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3 THE RIGHT OF DEFERRAL: Australian Bill of Rights Delayed A lot has been said recently about Semper and its editors being sexist, racist and generally repugnant. The much vaunted Bill of Rights won't be seen this year because the Labor It has gone so far as a motion at Union Council resulting in 10 percent of this Government thinks it will cloud the election issues. HARRY DUNSTALL Semper being devoted to put forth the Union's non-sexist views - see Tony Kyna- reports. ston's message under this editorial. 5 HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN SHROUD OF TURIN It seems to me to be time to introduce a calming (hopefully) influence on this Semper's special Easter bonus, by well-known pagan and object of worship, somewhat emotive topic of conversation. FRANK MERINO. The Semper Editors are neither sexist or racist (or generally repugnant, for 6 A BREAK WITH THE PAST: No Protection for Old's Heritage that matter). Merely because we have some views on highly subjective topics which Why is it that Queensland is the only State that has problems preserving its are different to those of Germaine Greer, Carole Ferrier, Beverly Brown, our own historic buildings? CHRISTINE FOGG reports, Woman's Rights, whoever, does not make us sexist. 7 RIGHT IS MIGHT: The NCC Power Push However, on matters such as sexual discrimination, pornography (especially X rated) and equal opportunity, I am sure we agree in principle. It's just that it can't What, another NCC article in Semper? You bet! KEVIN VELLNAGEL always be black and white - there is always a grey area where we will disagree. Again does some investigative reporting. this doesn't make me sexist. 9 SNOWBOUND: Students Gear Up for the Ski Season Perhaps the thing that started it all was John's article on the "grapple and rape" A repeat of last year's review of what's available in the way of ski tours, festival. by snowplow, JOHN HENZELL. It was argued that he trivialised rape. John responded by saying that "grapple 10 MAKING OLD A MUSICAL MECCA ^,„ ^^^ ,^,^^„ and rape" was a commonly referred-to phrase and was only a pun. If the Instrumental Society has its way, that's what HOWARD STRINGER I saw the story before it went in. I also know of someone who was almost raped thinks will happen. - it is traumatic and definately not something to be trivialised. If I thought is trivia 11 GOD ON THEIR SIDE: Christians in High Places lised rape, it would not have gone in. Why do some Christians have a big influence on matters of government? As I have said, it was a merely a matter of judgement - a grey area. JAtVllNE LITTLE gives her explanation. By the same token, the argument that it was merely a pun brings up an interes ting point - in a world as serious as ours we need to laugh at ourselves constantly 12 NEWS to remain sane. I'm not suggesting puns in bad taste nor obviously sexist or racist Everything from a new legal book to Alcoholics Anonymous to a project jokes. inspired by one whale's meal a long time ago. However, a good point in case was our review of the book "No Good Men" in 13 THE RETURN OF THE STREET MARCH the last Semper. It sent up the male species and their mannerisms superbly, but I The Union is planning a street march to complain about something, and bet if the book was "No Good Women", we would have had no end of complaints MIKE KAISER explains the protests of the past. about sexism in the media. 14 SPRANEWS Similarly, with the racist argument - merely because I don't believe in, for exa SPRA offers a variety of sereices for students and some of them are nutrition mple, unlimited immigration to Australia, does not make me racist. courses and interfaculty sport. Once again, organisations such as the Klu Klux Klan, Direct Action, other overt/ covert organisation, bashing and violence are blatantly racist and must be stamped 15 LAWYERS IN DRAG and TORT TALK out at all cost. Budding lawyer, JULIE WHITE, gives her views on the silliness of the legal These are.John's feelings also, and I believe his last editorial was unfortunately profession. misunderstood. 17 NEWS Enough said. Whether you're educated in Paris or like dressing up in strange clothes or HARRY DUNSTALL typing by impulse (instead of trial and error, like me), you'll find something of interest on this page. 18 UNION MONEY-GO-ROUND For some time now, there have been complaints made to tfie Union The annual article on the Union Budget, by KAREN AXFORD. that editions of Semper printed in the last year or so have contained 19 THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE articles which were considered by certain people to be racist and ... and why Semper Editors shouldn't use puns - by ANNE HORAN. sexist. 20 DEFINING SEXUAL HARASSMENT Of course, Semper readers can form their own opinions about articles like Exactly what the title says - by the WOMEN'S RIGHTS group. "Sleaze City, USA", "Grappling with Fruit", and the dubious qualities of the REVIEWS: last editorial. FILM: The Osterman Weekend, reviewed by MARK STURGESS If the Semper editors wish to challenge anti-sexist and anti-racist policies of Betrayal, reviewed by JOHN HENZELL the Union, then they certainly have the space to do so in a constructive manner, Scarf ace, reviewed by JOHN HENZELL putting forward arguments in favour of sexism and racism. BOOKS: Aboriginal Pathways, reviewed by TIM LOW To do this may even engender more debate on such matters. Soundtrack for the 80's, reviewed by ANDREW ERASER As President of the Students Union I am the publisher of Semper. My name State of Mind, reviewed by JIM ALVEY appears in the "credits" below in each edition. Spray it Loud, reviewed by FRANK MERINO I am compelled to put into print my disassociation with sexism and racism as MUSIC: INXS, Mondo Rock, a music quiz and more. they appear in this newspaper from time to time. This was also the feeling of the majority of student Councillors who voted to devote Union space in Semper to articles which might help to re-affirm the Union's stance against prejudices in our society to the large Semper audience who may all too strongly associate editorial policy with that of the University of CORRECTION: In the last edition, after Anne Horan's letter complaining about Queensland Union. the term "grapple and rape" bcin^ used in Semper, my reply read; "If feedback TONY KYNASTON from students is any indication, it is probably relevant to note that, out of 18,000 Union President students at this University, only one came to sec me to complain about the use of the term 'grapple and rape' ". This is NOT what I wrote. I originally wrote; "I have talked to a lot of people I know about whether the term 'grapple and rape' could be construedis ofienswe SEMPER is a non-profit political and cultural magazine based at the University of Queensland, and, as yet, apart from the one girl out of 18,000 students who came to sec me, none have found it so", but I asked the layout artist to change "one gjrl out of EDITORS: Harry Dunstall and John Henzell 18,000 students who came to sec me, none have ..." to the more precise "... one TYPESETTING:Louise Larder girl who came to see me out of 18,000 students, none have ...". He apparently mis LAYOUT: Matt Mawson understood what I said and changed it to what actually appeared. I cfidn't see the LAYOUT ASSISTANCE: Terry Murphy layed-out copy again until after it was printed because Harry drove it to tiie printer the day after. PRINTERS: Warwick Daily News, Warwick I apologise to Ms Horan for a reply that was unnecessarily flippant, about a DISTRIBUTION {Off Campus): Gordon & Gotch matter that she takes quite seriously, but this situation was due entirely to a mis ADVERTISING: Robert Stubbs (phone 371 2568) understanding between the layout artist and myself and not flippancy on my part. PUBLISHER: Tony Kynaston, President, U.Q. Students Union This does not mean tiiat I back down on my claim that the term is nothing more Contributions are welcome, but no responsibility is accepted for unsolicited material. than a simple pun which intelligent people can sec as not trivialising rape. JOHN HENZELL FEATURE The Right of Deferral Australian Bill of Rights Delayed
One of the major reforms the Labor Party was planning to have made to Australian law in their first term was to set up a Bill of Rights, thus clarifying a cluttered and ambiguous section of the law. But, as HARRY DUNSTALL finds, the ALP are avoiding an immediate referendum.
An Australian Biil of Rights was to Covenant on Civil and Political Rights", have been introduced into the au Professor Lumb said. "Now I think the problem here is this: those articles are ex tumn session of Federal Parliament pressed in a very broad form, for exanipic, this year. However, according to the there is a right to participate in political Federal Attorney-General, Senator life. Now, is the Bill of Rights going to Gareth Evans, the Bill's introduction specify the conditions under which elec will now have to wait until after the tions are to be held, both Commonwealth next Federal election. and State. If that is so you can sec, I think, a great erosion of State responsibi Senator Evans reasons were outlined in lities because the Commonwealth will be a recent Courier-Mail story: controlling the manner in which State "... it [the election] would be in the power is exercised. For example, it could context in which passions could be ex bring about controls on the way in which pected to rise fairly high. In that antici rc-distribution takes place within the pated hothouse atmosphere it was thought State. unlikely that here in Parliament, let alone "So I see it (Bill of Rights] as probably the community at large, it would be possi effecting a great change in the Federal ba ble to have a calm and rational debate on lance (that is, the relation between the this measure". . Commonwealth and the States); and I'm According to Head of the Law Depart very suspicious of Senator Evan's state ment at Queensland University, Professor ment that the Human Rights Commission Lumb, this statement indicates the Bill of will be used as a vehicle for bringing about Rights "is a political hot potato". conformity with these rights, because ob Professor Lumb's comment would viously that means the Commonwealth appear to be justified in the light of re can handpick members of that Commis sponses from various sources. sion and can thereby bringaboutany poli Secretary of the Queensland Council tical or ideological results it may have in of Rights you have general rights into "One knows that Senator Evans is a for Civil Liberties, Tony Macklin, was re mind through that Commission". which any content can be injected. So zestful, reforming Attorney-General", he luctant to comment on the Bili until after that this does foster what might be called said. One wonders to what extent his the National meeting of the Council for Professor Lumb believes "a great un a policy-making role on the part of the enthusiasms may be compatible with Civil Liberties next week. However, he certainty in judicial interpretation" will judiciary: and you can see that this is go government policies or to what extent did say that the QCCL would call on the arise as a result of Senator Evan's state ing to create great strain. they conform to ordinary Australians' Attorney-General to bring the Bill for ment that the Bill would provide for limi "I think this is at the essence of the perceptions, particularly with people of a ward. ted enforcement by courts and would op division of opinion between Mr Justice State such as Queensland who have much A spokesperson for the Queensland erate as rules of construction. Connolly on the Supreme Court of Queen- more conservative views? Law Society said: "Our position is a bit He said: "By 'rules of construction' I land, and Mr justice Kirby of the Austra "In America the Bill of Rights was ad difficult. We have made submissions to suppose he (Evans) means that a court lian Law Reform Commission who is in opted by constitutional amendment; in the State Attorney-General (on both the will be given power to read into particular clined to adopt a social-engineering app Canada the Charter of Human Rights was Bill of Rights and the National Defamation statutes limitations derived from the Bill roach. adopted over a long consultive process be Bill) but unfortunately we can't make of Rights, or, in other words, the various "There are a lot of judges, particularly tween the Provinces and the Federal body them public or we breach our confidentia statutes, Commonwealth and State, will the Stale Supremo Court judges, who over there. lity with him". be read subject to this Bill of RIglits. would see the common law as providing "It does seem inadequate to bring in a In "The Age" (December 12, 1983), "This is going to place on the courts or an adequate balance of rights supplemen Bill of Rights on a Statute, this Statute Senator. Evans was quoted as saying: the Human Rights Commission, which ted or modified by legislation - that is being based on the External Affairs Pow "My objective is to achieve a constitu ever institution is used, great problems. It our inheritance of British law and institu er. It would be far more preferable for a tionally entrenched Bill of Rights which will give them a sort of policy-making tions. Bill of Rights to be subjected to a refe will state, in appropriate language, all the role in the legal process. "A Bill of Rights, of course, is really a rendum so that the people who will be rights and freedoms required to be res "As to the people as a whole, is a European and American-type document affected by it will have the chance of pected in our society. Bill of Rights going to mean anything and wc have to then look at what happens voting. > "It would be based firmly on interna more to them than our present legal sys at, for example, the United States Sup "However, I'd be very dubious about a tional covenant". (According to Professor tem? And of course, we have a common reme Court where they have got a Bill of constitutional referendum being held be Lumb this comes under the Federal Ex law system that has existed for many Rights, There, rights have been interpreted cause I think that on such a matter, as ternal Affairs power which the Common many centuries. in ways that may be regarded as contrave well as on other controversial matters, wealth used in the Franklin Dam case.) "The common law system is based on ning certain people's conscientiously held you would not get a majority of electors "Evidently there is an intention to in iudge
The ultimate in do-it-yourself clothing is the perfect Easter gift for those who want something a little different. When someone complains that they always get the same thing every year, give them their very own Shroud of Turin. FRANK MERINO shows how, using information from a source that he can't mention because we didn't pay them and they'd probably sue us if they knew.
As Easter comes around, the thou from that time - perhaps you've heard of ght of gifts for those who consider it, it was originally found in Turin. the holiday to be more than suntans This isn't a big problem since it is ex and hangovers, is an impending task. tremely likely they're about to become the new look of the haute culture houses Easter eggs are gauche at the best of in Paris, but you can scoop the Europeans times and don't come in designer lables by creating your own shroud before the for the fashion conscious among us; a fashion arrives here. The "shroud look" is Pierre Chicken has never graced the shelves particularly suited to Stuart Mcmbry de of any store I know. However, the prob signs. lem can be solved quickly and easily using But as Calvin Klein, the Patron Saint a traditional European design that has of designer jeans, said once: your shroud been around for centuries - give the per has to have that "weathered, time batter son their very own Shroud of Turin. ed, I feel-absolutely-dead, second hand These were.all the rage in 14th Century distressed look; you need some artistic France and have been popular in christian wear and tear". circles ever since, it's especially appropri All this can be achieved simply and the ate for an Easter wedding - the siiroud is comfort of your own home. There are no something old (14th century design), classes to attend and no one will call. It something new (only made last week), can also be done at a very moderate cost, something borrowed (the French stole the so long as you follow Semper's handy, pin- shroud from the Byzantines in the 1300s) it-up, hand-made shroud pattern. The ac although there isn't anything particularly tual pattern comes from an American tele blue about it unless you do it on electric vision documentary show where they blue Rayon instead of cloth. make the audience repeat the name cons Unfortunately not a lot of examples tantly so they remember which show still exist from 14th century France. In they've watching. They call it "That's in fact there is only one still in existence credible" and is sort of like our "Sixty Minutes". In the midst of all this objec who can't think of any earthly way of tive reporting emerged one Joe Nickle, making a picture without using a paint artist and private investigator, who said brush. The mixture also means there is no he could prove the Shroud of Turin was a "paint" on the cloth since myrrh and in- fake because he, Joe Nickle, could make a cence are traditional burial spices. shroud himself quite easily and proceeded Patting the entire cloth gives the im to do so. age of the shroud being scorched with out any penetration beyond the surface STEP ONE fibres. Buying Woolworths brand Myrrh You need a statue or a bas relief of and Aloes gives a colourfast finish that is something vaguely human. Joe Nickle microwave and hot wash proof used a bust of BingCrosby but for our illu If you're really after "that" look which stration in Semper we think Bob Hawke will make your shroud stand out from the would be more appropriate, given his per crowd of shrouds, the application of a sonal view as Australia's very own saviour. minimal amount of blood in the appropri The most authentic shrouds use full ate places fools both your friends and length, life sized statues, which produce a Ayers Rock forensic scienti^s. You can shroud of a size suitable as a formal dress, also throw on a few seeds from plants although there's always the opportunity that are only found in the Middle East of a self portrait, or a portrait using a area. Masterfood spice racks are a good living person - your spouse might agree. source for these, so long as you don't use Alternatively, you can use existing statues the MSG bottle, and if that fails, you can like Queen Victoria in Elizabeth Street or always ask a Qantas stewardess. a concrete aboriginal in the bottom of the garden. STEP FOUR Once the shroud is dry after the third step, you can unveil it as a work as rele STEP TWO vant as any of the thousands that were Having procured your statue, bas relief kicking around in the 14th Century or live participant, cover it with a large France. hot wet cloth and use your fingers to force and press the cloth into the statue/relief/ Carefully take the cloth off the statue participant's features. Remassage it to fit and you'll discover a faint, full length the shape every half hour until the cloth portrait of Bob Hawke (or Bing Crosby or is dry, at which point the cloth should Queen Victoria etc) with similar tone and have worked its way into the winkles and colouring to the current shroud, ready to ripples, and should be as tightly moulded stand up to the X-ray, infra-red and three- as a cast. dimensional computer reconstruction test ing which believers seem to claim as being STEP THREE the "final proof. Once the cloth is dry, a mixture of If you don't actually wish to wear your Myrrh and Aloes should be applied as a shroud (they make great ponchos) you dye. Since Aloes, as mentioned in the can put it behind glass at your local bible and seen on TV, is renowned for its church (although this isn't a good idea if staining properties, it should be mixed you're a member of non-christian faiths). half and half with the Myrrh to avoid Invite a team of scientists to observe it, smudging. without touching it, and wait for the sci The important technique to use here is entific findings to emerge four days later. to apply the mixture with a home made Good luck with your shroud, and we dauber made of cloth. Dabbing allows hope to see you later in the year when application without brush strokes, which Semper will be offering another design — is particularly convincing to scientists make your own Lourdes Grotto. FEATURE A Break with the Past No Protection for Qld's Heritage
Why does Queensland have no State legislation to prevent the destruction ccrs' Association of Brisbane on their funds, taxation concessions, low-interest of our heritage? Just how is it that in a supposedly democratic State, City Council employee members from loans, grants and Transferable Develop bulldozers move at midnight in Brisbane, and the light of day reveals the processing demolition permits for any ment Rights. annihilation of the Bellevue Hotel, Cloudland Ballroom, and other space listed by the National Trust. This Senior lecturer in Law at Queensland irreplaceable links to our common past? CHRISTINE FOGG looks into union's intentions are commendable, but University, Dr Fogg, agreed that the these questions. its action is ineffective since a developer attitude of the Government was respons can easily appeal to a State Government- ible for the lack of environment law in appointed referee, who is then likely to Queensland. approve the demolition. In a State where all political parties "There is a strange view, regarding the "No effective legislation exists to com are committed to the introduction relationship of government and private As a result, Brisbane is becoming pel people to maintain buildings of hist McDonaldaliscd. Brisbane's unique char orical or artistic merit," he said. "Legis- of heritage legislation, Queensland's citizens, that laissez-faire liberalism means acter is disappearing with the steady en for prospective loss of heritage (for in- record is not one to be proud of. having no effect on private business, whereas in other States heritage legis croachment of standardised buildings, ity, not local councils." lation is upheld in harmony with private just the same as other in other cities, Transferable Development Rights have According to the Chairman of the business enterprises." other countries. already been suggested by the Brisbane Australian Heritage Commission, Dr Ken Queensland, and Brisbane in particu Dr Wiltshire said; "Heritage protect City Council as a method by which neth Wiltshire, fieritagc legislation was lar, has the worst heritage record in Aust ion is one of the greatest tourist draw- compensation comes from the private included in the policies of both the ralia. For example, nominations to the cards of all time. Other States have no sector and costs the local government Queensland Libera! and Labor Parties. Register of the National Estate from difficulty financing heritage legislation little. Further, at the last State election, the Queensland have lagged severely behind and having a unique landscape to offer This American innovation means that National Party promised to amend the those from other parts of Australia. The brings enormous revenue from tourism. unused floor area given by a planning Local Government Act to "provide policy of the Queensland Government is Port Arthur in Tasmania is a good exam scheme to a historic site is transferred powers for the preservation of historical to make no nominations and to lodge ple. St Helena island, a similar early to allow a taller building to be built on buildings". Three-quarters of the Nation blanket objections to State-owned places penal settlement and potential tourist another property nearby. The owner of al Party Cabinet are in favour of heritage nominated by other people. No other attraction, is left deserted, and steadily the historic building sells the unused legislation. However, the remaining, opp State government in Australia has adopt deteriorates." potential. osing faction, includes the Premier, Joh ed such a stance. Bjelke-Petersen. Dr Wiltshire's suggestions for good The present system of land valuation "It's the nature of Queensland polit Further, despite the State Government State legislation includes a method for and rating make preservation of inner- ics," Dr Wiltshire said this week. "The establishing an inter-Departmental comm listing heritage items (which could be city buildings difficult, since structures frontier-type mentality suggests that heri ittee on heritage legislation in 1977, no done using the Register of the National are valued and rates imposed according tage legislation is somehow going to action has been taken on a twice-present Estate and the listings of the National to their potential rather than actual use. hinder economic development. In fact, ed draft bill. Trust as a basis); an early-warning system Changes to City Council ordinances the Heritage Commission has very good Therefore, the only control which for prospective loss of heritage (for in must be approved by the State Govern relationships with developers and build currently prevents further demolitions stance, the Queensland Town Planning ment if this situation is to Improve. ers. is a ban placed by the Municipal Offi- and building demolition laws); enforcable penalties for offenders; a mechanism to Sunday, April 8th to Sunday April ISth is oversee the listing and penalty-enforce Queensland Heritage Week 1984. Activities ment process; a right of appeal for range from dray rides, art & antique exhibitions, an exhibition of toys & dolls, to trips aggrieved persons affected by the legis to the Nundah cemetery. lation; and a means of compensating The Mall, Post Office Square, and City Plaza Donit pay more! owners restricted by the legislation. will be the centres of City activities, which will Include a sports memorabilia exhibition. You Other States provide a range of opt can even get the Genealogical Society to trace SKI N.Z. ions including rale exemption, revolving your family's past. 7 DAYS MT. 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Organised conspiracy is definitely an branch of the Queensland Right to Life oddity in Australia. Take away Association" (a body set up and funded ASIS, ASIO, sundry Russian diplo by the NCC). mats, the CI A, Fosters beer and one- UQPLS President, Traccy Harrison, day cricket and little else remains. says there is no truth in the rumour they are linked to the NCC. However, the National Civic Council, "Most people in the club don't even a group of fundamentalist christians, see know what the NCC is. But a lot of our Australia in a different light, a red light in members might support the NCC as a lot fact. They fear a communist plot and are of their policies, like anti-abortion, are mobilising a "Counter-Conspiracy". the same as ours", she said. In their "An Australian Manifesto" the According to Ms Harrison the Pro-Life NCC claim the attack is organised by the Society's main concern is with medical "coalition of the left", that is, Commu ethics. They collect and disseminate rele nists, Socialists, Humanists and Left Lib vant articles on ethics and receive speakers erals. for lunchtime lectures. .B The manifesto states that in many cases She also emphasised the Society's role the attack is centrally organised because in training people to talk, especially to "While the coalition includes elements schools. "They don't always come to us other than the Communists, it is largely straight off, she said, "a lot of schools controlled by the Communists, by virtue approach Right To Life to get people to of a common philosophy" speak and they come to us". Further, according to the manifesto, While NCC influence at the U of Q. is "Their (the coalition of the Left's) effect very slight, it is known they assisted the ive operation depends, however, on the campaign to disaffiliate Queensland Uni •s existence of small action groups, cells or from the Australian Union of Students in "factions" organised within the institu 1979, and to this end printed much pro 5 tion under attack. paganda. "These groups are organised by mem Also, in the late seventies, candidates bers of the institution whose real loyalty were run at the Union Council elections •3 is to outside bodies or philosophies which in a takeover bid. They were never very are often totalitarian. successful but they try every year, albeit "Effective counter-action demands for on a smaller scale. As usual, last year, elec scd tlie welding company as up to no nected to the NCC and the court order mal organisation by democratic (sic) tion pamphlets were printed in the NCC's good). prevents the union from publishing these forces within every major institution Ann Street office. The real dirty work began when the facts. which is under attack". On most other Campuses, fronts such NCC contracted a computer company, OTHER AREAS The NCC has interpreted this to mean as Chrisian Democrat Clubs are operative. Computer Utilities (Industrial ) Pty. Ltd, The National Civic Council is very con molding itself into the form of the suppo A former student activist for the NCC, to break down the electoral roll on a street scious of its bad reputation and so in re sed conspirators. Their organisations is Martin Shanahan, explains: by street basis. cent years fronts such as Women's Action both secretive and subversive. "The Democratic Clubs are initiated, Immediately after the MWU ballot pa Alliance, Women Who Want to be Women, The Australian manifesto concludes: controlled and partly financed by the pers were sent out by post a huge door Queensland Right to Life Association, "Since the issue will finally be determined NCC. They are very much a half-way knocking campaign was mobilised. NCC Australian Defence Organisation, Peace by the character of the leaders of the new house and promote experienced opera volunteers from Victoria and Queensland with Freedom Movement, and the Pro generation, we therefore seek to activate, tors to shift and select potential recruits". took part. Many boasted afterwards how fessional Businessmen's Club, have taken train and assist all those concerned with "They are useful to test whether peo easy the job was. What they did was to on the task of promoting the Council's these institutions to resist this attack, to ple are prepared to do hard things and to either steal the highly visible and uniform objectives. maintain their effective purpose, so they be publicly identified with the 'correct Electoral Office envelopes from letter Although "The Australian" regularly will contribute to the achievement of line' ". boxes or knock on doors and convince prints NCC press releases the only other our vision of Australia". (My emphasis). "Organisation basically consisted of en union members a mistake had been made direct access to the public is through Bob The NCC's vision for Australia is in suring that each campus had a publication and they should hand them over. Santamaria's Point of View television teresting for they reject both capitalism coming out, maintaining weekly 'group Then they sent in the ballots favouring spot every Sunday on Channel 0 at and communism. As Catholic Fundamen meetings' and at appropriate times were the "Better Deal Labor Team". The ploy 11.50am. (B.A. Santamaria 1% NCC Presi talists with a particularly devout fervour speaking to first year students of Catholic didn't work as two members were charged dent) they are very close in thinking to other Schools in metropolitan and country with falsely acquiring ballot papers. Peter At approximately $1000 per minute on furidamentalists such as the Ayatollah areas". Moxon was also charged with falsely 19 stations Australia wide, 52 days a year Khomeini. TRADE UNIONS claiming MWU membership. this must lead to crippling bills for an or Materialism, permissiveness, anarchy Pick up an issue of the NCC's national John Grenville, as second ranking NCC ganisation of about 1,500 (no one really and totalitaranism are the four evils they journal "News Weekly", and there is industrial officer under John Maynes, is knows as membership is kept secret). claim to be fighting. bound to be a reference to Unions or probably the biggest defection the organi The Council has experienced a drop in Fortunately (or unfortunately) the Union elections such as, "Showdown sation has had. His resignation was over new recruits and so has changed its catch- NCC restricts its subversive activities to looms over affiliation of moderate unions the dictatorial control imposed by Maynes cry, "fighting communism" to that of four main areas. These are; Universities, to Vic A.L.P." and, "Moderates win key and funds from business: "religious committment". While numbers Trade Unions, Primary and Secondary positions in Tasmanian Metalworkers' ba "(The NCC) carries on a campaign dir are dropping cash flow is not. Offices are schools and also what they call, "the llot". ected at the militant unions in our society still located in most capital cities and media of public communications". and in doing that it says to the bosses 'we there are over 60 full-time staff. UNIVERSITIES It is in this area that the NCC arc the most ruthless, and there is documented want to curtail their actvities, we will A recent split in 1982, when six extre In the recent January edition of the evidence on their activities. give you industrial peace if wc do' ", he mists were expelled because they wanted newsletter of the NCC's Queensland bra said. "We need the necessary finance to the organisation to devote all its time and nch "Comment", this plea is made: "The One particular story unfolded 10 years back the campaign, by some insurance". resources into union infiltration, has not names and addresses of some of this year's ago during elections for the Miscellaneous Grenville gave an example of how pro been much of a legacy. Rather this group 'freshers' are needed urgently by the mod Workers Union. The NCC, desperate to blems arise: "Well, how would you like to has set up the Industrial Action Fund erate activists on Queensland's tertiary win MWU leadership, put their whole orga be the Federal Secretary of the Federated and are continuing their work. campuses". nisation to work. Clerks Union sitting down in front of the Further, Bob Hawke's recent move to Further on it says, "The activists are Their "ticket" in the 1974 ballot was employers demanding certain results in rcaffiliate four Victorian right wing unions looking for youngsters who are likely to called the "Better Deal Labor Team". favour of the members and being told must be questioned. For a start the Fede agree with their policies and objectives". Peter Moxon was the leader of the that if you were going to carry on that rated Clerks Union is headed by John This is part of the yearly recruiting "Better Deal". However, he was a full- way you will never get another penny". Mayes, the NCC's number one industrial campaigns that the NCC wages. Since time NCC employee and worked at their The most recent example of NCC acti activist. The other large union the FED- universities and tertiary colleges produce N.S.W. headquarters. This meant he was vity was on March 30 of this year. A SDA is headed by Jim Mayer who also the bulk of this nations leaders it is a not eligible for MWU membership, let Queenslandcr, Michcal Jess, won a court has close links with the NCC and the In prime place to enlist members or just in alone leadership. Older restraining the Amalgamated Metals, dustrial Action Fund, fluence people. To get around this problem he was put Foundry and Shipwrights Union from The National Civic Council, from a Because their reputation is so bad the on the books of the Balmain Welding Com printing certain material in union sponso shadowy beginning in 1957 out of the NCC gains access to campuses through pany as a night watchman. Moxon never red publications. Catholic Social Studies Movement, has front organisations and informal networks. actually worked at this job but it was en jess is a member of the Rcdform Group shown it does have clout. The University of Queensland Pro-Life ough to get MWU membership. (A few which contested recent AMFSU elections. Society advertises itself as, "the campus years later the N.S.W. Drug Inquiry expo- Both jess and the Redform Group are con resentment against overseas students. At present, however, the University has no As an editor of Semper, we wish you can quota on overseas visa students. A senate com publish articles that will fosterbetter Australian- mittee on Entry Procedures has recommended a quota of 10% on these students which the Union Overseas Student friendship. OVERSEAS STUDENTS has opposed. The Union believes that no such quota should be established until a national po]. icy on the issue has been fomiulated. Secondly, it is not true that students Irom Henzell, Asia don't have to pay "University fees" (actu Everytime I open the pages of Semper, I ally known as Overseas Students Charges) while prepare myself to find another reason for students from Europe do. (This is implied in the why I didn't vote for you as a candidate 4th paragraph of Editorial) The Overseas Stu for the position of Semper Editor. Many dents charge, administered by the Department things have appeared in the pages of Sem of Immigration, applies to all overseas students. per that I have let pass without comment, Certain exemptions exist but none on the basis allowing my apathy to prevail. Well, Hen of which country the student comes from. Cur zell, congratualtions, you have done it - rent levels of this charge are as follows: Masters you have stirred me out of my apathy. Courses $2,900; Medicine & Vet Science$2,700 "Perhaps the racist attacks... will have a andalltherest$2,150. positive aspect if they result in more public dis Thirdly, in the editorial you suggest some cussion". No, Henzell, they won't - they never form of means test on overseas students, In could. Bashing the shit out of somebody can theory the suggestion is great, but in practice, never result in anything good. clearly impossible. The Federal Government If persons believe that there are problems cannot design an effective means test on T.E.A.S. with the current overseas student situation, allowances in Australia. How do you expect In the last issue of Semper, the editorial on the asian student situation cau then there are appropriate ways of raising the them to design a means test for a foreign country sed considerable reaction. We've devoted this editor's letter page to the level of debate on the issue. Using the actions with a completely different wage and taxation issue together with my justification of what I wrote. of a bunch of animals as occasion to raise the structure? How would they get the required in JOHN HENZELL issue is not such an appropriate way, Henzell, formation from a foreign taxation department? because you are giving indirect support to I think it would be useful to state Union those actions. By yourstatments in the editorial Policy on overseas students so that they may be Dear Mr Henzell, Student Union found that the vast majority of the March 19 Semper, you have not contri assured that the Union does not endorse the Your editorial analysis of the issue of of overseas students, contrary to popular buted to raising the level of debate about the views expressed in the Editorial. Union Council Asian students at Australian universities opinion, did not come from wealthy families. overseas student issue. You have merely demon Policy is: was interesting but shallow. Only 4.9% of Overseas students came from strated (yet again) the pathetic level of analysis This Council notes the following comments A large proportion of overseas Asian students families where the combined parental in your mind is capable of. It sickens me to see of the Senate Committee on entry proce are Malay nationals of Chinese race, who are come exceeded $25,000 a year, it found. Semper being used to give even qualified sup dures. denied access to education in their own country The majority of students sun/eyed had $ port for the actions of a bunch of sub-human by the institutionalized racism of the Malaysian maximum disposable income in Australia of Only a very large influx of Oveneas students animals. Sometimes I wonder if you're any Government For Chinese (le. non-Muslim) less than $70.00 a week, about $40.00 be would seem to justify this University placing better than them, Henzell. Malays, access to university is severely limi low the poverty level. stringent restrictions on the admission of ted. Australian overseas posts select the over And, as if that wasn't enough, you have the Overseas students. If the Australian government put pressure seas students mainly on academic performance gall to imply that CASIM aren't "intelligent And calls upon the Univeisity to be consis on the Malaysian government to admit students Only best students are selected because of the enough to see that (the term "grapple and tent with this statement and reject the pro to university on the basis of merit and not race restricted number ofstudents allowed into Aus rape") is no more than a simple pun". Still, I posed faculty-based quota system for Over or religion, we would no longer have a problem. tralia every year. suppose you like yourself. seas students on temporary visas. The Chinese students would attend univenity As a result, the more hardworking kids, nor GEOFF AIRO-FARULLA Further, that we note the importance of Ed- in Malaysia (and academic standards would im mally from the better-off families are selected, ('Obiter' Editor) cation as part of Foreign aid offered by tiiis prove there) and those students who missed out (Isn't the same thing happening in Australia?) country and call on the Federal Government in Malaysia would not have the academic merit to fully consult widt tertiary institutions and Your suggestion that overseas studnets "be Overseas students organisations when fontiu- to enter an Australian university. Racism in one Dear Sirs, at least means-tested" is unnecessary. (Can you latingpolicy in this area. country, if tolerated, spreads its ugliness into Your recent editorial regarding the issue others. convince the University senate to means-test all Finally, we believe that the provision ofEd- offoreignstudentsand Australian Govern cational facilities in developing Countries ROSS BARNARD the students who enter this University?) ment aid is part of a general criticism of should be a priority in foreign aid policy. Deot of Physiology, Old Uni We wish to say that: Australia's foreign aid programme in (i) Overseas students are aware of and grateful The issue of overseas students and foreign which the Community Aid Abroad (CAA) aid is a sensitive one and one which is currently to the Australian Government (or Australia university group is involved. being debated in this University and nationally. Dear Sir, in general) for allowing them to pursue CAA's aim is to effectively help the chroni That debate is not aided by the sort of rash gene We wish to express our concern over the their tertiary education in this country, cally poor. We don't believe that the $32 mill ralizations and untruths contained in the edito publication of your editorial and the arti (ii) All overseas students come to Australia ion which the Australian Government allocated rial. It is fine to express a point of view in an cle "Rise of Racism at Sydney University with an expectant heart Our main goal is to 3,600 students from 70 developing countries editorial, that is their purpose, but factual con on March 19.1984". to obtain a tertiary degree and be part of in 1983-84 does indeed do this. The students tent should be just that: Factual. We particulady feel that your editorial has the cultural exchange programme. We ex who are sponsored for such courses are, as you MIKE KAISER been unfairto overseas students, especially Asian pect a fair-dinkum treatment - just like correctly pointed out, almost exclusively from Education Vice President Students. any other Australian. a small and privileged "group lucky enough to Your statement {paragraph 4) "Students How would you feel if you were us right receive a secondary education. from poorer countries, principally Asians, don't now? Thus this form of aid is a classic case of aid have to pay Univeisity fees, whereas students (iii) We wish to appeal to those vifho are in au which is not targetted to the poor at all, and EDITOR REPLIES from Europe pay somewhere around $2000 a thority that they make an effort to conso relies for its justification on an assumption that In making my comment on the benefits yiar..." is wrong. lidate the friendship between Australian the benefits of aid given to the affluent will of the racial tension in NSW, I seem not Virtually every Asian student pays $2150 and overseas students rather than pointing eventually reach the poor. to have made myself clear enough. per year for undergraduate degrees (Students a finger at overseas students or keeping One is not, for example, going to cure the )Vhile the bashings of people on the basis of doing Medicine, Dentistry, Vet Sc, pay $2,700). quiet , hunger of the poor and the landless by training their slcjn colour and (he fcai tlut such people Your usage of "affluent" & "rich" Asians (iv) We wish to question the motive behind the more Agricultural Scientists. Better agricultural feel at the universities vastly outweighs what- students can be seen as an attempt to discredit ever good publicising the issue does, the brinR. publication of "Racism at Sydney Uni''. techniques and increased food production are ing of the problem to the public attention u them. The article did nothing to enhance Austra of no benefit to those who have no land, or to definitely a positive action. According to Sunday Morning Herald lian - Overseas students relationships, but those who have no money to buy the food no What needs to be considered is human nat 19/11/83. is giving ample of room for racist groups matter how much is produced. ure. Before the bashings and covert actions of the National Action group, the Asian student A recant survey by the Univeisity of NSW'S to emploit the present condition to treat Hunger is basically a political and social pro situation received virtually no press coverage blem and the basic need is for political and social (although Semper did do an article on it !aj( solutions. For example, giving more people year) md after it, the issue was on the front pages. Before it occured, there was no organ access to the resources they need to grow food ised student resistance to the racist groups and and the incentives to produce more. The training aflerwards, Students Against Racism was form of students themselves may benefit enormously. ed to gree the anti-racist line a cohcrant and co- ordinated mouthpiece. Before the attacks, the WK OFFICE SERVICES In these curcumstances it is fair to question subject was never discussed on the bus or around the likely impact that training aid is having on the dinner-table or wherever it is now. The Professionals' ir LiCIA reducing the poverty and stimulating the deve Certainly the best situation would be for the lopment of the poorest people in developing attacks not to have ever occured, but they have • SECRETARIAL CONRDENTIAL countries and to speculate that the training aid. and now the student body is far better prepared to avoid a repeat pcrfoimance. That is a posit & GENERAL TYPING funds should really be seen as a subsidy for ive outcome of the attacks, but not neatly just • THESES, ASSIGNMENTS Australian tertiary institutions. ification for the attacks or even remotely' support for them. • PHOTOCOPYING (loci. MICHAEL DENDLE CAA, Old Uni. Group. Another misconception reported to me was Uial when 1 questioned the lack of racist groups like National Action in Queensland, it ^ St Lucia News offers sounded like I was wanting such groups to be • SPIRAL BINDING Dear Editors, rormcd. I still don't see how that insinuation Uni Stationery at After reading the Editorial in the last issue was inferred but, to clear the air, 1 do not want • TAPE TRANSCRIPTIONS keen and competitive of Semper (March 19, 1984), I felt the it *'^». ^^ *""" *'""»''™ happen here. I don't need to write to you in an attempt to liKc the degree of racism that exists currently prices correct many of the statements made in and I m sure almost everybody on this campus relation to overseas students: *° n u "" ''8'«""cnt with me. 371 2108 Other than tliat, my editorial did contain Firstly, this University does not have a limit some inaccuracies which have since been point 222 MOGGILL RO^ TARINGA on foreign students of 4%. It may be that you ed out to me. When 1 wrote about the fees and were trying to say that 4% of students at this quotas on Asian students 1 relied on memory AFTER HOURS 378 2391 217 HAWKEN DRIVE and I was Incorrect and overgeneralised. 1 University are overseas students. If so, then I apologise for Uiat and the next issue of Semper wish you would have made that clear. There is a wui contain an article clarifying this issue. quota of 30 "direct entry" overseas students JOHN HENZELL which the University finds difficult to fill. TRAVEL SNOWBOUND Students Gear Up for the Ski Season
When it comes to tnid year holidays, nothing comes close to skiing in the prestige stakes, which explains why so many students turn to the slopes during the ski season. To cater for this marl The advantages of taking a car tend to AUSTRALIA outweigh the disadvantages by a long When it comes to skiing Australia, way. For instance, it's possible to sleep in the only cheap alternative to making the car for the night when stopping over all the arrangements yourself is the night on the way to the snow. Addition trip offered by CAMPUS TRAVEL ally, having a car, if you intend to stay in -Ski Galore 1984. Sydney or Canberra on the way down, is As the successor to Let's Ski '83, it a boon for getting around. should be said that Campus Travel lied Once at the snow, the car nomally be about the trip last year. That is, they used comes something to be forgotton and ex the claim that "you'll never be able to ski cavated at the end of the vacation. Or so this cheaply again" which was wrong be it happens in reasonable year. But poor cause they've managed to keep tiie price snowfalls in recent years has meant that if for 1984 at the same price as 1983 - $299. there wasn't any snow at the resort you're Last year was the first time Campus staying at, you could drive to a resort Travel offered the trip and so they budget that did have some snow. At night it also ed conservatively for two busloads, but allows you to drive to whichever resort the trip was so popular they eventually has the best nightlife. took four buses of students. So, based on Having a car lets you stay at a low cost last years' popularity, they have been able area, some distance from the actual fields, to get even more bargaining power and so and commute every day. they've managed to keep the price down Alternatively, an even cheaper mode to the previous year's level despite infla of travel is to hitch-hike down, although tion, depreciation and ail those other big this gets progressively more difficult as words. one gets closer to the ski resorts. In addition, they've decided to stagger Further economics can be made in the the departure dates so they can avoid the field of accommodation. Although, due organisational problems that are inevitable to the lack of bargaining power, which with a group as big as last year. the big groups, there are alternatives. NEW ZEALAND "For those who want it, we'll be heli "This time we're taking 88 down in The Youth Hostels Association has ho Whether it is a sign of increased stu skiing while the others go skiing Lake each of four departures," said Craig Wat stels at Thredbo and Mt Buller and these dent wealth or just reflecting their Ohau and Tekapo. Heliskiing costs about son, from Campus Travel, "We're looking provide an accommodation-only service desire to get out of Australia no A$138 for 10 000 vertical feet, and it at 350 so we're going to double our num for around $90 a week (based on last matter what, most of the package takes the whole day to ski it. You start around 10am and you've had it by the ber and hence double our bargaining pow year's Thredbo prices). If you visit a Jack- tours for students are involved in time you reach three or four o'clock. I er and that's how we've managed to keep the-Siasher on the way to the snow or are going to New Zealand, the prices as low as last year." spent a whole week doing that last year," sated by subsisting on vegemite toast for The UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND The format is basically the same as a week, it's possible to live very cheaply Guy said. SNOW SKI CLUB'S trip is aimed at peo Other than the advantages of saying last year's, for those who went on Let's in those places. ple who want some measure of individua Ski 83, with a few improvements. The As mentioned before, there is the alter you skied New Zealand and being able to lity and freedom to do what they want, take advantage of duty free savings, the buses leave from the University and go native of staying in an area away from the even if the rest of the group doesn't agree. direct to Goondoowindi for a barbecue at actual fields in order to get a reduced hou prices across the Tasman are cheaper too. Basically what makes if different is On a ski trip, incidentals like food, lift one of the local hotels. "This year we've sing rate. For the New South Wales fields, that ince you've arrived in New Zealand got much better organisation at Goondoo Jindabyne is the place to go, being about passes and ski hire add to the cost of the you're given a car (with a choice ranging trip but, according to Guy, the cost of windi - they're putting on entertainment half an hour's drive from Thredbo, Pcrish- from a two seater Toyota Starlet to a as well as a meal - and after that we go er Valley, Smiggcns Holes, Guthcga, and these incidentals in New Zealand is lower minibus and several options in between) than Australia. straight to Jindabyne where all our ski other resorts. and you can either follow the main group "The lift passes are cheaper in New gear will be waiting for us at the lodge." While it would seem impossible to av or you can go in which direction you like, Zealand," Guy said, "The average ski pass The tour stays in a lodge at Jindabyne oid paying the usual rate for the provided going to any ski field. The price includes is A$8; they're all over $20 in Australia. and buses up to Thredbo for the skiing, services like ski hire, lift tickets and tuit accommodation in any of 138 different The food is very cheap over there. At Cor returning the skiers (or parts thereof) at ion, scunging is also possible here. hotels which can be prebooked or booked onet Park, we're staying in a nearby town night, where dinner is arranged at the For instance, arriving at a ski resort at as you go for the 11 or 14 night trips. lodge. midday, you'll find a steady flow of peo about 13 kilometres from ^he slopes so "Last year, I took a group of 16 of you're not getting ripped off as far as Nightlife has also been catered for - ple who had brought full-day lift tickets which 12 were total beginners and had after the initial welcoming party, there is and have subsequently worn themselves food is concerned, and you get all the en never seen snow", said Guy Cantrel, the tertainment. You get a twin or triple a fancy dress party and each night videos out from a morning's skiing. Standing in President of the UQSSC, ski instructor of that day's skiing will be shown. the path of these people and asking if share room with its own cooking facilities and an Australian Moguls Freestyle cham so you can cook your meals yourself or "They're even giving us a 'Thredbo Sur they want to sell the remainder of their pion for three years. vival Kit' which contains sun screen, a $15 lift tickets for $5 makes them happy eat in restaurants." couple of drink vouchers, an asprin for that they haven't wasted their money and "VVe started skiing the first few days at So, what the trip includes is return air hangovers - basically everything you'll allows the cheap skier to enjoy the rest of Mt Hull, staying at Mcthvcn. We wanted fare to Brisbane, a car (fitted with ski need down there." Craig claimed. the rest of the afternoon skiing at a cut to ski Lake Ohau but there was too much racks, chains, maps etc), unlimited kilo What the $299 involves is trans rate. snow (lifts closed!) so we went skiing at metres, accomodation in twin share self portation down there {by bus), accomo In terms of tuition, although there is Wanaka, Treble Cone, then we skied to contained motel units and various dis dation in )indabyne with Hve days skiing no substitute for experience, a lot of stu Cadrona. By this time half the group were counts at duty free shops, ski shops and (four share rooms), breakfast and dinner dents go down with no more than a rudi doing the basic parallel turn, so we went at resorts in New Zealand. What it doesn't and all the ski hire for the week. What it mentary knowledge of skiing techniques to Queenstown and went helskiing. This include is lift tickets and ski hire (because doesn't include is lift tickets (which will (which they heard from a friend of a friend was on the 5th day and everyone enjoyed it gives the option of skiing at any num probably be somewhere around $130 or who hear it from a cop in a pub) and spend the ride and experienced powder skiing." ber of fields, or not skiing at all for some more this year), lunch and drinking mon their first morning practising. If they hav "Then we went to the MtCook region, days), food and drink money.The options ey. So a week of skiing will probably end en't mastered the technique by then, they staying at Lake Ohau lodge, and later during the end of Semester break are 11 up costing between $500 and $550 - subtly stand in on the edge of a ski lesson onto Ml Cook village and the Tasman Glac nights leaving on July 8, skiing the South which is about as good value as you can and wait until the instructor mentions ier, which was just Unbelicvcable, and island, or 14 nights leaving at the same get on a package holiday. how to solve the particular problem that then we spent a day or two skiing in Ml time but including a few days sightseeing they've having. Hull and Tekapo before returning to and skiing on the North island with ski Australia." Guy said. lessons optional for $30 for 10 with Guy. One fact that students quickly learn is There are other ways to save money on a ski trip, but many arc at the expense It certainly shows the variety that's These trips cost $647 and $730 respec that no matter what anyone else says, tively for a Laser. The fact that I'm going of rudimentary comfort. available from the UQSSC's holiday, and there's always a way to do it cheaper. Cer on this trip says what I think about value tainly this dictum applies to skiing; stud the price doesn't really hurt either. For While still maintaining a very cheap for money. ents have raised poverty skiing to a new three or four people in a Ford Laser of a mode of living, it's still possible lo keep CAMPUS TRAVEL is runningbasically art form. Holden Gemini, 11 days in the end of your name out of the Guincss Book of semester break costs $647. the same trip as last years - with the ex There are a number of ways to cut Macochists records list. Following sim ception that, like the Thredbo expedition, costs on a ski holiday. The first and pro There arc also a lot of other options ple rules that are fundamental to any they've managed to keep the price in bably most obvious is in transport. Fit available with the trip, like heliskiing, jet poverty-stricken students, a week at the check. More than that, the trip, which ting four people into a small four cylinder boating and the usual range of nocturnal snow can cost as little as $250 all-inclusive car means that transport costs are very activites - all up lo the individual group (apart from drinking money). A bargain as to where they go since nothing is pre low as well as allowing the occupants to icontinued) in anyone's book. gain an empathy for the fate of sardines. arranged. TRAVEL NEWS (continued) cost $799 last year, will cost only $650 This year the trip is being arranged or $718 depending on whether you stay through a big New Zealand tourism com in bunkhouse or twin share pany, Freedon Holidays, which helps in "The trip was very popular last year, crease the STA's bargaining power and and we'll be staying in Methven and hence keep the prices down. skiing at Mt Hutt", Craig Watson said. AUSTRALIA "Last year we paid $799, but this year CAMPUS TRAVEL: Ski Galore 1984 we've switched operators after sending Place: J indabyne, skiing at Thredbo over some Jet Set (which, with the Stu Dates: trips leaving on July 7 dents Union, is half owner of Campus Cost: $299 Travel) staff to investigate the cheaper al Includes: transport (bus), accomodation ternatives and came up with this." (four share), ski hire, breakfast and dinner. What the trip includes is return airfares to New Zealand, accomodation (choice of NEW ZEALAND bunkhouse or twin share), all lift tickets, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND breakfast and dinners, daily transfers to SNOW SKI CLUB and SKI FITNESS and from the slopes and a "snow guaran AND ADVENTURE. tee" where the organisers will bus you to Place: either South Island resorts (11 day another resort where there is snow if Mt trip) or both islands (14 nights) Hutt doesn't have any. What isn't included Dates: both trips are leaving on July 8 and is ski hire and the inevitable drinking mo August 25 ney. Cost: For a Laser between three people - Like the other two New Zealand $647 (July) and $699 (August) trips offered. STUDENT TRAVEL AUS Includes: Return airfare, self-contained TRALIA'S ski package is much the same accomodation (twin share at any of 138 as last years. Student Travel, which was the different hotels), unlimited kilometers hire University Travel service until we disaf car with ski racks and snow chains and filiated with the Australian Union of Stu various other discounts on lift passes, ski dents which owns it, features seven days equipment and duty free. skiing at Mt Hutt or seven days at Coro CAMPUS TRAVEL net Park or time spent at a combination Place: Methven, driving to Mt Hutt. of the two. Date; Basically, it is about the same price as last year's given that some extra features Cost; $650 (bunkhouse accomodation) are included in the price for this trip. For Includes: return air fare, lift tickets, meals your $599, .you get return airfare from (breakfast and dinner), transfers from air Brisbane, accomodation in Christchurch port and daily transport to the ski slopes for the first night (including breakfast), daily. the transfers up to Methven and daily STUDENT TRAVEL AUSTRALIA transport to the slopes each day. This Place; Mt Hutt or Coronet Pk or a com bination of both. Making Qld a year ski lift passes are included, as is a travel bag, but you'll have to pay for your Dates: flexible, leaving throughout the own meals (although you can pre-arrange ski season. to eat at Methven as part of the package Cost: $599 Includes: Return airfare, lift tickets,acco- Musical Mecca at an extra cost as well as ski hire and the inevitable drinking money. modation (twin share), transfers from air port and to ski slopes each day. An interesting facet of university life desolate in terms of social activity. If we lies in the fact that there are thous could fill in that social gap with student ands of students who in one way or orientated entertainment on a non-profit another have outlets or creative en basis we feel that we could add to the ergy that never get used. Uni environment". Throughout campus there are little Some of the other aims of the instru cliques of people who apply their creati mental society include the provision of vity within themselves with little effect on regular functions such as the planned Fri Wmtiogpw^'i the overall bulk of the university popula day the thirteenth concert in the Creperie tion. While these little groups may achieve which will feature three local bands, the recognition from aselectpeergroup,unity Sinister Ministers, the Sudo Lemmings, between these groups rarely occurs. The and Spleen, and also the society hopes to WIN A 15-DAY AUSSIEPASS OR ONE OF most noticable example of this diversity continue promoting live music in the TWO RETURN TRIPS TO SYDNEY of talent lies in the flagging university forum area on a regular basis. COURTESY OF ANSETT PIONEER music scene. There are countless clusters "We have already featured a band in of student musicians who are trying to the forum area twice over the past fort achieve things on a small scale without night, and hopefully this practice will Simply supply the correct answers to these questions and leave your completed giving thought to the possibility of co continue", says Mathew. form in the competition box at Semper Office (opposite the Creperie in the operating with other groups of people Student orientated programs have only Union Arcadal bv Thureday April 19lh. with similar interests. one flaw. They will only succeed if they The first correct entry drawn on Tuesday, April 24th, will win the Aussie Pass, receive support from th^students that and the next two correct entries drawn will each win a return trip to Sydney. The obvious solution to the problem they are trying to serve. of isolated groups of musicians with simi ai When was the Sydney Harbour Bridge opened? lar interests, is to provide one large group If a society is to become successful in (aM932 (bn917 W1938 (dn978 that encompasses all of the smaller cliques. an environment as large as university, it needs participation from a large percen When did Melbourne hold the Olympics? . .. . In the case of university musicians, this az tage of that environment. Musicians, gar as On what river was Melbourne built? targe group is provided by the Queens land University Instrumental Society. The age bands, dedicated listeners, anyone Q.4 When was the Breakfast Creek Hotel built? society, founded by student musicians who has something to contribute to a soc (a) 1901 (b)1963 (c) 1889 (d) 1910 Paul D'urso and Mathcw Alderton, is des iety such as this is urged to become members and participate. Membership as Which city is on the Swan River? igned to bring the seperate groups of musi cians together. Co director Mathew dis- only costs $3.00, and members are en ae What was Port Arthur originaliy established as? cussess the aims and objectives of the titled to free admission to the first func society. tion on Friday 13th, discounted admiss ion ^ to subsequent functions, and free a? What lake is Canberra built on? "Basically, we are trying to get together copies of the society's newsletter. as Who opened the new High Court Building in Canberra a medium for people's ideas" he says. "We are trying to promote a recreational club There is usually an enrolment table set in 1980? based upon the provision and promotion up in the forum area where you can be come a member of the Instrumental Soc a9 How often is the Festival of Arts held at Adelaide's of live music, made up from students on iety, otherwise for further information,' Festival Centre? campus". Mathew says that the society would hopefully encourage club members" you can contact Paul on 370 8477, or aio Name the capital city of Australia to form their own bands and start their Mathew on 378 6315, HOWARD STRINGER NAME . . own functions. "At the moment we per ceive the university environment to be ADDRESS PHONE SOLE PARENTS LIBRARY HOURS The Welfare Office and Counsell ing Service arc attempting to organise EASTER WEEKEND, April 20-23: a Sole Parents Activity Group on All libraries will be CLOSED on Ansett Pioneer.; campus. It is hoped that SPAG could Good Friday, Saturday, Easter meet regularly as a means of support Sunday and Easter Monday. for sole parents. It's better to go with someone you know. The first meeting is on Tuesday ANZAC DAY, April 25: April 10 at Ipm in tJie Learning Skills All libraries will be CLOSED. Room in the Relax Block. 10 FEATURE GOD ON THEIR SIDE Christians in High Places Ever wondered why Christianity has such a large following, and why a Christian Outreach meeting often resembles an Elton John concert at Festival Hall? And have you wondered why a minority of Queenslanders has remarkable influence over the law, its administrators, and its followers? Some of the most powerful people in the State are a handful of the more energetic faithfuls who have established themselves in organisations promoting Christian principles. JANINE LITTLE reviews a few of the groups which influence Parliament. No doubt the name Rona Joyner able to students: word-building, English sounds familiar. From her classroom grammar, creative writing, maths, science, behind a butcher shop at Woody social studies, typing, shorthand, business Point, Mrs Joyner seems to wield as maths, general business, accounting, French, art, commercial art, motor mech much power as the politicians in anics, computing, music and bible studies. the more impressive Parliament "My main concern is with children and House in George street. teenagers coming up from schools and not being able to get jobs because they Like her New South Wales counterpart, are uneducated. Once again, I am opposed Reverend Fred Nile, MLC, Mrs Joyner en to the multicultural education scheme be joys unprecedented popularity among the cause it will take time away from reading christian folk of society. and writing, and other basic requirements Where does this power, that has resul for employment", Mrs Joyner said. ted in the blocking of legislation in Parlia CARE successfully opposed several ment, the failure of new education curri educational innovations, including "Man: cula to get off the ground and a constant A Course Of Study", and the "Social Ed wave of media coverage, come from? ucation Materials Project'., better known Mrs Joyner has friends in high places; as MACOS and SEMP. "God is in charge and anything that I do Mrs Joyner says she is totally opposed is because God wills it. I was once an ath to sex education: eist but God changed me into an instru "No one person can speak for all others ment of his will. God is the almighty and and ignorance is better than being taught powerful". the wrong thing as far as sex goes. Natural A member of the National party, Mrs modesty and reticence will prevent a per Joyner also has the support of the Prem son from doing what permissiveness ier, Mr Joh Bjelke-Petersen on many of teaches". her proposals: "Mr Bjelke-Petersen does As yet, sex education is still under de support me because he has publicaliy bate, a debate contributed to by Mrs Joy done so. I think he is a good Christian ner and her followers who, she says, are man and he is popular. He governs the large enough in numbers to remove the state under Christian principles, just as it necessity for outside funding. She is should be governed". prise and defending private ownership, to indeed influential; tion so they can attempt to be adults be The Premier also contributes to the stress value of common law, to expose fore they are ready". "We are kept going through public success of the two organisations founded and oppose all anti-British propaganda The influence gained by each of the support. People send money and write to by Mrs Joyner, CARE and STOP. and actions... " separate crusaders for Christianity and me urging me lo keep going", she said. CARE, the Committee Against Re The group was formed in Australia in morality comes from the strength each gressive Education, and STOP, the Soc Charging journalists $10 an hour for an 1960, and are associated with the Aust can collect in the form of the genera! iety to Outlaw Pornography, were esta interview also helps. The press has dubbed ralian Heritage Society, the Save Our State Christian community. Mrs Joyner as a "seasoned morals campai blished in the early seventies and have al Campaign, the Christian Institute For In The crusaders band together under gner", portraying her as a busy mother- ways worked towards a set of strongly dividual Freedom, and Ladies In Line Ag their faith, and, what is most remarkable, type whose dress and looks are as conser Chrisitian objectives. ainst Communism, ail based in Queens their total conviction to their cause. The vative as her thoughts. They inundate her "We formed CARE and STOP to land. Reverend Fred Nile, MLC, based in New with requests for interviews, sornc of protect the child and teenager from all It organises the Voter's Policy Associa South Wales, has exemplified the influence which she refuses, depending on editorial forms of moral corruption and mental tion and through this has worked as a which can be contained in relatively small policy, others she accepts along with a fee. and spiritual harm that could contribute pressure group within the National Party. pressure groups by obtaining a position in "I charge $10 for my time because it is to their delinquency and physical harm", The power of the group, at least in Queens parliament. time I could be using to do our work. Mrs joyner said. land, could be instrumental in influencing Most of the media sensationalise about Reverend Nile has been particularly ac "We consider CARE and STOP to legal decisions In the same way Rona Joy me. They don't like me because I am ex tive against advertisements ird products be Christian umbrella organisations under ner and her organisations arc influential. which are deemed by his following as off which the moral majority may join to posing the threats to our society. News- people are generally anti-Christian, it de A larger part of its credibility stems ensive and morally harmful. Last year, he gether to strengthen one another in pro from the fact that it is part of a world moved to ban all "dirty" Christmas cards. moting a Christian response to all modern pends on who they arc accountable to", she said. anti-Communism league, comprised princi Some of the cards were "downright blasp trends affecting the family, church and pally of Commonwealth countries. hemous and against the spirit of Christ If Mrs Joyner had her way, the Sex society with emphasis on the God-given Senator Flo Bjelke-Petersen is a leading mas", according to the Reverend. rights of the child". Discrimination Act would lapse into non LiLAC'er, also giving her support to existence too. She believes it is against He is also well-known for his campaigns In an impromptu description of the ac Mrs Joyner, who may be considered to against sex shops, prostitution, and cont tivities of CARE and STOP, Mrs joy Christian principles, and it takes away be a "closet LILAC". freedom of choice. raception. ner told how she wanted to campaign to All of those women and their support Reverend Nile's supporters operate "An employer can no longer choose prevent Queensland from being overun by ers arc against humanism, and believe it mainly within the organisation of the to have an all-male staff, and traditional "aliens, idolaters, pagans, heathens and to be synonymous with Communism: "Festival of Light", created in 1971 in Christian principles of defined roles for occultists". "Both deny the supernatural, both England by Mary Whitehouse, Malcolm men and women arc being denied. The "This is one of the main reasons why I deny Divine revelation, both seek to con Muggeridge, Cliff Richard and other moral bible says that there should be discrimina am against the proposed multicultural trol the education system, both seek to campaigners. tion, therefore the Act is just an abomina thrust in education. It will promote all of destroy all religions except their own, In May 1973 an FOL division was set tion of God's word", she said. these things". both pretend to seek the betterment of up in Australia, with the Rev. Nile as nat Rona J oyner is supported in her disap Education has always been Rona joy- the human race, both promote world ional co-ordinator. proval of the Act by another, quieter gr ner's forte: government of their own kind", say FOL 's aims are "to mobilise Australians oup of Christian ladies, the "Ladies in Line "I started in education and I want to LILAC. in support of purity, love, and family life; Against Communism", or LILAC. They continue there because children are such to proclaim the values of Christian behav say: "God gave women breasts to feed They arc all against the United Nations, a captive audience", she said. iour for family and community; to resist babies, not to advertise cars". both because they claim UNESCO uses She runs her own academy at Woody infuences which lower moral standards Well-know Brisbane lady, Lady Cilento, the classroom for propaganda, and because Point, which has nine students enrolled. and threaten human dignity; and to re has been involved with LILAC. "You of their Decade for Women policy due to These students have found the state edu search social implications of biblical only have to speak to women who end in 1985 cation system to be ill-providers of their ethics". needs, which in some cases includes the have lived in Communist countries to "Wc shall never forget some of the vul gar ladies who visited our country in con Influencing the law can be the skill of basic skills of reading and writing. understand what it is like, and the sort of lives they are subjected to", she said. nection with the UN activity. VVe had a many, but with the Christian pressure It is these skills that Mrs Joyner is most few of the home-grown variety too, who groups it is not considered a skill but a concerned about. For $800 a year, she did nothing for womanhood". moral and spiritual duty. Over a fairly tutors students in subjects gathered by LILAC are a sub-group of the Lea gue of Rights, an international body LILAC said the same as Rona Joyner long period of time the evidence of their the Accelerated Christian Education sch on sex education, in different words; power has manifested itself in our laws. eme, developed in the United States to be devoted to "promoting loyally to the Christian concept of God and the Crown, "Sex education has a foothold in the In a permissive society, there is proof employment-orientated. schools and before long children will be that non-permissiveness and morality arc "I'm really annoyed about the criticism and to the country as part of the British Commonwealth, advocating free enter taught explicit details of sexual gratifica still alive. of our curriculum and the subjects avail 11 NEWS A LEGAL RESOURCE WHALE OF A TIME The Caxton Street Legal Service has consulates (or embassies in Canberra) of come to the aid of those of us who Project Jonah Brisbane is intensif ying its letter campaign commenced the countries concerned politely expressing have a minimal knowledge of our your reaction to their defiance of the mo- legal rights by releasing a new book late last year to increase public pres rorium - and asking a specific question which explains common legal prob sure on nations which intend to to which you should expect a specific re lems in everyday terms. continue whaling. ply. Initial efforts should be aimed at the The book, aptly called "The Legal Re Norwegian Consulate, Network House, Japan, Norway and Russia plan to 344 Queen St, and the Japanese Consulate- sources Book" was co-edited by Univer defy the International Whaling Commis sity of Queensland law lecturer, Mr Chris General, Plaza Building, 68 Queen St, Bris sion (I.W.C.) resolution of 1982 to hold a bane. McKelvey and the co-ordinator of the 5 year moratorium from 1986. Japanese Caxton Street Legal Service, Mr Noel If required, prepared form letters to the whaling interests are concentrated in the embassies of japan and Norway are Nunan. Southern Ocean, where minke whales are available at the Conservation Council The University Student Union's Legal now the main target since larger species 147 Ann St.) or from Project Jonah Aid Service is just one group using the have become "commercially extinct" due P.O. Box 238 North Quay) or by phoning book, which draws on the experience of to the persistent greed of the industry. over 50 contributors and deals with com Opposition to whaling has increased in 371 8814 (a/h). mon issues such as discrimination, family Japan, but international pressure must MALCOLM COX law and the rights of women, children also increase in order to force the govern and employees. ment to be prompt in withdrawing its It is clearly indexed and is presented in support for the face-saving antics of an in a strong looseleaf binder so that parts of dustry which yields less than half a kilo the book that become obsolete can be re gram of whale meat per capita annually. placed each year for a small subscription fee. Norwegian Fisheries will kill less than a thousand minke this year, but they will "The Legal Resources Book" is avai shops at a cost of $27. Students receive a not even afford them the small mercy of lable from the Caxton Street Legal Ser generous $7 discount. an explosive harpoon: The "cold harpoon" vice and will soon be released in book- MATTHEW FRANKLIN prolongs an agonized death for the sake of a few extra kilograms of flesh. This June, the I.W.C. convenes in Bra zil, and the moratorium will doubtless be Each year Project Jonafi Brisbane con Alcoholics Anonyrhbus debated again. These three nations will ducts a survey of HUMPBACK WHALES have another opportunity to withdraw migrating past Byron Bay. Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are ship - a group of people who have some their objections to the moratorium, but Join our experienced team of Whale- now being held on Wednesday nights affiliation with the university. this will only happen if their delegates are watchers and help in the exciting and val at 8pm in the Ryan Room in the A member of the group expressed con told to do so by their governments. As uable research work, from June 23rd to Union Complex. cern over the growing number of young their policies and strategies are being de July 8th. Alcoholics Anonymous is a group of alcoholics. He said that people do not termined now, protesting in June will See whales, dolphins, birds and a vari people who, through self-help, tackle and have to be down and out to need help. have little effect. International pressure ety of creatures inhabiting the coastline. try to overcome their common problem Information about Alcoholics Anony has been effective against dolphin slaugh You'll have plenty of spare time to re of alcoholism. Participants in meetings mous and alternative meetings can be ter and against baby harp seal culls, but lax, visit nearby National Parks and much are assured of complete anonymity. learned by contacting the Alcoholics the horror of whaling still wasted thou-' more. 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On the 7th September, Gardiner was istrates Court and replace it with a proce- the history of street marches in Brisbane. informed that the only recommendation cdure allowing appeals to go no further that would be implemented was the one than the Commissioner of Police (hence to repeal the regulation requiring a fee to the Union's latest appeal to Lewis). be paid for placards. On the 16th March, 1984 the Uni It all began late in 1966 when Union Late that afternoon a permit to march In August of 1979 the then president versity of Queensland Union, on be Council passed a motion expressing its the next day was applied for. An emer of the Union, Eugene O'Sullivan, applied half on four Metropolitan campus "determined opposition to the State gency meeting of council was called that on behalf of the Union for a permitto unions, lodged an application for a Government's use of Traffic legislation in evening at which Gardiner expressed his hold a TEAS March. The application was order to suppress public opinion". The "permit to hold a procession" to outrage at Cabinet's decision. made directly to the Commissioner of then president of the Union, Frank Gar emonstrate our dissatisfaction with Police because O'Sullivan had received a diner, communicated this motion to Early the next morning the permit to the level of financial assistance avai legal opinion that if the application is many State parliamentarains and the Pre march was granted. Frank Gardiner led a lable to students. In others words lodged with the Commissioner and re mier, who at that time was Mr Nicklin, march of four thousand students into the we wanted to have a "TEAS jected, the avenue of appeal was still to In those days if permits were not streets of Brisbane. Once in Brisbane the march". the Magistrates Court (as was the case granted the avenue of appeal was to the procession diverted from the route set before the 1977 Amendment Act). This The proposed date for the march was Magistrates Court. It was frequently the out in the application for a permit. Over was a loophole in the legislation which Friday 30th March, this being the closing case however, that the Police department 100 people were arrested but none on the Union wanted to test. It never got the date for TEAS application forms. The would notify groups th.it their application charges of "taking part in an unlawful opportunity: the Commissioner delated Union was contacted on the 20th March for a permit to march had been rejected procession". In the months that followed his powers to a sergeant (second class) by the police department. According to two days prior to the date proposed for many groups, including the A.L.P., trade who issued the permit. The March went the march. This effectively wiped out the the district Superintendent of Police the unions and church groups, came out in ahead. There were no arrests. possibility of appeal since it is Impossible permit was refused on the grounds that it favour of the recommendations made in In 1981, at the height of the "Razor to draft an appeal, have it heard in the the Union Committee's submission. Gang's" activities, the President of the was "policy not to grant permits to hold court, and plan the finer details of a marches on Fridays". Union, David Barbagallo, applied for a march in less than two days. In 1968 the new Union President, After consultation with the Legal Aid permit to March. The permit was granted. Alfred Nucifora, attempted to resub Deparmcnt of the Union it was decided The march was peaceful. In 1967 the C.L.C.C. planned a general mit the submission but the Premier that the Union should appeal against the civil liberties march for 11th of July. refused to accept it. The Union and the Now, back to the present, and the saga decision of the District Superintendent. They proposed the need for changes to C.L.C.C. combined later that year for a continues. With Union's appeal written Our avenue of appeal under section 57A the Traffic Act and communicate these "summer campaign for civil liberties" and lodged we received the message three of the Traffic Act was to the Commissio proposals to some 400 people and organi which again involved sending letters to days prior to the proposed date for the ner of police, Mr Terry Lewis. sations. They requested meetings with hundreds of individuals and organizations march that the appeal had been success Knowing that the Union had organized Premier Nicklin but he refused to see seeking their support. ful. They had used the old trick again. It TEAS Marches before, I turned to the them. No permit for the July march was in June 1968 the Union Committee's was impossible to organize the march in Unions records and Frank Brennan's book applied for. Nicklin agreed to see Frank report was redrafted and resubmitted. 3 days. The Union will now reapply for a "Too much order with too little law" to Gardiner the day before the march was to Consideration of the submission was de permit, this time to march on the 27th help me in writing the appeal. What I was proceed. They agreed to the formation of layed by Premier Nicklin's retirement later April. Nothing on the application form to discover from these sources was the ex a University of Queensland Union Comm that year. will change except for the date. We have tent of the University of Queensland Uni ittee to draft recommendations on ame The Union President in 1969, Robert no reason to believe that his new appli on's involvement in the fight for civil lib ndments to the Traffic Act and Regulat- Wensley, was assured in January of that cation will be rejected. After all there was erties and specifically the right to march tions. Gardiner was able to convince the year that the report was under considera nothing particularly special about that in Queensland. Here is an outline of the C.L.C.C. to postpone their march. tion by Cabinet. This reconsideration particular Friday and all other details are Union*5 colourful history in this area. The Union Committee consisted of yielded yet another minor amendment: to remain the same. The whole question of the right to 12 members including Gardiner, a Law It would be no longer necessary to obtain The history of recent years has shown march really became an issue in Queens lecturer, a Professor of Government, Re a permit for placards provided they were that authorised marches, endorsed and land in 1966 when on several occasions presentatives of the Church and Angus made of cardboard and not exceeding 2 controlled by the University of Queens marchers protesting Australia's involve Innes. feet in length or width. The new Premier, land Union, have been peaceful and well- ment in the Vietnam War clashed with The Committee presented their sub Mr Bjelke-Petersen, complimented Wen marshalled affairs. In such activities, the police on Brisbane's streets. The issue was mission to Nicklin on the 7th August sley on the Unions approach to the issue students have concentrated their efforts to rear its ugly head again in a big way The major recommendations were these: and said "such attitudes will continue to on airing their grievances. 1 would hope during the Springbok tour of 1971. ensure good relations between the Govern that participants in the April march will 1. The abolition of license fees for pla ment and the University of Queensland specify their protests to th* inadequate Several groups formed in this era to cards and banners. level of financial support to students esp try to counter the erosion of civil liberties. Union". There v/ere no further major 2. An end to the absolute discretion of ecially in respect of the Tertiary Education These included the C.R.A.C. (Civil Rights amendments to the Traffic Act or Re police to grant or refuse permits. gulation until 1977. Assistance Scheme. It will be neither the Action Committee) and the C.L.C.C. time nor the place to protest the pitiful (Civil Liberties Co-ordinating Committee) 3. Clearer appeal proceedures. In 1977, State Parliament took a little level of civil liberties in Queensland. This but arguably the most effective was the 4. A distinction between footpaths and is more effectively done at the ballot box. good old University of Queensland Union. carriageways be recognised. over 6 hours to pass through all stages AMAZING INTRODUCTORY OFFER TO BRISBANE Take the complete course - 45 lessons - and you ^ could achieve a typing rate of 60 words per minute. Save yourself hours on the 2-finger method of typing. 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The venue will be the Meeting Room, Interfaculty Sports Competition It's that time of the year again- the Aussie Rules and Rugby League, so if you start of the hotly-contested Inter would like to compete and you don't know the name of your faculty's sports faculty Sports Competition, representative, here is a list: Anyone who was vaguely breathing last year will remember the fervour and rivalry which accompanied each team as they went forth to do battle. And who INTERFACULTY SPORTS REPS can forget the Engineers' great overall vic Vet Science Jane Axon (phone379 6593) tory, finally wresting the Steele Cup away Engineering Bob King (371 2677 Ag. Science Anne Swindon 371 2825 from the Human Movements department. Ag. Science Malcolm Brown 355 2779) This year the competition has orcc Piiarmacy jenny Haughton (376 1669) again begun in earnest with the Movers' Pharmacy Gary West 350 2289 Science Diana Francis 377 2778 taking out the Mixed Volleyball, and even Science RolJin Hutchings 377 2475) as I type, the Athletics Carnival is being Science Lyndon 377 2475 run - this is the first time for the athletics Science Leanne 377 2475) in the IF Competion so we hope it is a Science Melissa 377 2475) Law Bruce Mumford (44 8759) success. Human Movement Studies Damlan Otago Other sports to be contested this seme (43 Newmarket St, Hendra) ster are: Men's and Women's Hockey, Commerce/Econ. Bruce Proven (263 2068) NEWS arisian Education New Costume Scene If you are interested in architecture and design, the latest fashions, or the fine arts , and believe that Bris Do you like dressing up in strange to dinner at Government house. It'd bane is a cultural wilderness, then clothes? 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The videoscreen indicates The Sight and Sound method is effec which keys to press. BONG... A standard tive training for operating word processors, Alpha keyboard is used in this method. micro-computers and teleprinters. The Sight and Sound programme is British and Australian post offices offered by The Impulse Keyboard Train have commissioned the Sight and Sound ing Centre. programme to train teleprinter operators. Complete beginners after 15 hours tui The Sight and Sound programme by tion can achieve a typing rate of 18-20 minimising teaching time aims to prevent Words per minute, according to Gail loss of interest and motivation, ROWENA HASSALL Fabulous FIJI lldiJuly to20tli July Includes: * RETURN AIRFARE * ACCOMMODATION •* ALL MEALS * TRANSFERS COST: from only $764 ESCAPE THIS JUL YTOA THIS YEAR WE HAVE FOUR BIG DEPARTURES: TROPICAL PARADISE SATURDAY 7th JULY SATURDAY 14th JULY SATURDAY 2Sth JULY SATURDAY Isl SEPTEMBER Leaving Brisbane about 2pin, we head siraiglit for Goondiwindi for a BBO at "The Vic" Hotel. Then off lo ihc snow SKI Mt. HUTT Whal's Included: lltlt July to 19tlt July * Ml Transportation Includn: * Breakfast & Dimtvral DUE TO POPULAR DEIVIAND - * RETURN AIRFARE Jindabyne * ALL LIFT TICKETS * Accommodation (4-share) We are happy to announce TWO * ACCOMMODATION AT * Skis. Boots & Poles ADDITIONAL COACHES on the METHUEN * BBQ at Goondiwindi * TRANSFERS TO/FROM AIRPORT * Welcoming Parly (hosted 7th and 14th of July. {These are & SKI FIELDS /).!• Vircdbo) already 50% full, so be quick!) * WELCOME NIGHT * Fancy Dress Party at * SNOW GUARANTEE Tlircdbo * 7 FULL DAYS'SKIING * Five Full Days' Skiing As many found nut last year, this really is more than a weeks' skiing - Cost: $718 (Lodge) // V'. a week-long party in the snow: _ Co.st: only - or 650 (Bunk House) $299 Contact - CAMPUS TRAVEL Ground Floor, Union Buildinj", University of Queensland Phone 371 2433 - 371 2163 - 377 2925 REtflEMBER: We Sell the Cheapest Student Airfares to Anywhere!!! 17 UNION Union Money-Go-Round Have you ever wondered what the Union does with your hard-earned finances. But it is always better to take 4,74^0 Students'Legal Service money after you pay the student services charge at the start of each year? part in the decision making process rather For students with legal has How is It administered? KAREN AXFORD answers these burning questions. than have all the decisions made for you. sles, or who just want some Below is the way the Management legal advice. Committee and Council have decided to 1.32% Media Committee Most students would at some time There are also certain allocations made allocate the available funds this year: Through this Committee the get disgruntled at having to fork out to reserve accounts for areas of students Union buys programmes from $150, or various proportions of who for some reason cannot get the full 12,85% is set aside for the area reserve Media Facilities and Creative such, as "student services charge". benefit of all the facilities the Union offers. funds which I have already Broadcasters Pty. Ltd., better These "areas" and the funds which are discussed. known as Radio 4ZZZ. Of that $150, $104 will eventually set aside for them are as follows: 12,28% goes to catering subsidy. come to the Union to be spent in various 0.37% National Students Affairs Th Union runs all of the main This is not an interstate dating areas. In total, the Union receives approx food outlets presently on imately $1.2 million in income from fees External students area: 58% of fees paid service, NSA runs campaigns by metropolitan external students and Campus. We try to keep costs on issues which affect students each year. This article is precisely about of food down as much as pos 65% of fees paid by country externals. all over Australia. what happens to that money. sible for the benefit of stu 0.44°i Orientation Activities and Many times when past Treasurers have Herston area; 52/2% of fees paid by clini dents-even though these fac written about the break-up of these fees, cal medical students. ilities suffer from the disad Contact Booths. it is usually under the guise of a title such Turbot Street area: 5254% of fees paid by vantages of having only 2 Includes all those fun things as "where your student service fee went", Dental students who study at the Turbot hours of peak trading time that happened in the first as if it is a foregone conclusion. This is not Street Dental School. each day. week. Helps promote the sol As a Treasurer, 1 am NOT solely res Union to its members and, Part-time students area: 5% of fees paid 7.78% Capital Expenditure ponsible for deciding how Union money dear reader, helps justify our by part-time students. This year, our main project is IS spent. That decision lies with students, existence. Postgraduate students area: 14% of fees the building of a refectory un I am here to ensure that their decisions 1.07% Playhouse paid by Postgraduate students, der the Physiology Lecture are implemented. Womens Rights Area: 7% of fees paid by Theatres, in partnership with Is a child-care entre situated There are two bodies in the Union res female member of the Union. the University. But there is in the Union Complex. If you ponsible for making financial decisions - always something to be done are a student parent having theManagementCommitteeandtheUnion around the Union Complex problems getting child-care - Council. These reserve funds are administered to upgrade the facilities over contact the Union. The Management Committee is con by the Committee concerned with the and above that set aside in the Negligible - Social Action Committee vened by the Treasurer and consists of area. Any student in these areas has the Does not seem like much to right to attend and voice their opinion at development fund the Union President, Secretary, Treasurer, pay for this important Com any meeting of the appropriate commit 6.91% Reserve Spending eight elected members of the Union, the mittee - especially crucial in tee. The Budget is based on esti immediate past Treasurer, one person from a State like Queensland. the University Senate and three represen Apart from these constitutional alloca mates which it is known are tatives of person's employed by the Union. tions the division ofthe rest of the Union's likely to occur in the coming This Committee is responsible for over funds takes place at the budget meeting year. There are always plenty Neglible - Transport Committee seeing the trading operations of the Union of Management Committee. This is a very of contingencies and unknown Hardly any money spent here and advising Council on matters pertain interesting meeting as all the areas of the factors which cannot be accu either, but the members of ing to Finance, Union vie for money to be allocated to rately costed at the time of this Committee tend to be Union Council is the supreme govern their area. budgeting. For this reason it very hardworking - and the ing body of the Union and has from 58 to Management Committee then decides is necessary to allow an am State Government and the 66 positions. Each faculty has a set num on a proposed budget for the whole Union ount in reserve and also to Brisbane City Council are very ber of representatives, plus the Executive which it recommends to Council. Council have reviews of the budget do obstinate in the raw deal they who are members of Council, plus repre holds a special meeting called a budget ing the year. give to students on transport. sentatives of particular groups of students session (rather like Parliament) where it 5,07% Activities 3,75% Union Newspaper (for example, there is a representative for may accept the proposed budget or may Activities runs workwhops, Semper is the voice-piece of overseas students). The student represen pass amendments. The final budget is the Wilmas and W,O.U,F. Week. students. If you have some tatives on Management Committee and one passed by Council at this meeting, but It employs a professional scr- thing to say to your fellow Council are elected in the annual general this is usually reviewed later in the year eenprinter and also looks after students, say it in Semper, elections held in September each year. when comparisons can be made with the Music Room, which has a 1.71% Welfare Office Both of these bodies must work within some actual results. wide-screen video/TV and a A very handy place to visit if the Constitution and Regulations of the These budget meetings of Management large selection of records to you have trouble getting Union. These may be changed by Council, Committee and Council have already oc listen to. TEAS; a place to live; or a but only after appropriate procedures are curred this year. However many important 1.47% Schonell Downstairs part-time job. followed. Council may also, from time to decisions are still to be made. The impor Which is a live theatre venue 0.07% Environment Office lime, set down policies which must be ad tant point to remember is that all students on campus - situated as the Concerned with environmen hered to in the day to day running of the have a right to attend Management Com name indicates. tal and social issues. Union. mittee and Council meetings and air their 6.65% Clubs and Societies 0.79% Student Accident Insurance The Constitution and Regulations set views. There are over 90 clubs affili All students are insured ag out how some Union funds are to be Also remember that as students you ated with Clubs and Societies. ainst accidents, 24hours a spent. For instance, Section 5.5 of the are directly represented by voting mem Enough to cater for a wide day, 365 days a year, any Constitution dictates that 10% of the total bers, i.e., the student representatives on range of interests. where in the world. amount of the Union's income from fees Management Committee and Council. Talk 2.39% Education Office 0.11% Curriculum Access Committee is to be placed in a special fund for the to your representatives and let them know Handles appeals, researches Researchers into the special provision of new or replacement capita! your views on how your money is spent. into educational issues, prod needs of students with impair items. This fund is called the Union deve You also have the right to consult the uces the Alternative Hand ments. lopment fund. Treasurer on matters concerning Union book etc, etc. 0.03% Overseas students Committee mtmmmmmm Runs campaigns on issues that concern oversea students, 0.02% Colleges Area Committee Deals with issues of concern Half Pf jce to Colleges students. .i»'^S» ^ Camelot 5.36% Union Expenses % These are the expenses assoc iated with having full-time stu Fancy Costume Hire dent office bearers; holding Victoriana Paste elections etc. Fifties -^^ Jewellery COSTUMES FOR SPECIAL Valances 24.58% Running costs Sixties WOMEN'S CLOTHES EVENTS, THEME PARTIES, These are the general admini Laces I Shoes OR ANY FUN REASON. stration and running costs of Gloves FOR THE SKELETONS to SUPERHEROES the Union. Running an oper 15 to 30 AGE GROUP GORILLAS to BUCCANEERS ation the size of the Union CAN-CANS to CLOWNS takes 3 lot of organisation. The Union employs 90 to 95 full- ITS HAPPENING THE PLACE TO BE IS time staff including several CAMELOT managers to ensure it continues First Floor to operate for the benefit of • 183A Edward St students. next door to MBF I hope that this article has given you a 196 Old HflRfiCDS Phone better insight into where your money goes Cleveland M. Coorparoo 3972145 - If you have any more queries however, (Adjacent A/Hrs St Lucia Village, Hawken Drive 231 5980 don't hesitate to contact me at the Union. Into 8ric-i8rac) 3976027 and I 61 Queen Street, City MMMM 18 mm- FEATURE THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE Though certain changes are beginning to words are unimportant, separate from the ample, the following which was written children, become wholly uninteresting. take place with regard to sexist language, "veal world", and that we should rather be by a male author: (Seligman 1975} a number of obstacles to linguistic change attempting to change social attitudes. Lan ., if one is not In solidarity with other Of all words, perhaps the most signifi- of this natiire are frequently encountered. guage is, however, very much a part of men.. cant for each of us is ourname. According The most common of these seems to social behaviour: it is one of the major Here, is the writer talking of people to Miller & Swift (1977), your name is: be the notion that language is unimport means we have for stating our attitude generally or of only his fellow males? This .. the beginning of your answer to ant, the "It's only a word" or "What's in and relationship to others. Consider, for ambiguity (from 'Semper', 1982) is pres "Who am Ii'".., the outermost of the a name?" argument. If we are ever to example, the various words which can be ent in other male terms. Consider, for ex many layers of identity reaching in arrive at a time when language represents used to humiliate people. There is now ample, use of the compound term "chair wards to the real you. all rather than only half of society, and considerable awareness about racist lan man" and the pronoun "he" in the foll when it does not, in other ways, treat guage (terms such as nigger and wog, for owing advertisements, both of which Generally, women give up their last name females differently from males, such barr example, would be viewed as insulting); arc otherwise totally devoid of sex- upon marriage and assume that of their iers to change need to be discussed and however, we have not as yet reached a indicating words: husband. Contrary to popular belief, there overcome. similar consciousness about language is no legal requirement in Australia for women to do so - or, for that matter, for Before we actually examine this ques which discriminates against females. It any children of the marriage to be given tion, it may be helpful to briefly define may, of course, be argued that terms such SURVEYOR ~ MANAGER their father's last name; this practice is what sexist language is and how it func as nigger and wog arc, in any case, slang, V-i^^-^t N«f(h«;ii1 Survo'i llv I Mlliht] fri^iiir* A iiin:i.i)jet (tx iiiKit IWwiFt Mi'vrv i'llKt' llle i*)tii|>.iri^ i» |MII i>( iMc merely the result of the pressure of tradi tions. Sexist language may, in a variety of and are therefore unacceptable anyway. Q^iui (tfnuji. Mi uvuiUAhtf and [irik({iri*>Mi In recent years the issue of sexual harass complaints whenever they are presented To use the argument that those who and endeavour to make the campus as free ment has become significant within the to the Committee. find this type of article offensive, simply from harassment as possible. The Women's context of a women's movement working Definitions must be flexible and must lack "a sense of humour", belittles the Rights Committee is presently involved in to expose discriminatory practises against incorporate the victim's own perspective. experience of every woman who has to formulating a Sexual Harassment Grie women in the workforce and in education If sexual harassment is confined toa stated constantly put up with the myriad forms vance policy for the Student Union and is al institutions. list of behaviours then it often ignores or of offensive behavious that are evcr-pres- compiling information on the definitions It has done so within an analysis of the fails to take into account the effect on constantly re-assess our definitions and and procedures in use by other institutions unequal power relationship which exists the victim, regardless of how "trivial" the women. To see it as such, is just another both within Australia and overseas. in a society which is male-dominated at offence may appear to an onlooker. instance where the standard of offence is WOMEN'S RIGHTS COMMITTEE all levels of private and public life. Sexual An American women's group (Women determined not by the victim, but by the References: SIGNS. Journal of Women in harassment can be very insidious and is Organized Against Sexual Harassment) has majority of non-victims. Culture and Society. Summer 1983, Vol. practised so freely and so often that it is proposed four basic requirements in regard 8, No. 4, "An Analysis of University Wc must look at who defines sexual obviously considered by some people as to definitions. They are: 1) acknowledge Definitions of Sexual Harassment" by harassment, who is threatened by sexual constituting "normal" behaviour. Within sexual harassment as sex discrimination, Phyllis L Crocker. harassment and who has the most to lose. the provisions of the Sex Discrimination not as isolated misconduct; 2) refer to a L Rubinstein: "Dominance Eroticised - legislation, recently passed by the Federal Obviously, no definition will be absolu full range of harassment from subtle inn Sexual Harassment of Working Women". government, sexual harassment in the uendo to assault; 3) refer to ways in which tely complete but it is important to cont workplace and educational institutions is the context of open and mutual academic inue to address the complexity of the specifically outlawed. exchange is polluted by sexual harassment issue. Definitions must be seen as a guide Definitions of sexual harassment vary and 4) refer to sexual harassment as the and not as a set of behaviour. They should from institution to institution. The Uni imposition of sexual advances by a person aid and not obscure the attitudes behind versity of Queensland Sexual Harassment in a position of authority ('Signs', 1983). offensive behaviour. Trivialising the issue into varying degrees of offensivcness Committee guidelines define sexual harass Sexual harassment in the University ment in general terms as "a serious social should not come into it. VVe would argue must be seen as "the absence of decency, that some criticism can be levelled at the issue characterised by any form of sexual integrity, and professionalism and the advance that is unsolicited, unwelcome, University of Queensland sexual harass substitution of attitudes of sexism in ment definition in that it appears lo place and persistent. Such behaviour is of parti stead" ('Signs', 1983). UNION NEWS cular concern in an academic community undue emphasis on the victims "psycholo Sexual harassment docs not just occur gical reactions". It says: "a sensitive and Well, there is plenty that has happened where students and staff work in a enviro on a personalised basis and is not "simply" around the Union since my last Union nment of dcpcndance and trust". vulnerable person may misinterpret and confined to physical abuse but takes thus resent, and find offensive, verbal or News, but Council has directed that Within the context of the University many other forms. physical advances which a less sensitive the Union's space in Semper be devot we must recognize the central fact that an If you accept that sexual harassment person may regard as amusing or even ed to the articles on this and the unequal power relationship exists between creates a hostile, intimidating or offensive complimentary". previous page in an endeavour to students and staff and that sexual harass work or study environment, then you must- maintain a balanced viewpoint. Whilst recognizing the gains already ment occurs where such a power relation take into account the use of sexist remarks made in having a Sexual Harassment I would highly recommend these ship exists. Definitions must clearly ex by tutors and lecturers, sexist language in Grievance Committee on campus, we must articles to you. press official outrage at the existence of text books and written articles such as not become complacent. Rather we should RIG MOORE such practices. As well procedures must Sempers' latest contribution - the "Gra constantly reassess our definitions and Union Secretary show that the university community re pple and Rape" article. These are all forms procedures in order to expose harassment cognizes and has the power to deal with of sexual harassment. FULL 7?^H^E .- oR^Nfc TKuiT^ 4 ve-^rrA"&LE-5 s OKGiy\NlCL ^M/NS-FLotJRS-IJ^yfT^UJT-HUrs-SEEliS Coul>-"mE55Els oil^ -fiONEy - T7VANARI - 5 I "BULK -flEKfe^ ""^/V^ 4 ^T'lCE^ I Domino's Pizza u Delivers u f^KE^ff TDFU - TC5rU "BLfRejEX^ To your home in less than tSAHAKlA -JtiTV 'Pie \ GiO/VT ML.K, 30 minutes T?^MMET-L.E55 CHEESE \ yc^UKT or your pizza is FREE* \ NATURAL- ICE UC&Af^ { ICE^ mrWK^L- SOAPS ^ CD'^^veTtc«N DpIVIINO'S PIZZA is coming to this area WATCH FOR m 37 13^WGAUUX 5rr COMi0K fJASG(G K6. ^Limited delivery area 57f -7Jg5 M13a 33UJ iSVd Ab3An30 33Bd iSVd Aa3An3a 33HJ iSVi 20 K Compiled by KAREN VENZKE Wednesday April 11: 'Les Freres Amara' concert on tour from France. Alliance ZootAkMOg Francaise, 191 George St. 8pm. Wednesday April II: 'The Terror of Tiny Town' (featuring a cast of midgets) and 'Hariem Rides the Range' (the first ^1-Black western). Centre Cin toWILMA's ema, 109 Edward St. 8pm. Thursday April 12: 'The ChaiUe Chaplin All you Bodgies and Widgies out there, get pea Festival'. Centre Cinema. 8pm. cocked, jump in your bodgy cars and come to Friday April 13: A Black Friday vintage VVilma's Cabaret on Tuesday April 10. horror special. 'The Phantom of the There will be jiving. Bodgie entertainment compered Opera', 'Gorgo'. Centre Cinema. 8pm. by two real life Brisbane bodgies. The cast from La Bolte's Saturday April 14: 'Super Motorcycles "A Night in the Arms of Raeleen" (opens April 5) will Triple Treat. 'Narrow Edge', 'Free- be making a guest appearance. whcelin', 'Burning Rubber'. Centre Get those wedgies moving and twist on out to an actual Cinema. 7pm. bodgie band. Sunday April 15: Three Stooges Comedy Win best outfit, best jivers, best quiff or just eat lots Special Number 3. (Nyuk nyuk nyuk.) of cheap, authentic food. Centre Cinema. 2pm. So dust down those zoot suits, bring out the Brylcream Wednesday April 18: 'I'Associe'. Alliance and come to Wilma's fully licensed cabaret at the Uni Francaise, 191 George St. versity of Queensland on Tuesday, April 10. Tickets at the door $3 students, $4 normal price. Every Wednesday: Lunchtime concerts at the Conservatorium of Music, George Until May 12: 'Hedda Gabbler' by Ibsen Street, Free. 12.50pm. Brisbane Arts Theatre, 210 Petrie Tee. Wednesday April 18: 'Easter in the Gall Wed to Sat at 8.15. S4. ery' with the Qld University Musical During April: Cinira House exhibition of April 24 to 29; The Aniiardean Players Society and the Qld Theatre Orchestra, naive painter Margery Dennis. 23 Boyd present 'Godspell', a rock musical, Qld Art Gallery, South Bank, 6pm. St, Bowen Hills. Tues-Sun, 10-5.30. written by Matthew, with assistance Until April 13: Thouglu Forms Gallery from Mark, Luke and John. Schonell presents a mixed exhibition of pottery, Downstairs, University of Qld. Cone jewelry and photography by Jacoba S4.50. 3716734. Oliver, Wanda Griffin and others. From April 25: 'Hamlet on Ice'. Hamlet Until April 14: Imagery Gallery and returns home after a sex-change. Wed/ Friday April 13: Do-Re-Mi, Spit and the SIMO present a pictorial record of Thu/Sat at 8pm. Friday at 6.30. Tapeloops plus guest DJ at Amyl's Stradbroke Island and its inhabit Saturday at 5. Sun at 5.30. S7, Nightspace, 502 Queen Street, City. ants as they were in 1983.9-5pm. S5 (S3 for ZZZ subscibers). April 16 to May 27: The Qld Art Gallery TTiursday April 19th; Bring Philip, Damn presents 'Focus on James Wienke Heck, Pork plus guest DJ at Amyl's. (1908-81). Mainly drawing and water- S5/3. colours from his experiences in New Thursday April 26: ZZZ's Dance Club at Guinea in Worid War 2. Easter Weekend: Landscape painting. Yoga, Primitive pottery and other Amyls Nightspace, with videos, DJ and Until May 20: The Pilbara Series. 13 oils subjects at Marron Educational Centre. live music from the Gatekeepers. $3/2. and 18 gouaches from Fred Williams' Each course is S7S, S25 deposit. For Friday April 27: ZZZ's third Joint Effort work just before his death. Qld Art info/enrolment forms, write to Ipswich for 1984, at the Qld Uni Refectory. Gallery. With the Dugites, Cockroaches, Ups & CoUege of TAPE, PO Box 138, Booval Until May 6: 12 Australian contemporary 4304. Downs. Food & XXXX. S6 (S4 for painters using paint and colour 'in a ZZZ subscribers). powerful way'. Qld Art Gallery. Women's Performance Workshops will be held on the weekends o[ April 14115 April 10 to 28: 'The Vision and the (Improvisation and Characterisation) Words' is described as "an introduction and April 28/29 (Design, Visual Arts, to potential photography, showing an Sound, Lighting), Sat 12-5. Sun 10- approach to the concept of potential 3.30pm. One day courses. S5 per day. Here Come the Hurdy Gurdy Men ity as it applies to two totally different The Counselling, Careers and Accommo branches of Art: photography and lit dation Services of the Pniversity of TTie Freres Amara (Amara brothers) are masters of the hurdy-gurdy and the barrel erature". If you want to fmd out what Qld are holding Group Programmes in org/m back in their homeland. all that means, drop into the Institute 1984 to assist with dl facets of stud of Modem Art, 4th Roor, 106 Edward Parisien pedestrians have often been confronted by this extraordinary mixture ents' study and personal problems. of mechanical music and street melodies, and Jean-Paul and Jean-Oauae Amara, Street, Brisbane. 377 3839 for details. together with accordlanist Georges Moustaki, have come to Brisbane from the bridges of the He Saint Louis at the invitation of Alliance Francaise. They will be performing at Alliance Francaise, 191 (korge Street, in the Qty, for one concert only at 8pm on Wednesday, April 11th. Admission is $10 for non-members, $8 for The Austisic Childrens Association of Qld Alliance Francaise members, and Until April 14: Bonaparte's Cellar Thea $6 for pensioners & sntdents. tre presents 'The Christian Brothers'. is planning to hold a g^ant booksale at Recalls a child's view of the old bash- the Toowong RSL on Saturday April it-into-them Catholic education system 14 from 8.30am to 6pm, and would of the '50s. Dinner and play, S20. Play welcome either donations of books or only, S8. Tuc-Wed-Thu. 8pm. your financial support on the day. Wilma's, at the Schonell Restaurant (opp Until April 14: 'Duet for One' by Tom osite the Schonell Cinema at Univers Kcmpinski. QTC, SGIO Theatre, Tur ity of Qld) is a fully-licensed, live- bot Street. Cone $14 & S10. Tuesday entertainment and performance venue at 6pm, Wed to Sat at 8. Wed at 10.30. Every Tuesday night. Saturday at 2pm. Women and Labour Conference, 1984, Until April 14: Logan City Theatre Co will be held in Brisbane on July 13,14 presents 'The Farndalc Avenue Hous and 15. It's a fonim for debate, disc ing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dram ussion and dissemination of ideas for atic Society Murder Mystery'. Comedy. all women. Theme: Racism. For Fri-Sat at 8. Sunday at 2. Ph 2086252. further info, contact 3773766,446364 Until April 14: 'Sweet Charity' by Neil or 2026354. Simon. Presented by the Musical The National Peace Conference will be Company. F.T.Baarrell Auditorium, held in Brisbane on May 11,12 and 13. Yeronga. Wed/Fri at 8. Sat 2 and 8pm. Hosted by the Qld Association of Sunday 6pni. $7.50.3531900. Teachers in Independent Schools. Fea Until April IS: 'Accidental Death of an tures guest speakers and topical areas Anarchist' by Dario Fo. TN Company. of discussion. QATIS Peace Committ- Brooke St Theatre. Wed/Thu/Sat at 8. ee,POBox4l8>Fortitude Valley 4006. Friday at 6.30. Saturday at 5. Sunday at 5.30. Cone S7. BOOKS "Return to Awfulville", the chapter who perceive it in terms of a few stone SOUNDTRACK FOR THE EIGHT dealing witli the environment (not the tools and cave paintings. IES: by Craig McGregor. Hodder & scene of conservation battles but suburbia) Dr Steele's "Aboriginal Pathways" Stoughton. S13.50. STATE OP MIND and social responsibility of architects should help transfomi this limited view. U^Queeniianclti "Pi^exent should be required reading for all architec In meticulous detail, Dr Steele documents One thing I find most attractive ture students. Doubtless some of them the myriad Aboriginal sites to be found in about Craig McGregor is that he could pick holes in what he says here. the region surrounding the city of Bris doesn't pose definitive answers. A Some of tlie book conies perilously bane. By revealing exact locarions of doz number of people beef that McGre close to being a wank, especially a sec ens of camp sites, bora rings, pathways gor has "got it wrong", but his pri tion dealirTg with social commentators in and middens, Dr Steele creates an archae- Australia which could well be sub-titled logy that is suddenly immediate and acces mary concern is not with answers, "How everyone got it wrong (except me)". sible. but questions. A few reviews of this book have dwelt The author's concern is the tribes of At the centre of McGregor's writing is on this aspect, revealing an Australian ten the coastal strip between Harvey Bay and a belief in tlie Common Man (or Woman) dency to knock the show-off without ac Evan's Head, and includesMoreton,Strad - althougli this seems a mite confused tually looking at what they've got to broke and Eraser Islands. Dr Steele desc coming from someone who has such a show off. ribes place names, linguistics, camp sites, reverence for class. But it's easy to pick In an increasing pluralistic society, we and stone quarries. holes in a general book - McGregor him need all the ideas we can get. This book For example the Brisbane clan had an self does a pretty good job of it at times. contains lots of them, important camp site on the Brisbane River The book comprises a collection of ANDREW FRASER where the Toowong Railway Station now essays that are divided into five general stands. The headquarters of this clan was topics - popular culture, Australia (Oz), in a gully in Victoria Park and the RNA alternatives, art, and politics. The indivi ABORIGINAL PATHWAYS; J.G. showgrounds. PITER CHARLTON dual essays with these topics are on spe Steele. U.Q.P. 1984 U7!il, cattooni ^ -f^li^ /ffoir cific subjects such as jazz, mass art, archi The Coorpooroo clan of South Brisbane was infamous for its raids on maize crops tecture in Australia, living in the bush, Aboriginals have inhabited Australia cartoonists of Oz, and equality. at Kangaroo Point, aided and abetted by witli tlie Westminster pariiamentary sys for some 40,000 years. During that escaped convicts. Scores of Aborigines In his essay on popular culture McGre tem then an alternative interpretation is long span their impact on the envi lived around tlie waterholes and sandy gor makes the distinction between "high" possible: a syndicate or a corporate state. beach of South Brisbane. culture and "popular" culture, high cul ronment has been dramatic, without The members of the ruling elite include, ture being a more refined, thougli not being obvious. The Woolloongabba bora ring, like as well as the Premier; several big business necessarily better, product. most around Brisbane, was destroyed. Dr men; heads of marketing authorities; a Steele documents the tragic loss of so series of advisers including top bureau His thesis is that "higiV culture deve It is known they created vast tropical many bora rings, bulldozed under housing crats, a significant section of the Law- lops from "popular" culture - in otlier grasslands by regulady firing the wood developments and golfcourses.some as re faculty at this University and last, but cer words, tliat no one art form is intrinsi land, and that their hunting hastened the cently as the 1950's. He includes helpful tainly not least, Sir Robert Sparkes (who cally superior, but rather the product of a extinction of giant marsupials. These kinds of changes, though of great maps of the surviving rings, including one may well be the true Machiavellian, gui ecological significance, do not compensate at Moggill. ding "The Prince"). Fomieriy, this group the layman for the lack of dramatic arch The most spectacular relics are proba would have included Allen Callaglian and aeological remains in Australia. The Abori bly the fishtrap s - the large stone arrange Mike Evans. gines created no temples, fortresses, walls, ments on the seashores that trapped fish Charlton's book is best understood as or stone cities. with the receding tides. These survive at an attempt to resolve the tension between Lacking a class system, and without Harvey Bay, and in Northern New South abuse of power and a possible electoral concepts of serfdom or slavery, tliey had Wales. backlash. He suggests on the one hand, in no captive labour force for the herculean Dr Steele is not an evocative writer; he the case of the state emergency decision tasks involved in stone construction. makes no attempt to create vivid images in 1971, because of the "natural conser The archaeological sites they left be of traditional Aboriginal life. His strength vatism" of Queenlanders, BP's career was hind are simple and subtle; and intenia- lies in his diligent research and formidable secure ... "nothing succeeds like excess". tionally-famous sites are uniquely lacking attention to detail. On the other hand he suggests, in the case from this continent - unless Ayevs Rock "Aboriginal Pathways" is sure to be of the draconian street march legislation, can be regarded as primarily a cultural come the standard reference on Aboriginal BP's support only in the "conservative monument. The subject of Australian sites around Brisbane, and u boon com rural area" was enhanced. archaeology is a big yawn for most whites. panion on field outings. The book pro His reasonable answer to the question vides practical stimulus for tiiose with a "Who are die conservarives - only tlie latent interest in Australia's archaeology rural constituents or all Queenslanders?", and physical anthropology.It is a welcome is that while Queenslanders as a whole are addition to Dr Steele's previous works on conservative, the further north and west local history and anthropoloey. you go the worse they become. The need TIM LOW for a gerrymander then becomes obvious. The electoral system he correctly describes specific context. This is basically common as "blatantly unfair and undemocratic" sense - people who wring their hands and and the N.P. arguments against one-vote- onc-value reduce to the view that; wonder why tliere are no Shakespeares STATE OF MIND: Peter Oiarlton extra parliamentary representation in around today would do well to look at (Metliucn Haynes, 1983) the deadwood role of live theatre, rather some ways compensates for distance and climate. Implicit in the N.P. argu than declining education standards. And This book, written by the leader while t disagree with some of McGregor's ment is the assumption tltat life in the writer of the Courier-Mail, is not hush is somehow more ji'irltious... contentions; what is appealing is that he the approved biography of Bjelke- botliers to describe the process. than life in the city, which is effete, Peterson. Far from presenting him easy and quite possiblv degenerate as The sections dealing with society and as some latter-day cowboy complete well the media are good lefty stuff, lashing the capitalist press barons etc. One part liere with a slow drawl, a heart of gold Thirdly, I agree with his suggestion that illustrates McGregor's almost blind and a silver bullet he is rather pre that the National Party politicians "had belief in the common person is "The Per sented as the real lifeNiccolo Machi- remarkably similar backgrounds", nor manent Conservative Majority Caper", in avelli, intent on transforming Queen mally associated with primary industry, which he argues tliat Australians respond sland into a tyranny. virtually none with any tertiary qualifica to social reformers. This seems hardly The book must be read on two levels. tions, are "uncomfortable with abstract likely - look at Jim Cairns. One is a simple catalogue of significant re discussions of ideas" and have values which cent political events, and al S5.95 is well are "simplistic, affluent and materialistic". worth that. However, as an attempt at I particularly liked his summary of tlie political analysis it is only half baked. Premier as "a grim, serious Lutheran, dedi- . catcd to God and Mammon, althougli not Firstly, Chariton notes the ironic diff necessarily in that order". erence between the economic rhetoric and actual perfonnancc of the Nationals. Today, of course the muster includes Interference with private enterprise is two Liberal defectors, the ambitious Mr disparagingly referred lo, especially in Austin and the former police special election campaigns, as "socialist". How branch officer Mr Lane, who were recently ever, marketing authorities, subsidies, branded and admitted to tlie ministerial bounties, guarantees and the like have stables. In fact, the former Liberal leader taken the "free enterprise" risk out of Mr White was not unaware of this analogy primary production. He even refers to to barnyard-politics when commenting on Queensland's Government as "truly a the reluctance of his Liberal Ministers to government of agrarian socialists". resign after being requested to. He said that the sniff of Ministerial leather' is a Secondly, he states that the Premier powerful aphrodisiac. "rules his cabinet with an almost total dominance' and that the Queensland Gov In short the political analysis needs a ernment "disregards the normal checks bit more work, more "heal in the oven" and balances of a democratic state". He would be provided by a proper under infers that the political system is a totali standing of pre-Machiavellian wisdom - tarian one. However, I believe die infer based on Aristotelian philosophy, Biblical ence is incorrect. If you combine the rural teaching or a synthesis of tlwse, as was socialism with the alleged preferential provided by St Thomas Aquinas. treatment of big business, and the break JIM ALVEY 23 W^}llh4 16. Which albums are the following tracks from? 32. What famous actor sang "MacArthur Park"? ^# fa) Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd) (b) Angle 33. Which of the following son^ are NOT about M (Rolling Stones) (c) Union City Blues (Blondie) drugs: (a) Brown Sugar (b) The Hills Are Alive Q '^ff^K' (d) In the City (Eagles) (e) Wondering Where the With the Sound of Music (c) Horse with No Name Lions Are (Bruce Cockbum) (d) Golden Brown? 17. What were the first singles of the following? (a) Sports (b) Elton John (c) Elvis Presley -OBSCURE- (d) Midni^tOil 34. Name the guitar virtuoso who guested on the 18. What was Carol King's original band? Talking Heads' "The Name of the Band is the -BEATLES- 19. What caused Led Zeppelin to disband? Talking Heads" live album. ;•: 1. What was the Beatie's first Top Ten single? 35. After the death of Sid Vicious, the Sex Pistols What instroment did George Harrison play on -JAZZ- disbanded. Name the band formed by Paul Cook "Norwegian Wood"? 20. Who was the drummer on Benny Goodman's and Steve Jones. What allegedly inspired Paul McCartney to write "Sing, Sing, Sing"? 36. Name the psychadelic band who recorded an eight "Mull of Kintyre"? 21. Who inspired the music for Woody Allen's minute version of "Eleanor Rigby" in the late 60s. "Manhatten"? 37. Which of the following was NOT written by -DEATHS- 22. What is the biggest-selling jazz instrumental hit Frank Zappa; (a) Help, I'm a Rock (b) Billy the How did the following die? of all time? Mountain (c) Hungry Freaks (d) Mull of Kintyre? (a) Buddy Holly (b) Marvin Gaye (c) Jimi Hendrix 23. How did Glenn Miller die? 38. Name the Frank Zappa LP which parodied The Which member of the Rolling Stones died? 24. On Artie Shaw's "Begin the Bequine", who Beatie's "Sgt Pepper" album. Who was the lead singer of Joy Division? How did played clarinet? 39. Which band was Robert Fripp originally he suicide? Why? What band did the remaining 25. Who was the leader of the Five Pennies? associated with? members go on to form? 26. What instrument did Count Basie play? 40. Which member of Abba played guitar: (a) Bjom 27. What did the following have in common: (b) Benny (c) Anna (d) Frieda? -SOUNDTRACKS- Dave Tough, Buddy Rich, Nick Fatool, Alvin 7. Which Dire Straits song was on the "An Officer Burroughs? (Answers on page 4) and a Gentleman" soundtrack? Who wrote and played the theme music for -CLASSICAL- "The Deerhunter"? 28. Who composed the following: (a) The Chorale, 9. Who wrote and sang the Blues Brothers' "Minnie Jesu, Jcy of Man's Desiring (b) Prelude to the the Moocher"? Afternoon of a Faun (c) In the Hall of the 10. Who wrote the soundtrack to "Local Hero"? Mountain King (d) Pictures at an Exhibition n. Name the main theme from the following movies: (e) The Funeral March? (a) Coming Home (b) 10 (c) Local Hero (d) To 29. Which composer wrote all his concertos in a Sir with Love. minor key? -GROUPS- -MISCELLANEOUS- 12. Of what bands are/were the following members? 30 Who sang the original versions of the following: (a) Rick Bukier (b) Rob Hirst (c) John Entwhistle (a) Always Something There to Remind Me (d) Ian Pace (e) Rowland Howard (b) Don't Sleep in the Subway (c) Surfin' USA 13. What group was Annie Lennox the lead singer of (d) No Milk Today (e) I'm a Believer (f) 2000 Man before the Eurythmics, and what was their only (g) I Love Him? hit single in Australia? 31 Who (or what) were the following songs written 14 What all-female group was Joan Jett the rhythm about: (a) You're So Vain (b) American Pie guitarist for? (c) Silly Love Songs (d) Shine on You Crazy IS Name the original members of Dire Straits. Diamond? W^wwiTWWrWWiWWIWW MUSIC ful time and time again by the Mondos. ant, at least for some of us, is the fact that they tried. Where success is concerned, I would say Mondo Rock It's blue for me; it's blacit lor you. -C o I ou rs have found their niche in the wonderful worid of Aust "Queensland in Quarantine" is a compilation of songs ralian music, and will continue to churn out a series of by 23 local groups and individuals. It hails itself as technically polished records. I don't blame them, really. "diseased music" that has developed in relative isolation. HOWARD STRINGER Don'y believe it, Brisbane is no more isolated musically than any other city in the worid. How many London bands do you think get to play Liverpool or Glasgow? And, for all its detractors, Brisbane has the b)est alternative radio station in Australia. For the price of an FM radio, you can actually listen to new music, not just read about it in the "Next Big Thing" columns of maga zines like New Musical Express and Melody Maker. You can sit back and pick out the best from England and the biest from America, the best from Sydney and the best from Melbourne. It must mean something if Bris bane people buy more LouReed albums per capita than any other city in the world except New York, For all the people who don't believe in fairy talts anymore... -Real estate ad "Queensland in Quarantine" is 23 songs nestled in between snippets of National Party ads, dreamworld real estate raves, the Flo & Joh superannuation collect ive, Geoff Muntz and housewife superstar Jerry Conn THE MODERN BOP: Mondo Rock (WEA) olly. Ross Wilson always seems to surround himself It's a neat way of hearing the music in a context, with inanity. When he was frontman pf the like hearing Cliff Richard in Safeways. The only trouble prototype Australian silly band, Daddy Cool, is that with repeated listenings, these interludes sound a he wallowed in the inanity of the group's wacky little arbitrary, even superficial. With a little more care, antics on stage, thus enhancing the band's reput the tape could have been a powerful political document. ation as a premier Australian act. The real appeal of "Queensland ..." is in the music. QUEENSLAND IN QUARANTINE: Various. As a summary of the 1983/84 music scene, it is unsurp Now, in Mondo Rock, Wilson seems to be wallowing (Brisbane compilation cassette package. $10} assable. It's not complete by any means, but it is repre in an inanity of another kind, a smooth, professional. sentative of what Brisbane has to offer. Radio 10-type inanity. A study in record production, a There are no big names on the Brisbane music scene at the moment. The city is almost irrele Paradoxically, for such a politically extreme city, masterpiece in cover art, a clean, tight commercial the music is remarkably apolitical. It's whimsical, with inanity, guaranteed to be snapped up by record-buying vant to the Go-Betweens, the Saints and the out being wimp-sical. It's almost as if Job's heritage is a space cadets. Laughing Clowns now, just as they are irrele generation of existentialists content to stick it out, I suppose it's fair to say that Wilson, and indeed the vant to those of us who have to live, work and having a good time, recording the occasional song, play rest ol the Moi^do Rock crew, know what they are play here. Big names end up belonging to ing the odd practical joke. doing. One aspect that comes out of their live perform everybody. This tape is nothing if not fun. Put It on your cassette ances is their professionalism. player, pour yourself a nice strong gin & tonic, sit down As adults, we icnow. But vnhat about our children? -Flo "The Modern Bop" is basically an exercise in profess and contemplate the day we shall all be released. The real life-blood of any music scene is always ionalism. The songs are pretty much standard laid-back IAN GRAY Mondo Rock numbers, featuring guitarist Eric Mc- found in bad venues, small garages and backroom Clusker's distinctive tasteful lines. studios. Local bands seem to thrive on adversity. For all If there was one adjective which would sum up this the hassles we have had to put up with over the last two album (and god knows I've gone through enough al years, there are more practising and recording bands ready), it would be "tasteful". than ever before. Tha "Queensland in Quarantine" cassatte is packagad with stickert This is the album that features the band's two latest The lack of big names, the abscence of the old hier and two postcards, each faaturlng hit singles, "Come Said the Boy" and "Baby Wants to archy of credibility, has opened the way for anybody this cheerful greeting on the back. Rock". This fact alone guarantees the record a top-ten with the inclination (and enough money) to start a band. charting. For my taste, the music is a bit staid, although Some of them might only be remembered for one good the songs work to a format that has been proven success- song, some might not even achieve that. What is import 24 RECORDS When not involved with his own multi-faceted talents he's found time to write a Lena Lovich hit and mix live concerts for The Passions, U.K. Subs and The Fall. He is now in the throes of a worid tour that will even tually bring him to Australia. With his visual talents also on show it should be well worth the wait. His show is described as "a bizarre hybrid of computer-generated music, video, slide and film projections perhaps closer to fringe theatre or performance art than rock 'n'- roll". Can Brisbane cope with it? MIKE LARDER THE SWING: INXS WEA CAFE BLEU: Style Council If there was an album you knew was going to The new Style (Council album sees Paul Weller power through to Number 1 on the 1984 charts and Mick Talbot aiming for a new high in Preten then INXS' new release would be it. tiousness. General A natural progression from "Shabooh Shoobah", "The Self-indulgence drips from the Parisian album cover Swing" is their best effort yet - in terms of consistency and from the booklet included, in which Weller refers to of quality of content "The Swing" is superb. himself as "The Cappuccino Kid" as he writes to the I Just check the individual tracks: "Original Sin" (pro "groovy cats and chicklets". To add to this, the album duced by recording guru Nile Rodgers), packed with sides are titled "Cafe Bleu" and "Rise Up and Quench colourful instrumentation; "I Send a Message", an inspi Thy Thirst" rather than simply sides '1' and '2'. rational mood of rhythm and beat; "The Swing" and All these indulgences are intentional and very ton "Love is (What I Say); both prime examples ofthe INXS gue-in-cheek and they have somehow allowed the Style music-making talent using their typical strong rhythms. Council to experiment with different types of music (and GENERAL PUBLIC: General Public (Virgin) As usual, the INXS lyrics are issue-oriented (take "Or different musicians) to create songs with styles ranging iginal Sin" for example), but unlike other Australian General Public, the band and the album, fall from Jazz to ballads, from Rap (gag & choke) to Parisian- into the 'tricky' category. bands (for example, Redgum and Midnight Oil) the mean style love songs. ing behind the words creep up on you only with constant The "Cafe Bleu" side is the more outstanding. It is A listen to the vinyl reveals an interesting blend of listening. dominated by instrumentals (four out of seven tracks). synthesizer music and guitar, which although well played The blending of different instrumental styles wears The outstanding songs are "Dropping Bombs on the is unfortunately rather commonplace. well - Kirk Pengilly's sax sounding harsh and biting White House" (a bizarrely cheerful track) and "My Ever My thoughts while reviewing obsure music is that ("Original Sin") or smooth and relaxed ("Face the Cha Changing Moods" (the single lifted from the album), al somewhere out there is probably a couple of starving, nge") as need be. though all the tracks on this side are beautifully produced desperate musicians who have channeled the last of their Nick Launay's production, engineering and mixing and arranged. meagre resources into recording and releasing a record. work produces a consistently good quality sound - clear The "Rise Up and Quench Thy Thirst" side is less im Unfortunately, the majority of obscure music is des but with a touch of roughness to allay that clinical feel. pressive, with the songs tending more towards average ervedly so, due to the lack of production or music quality. It is good to see that with all INXS' success they than good, highlight being a re-mixed version of "Head Now and again it is pleasant to pick up an obscure record haven't fallen into the trap of stereo-typed, commercial start for Happiness", and the lowlight being an attempt and after listening to it a couple of times, say "Geel this rock. at Rap "A Gospel", music is really trifficl". Unfortunately, on this occasion, As lead singer Michael Hutchence says: "I'd say we're However, on the whole, this is an extremely likeable General Public doesn't really make the grade. still above board in terms of musical integrity. We haven't album, pretensions and all. If you're feeling particulariy charitable however, you yet fallen into the great abyss of being a bunch of little KIM HAMILTON could always buy the record, if only to cheer up a couple pops tars. of starving musicians. HARRY DUNSTALL HOWARD STRINGER THE EDGE HOLCERCZUIW/ ; i!i' £^ "a^ ~^ i-^/Jfi ^mFi^^i^iii^xr "/ ^"^ ^ ">R ? <3 VI -*:>^" ^ ^%ih^k^ tmaiisiin ^\ ^ -J THE FLAT EARTH: Thomas Dolby, EMI ACR: A Certain Ratio. SNAKE CHARMER: Jah Wobble, The Edge, and Thomas Dolby's wide flung musical influences are It's hard to believe on hearing this 12" single Holger Czukay. (Festival) amply divulged on "The Flat Earth". that A Certain Ratio used to be associated with Snake Charmer sees an English bassist, an Irish Joy Division and the 'Factory sound' of Man His impressive musical aquaintances form a long and chester. guitarist and a German multi-instrumentalist talented list. The styles of Joni Mitchell, Joan Armatra- pool their diverse talents to produce a mini-LP ding, Eno and Kraftwerk linking arms with the Thomp Whereas Joy Division developed into experimental of Americanised dance music. son Twins, Malcolm McLaren, UK Subs and Lena Lovich electronics when they became New Order, ACR branch- are blatantly apparent in this potpourie of exciting ed-off into funk and soul. The trio. Wobble (ex-PiL), The Edge (U2), and Czuk musical styles, There is no 'A' side to this single, which means it is ay (ex-Can) would make a perfect backing band for Dolby shows himself to be a talented innovator/musi up to the public to choose the better side. My vote M. Jackson. The five tracks on Snake Charmer are enjoy cian/producer. The Joni Mitchell influence of "Mulu in would be for 'Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing', a cover able, at times brilliant, examples of the funk genre. the Rain Forest" (with excellent Pastorius-style bass) of the old Stevie Wonder song. It's an excellent version, Problem is, it sounds a bit derivative — something of are unmistakable. featuring some superb piano playing from new member.' a letdown for those familiar with Czukay and Wobble's From Jazz he immediatly launches into an excellent Andy Cornell. It is much the same as the original, but it highly original solo recordings and with the edge that Latin American oriantated"l Scare Myself". Then shades could be a reasonable hit should radio choose to play it. The Edge gives to U2. of Kid Creole in an up-beat "Hyperactive" with a touch The other side, 'I Need Someone Tonite', is a real The last things needed when building up a sweat on of Klaus Nomi thrown in on "White City". loser. It is an ACR original and I hope for their sake it the dancefloor would probably be original musical con The title track has Dolby proving his prowess with a is no mdication of their song-writing abilities. It's disco cepts. There are, however, enough instrumental and synthesizer, not to mention his melodic voice. "The Flat pure and simple, with mindless 'I don't want to leave production surprises on the record to keep home-bound Earth" is a tight, well produced album of diverse listen this nightclub alone, baby' lyrics. It should be a biqqy listeners interested. ing. Dolby has a fine voice and plays a haunting piano, at Sybil'si ^^^ MATT MAWSON "I Scare Myself" being sufficient proof. KIM HAMILTON 2S c^»t^»^fmii^ 10 n IX I^^^H'^ T^^^ ^HH'5 Ji U7 19 It ,20 a.1 »2 n »t 2J(, 27 2* • 30 3/ 11 33 3^ ^•V 3? ^m ^H 3S yf kc ti u ACROSS 30. Black magic performed bv 16 across. ts 1 (and 20 down). .Name of wTccked ship, 32. Gilligan had double from eating 2. The island's resident female pop poison berries, pfp '' band. 35. \Vhen are you reading this clue? Junde on the rocks. 29. The castaways were once hynotised 8. A tribal chief challenged Gilligan 36. Gilligan threw himself into one of /. 9. Air Howeell' s pet name for his wife. so they could help a mad professor to a.... for his daughter's handin these. 10 Mrs Howell's maiden name. rob Fort.... marriage. 38. Help! 11 One crashed on the island and caused 30. No risk of.. in this celibate group. 10. The men oumumber the 40. Gladys is.. ape. Gillgan's old-age dream. 31. Chance the mood. 12. .Mr Howell's ancestor was a guest 41. Hang^it all I I'm going to bed. 13. Who compiled this crossword? 32. The Howell's renewed their marriage at the original Boston ,.. Party. 42. The Russian cosmonaut. 14. Geophysical formadon which gets in .... on the island. 13. .Mr Howell ouTJS a.... 45. .\o points for Ginger's hairdryer. the way of pleasure cruisers, 33. Headhnnters went after Gilligan's 16. Original inhabitants of the island. 46. Harold , the Hollywood director, 15. ,.,, me a cab. I'm getting out of 34. Here ., Gilligan's Island. 18. Failure lo ensured further put on 'Hamlet' during his stay. this situation comedy. 37, Howell has plenty of.... but nowhere episodes. 17. .Nothing to eat but nuts and berries. to spend it 19. A confused pilot who visited the It's enourfi to make you DOWN 38. Sand rash will give you a.... island. 20. Creature Trom the Black 39. .Mary-Anne's ranch was called the 23. Mr Howell's furry little friend. a How much does a Grecian ...? 21. See 1 across. .. Corrall. 25. The actress. 22. The egghead. 43. The .. radio never works. c 26. Her apeman friend. Initials of 6 down. 0 24. Musical interlude; ., Wah Diddy. 44. "Stairway to Gilligans's Island" was u 28 (and 28 down). This extinct bird made Lord Bcasley was a collector. 27. Ginger frets if she breaks a .... sung by .. (initials) and the u a surprise appearance. This Grubb tried to get rid of Ginger. 28. See 28 across. Goosebumps. rgt^ <:>*esrAIKS, HENDRIX ANC3 HiTusK Dfsive ojr OF Tue cruN<;i_^, UNAWARE TMAT IWe EVOt.. AfJTl-CHRIST PR, HlOXA CAkTTSEI HAS AKf^^NS-ED AN AMKUSH VVHICH ^CStS. m ON THE tzti^O AHEAD Iff l^EAVINiS- THe MOETAUUY - WOt;NpPD HITl-S^, ANP TWF PE^>,PtTATED O^fS^ THE SMOCKIMG gAgNA&E.-. OF FK- HEKpPl^ , CAG/ST-AIRS" IS ABDUCTEP AT 6i;N-PP 26 if ever I've heard one - probably one of ll(Mm MAU CmiTMCBPTlVB Wm$ Damien Simpson's relatives) is (or was) a ii WHlSKAtllS 20-year-old Chicagoan who was involved toJseSKwMeiE] ^mm\ AH EM ntm\ \ imp me in a car accident and was subsequently rushed to hospital in what is known in [ medical terminology as "a serious condi tion". Anyway, he was declared dead soon after this, and was placed on an operat ing table so that his organs could be removed for use in transplant cases. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depen ding on whedier or not you happen to be Allan Supergan), it was a little too With our brave and courageous Premier soon because, after a few minutes, the fighting tiie good fight against the evil aforementioned shuffled his mortal coil southern socialists (principally from his back on and showed symptoms suspic temporary base in China) on the subject iously similar to those displayed by of Medicare, it was inevitable that some live specimens of our species. The new male contraceptive pill that has Medical Journal faithfully records, of the finer points of the system were, to Doctors, who are loathe at the best been undergoing experimentation in "women noted moderate hair growth say the least, a little bit lagging. of times to admit mistakes, did concede France has met with a few hairy prob on their upper crotch and inner thigh". Bands of Queensland doctors have that an error of diagnosis had occured, lems. It was found that the ointment passed threatened a slowdown due to the bulk- but added that Mr Supergan's long-range The pill itself has admirably suppress into the women's skin during "contact" billing dispute, but in America the exact prognosis "was not good" (more medical ed sperm production, but in order to (more medical terminology - also used opposite Is occuring. terminology). They didn't mention whe reinstate the resultant diminished sex by aviators). Allan Supergan (there's a pseudonym ther they bulk-billed or not drive, the male experimentees are re Four of the seventeen couples involved quired to rub in an ointment containing in the trials gave up immediately on the 9SiiiSiS0tt*AiVA1AiSfMiWHyA^^^^^ the male hormone, testosterone. strength of this. The march of science modo Dragons of Indonesian descent, "After a few months," the British continues... have to put up with. As you all know, there are just 1800 such dragons left in the world (or one between ever/ A 10 students at this University), and if Has nc V you looked upon the fact that they can iWT Mm kill anything from monkeys to deer and Introducing passenger foot br-ziXes. goats, you could be forgiven for not Gee we're have my We've thinking of them as an endangered species. foot on stalled Silly vous! alow. the brake. now. Being a mother isn't the easiest fob in The female-type dragon lays eges the world. For a start, the hours are which evenntally hatch in eight months terrible and you don't get a penalty or so, but often the majority of these loading for nights or weekends, let are eaten by the father or other male done annual holidays. It's enough to type dragons. A group of Sydney busi make you go on a trip to Ayers Rock nessmen are currently believed to be in (with on unexpected stopover in Ber- vestigating the Komodo populations of rima possible). outback Australia. All this is to preface what the Ko- If you've ever been the front seat passeng for you. New Scientist reports the exist er in a car driven by someone who's ence of a device that, when pulled by the been watching "Knight Rider", you've passenger, "lets go a compressed air probably felt an involuntary movement valve which brin^ the car to a fairly Last issue's Brisbane Song Competition ofthe right foot in search ofthe phantom smooth halt". Just the thing if your brought these results from budding brake pedal. driver starts referring to his/her centre Hal David/Burt Bacharach's. If so, a new British invention could be console as "Kitt". Your Schonell Passes are waiting at Semper, fellas. BRISBANE BRISBANE UBER ALLES (To th« tune of Michial Jackson's 'Thrillar' (To tha tune of Redgum's 'HMAS Australia'l Considering the American propensity for ships and the Potomac River skydiving —complete with 30 second video of local Here I am again at the GPO/l want to send a going over Niagara Falls in a barrel, it spectacle, was topped recently when night life.) telegram/Send it to the Lord Mayor/Asking would seem only natural that birds may 4000 wild ducks became disoriented in It's after midnight/Ail the pubs and nightclubs where the hell I am. want to do the same thing. fog and plunged, like a bus in a daily have closed down. I've been wandering Brisbane now/For Also considering the remarkably poor tabloid, over the Palls. Things move so slowlyTThe tralfic lights twenty-five minutes or more/Maybe I'm blind survival rate of humans who do the According to the local police, only haven't bodiered to change round. or something/But I stilt can't find the Mail. trip (about par with becoming a Family about 300 sun/ived the fall, ancJ they Beware of Sybil's/A thousand sex-stan/ed And Radio 10 plays disco crap/From far Court judge), the existence of the Great were now trapped by ice in thj gorge. trendies are upon you. across the sea/Staying blind to sensational 1928 Whistling Swan Tragedy will surp "It would be folly to try and rescue You make a scene/All you viiant to do is finds/Inside our own country. rise nobody. them," the Niagara Parks Police Chief stand up and scream/This is a dream. Triple Zed is independent/With non- This event, which will go down in said. "It's very slippery ice and it could 'Cause this is Brisbane/There's nothing bloodthirsty news/Well we're sick of hearing American folklore along with the famous go at any time. Vou have to put human around. Jonestown Kool-Ade skolling champion Bop Girt/We'd like some Agents too. •">'•"•"•' ---. . a -.._...,..-.. iiilifec auu'abovce ocieverythiny uiiiigy else"CDC .. A flea can't find a dog/The most exciting Images and the Crest Hotel/In places to tiling's the ground. hang out/FREEPSin the Park for people/ 'Cause this is Brisbane/The hole of the Who can't afford to get out and about Eanh. ^.^^li^t^ \ Sometimes you think you're in Vietnam/ The most rivetting thing you can do/Is All the orientals on the train/And the BCC with winding... the alarm clock. tommy guns/Digging up the drain. KIM HAMILTON & DAVID HERBERT The sun pours down but the air is clear/ <^>: SS^< > '>! mu.