Fed: States agree to gun laws
CANBERRA, Dec 6 AAP - States and territories have agreed to new laws banning a rangeof semi-automatic hand guns, Prime Minister John Howard said today.
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NSW: Showground ride operator fined over workplace death
NSW: Showground ride operator fined over workplace death
A showground ride operator has been fined $29,000 and ordered to pay a double insurancepremium after a worker died cleaning a ride at Sydney's Royal Easter Show.
WorkCover New South Wales took the case to the state's Chief Industrial MagistratesCourt, claiming Brooks Crown Amusements breached health and safety codes and failed tohave insurance.
The case involved an accident at the Royal Easter Show at Homebush in March, 1999.
The court's been told the cleaner was working on the Turbo Ride when it started carryinghim 10 metres into the air.
He fell, suffering fatal injuries, when the emergency stop button was pressed.
Amusement ride operator KEVIN CYRIL BROOKS, who did not appear in court, pleaded guiltyto the breaches.
He's been fined $12,500 for the two safety breaches and $4,000 for failing to obtainworkers' compensation insurance.
The court's also ordered he pay double the avoided insurance premium of $998 and WorkCovercosts of $10,000.
AAP RTV nd/arb/tb/rp
KEYWORD: TURBO (SYDNEY)
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers
SYDNEY, Feb 14 AAP - The main stories in today's Sydney newspapers:
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Page 1: Photographs prove the lie to Howard government's claim that boat people threwtheir children overboard.
Page 2: 100,000 homes still blacked out by Sydney storms; Governor-General Peter Hollingworthfaces fresh allegations about his time as Brisbane's Anglican Archbishop, including thathe perverted the course of justice in a sexual abuse case.
Page 3: Speed skater Steven Bradbury becomes Australia's first Winter Olympics gold medal winner.
World: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills two Israelis and injures 30 in a pizza cafeon the West Bank, prompting airstrikes by Israel; About 50 corpses found in a storageshed and woods at a crematorium in Georgia in the United States.
Sport: Ricky Ponting reveals how the shame of being banned for drunken behaviour wasthe catalyst behind his rise to the Australian cricket captaincy.
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Qld: Children abused because welfare cannot cope, says group
AAP General News (Australia)
12-19-2001
Qld: Children abused because welfare cannot cope, says group
A child advocacy group says children in crisis are suffering abuse because of a lack
of government resources to help them.
The Create Foundation, a non-government organisation, has released its annual report card.
It shows that as of June 2000, there'd been an 8.4 per cent jump over the previous
year in the number of children and young people taken into care.
Create Foundation national director JAN OWEN says the figure shows authorities are
struggling to cope with the needs of children requiring urgent care.
She says it's disturbing that within 12 months of going back to their families, about
20 per cent of children are forced back into state care.
Ms OWEN says that means they are subject to further abuse while the departments are
unable to care for them.
The data, covering 20,000 children and young people under state care in Australia,
has been drawn from the Australian Productivity Commission Report and the Institute of
Child and Family Welfare.
AAP RTV rad/jhm/pc/rp
KEYWORD: CHILD (BRISBANE)
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Fed: Govt to intervene in dispute - Abbott=2
AAP General News (Australia)
08-06-2001
Fed: Govt to intervene in dispute - Abbott=2
Mr ABBOTT says the government will be intervening in the commission this afternoon
at 3pm in support of a return to work order.
He denies the government is intervening on behalf of the employer.
Mr ABBOTT says the government supports the right of the 12,000 workers currently stood
down at other car plants to get on with their jobs and earn a decent living.
More than 350 Tristar workers today voted unanimously to continue their 13-day strike
to force the company to sign on to the union trust fund Manusafe to protect $17 million
in entitlements.
Mr ABBOTT says the government is absolutely committed to protecting workers' entitlements,
but only through its own taxpayer-funded scheme.
AAP RTV jph/daw/jas
KEYWORD: CARS INTERVENE 2 CANBERRA
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Fed: Aust s political uncertainty gets noticed overseas
AAP General News (Australia)
02-21-2001
Fed: Aust s political uncertainty gets noticed overseas
By Jim Hanna, Economics Correspondent
CANBERRA, Feb 21 AAP - Australia's uncertain political outlook may be forcing a rethink
overseas about whether it is a good place to invest, observers said today.
The re-emergence of One Nation as a political force has abruptly, if only temporarily,
halted the rhetoric about further privatisation and globalisation among Australia's political
leaders.
The changing mood has caught the eye of The New York Times which focused overnight
on the changed political tone regarding mergers and foreign …
Qld: Beattie denies special treatment for Kaiser
AAP General News (Australia)
12-22-2000
Qld: Beattie denies special treatment for Kaiser
BRISBANE, Dec 22 AAP - Queensland Premier Peter Beattie today denied he was treating
Woodridge MP Mike Kaiser any differently to other Labor Party members embroiled in the
vote-rigging scandal.
The denial followed a claim by ALP member Sharif Deen that Mr Beattie was protecting Mr Kaiser.
Mr Deen was one of the men who told ABC television's 7.30 report of an envelope of
cash being paid to the Democrats by federal Labor MP Wayne Swan.
Mr Deen said today he was one of 19 Labor Party members who had received show cause
notices asking for a reason why they should not be expelled from the party.
Like Mr Kaiser, Mr Deen said he had made no admission of wrongdoing at the Shepherdson Inquiry.
"From what I know, people like Mr Kaiser haven't been given letters or presented with
letters inviting them to show cause," Mr Deen told ABC radio.
But Mr Beattie said Mr Kaiser's fate could not be determined until after the Shepherdson
Inquiry had completed its public hearings.
The Criminal Justice Commission announced last week it would reconvene public hearings
on January 10 to investigate a 1986 Labor pre-selection in the state seat of South Brisbane.
In previous evidence given to the inquiry, Mr Kaiser was accused of knowing about vote-rigging
during that pre-selection plebiscite.
He has repeatedly denied any involvement of improper electoral practices.
"Mike Kaiser is appearing before the Shepherdson Inquiry," Mr Beattie said today.
"He will have to respond to those matters, the serious allegations that have been raised.
"If the answers are not adequate I will take action against him."
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KEYWORD: STACKING (CARRIED EARLIER)
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