SA: SA amusement ride industry called to emergency summit

AAP General News (Australia)
12-06-2000
SA: SA amusement ride industry called to emergency summit

South Australia's amusement ride industry will attend an emergency summit next week
following separate ride collapses which injured 39 people.

State Workplace Relations Minister ROB LAWSON has called the meeting of industry leaders
in the wake of the latest ride collapse at a Christmas Party last Sunday.

A mother and her eight year-old son were hospitalised and six other people lightly
injured after the Sizzler ride collapsed at at Taperoo in Adelaide's north-east.

The incident followed the collapse of the Spin Dragon ride at the Royal Adelaide Show
on September 2 this year which injured 31 people.

Mr LAWSON says next week's summit will discuss whether existing safety regulations
for show rides in the state were adequate.

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KEYWORD: RIDE (ADELAIDE)

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NSW: Thousands line Sydney Streets to cheer veterans

AAP General News (Australia)
04-25-2000
NSW: Thousands line Sydney Streets to cheer veterans

SYDNEY, April 25 AAP - Thousands of people lined the streets of Sydney to pay their
respects to the 20,000 war veterans marching for Anzac Day.

New South Wales Governor Gordon Samuels was leading the parade ahead of 50 flag-bearing
taxis carrying elderly veterans unable to walk the distance from Martin Place to Hyde
Park.

A riderless horse representing veterans from the Boer War led a small contingent of
WWI veterans followed by defence personnel from every Australian military encounter up
to the Interfet troops.

Even before the march started, crowds were seven deep in Martin Place and George Street.

Some spectators used deck chairs to secure good vantage points.

Waving flags, cheering and applauding each new regiment, bystanders craned their necks
for a better view.

Several had tears streaming down their face while many more seemed on the verge.

The Sydney crowd made a concerted effort to cheer on the New Zealand returned service
men and women.

Many decorated veterans not marching walked up and down the footpath alongside their
former comrades.

Others simply looked on through tear-filled eyes.

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KEYWORD: ANZAC NSW

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Oly: Carr applauds Knight s Games performance

AAP General News (Australia)
02-08-2000
Oly: Carr applauds Knight s Games performance

New South Wales Premier BOB CARR has applauded the performance of his Olympics Minister
MICHAEL KNIGHT, saying he'd never been so positive about the staging of the Sydney Games.

Mr CARR, who's just returned from overseas, says he's extremely happy with Mr KNIGHT's
handling of the Olympics preparation.

Mr KNIGHT, who's also president of the Games organising committee, has come under fire
in recent months over a series of Olympics preparation bungles.

The NSW opposition has continually called for his resignation, accusing him of passing
the …

Fed: Lees says GST federation trip link irrelevant

AAP General News (Australia)
12-07-1999
Fed: Lees says GST federation trip link irrelevant

CANBERRA, Dec 7 AAP - Australian Democrats leader Meg Lees today insisted it was irrelevant
that both she and Prime Minister John Howard would be overseas when the GST began in July
next year.

Opposition Leader Kim Beazley, who has rejected Mr Howard's offer to join him in London
for the centenary of Britain approving the Australian federation, accused the pair of
fleeing the country to avoid the GST backlash.

But Senator Lees denied the timing of the trip has anything to do with the GST, which
the Democrats voted for in parliament.

"To actually be here or not be here in the first few weeks of July is absolutely irrelevant,"

she told reporters.

"It's absolutely irrelevant whether I'm here or anyone else is here.

"They are just scaremongering. They did not want to be involved in tax reform and now
they are trying to do as much damage as they possibly can."

Senator Lees said she disagreed with Mr Beazley's decision not to go on the trip, on
the grounds there would be too many people and that it would achieve nothing.

"That is his choice," she said.

"I have made my choice because I believe I can make this trip worthwhile."

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VIC: Preparatory GST bill introduced into Vic parliament

AAP General News (Australia)
04-21-1999
VIC: Preparatory GST bill introduced into Vic parliament

MELBOURNE, April 21 AAP - Legislation in preparation for the commonwealth's GST was
introduced into the Victorian parliament today.

Premier Jeff Kennett said if the legislation was passed by the state parliament it would
not be proclaimed until the GST tax package was passed by the Senate.

The tax overhaul, which the federal government wants to introduce on January 1, 2000, is
currently being debated in the federal parliament.

Mr Kennett said amendments to the Competition Policy Reform (Victoria) Act 1995 was
template legislation that would be passed in every parliament around Australia.

"It is to ensure that there is no exploitation in introducing the new taxation, so the
people are not going to be disadvantaged when in fact tax breaks are ... reduced and that
reduction is not passed on to citizens," he told parliament.

His spokesman later said the amendments would ensure that reductions in state-based taxes
were passed on at the same time the GST came in.

"It provides the mechanisms by which we can implement the abolition of taxes and establish
the administration of the GST," he said.

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KEYWORD: TAX VIC

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AAP Internet Bulletin 1730 Wednesday, Jan 13 1999

AAP General News (Australia)
01-13-1999
AAP Internet Bulletin 1730 Wednesday, Jan 13 1999





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Howard to snub Gerry Adams

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams was today granted a federal government meeting in Australia
next month, despite being snubbed by Prime Minister John Howard.

Foreign Minister Alexander Downer announced he was prepared to hold talks with the Irish
republican leader, who arrives for a five-city visit on February 15.

Mr Downer's decision followed a statement from Mr Howard's office ruling out a meeting with
Mr Adams and disparaging his part in the Northern …

NT:Man dies after stabbing in Darwin

AAP General News (Australia)
12-20-2011
NT:Man dies after stabbing in Darwin

DARWIN, Dec 20 AAP - A 24-year-old man has died after being stabbed in the chest in
suburban Darwin.

Police say a 30-year-old man has been arrested in relation to the incident, but charges
have not yet been laid.

Ambulance officers received a report of a man lying in a car park in The Narrows, in
suburban Darwin, about 5.30am (CST).

CPR was attempted and the stabbing victim was taken to the Royal Darwin Hospital, where
he was pronounced dead.

Police have urged anyone who can help with the investigation to contact Crime Stoppers
on 1800 333 000 or the Police Assistance line.

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KEYWORD: CHEST

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