The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia • 4

4 TheSydneyMonungHerald -y Wednesday February 17 1993 combine in Plan to tourism centres overseas shop cent and if something was not Despite the gloomy findings of per ce done I i mafion annuaBy the NSW Queensland could claim tne tne review and a looming ved by number one spot within a year: could then be used -The jteneral manager of me NSW Tourism Commission Mr Paul Crombie said yesterday he agreed with the mala thrust of-the internal tourism review pre pared by the Office of PudBc asanaaenient lesiiuctnr and advsxtistnt to engulfs men By DENIS GREGORY Two men nuttinc down a new visitors to me State $16 He admitted that the Queensland the State could do "an awful lot more advertising" "I do think we need to have more money to spend on marketing andjgetting a greater share of the media voice he said NSWow! which aimed to sell the State as a general tourist destinstion rather than concentrating on specific regions areas or does was perceived by the industry to be apoor generator of tourists to NSW Mr Crombie said future campaigns needed to concentrate on strong pioduc4ased adver- nnmon NSWow! adva expert on hand in each office to deal with inquiries but the commission wants its own expert officials to deal with- mqunies Only Queensland is understood to be cool on the concept preferring its own tourist centres abroad Acceptance of the scheme would mmwdl with the findings of an internal review into tourism in NSW which calls for the closure of four of the NSW Tourism CfHnmissionTs five inter-nntifial offices'- These are London Tokyo Singapore and Los Angeles Only Auckland would remain TON MUANTYNE State tourism authorities around Australia are comidering a plan to coobiac their overseas tourist centres with AusUuhan Tourist Cornitiiwioa outlets Known as Partnership Australia the move could take place withta a war and would save States manning NSW millions of dollars annually Three meetings have already been held to discuss the phuy with the nam stumbling block being how States will be represented commission offices NSW wants its own tourism psfajn had not turf suooessfuL snake-up or tne commission NSW is far from dragging its beds in the tourism stakes It remains the number one destination for inbound foreign travellers and still holds the lion's share of the domestic tourist market which accounts for 80 per cent of all tourism in Australia In 1991-92 183 million people visited NSW 43 mutton more than the SBaWBSt ffirfflpctftpfg gUOCOsBBsUda Svdncy is also the country's top single destinstion with 47 million visiton arriving every year njQf he suasjested the contuse- sion needed an increased budget to allow tor more direct advertising Nav has a auvci niucnt touiism budget of inJmflnon with S5J5 flsssssflOB D0K9 OOflfjfltC is ooBtribo tions from me ftairsuii industry' Queensland's budget is $24 mOhon a figure which afanost doubles to ISO million when fodiistiy cofltrihiittoBt sfo sddod Mr Crombie said that even with an extra million to put the NSW budget on a par with floor in a takeaway chicken shoo "On the balance of we have had one would Major tourism bodies support the move which most believe is long overdue A spokesman for me Tourism Task Force said all tourist bodies should work together to attract people to Australia "After-that the States can compete for their slice of 'the conclude it needs to 'be yesterday were engulfed by a fireball after cleaning solvents they were using ignited With their clothes alight they ran screaming into a busy street in he said Mr Crombie said NSWIi share of the domestic market had dropped from 33 per cent to 30 cake he natnurst where shop owners and passers-by tipped buckets of water over them and tried to out far from Cancer fight Co-op bookshop out the flames with a blanket One a 35-year-old with burns to 100 per cent of his body was righting for his life in Bathurst over ospital last night while his By JENNIFER COOKE workmate 21 was flown by rescue helicopter to Westntead board should go Hospital where ne was in a critical A third man 39 received nunor When Ned Hazard heard of of famfiy friend Daaidle Green he resolved to hdp stop farther deaths A fireman based at Marrich academic bums after escaping the full blast of the frrebalL but was admitted to hospital with severe shock says vale Mr Hazzard is i The men whom mike have far the first ce-ordinaffd effort Mr Dunlew said that as Mr Goings Podvinec as the new financial controller Mr Old- By FRED BKENCHLEY a scathing letter of resnmauon from the Unrversoy Co-op Book not yet named worked for Industrial Coatings Pry Ltd of Black-town and were replacing a vinyl tile floor in the kitchen of Wishbone Chicken and Ribs in William Street of Murdoch shop (UCB) board a directors in the past decade were academics the UGBl board had the iwcBirtiYP to two fjfflwiffli weH bOGaUHO OOllld 100 tfafla XOOCttOBB every day However with his departure there would be scarcely Detective-Sergeant Trevor Evans of Bathurst Police Physi cal Evidence Section said the services to raise funds for the Children's Lenkaestia aad Cancer datioa JibbrafaddU a faadHrsMag mjOathTjte Far Brigade Aashataacc Service NSW Ponce Farce and Bnsafire Service wfg bay for mdr private cars begaa yesterday the start of tke NSfflTCMdrenH Inrtrsfmls The public are also arced to Kennett eyes cup holiday By JUUE LEWIS MELBOURNE: Public holidays are the latest employee perk under threat from the Kennett Government and even the near-sacred Melbourne Cap day and the Melbourne Show Day breaks arc in the firing One The Government has confirmed that the Department of ladastry Services is reviewing the 13 pubUc holidays in Victoria "There nothing new about this issue" the Minister for Industry Services Mr Roger Pescott said yesterday "The fact is that it something that being considered" Bat after a rash of advene pubneity he was at pains to point oat that ao proposals had been pat before Cabiaet The matter has not been brought before Cabinet yet it not on the ageada of Cabiaet has ever beea on the agenda of Cabinet It jnst a matter where there's some consultation taking pUce" be said The Leader of the Opposition Mrs Kiraer said the Federal Coalition had stamped on the Kennett Government's holiday plan after adverse publicity Victoria enjoys three more holidays thaa the average 10 enjoyed by other States Employers are pushing the Kennett Government to abolish np to four public holidays men had pulled up the tiles and were using solvent to get rid of the old glue on the concrete floor He said that jud before noon Hope for the future Mr Hazzard and Danielle's mother Mrs Sandra Green with one of the fundrais-ing numberplate protectors Kan hMTnoc cummins the 35-year-old man opened the door of a back washroom and a pilot light on a gas hot water system apparently ignited the vapour from the solvent SMeach bay the protectors Mr Dunlevy aassent a copy or his resignation letter to the Registrar or Co-operatives who was unavsilahsff for onmnwint yesterday Responding last night Mr Emerson said he was not aware of any "political agenda" at the UCB Mr Emerson said Mr Dunlevy might view the board's business as "pointless petty intrigue" but he was confident other directors did not He said the board had given publishers assurances that the co-op remained financially sound and that there were no "dark financial secrets" AD forward are approved by the Reads aad Traffic Authority and state: Sergeant Evans said one of the 'I Sapport the CUldrea's Len- emergeacy services personnel alone was expected to be raised Initially for research DaaJdk's mother Mrs Sandra Green of Como said Mr Hazzard's idea and the support efvea by the academic Mr Maurice Dunlevy has called for the entire board to be replaced and for supervision by the Registrar of Co-operatives Mr Dunlevjrs resignation came as the UCfTs chairman Mr James Emerson announced a new management team and the resignation of another director Mr Ted Seng to join that team as an adviser on corporate strategy These board resignations and appointments follow a period of turmoil withm the UCB bigcered by the board's surprise decauon carry January to sack three longstanding senior executives indwding the managing director Mr Jack McLoone In the wake of these dismissals the board has had to calm nervous staff and suppliers According to Mr Dunlevy Australian book publishers are now seeking formal assurances on the future direction of the UCB Yesterday Mr Emerson announced the appointment of Mr John Oktmeadow as the new chief executive officer of the UCB and Mr Emerson also said Mr Seng had resigned to take np a posttion as adviser on corporate strategy reporting to Mr Oktmeadow He said this position had not been advertised but Mr Seng an accountant had the credentials for the job But the new management team's appointment was overshadowed by Mr Dunlevya trenchant letter of resignation In it Mr Dunlevy told Mr Emerson that the board had "lost the plot" and been racked by "pointless petty intrigues" and administrative energies" "Trying to cope with the business of the co-op this year has been impossible" he said Mr Dunlevy said that like the chairman he had been deluged with calls from staff members publishers and suppliers express mg disquiet and consternation at the "ittadvfacd sacking" of the three senior executives "They are seeking assurances that we know where we are going and what we are doing" he said men dived out a side door but the Caacer Foundation" Green was 16 when she other two were caught by the full force of the flames rates for childhood leukaemia had risen from 30 per cent fat the 1960s to 70 per cent The aim of Increasing care rates above 90 per cent by 2000 could only be met throogh public donations to mad the Children's Lenkaesaia and Cancer Research Centre which opeaed last year at the Prince ef Wales Children's last year one of me 30 per ef Aastranea duldrea with Ms Sandra Smith who works in hopdaBy hdp save onu who die of the disease a furniture shop across the road saw one of the men run into the payments to publishers It is diagnosed fat one in every 4000 chBdrea each year with 151 be maintained I aad which costs about $1 new cases aannaOy fa NSW i a year to run At the bunch of the i street after she heard a series of explosions and people screaming "Flames were coming out of the chicken shop and then somebody yelled out to call an ambulance" she said week yesterday Professor Marcas Vowles a foundation The protectors are available from the fonBdatioa on 399 2766 A drag to stop infection la cancer patients has been refused Pharmaceutical Beaeftts Scheme (PBS) Ustiag for the third time in dght months Nenpogea which is given after high doses of chemotherapy costs between $1600 aad for a 10-day course He rejected the astrrtirm that the board had "lost the plot" and welcomed any "watchful eye" by the Registrar of Co-operatives Mr Emerson said the UCB had met officers of the registrar on January 18 and this meeting had been successful and the director of the The Minister for Health Mr Phillips said the State Government had given $12 amnon to help pay for new laboratories at the research centre last year and SS0000 from the sales to "I did that and when I went department ef haematotogy i at the rruce or wi back outside you could see how badly burnt the man was Children's Hospital said All his clothes were on fire and people from the newsagency next door were tipping water over him with a bucket A "He was burning all over It's something you think can only happen in the ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT of the Three other people who saw the burning men were treated for shock WorkCover Authority inspec tors and police are investigating New ruling Click! and your car's stopped by police ADELAIDE: An electronic device inw to stop speeding vehicles at the flick of a switch wiH be unveiled in Adelaide today Invented by an Adelaide security company the unit would cut out the electronic ignition of vehicles being pursued by the police resulting -in a total km of engine power While South Australia's police have adopted a wait-and-see attitude the Royal Automobile Association of South Australia is concerned that the device might in the wrong hands be used against police to disrupt traffic and even to effect violence against women Its public relations manager Mr Peter Hemvkam said yesterday that it ndght be used to stop wooum who wmdirvuig alone Jammed ignitions might also cause power steering and power brake failures The device codeaigner Mr Keith RusselL a former police officer said the association's fears were groundless as police would be the only people with the ability to activate the device "The activation device would be fitted to a poikx car in such a way that someone would have to steal the whole car to get their hands on the contrds" he said yesterday MARYANN STENBERG A' former naval officer con PROPOSED M5 CASULA UNK Public exhibition of Environmental Impact Statement 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