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1985 is International youth year.
Lot's wife invites students to write
in their views on I.Y.Y. How effective is it? To what extent has it
achieved the aims it set out to?
Has it been effectively publicised?
'o you give a damn about what
weather Is In Ohio? Obviously
Channel 7 all-night news service
thinks you do. We have Dallas and
Dynasty, Coca-Cola and K-Mart,
McDonald's and MIcheal Jackson
- the American Dream has invaded
our sunburnt country, a land of
sweeping trench fries and Ford
cars.
Australia Is a hotch-potch of
cultures and creeds. Right from
the start, the British dumped us
with crumpets, cricket, and the
Commonwealth Constitution.
Since time immemorial, we have
been flooded by a continuous
stream of Fioruxl, FetuccinI, Perrler and Peugot, Sumo wrestling
and "Sandi and the Sunsetz." The
Aussie gustronome is faced with
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such choices as frogs legs or
Four'n'Twenties,shephards pie or
schnitzel, sausage rolls or souvlaki.
It is this abundance of variables
that makes Australia the multicultural melting pot it is. Strip
away the overseas influence and
the Aussie spirit Is lost. This
"compot" encourages people to
cross cultural boundaries, and
increases social awareness and
tolerance, as well as adding spice
to life.
The basic unit in all this is
people - people with different
attitudes, appearances and accents - who have been brought
here with the encouragement of
the Australian Governrfient. However, this same Government now
threatens this multi-cultural milieu,
with it's proposal policy of raising
university fees for overseas students.
There has been much debate on
this issue - arguments have been
put forward regarding Australia's
responsibilities to developing
countries, the universal right of
education and the diplomatic
duties between neighbouring
countries. But it is apparent that
there is another angle to this
whole question. Ndt only does this
Issue concern overseas students,
and foreign policy, but the Aus-
tralian ethos itself stands to
suffer.
It Is through overseas students,
that the youth of our society have
an opportunity to mix, interact and
learn from people of other lands.
Being cosmopolitan involves much
more than knowing how to read
French menus and watching Italian movies at the Carlton Movie
House. It is a matter of appreciating and understanding another
person's views and beliefs.
Raising overseas students fees
will simply stifle the flow of young
people into Australia and this will
adversely affect our ability to
develop a truly multi-cultural approach to life.
Debbie and Carmella
WIFE
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A RICA
The South African Government has slapped a blanket ban on
meetings of 29 anti-aparthied organisations in the Eastern Cape province and near Johannesburg. This move was clearly an attempt to curb
the escalating civil unrest in black residential areas. Around the country,
in particular in the Eastern Cape, where 19 black mourners where killed
by police in a shooting incident last week at the black township of
Uitenhage.
Among the organisations affected are the United Democratic Front
(U.F.D.), an alliance of about 600 anti-aparthied organizations which
together consititute the governments largest legal extra parlimentry
opposition. The ban also applies to any meeting called to discuss work
stay aways which have become a common form of protest and is wides-
pread in the Eastern Cape.
Prime Minister Butha is now clamping down on any dissent and has
called to restore law and order. He has given parlimentry instruction for
all "appropriate steps to be taken."
In further unrest S.A. riot police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to contain rioting groups. Five shops were burnt down as well as two houses
destroyed by arsonists.
AMER CAS
Increasing American concern at the display of anti-American
sentiment displayed in some sections of the Australian media was
recently documented in the Washington Inquirer. In an article titled
"Media Mole Down Under" by PeterSamuel particular attention was paid
to the National Times.
The latest American concern was caused by the publishing of stories
in the National Times about Australian co-operation in the monitoring of
MX missle tests. The Inquirer claimed that the National Times selected
and timed the release of secret documents to create problems in
maintaining an anti-Soviet position.
American fears have been
New Caledonia
The special French envoy, Mr. Edgar Pisani, after handing President
Francois Mitterrand his plan for troubled New Caledonia, said he expected the islanders would vote in a referendum on theirfuture "in September, give or take a week."
Mr. Pisani refused in a television interview to give any details of the
plan for the territory he submitted to Mr. Mitterrand after a four-month
mission here. However, he has said consistently that he sees a vote on
"independence in association with France" as the only possible
solution.
Mr. Pisani said the plan was for "partition - half (the island), independent and half French, with the eastern side having 10% to 15% of the
island's wealth, and Kanks in the western side (held as) prisoners of a
white majority."
aggravated by the references to the National Times in taped telephone
calls relating to the Combe affair. In one taping Combe asked Ivonov to
provide Soviet material on the CIA to the National Times and claimed
Brian Toohey (editor), and Marian Wilkinson (Washington Correspondent), "I really want to nail the Americans." In a file they were compiling
on CIA "atrocities." The Inquirer advocated greater public diplomacy
to counter the neutralist anti-American trend inAustralian society.
It believes America has foolishly taken Australia forgranted as an ally.
Mr. Pisani has publicly praised the self-control of Jean-Marie Tjibaou,
leader of the Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS), two of
whose brothers were killed in an early clash.
More than 20 people, mainly Melanesians, have been killed in
violence related to the Independence movement since most Kanaks, as
the Melenesian natives are called, boycotted elections last November.
The Kanaks are demanding that what they consider tribal land be
returned to them, even when it has been long farmed by French
settlers.
Mr. Pisani has said that there could be a lease-back arrangement, but
that the Europeans were worried how the tenture would be guaranteed
under such a scheme.
The "independence-association" plan announced some months ago
by Mr. Pisani would have France remain In control of internal and external security, foreign affairs and financial matters among other things.
Noumea would be an autonomous region.
EUROPE
Greece
The Greek Parliment elected Mr. Sartzetakis, the Socialist Government nominee, as next President. The result immediately prompted
fears of a constitutional crisis because the votes included that of acting
President Mr. Alevras, speaker of the Parliment, who the conservative
opposition says had no right to vote. This vote cast by the acting President enabled the majority vote. Even so there were still five Invalid
votes.
The result allowed a chaotic debate where Prime Minister Papandreou together with Aleuras defied a rule in the 1975 Constitution that
calls for a secret Presidential Ballot. The Socialists claimed that such an
important ballot ought not to be held in secret. "We (the Socialists), did
not vote for such a constitution."
Despite attempts by the opposition party, the "Conservative new
democracy party," to disrupt the assembly, the votes were counted and
Sartzetakis took his new position with a very fine margin.
P.L.O. • European Terror Links:
One of the less reported results of the Lebanon War has been the
dramatic decline in the level of co-operation between European
Terrorist groups and the P.L.O.
Col. Gideon Mahanaimi, Deputy Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel
on combatting terror stated on I.D.F. radio recently that the reason for
this was the destruction of terrorist training grounds which had been run
by the P.L.O. in Lebanon.
Whereas before the Lebanon War, the P.L.O. used to train and arm
European terroists In return for them attacking Israeli targets in Europe,
co-operation is now limited to information exchange. Examples of cooperation prior to the Lebanon War was the hijacking of planes to
Entebbe and Mogadishy. At Mogadishy, Palestinian terrorists hijacked a
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Lufthansa jet at the behest of the Baader-Meinhoff gang in an attempt to
secure the freedom of Ulrike Meinhoff and Andreas Baader. However
the attempt failed when a West German anti-terrorist team stormed the
plane and Meinhoff and Baader later committed suicide in prison.
Col. Mahanaimi believes that a firm resolution not to capitulate to
terrorists demands and an increased degree of co-operation between
nations plagued by terrorism is needed for the curse of terrorism to be
successfully combatted. Finally he suggests that special anti-terrorist
teams be formed to combat similar to ones which stormed the Lufthansa
jet in Mogadishu and the Iranian Embassy in London.
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GREEK AUSTRALIAN
YOUTH
The Identity Crisis
A.
Ithough there is no doubting
that an adult Greek migrant's life
is difficult, their problems are
second to one; the Greel< Australian youths who are often in
conflict with themselves, their
parents or society over the matter
of identity. Yet, like their parents,
Greek Australian youths are beginning to reap some of the
benefits of living in a "transplanted enviorment."
The Greek Australian youth's
national identity crisis is one
neither Greek or Australian
youths have. In fact, because the
Australian youth was born to
Australian parents and are brought up to live an Australian way
of life, and the Greek youth was
born to Greek parents and brought up to live a Greek way of life
in Greece, they escape confusion
in their life as regards to their
identity. The Greek Australian
youth however, doesn't escape
confusion. Instead, because they
are subject to the action of
faltering forces of their family and
the Greek community on one
hand and the Australian school
and comminity on the other they
should have no division; no single
nature. Instead, some of them
assume a "dual nature" by learning the Australian ways, but not so
much that it eclipses and therfore
interferes with that side of their
nature that must attempt to be
Greek when in the company of
Greeks.
However, some Greek Australian youths refuse to adopt this
almost schizophrenic nature arguing one of three cases. Firstly,
some Greek Australian youths
assume Australian identification
and consequently believe that
their, or their parent's birthplace
and native language have no
bearing on their nationality, but
rather what matters is the country
they grew up in or were born in.
Hence conflict between them and
their parents begins. It is not
uncommon in fact to see Greek
Australian youths who have grown
up in areas where the bulk of the
population are Australians to
model Australians, as they desire
acceptance by the majority. They
therefore break away from the
confinements of their parents'
closed enviorment and , almost in
hostle fashion, retaliate against
their parents who have tried
desparately to hold on to their
Greek culture and tradition.
Secondly, there are those Greek
Australian youths who undergo
what is termed a "positive value
orientation." That is, they construct
"a patern of values which
combine the two cultural influences (Greek and Australian), in
a way that is meaningful to
them."
Thirdly, there are those Greek
Australian youths who are neither
in conflict with themselves nor
their parents, but rather with
society. These Greek Australian
youths cannot understand why
they should not live in their native
country since they were born to
Greek parents in Greece, identify
themselves as Greeks and talk
Greek.
However, althougt the logical
solution to this problem would be
for the youths to go and live in
Greece, there is a problem associated with this solution. In fact, it is
a no win situation that leads to
confusion and social conflict
because in Greece Greek Australians are regarded as Australians, but in Australia they are
regarded as Greek: A definite
dilemma associated with the
identity process.
Aside from the conflict however,
in some ways many Greek Australian youths have been more
fortunate in the sense that, because of change, their lives have
become more adaptable. In fact,
because today there is a larger
population of Greeks in many
suburban areas than in the earlier
days of Greek migration, parents
feel more at ease and welcome by
the Australian population. The
many churches and various entertainment and leisure facilities
inclunding espresso bars, regular
Greek dances and Greek soccer
clubs that have helped developed
over the years, have helped the
acceptance of Greeks in an
Australian society. The security of
numbers of Greek communities
and the parents' familiarity with
certain surroundings after having
lived in a particular area for a
consideralbe amount of time has
meant that Greek parents have
also become more flexible in their
ideas. Hence, Greek Australian
youths today are more foutunate
in that they can adopt the Australian way of life with less rigid
rules in certain cases. No longer,
for example, is it taboo for a girl to
dye her hair, to go out without a
male (namely brother or cousin
chaperon), or for men to perm their
hair. Instead, due to widespread
information through the media
together with living in Australia,
Greek parents are becoming more
tolerant with their teenage and
young adult children.
Likewise, changing times in
Greece have also enabled Greek
parents to change their attitudes
and idealogies. Close ties with the
Greek community in Greece has
meant that Greek parents nowdays accept the fact that Greece
has and will continue to change.
Consequently, Greek migrants no
longer lock themselves in an
enviorment that is bound by rules
that were the norm in Greece
twenty years ago when they
migrated. Thus, the identity conflict is resolved since Greek
Australian youths can become
Australian youths as they can
adopt Australian attitudes.
However, the youths can also
adopt an entirely Greek youth
existence as a result of the certain
Greek clubs that have emerged
such as the "Committee of Youth
of Lakonia" and "Modern Greek
Student's Association" and organizations such as "NUGAS - National
Union of Greek Australian Students" - which attempts to unite
Greek Australian youths on a
national scale which is "Greek"
orientated. Thus Australian youths
are enabled to mix with Greeks
and what's more, remain very
much Greek and therefore retain
their Greek idenity.
Gillian Bouras, "The Age" migrant correspondent couldn't be
closer to the truth when she wrote
that being a migrant, let alone a
migrant's child can:
"be compared with putting the
wrong key in a lock. No amount of
wriggling of jiggling will make the
key fit of the lock change. The key
has to be re-shaped, or a new key
made."
The "re-shaping" for the Greek
Australian youths has occurred to
a certain extent. The statements
that were discussed previously
such as the changing attutuedes
of the Greek parents and the
emergence of Greek associations
with many Greek activities, can be
alleged as being a symbol of this
"re-shaping." However, the focal
point of this article remains with
the fact that no matter what form
the "re-shaping" process takes,
"identity" is the major factor of
importence. A single identity that
one can identify and be identified
with, is a very important issue that
exists among the Greek Australian youth.
Theodora Houpis
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• ive years ago Pine Gap could
easily have conjured up images of
fir trees rather than images of spy
satellites. Few Australians would
make that mistake today.
The Australian peace movement has endeavoured to educate
Australians about their country's
involvement in the nuclear arms
race. Largely due to the efforts of
these dedicated people, Australians now know that Pine Gap is
part of a sophisticated intelligence network which gathers and
interprets data from American
satellites.
The peace movement has not,
however, confined itself solely to
the Pine Gap issue. Peace marchers all over Australia recently
protested on Palm Sunday against the proliferation of nuclear
weapons throughout the world.
In f\4elbourne alone, one out of
every twenty-five people or over
100,000 from the metropolitan
area participated in the afternoon
march from Treasury Gardens to
Flinders Park. This was a twentyfive per cent increase over the
1984 march.
Similarily throughout all of Australia, over 300,000 people marched to oppose nuclear weapons.
This was twenty per cent above
that of last year and reveals the
ever increasing number of people
searching for a solution to the
nuclear arms race.
Leanne Corbett, one of the
organizers of the Melbourne Disarmament Rally, sees the march
as having two purposes. "To begin
with, the Palm Sunday Rally is a
demonstration to public officials
and to people in general that there
are a large number of people
concerned about the nuclear
disarmament issue. Secondly, it is
a time when participants can
gather strength by seeing how
much support the issue really has.
By showing their solidarity and
strength, they prove that their
efforts are worthwhile." In this
way, she sees the rally as helpful,
creating greater publicity for the
participants' goals and by reinforcing each person's commitment to those goals.
One feature of the rally that
became immediately apparent
from all of the different banners
was the diversity of the partici-
pants. Various groups were present including several different
chapters of People for Nuclear
Disarmament (P.N.D.), which
helped organize the rally, Australian Democrats for Peace, Lincoln Institute, several religious
organizations, the Nuclear Disarmament Party, different labour
unions, and many other organizations.
These people came In groups
and as individuals with a unity of
purpose summed up by nine-year
old Sahil who simply stated, "I am
marching 'cause I don't want any
nuclear bombs."
Although they all came to
oppose nuclear weapons, they
also come to make sure that
people listened to them. Most
seemed particularly dissatisfied
with their elected officials.
Olive, age 80, complained that
she was "sick to bloody death of
that schizophrenic cowboy in
America and all of his cronies. Bob
Hawke promised us we'd have
open government, and instead
he's making secret deals with
Reagan. The people of Australia
need to wake up."
Jill, age 25, feels the march is
"an attempt to show those in
power that some of the decisions
they are making are not what the
masses want. They just aren't
reflecting the people's will."
Meg, age 18, believes that "all of
the world's leaders are alike.
They're all power hungry and
nuclear weapons seem to be the
unlimited power. Why do we lest
them get away with playing all
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Australia to take the initiative by
refusing to make the situation
worse. Eventually, the superpowers will have to listen if enough
allies speak up."
One of the problems that the
disarmament movement is facing
is getting enough people to
understand the complex nature of
the problem.
Belinda Probert, a member of
P.N.D. and a senior lecturer in the
Sociology Department at Monash,
described some of the problems
her people faced just in publicizing the Pine Gap issue. "Bases
don't look threating or dangerous.
Only through a large educational
network have we been able to
make people understand that
Australian bases are part of an
American nuclear fighting capability." By contributing to America's strategic network, Probert
argues that Australia then becomes a partner in America's
crimes.
As the protest march indicated,
several organizations exist which
are committed to ending Australia's role in the nuclear arms
race. P.N.D. seems to be the most
prominent of these organizations.
Members of P.N.D. have outlined several proposals which
would sever Australia's ties to
nuclear weapons. P.N.D. opposes
ship visits by any ship which has
the potential for carrying nuclear
weapons like the tomahawk cruise missle into the area. P.N.D.
opposes the use of military bases
by the United States because the
bases are part of the nuclear spy
Australians can play a far greater
role by taking unilateral action. I
think we're building a pretty
enormous movement, and I think
we're getting there."
Regardless of whether you
agree with the tenets of the
Australian Peace Movement, it
has acheived some remarkable
gains recently. The Australian
Disarmament Party has formed
and elected a member to the
Senate from Western Australia.
Australians seem to be more
aware of issues relating to nuclear
weapons and of Australia's role in
those issues. The recent Palm
Sunday demonstrations indicate
growing numbers of supporters
for the disarmament cause.
Other countries like New Zealand have acted boldly on this
issue without suffering any major
repercussions. Australians who
support the peace initiative have
taken new strength from New
Zealand's example and seem
even more determined to make
Australia a safer and more responsible country.
This is not to suggest that the
Australian peace movement has
the only vision of what will make
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these sick games?"
People generally seemed fed
up with political manoeuvering
and felt their actions were a way of
forcing politicans to react.
Judy, age 23, believes that "to
achieve nuclear disarmament,
you just can't leave it to other
people. The protest march is a
good way of getting the message
across."
Jim,
age 34, felt that "even
though we may not get the
superpowers to disarm immediately, we can start the process.
In [he short run, we can get
network. P.N.D. opposes the mining of uranium because of this
material can be used to manafacture nuclear weapons. And P.N.D.
opposes the continuationb of the
ANZUS treaty because they feel
that the treaty doesn't really
enhance Australia's security
by forcing the Soviets to target
American bases in Australia.
More than anything else, P.N.D.
seems to advocate collective
action. Leanne Corbitt, summarized P.N.D.'s position this way:
"What we advocate is not unilateral disarmament, we think
Australia a safer country. Even on
the day of the rally, there were a
few people present who were
heckling the peace marchers, but
their numbers were so small as to
be insignificant.
The Australian peace movement appears to be here to stay.
The question remains as to whether its leaders can exploit their
newly gained momentum and
actually formulate new policies.
This means that they must continue to broaden their base and to
apply pressure in Canberra. Only
then will their dreams of a peaceful Australia and a more peaceful
world come to fruition.
by Larry Organ
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Why Women Target ANZAC Day
As A Day Of Protest • r,.,
The fiasco of Anzac Day
Anzac Day has always been put
forward as the one day of the year
to mourn those who died 'for
Australia' during wartime. Yet
quite deliberately, the military
parade on Anzac Day reinforces
the values of the establishment
and endorses macho-male war
fantasies - thereby indoctrinating
future generations so they will be
equally willing to fight and die for
creed and country.
In many ways Anzac Day epitomizes the power structure of
patriarchal capitalism. It glosses
over the root causes of global
conflict and ignores the fact that
such wars have always been
instigated by male members of the
ruling class to perpetuate or
extend the power and privilege
they believe is rightfully theirs. It
does not expose the oppressive
nature of war, but rather rewards
returned servicemen with the
illusory importance of 'their day'
and 'hush, hush, don't bother us
with questions, just drinl< up and
reminisce.'
The nature of imperialism
Basically, imperialist wars are
conflicts over retaining or expanding economic and political power.
The first world war was a fight over
colonies, the second world war
was more complex.
Germany and Japan were expanding economically at a great rate of
knots, but tariff barriers and other
imposed restrictions meant few
markets were available to them.
But while Japan perceived the
United States as the major threat
to its economic expansion in Asia
and the Pacific, the U.S.A. was
actually looking to Europe - it
needed to dominate the European
theatre of war, both to stop
German expansion and to undermine the British and French
stranglehold on world trade. The
bombing of Pearl Harbour (deliberately manoeuvered?), provided
the United States with the excuse
it needed to enter the war.
Such is the nature of imperialist
warfare - a fight for economic
supremacy among the power
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brokers of the world. Workingclass bombards working-class both losers no matter which side
wins.
Subtle manipulation
For ordinary men to be willing
and eager to fight wars, it is
necessary that the ideology plays
down the essential violence of
imperialism and substitutes words
like 'freedom,' 'nationhood' and
'patriotism.' The righteousness of
the cause is extolled while the
inhumanity and expansionist
tendencies of 'the enemy' are
soundly condemned.
At the same time it is important
that a sense of power and perogative is instilled in the soldiers. This
is demonstrated by the brutal rape
of women - the 'property' of the
enemy (?) - whenever the soldiers
invade a village. For it must be
understood that an implicit part of
the ideolgy always includes 'rewards'
to the victors for services rendered.
The irony is that most men are
almost as manipulated and oppressed as women in some respects, but they are duped by the
propaganda. The image they have
of themselves is one of strong
assertive masculinity.
women are manipulated into leaving the workforce to produce
babies instead.
Actions around Anzac Day
Three separate events are being organized by women around
Anzac Day:
1. An exhibition and forum.
2. A silent march on the eve of
Anzac Day.
3. A protest march on the day
to coincide with the official
Anzac Day ceremony.
As members of the group organizing the daytime march on Anzac
Day, we feel it is important to
confront the issues and expose
the official ceremony for the sham
that it is. We plan to march away
from the Shrine during their
ceremony, with songs, speakers
chants and unity to the fore. We
will be picketing the R.S.L. to make
clear the connections between
Anzac Day and the R.S.L.'s role in
maintaining the myths, glorifying
imperialist wars and insidiously
preserving an ideology of oppression. We will not be silenced!
The organising meetings are held
each Sunday at 4.00 p.m., at the
Women's Building, 295 Victoria
Street, West Melbourne. Interested women are invited to attend. If
you cannot make it to the meetings, try to make it to the Anzac
Day Demonstration and March.
We will be assembling at 11.15
a.m., on the corner of St. Kilda
Road and Albert Road, South
Melbourne.
Jayne Bodsworth
Neile McLaren
(for the Day Action Group)
Women on the receiving
end
This sense of power over women permeates domestic life and
social behaviour. This is vividly
illustrated by the incidence of
street rape, rape and bashings in
the home, incest, chronic sexism,
and so on. Since the majority of
men have no real power within the
social system, but nevertheless
retain an illusion of power, the
only people they can tyrannize are
women and children.
There are, of course, more subtle
ways women are treated as incidental. For example, during wartime the ideology (always male
engendered) is such that women
are made to feel guilty if they do
not enter the workforce to support
the 'boys at the front.' But as soon
as the war is over, pressure is
applied for women to relinquish
their jobs. The importance of the
'family' is emphasized, hence
" . . . t h e m i l i t a r y parade on Anzac Day reinforces the values
of the e s t a b l i s h m e n t . . . thereby i n d o c t r i n a t i n g future gene r a t i o n s so they w i l l be equally willing to fight and die
for creed and country."
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he c o m m o n l y held view.that
sviearing Is offensive or obscene,
is totally unfounded, both philososwea
phically and linguistically. That
many people regard some words
as 'improper", and not fit to be used
in front of all members of the population, shows a fundamental misconception of the distinciton
between words, and the ideas which
they represent.
shape orsymbol or combination of
letters. It should be obvious that
letters and words have no intrinsic
meaning, but, through common
usage, have become indicators of
the ideas which they represent.
For the purpose of this piece, I
will use the word 'idea' to represent any action or thing which can
be perceived by a person. It follows,
then, many words can represent
one and the same 'idea', as happens in everyday language. Dog,
puppy, pooch, mutt, mongrel, Fido,
all refer to the same 'idea' of a four
legged hairy critter which people
often have as a domestic pet. The
words themselves are simply indicators of the idea of the family
pet.
What is commonly called swearing needs to be seen in this light
also. There is nothing intrinsically
different between the words'Fuck'
and intercourse (or love-making,
screwing...) and when these words
are used to indicate the 'idea' of
people copulating, they can be used
interchangeably
without
any
change of meaning.
There is no reason why the 'idea'
of a dog could not be represented
by the letters 'xez' or any other
As I see it, the only avenue open
to those who argue that swearing
'is' wrong is to try and show that an
'idea' itself is obscene. It may then
be possible to show a tenuous
connection between the 'idea' and
the word which represents it. In
practice, however, few who argue
that 'shit' and 'fuck' are obscene
wou Id also argue that bowel movements and intercourse are in themselves obscene. Intrinsically the
concepts represented by fucking
and shitting are in most people's
eyes far from obscene.
The proponents of the view that
'swearing is wrong' can be seen to
support their case with nothing
more than an anachronistic convention. In the real world, their Ideas
are responsible for stultifying expression, and reinforcing stereotype roles; especially those of
women. (Don't swear in front of the
ladies, as they are so fragile...) The
demise of archaic restrictions on
expression can only serve to make
the transition to equality easier.
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fithough the attempt by Senator Walsh to re-introduce tertiary
fees has been soundly defeated
and the Issue has apparently been
de-fused, I feel that there Is still a
need for this issue to be discussed
despite the almost uniform kneejerk reaction of most students. I
congratulate tvlathew Gibney, tor
presenting one side of the argument that has been ignored,
because it was strictly not correctline in most circles.
Apparently since the Whitlam
era, free tertiary education has
evolved into a sacred cow whose
deity is rarely questioned by
anybody who claims to stand left
of centre. For this reason I believe
that this issue was a courageous
effort on the part of Senator
Walsh, not an act of political
expediency as it was painted in
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as Senator Susan Ryan. As Michelle Grattan commented;
"Senator Walsh has justice on
his side, the right priorities in
mind. He is one member of the
Government genuinely interested
in redistribution, and would be
anxious to use savings to help the
unemployed and other people
who are poor. He is, in his way, just
as much of a reformer as the
Whitlamltes, although a more
realistic and economic literate
one."
The issue seems to highlight the
shallowness of many of the Liberal-egalitarian principles embraced
by students. Once again we find
that the old hip-pocket nerve has a
greater effect on determining
attitudes than any lofty ideals of
social justice or economic reform.
I would question J.M. Selimis
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relatively secure economic backgrounds take advantage of free
tertiary education would suggest
that the money channelled by the
government in this direction is a
white elephant in regard to any
redistributive ambitions. In fact it
would seem to have the opposite
effect if one compares the amount
of money contributed to tertiary
institutions by low income earners, with the use made of them by
the same.
I feel that in light of the improved
employment opportunities and
social, economic and political
gains that come from a tertiary
education, it is not unreasonable
that some contribution be made
by the recipients, since no-one
could believe that students are
among the severly under-priviliged in Australian society.
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conclusion that universally free
tertiary education is critical to
social equity and equality of
opportunity. Rather I am inclined
to believe that in its present form it
exaggerates socila stratification
and economic polarisation. As
Mathew points out there is little
evidence to suggest that the
abolition of tertiary fees has
allowed a broader section of
society greater access to further
education. Surely the government
is entitled to experiment with
more effective ways of dividing up
the economic cake to help those
in greatest need!
It is naive to assume that the
only obstacle to tertiary education
for those in lower socio-economic
brackets is fees, (certainly ways
should be found to overcome this
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flt the moment there are some
big stories which are really running. Luckily there's one exception
tertiary fees. Anton Hermann
takes a lool< at tour of the big
issues and tells us where they are
heading.
First, the good news - it appears
that the A.L.P. has resisted the
temptation of introducing tertiary
Ryan and her Government have a
lot for which to answer. Racism is
bad enough amongst students on
campus - the last thing we should
be doing is institutionaiising and
legitimising one of the ugliest
features of human behaviour.
So what has been learnt so far
this year? Firstly, despite the lucl<y
escape from tertiary fees, it is
clear that the A L P . can no longer
On a very sour note, our overseas friends have not been so
lucky. Overseas Students have
been dealt a double-sized-kick-inthe-guts from the Government.
fees after all. Late last month the
A.L.P.'s Education Committee led
by Education Minister Senator
Susan Ryan, rejected the proposal. This was closely followed
by what must have been an
amusing Federal Caucus meeting.
At this gathering another nail was
put in the fees coffin. Senator
Peter Walsh (the "big rap" for
tertiary fees), was the only speaker who dared to push the fees
proposal. His efforts were met
with hisses and jeers from his
parllmentary colleaguesi
These defeats for Senator Walsh
(and his supporters who were too
gutless to speak up), followed hot
on the heals of criticismof the fees
proposal from all four Labor
Premiers.
On a very sour note, our overseas friends have not been so
lucky. Overseas Students have
been dealt a double-sized-kick-inthe-guts from the Government.
The new policy which didn't ratea
very big mention in the news), is to
charge overseas students more to
study at Australian Universities
and to place quotas on their
access to universities and individual faculties. One can't help
thinking that the National Front or
John Stone (or both) have contacts with the people who count in
Government circles. This overseas student policy is intolerant
anddiscrimiratory It is the sort of
thing that all student groups (even
Liberals), have been opposing for
years. Yet the racist (and it is
racist), policy is going ahead full
bore.
On this issue, Senator Susan
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be trusted on face value. Without
taking anything away from the
majority in the A.L.P. who opposed
fees, there are strong elements in
the party who have a total disregard for party policy. As long as
these elements prevail, A.L.P.
policy is not worth the paper it is
written on. That is a fact - not an
opinion - and those who still have
blind faith in the A.L.P. should
wake up and realise for once and
for all that the party of ideology
andprinciplefrom theWhitlamera
has been transformed into a slick,
soul-selling, vote-buying pragmatic political machine. Nowdays,
power (and staying in power at any
cost), is the order of the day.
The second lesson (and it was a
lucky escape), is that we desperately need a fair dinkum student
union. State-based unions which
will argue with each other (and
reinforce the anachronistic concept of Federalism), are not the
answer. A strong, purposeful,
NATIONAL student union (which
an over-whelming majority of
students from around the country
supported in a ballot last year), is
what we need. With the fees
prospect behind us, now is the
time to admit our vulnerability and
to rebuild a national student union
from the foundations up. The first
issue on the union's agenda must
be to defend overseas students
from the xenophobic campaign
currently being waged by the
Government.
In other news
T h e "Age T a p e s " are back in
the spotlight. It seems that the
tapes will keep popping up and
causing major upheavals foryears
to come, (just ask Neville Wran).
They are also known as the "police
tapes" because the illegal recording of the top-level telephone calls
were made by N.S.W. police. It's
turning out to be the Australian
version of Watergate. The latest
issue was whether the police
involved in the telephone-tapping
should be able to give evidence
without fear of prosecution i.e. be
granted indemnity.
The tight against organised
crime must be aimed at busting
top-level corruption - being a softy
on this issue is to admit defeat.
"Organised Crime" has fast become a cliched term. So too has
the amount of money that organised crime reaps each year. Frank
Costigan estimates that $5000
million per annum is collected in
profits. That's not just turnover,
but clear profits. The mind boggles!
With this in mind, the Australian
Democrats and the Opposition
combined in the Senate to force
the Government to grant the 31
N.S.W. police indemnities. Now a
Royal Commission (yet another
cliche), has been established to
enquire into the latest evidence.
This was done with co-operation
of Ian T emby (Director of Public
Prosecutions), and Mr. Justice
Stewart (head of the National
Crimes Authority).
Regardless of how events unfold this time, the Age Tapes have
"my little mate" Ryan, Judge
Ford
and the list goes on.
Without question, the aim must be
to get to the bottom of the matter,
but the alternatives are unsavoury.
If Justice Murphy is cleared, the
overhanging speculation and innuendo (unjustified though it may
be), could very well taint the
credibility of the High Court.
Justice Murphy
has proved to be the best, most
progressive judge on a High
Court. He is irreplacable. Ironically, the whole saga may end in the
High Court itself. Time will tell.
Finally, time will also tell regarding the Nunawading by-election.
Poor old Jeff Kennet must be the
only Opposition Leader in history
who sat and vegetated for three
weeks deciding whether or not he
wanted another election. Jeff's
problem is that if the Libs lose, he
can wave bye-bye to his leadership and Jeff won't have it all his
way. As predicted last time the
Libs will run the "reds underthe
beds" line. However Labor will
respond by saying that to give the
Libs Nunawading would be to
gamble with the chance of blocking supply. It seems that there are
two things that Australian voters
can't stand: the Socialist Left and
blocking supply! Maybe this is the
clearest indication that the only
viable alternative to these two
unpallatable options would be to
State-based unions which
will argue with each other (and
reinforce the anachronistic concept of Federalism), are not the
answer.
already left their mark on Australian history. Not only has Murray Farquar ended up in the
slammer but Justice Murphy has
become the first High Court judge
in Australian history to face a
criminal court. The charge: perverting the course of justice.
The case itself is a fascinating
affair. We have witnessed some of
the top legal personalities in the
land being put through the legal
system, instead of administering
it; Justice Murphy from the High
Court, Clarrie Breise (N.S.W. Chief
Stipendiary Magistraite), Morgan
deliver the deciding seat to the
Democrats. Surely a powerful
voice of reason and even-handedness would be the best solution. It should be a very interesting
election - and closer than originally thought. My money is on the
outsider at long odds!
Well folks, as the old saying
goes, two weeks is a long time in
politics - so look out for this
column again next time.
By Anton Hermann
I f "student democracy" is anything like wider Australian democracy, we may be closer to
dictatorship than we realise. The
question is, does anybody - least
of all students - really care?
The last student meeting, which
had the temerity to call itself a
debate on "student issues," illustrated this perfectly. Eight hundred students lounged around
eating their lunches and baying in
ajmost perfect unison at the
orchestrated words of student
leaders.
Introduce student fees? Fifteen
hundred dollars - the very ideal
The crowd roared, cheered and
was bitterly disappointed in instant knee-jerk reaction to our
leaders' Oracle. The good word
came down from the Mount-we're
students, by definition we're all
poor working-class battlers struggling to put together rent, food,
bills from our meagre TEAS allowances and part-time jobs. And
after all, think what us students
are going to put back into society
when we emerge, adorned with
degrees like stamps of approval
from Quality Control, to take our
rightful places as leaders of the
swarm.
The fact that many, if not most,
students are the middle-class
children of comfortable professional families, did not enter the
picture. For these few years at Uni
the private school uniforms are
stashed away, the business suits
spurned in favour of the demented
blue jeans of sixties uniformity.
We're students now, workingclass for a day chaps - up the
workers!
There are few things more false
than a group of middle-class
people masquerading as honourary working class to defend
their narrow self-interest.
This unthinking jump to defend
our hip pockets highlights the
conservatism of today's students.
It is a common lament - everybody has heard it - that students
and universities are conservative.
This may be true but it does not go
very far by itself. The conservatism
may simply be because people
are worried about what jobs they
will get, and if they will even get
jobs. As a result they must work
harder and question less.
Work harder? Most people do a
bare minimum to pass their courses or get their credits, rarely
preparing for tutorials or lectures
unless it is directly relevant to an
exam or essay. Few people have
any genuine intellectual interest
in what they are studying - it is
merely a means to an end, the
quicker the information is engorged and disgorged, the quicker the Quality Control stamp is
secured the better. Because people
must become more self-centred in
the search for jobs, they become
totally self-centred In everything
they do.
This is most obvious in the
academic sphere. We don't have
opinions of our own - if we have
Marxist lecturers, we write Marxist
essays and exams. If we have
conservative lecturers, we become instant Friedmanites in our
work. Of course we are told
constantly that we should express
individual opinions, but those who
do quickly find if easier to float
along than to have to Justify in
minute detail any conceivably
controversial statement.
Such an attitude suits perfectly
the blueprint for the future role of
universities developed by our
benevolent Government. Universities, we are told, must be made
more "responsive" to society they must reflect society's present needs, not beaver away in
some remote academia. To this I
would say two things.
Firstly, can an institution which
produces people adapted to society's present needs also produce
people capable of anticipating or
adapting to our future needs?
Secondly, where is the place for
individual thought or originality in
this plan? Original thought is
arrived at through lateral or sideways thinking. That is, by bearing
random bits of outside experience, little exposure to different
ways of thinking or living, have
little potential for thinking creatively.
Are we, then, producing a generation of mindless bureaucrats,
who can only find a solution by
walking quickly from A to B,
without once glancing sideways?
I, and many other people I have
talked to, were very disappointed
when we first came to uni. We had
an idealistic, unrealistic picture of
what university life was like.
Visions of half a dozen young
people sitting around a winter
fireside sipping port and discussing the implications of Einstein or
the best way of resolving the
existentialist dilemma. An easy,
decadent life to be sure, but one i n
which the mind is allowed to roam.
Alternatively, the sixties stereotype of the committed student,
marching against nuclear war,
caring about the world around
them, and questioning the society
in which they live.
It could easily be asked - what
happened to the people who
questioned? Are they not gone,
merged for the most part into the
blue suits of bureaucracy, only a
few pale relics clinking the keys to
"commitment" like ghosts in a
castle dungeon? What was the
purpose of all that questioning, if
in the end it arrived at no answer?
Perhaps it is simply this • that
having dreamt of other worlds, the
one you live in is put more in
perspective. You realise its limitations, and don't take its promises
for granted. And you are aware
that there are alternatives - alternatives more sophisticated and
finally satisfying than the absurd
bogey-man of "dropping out" on
the "hippie trail," smoking dope
and living in a private, if externally
funded, universe.
Most students, however, live in
blissful ignorance of any such
questioning. Instead we bask like
a colony of seals on the lawns,
enjoying the last of the autumn
sunshine. When winter comes we
will scurry inside, secure and out
of the wind. If and when a longer
winter comes to Australia, will
there be anywhere to shelter? Are
we, like Nero, fiddling while the
country slides around us, grasping
our privileges fervently against
other countries and against others, less well-off, in our own
country?
Who knows - and who, among
students, really cares? Hedonism,
the self-seeking instinct, is in full
flight among us. In tutorials, in
lectures and abstract discussions
we recognise the need for change
in Australian society - that we
should restructure industry, look
for new markets, new jobs, new
technology, new ideas. Perhaps
Australians should reduce their
expectations, tighten their belts
and swallow a bitter pill of austerity. Yes, we recognise that
intellectually. After all, it is the
convential wisdom.
But personally, we share the
same goals as our parents. We
want a comfortable life, friends
around us, a house, a car, a world
trip - this we feel is our due for
doing penance at university. In a
diminishing worid we want to
carve out - for ourselves, our
friends and family - the same
returns as before. In fact there is a
kind of kinship, an almost tribal
bond between us. We will live as it
is our destiny to live, in full
knowledge but without true realisation of the worid around us: the
world we study, ostensibly in order
to understand, but perhaps underneath merely to serve, and to
use.
Stephen Gray
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Footy Fools
After a few days over Easter the
Toecutters have returned with
clippers sharpened. This time we
will progress from merely clipping
toe nails and go for bone. But as
always in the nicest possible
way.
Aprils Fool!
The first cab off the rank is the
April Fools Day meeting of the
AdministrativeExecutive.This meeting appointed well known manperson about campus and the
Amir lUlorris returning officer for
the forthcoming elections. Toecutters will not second guess the
decision of such an august body
as the A.E. However Amir will be in
the hot seat come the obligatory
dirt sheets and pettiness of student elections. Particularly as the
A.L.P. Club is fielding candidates.
Poor Mathew Gibney
Last issue Lot's published an article by that self professed lefty on
campus Mathew Gibney. The article took a socialist perspective on
university fees and argued that they should be considered on the
grounds of equity. Little was Giblevitch to realise that the fruit loop left
on campus consider contributions to Lot's Wife counter-revolutionary.
Apparently the " correct line" Standing Committee on Media Ethics
censured Mathew for his naughty behaviour!
Come down to Lot's Mathew, we still love you!
Correspondence
Rort of the week!
Before we finish with the A.E.
how about this! Toecutters have
been led to understand that the
AE. called a meeting on 2nd April,
obstensibly to formalise the election dates. Unfortunately the
meeting seems to have aquired a
life of it's own and roamed into the
area of financial managements
despite the absence of the Treasurer.
Without having the decency to
consult the Treasurer or Lot's Wife
the A.E. deemed that Lot's financial procedures had not been
compiled with.
Apparently the problem was
that Lot's brought the Mentals to
Monash with EON footing the bill,
as well as arranging freebee
swatch watches.
Interestingly, the Treasurer does
not believe any procedures have
been breached and that students
are getting a good deal.
CRAC and other apologies
The Toecutters apparently jumped the gun. Former A.U.S. President
IMicheal O'Connor, one
of the most experienced numbers
persons in the business is not
applying for at CRAC. One can
only speculate as to whether
Ivlichael would have 'had the numbers,' if hypothetically speaking
he had applied. Because of
CRAC's exclusive nature Toecutters doubt it.
Will this mean an end to CRAC's
radical policy of actually trying to
interest students in it's affairs now
that the O'Connor threat has not
materialised?
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Yes, we have finally made it! Our first piece of fan mail with a solicitor's
letterhead. We reproduce it for the benefit of those interested in tortious
communications and the obvious value of a good stern letter of
demand.
Please keep the letters coming. Winter means log fires and this means
we need kindling, so get yourself all worked up and pen out a letter
today.
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27th March, 1965
Editor - Carmella Ben Simon,
Lots Wife,
Motiash U n i v e r s i t y ,
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Dear Miriam,
Re:
Toecutters' Articles
We refer to our telephonicr^iscussion of even date. We confirm
that we act on behaj^f'of various members of the "ALP Club"
at Monash.
We advise that we have been~TimLiuCled in regutd lo cerEaTn
articleg under the "Toecutters Collection of Articles". The
articles in dispute are the artiirles headed "Hard at Work"
"Apologies" and "Port"
'We hereby demand that you refrAin from publishing the said
articles in your next edition/of Lots Wife or in any subsequent
edition thereof together witty our legal costs incurred .'
connection herewith in the snm of S125.00, failing which we
have been instructed to inst^itute proceedings for recovery
without further notice.
Yours faithfully.
HOLDING REDLICH a CO.
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Toecutters assumed that the
footy pools competition referred
to in Lot's was uncontroversial
even mundane. Well, we were
wrong! The M.A.S. Treasurer who
had agreed to scrutinize the competition really got his fingers (not
to mention his cheque signing
hand), burnt.
With accusations of encouraging gambling; wrecking homes;
destroying families, promoting
male patrlachal sports and giving
students one in the head. The
Treasurer found himself in more
trouble than a tongue-kisser at a
family reunion.
Toecutters happily announce
that MAS will formally disassociate itself from the Footy
Pools, it's success is assured now
free from the Moral Majorities
interference.
So go to it punters, the politicos
are out of the way.
Golden Turkey Award
Five minutes before Lot's Wife
was to go to the printers, A.E.
Chairperson Steve Hurd and his
trusty sidekick Adrian Rollins
attempted to check the paper for
libel and the placement of advertisements. Apparently the A.E.
believe they have the authority to
fell the Lot's Wife Editors how to
do their job. Who'd ever think that
the Editors of Lot's Wife should
actually run the newspaper! What
cheek!!!!!
Armed with a letter from the
Vice-chancellor explaining to the
A.E. that the Editors were in full
control of the newspaper, the
Editors told Laurel and Hardy
where to get off. The Toecutters
are concerned that Steve Hurd
who is now on a wage and supposedly working for all students
has attempted to use his postion
to further his own political interests.
Oo us a favour Steve and earn
your $13,000 rather than acting
like such a turkey.
The Hawke Competition
Keep the cash cheques and
humour flowing.
The best caption so far comes
from Liana Staffa "Stop It or you
will go blind!"
Thought (or the week: "Bugger
the logic, give me the numbers
any time."
ho has less hair than Bob • Jacko always has the option of
Hawke, is certainly uglier than ' returning to obscurity as the
owner of Mark Jackson Motors, or
Bob Hawl<e, has more charisma
as its known around town as
than Bob Hawl<e and thinl<s that
"Jacko's rip off car yard."
he's going to be the next Prime
Aside from all the media hype
Minster? The answer according to
the public is continually being
Mark Jackson is "Jacko."
Whilst Canberra might be a long barraged with issues concerning
the antics of Mark Jackson, what
way from Kardinia Park who's to
the readers of Lot's want to know
say this court jester of the V.F.L.
is whether there is a real human
won't one day join the boys in the
being lurking under that ludibar at Parliment House.
" I don't want to go over the top
and mix with all the toffs because
that's not me, most of my mates
are in Pentridge or have at least
been there at one stage of their
lives. If you ask me they're real
people."
After all his humble working
classbeginnings"Jacko" has emerged as not only an established
league footballer but also a media
personality. The first step in
"Jacko's" rise to fame is the
release of his commercial punk
single "I'm An Individual'!
Such an increadibly shaped
head can not be fully appreciated
on a seven inch vinyl single thus
Raw Prawn Records decided to
exploit his good looks through the
production of a lavish low budget
video clip. Filmed entirely on
location in exotic down town
Melbourne Jacko prounoes around like a constipated 'Brute
Bernard' preaching to anunsuspec
ting world that "I'm an individual."
According to Jacko this venture
is the latest expression of one of
his many hidden qualities. Included in his already revealed
talents is his ability to defeat
fellow he-man, pig-shootin' Rotten
Ronnie Andrews. At the completion of the '85 season Jacko has
his sights set on knocking out that
Godfearing ex-Afrikanernow resident Australian test batsman
Kepler Wessels. If all else fails,
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cro'jsly hideous exterior. Does
Jacko think he hasanyappeal in
the intellectual market? "Oh look,
that's sort of out my hands, I
couldn't really relate to being
intellectual mate. I appeal to
people who like to talk like me and
who have been brought up with
shit. I don't want to go over the top
and mix with all the toffs because
that's not me, most of my mates
are in Pentridge or have at least
been there at one stage of their
lives. If you ask me they're real
people."
Unbeknown to the millions of
force fedT.V. viewers, Jacko does
brieflyexhibita more serious and
meaningful approach to certain
matters concerning his life. Surprisingly this facet of his personality surfaced when asked about the
"mighty monolithic V.F.L.," and its
today Melbourne, tomorrow the
world attitude to the game. "The
V.F.L. was the V.F.L. and I've come
through to the lime light for only a
brief period compared to the
eighty-five year life span of the
V.F.L."
But surprisingly Jacko's reply
tended not to be too brief or for
that matter too analyitical. He
badly wanted to return to his
speciality, the subject he feels
most at ease with to discuss in
public; "himself." Even though
Jacko was being sincere when
Jacko was giving his thoughts
about the V.F.L., he somehow
managed to elude the original
question and in its place give a
recital to one of his many important philosophical therories in life.
"I care about one person in this
wortd and that's me, and whatever
happens to me is important. As
long as I get paid and can live
another day, that's all I care
about."
"Beautiful," his concern for all
man-kind is touching. Seriously
though if one probes into the
seemingly callous remarks carefully, it does not highlight the
shallowness of this man but rather
tries to infer in an indirect way that
he refuses to reveal any of his true
inner self to the general public.
What this means is Mark Jackson
is a brilliantly marketedcommodity
perfectly suited to the demands
and tastes of our society. Shrewdly
he will only release to the public a
Mark Jackson that will sell. This
has resulted in such classical
moments as the donkey kicks at
the score board end at Princess
Park,theunbeliveablegesticulations
to opposing supporters after kicking another hard earned goal and
spinning the football on his index
finger, like a nonchalant Harlem
Globetrotter, in front of adoring
Geelong and opposition supporters.
Are these actions spontaneous,
or are they pre-planned? Does
Jacko conceive these stunts by
himself o r i s their a secret mentor
behind the scenes who pulls the
strings? "I haven't got a manager,
instead I've got a bloke who helps
withthebusinesssideof things.l'd
hate to think that I've got a
manager because I reckon that's
crap, ya know footballers with
managers and all that is bullshit"
Is there life after football for
Jacko? "Oh look I don't know.
Depends on how everything else
goes. I could be burnt out, ratshit
but as long as I have enough
money and my future is secure, I
will probably want to live in
Queensland on me y a c h t "
It seems to many, that this offbeat clown prince of football will
be successful in life, in spite of the
fact that he will have achieved
this in a society which is preoccupied with good looks and
emulating the beautiful. To many
Jacko's brute 'ugliness is a breath
of fresh air, a new powerful force in
which he upholds the vanguard of
the not so gQod looking. .
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"Daniel Takes a Train at the
Brighton Bay Twin, and "Celsaand
Cora" is showing at various venues for single nights; for information as to its whereabouts telephone Film Victoria: 329-7033
"DANIEL TAKES A TRAIN"
Director: Pal Sandor
Screenplay: Zsuzsa Togh and
Zsuzsa Biro
Camera: Elemer Ragaiyi
Music: Gyorgy Selmeczi
Cast: Peter Rudolf, Sandor Zsoter,
Kati Szerb, Marl Torocsik, Dezso
Garas, Gyula Bodrogi, Andras
Kern.
ST. KILDA FILM
FESTIVAL-THE
SWINBURNE SHORTS
As is now usual during the St.
Kilda Festival held this year from
the 21st to 24th of March, the
National Theatre in Barkly Street,
plays host to a Film Festival
sponsored by the St. Kilda City
Council and Film Victoria. Represented and emphasized by this
years' festival were young independent filmmakers, and from the
small selection I saw, their work is
quite exciting and commendable
by any standards.
The selection included highlights from the Australian Film and
Television School, Swinburne, the
Women's Film Unit, Gary Kildea's
cinema verite piece from Manila
"Celsa and Cora," and other
respected or lesser-known independent filmmakers.
I was lucky enough to see the
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S w i n b u r n e offerings, and was
delighted with the exuberance, wit
and style, and certainly professional productions. The Swinburne
programme, set over 2'/! hours
seemed divided between the
humourously -curious and the
grind of everyday relations. All
story lines whether using the
original or the well-trodden, each
managed to be at all times
imaginative and creative; somehow, no matter what the theme,
never fell short of the pure
celebration of cinema.
It is important to support these
young cineastes, as the (present
and) future of cinema lies squarely on their shoulders, and our
interest and sponsorship must be
immediate if this industry, this
artform, is to remain creatively
productive.
From the festival, "It's a living"
by Laurie Kirkwood of the A.F.T.S.
Hungarian cinema has had a
rich'and varied history and despite
such films as "Mephisto" by
Istvan
Szabo which received
international success, it is still a
cinematic force much neglected,
and wrongly so.
Pal Sander's "Daniel Takes a
Train" stakes its claim as a bold
and compelling film dealing directly with the 1956 Hungarian
Uprising and its repercussions on
a studied group of characters. The
film concentrates on two of this
group of refugees fleeing Budapest to asylum over the border.
The freshly innocent Daniel and
his older weary companion, Gyuri,
one blindly pursuing his love, the
latter seeking his fatherand some
sort of political truth.
Interwoven in the two teen-
agers'flight by train are cautious
bourgeoisie couples and families,
student activists, police agents,
even drunken playboys and whores.
The train ends at a mess of a hotel,
in style something between roccoco and art deco, where the
final leg of defection will take
place. Rapidly our young protagonist's hopes are ruthlessly
dashed, new ideals revealed, firm
decisions made.
Brilliantly captured by the prowling cameras of Elemer Ragaiyi
(another unrecognised talent) are
glimpses of uncertainty and commitment, innocence and decision.
Occasionally, whilst on the train,
Ragalyi's camera wanders to
capture a solitary bird flying
relentlessly against a dull grey
sky, a mist-covered field.
Somewhat reminiscent of Polish director Adrjez Wajda, Sandor
leads us on a journey which is in
essence one of humanity, and he
has captured that unfailingy against a daunting background of
bloody threat.
Currently showing at the Brighton Bay Twin Cinemas.
294 Bay Street, Brighton.
Phone: 596-3590
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Director: Federico Fellini
Screenplay; Fellini and Tonino
Guerra
Camera: Guiseppe Rotuimo
Music: Gianfranco Pleniscio
Costumes: Ruggero Mastroianni
Cast: Freddie Jones, Pina Bausch,
Victor Poletti, Barbara Jefford,
Peter Cellier.
Fellini never lets the ravage of
politics seduce him; the journalist,
sometime narrator, Orlando at
one stage despairingly exclaims
"everything has already been said
and done," underlining, that despite all, the sense of naivete, selfblinding naivete, our players readily proclaim and disregard.
The film opens in the brownishgrey staccato tones of a silent
moments of longwindedness in
the script; and my only other
complaint was the unnecessary
heavy handedness of the final
shots of the interior of the studio
itself. Thus, in striving for the
fourth dimension, Fellini puts too
many fingerprints on the screen.
These two faults aside, the film
sparkles, as a chicken is hypnotized by the voice of basso
"And the Ship Sails On" does
not come close to the satirical
vision of "Fellini Roma" (1972), nor
the acclaimed "La Dolce Vita"
(1960) nor "La Strada" (1954), but
in the cinematic mire it is more
than pleasantly entertaining.
Currently showing at the Longford Cinema.
59 Toorak Road, South Yarra.
Phone: 267-2700
Speaking of the cinematic mire,
I shall review a film which will
undoubtedly do well commercially
and make many stupid people
laugh. This film is "Water" and
puports to be a comedy. Ha! Ha!
Asitsstars (of course, the vital
drawcard!), it continues the decline of the once fabulous Micheal
Caine (see "Sleuth," "The Italian
Job," and for pure cockney Caine,
"Alfie" made in 1966); the dreadful
Brenda Vaccaro doing her usual
pathetic "I'm sexy continentaltype" routine; Leonard Rossiter
once well-cast in the British T.V.
series "Reginald Perrin," and here
busily proving he is completely
inept at playing anything else.
Even the usually hilarious Scottish whale of a Billy Conolly is
constipated in his role as asinging
Che Guevara. Last but by no
means least in this farce of a farce,
is the inclusion of
Valerie
P e r r i n e an American, who, though
admittedly the script and direction
are disastrous anyway, plunges
this film lower, with a performance
of the most apalling acting I have
ever seen. I found myself sinking
lower and lower into my seat with
embarrassment at/for this spectacle.
After a four year absence from
the screen, virtuoso Federico
Fellini presents a visual feast; a
cinema that thankfully steers
away from the stylistic surrealist
search of "City of Women" (1980),
and places before us a theatrical
voyage of artistes and aesthetes
desperate to preserve their language of art whilst remaining
oblivious to the impeding storm of
World War I.
For this allegory, Fellinl's metaphors of art and politics are swept
aside by his indulgent opulence of
the voyage itself. Fellini has
deemed to render this form of
cinema unto the plot itself, it
assumes the theatrical mechanics, the dramatrugy of an opera.
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movie. Slowly the colours and
forms ooze into the first scenes on
the dockyard. Here our castromantics all-assemble to farewell
their beloved deceased diva who
has requested her ashes be
scattered on the ocean surrounding her native island in the Adriatic
(time: 1914; place: Balkans).
The screenplay was written by
Fellini and Tonino Guerra, the
famous screen-writer who previously collaborated with Fellini in
"Amarcord" (1973), and has written much for Antonioni (including
"Blow Up" and the superb "Identification of a Woman"), Rosi ("Christ
Stopped at Eboli") and other
directors such as Taviani and
Tarkovsky. There are, however,
It is not worth my listing the
other credits besides the cast - as
is usually my habitus it only serves
to highlight my annoyance and
boredom. Along with "2010," this
definitely lists as the worst so far
in 1985.
"Water" coming soon, released
through Hoyts.
profundo, a rhineoceros emits
lovesick odours from the hold, the
ships' stokers witness ringing
arias, and many, many other
equally memorable scenes.
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is a pioneer of stand up
female comedy and new-wave
cabaret. She is a skilled actress
She has been described as thai
rare bird, a feminist with a healthy
sense of humour. On stage, she is
a superb commedian who attacks
sexual and political prejudice
through satire. Off stage, however,
she is a quiet woman with spiritual
strength and sincere convictions.
Curled up on a voluminous sofa in
a Fitzroy lounge room, she took
and hour and a half from her busy
schedule to dicuss her work and
her beliefs,
Sue was recently in t^elbourne
to perform her solo show Strip
Jack Naked, after finishing a
highly successful season at Sydney's Gap Theatre, where she
performed with several other
woman comics. Strip Jack Naked
consists of several statirical characters that have "crowded her
mind"overtheyears, including Bill
Rawlings, the pregnant man, and
Aubergine Marcoui, a radicalseparatist-lesbian-femlnist....filmmaker. The show was described
as a "great night our with the worst
of us" and, like her other work,
originated from Sue's observations of people ans situations
which simulate her to action.
Most of the stuff actually comes
out of anger, at something I see or
hear or read about. When I work
through the anger I can then make
the satire out of the situation. I
devise a character who can work
on that idea, express opinions
about it and show it up for what it
is. The character Gemma, for
I
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example, is a very laid back, trendy
- post trendy she gets to be called,
(which I suppose is right because
she would never call herself
trendy), a woman who is the
closest thing to me - a forty year
old, spaced out lady. She's a
feminist, but her values are also a
bit mixed up, so that what you get
is a picture of someone who is
incosistent, which I think is very
real. Mycharacters are not blameless. The character takes blame
for being a bigot, or having the
wrong ideas. Because everyone in
the end has some responsibility
for the way they are."
Sue is definate about what she
hopes to achieve through her
work. "What I'm trying to acheive
through humour Is to get ideas
that I have about the politics of out
society, the politics of the mess
we're in and why we're there,
across. To do it through humour is
a very strong way of making
people think again about things
which they've normally just accepted. It's therapeutic for me too
because it means I get a chance to
express all these political ideas,
and my beliefs, and get it all across
without giving a lecture. You know,
you can't beat people about the
head with anything - you have to
let them take it or leave it."
When the topic of feminism is
broached. Sue responds animatedly and with concern. "To alot of
women now 'feminist is a dirty
word and they'll all stand up and
deny they're one, at least three
times before the cock crows. But
actually, what they've done is to
fall into yet another trap, where
'male domination' is using up
women's power and energy, and
having a negetive effect on it, and
belittling it." Sue continues strongly "but one has to defend
feminism, and keep trying."
"In everything I do, it's the
women that I'm trying to change,
and to make them understand why
they are what they are. Knowledge is the only thing that will
change anything - and understanding. With every woman that I
meet, I care about her. If I see a
woman getting up and doing
stand up comedy, I just think it's
great. I don't care if she's good or
bad. I get alot of women approach-
i^fe^
ing me with their ideas, and I just
say 'Look, you've just got to do it!
You've got to sit down and write if,
Ihen do it! The only way you're
going to get better is buy performing it and working it.' If I've got
anything to offer, I'll offer it. I'll give
it away - give it all away."
"Men I really don't give a stuff
about, because I perceive that
they've made their own hole and
they can sit in it, unless they want
to change and get out of it." Sue
agrees that men are also stereotyped and repressed, but thinks
they have the power to change
that. Although she feels that some
men have treated her and other
women badly, she believes there
is no retributive element to her
humour. "There Is no retribution in
the humour. You come to a point in
your life where you understand
alot more about things, and so you
deal with that. I only came to the
understanding of what I had taken
in terms of shit many, many years
later. At the time I didn't recognise
any other alternative, because it
was a status quo. There was never
an opportunity to think about the
things differently. I had no access
to any books about women's
liberation or anything about that.
Politicization in the early 60's was
just communist, or radical it had
nothing to do with females."
Sue considers herself to be very
political, because, as she says,
"Everything is political. When you
come to understand this, and that
everything on this planet is finally
ruled by money, then you can see
through alot of lies. Everyone has
to come to that understanding in
their own way.l gained mine in my
early thirties when I was working
at the Pram Factory. That was the
most political arena I could have
entered, and I was the most
unpolitical person you could ever
hope to meet. All I wanted to do
was act, and what I got confronted
with was idealogy, and reasons
why you're doing this, and what
does that mean, and who's that
going to help, and what's that
going to change. All of these
things suddenly became the raison defre for why I was on the
stage."
About contemporary student
politics. Sue is less sure as she 'is
out of touch.' However she agrees
Ithere is a general conservatism
und apathy, which she believes
\/vas becoming evident even by the
late sixties. "The early sixties were
very halcion days and the Vietnam
struggle seemed to galvanise alot
of students' political activity. I
would have thought now that
there was a great reason for a
resurgence of that with the anti
nuclear movement. I don't know
what sort of support students gain
in that, but it is something for them
'o be terribly concerned with
now."
The content of Sue's material
makes it very difficult to generalise about audience reactions. Its
strong political and sexual commentary can provoke both em
pathy and antipathy. "A couple of
women at The Gap one night
walked out. It's upsetting, but you
can't please everyone. If you
could, it would be - incredible! The
men sometimes enjoy themselves
tremendously. Then sometimes
there are things that the women
will laugh at, and the men will
querie the women's laughter.
Sometimes the women don't like
the exposure of personal things
that are private to them - but
private to them because men have
made them taboo - such as
menstruation."
As to the accessibility of her
work, and the audience type she
attract. Sue is optimistic about
reaching more than the theatreeducated audience. The season
at The Gap she found very encouraging, because people from
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the general public were arriving to
see comics ttiey'd never heard of.
"They were people that watched
T.V. and had dragged themselves
away from the box for one night to
come and see this funny show
with ladies in it. It's a great
achievement, because they spread
ripples far and wide."
Sue lives in a self-imposed
alternative lifestyle in the country,
complete with solar energy and a
generator. She lives whith her
partner Rick Ludbrook, her three
children, and various animals.
Although she has children and
also works as a performer, she
reacts angrily to the term 'working
mother.' "By that statement you
immediately cut out the fact that
mothers work. Mothers are the
hardest working women on this
earth. The only difficult thing
about effectively having two jobs
is the guilt when I go away tc
Sydney or Melbourne to work. I
know I shouldn't feel it, but it's a
great strain. I don't think men,
when they go off on their travelling
salesmen jobs feel an inch of guilt
that they've left their wives to cope
with the kids and the home."
dispossessed needy women. The
major point Sue was emphasizing
was Wiseman's treatment of the
DOwer she had gained through her
iasons with Government officials,
Sue speaks with a basic assumption that men and women
are very different, and in fact
believes that the idea of androgyny "is pathetic." "It's interesting, but I think it denies the
reality of men and women - they're
two wonderful differences. Androgyny is a way out from a lot of
problems. I don't like performing
to all-women audiences. My work
is designed for both men and
women, because they're together.
The planet is still half men and half
women, and until we learn to work
together, I just don't see that
there's any hope."
Sue is currently in Sydney
working on a play which she says
can tentatively be dubbed 'Female Parts Two.' In between
rehearsals, she will return to the
solitude of her quiet country
home. "The only thing one misses
are other people- people that you
know, and uh - Chinotto."
On the issue of women in
political power. Sue is both pessimistic and optimistic. "Maggie VAiiAAnnnwwifv%AWMA^viAWiivuvi/vn
Thatcher is a women, but she's *^'W'^'*'VV\rtAftA/V^/tfVWWin/Sfl«VVW%
working totally within the patriarchal system. She hasn't comprised those male values one bit.
She has alot of power, but abuses
Did all your hard earned savings disappear over the Christmas holiday period ?
her right as a woman to change
things or help other women. She's
Has your Bankcard balance gone through the roof ?
in a man's world, and therefore
*ihat you see in Maggie Thatcher
is male values and reactions. It's a
great dissappointment. There was
Via the 'painless extraction' of payroll deductions why not allocate an amount
a recent feminist political conference, and they were all wearing
to be automatically deposited to a Credit Union Christmas Club account or
badges saying 'If Maggie Thatalternatively make deposits at the Credit Union Office.
cher was the answer, it was the
wrong bloody question!
During the year your account will be attracting a healthy 9% p.a. interest which
Sue then wint on to discuss an
American woman called Lesley
will be aedited to your account on 30th November. This is also the date when
Wiseman, who was responsible
your savings will be available for holiday spending.
for lobbying the New York Government and obtaining funds for
DON'T DESPAIR - YOUR CREDIT UNION CAN HELP!
But remennber, to help you save, no withdrawals are permitted from this account
before 30th, November.
DON'T LET THE WEEKS SLIP BY!
Call at the Credit Union Office on campus and ask the staff to open your account
and establish your payroll authority. Alternatively, sinply ring our Hawthorn
Office on 818 0524 and we will be happy to mail the necessary forms.
CREDIT UNION - IT'S ALL YOURS!
TERTIARY CREDIT UNION
Union Building Telephone 541 0811 Ext 3196
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J f i vitro fertilisation caught the
world virtually by surprise in the
1970's. It seemed that at one
moment 'test-tube' babies were a
science-fiction idea, and the next,
a commonplace reality.
Certainly, philosophers and
ethicists were unprepared for the
enormous problems this 'reproduction revolution' would create.
In fact, it has taken over a decade
for the ethical issues to become
widely publicised.
'Test-tube W o m e n : What
F u t u r e f o r M o t h e r h o o d ? is an
anthology of feminist writings on
the issues raised by the various
reproductive technologies that
purport to offer women 'a new
choice.'
The book is edited by three
female biologists; two from the
U.S.A. and one from Switzerland. It
contains papers from feminists
from various parts of the world,
and covers a very wide range of
issues, such as: cloning, ectogenesis, abortion, surrogacy, eggfarming, contraception, and so
on.
The central issues faced by
feminists seem to be control over
one's own body, freedom of
choice, and the future of motherhood. The problem faced by the
writers, is whether the available
technology will enhance these
aims, or whether in fact, the result
will be further oppression for
women. The contributors to the
book are divided on this point some feel it could be a liberating
force - but it is probably true to say
that the majority see it as a threat,
at least in so far as it stands at
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present.
Whether or not the technology
is a threat would depend, according to most of the writers, largely
upon who is actually in control of
the programs. If there continues to
be a lack of women heading the
research teams, it is feared that
women's interests will not best be
served (probably not even considered, in fact).
One of the contributors to the
book is Dr. Robyn Rowland, a
social psychologist and lecturer at
Deakin University. Her views have
been made fairly well known by
the media recently. She is primarily against the idea of surrogate motherhood (although she
has also been very critical of the
IVF program). There are several
reasons for this - for one thing, it
treats children as commercial
entities. She feels it also shows a
complete disregard for women
and their bodies (the female donor
is seen mainly as a means to an
end), and that there has been a
lack of research on the emotional
side-effects, and the likelihood of
women being underpaid and
exploited.
There is an emphasis throughout the book on this lack of
research, and the hidden dangers
involoved, both in terms of the
physical and emotional effects
they may have on the participants, and the implications of
male control over female biology.
Many writers compare the technology with the wide range of
contraceptives that have become
available over the past few decades, and point out the problems
that arose as a result of scientists'
failure to adequately research the
long-term effects. Dr. Rowland, for
instance, comments that "the
same people who gave women
the Pill, DES and the Dalkon
Shield are now using our bodies
once again as living laboratories."
This anthology doesn't purport
to be the last word on the
reproductive technology debate.
It doesn't, for instance, explore in
great detail the reasons for women wanting to become mothers.
The overall message seems to be
that women, whether they are
socially conditioned into motherhood or not, should not be presented with an option that could
effectively elminate their right to
choose what happens to their
bodies in the future.
Lynda White
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DISABILITY WEEK
AGENDA:
WHERE HAVE OUR
READERS GONE?
During the first few weeks of
term, many students have been
taught the procedure of tape
reading for blind students. I know
how difficult It is to organize time
to do things forthe first few weeks,
but it Is absolutely necessary for
more readers to return, as we have
a shortage of voluntary readers.
The reading is much appreciated
from those of us that need the
service.
If you would like to read and
have not before, go the the Tape
Reading Service for blind students, on the first floor of the main
library and ask to speak to Joan
Worth at the A.V. desk. Thank
you.
Pam Musumeci
May-iM I cannot see the stars
at night,
May-be I cannot hear the birds
singing at dawn,
May-I>e I cannot walk through
ttie autumn leaves on (he forest
floor; and
May-be I am not as co-ordinated
as the next person; but
This does not mean I have no
feelings,
This does not mean I cannot
think;
Or that I am not willing to learn.
So, please take my hand and
help me learn to live in your
world;
While I share with you what it is
like to live in mine.
LOT'S
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Wednesday, 17th April 1.00 - 2.15
p.m. in Room 45? (fourth floor, Arts
Building)
Speaker: Mr. F. Fisher (Envlor
mental Science, Monash University)
speaking on the dimensions (rf
hidden disabilities,
Friday, 19th April 7.30 - 1 1 . 0 0 p.m
in Wholefoods Cafeteria (IVIonash
Union Building)
Folknlght
Free refreshments and supper
provided.
Contacts: a H . Steven Hurd
541-3139
A H . Glen Palmore
232-2905
Since 1976, the Vice-Chancel-1 the Sub-Dean's Office (Education
lor's Committee for People with .Faculty), on ext. 2827, or Janice
Handicaps has served the needs ' Joosse (Registrar's Office), on ext.
of handicapped students in a 3060, or drop a brief note in the
variety of ways.
internal mail to me, care of the
These have ranged from the Education Faculty, and leave a
modification of various architec- phone number or contact point. I
tural barriers, to an annual mon- will then contact you to select a
itoring of the variety of handicaps convenient time to meet. Naturalon campus via a specific question ly, the more students who voluteer
on the enrolement form.
to be interviewed, the more acNow the Committee needs to curate will be the impression
gain a more complete impression gained of needs, and the more
of the day-to-day problems facing appropriate the future direction of
handicapped students. In par- policy for the handicapped at
ticular the Committee would like f\/lonash.
\o discover if handicapped stuWe emphasise that unseen disdents have needs not already ablities are included, e.g., emphycatered for at IVIonash.Todothisit sema, diabetes, painful backache,
has organized a survey of han- etc.
dicapped students to be underA report will be written as a
taken during the first half of result of the interviews, and
1985.
copies of this report will be availThe Handicapped Students Sur- able to participants. All informavey is located in the Education .Jion gained will be strictly
Faculty Building, but is serviced confidential in a personal sense.
by the Registrar's Office and StuI am a former fvlonash student
dent Records, and is supported by and have a disability (wheelchair
the fvlonash Disabled Students' variety), so this is a field of which ij
Union.
have some knowledge.
The interviews are expected to I look forward to hearing from
take no longer than an hour. They 'you soon.
will be held in Room G14, on the
Sue Shaw
ground floor of the Education
Executive Officer
Building.
Survey of Handicapped Stu
If you would be willing to take
part in our survey, please phone
Ivlonday, 15th April 1.00 - 2,15 p.in
in H I (Arts Building)
Film 'Captives of Care'
A warm, moving and thought
provoking film.
For parking information and general directions, call at the Gatehouse (Wellington Road entrance),
or phone Mr. G. Mitchell on 5 4 1 30S9.
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UJheckhciir Villoge
Imagine a town full of physically
impaired people, all wheelchair
users. They run everything: the
shops, the factories, the schools,
the television studio, the lot.
There are no able-bodied people so naturally, when they built
the town the community decided it
was pointless to have ceilings ten
feet high and doors seven feet
high. "It's just a lot of wasted
space that needs heating," they
said. So the ceilings were built at
seven feet and the doors at five
feet. In every way they designed
the place the way they wanted it,
and over the years these proport i o n s w e r e s t a n d a r d i s e d by
regulation.
One day a tew able-bodied
people come to stay. One of the
first things they notice is the
height of the doors. And the
reason they notice is because
they deep hitting their heads.
They come to stand out by the
bruises they carry on their foreheads.
Some doctors, psychiatrists and
social workers all become involved. The doctors do extensive
research and conclude in their
learned reports that the disabled
able-bodied suffer from "loss or
reduction of functional ability" and
the resulting handicap causes
"disadvantage or restriction of
activity."
Working parties are formed.
Many professionals and caring
people are worried about what
becomes known as the "problen\
of the able-bodied." Throughout
the town there is a rapid growth of
real concern. Specially strengthened helmets are distributed
free to the able-bodied to be worn
at all times. Orthotists design
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20
braces which give support and
relief while keeping the ablebodied wearer bent to a normal
height.
Finding employment is a major
problem for the able-bodied. One
man, for instance, applies to
become a television interviewer.
But he must have a medical
examination. A regular states that|
all able-bodied must be given a
special medical examination when
they apply for a job. The doctor,
naturally, points out in his report
that it would be rather strange to
have a television interviewer with
a bent back who wore a helet all
the time. Of course the man
doesn't get the job and is advised
to accept the limitations of his
disability.
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Finance, of course, becomes a
major problem. Various groups of
compassionate wheelchair users
get together and form a registered
charities. Twice yearly they hold a
collection day and of course there
is the annual telethon, and the
"Miss Wheelchair Village" quest.
Upturned helmets are left in
pubs and shops for people to drop
their small change into. There is a
hearting support for organizations
such as "The Society for Understanding the Disabled Able-Bodied."
There is talk of founding Special
Homes.
But then one day it dawns on the
able-bodied that there is nothing
actually wrong with them, just that
society excludes them. They form
a union to protect themselves and
to campaign against segregation.
They argue that if ceilings and
doors were raised, there would be___J
no problem. But this is, of cours, a
foolish suggestion. You cannot
deny disability.
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Di/Qbillty
I started an Arts course last year
doing only two first-year subjects,
French and Music. This year I am
doing two more, English and
Philosophy, to complete first-year.
Then I will go on full-time.
The clubs I joined were 3MU,
and the Evangelical Union. It is, of
course fun having 'our own little
radio show and sif-SaVing the
opportunity to talk in the cool style
of a DJ over the air. The Evangelical Union is a good organisation
to remind me of my faith and to
build me stronger in it.
I have been given the opportunity to think about how things
have been for me as a disabled
student. I believe Monash, certainly the faculty I am with and the
other places I frequent, is a firstrate caterer for those on wheelchairs. In the library I have been
given my very own carrell to use
whenever I want, with a nice bright
light above, carpeted floor, heating, power point, etc. I can always
find someone who is willing tc set
me up in the carrell, with my
typewriter, all my books, etc., and
later it all has to be packed away
for me.
My electric wheelchair and my
portable printer play a big part in
making my life at Monash enjoyable. My wheelchair hauls all my
books around for me by means of
a big white box attached to the
back. My typewriter is small
enough and quiet enough to take
into all my lectures, and I also use
it for assignments. Wherever I go
with the problem of stairs is solved
and I have to be ready well before
a tutorial waiting for a lift if I want
to be on time. But the problem of
slow-moving lifts does not annoy
me.
The general attitude the students and staff have towards me is
really good. If anything people
may be a little over-kind, but I feel
that I am considered one of the
rest and I think this is a good thing.
The only problems I have are to do
with my attitude towards others. I
am perhaps a little too shy and
reserved.
I try to stick to the rules of
Christianity and tune in to what
the Holy Ghost is trying to tell me,
and I think this has helped my
enjoyment of life here and taught
me how to experience fully the
sights and sounds around me.
So life at Monash is enjoyable
lor me.
J i m Provan
LOT'
WIFE
J the recent inaugural Australi a
Games when the 'best under the
sun' gathered to take part in more
than 20 sports, another important
first was also taking place; that of
disabled athletes being intergrated into the same competition
right from the Opening Ceremony.
Athletes from each of the sporting fields marched alongside one
.another as fellow competitors Kather that segregated Into 'ablebodied' and 'disabled.' Indeed thei
Paraplegic track athletes heralded the arrival of all thg;competitors
into the Sports and Entertainment
Centre.
Over 5 0 disabled athletes from
Australia, Germany, Belgium and
U.S.A. competed in basketball,
swimming, athletics, weightlifting,
shooting, bowls and netball. Many
of the Paraplegic and Quadraplegic athletes again showed
f qualities which had shone at last
July's Paralympics in England, as
didalso the Blind, Amputee and
Special Olympic athletes - many
of whom had competed at last
June's Disabled Olympics in New
York.
The Australia Games provided
the much needed competition all
Australian athletes require; European countries, being closer together, have the advantage of
competition which improves an
athlete - or team's standards.
The Paraplegic and Quadraplegic track and swimming athletes thus greatly benefitted from
the week they spent prior to the
Games at the Institute of Sport in
Canberra. Methods tor training
and competing were compared
and shared between the different
State members. New ideas were
discussed in lectures on the
mechanics of the various sports.
Generally, the same venues
were used for the disabled's
events as those of the able-bodied
athletes. The excitement of competition before a crowd helped the
adrenalin pulsate through one
and aided in personal best efforts
being performed with often dramatic improvements.
Amputee,
Paraplegic and
Quadraplegic athletes are genferally ranked according to their
. disablility. This ensures that races
are run fairly, since in swimming,
for example, it depends upon an
athlete's class as to whether or
' not he can use his feet to help with
' starts and turns. Thus an athlete
' with limited leg movement should
have some advantage over opponents with no kicking power at
all.
The Paraplegic swimmers completed their training programs at
the Monash pool in the week
before the Games. The races were
begun with the athletes, myself
included, already in the water rather than from the blocks.
Therefore it was vital to get as
strong a push off from the wall as
possible. The deaf swimmers
began on the blocks, though, with
m e only difference being that
some slightly turned their heads
to enable them to see the smoke
LOT'S
WIFE
from the starter's gun before"
diving-in whilst others waited to
feel the vibrations of sound which
travelled through the block.
Kerrie Engel, a disabled Monash student, was thrilled with her
results in the Australia Games.
With the home crowd advantage
she broke her previous best times
by 3 seconds in 100m Freestyle
(and broke the old Australian
Record), and bettered her 200m
Freestyle by 10 seconds, thus
setting a new Australian Record,
with the times being 1 minute 42
seconds to 1 minute 3 4 seconds
and 3 minutes 25 seconds respectively.
At Olympic Park, Australian and
World Records were also broken
by the Paraplegic and Quadraplegic athletes. They used very
light wheelchairs of aluminium
frames and racing bike type large
wheels at the back. The races
covered distances of 100m, 200m,
400m and 1500m. For the best
streamlined results the athletes
sometimes taped their legs together and bent over their legs in
varying degrees according to the
wind. To propel the wheelchair
along the athlete pushed on small
wheel rims attached to the centre
of the back wheels, sometimes
giving the effect of winding the
wheelchair up. Just as methods
varied in style, so did the actual
models of wheelchairs differ with
the German and Belgium competitors prefering to also have
large front wheels. Tactics were
employed to their full extent, with
some athletes feeling 'boxed in'
and unable to take control of the
race. It is only by participating in
more competition that athletes
can experience such situations
and learn how to combat them.
The Blind athlete's races were
run as time trials, with each
athlete competing individually. A
megaphone used throughout the
race kept the athlete running in as
straight a line as possible. The
100m race, for example, was
divided up into two sections with
one person's voice guiding the
athlete from the start until about
the 50m mark when another
person t o o k over
This required
the use of two lanes per athlete as
is normal for relay events. It was
necessary for the athlete to start
running first and for him to cross
the finish line first for the time to
be valid. At the completion of the
race the coach led the athlete
over to the timekeeper's area.
The athletes from the Special
Olympics, on the other hand, ran
together. However, at the finish
line each athlete was 'caught'
individually, hugged and congratualted upon his effort, before
being taken over to the officals.
Consequently, during the Australia Games spectators saw that
disabled people are people first
and disabled second, and that
their dedication to their chosen
sport is as strong as their fellow
able-bodied athletes.
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not Di/Qbility
But Abilitie/ Ltd
edge regarding th« correrie Neale, Resear -.bSmtessoo
of disability in learn ng and
3tud ies of Exceptic rial«eftHt»|-en
and Director of ti e Krongoljljl«j|reme Jial strategies. Fn m the
Centre for Exceptiorlal Childre . ' ^ i n c e f tion of a new degrei in this
Ifield, i philosophy, that tal j n t and
disat lity are part of everv normal
Since the dawn of listor
jlp, removed from our ocabuhave been innume ablg
e categorisation of people
tions of education!
iir atiiiibutoo Buch i j i doaf,
iMiviauai
HRqjjpipiTOpmiwrresgm
imiTi'itfy,
inni&\m
that^'((,> ve prejudge a chjli;!,'!;^ p " h o n o r a ! q f # n versify students to
potential on the basis of a sirigle
a ! pecifiejCVjaiTijse of
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trait, an I refuse entry to ' t h e
normal ociaiisation processes,
we stifle tieemergenceoftherich
underlyir g blueprint of aptitiidesi
and dis lositions. We a l s o f ^ extrj
nnnnisp. hat this rienrivatiofi ifefe*^'Tfe:frnei
others took ip music, art a n d
reshape, a n d ^ m e o live by his h a ^ d ^ a p p e d , physically c^satfled,
social ajid economic
ences vwiich strike at tl
science. Whili all agreed t h a t t h e
^^ually impaired. Knt vvledge
own synthesis of lea ning, experi
foundatlnns of our value
one-term dur ation of their studing the way in whic l i V c t ^
ence, and search foi a melodious
aps one of the m
dentship had Deen enjoyable the
hibal conditions affe( ted the
harmony of person; I a n d social
nt e camples of this chfai
most signific int aspect of the
M dual's opportunities o move
strivings for meaninj in life.
the proposal to esta|}l
project had b ten the opportunity
1 I explore the enviornr entani
Life is a process c f growth and
t r g j p r Research into
serious disabilities
^( quire the Informatic n bas;
development m a
iMpnd Mental
facilities of the
I b l e t o the commu lity
fulfilment of what
'83' mai
ij> the Exhibitien ot
ie master k^yrcTn TOCKing
IwteSBOeJftr^lation t 4 6 n © 6 Detenout argi _
on Campus, ^ d
Art,
rshall Reserve,
t e ' # i © ' ; e n v i r o m e / H ^ ^ 5 r other
thA lepositories of cultL re, and
with thej Dportofthecommu f^W
and the
laboratories and
hutS^ibiings. technical knowhowforinc ividuals
to becc
a Centre for Rese irwi
^the rest of the
to interact
^«l>:eclucati|SryyiMr, tor me, Is with SOTdicapping condit ons. As
and
'ices to Exceptioi a l u
e Student
student popi
oire^pl^wtiich tKe'individual is befit airacademic institujion, like
Childi
i.e. all children witH
Union and S,
re.
l e f f f V ^ H l d ^ e d -i nd inducted the I Iniversity, the task 3f comspecllil < londitions affecting hefr
group of
The organiiaKoi
n t g ^ M p ^ ^ expli iration of as batti ig myths and pn judice?"'
fjevelj
ent and learning, " h u s university studeA^
rned to
j w i t A ^ ^ J j f f i as is possible, rega ding people '
/progrj
of therapy, spe cific
in
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and' extensTlST~S'hc|"feii^ ~copmg"wiIfi djSSCTIty
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jkftSwfgdgsble guide i. These men
ing academic studfesiefreiits the
richmept activities are prov ded
tSjkjilirttfre'the sen les and spirit w h i c i iridivi4u|d[s i
new directioq to find better wffys
for thofee with severe sensory and
| l n ^ y ) P r o c e s s a f th s individual's acce stance, OTRortu
develp^hental anomalies, tl ose to improve ttle humSat SurrHWW,
ri of knowlec ge, and, thus, dep£ ndent >li^v|hd^H
while assisting the j j ^ v N u alall cCpe
cope
abl^'cfiijldren with learning Jiffint^lligentfe manifests it- and t h e ^ z e ^ l f l P H
with the frustratii
limiting
cultfes i^ schoQl^and those g fted
a ^ y r i a t l of forms of shar id p ^ ^ j r a ^ M i ^ m e ^ n l n g f u l
conditions of the
lity. We
childreniwho^e^Ljt^tanding abililal:;. mg^
^t(
Ion.
have seen vtluntej
Searching
ties or talents putthem out of step
products < if such r e l ^ ^
I ile ^ V ' y ^ ^ ^ V ^ ^ ' ^ ^ * ^ ' °
for library maiterial
on tape
Miith th.41:. age, peers. These proisi lorffcifflftimindsduii " ' " ^ ' ^ " ^
^ aie IIle au ina inliliuliui
1" L
readings for ptudents withL visual
w|>U^ examining a vide
ificance of the in dividual,
iiiio trtej academic lorT>ains and
" ^ M f i c t u a l and ere; itive
mpairment. There has been a
dtess of disability, i is^tmt;
into t l e social syi terns,
r^eXtend the horizio is of
icerted^lftert to make physical
years ago that th i authi
store, , Use and tr insmit
if9fi on a sessional b jsis,
i 3r for t h o ^
f a four-membqr grou
noicgy land knowli dg^
impetus to learinc, ^ n
p D , waging a
ility p r i ems. It ie^
coursp I of this piDcesi
r- / ^sm for knowledge, and
it we
^r,
yof children
a critical ai iprei
6 .Tierftes a criticj
I their integration int( 1 t h e ' ^ d i s i
(|0 in u n d ^ a
Jucation w i f ch to'
on
^; nosfe/ in relati(
|lassroom and comm inity
the
i b t l e effect^
sir specia
r ng of self an(
3 arming of self
^lulllplu UlijciLillilies'
1/ and adaptab
abilitVi
While jthe emphasis of the ivork
werd d e n i ^ ^ a c c e s s to thi i n6rmal
of s )eiiiog«ar»d5peed of
cohcepfs but along
in the ( i n t r e is with primary age
char neisr of iS0Gift|pti irf;^ a n d
fwork W e ^ a r e i n c l i n e d t o
a\tgr how slight 1
childrerl the contact with h j n d were exclued f r o n i B h e
/also, ihat i s s i j i i p g i t h o s e
t e s presenting to thj
reds of schools over the year! has
leci use of
there is an essenti; I
fldhs is a
andica Jpind
transformed attitudes to the rate
ni ition
Ihould
self-realisation thrc
ay proc e s s , |
and pace of learning accrodii ig to
itii ms w l l ( $ # ^ 7 V 9 ^ e i v 4 d j
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individual patterns of growth We
iving for all person
use
Qh^,
have learned to use technolo jy to
r, p.ar.h nf us rpna^-i
Iv nd
and
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' tsuiiiuiay liibaiiviiy arid' lU'Di Htfat h e bciimfit
ijme
rebral
imitations, specfftci of talent, or
repertolre of compensatory kills
community. The
of the vvn
handicapping c o t j
causing! our traditional pei cep- concept
'ing our goals
eflected.
Monash Uni
' has a proud mei
tions of Ihe potential of youtt and
lussed not on
should now
irst university tud€ that othei
adulthood to tie drastically alter id. In
'Disability" but
organ i z a t i o n i fi
170, a Chair Indifferent cli
some of jour projects, young a lults
in associatiofis (f active helping
ies of disabjl- wen not theli"^
who had known no formal ec uca- relationships h i might tDe termed
g access to last :en years h
ity and talent,
tion bacause of their seyere,
"Abilities Ltd
page
22
LOT'S
WIFE
life Por me
nt mono/h
IHEREIAM
The decision to come to Monash was not a simple and straight
for me like it rnight have been for
some people. I had no real
aspciations of becoming an academic, instead what I wanted to do
A/as leave school behind after the
dreaded HSC year. However be:3ause of circumstances beyond
•ny control, I am here.
I had every intention after the
axams at the end of last year, to
out school behind me as far as
Dossible. This was alright in theory
out in reality I found myself
applymg for all these jobs and
j e t t m g nowhereOne of the major problems
* h i c h I faced was that my range of
oossible occupations was limited
due to my disability. I have what is
<nown as Cerebai Palsy which
oasically means that my co-ordination and motor skills such as
jvalkmg aren't too crash hot. This
meant that 1 wouldn't be suited to
any job which required physical
dexterity, such as a brickies
labourer or even a clerk who is
required to do a great deal of
writing.
Anyway after looking around for
a while I finally realised that no job
was going to come out of the blue
nor was any employer going to
|Some knocking on my front door
begging for my services, so I
decided I had better go back to
school,
However for me and other
disabled students, school is not all
aeer and skittles either. For
people with disabilities it takes an
extra effort to obtain an education.
School gets everyone down o »
one occasion or another and
disabled students have to experience the same feelings on top of
all the other difficulties they have
to face. For example, people in
wheel chairs have limited access
to certain buildings around the
campus, deaf people can't hear
what the lecturers say, other
people have limited vision, others
simply are unable to write and
take notes and yet there are
others who have a combination of
disabilities.
I guess by now you expect me to
ask for your donations for the
Monash Disabled Students Union
or that you should take pity on us.
However on the contrary, I don't
want you to do either of these
things. I guess this is what I
expected when I was looking tor a
job. t expected someone to take
pity on me and employ me.
However this benefitted me nothing, instead it made me depressed and frustrated.
Instead of your pity 1 ask for your
understanding and acceptanct;
which is a totally different thing.
People who have never had
contact with disabled peopl*;
before can't comprehend ' tha
disabled people have the samt
goals as everybody else. Rathei
than a mere existence we want tc
participate and contribute to the
community in which we live, s
wouldn't like to think that there
was no purpose to my life and that
I was just a burden, instead I hope
I can help someone else and sc
this is why I am here,
W i l l i a m Crisp
Pam M u s u m e c )
Uheelchoir Rbilitie/
When I was at university I fell out
of my wheelchair and broke my
leg. For nine weeks I wore a full
plaster cast which was propped
up in front of me as I sat in my
wheelchair. And for nine weeks I
experienced what it was to be a
non-disabled person!
People I met assumed that I was
in the wheelchair because of the
broken leg, not because I was
permanently paralysed, and the
way they spoke to me was noticeably different from the way strangers usually respond on meeting
me for the first time. There was
something about the tone of
voice, the assumptions they made,
the conversation we had, which
was not the same as when they
knew me to be a "disabled
person."
It seems that, for many people,
LOT'S
WIFE
as long as they think a disability is
temporary they can handle it.
Once they realize it's permanent,
they behave as though somehow
it affects the core of one's being,
makes one subtly "different" from
other, "normal people." Perhaps
they can imagine themselves with
a broken leg, and know thay would
be the same as before the injury,
but apparently they cannot make
the same leap of the imagination
for a "real" handicap.
The change was very refreshing
for me, and I was almost sorry to
let the plaster go when the bone
had set! Since then I have often
thought of having a "cosmetic"
plaster cast made, to wear when I
go out, so people will go on
behaving "as though I were a
normal person!"
Elizabeth Hastings
Uhen 1/ fl Di/Qblecl
Per/on
Hot fl Di/obled
Per/on
I don't mean to have a go at the
system, but rather to explain the
slogan "Rights not Charity." It is a
saying that encompasses many of
the criticisms hopes and ideals of
the Disabled Rights Movement.
The following points are not
exhaustive but are rather a brief
explanation of some of the more
important thoughts behind the
slogan.
First, it suggests a new way of
life for many people with disablities. It involves intergration
rather than institutionalization
and segregation. For the greater
part of this century people with
disablities have been segreated
into special schools, sheltered
workshops, and diagnostic treatment groups. With the result that
disabled people have been kept
out of the view of most people.
This has created a feeling of difference between disabled people
and the general community. It was
not until recently that it was
realized that this feeling of difference led to much discrimination against people with disabil
ities. Disabled people led the
movement for change, by arguing
for the Intergration of children
with disabilities into the school
system, lobbying for independent
accomodation with attendant car,
group homes in local areas and
access to community services
rather that special segregated
serviecs.
raising activities. Some ways
charitable institutions raise funds
is by tins and plastic dogs in fish
and chip shops reminding you of
yourobligation to blind babiesand
seeking your support for the
beauty contests. These ways of
raising funds are of course exceedingly patronising and discriminatory - it makes people with
disabilities, objects of pity and
charity. A far better way, if funds
have to be raised by public donation, would be to appeal to
peoples sense of community
interest e.g. people give money to
Olympic competitors because
they feel its a legitimate cause.
Funding for people with disablities could be undertaken
along similar lines. The Disabled
Rights Movement do attempt to
make charitable institutions more
accountable to those who they
seek to serve. Groups in the Disabled Rights Movement are however starved of funds and I would
urge you if you consider giving
money to a worthwhile community
interest to direct your funds to the
Disabled Rights Movement.
It would however, one day be
nice, to think that people with disabilities welfare and community
services were not dependent on
pity and charity but rather were
funded by the community so that
disabled people could have an
equal right to live independently
in our society along with all other
members of the community.
Thirdly, the slogan "Rights not
Charity" seeks to change public
opinion by confronting the general public with the choice between human rights and charit
able discrimination. The slogan is
deliberately provocative so as to
prompt people to consider issues
which confront people with disabilities.
In conclusion the slogan "Rights
not Charity" has to be seen in the
broader context of the fight against segregation. That people with
disablities are discriminated against is I think acknowledged and
accepted by many people, however, identifying that discrimination is sometimes more easily said
than done. A useful test to determine whether a statement discriminates against people with
disablities involves looking behind the statement to the attitude,
it will discriminate against disabled people. If the attitude
expresses ordinary human emotion or rational thought then the
statement will probably not discriminate against people with
disabilities.
The move away from a segregated society involves an acceptance of the need to further
the cause of the human rights access and equality of opportunity.
Second the slogan postulates a
new form of income security and
funding of services for people with
disabilities. This has a short and
long-term objective, the long-term
aim involves an understanding
that people with disabilities don't
need to be served by seperate
crusty old charitable institutions.
All the functions of these institutions can be carried on by other
groups in the community. Education of people with disabilities
could for example, be undertaken
by decentralizing funding and services to the school system. Education department and Universities.
Such a system would have the
advantage of being closer and
hence more responsive to the
people who use such services. It
would also be far less segrative.
This aim is however some way
off. A more imediate or short-term
aim is to make these Institutions
fund raising activities more accountable to people who use their
Glenn Patmore
service. Currently charitable ins- Monash Disabled Students
titutions are funded by the GovUnion
ernment and their own fund
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Concern For Space
Editors,
White the iayout and presentation of
Lot's Wife this year is undoubtedly professional looking, I feel it is both un^
nesessary and incorrect for a student
newspaper to dispense with any sort of
economy in production. While a seperate
page for each article looks impressive, it
represents an enormous waste of space
and, therefore, students' money. The last
edition of Lot's Wife could easily have been
condensed to the size of last year's
editions. Consequently, the editors have
not kept their promise to increase the
volume of the paper. Secondly, I believe
that the limit of two hundred and fifty words
on letters is inadequate toaccomodate the
need to fully explicate objections to issues
of amore complex or controversial nature.
Gail Hubble
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LOT'S
WIFE
unless you have considered reconciliation under the guidance of a
marriage counsellor.
How much is it going to cost me?
Purely for a divorce where there
are no children under the age of 18
involved, the approximate cost is
$400.00. Where there are children
under the age of 18 involved the
approximate cost is $480.00.
These costs include the Family
Court's fee of $125.00 and a
process server's fee of approximately $25.00.
These figures are correct as at
March 1st, 1985.
egg
What happens when people divorce?
Divorce is the legal end to a
marriage. The Family Court of Australia grants a divorce by an order
l<nown as a "Decree of Dissolution
of Marriage" upon an application of
one of the parties to the marriage.
The Dissolution of the marriage
is made by the Court in two stages.
Firstly, a "Decree Nisi" which
releases the parties from their
marital obligations but does not
allow them to remarry. Secondly,
one month later, the automatic
granting of a "Decree Absolute"
unless one of the parties appeals
against the granting of the Decree
Nisi in the meantime.
Once the Decree Absolute has
been granted, the parties are free to
remarry.
Does one of us have to sue the
other?
No; you make application to the
Family Court.
What sort of reasons do I need to
get a divorce?
These days, the sole ground on
which you can apply for a divorce
is that the marriage has irretrievably
broken down. This can only be
established if the Court is satisfied
that you have been separated from
your spouse for a period of at least
twelve months before you make
your application to the Court.
Does one of us have to be at fault
before the court will grant a
divorce?
No. Fault is irrelevant to the
granting of the divorce. However,
the behaviour of the parties may be
relevant to other matters, such as
custody.
What happens if only one of us
wants a divorce?
If the Court is satisfied that one
of you made a conscious decision
to end the marriage and that since
then you have lived separatelyfor
twelve months it will grant the
divorce.
Does it matter how long I have
been married?
Yes. If you have been married
for less than two years you cannot
make your divorce application
L O T ' S
W I F E
*
4
for a divorce
. prepare the documents that have
to be produced in court
. gather the evidence that will be
required by the Court
. advise you what to do about
custody
. advise you what to do about
maintenance
. help you oppose an application
made by your spouse, e.g. for
maintenance or custody of the
children.
What will happen to my children?
One of the parents will usually
be granted custody of the children.
This means that he or she will make
the
decisions concerning
the
children.
finish every one — otherwise you
take the risk of your infection
returning.
On the other hand, there is virtually no role for antibiotics in illnesses due to VIRUSES. Most sore
throats
are caused
by
viral
infection, and the body's own
defence system is usually enough to
fight these viruses. Antibiotics do
not help in viral sore throats. In
fact, they can make things worse by
destroying the body's own "good"
bacteria, and so allow overgrowth
of nastier, more resistant organisms.
In addition, widespread overuse of
antibiotics is responsible for the
formation of new, highly resistant
bacteria, such as M.R.S.A., or
"Golden Staph" which has caused
major problems in Melbourne
hospitals.
Aphrodisiac sources
How is custody of the children
decided?
Generally, if you both agree
about which of you will have
custody, the Court will go along
with it. In case of dispute, the
Court decides which of you is best
able to care for the children.
If there is dispute over the
children, it is wise to talk to a solicitor immediately. He will advise
you on the best course of action.
The longer a child remains with a
parent, the more likely it is that the
Court will grant that parent
custody.
Contrary to the popular habit of
using ground rhinoceros horn to
increase the libido, many Chinese
men prefer such exotic sources as
dragonflies,
deer's
penis
and
monkey brains as their aphrodisiacs. On the other hand, Indians go
for goat bile and rabbit penis. The
Gujeratis of Northern India however, remain faithful to the rhino
horns, as well as using it for other
purposes including reducing fever
and treating coughs, colds and
headaches.
Dracula had a medical problem
If I don't get custody, does this
mean I won't see the children?
The parent who does not have
custody is usually granted the right
to keep in contact with the
children. This is known as access.
You and your spouse may agree on
the times of access. If not, the
Court decides how often and for
how long.
What happens if one of the children
wants to live with a particular
parent?
If a child is over 14 the Court
will take account of the child's
wishes.
If I don't get custody of the
children will I still have to pay for
their keep?
Both parents are responsible for
the maintenance of their children
until the age of 18, and sometimes
when they are continuing in
education over the age of 18.
You
are
each
responsible
according to your income and
ability to maintain the children.
This means that the parent who has
not got custody of the children
makes a payment to the parent
with custody.
Will I have to maintain my spouse?
This depends on the circumstances of both of you.
The Court takes into account . the living standard of you both
. your ability to make payments
. your age and health
. the length of time you were
married
as well as other related matters.
How can a solicitor help me?
A solicitor can —
. take the necessary steps to apply
by Jeffrey Lef kovits
Stomach Ballon
A Sydney doctor has patented a
device to help people lose weight
by eating less. The device is a
- "balloon" that fits into the
stomach. Wien it is inflated, it
makes the stomach feel partially
full — so the person eats less.
The new device, if successful is
expected to greatly reduce the need
for surgical procedures to help lose
weight, such as the stomach stapling operation.
Undies too tight?
Tight-fitting athletic underpants
may actually cause a decrease in the
sperm count of the men who wear
them. This is related to the fact
that the testicles are situated outside the abdominal cavity (where it
is relatively cooler) because sperm
production is most efficient at
35°C - 2''C lower than internal
body temperatures. The restriction
caused by tight underpants can
increase
scrotal
temperatures
enough to actually inhibit sperm
production.
A Canadian professor of chemistry claims that vampires and werewolves may have suffered from a
rare blood disorder - iron-deficiency prophyria. This disease can
cause the skin to become very
sensitive to light, so that the
sufferers would only venture out
after dark. And, as the disease is
blood-related, the drinking of blood
could have been an instinctive
attempt to overcome the faulty
biochemistry.
Furthermore,
side-effects
of
porophyria
include
a
hairy
appearance and a tightening of the
gums which could cause long,
protruding
teeth.
Finally,
a
substance which aggravates the
condition just happens to be garlic,
and may even be fatal to sufferers.
M.C.
DRIVING
SCHOOL
Antibiotics in a nutshell
Antibiotics are a special group of
drugs, used to help the body
fight
infections
caused
by
BACTERIA
specifically.
Such
urinary tract infections and skin
wound infections. They are very
effective in helping cure these illnesses, and if you are ever given a
course of antibiotics, you should
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lj^<rt^
Careers
THE USE OF A DEGREE
Although some students doing
generalist degrees will still limit
their thinking about careers — to
obtaining employment in their
field, it is no longer unfashionable
to regard not just Arts degrees as
generalist, but some degrees in
Science and Economics as well.
Even
Engineering
and
Law
graduates
through
change
of
preference, or force of circumstance, may find themselves in this
position as well.
A common reaction to a shortage
of opportunities in a given field, is
to believe that obtaining a degree
has been wasted effort. These impressions find reinforcement in
certain secitons of the media that
delight in publicizing stories of graduates working "out of their field
or being under utilized, like lawyers
driving taxis, or engineers working
in fast food chains.
So students do have to ask why
they have subjected themselves to
the discipline of developing familiarity with a complex and rapidly
developing field of knowledge, if
there is little hope of using the
knowledge so gained in earning a
living.
In the course of acquiring a
degree, students usually see themselves amassing information, and
even, particularly if they got into
honours or higher degrees, to be
drawing conclusions from, or even
critical, of information. The information content of studies looms
larger in a student's mind and so
we hear a lament, how will this
stuff be of any use to us? It's not
practical enough. It's too theoretical. Of course, great chunks of
information, of theory, carefully
learned, evaluated, understood, are
never used again as such, but in
complaining
about
irrelevancy,
important benefits are frequently
overlooked.
In this era of electronic processing of information almost any
information has only temporary
value.
Ephemeral, transient but
seldom lasting or immutable. It is
processess involved in acquiring
information that provide the lasting
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26
benefits upon which most of us
develop our careers. The prolonged
and rigorous study of a substantial
topic, the enhancement of one's
capacity for analysis, comparison,
argument, for forming opinion and
making decisions, this is what
proves, with the benefit of hindsight, to be the real worth of a
degree to a graduate.
It is these qualities expected in
graduates by employers that lead
them to recruit graduates for their
management potential, whether
these employers be manufacturers,
providers of service, information
processors,
banks,
insurance
companies or resource based. And
they recognize that their graduate
recruits will need the mental
capacity to cope with the issues of
the 21st century: environmental,
social,
political,
technological,
financial and others that we are as
yet unable to define. One thing Is
certain, by the year 2000, when
most of to-day's graduates have
been in the workforce for at least a
decade, the problems of 1985 will
seem
far
simpler
and
less
demanding.
A degree may be seen as providing an educational foundation for
further development of knowledge
and wisdom rather than a vocationally specific meal ticket. It may
even be necessary to add immediately to a generalist degree more
saleable skills. This is why, for
many graduates, their first year
after graduation will involve them
in diploma studies in such fields as
Education,
Secretarial
Studies,
Librarianship, or Con puting to
mention a few of the more
common alternatives.
mocor
nnaCtePG
THEDATSUN 180B
In 1972 Datsun released its
successor to the 1600, the 180B.
The 180B is a fine overall car. It
is spacious (especially for tall
drivers), economical, powerful,
has lots of torque and it handles
well
(aided
by
live
rear
suspension). The 180B can be
had in two door (usually the
SSS), four door and station
wagon variants.
Just by looking around on
your way home tonight you will
be able to see how well the 180B
sold. Over its four year lifespan it
was the biggest seili.ig car in its
class, and from my experience of
it and others in its class, deservedly so. Thanks largely to this
abundance, a 180B can be
bought for between SI ,500 and
v\r^\
$4,500 from a dealer (as mentioned in the last issue there are
cheaper ones around).
My test car was courtesy of
myself, this in itself showing my
high opinion of the car. I paid
$1,500 for it from an auction
room (Wlidtown Auto Auctions)
and have now found out it worth
to be $3,000 on the open
market. On dry sealed roads they
understeer quite strongly, but on
any other sort of surface they
oversteer. If you are experiencing
understeer, just ease off the
power and the car gently
switches to oversteer and tucks
back into line. With a top speed
in excess of
IBOkmh and
economy between 8 1/100km to
12 1/IOOkm and adequate "get
up and go" a 1808 would not
leave you wanting too much
more.
The Interior is fairly good, if a
bit gaudy in some aspects.
Bucket seats are standard on all
models, these seats are pretty
good for a car of this age, other
items however are sparse. There
is no centre console, tacho, rear
window demister and no left
hand mirror. But what can you
expect on a car of this price
range? My only incurable com
plaint is the size of the rear
pillars, they are enormous and
make driving difficult without a
left hand mirror.
These cars are extremely reliable and will cost very little to
keep going. The only general
problem area is with the
gearbox/clutch operation. There
can be a clutch squeal when the
pedal Is pushed down and there
may be a crunch when changing
from third to second. T^e later
of these indicates a weak
synchronism and shows a car
which has been driven hard.
Don't buy the car if this happens
Also look for panel damage as
these cars have been a bit on the
accident prone side of things.
IBOB's (B is shcrt for Bluebird the name now on one of its
successors) are good cars and
don't let their looks or myriad
of knockers (who undoubtedly
have never driven one) deceive
you of this fact.
* If anybody has any comments
to make about the "roughed
u p " corners joining Ring Roads
South and West drop a line to
Lot's Wife. I believe they are
dangerous and will be even
more so when the roads are wet.
If we can get an opinion we can
try to get this mess sorted out.
* Perth driver Mike Thackwell
won the first round of the
European formula 3,000 championship at Silverstone on the
24th
March.
The
win
is
important to Thackwell who has
been trying enter Formula one for
anumberof years. Another good
season should see him with a
regular driver next year.
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SEVEN DAYS A WEEK
SPORTING GOODS
Sport Swap
Secondhand Sports Gear
You can find new and used
sports gear at this shop. Football
boots sell for $5 - $15. A used
Wilson tennis racket sells for about
$40. New tennis wear from liquidation stock with the brand name
'Fitness' sells for under half price.
You can find new and used hockey
sticks, cricket bats, tracksuits, skiparkers and ski gear. You can also
sell your old sports gear. Cash or
cheques. No refunds or exchanges.
616 High Street
EAST KEW
Phone: 80 4946 Mon-Thur 10-5.30,
Fri till 9, Sat 9-12.
Dromana Disposals
Cheap Camping Gear
You can find real bargains on
overalls and work clothing, but
there is also a range of discounted
camping gear. For example, factory
second sleeping bags sell for only
$22.
Cash,cheque or bankcard.
3 Pier Street
DROMANA
Phone: (059)
8-5.30
87
2021 Mon-Fri
Golfers Discount Store
Secondhand Golfing Gear
Prices extremely competitive,
services excellent, good range especially on secondhand equipment.
The secondhand gear is mostly golf
bags, buggies and clubs. Some individual golf clubs sell from $10 up.
New gear is sold at discounted
prices.
Cash, bankcard or three months
credit.
616 High Street
EAST KEW
Phone: 80 4946 Mon-Thur 10-5.30,
Fri till 9, Sat 9-12
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LOT'S
WIFE
4-?jHr>^
advance rent, just for starters.
But the situation is not all bleak.
The
Tenancies
Tribunal
has
supported the notion that if you
had NO SPECIFIC AGREEMENT
allowing the owner to increase the
rent, then there can be no increase
without YOUR CONSENT.
iCenanou
By Luisa Bazzani
What rights do you have when it
comes to crucial matters concerning
your lease (and you!) during it's
lifetime? What say do you have
about the rent being increased?
What about your privacy? Security?
When can landlord w/alk in to
inspect "his" place? At his or her
own will?
For any tenant, security means
being able to live in a rented home
without fear or unreasonable eviction. In Victoria the Liberal Party's
Residential Tenancies Act manages
to contain just enough loopholes to
ensure
that
your
"security"
depends
largely
upon
your
landlord's goodwill.
Take, for example, the case of
rent increase. The Act contains no
provision for rent control. Your
landlord can demand any rent he or
she feels like, usually a security
deposit (bond) and one months
HOWUO YOUSOLVK
YOUR PROBLEMS'.'
Ever had :i personal problem that
has been severe enough for you to
contemplate professional assistance? Ever made an appointment
with a psychologist or psychiatrist and then not kept it?
We are conducting research on
why people seek or even jusi contemplate professional help but do
not use it. If you are such a person aiid are willing to be interviewed please contact S. Failla
on 541 3968 (Monash Psych.
Department)
Be careful, though: most leases
started after
November
1981
contain a provision allowing the
owner to increase the rent. If you
signed the lease document, and this
was part of the agreement (i.e.
within the document) then you're
bound by it. If you won't pay the
mcrease, the owner can then, and
probably will, serve you with a sixmonth notice to vacate. You are
NOT in arrears by not paying the
increase in these circumstances.
If there's talk of the rent going
up, and you're sure your landlord is
entitled to seek the increase, make
sure you're given 60 days written
notice of the increase. As it is, landlords can increase the rent however
much they like but the rent cannot
be increased at intervals of less than
six months.
Unfortunately, there's little or
nothing you can do about rent
control. But if you feel the increase
is unfair, then the rent can be
assessed by an INDEPENDENT
VALUER
(the
Residential
Tenancies Bureau). Write to them
about the increase, and If their
report back to you is favourable,
tell your landlord about it. If he or
she says, "who cares"? take it to a
hearing at the Tribunal. (The
Bureau will help you with this).
So you pay the rent, you pay the
f/vrr/^g^
increase, a strangers got one
month's rent in a trust account you
know nothing about, and you're
secure. Right? Wrong!
WORD-TEX
Word Processing Bureau
The RTA (I hope you're starting
to hate this act by now) actually
defines a landlord's RIGHT TO
ENTER only 24 hours after he or
she gives you written notice of the
intention to do so. Whilst one part
of the Act (S.92) specifies that a
•landlord should take all "reasonable steps" to ensure the Tenant's
"quiet enjoyment" of the home,
three sections later, the landlord
can step in (literally) when he or
she feels like it.
Theses , reports , multiple copies.
Professionally produced on
WANG word processor.
531 4803
Pickup and delivery available.
"Approved" reasons under the
law include: when notice has been
given by either of you and prospective new tenants want to take a
look; when the premises are being
sold; for repairs and other landlord's duties; for valuation; if he
or she believes that you have not
complied with any part of the law
(and there's a good reason for believing so) and, finally, a landlord can
just come in for a "general inspect i o n " once every six months. Just
to take a look at what you're
getting up to.
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Now that Easter is over, Activities comes bacl< with more events
than ever. Between now and the
end of term we have two Union
Nights, Lunchtime Concerts and
film screenings.
Thursday 24th of March is the
date of our next big Union Night.
The stars of the show musically
are the "Spainards," a band that
have made a big name for themselves around the pubs. The
Union Night also features Austentafious, the first of the new breed
of Australian comedians, his first
single "Australiana" went ail the
way t o number one. Of course
there will be a iot more happening
as well, so come along.
The number of enquiries we
have had about this Union Night
has been staggering. The doors
open at 8.00 p.m., so be early and
don't miss out. We do have a B.Y.O.
licence, but remember no glass.
For further details watch the Daily
News and look around for posters.
Looking forward to the last
week of term, there's a lot happening so get those essays and
assignments out of the way and
start enjoying yourself. On Tuesday May 7th, we have another in
our series of Lunch Time Concerts. They are free so just wander
into the Upstairs Foyer at lunchtime and let "Beggarman Thief"
entertain you.
On Thursday May 9th, we have
our traditional End of Term Union
Night. This is always a big night
and this year's promises to be
bigger than ever when we have
the "Saints" headlining.
Just to wet your appetites for
the rest of the year, we have the
top international and Australian
bands "General Public" and "Goanna," both appearing early in
second term. For more details
keep checking the Daily News or
come down t o M.A.S. and ask us
personally.
Alistair Waters
Activities Chairperson
eteciioNS
DEIMOCRATS CALL
FOR FAIR ELECTiON
CONDUCT
At a meeting to discuss the
forthcoming M.A.S. elections, the
Australian Democrats agreed to
adopt a code of ethics pertaining
to the conduct of election participants during the campaign.
This was decided in response to
the appalling level of "foul play"
that marred last September's
M.A.S. elections.
The text of this code reads:
1. We will not deface or remove
any campaigning material which
has been posted by any person
during the course of the elections;
2. We will not place ourown campaigning material over anyone
else's;
3. We will be responsible for the
removal of our own material at the
close of the elections.
The Australian Democrats hold
that all candidates have the right
to express their views. People who
have spent time and energy preparing and posting their advertising materials should not suffer the
ignominy of having their materials
prematurely removed. We therefore call upon our supporters and
those of other contesting groups
to adopt these standards, so the
elections will run smooth and is
fair and democratic.
Christopher Sexton
President
Australian Democrats Club
" N O M I N A T I O N OF
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FACULTY BOARD
Nominations have been called for
three undergraduate representatives and one graduate representative on the Board of the
Faculty of Economics and Politics
for a term expiring on 30th April,
1986. Nomination forms may be
obtained from the faculty office,
second floor, Menzies building.
Nominations must be forwarded to
the faculty office by 12 noon on
12th April, 1985. The nominator,
seconder and nominee for the undergraduate representatives must
be students enrolled for the degree of Bachelor of Economics and
the nominator, seconder and nominee for t h e graduate student
representative must be enrolled
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of nominations exceeds the numberof representatives required,an
election will be held on 23rd and
24th April at the faculty office."
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Vital Statistics - from
Ian Thomas, your Club
Liaison Officer.
WELCOME Are you aware that we now have over 150
clubs to choose from, being
broadly selected from political,
social, cultural and academic
backgrounds. Sports and Recreation must have over fifty active
sporting clubs and the demand for
new clubs is ever increasing each
week in both departments.
If you are not aware of the Clubs
and Societies department (C & S),
then you are surely not aware that
this is where a lot of your Union
Fee comes to fruition. In joining a
club, most people find a development in their well being, communication skills and friendships.
If you weren't lucky enough to
form life-long ties with yourf riends
at school then University may be
the place to begin. Clubs and
Societies is a doorway to many
activities - and thousands of
students.
THE OFFICE Drop in to our
office and we will provide you with
a list of all our clubs, and if you
decide that their aims are suitable
for you we will give you contact
numbers for the various committees and an idea of what the club
does. Alternatively, you can leave
a message in the club letterboxes
(located at rear of the Union Desk),
and I'm sure that someone will
ring you. If you are having difficulty
contacting a club, just let us know
and we'll see what we can do.
RENOVATIONS At present, the
C & S office is udergoing development; this means more convenience for both staff and stu
dents. The scope of what can be
accomplished has increased and
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ing area specifically designed for
clubs to discuss what they are
doing without disturbing others.
Lay-out facilities have been included, so that all those awkward
poster and magazine faults can be
ironed, and we can heipl
EQUIPMENT I have currently
purchased an electric typewritter,
guilotine, and letragraphix typesetter for clubs' direct use. These
will be booked through the office,
and workable systems will be
devised when the office is back to
normal. Letraset is readily available to - of course it saves us a lot
of trouble if you see me regarding
these things, too let me know
when you'll require them etc.
The Union has purchased a
badgemaking machine which may
be hired from John Ould (Building
Services Office). Badge parts can
be purchased from the Union
Desk. If you want help with your
artwork and printing advice come
and see me - well in advance.
GAMES HIRE Clubs and Societies still offers games hire to
clubs; we know that even University Students need occupational
therapy (especially as winter
draws near). One of the latest
editions to this is Trivial Pursuit.
Pictured below, the game passes
the time, and so far as trivia is
educational, this provides excellent schooling. It has proved so
popular that I will order another
one, as well as updating our
depleted stock - any suggestions?
Speak to the office about borrowing these items!!!!
COUNCIL M E E T I N G April 17fh
at 1.00 pm, H5. Compulsory attendance by a delegate is necessary
or your clubs' funding will be cut
by 50% - drastic isn't it! But don't
forget that the success of C & S is
its broad base. We need your
ideas and your vote on basic
issues this is vitally important.
Submit all your new office laearers'
lists as soon as possible (so that
we have the right delegate down
on the lists for the meeting), and
send your delegate with an ID
card - preferably his!
AGENDAS Now that we can
have executive meetings once a
fortnight, the executive decided to
close the agenda on the Thursday
before each meeting. Don't forget
to have your correspondence,
grant forms and enquiries straightened out before that date!!! If
you are confused, don't hesitate to
come up to the office.
CLUB FINANCES Watch them
carefully! Make careful reference
to club expenditure and 'minute'
everything! If you're having difficulties, the best thing to do is
consult the C & S Manual. If
you've done that and still have a
mess to cope with see us as soon
as the matter arises. A careful
committee will always work well in
advance and clear the problem
up early.
ANYWAY stay tuned to this
page, check your letter boxes, join
your clubs, ask your questions and have fun (my analyst tells me
it's very important). Don't forget
that one avenue of advertising
your club is on this page - s o g e too
it and write.
Ian Thomas
Club Liaslon OMicer (C.L.O.)
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Ihose of you tfiat venture over
the wall that surrounds West
Berlin, will probably never go
back. One trip there will make you
realise that George Onwell's "1984"
does exist. It is an exhibition of a
repressive envi onment that few
Westerners know.
The first thing that will strike you
is that visually, everything is so
grey, giving the city a depressing
nature. There is old-rubble and the
bullet holesfrom World War II that
haven't been filled. Everything
takes on a wartime atmosphere.
Attercoming in from West Berlin
a flourishing "Western" city these visual images really strike
you. The strangest thing is the
lack of billboards and colourful
advertising.
The only advertising that exists
is in the form of propaganda.
Youth is the main topic and you
will see scattered posters of
teenagers who have received
medals for their dedication to the
party.
People's lifestyle is controlled
and predestined. Internal and
Eastern bloc political news dominates the newspapers. Western
news occupied less than half a
page in one paper I looked at.
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Television focuses on Eastern
bloc politics. The East Berlinors
can pick up Western T.V. from
West Berlin with the typical American soapies like Dallas. Most
people watch these channels but
they are not allowed to talk about
them.
Education is for everyone - as
long as they display a dedication
to the political philosophy, or just
keep their mouth shut. Even
foreign students study at their
universities - as long as they are
communists.
Thorough Politicization begins
from childhood. Parents place
their pre-teenage children in
youth groups where they learn the
principles of socialism and communism because, "it is good for
their record."
Posters on trains state "children
that read and speak Russian
please their teachers." Since
1945 they have lost their cultural
identity. East Germans are recognised as distinct in behaviourfrom
West Germans. Russian is East
Germany's second language because it is its closest ally. East
Germany's production and resources are drained out and sent to
Russia, mostly under claim that
East Germany still owes wartime
reparations.
This puppet role appears to be
moderating. The grumbles are
sounding in the ears of the
Kremlin. It is not at the pitch of
Solidarity but it is still defiance.
1984 saw a quasi - detente
created between East and West
Germany much to the disapproval
of the Kremlin. There is a resounding realization in Eastern Europe
of the need for links with the West
because of economic reality.
Subsequently a $330 million
dollar (D.M. 950m) West German
loan was granted.
The Kremlin may disapprove but
it is the likes of Czechoslovakia in
1968 that will bring the tanks
rolling in.
So what is
it like for a tourist?
The sinister side of " 1 9 8 4 " can be
found there. For the tourist, this is
the biggest trap.
Government agents approach
tourists to exchange Western
currency for East German because the offical rate is at least
four times less. Heavy penalties
ensue.
As soon as you enter the place a
feeling of government lawlessness envelopes you. You are in a
precarious postition. Just taking a
photo of a soldier can constitute
espionage and twenty-five years
in prison. If they feel like strip
searching you at a crossing point
to West Berlin they will. You feel
frustrated and angry because it is
the first time you realise you have
no protection from your own
country. Consequently many people
disappear after entering East
Berlin.
East Berlin gives the impression
of a city under military coup. One
in five people is a soldier of
policeman. One East Berliner said
this show of strength was to
ensure everthing runs smoothly in
their showcase to the West.
Unfortunately it creates fear in the
untrained Western eye.
The cold, pre-meditated world
that exists behind the wall is
something to be experienced and
something that will haunt you.
Unfortunately, all that is written
here is bad, I found nothing good
or anything I would want to
replicate in this society. Every
person who has been there has
felt the fear and unease of people
watching them. I felt this too.
" 1 9 8 4 " DOES EXIST.
by Nadya Vecchiet
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I hen you were at Melbourne University In 1 9 8 3 you
were called the "Pinko In the
Pulpit." Were you talking about
'leftist' issues just to gain
attention?
No, I was just being John Smith.
I'm a very complex person. Yesterday I was listening to SCR and
there was a lady giving a report on
the struggle for liberation in
Nicaragua and El Salvador. It hurt
me, because I feel I supported the
movements she was supporting
(in this case the government in
Nicaragua and the FDLM in El
Salvador). But, every second word
was filled with extreme MarxistLennist jargon. It was all about the
'people's liberation' and assorted
subjects.
Now I am utterly against the
Reagan s of this world, but I am
also aware that native people in a
village in Nicaragua can hardly be
said to be really in control of their
own destiny and freely developing
their own liberation in the high
falutant terms that lady was using.
It's bullshit. They're mostly village
people caught between the pressure of leftist and right-wing
forces, who basically are quite
ready to inflict quite painful consequences on any villager that
doesn't admit to their particular
directions.
Along with this I'll be called a
pinko because I'll take a stand on
some things that the moral right
never consider. It's extraordinary
to me that a group who call
themselves pro-life in regards to
abortion, will be pro-armaments,
pro-building up the weapons of
madness, and pro-militarist solutions to the world's problems.
If you want to stop ComI munism in Central America
there is another answer: stop
the rampant inhumanity, brutality, and the greed of unrestrained capitalism.
As one man said years ago, "If
you put a lion and a lamb in the
same paddock with equal rights,
you have what is called a 'free
enterprise system.' The outcome for the lamb is quite
clearly pre-decided."
I don't stir the way I do to win
support from the left on campus. I
say the things I say because they
are the perogatives of true biblical
Christians to say. It ought to be the
Christians who speak out against
the manipulation of others.
That is the reason I take the
stand I do. My heart beats with
great pain with many of the most
radical students at university but
when you call me a 'Pinko' be
careful, because I believe that I
would be, if holding to a truly
biblical position, a threat to all
political groups on campus, the
right and left. I believe the Christian message is a third way but far
too often the Christian church has
been a mindless supporter of
either of the two existing ways.
What is the church's place in
the world?
The church's place in the world
is two-fold. It's prophetic and
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serving. The prophetic aspect is
an aspect that calls for, in one
sense, a 'sword in the hand' to
challenge the state of the world,
and the shape of society. To come
with a measure of anget and
protest against that which is not
right. It comes to declare rather
than discuss. The prophetic message comes saying "God has
declared that judgement is written
across the injustice, the manipulation, the sinfulness of the society
we've established to protect our
own interests."
The other role of the church is
that of putting an apron on and
serving, That is a role that demands listening and being sens i t i v e to where people are. Of
listening to their pain, their aspirations and fears.
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What then is the
message?
Christian
It is a message of freedom and
liberation. There are many things
that Christianity liberates you
from, but the ultimate thing that
Christianity liberates you from is
bondage. The bondage which
results from removing ourselves
from the liberating love of God the only one who can make sense
of the universe.
Now from a Christian point of
view, we claim that at the centre of
this bondage is the old fashioned
term that we used to call sin.
Loosely you would call it selfcentredness, egoism of the wrong
sort, and it puts us constantly
under bondage: the more we
seek, the less we seem to be
satisfied.
The trouble with so many socalled 'liberationists' today is that
they say "We've come to set you
free," but in actual fact they come
to bring you under obeidence to
them and when you are freed from
the other, they then simply put you
under another form of bondage,
this time to them. They're no less
self-seeking than the group of
overlords you had before.
If the one who is calling you to
do something is, in his aims
toward you and his understanding
of you, complete, then to take his
advice would be very wise.
What we are saying is: there is
One in the universe who calls us to
obey Him. This otaedience is a
liberating obedience.
If God is as Jesus presents Him
to be then His calling us to
obedience is not so that He may
simply dominate us and make us
live out some form of servile
relationship. We must come to a
point where we see God as O ne
who loves us. One who, as shown
in the life and death of Christ,
gives. God's essential nature is to
love. When we come into a
relationship with Christ and know
God's forgiveness,
our relationship with
others remarkably changes. One
finds the joy of self-sacrafice.
The Gospel is saying that liberation is about being able to live for
those around us.
The freedom we're talking about
is not just freedom from some-
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thing, it's freedom to operate to
the end for which we've been
created: "to care for one another."
Would you agree with Ian
Sinclair's comments that it is a
pity that Bob Hawke is an
atheist?
I think it is a great pity that
Sinclair should say it. If I had the
public record as questionable as
hisis, Ithinkif I really loved God I'd
keep my mouth shut!
My second comment would be
Bullshit. The National party serves
its constit'jents. I haven't noticed
amongst the land owners of this
country any generally profound
commitment to any real God or
Christian faith. Most of them live
fortheirholdings, their farms, their
prestige, whatever. I think for any
party to claim it that it is essentially a 'party for God' while it
ministers for a society that is
basically tor the dollar is talking
nonsense.
I think that Bobby Hawke has
brought a lot of good into governing since he's come into power
and I Ijke Bob in many ways. I think
he could do much for the country
as a PM without being a Christian
but I do believe that Australia is in
tremendous need of a spiritual
foundation. I believe that Solzhenitsyn to the right and Archbishop Romero (who was martyred during mass by a right-wing
death squad) to the left, both
would say, from the quite different
political positions, that ultimately
the meaning of life is spiritual
growth not personal pleasure.
Solzhenitsyn stated this and I
believe he's right
In that case, for Bob to see
himself in Messianic proportions
could be very dangerous. For him
to lead us into a period where the
answers are all materialistic and
political could be very dangerous.
If it is true that we exist not for
personal pleasure but for spiritual
growth then we have a Prime
Minister who hasn't got Buckley's
chance of leading us into that
which we essentially need as a
nation. That's not a question of left
or right, for there are men on both
left and right who maintain that
there are deeper issues, that the
dollar Is not the ultimate question.
If Bob Hawke added to what he
has got, the strength of knowing
who he is, in the ultimate sense he
would be a better PM. But I'm
struggling with what I think about
Bob because I think he has
forsaken, to me, the justice issue,
for the Latin-American peasants
and the East Timorese. Bob, who
once talked about the underpriviliged a great deal, has forsaken that for continual survival
as a Prime Minsiter. I can understand why many of those to the
left, on university campuses, see
him as more of an enemy than a
friend.
However, even without expressing any faith, Bob Hawke does
sometimes show some very Christian responses to things. He's
honest enough to say that much of
the best of his sense of humanity
comes from the theology of his
father, Rev. Clem Hawke. Bob
says that his father taught him that
the 'Brotherhood of man' is a
doctrine directly related to the
Fatherhood of God. I think students should think about this; not
as a bit of soft-headedness for his
love of his Dad, but that if there is a
God, who has fathered the human
race then the direct result of this
is, if God is the Father then we
should be brothers and sisters.
What about the future?
I don't believe the real problems
of the 70's have been answered. I
don't believe a PM who is more
friendly toward the middle of the
road is going to solve the problems of broken relationships, out
of which comes drug addiction
and homelessness.The kid who's
being raped by her father can't be
expected to stay at home. When
there are twenty-five thousand
and one. I don't see anything
coming from the present leadership that will do anything to
change that. There may be a
minimal structural change, perhaps in the provision of finance for
the building of some new housing,
for these kind of kids to use, but I
am deeply troubled because Australia in 1984 is as materialistic as
it ever was.
It is also as much without a
moral identity. The fact that we
can get so carried away about the
winning of a yacht race between
two highly exclusive yacht clubs,
and still be carrying on about it
now is an example of the lack of
moral identity and meaninglessness in Australian culture. I stayed
up and watched it all night
because I've got red blood in my
veins like everyone else, but to go
on with it now, when it wasn't
even broadcast in New York, and
the Americans didn't really know
or care about it, is ridiculous. It
was fascinating to watch the
Australia Day Concert and notice
that in nominations for the Australian of the Year, there was only
one woman. It was the same with
the nominations for the best
contribution to social action. Even
though we've got heavy legislation on the books about equal
rights, nothing will change, we'll
still find ways to be as racist and
sexist as we've ever been in the
past.
Even in things that the Labor
Party have spoken out morally on,
justice is not being done. Regarding the money Aborigin es receive
for mining on their sacred land,
over 50 per cent, I understand, of
the royalties that go the Northern
Lands Council, goes straight to
white solicitors. This is why the
Christian message is needed. The
future of Australia, without some
understanding about the need for
spiritual and motivational change
within the lives of its people is
doomed. There is a need to see
beyond a mere economic and
political shift. That's why we're
hoping to come onto the university campus and hit away at the
issues of life itself.
Peter Horbury
Peter Leslie
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/ h e Saints first came to attention in 1976, with the release of
"(I'm) Stranded," a frantic, independently recorded single which
was hailed as the birth of Australian punk. Greeted by the fickle
English press as 'the Single of the
Year,' "Stranded" catapulted the
Saints into an impromptu love
affair with European new wave/
power pop culture. The honeymoon has continued virtually
unabated until the present, to the
extent that, in recent years, the
Saints creator, Chris Bailey, has
treated France as a virtual home
base.
The popularity and critical acclaim that has embraced the
Saints in Europe has not, however
been replicated in Australia. Commercial success in the homeland
has been scant, although there
have been recent indications that
Australia is beginning to catch up
with the vitality and power that is,
Chris Bailey and the Saints.
Bailey's last record "A Little
Madness to be Free" represents
the latest step in one of the more
colourful musical progressions
undertaken by an Australian artist
The album is a product of passion
and inspiration, a rich blend of finely
structured rock and roll, flavoured
with the recklessness that has always
set the Saints apart.
It's an album of conviction and
substance and of surprising warmth.
In contrast to the superficial harshness and more subtle humour of the
Saint's early m a t e r i a l , "A L i t t l e
Madness to be Free," is an
evocative, mature work made up
of powerful songs and exacting
instrumentation. Vibrant brass
and vigorous strings, join with
both acoustic and electric guitars
to create a record of jagged
elegance.
The Saints may one day produce, "the great rock record." The
"spark" for such an achievment is
undoubtedly present; and Bailey
is aware of it. "My songs apparently have certain qualities to them."
However he's equally aware that
he hasn't made this magical
record yet. "Everytime I make an
L.P.; when it's finished and packaged, I look at if and realize, this is
not it, this is not the one." Despite
this, Bailey Is not a perfectionist in
the studio, to the contrary he often
finds that the imperfections impage
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prove, rather than flaw the final
product. "Something might be
slightly out of tune, but if there's
magic in the performance, who
cares? Occasionally something
technically wrong will jump out
and say to yoursense of aesthetics,
this is the way it has to be."
In a contradiction of his popular
public persona, Chris Bailey comes
across as reserved and quietly
spoken, even shy. He speaks in a
deep resounding voice which still
maintains more than a hint of Irish
brogue. Bailey seems to be well at
ease these days; his live shows,
with the latest version of the
Saints, are playing to large and
appreciative crowds, and Bailey is
producing music which he finds is
aesthetically satisfying.
The Saints earfy progress, in
Australia, was perhaps stiffled by
our press treating them as a punk
band. As Bailey says "there was no
such thing as punk in Brisbane in
1976, all of that was hype." He
believes the Saints, even in their
early days, wanted to be "a radical
rock and roll group" and Bailey
himself claims never to have had
any real affinity with the whole
punk culture.
Chris Bailey regards his own
personal musical taste as particularfy broad, ranging from folk to
all forms of rock. He professes a
specific love of R and B, although
he says "I've got my own style,
everything I've ever listened to
has been some minor influence."
Bailey's songs are relatively
simple in technical terms reflecting his own preference for uncomplicated sounds. He dislikes
songwriters who consciously include difficult or complex music,
simply for the sake of being
clever.
Conflicting again with the image
of the hard living, arrogant rocker,
Bailey claims to be self-conscious
about his music. Speaking of his
image Bailey says, "there's a lot of
myths in rock and roll and that's
one of them. Even the most
intelligent listener of rock music
likes its exponents to be some
thing and that Image is a very
romantic idea of what many would
like."
These days "The Saints" is very
much a name held solely by Chris
Bailey to entitle any backing band
he chooses to be using at the time.
The membership of the band is
very transient, a format that Bailey
still appreciates. "The beauty of
constantly changing musicians is
that it provides me with a new
stimulus" Bailey lielieves he works
best under the pressure of new
people having new expectations
of him.
Surprisingly Chris Bailey is now
quite happy in the business
environment of the record indust
ry and the possibility of commer
cial recognition is not at all
abhorrent to him."l may have had
the attitude when 1 was younger
that I would never sell out, but
there was more hype and bullshit
and selling out in my earty career
than there is these days." He now
accepts the responsibility that if
he wants to continue making
records he needs to go through
the record company machine and
both the record company and he
personally require some sort of
commercial reward, to justify the
continuance of the relationship.
Part of the appeal of Chris
Bailey is the inherent "randomness" which seems to pervade his
career. "I'm not always conscious
of why I'm writing a particular
song, and I'm not really concious
of why, at the age of 28, I'm a rock
and roll singer." He doesn't openly
seek the respect of his peers in
the music industry, but does admit
that he does gain satisfaction if
someone, be it critic or fan gets
something from his music.
The next year will see Bailey
spending an increasing amount of
time in Australia, consolidating his
support here and hopefully finally
laying to rest the ghost of the past
which has followed his career in
this country. The music of the real
Chris Bailey speaks for itself; it is
capable of wringing the emotions
and firing the senses far more
completely than his wild man
image could ever seek to do.
Andrew Watt
LOT'S
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The first offering for tne year in
the ABC Red Series continues on
Monday and Tuesday nights this
week in the Concert Hall. The
programme, conducted by Louis
Fremaux includes Beethoven's
Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor), and Rimsky-Korsako\/'s
S c h e h e r a z a d e . Later in the year,
in concert 9 of this series, Ravel's
version of the Scheherazade
theme subtitled "Three Poems
For Voice And Orchestra" will
be presented. It will be interesting
to compare the approachefg^o
these t w o rear contempories.
There are three other ABC
presentations this fortnight. On
Saturday 20th the first of the
Saturday symphony series will be
given in the Concert Hall at 2 p.m.
The programme consists of the
"Accursed H u n t s m a n " (Frank),
the Grieg Piano Concerto, and
Beethoven's Sixth symphony. Again Louis Fremaux is conducting.
The IMonash Series starts off
on Tuesday 23rd at Robert Blackwood Hall and Its highlight must
be Frank's D minor symphony.
Thereare no prizes forguessing
who's conducting. Also the guitarist Siegfried Behrend will be
soloist in Ponce's Concerto del
Sur. He is also giving a solo recital
at Dallas Brooks Hall on Saturday
27th; this is the first of the ABC's
1985 recital series.
Monday and Tuesday of this
week and the n again on Saturday
20th and Tuesday of the 2 3 rd will
see John O'Donnell in the concluding four concerts in his performances of the complete harpischord works of J.S. Bach. These
will all be presented in the Trinity
College chapel at 8.00 p.m. To my
mind highlights must include the
Goldberg variations on Tuesday
16th and the two Bicercari from
the Musical Offering on Saturday.
.Details can be obtained on 5 7 0 7470.
Aida from the Australian Opera
'opens on Wednesday 17th with
further performances on the 20th,
24th and 27th. Tosca commences on Friday 19th with another
yUdf^'
perrormance this fortnight on t h e
25th. Finally Gounod's Romeo et
Juliette opens on Friday 26th.
The Melbourne Chorale Chamber Singers will present a programme entitled " W e a r i n ' o f the
G r e e n " in the Great Hall of the
National Gallery on Saturday 20th
at 8.15 p.m. This concert brings
together some thirty Irish folk
songs along with a Celtic harp and
Donald Cant singing baritone all
under the baton of Val Pyres.
Musica Viva have brought out
the trio Capella Corelll to perform in Dallas Brooks Hall on
Monday 22nd. This group uses
only instruments or top quality
reproductions. Their programme
will include pieces by Corelll,
Handel, J.S. Bach^Telemann and
During whatever waking hours
in which John O'Donnell is not
playing Bach he will presumably
be conducting the Tudor Choristers as he has taken over their
musical directorship after t h e
retirement of David Carolance last
year. Their first concert for the
year features the marvellous
Vaughn Williams Mass in G minor
and will be presented in St.
Patrick's Cathedral on Wednesday 24th. For me the other
highlight of this concert w o u l d
^ave to be Britten's A Hymn to
j ^ e Virgin, an exquisitely beautij ^ l piece of chorus and semi
chorus. This concert definitely
falls into the not-to-be-missed
category - aside from anything
gigg j , ^ m tig interesting to
witness O'Donnell
conducting
debut with Tudors.
Finally we have on Friday 2 6 t h
|n the Great Hall, the first subscription series presented by t h e
pantos Collegium. The concert
has been given the rather twee
title "Spririted Suites" but it ineludes some fine music including
the delightful St. Paul's Suite of
Holst,.Bach's Suite in B minor for
fjute and strings and Griegs
Holberg Suite. It sounds a very
pleasant programme.
Simon Johnson
"CHARIOTS OF FIRE. LOCAL HERO.
MIDNIGHT EXPRESS,
THE KILLING FIELDS...
I'm proud of all those films...
I couldn't be more proud of 'CAC.
I think it's one of the finest
films I've produced."
DAVID PUTTNAM
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Call Them The Blues
A
Jfsk
any football supporter
which team he hates the most of
all and the answer will almost
certainly be "Collingwood". But
ask the same person which team's
supporters he detests above all
others and, with equal certainty,
one could expect the reply to be
"Carlton". This is due partially to
the arrogance and cockiness shown
by the Blues' fans - which other
club could appoint Malcolm Fraser
as its number one supporter? But it
is also attributable to a jealousy of
the seemingly endless success the
Blues have enjoyed of recent.
Premierships in 79, 81 and 82,
coupled with a 1983 night premiership which gives them a success
rate equalled only by Melbourne
University law graduates (just ask
them) and Monash University
parking inspectors. Alas, as one
recent Monash graduate who is now
suffering through life asan articled
clerk was hear to mutter, "all good
things must come to an end". And
I for one believe that Carlton's era
of invincibility has come to its
climax.
Carlton's problem is that they
don't believe they face a problem.
They would point to the fact that
they finished third last season
(fourth after the finals), above all
bar Essendon and Hawthorn. But
one's final position is not every-
thing, you can finish up pissed
without having a good time along
the way. Carlton in fact won only
13 games to finish third, whereas
with a similar amount of wins in
other years, they could have confidently booked into Thredbo for
September. They even lost to St.
Kilda — Sri Lanka's cricketers
would have played better that day.
I believe that Carlton's problems
are threefold:
1.
Recruiting — Carlton's
interstate talent scouts must
have the same eye for talent
as either.
a. Molly Meldrum
b. The Victorian Liberal
Party
c. The Monash Eco.
Faculty or
d. All of the above.
They've bought more shit across
to Victoria in five years than British
Airways have done in five decades.
Names like Ironmonger, Jez, Smith,
Simpson, Ditchburn and Kenny
have disappeared without a trace
after arriving with more fanfare
than Springsteen. Bosustow was as
over-rated
as
my
contracts
summaries and Hunter has as much
chance of playing out a full season
as a first year arts student has of
going through first year without a
fuck. When it comes to recruiting,
quantity not quality seems to be
the motto. As to acquisitions from
other clubs, Bruce Reid and Mario
Bortolotto could not get games at
Footscray or Geelong, yet they
are supposedly purchased to replace
Doult and Southby, About as adequate as New South Wales beer is
the best I can say about these two.
Can Justin Madden fill Fitzpatrick's
boots? Will there be room in the
car-park at ten o'clock on a
Monday morning? Most Blues fans I
know only attend matches to
marvel at the clumbsiness exhibited
by this comic messiah. Alvin and
Murphy, two players poached from
other clubs, do try hard but both
lack class. Anyway, a constipated
pelican could kick the ball further
than these two put together. As for
Rhys-Jones, he is as suitable as Mr.
T is for the Bluebirds. Fair enough
the
players
must
get
more
aggressive but surely they could
have found someone more qualified
to set an example; perhaps Charles
Manson.
2.
Deadwood — The major
problem is that many of the
established players just are
no longer up to it. Perovic
hears "woof" so often he
feels obliged to play like a
dog most weeks. Glascott
played in two premiership
sides before he lost his
virginity and now cannot
"get it u p " for footy, Harmes
only plays well in grand
finals while Marcou will not
be commented upon for fear
of breaching the law of
defamation, ftthers such as
Sheldon, Austin and Vojv
J ones appear to be just
playing out time. If Maylin
had to go, why not some of
the other above mentioned
has-been
3. The Coach - Yes, Parkin
must go. He won premierships in his first two years
and since, has continually
bemoaned the fact that a
coach's effective lifespan at
any one club is limited. He
should quit^Victoria College
needs
him
more
than
Carlton. I think he is too
intellectual for players such
as McLure and Buckley. Don
Lane and the Beatles knew
when enough was enough.
I believe that until a boradbased clearout of players,
coaching staff and recruiting
personnel
is
instituted,
Carlton can loo
forward
only to years in the football
wilderness. Let me provide a
comforting
thought:
I
thought Bon Scott was immortal, yet he has been
replaced with some success,
" N o t e s " Dexter
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"We have strict salutes and most
biting laws, for headstrong steeds
and riders."
William Shakespeare
Measure for Measure
happens, regularly. You
can get some horses that
will give their all, hands
and heels and if you hit
them with the whip they
may turn it up, for arguments sake, or the horse
might be wanting to hang
In and If the rider hits it
then it's going to dive In
further and maybe cause
Interference so you've got
to be appreciative of all
those things that may take
place during the race. It's
no use pulling the whip
and then causing interference
by
knocking
others down and then
having to lose it on objection.
An Interview with racings chief
stipendiary steward — Pat Lalor.
Pat Lalor is a man who is sometimes disliked, often feared but
most often respecte<d. He has been
with the VRC for twenty-three
years and in March 1980 he took
over as Chairman of stewards. Mr,
Lalor greeted me cordially in his
office at Racing Industry Headquarters and he took me aside to a
conference
room
where
we
wouldn't be disturbed. There is no
doubt that this man has an often
difficult job and it was not my
task to make it tougher for him but
rather to find out about it.
Lehrer: What Is your attitude to
the
undeniably
large
power you hold?
Lalor.
One has to use that power
for the purpose for which
it Is intended and stewards
should take care with the
power they hold.
Lehrer: How strongly do you see
the value of hands and
heels riding? For example,
often when the rider of a
beaten horse has not used
the whip members of the
public cry foul, even if the
horse was punched out
strongly hands and heels. I
gather that this doesn't
worry you if you know
that a certain horse may
resent the whip or a rider
has a style which doesn't
rely strongly on the whip.
Lalor:
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there are some
trainers who may come to
me and say that they don't
want their jockey to pull
the whip on a horse. That
Lehrer: That of course was exemplified this year by an
incident at
flemlngton
involving
"Reformed
Rogue" when he ran right
across the field. So I
gather in that incident
Michael Clarke should hav
have stopped riding and
attempted to straighten his
mount.
Lalor:
That
is correct. Mick
Clarke kept riding and we
suspended
him.
Pat
Huland objected against
him and it was bad interference, the horse shifted
a lot of ground and he
made
no
effort
to
straighten it.
Lehrer: Does that come
careless riding?
Lalor:
under
Yes, that was careless
riding. We don't believe he
did it on purpose because
if the stewards thought
anything like that had
been done on purpose
then it would be either
foul or improper riding.
mrn
Lehrer. This year there were two
fairly
controversial
incidents, the first being
the
dissallowance
of
"Greatness" to run in
Victoria and the second
involving "< i w l " being not
allowed
to
ruii.
"Greatness" then went
back to New Zealand and
his run very well In top
company whilst "< i w l "
ran in the J apan Cup and
came home very strongly
for sixth in a race that was
probably too short for
him. Do you see now that
possibly a mistake was
made with those horses?
Lalor:
With regards to "< i w l " he
had sustained an injury, he
was examined by a panel
of vetrinary surgeons and
their advice was that he
wasn't fit to run In the
Melbourne Cup. It would
be wrong for us, having
accepted the advice of
those professional men to
let any horse run, because
if it caused an accident
you'd never sleep at night.
And not only do you have
to think of the publics
money but also the other
horses and riders running
in that race if the horse
broke down and fell In
front of them when you
had received professional
advice to say it wasn't fit
to run, you can't afford to
take
that
risk.
Now
regarding the other horse,
he
evidently
has an
abnormal action. Once
again we were advised by
the panel of vetrinary
surgeons that the horse
was unfit to run. Wow,
true it Is that some weeks
later "< i w l " went
raced in Tokyo and his
injury may have improved
by that time, which is fair
comment. The other horse
has
always
had
an
abnormal action and he
went back to race in New
Zealand, but you must
deal with the evidence
before you at the time.
Lehrer: But the trainer of "Greatness". Ray Peake was
trying to point out to
stewards that the horse
always had an obnormal
action and it had never
hampered him.
Lehrer: Do you know of any incidents involving jockeys
doing deals with each
other either before or
during a race?
Lalor.
No, I have no knowledge
of that, I have no knowledge of any incident, and
I've said it before. In
regards to horses not being
ridden on their merits or
jockeys or trainers rigging
races that have not been
Investigated
here
in
Victoria. It's our duty, if
we got evidence of that to
investigate it, and thats the
only way to maintain the
publics
confidence
in
racing.
Lehrer: But I once saw, at a minor
picnic meeting the rider on
the favourite yell out
words to the effect of "let
the favourite through",
when out of earshot of
stewards. Obviously he has
the right to II for racing
room but what he said
doesn't
really
Inspire
public confidence.
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\Ae would not condone
that in any shape or form,
to maintain public confidence you've got to ensure
that sort of thing doesn't
happen.
Lehrer: I'm interested in your view
toward apprentice riders.
A great deal of fuss is
being made over our
apprentices at the moment
and they are good riders,
but it seems to me that the
apprentices
who
were
around
when
I was
younger such as Dale
Short and Mark Riley were
just as good. The press, is
constantly picking up on a
new apprentice of the
month and blowing the
subject out of proportion.
Lalor: Yes, I think you are
correct. We've always had
up and coming riders, such
as Geoff Lane and many
others, but at this time
there appears to be an
abundance of good ones
whereas ysars ago there
would have been only two
or three. I think a number
of factors are responsible
for that. We now have
video machines where a
Master can now point out
faults to an apprentice
whereas in the old days
the would just be told and
hopefully pick up on the
problem. Wte now have the
apprentices school where
they learn from films and
lectures and we have more
trials than ever before.
Years ago, to obtain a
permit an apprentice just
had to ride trackwork in
front of stewards but now
they have to be passed in
at least five trials, and then
have five rides in the
country before they can
ride in the city. All these
factors add up to apprentices having better apportunities today.
a number of winners their
allowance is reduced. Like
any professional man, he
has to start somewhere
and the only way for him
to get experience is by
being given opportunities.
Lalor:
Lehrer: One time <i Mornington I
backed a horse ridden by
Matthew Hyland and I
believe that he rode a very
poor race. Rod Dawkins
rode the winner, which he
rated
to
perfection.
Admittedly I was angry at
the time but I made the
comment that I would
prefer
have
Dawkins
riding,
than
Mathew
Hyland claiming even five
kilos. Do you think that
apprentices are getting too
many rides in preference
to senior jockeys?
Lalor: You're studying at University and when you've
finished you'll have to be
given the opportunity to
start your career somewhere and young riders
have to get their opportunities to start too. They
get a three kilo allowance
to compensate them for
lack of experience and as
you know when they ride
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Lehrer: An interesting point petaining
to
apprentice
jockeys
involves
them
getting into trouble when
riding under their masters
instructions. (At this point
I outlines a fairly recent
case where an apprentice
incurred
a
lengthy
suspension for not letting
a horse run on its merits).
My point Is that the
apprentice must have been
under orders to ride the
horse in such a manner
and is obligated to do so
yet if caught, he incurs the
penalty and his master
doesn't.
Lalor:
Taking action against
anyone depends on the
evidence produced at an
enquiry. You can't take
action against a trainer or
a master if he doesn't
support the manner in
which the
horse was
ridden, unless you have
evidence to the contrary.
But
you
still
can't
condone the apprentice
riding the horse in the way
he did.
Lehrer: But if an apprentice were
to be caught, he couldn't
say that his master ordered
him to pull the horse
because he would know
that he'd be out on his ear
with his boss.
Lalor:
That would be so, but
then again you can't get
that sort of evidence.
Lehrer: So a boy could be put in a
very difficult situation and
yet be unable to do
anything about it?
Lalor:
He may say he was riding
it to instructions and the
boss mightn't agree that
they were the instructions
and then you've got to
work out and act again on
the evidence to find out
who Is telling the truth,
then take the appropriate
action.
Lehrer: Do the stewards have
certain
trainers
and
jockeys that are watched
more
carefully
than
others?
Lalor;
Not really, you may pay
more attention to big
betting stables but apart
from that it would be
wrong jo single out riders
or trainers because while
you're watching one there
might be two others doing
something
ten
times
worse, so you've just got
to watch them generally.
Lehrer: Do you suspect though,
that there are horses going
^(^
around that are not being
allowed to run on their
merits?
Lalor.
I'd have my head buried in
the sand if I said there
were none. But any that
come to our notice I can
assure you are questioned,
and the matter is investigated, if we have the
necessary evidence we will
take
the
appropriate
action.
Lehrer: Do you believe that
stewards and committee
men should be allowed a
vested interest in racing?
Lalor.
Well stewards, definately
not. It would be very
wrong for stewards who
are
responsible
for
decisions taken from eight
o'clock on raceday. There
is no way I would condone
stewards or any official,
starter, judge or whatever
having any interest whatsoever
in
that
days
proceedings. In fact I
think its wrong for a
steward to bet anywhere,
because if he goes to the
trots and bets it then
leaves a bad impression.
People can say he'll bet
there
so
he'll
bet
somewhere else.
Lehrer: What about committee
people?
Lalor.
Committee people are a
different ball game. They
do not make decisions in
respect to any race on race
day.
Lehrer: But there is some talk that
committee
people
do
obtain favours, whether it
be from stewards or
getting over the odds
prices from bookmakers
because of their position.
(For the first time Mr.
Lalor seemed agitated but
very forceful in reply).
Lalor:
I can assure you that no
committeeman in my time
here has ever got any
favour or ever asked for
one. I can assure you of
that. Now, bookmakers, I
have no knowledge of that
but it would astound me
that
a
committeeman
would put himself in that
position.
Lehrer. The other controversial
incident you were involved
in last year concerned
leading Queensland rider
Gavan Duffy. Duffy learnt
to ride in England with
that very short style and
has won two Brisbane
premierships as well as
riding
successfully
in
Sydney.
Whilst
I
understand your reasons
for objecting to such a
short riding style do you
feel that you may have
compromised
the
of his mounts that day at
Caulfield by making him
Lalor:
drop
his
irons
and
therefore change his style.
Like telling Bob Skelton,
who rides fairly long, to go
and pull them up six
notches.
I don't think that the
amount Duffy altered his
leathers should affect him
one iota. And if he
couldn't ride the amount
he lengthened his leathers
then he's not a horseman.
Lehrer.
What was the actual
lengthening?
Lalor:
He finished up riding an
Inch
and one
eighth
longer. From a safety
point of view I don't think
that very short style is in
the best interests of racing,
I don't think they can
drive a horse out as we
So you may come back
and mention Piggott. Well
all I'll say is, there's one
Don Bradman in cricket
and there's one Lester
Piggott in racing? Many
have tried to adopt his
style and they get un
balanced, they go back on
the horse when they go for
it. A typical example, I
believe Brent Thomson
was a great rider when he
rode here, and I mean a
'great' rider, he went to
England, altered his style
and I don't think he was
as good a rider.
Lehrer: But advocates of the
shorter style maintain that
the swaying motion and
the
tranceference
of
weight onto the withers
rather than on the horses
back make it every bit as
good as kicking a horse
out.
Lalor:
Under their conditions it
may be. They race I think
with a maximum of twelve
in the field. There rules are
different,
interference
means immediate disqualification and they virtually
race in lanes, they don't
race near as tight as what
our boys do. Thats the
pattern of our racing, it's
tight so you've got to be
sure from a safety factor
that those who go out will
come back on them. And
may I say if you check
Gavan Duffy's record, you
will find he was suspended for seven months
out of twelve last season
and for five months the
season before that. Can
you tell me that someone
with a record like that has
full control over their
mount?
Mr. Lalor parting words to me
were, "always remember if you do
nothing wrong you have nothing to
fear." But I think it's a good idea
to have a look over your shoulder
every now and again anyway.
ROBERTLEHRER
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Well, the Monash mens-hocky
team triumphed in grand style on
Sunday 17th March in the Victorian Moomba Hockey carnival.
Monash teams have been successful over in many competitions
but nothing as devasting as Sundays displays. Winning nine straight
games scoring 27 goals and conceding only three personifying great
team work and determination.
The Moomba carnival is run on
two consecutive Sundays at the
Albert Park grounds. The competition is split into six groups at three
divisions comprising 48 teams. Division one comprises the best teams
in Victoria from State league one,
Division two consists of State league two and three teams while division three is made up of State
league three and four. Monash as
a State league four team perrmed well to win the division three
flag.
On the first Sunday in the blustering heat, that only Melbourne
can provide in Autumn, Monash
whitewashed the opposition with
four straight wins. On the following
Sunday, the 17th March, all teams
battled out the cold and wet conditions of Melbourne Autumn. We
again d o w n e d all foes with five
straight wins and the premiers flag
as our reward.
Noteable performances over the
competition were Keith Gordon,
PH D in Wallabies, a hatrick of goals
against R.M.I.T. Andrew Hancock
honours in male reproduction,
cleaned up at full back. Graeme
Cliff, Masters in Administration,
organized two winning goals in the
Grand Final against Carlo. The comaetition results were:
The Monash mens hockey club
hasfourteamsln the U.H.A. Winter
competition; State league four. East
A, East B and East C. We train
every Tuesday and Thursday at
6.30 p.m. under lights and indoors.
The training program is building up
and there is still plenty of room for
new members.
The Albury
Easter Hockey
Competition was held over the long
weekend. It comprised of 130 mens
and womens teams from Victoria
and N.S. v., the largest 1st Hockey
Tournament
in the
Southern
Hemisphere. Two mens and two
womens teams were involved and
this provided for plenty of social
intercourse. All in all it was a great
success, with three days of intense
competition and time to relax in
sunny Albury with a few beers.
On a slightly more serious note
the Australian Intervarity Hockey
Competition will be held in the first
week of the May holidays in Sydney. The Monash club trys to send
its strongest team and if you are
interested in playing then make
yourself known around the club.
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Dear Ed's,
I wasdisgusted by the language
used in the football article in last
editon of Lot's Wife. I refer to a
paragraph on Geelong which read
"the pussy's will be eaten or
beaten." I find the Inuendo in this
language offensive and sexist. I
don't think I need to spell out
why?
Further, i fmd it incredible that a
supoosedly 'alternative' student
newspaper contains such large
and regular articles on football. If
we must have mainstream sport in
our campus newspaper, surely it
would be more equitable and fair
to include women's sport in this
section.
We live in a partiachai society in
which male sports are thrust down
our throats by the mainstream
media. Surely, as students we
should lead progressive thought
in this country by attempting to
break down these 'male' bia's.
Nicky Kepert
Women's Officer
AL.P. Club.
Socially things are moving and
we are working closely with the
womens hockey club. Sports and
Recreation has spent a large sum
of money on ground improvements
and other facilities. The club offers
good competitive hockey as well
as social hockey so stay tuned for
another Monash premiership.
Dear Ms Kepert,
I am personally in support of sexual equality and female emancipation, but women like yourself seem
to be hell-bent on eliminating sexuality altogether, even In humour:
if Geelong was nicknamed "The
Roosters," t would have written
something like "The Cocks in
1985 can only look forward tobeing sucked and fucked." What would
your reaction have been then Ms
Kepert? And Ms Kepert when you
make serious allegations at someone it is not sufficient to back yourself up with "I don't think I need to
spell out why." I think you do.
With regard to your attack on the
sports' section, well it's true that a
lot of the sport covered is mair>stream. However, it iscertair>ly not
covered in a mainstream fashion.
And football, cricket, racing, etc.
are not as you've put it "thrust down
our throats." It's simply a case of
supply and demand. There have
also been articles ranging from the
Monash Blues Football Club and
University Olympics to (yes Ms
Kepert), Women's Cricket and
Women's Rowing. Oh Ms Kepert,
why did you not write in then?
RickuChazan
:KJ
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With two round's of the season
completed the leader on his own
Iwith nine wins is STEWART DAVISON.
There are large groups
closely following with seven and
eight wins. As things start to sort
themselves out in the coming
weeks a more comprehensive list
of leaders will be printed.
DIVtSION 1 K E W S L 1
DIVISION 2 ALTONA SL2
DIVISION 3 MONASH SL4
This has been a tremendous start
to the impending hockey season
nd the players were proud to wear
[he Monash colours.
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Exactly 150 students entered
and thus the prize pool stands at
$750. The prizes will be split as
follows:
1 St Prize $400
2nd Prize $200
3rd Prize $100
4th Prize $50
^ THe Qme>i QmusK
!l1 fellow punters, I'm hire to
wet your appetite again with the
offer of some attractive horse flesh
- its S2.89 a kilo at the butchers
on the coumer of - no punters,
only iokmgi My "horses to follow"
so far haven't done much for the*
old bank about, but I hope you're
not down to eating them just yetU
ORIENTAL RULER and 8RASS
BELL haven't set foot on a race
course since, MILDIE was injured
in her next start at Flemington and
GODARCHI ran eighth behind the
best weight-for-age sprinters in
Australia in the 1,450 metres
Ryder Stakes, coming from near'
(last on the turn. By the time this
ledition goes to print, he will have,
[run in the $200,000 FOSTER'S'
DOfJCASTER
HANDICAP
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which he should be out classed
•slightly by horses such a VITE
CHEVAL, RIVERDALE, PROLIFIC and < ING DELAWARE. As
;soon as he fronts up against a
weaker welter or handicap field,
get on board'
Today's horse to follow is a
iightly-raced
five-year-old mare
called
MATTE RNOT, who is
entered to run at Caulfield on
April 6th in the St. Clair Handicap
over'1,600 metres. MATTERISIOT
has started 27 times for a win, two
seconds and four thirds and has
eerned
her
connections
over
$44,000 in stakemoney,- She is
usually extremely consistent, but
inexplicably performed poor lyJast
preparation. If she recovers: her ,
rightful form this preparation, she
is bettei than almost all of the
mares she will tackle this autumn
and winter in Melbourne Her firstup fifth in the 1,400 metres
Fiances
Tressady
Stakes
at
Flemington on March 9th was a
great run as she was only beaten a
few lengths in a high class field, and
the winner S V.EET GEM (who is to
run in the $50,000 Victoria Handicap on April 6th) ran the sizzling
time of 1.22.6 for the 1,400
metres.
Given that she regains
her old torrrj she may string a
number of wins together against the
fillies and mares between 1,200
and 1,600 metres, as she did two
preparations ago. She has won in
the wet and at every metropolitan
track except Caulfield, so if she
starts racing well, you know what
you ought to do punters :
TAKE THE PUNT! MM
TAB
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LOT'S
WIFE
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