called out. acres of sun-deck for the absorption of exhibit a variety that appeals both in­ a fight started. Some sort of a dis­ If you are in a large group, order artistic energies. tellectually and visually and is one of pute over the meat tray, apparently. the rare opportunities for Brisbane individually. With large orders they For the opening the potters have been Dining at the R.E. is hardly a genteel w.iit until the entire lot is ready, so you working steadily for the past two months people to view slightly more avante-garde to accumulate stock consisting of novel examples of international art. pastime, yet many students through can expect some long delays for groups cost options (or lack thereof), are forced Games souveniers, poHlic.illy flavoured - ELIZABETH BATES of three or more. pots sculptured with satyrical care by The menu features the usual pub Gerard, and a range of wcU-finished fare of steak and veges, chops and vegcs, functional wares in stoneware and por­ fish and salad, (average price about $3) celain by Roddy and Michael. — (fom prevloui page system which is grinding to a halt." meat pie style take aways, and on a con­ Michael, who up until the start of this in the process of transnationalisation in The book represents required reading temporary note, a vegetarian dish. year was the resident potter at the Uni­ Australia. for those who are at all concerned about The chef usually manages to pull off versity of Queensland Student Union what is happening to the worid and our faci.iity, sees much of their future in the The road to recovery is long and the meat part of each dish, but the mash­ little corner of it. But, as the authors productioit of functional pots. difficult but still, with support from ed potato was soggy and you only eat the point out - "I want to stress that this is primarily tlie international community (when it greens if you're hungry. "There is not much time left for the a workshop where people will not have to exists) is possible, according to the Our vegetarian friend reported that the pay gallery prices for good quality funct­ auUiors. Australian people to read and follow rabbit food was uninspiring, but filling. ional ware," he said. signposts to emancipation; die ne.\t few Anyway, at $1.20 it sure beats three Tliougb sales at the opening were slow, The alternative? "Unless Australians years are critical and will detemiine can capture state power and turn it packets of Smith's Crisps. this docs not reflect the quality of work whether Australia has a future as an Our parly also managed to sample on display. to the use of tl\e majority of its people independent entity or wheUier it will rather than the compradors, foreign some XXXX beer, of which the Hotel • Michael produced some excellent tea­ degenerate into a form of sub-fascism, had recently obtained stock. Wc found pots and casserole dishes in saturated iron investors and local elites, tlie country a valuable piece of real estate, owned and celadon glazes with rutilc design, will decline from its present status to it to be a light, urbane beer, with an and Roddy some imaginative stoneware by American and Japanese capital, underlying aggressiveness. that of a Third Wodd country, the governed by dieir agents, demoralisetl and porcelain jars, bowls and goblets. biggest export platform on tlie face of The beer garden of the Royal Ex­ Michael hopes to resume classes at by unemployment and cowed by secu­ change is hardly the place to go for a the globe, which will be like Oliver rity services, just another client state his new location next year and has fur­ Goldsmith's deserted village, a place seducrion dinner. But if you're not too nished the workshop with ten electric in the pacific of die New Corporate fussy about what you cat it fits the bill wheels and more than adequate storage 'where wealth accumulates, and men Worid Economic Order." decay', as its people and resources are for a cheap night out with the gang. facilities. used to shore up a worid economic -IAN COOK - DAMIEN SIMPSON - GRAHAM NIELSON

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THE BEST OF THE SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL THE EXCLUSIVE SEASON SCHONELL THEATRE /#4M^MA '^ 15th-17th October

FRIDAY at 7.30 pm VERONIKA VOSS Plus in this top value Double Bill Federal Rejnthllv of Germany \M) BLOOD WEDDING This .story, inspired by a real-life actress who Simtn (C) .starred in UFA riltnsof the pre-war period, is The niaiiic of flamenco ballet skilfully used to (he third in a (riltigy from Ftissbindcr about absorb ihe audience in this Saura iiiasierpeice. women in post-war Geriiiiiny at 8.00 pm SATURDAY at 2.30 pm j^^ at 4.30 pm TICKET TO HEAVEN SOLDIER GIRLS SLOW ATTACK U.S.A. (M) Federal Rejnthlic of Germany (R) Depicts the inside workings of a U.S.A. (.M) > • "religious" cult in San Francisco A startling look at the trainiiiiz of A film about the necessity of criminals U) be completely honest. which attracts emotionally deprived women recruits to the LIS. army youngsters and forces them into following its beliefs. SUNDAY at 10.30 am at 3.30 pm A QUESTION OF at 1.30 pm WASN'T THAT A SILENCE MUDDY RIVER TIME Japan (NRC) Ncilwrlaiid.s (M) Canada (G) >^. A timere.s's human drama alive wilh One of the alternatives at this years ^ A documentary story of the Weavers, ^ Sydney Film Festival, the nim telling insights into childhood and life a quartet of folk singers who became ^^ journeys into the realm of certain r^jf among ordinary people. the musical conscience of their social determinants of crime. generation. BOOKINGS AND DETAILS: STUDENT CONCESSION AVAILABLE ^Individual tickets will also be on S20 FOR ALL 8 FILMS .sale at the theatre prior to .screening From SCHONELL THEATRE (During screening hours only) and subject to .seating capacity.

Senfper-'22 SEQUELS: The final frontier

STAR TREK II: The Wrath of Khan. Starring Leonard Nlmoy, William Shatner - and all the Gang. George. In a sense, this second 'Star Trek' movie isn't a movie at all. Not in the conventional sense of an independent, self-sufficient work of film fiction. Instead, it's a product of the TV phetiomenon, and goes some way to explaining that pheonomenon. As directed by Nicholas Meyer, dozens of opportunities are missed. The picture lacks dynatnic acuity, there is precious little by way of character ex­ position or plot developtnent. Indeed, this is somewhat superfluous. There is instead a pleasant sense of familiarity. For those who've had every TV episode burnt into their brains, it's Hkc revisiting old friends. The computer-assisted fireworks are also largely redundant. The heart of the film - its real point - comes ten ininiites from the end; with the death of Spock (you could hear sniffles in the isles). I had the distinct impression that the previous 90 tninutes were just pad­ ding, to lead to this moment. It works like the close to a long chapter; which ^ ^ testifies to the potency of television, and the charm of the series. It is this charm which the picture recapitulates - and which does much to explain the phenomenon of 'Star Trek'. My life in the house 0/GHOSTS It has nothing to do with dazzling special effects, and little to do with the tnore ar­ POLTERGEIST: Directed by Tobe ed that sense of monstrousness as another cane reaches of science fiction. Indeed, their visiting phenomenon as just anoUier Hooper. Written and produced by face of everyday reality (a part of this part of life), that's the best part of the the fiction now reads as stilted science. Steven Spielberg. Forum. life, not a visitation) that's a part of picture. Rather, 'Star Trek' - TV series and Horror films are meant to scare. human culture, especially childhood cul­ It also gives room for some good act­ pictures - works because it keeps a firm They tap a core of amorphous ture. The picture lingered jn memory ing. Jobeth Williams (the mother) Is hold on very simple, even naive, values. because it touched on someUiing psy­ fear that's a part of all of us. There particularly fine. She had a small part in It enshrines a sense of possibilities - in chologically real. 'Kramer vs. Kramer' and was good; here the benevolent uses of technology, in is a peculiar visceral pleasure in In contrast, 'Poltergeist' is convent­ being scared witless by a palpable she's excellent. She's inventive, and human tolerance. ional fictional nonsense. It attempts makes the part credible, alive. fiction. And in the death of Spock, friendship. to work by means of explicit gore, loud Secondly, this is in most respects a None of this is withhi stratospheres of It's a way of being taken out of our­ noises, and speed; millisecond shocks Steven Spielberg picture. It is evident in profundity. But it is reassuring, if one lets selves, v/ith no need for thought, and in vast numbers. It is immediate, super­ the pervading artificiality of die fdm- skepticism slip. no unpleasant consequences - escapism. ficial, and forgettable. The plot is mainly making: the crafted clouds, a la 'Close Ultimately, the picture works as a Tliis is thwy they are so popular. a rationale for the effects. Encounters', the consciously clean light­ summary of the series. Like most of the Yet the genre is capable of more than In the middle of American suburbia, ing. TV episodes, plot and incident evapor­ mere entertainment, depending on how a family is slowly overcome by an incurs­ It is also apparent in the way a naive ate from memory widiin tninutes. the scare is planned. One way is examplif- ion from tlie supernatural. Tlieir house morality (callous capitalism the true There persists throughout a recall of ied by David Lynch's 'Eraserhead' (prob­ becomes, literally, an interface to anodicr evil) is grafted onto the story. Above old, shared, daydreams; pleasant, occas- ably the most profoundly unsettling wodd (there's even a glimpse of the all, like Spielberg's previous pictures, sionally memorable. horror picture I've yet seen). Beast). It transpires that their mono­ this is fundamentally about old movies - A.S. YAP Cast as a lucid nightmare, it exploit- tonous housing estate was built on a - it's an exercise in remaking a genre, cemetary - the headstones were moved, for memory's sake. but not the corpses. Daughter vanishes 'Poltergeist' is a consciously crafted in a maelstrom; mother eventually attempt to invigorate an old model 'POP' animation saves daughter. At the end the dead with iatterday film wizardry. It doesn't emerge. No-one dies. work. There are two interesting aspects to AMERICAN POP: Produced by Bob Dylan, the Sex Pistols, Lou Reed In its preoccupation with surface die picutre. First is the way in which it gloss and pizazz it forgets the funda­ Martin Ransohoff and Ralph Bakshi and Janis Joplin. emerges as a modified domestic drama; Schonell Theatre. Witli all of these to cover you only mentals, imagination is replaced by domesticity rudely interrupted. Tliis technique. Horror fdnis can be inter­ Those of us who crave anim­ get snippets of cover versions to satisfy allows for some wry humour (e.g. the your musical desires, all of which are esting;'Poltergeist' is dull. ation of a more telling nature than impression of die family adjusting to - A.S. YAP the classics of Walt Disney will based around die story of four gener- arions of Jewish/Russian immigrants be gratified to know that one of the to America. leading figures of popular social The film is essentially involved in the comment animation, Ralph Bakshi, symbolism of American pop and die is at it again. symbol which is American pop and to TRAVELLING films Bakshi, of 'Wizards' and 'Lord of the this end, is well suited to animation Rings' fame has attempted a monumental since this medium allows for selectively One of the major complaints 1982 Sydney Film Festival and most of task in 'American Pop' and though many paced progress dirough time. of Brisbane film buffs is that the the popular films polled from die aspects of the film do not quite come off Selectivity is an essential element in only films that come to Brisbane audience. (a protrayal of the drug Influence on rock die film and stereotypes are absolutely are proven box-office smashes. Some of the higldights will be "Blood of the sbcties, seventies and eighties necessary in any attempt to cover what Film connoisseurs have to make do Wedding", a Spanish production based comes to mind) the film has much to Bakshi seeks to cover. You may find on flamenco ballet; "Veronika Voss" offer those who aren't put off by ani­ fault with diose chosen to represent with the results of either Holly­ wood or Malcolm Fraser's invest­ by West Gennan director R,W. Fass- mation. American pop, but you'll not be able to binder; and "Ticket to Heaven", a Canad­ ment incentives. Do not make the mistake of assuming fault die skilled animation involved in ian film about one person's experience Ihat the film Is a collection of charica- diis intriguing fihn. The Brisbane Independent Film Fes­ with religious cults. tL«res of die big names of die American If you can take animation seriously tival held in early September provided pcTp scene, and do not also make the (and this doesn't take much), there is a chance for local non-commercial pro­ Altogether there will be eight films - onistake of assuming that "pop" means plenty to think about in diis movie, and ducts to be seen. On October 15th - a double bill opening on Friday ni^t ^the music you've been listening to over it is worth going to see because it is a 17th, Brisbane film goers will be able to and diree sessions each on Saturday and Ithe last decade; it mean "popular" so very rare opportunity to see the work of see the best of new internarional cinema Sunday. A season ticket will be avail­ •hat includes Geroge Gershwin, Herbie someone who can handle brilliandy in the Travelling Film Festival. able as well as rickets for each individual BRancock, Cole Porter, Dave Brubeck animation as an art form. Held at die Schonell Theatre, the session. ^long witli Bob Seger, Jimi Hendrix, - IAN COOK Festival is drawn from films shown at the -ANDREW FRASER

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