Australian Defence Force reserves factbox

AAP General News (Australia)
08-24-2000
Australian Defence Force reserves factbox

Key facts about the Australian Defence Force Reserves:

* 23,0000 active reservists, comprising army 20,000, 1,000 navy and 2,000 air force.

* 7,700 fully qualified army reserve personnel, organised into six infantry brigades
and three regional force surveillance units.

* 1,000 reservists currently with ADF full-time with 213 serving in 6RAR in East Timor,
48 on Bougainville and 55 training in Malaysia.

* 15,000 inactive reservists, mostly former defence personnel who could be recalled in emergency.

* Defence draws key skills from reserve forces, including doctors and lawyers.

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KEYWORD: RESERVES FACTBOX

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Fed: Howard still optimistic on sale of Telstra

AAP General News (Australia)
04-10-2000
Fed: Howard still optimistic on sale of Telstra

Prime Minister JOHN HOWARD says he remains optimistic that the government can sell
off Telstra, despite a Queensland National Party revolt against the move.

The National Party's Queensland central council yesterday ordered its federal MPs to
oppose any further sell-off.

Mr HOWARD has told ABC television while he understands concerns about Telstra service
levels, the situation won't improve unless the carrier is fully privatised.

Mr HOWARD says he still holds out hope the government can sell off the remaining half of Telstra.

Mr HOWARD has also defended Telstra inquiry member and former National Party MP Ray
Braithwaite's attendance at the weekend's Queensland party conference.

Mr HOWARD says Mr BRAITHWAITE did not involve himself in the debate on the issue of
whether or not Telstra should be privatised.

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KEYWORD: TELSTRA HOWARD (CANBERRA)

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Vic: Mother dies after settlement in asbestos case

AAP General News (Australia)
01-12-2000
Vic: Mother dies after settlement in asbestos case

A 40-year-old mother who yesterday won a substantial payout from the Federal Government
for asbestos-related cancer has died in Melbourne.

A spokesman for the family says KERRY ANN HALLEUR died at suburban Box Hill Hospital
this afternoon.

Her partner EAMONN MULHERN was at her bedside.

Ms HALLEUR, the mother of two young …

FED: Govt refuses Liberian soccer team entry

AAP General News (Australia)
08-23-1999
FED: Govt refuses Liberian soccer team entry

Immigration officials have stopped a young west African soccer team from coming to
Australia despite the players being invited to a special reception by Governor-General Sir
WILLIAM DEANE.

The Millenium Stars, a team of teenage boys from war-torn Liberia, were due to arrive in
Sydney tonight to attend an international conference on sport and human rights.

The 12 team members, aged 13 to 17, had also been invited by Sir WILLIAM to a reception at
his Sydney residence Admiralty House.

Catholic overseas aid and development agency Caritas Australia had sponsored the visit by
the boys, several of whom had been forced to fight as child soldiers during Liberia's civil
war.

But the team has been refused visas because immigration officials consider the purpose of
the visit isn't genuine and that the players might try to stay in Australia.

The Millenium Stars, who have the backing of Liberian soccer star GEORGE WEAH, were to have
taken part in soccer clinics in Sydney and Newcastle, trained with the Sydney Swans and toured
the Sydney Olympic site.

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KEYWORD: LIBERIA AUST (CANBERRA)

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SA: Reason for vicious assault still a mystery

AAP General News (Australia)
04-04-1999
SA: Reason for vicious assault still a mystery

Police are mystified by a vicious assault on a 54-year-old Port Augusta man.

A police spokesman says the man suffered a fractured skull, knife wounds and several broken
bones when he was attacked while sitting on the front verandah of his house about 11.10pm.

The man is undergoing surgery in the Royal Adelaide Hospital after being airlifted from the
Port Augusta Hospital overnight.

A 21-year-old man has been arrested and charged with assault causing grievous bodily harm.

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KEYWORD: BEATING (ADELAIDE)

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FED: Calls for surf safety awareness program for tourists

AAP General News (Australia)
12-14-1998
FED: Calls for surf safety awareness program for tourists

SYDNEY, Dec 14 AAP - A surf safety awareness program targeting international tourists was
urgently needed in the wake of recent drownings, a tourism industry body said today.

Tourism Task Force chairman John Brown said Australia had a duty of care to its visitors
and it was the joint responsibility of governments and the tourism industry to educate
travellers about surf safety.

"Many foreign tourists arrive in Australia with little or no experience in surf and get
themselves and their rescuers in trouble," Mr Brown said in a statement.

An elderly Russian tourist on an outing with a tour group at Bondi Beach drowned after
being swept up in a rip about 60 metres from the shoreline on Saturday afternoon.

The man, aged in his 60s, had been swimming outside the flags.

On Friday a young Korean man, from Campsie, died in what lifesavers described as a freak
accident in knee-depth water at Bronte Beach.

Three men were dragged under the surface and two of them resurfaced quickly but they were
unable to locate their friend.

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KEYWORD: DROWNINGS TOURISTS

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NSW:Father's sentence appeal fails

AAP General News (Australia)
02-23-2011
NSW:Father's sentence appeal fails

The father of a seven-year-old autistic girl who died of severe malnutrition has failed
to have his 16-year jail term for manslaughter .. reduced.

In dismissing the challenge today .. the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal said it was a
heavy sentence .. but well within the range for the worst case …