The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia • 36

xl Decorat' 397 Inter Grace Br 25 million want to work ONE in three jobless Australians have given up looking for work Bureau of Statistics figures also show the number wanting work but not looking is far higher than the jobless rate And more than one-third of the civilian population aged 15-69 or 45 million people are unemployed but these include 25 million who want work Only 800000 who are actively looking for work and who could start in a week are counted in the 86 per cent unemployment rate (the ratio between the unemployed and the total workforce) The survey shows: 58000 actively looking for work but unable to start in a week 821500 who could start in four weeks but not looking for work 118900 discouraged job seekers who have given up looking 702600 who are not in the workforce for reasons such as study child care sickness or who have retired F1A CUMMING to Page 79 for Hotel InterContinental Great Accommodation Rates for Easter POLKA DOTTS JUNIOR Modelling Agency TOP MODEL GROUP PTY LTD Books are now open for children-5-14 years for TV movies fashion work 2 children reporters travelled to New York for Cartoon Connection phone: Denise 9358 1711 fax: 9358 3814 SIX MONTHS I STE REST FREE Customers who buy on the day may be eligible to receive Double Fly Buys Points free subscription for Better Homes and Gardens magazine and a chance to win five blissful days sailing the Whitsunday's Take advantage of Six Months Interest Free on your Grace Bros Card on promotional retail prices Join us for refreshments and miss the MORAN Leather Sale Preview Day Grace Bros Macquarie store I0am-4pm Sunday 16th March 1997 Grace Bros Parramatta store I0am-4pm Saturday 15th March 1997 John will be in-store I0am-3pm TwwDmr purchase 5500 ne items musr ler or oo' rKnM 'c neveted price of merchandise Trie number of Interest Free months -r -onooens apefog to inter es: Free Further interest Free promotions mav fun Retail Financial Network tAGN 006 S83 588 The Annual Percentage Rat all Gotto go says Ainsley OLD SHOE SHUFFLE: It sure beat a garage sale the Double Bay auction of some of Ainsley old things reportedly raised $1 000 By ALEX MITCHELL AINSLEY Gotto who was Prime Minister John Gorton's secretary 30 years ago has unloaded a large collection of unwanted possessions through a Double Bay auction room Picking through Ms Gotto's lots at Tim Goodman's saleroom last Wednesday the most impressive was undoubtedly the 40 pairs of sboev Lined up in ail colours low beeb and high they were immediately recognisable as the marching accoutrements of a woman of formidable taste and style Auctioneer Andrew Wright dispatched them to a happy new owner with a minimum of fuss Indeed all Ms Gotto's lots went swiftly under the hammer the suitcase still with its Qantas tag and listing her 1970s Monaco address the carton of books which included Jane Fonda Workout Book some prints and pictures the silver ornament of a carriage and horses and items of china Since her July 1993 marriage to Sydney solicitor Nick Carson of Blake Dawson Waldron Ms Gotto has quit the Gold Coast to live at Darling Point Declining to be interviewed Ms Gotto asked auctioneer Mr Goodman ro tell The Sun-Herald chose to auction some unwanted minor household effects rather than a garage Asked whether Ms household goods had raised just over $1000 Mr Goodman barked you heard of client and placed the receiver back in its cradle Now the chief executive of her own company Ainsley Gotto International the Brisbane-born 51 -year-old has enjoyed a series of high-profile jobs At 21 she became private secretary to Prime Minister Gorton and rose to work for a senior economic adviser in the Prime Department It was in her role as secretary to Mr Gorton that she first came to public prominence Liberal Whip Dudley Erwin explaining why he was sacked by Mr Gorton said: wiggles shapely and its name is Ainsley Gotto I started to argue with her (it) was the beginning of my Ms Gotto quit Canberra to work for Drake International one of the largest personnel agencies in London and Monaco On returning to Australia she gravitated to the Gold Coast and the suburb of Paradise Waters where she joined veteran interior decorator Max Archer in a business partnership When Archer retired Ms Gotto took over the running of the firm but subsequently moved to Sydney to be with Mr Carson who is her first husband and to start her own business OM TmWK HOURS CALL GRACE IKK SIDNEY CTTY 9238 91 1 1 BiAOCTOWN 9621 0022 BONDI 9387 0222 BURWOOD 9747 1566 CARUNGFORD 9872 61 1 1 -ATAOCO -ORNS8Y94769: HURSTVUiE 9580 99 II LIVERPOOL 982 1 3222 MACQUARIE 9887 0122 MIRANDA 9526 01 1 1 MT DRUITT 9675 3 III 2222 ROSE AOS 9750 WAAR1NGAH 9938 9 I COUNTRY STORES BATHURST (063) 31 2133 CHARLESTOWN (049) 42 9555 DUBBO (068) 82 401 1 DX 67 ill MOMR a 4 2 7044 ORANGE (063) 62 1455 PENRITH (047) 21 433 1 TAMWORTH (067) 66 369 1 WAGGA (069) 23 161 1 WOLLONGONG (042) 20 21 1 1 YOUR SEAT AT THE This is your chance to attend the special MORAN Leather Sale Preview Day at Grace Bros Experience the style comfort and innovation of this collection before the official sale commences MORAN LEATHER SALE PREVIEW DAY THE SUN-HERALD March 9 1997.