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CAIRNS: The chances of Noelene and Yvana Bischoff dying from a rare form of before the week is out food poisoning were possibly one in a billion, a family member said yesterday. : ment, with her case to be been finished by the parole She has always maintained living in until at least Had the moth- will know within days wheth- treated the same as the 1700 board,’’ Mr Syamsuddin said. her innocence. She has al- March 24, 2017. er and daughter been served er she will be released on par- others before him. ‘‘We just need to review ready been issued a new pass- Prime Minister Tony Ab- a different piece of fish when ole from a jail, more than The 36-year-old’s case for that. I promise within three port and approval from the bott says it’s ultimately a they ate dinner at the Padang nine years after she was parole was heard in Jakarta days, Insha’Allah (if Allah Indonesian immigration de- matter for the Indonesian Bai Beach Resort in Bali last caught with drugs at the hol- last week, but it is not known wills), I will finish it.’’ partment to serve out her justice system. month they may still be iday island’s airport. whether the recommendat- Mr Syamsuddin has al- sentence in the Kuta home of ‘‘Generally speaking, the alive. And had anyone else ’s Justice Minis- ion to Mr Syamsuddin was ready said publicly he can see her sister Mercedes and her less said about consular cases been served the same meal, ter Amir Syamsuddin on for or against her release. no reason why Corby’s parole husband Wayan Widyartha. the better. Let’s see what the it’s unlikely their symptoms Wednesday confirmed he But he has promised she bid should be rejected. Corby plans to spend her system produces,’’ he said in would have been fatal. would consider Corby’s bid will find out either way be- The beauty student was days on parole working in Adelaide yesterday. ‘‘This is just a one in a for parole within the next fore the end of the week. aged 27 when she was caught Wayan’s Kuta surf shop, ‘‘I’m not going to get into million, one in a billion, three days. ‘‘There are 1700 prisoners in 2004 attempting to smuggle where she would design bi- the business of casting judg- thing to happen,’’ Noelene’s But he insists the Austral- who are being processed by more than 4kg of marijuana kinis. She will have to report ment on the justice systems of brother Malcolm Bischoff ian will get no special treat- the parole board and they’ve into Bali in a bodyboard bag. to authorities regularly while our friends and neighbours.’’ said. He said autopsies had shown the pair likely died from scombroid (histamine) poisoning, a rare form of food poisoning that’s ex- tremely unlikely to cause But living in Bali won’t be easy serious illness. It’s caused by elevated levels of histamine being present in fish, which can cause an allergic reaction. Noelene, 54, and Yvana, 14 were asthmatic and it’s be- lieved this may have contrib- uted to their severe reaction. Scombroid poisoning is rare and severe cases are al- most unheard of. OzFoodNet figures show 57 people contracted the poisoning in Australia be- tween January 2009 and December 2013. Nine were hospitalised but no deaths were reported.

Call for new IR structure

CANBERRA: A prominent union leader has called for a new deal with business and government to move the industrial system beyond the Work Choices and Fair Work eras. Australian Workers Union national secretary Paul Howes has floated the idea of a ‘‘grand compact’’ on industrial relations. He believes the current IR sys- tem has become a ‘‘blood sport’’ and is dragging economy down. ‘‘We seem to accept that industrial relations can be treated like a backyard game of totem tennis,’’ he said yesterday. Schapelle Corby behind bars, and (inset from top) her sister Mercedes and mother Roseleigh Rose at her sentencing, and Justice Minister Amir Syamsuddin

By PAUL TOOHEY much to herself, leading some ming in a bikini, they could in Bali other prisoners to suspect — expect to sell it to an Austral- Bank’s fees wrongly — that she was al- ian magazine for $50,000. SCHAPELLE Corby’s release ready out. Kris, who runs a little rest- ruled ‘illegal’ may be imminent, but she The feeling among The question is how that aurant across from Kerobo- will in some ways remain new freedom will feel as kan, and delivers food to the MELBOURNE: ANZ, one of a prisoner. Balinese is that Corby’s every move becomes jail, said the attention around Australia’s largest compan- From camera-carrying Corby has done subject to intense scrutiny. Corby might be good for some ies, is facing a hefty payout drones above her home to Corby, 36, got little privacy businesses, but not her. after the Federal Court ru- constant paparazzi attention her time in prison, with reports of her ‘‘There are always people led yesterday it had illegally as she walks the streets in her every move and stumble coming here to eat or to buy imposed penalties for late existence as a semi-free reaching the outside world. food to take to the jail, payments on credit cards. Balinese resident, every mo- problems with the Australian She will be able to move but when journalists come, The charges, made when a ment of her new life will be Government interfere with around Bali and Indonesia they sit at my tables too customer missed a mini- up for grabs. Corby’s release. upon release, but she may not long,’’ she complained. mum credit bill, were either Corby’s sister Mercedes is now be free to move around her And as one Indonesian pho-

$20 or $35 — a mark-up of up confirmed to News Corp Aust- Mercedes Corby on Tuesday under heavy stakeout by new backyard if there are tographer said: ‘‘I have been PUB: to 7000 per cent on actual ralia that a helicopter drone in Australian media, waiting for cameras flying overhead. sitting outside this prison on NTNE-WS-6-FE11KGE:MDA-TE: Y-C-CO-LO-R: costs of as low as 50 cents. fitted with a camera had been Picture: INFphoto.com the moment when she finally With a purported multi- and off for nine years. Can Justice Michelle Gordon flying over her home in Kuta, walks free. million dollar deal awaiting you imagine?’’ agreed with lead plaintiff where Schapelle will live catch a view inside Kerobo- There is a rush towards the Corby though Mercedes — The feeling among Balin- Lucio Paciocco’s argument during a two-year parole kan prison, where Corby has prison entrance every time Corby says no such deal has ese is that Corby has done her that those penalties were period before being able to re- been resident for nine years. someone who looks semi- been signed — she is worth time. They wish her well. But ‘‘extravagant, exorbitant turn to Australia. It appears the Indonesian important emerges, usually more than ever. Local pho- she will need delicate hand- and unconscionable’’, as And an Australian tele- Government is not going to with no news at all. tographers say, for instance, ling to deal with what will li- well as being an illegal vision news crew recently act spitefully and let the cur- It is understood Corby has if they got an exclusive long- kely be a serious case of post- breach of contract. sent up a chopper drone to rent high-level diplomatic in recent weeks kept very lens photo of Corby swim- traumatic stress. www.ntnews.com.au Thursday, February 6, 2014. NT NEWS. 11