NSW: Harbour bridge lanes 7, 8 shut from 6 11am tomorrow

AAP General News (Australia)
12-03-2000
NSW: Harbour bridge lanes 7, 8 shut from 6 11am tomorrow

Motorists are being forced to give up two precious lanes on the Sydney Harbour Bridge
today as more than 5,000 cyclists take to the streets.

The RTA has declared many major roads temporarily closed or as clearways for its annual
Cycle Sydney outing.

Cyclists are being encouraged to participate in a 50km ride from North Sydney to Parramatta
Park or a 20km ride from Rhodes.

Lanes seven and eight on the bridge will be closed to vehicles from 6-11am AEDT.

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Vic: Greater Dandenong cautious about injecting room

AAP General News (Australia)
04-19-2000
Vic: Greater Dandenong cautious about injecting room

Victoria's Greater Dandenong Council has cautiously greeted the possibility of it hosting
a safe heroin injecting room.

Mayor ANGELA LONG says the council is undecided about the trial for a supervised injecting
facility.

The council was organising seven workshops in the first half of May involving health,
youth, schools, business, police and public transport officials as well as community groups.

The council is also planning a public forum on May 12 to allow residents to ask questions
and make their views known.

Cr LONG says council has asked the state government to clearly outline the supposed
benefits of the plan.

The council has also sought assurances that extra police will be assigned to the area.

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Fed: PM should have arranged meeting earlier:union=2

AAP General News (Australia)
02-04-2000
Fed: PM should have arranged meeting earlier:union=2

As Mr HOWARD was leaving Macksville he told two former National Textiles employees
that he was sympathetic to their position.

He says he wants to talk to their representatives, whom he's meeting in the Hunter
Valley early this afternoon, and then talk to cabinet.

Mr HOWARD says he feels for men and women and their families who are thrown out of
work in these small …

FED: Airservices keeps $13 million from owners of Compass planes

AAP General News (Australia)
12-02-1999
FED: Airservices keeps $13 million from owners of Compass planes

By Fiona Hamilton

CANBERRA, Dec 2 AAP - Airservices Australia could keep $13 million it forced out of
three companies who leased planes to the failed Compass Airlines, the High Court said
today.

Compass tried to become Australia's third domestic airline but went into liquidation
in December 1991, owing Airservices $13 million for air traffic services, rescue and firefighting
services and meteorological advice.

Canadian Airlines, Monarch Airlines and Polaris Holding Company leased five aircraft to Compass.

When Compass went belly-up Airservices asserted it had a right - a lien - under the
Civil Aviation Act to detain the leased planes to secure payment of the debt.

Under protest the three companies paid the $13 million so they could get their planes back.

They paid on condition they would be repaid with interest if the charges and/or the
liens were later ruled invalid.

Each company sued Airservices - formerly the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) - seeking
recovery of the money.

The Federal Court decided the charges contravened the act and amounted to taxation,
allegedly because these were calculated on the basis of an Australia-wide network rather
than on the actual costs of the particular airports and routes used by Compass which only
flew between six cities.

But in a 5-2 judgment, the High Court upheld Airservices' appeal, saying that charging
on a network basis was appropriate.

"In the nature of the services provided by the CAA ... it is artificial to isolate
a particular service to a particular carrier at a particular airport and treat it as disconnected
from services provided through the network," Chief Justice Murray Gleeson and Justice
Michael Kirby said in the leading judgment.

"Whatever might be possible in the provision of other public services, the nature of
civil aviation demands integration of services for their safety and effectiveness."

Chief Justice Gleeson and Justice Kirby said the charges were not tax as they were
not for raising revenue, they were fees for services, and they were reasonably related
to expenses incurred by Airservices.

They said liens were necessary as charges mounted up quickly, aircraft may be the only
asset a failed airline had and planes could quickly leave the country.

They said the aircraft lessors would have expected liens to be imposed and could have
protected themselves, for example, with insurance or under the contract with Compass.

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TAS: Last Tango in Launceston

AAP General News (Australia)
04-14-1999
TAS: Last Tango in Launceston

By Don Woolford

LAUNCESTON, April 15 AAP - Paul Keating's life has been put to music. To tangos, to be
exact.

When the music-loving former prime minister sat down last night before giving the keynote
speech to a University of Tasmania Asian business seminar in Launceston, he was serenaded with
The Keating Tangos.

The series of eight tangos for piano and clarinet, written by seven different composers,
covered the high and low notes of his career in no particular order.

It started with World's Greatest Tango, followed by Tango Republic and then went back to
his early days with Ramrod Tango.

Then came The Tango we Had to Have and Tango on a J-curve. His 1993 election victory was
celebrated with The Sweetest Tango of All, followed by his 1996 defeat, Blue Bankstown Tango
Epilogue.

The series ended with The Lizard of Oz.

Mr Keating was apparently impressed.

"It's not so often I get a prelude of the kind I had tonight," he said before starting his
speech-proper.

"I appreciate the thought, sentiment and effort you made.

"And I'm sure the Liberal Party will do everything they can to make sure they are not heard
again. They are such culture vultures. "

However Mr Keating should be a little wary of his tangos.

More are being composed, though whether they include Piggery Tango could not be confirmed.

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CELESTICA COMPLETES MERGER WITH IMSCELESTIC

AAP General News (Australia)
12-31-1998
CELESTICA COMPLETES MERGER WITH IMSCELESTIC

CELESTICA COMPLETES MERGER WITH IMS

TORONTO, Dec. 30 /CNW-AsiaNet/ - Celestica Inc. (NYSE, TSE, ME: CLS), a
world leader in electronics manufacturing services (EMS), today announced the
company has completed its merger with International Manufacturing Services,
Inc. ("IMS"), (Nasdaq: IMSX), also a provider of EMS services to OEMs,
predominantly in Asia.

As a result of the merger, IMS is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Celestica and will operate as Celestica Asia. Of the approximately 19.0
million IMS shares outstanding at closing, less than 0.2% were tendered for
total cash consideration of approximately US$0.2 million (US$7.00 per share)
and the balance will be exchanged for Celestica shares at an exchange ratio
of 0.40 of a Celestica Subordinate Voting Share for each Class A and Class B
share of IMS common stock. As a result, approximately 7.6 million Celestica
Subordinate Voting Shares will be issued. The total transaction value,
including consideration for shares, stock options and assumption of US$37
million of debt, is approximately US$177 million.

Mr. Eugene Polistuk, President and Chief Executive Officer of Celestica,
welcomed former shareholders of IMS as new shareholders of Celestica saying
that "IMS provides Celestica with a strategic presence in Asia and
significantly strengthens its leadership position within the EMS industry."

In connection with the merger, Celestica expects to record a non-cash
write-off of approximately $12 million.

About Celestica

With over 14,000 employees worldwide, Celestica operates 24
manufacturing and design facilities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the
United Kingdom, Ireland, Thailand, Hong Kong and China. Celestica provides a
broad range of services including design, prototyping, assembly, testing,
product assurance, supply chain management, worldwide distribution and
after-sales service. Its customers include industry leading original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs), primarily in the computer and communications sectors.

For further information on Celestica, visit its website at
http://www.celestica.com.



For further information: Laurie Flanagan, (416) 448-5790,
flanagan(at)celestica.com/

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NSW:Study shows NSW Drug Court is working

AAP General News (Australia)
12-14-2011
NSW:Study shows NSW Drug Court is working

A study of drug-addicted offenders shows the NSW Drug Court is effective in reducing
drug-related crime.

Figures from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research show intensive judicial
supervision of drug-addicted offenders by the Parramatta Drug Court reduced the risk of
relapse.

The bureau undertook a study of all participants accepted into the Parramatta Drug
Court program between March last year and March this year.

The offenders were randomly allocated into either an intensive judicial supervision
group or a supervision as usual group.

The study found participants in the IJS group, who met more often with the judge, were
less likely to return positive urine tests and had a significantly greater number of episodes
of abstinence than participants in the SAU group.

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KEYWORD: DRUGS (SYDNEY)

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