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SATURDAY.12 SEPTEMBER 1992 THK AOI 3 Only the price isn't Mickey Mouse eteture: PETER BflENNAN CdaMitioini -1 ul By LEONIB LAMONT Kennett tries to halt polite chief approval By HUOO KELLY The Opposition Leader, Mr Ken- nott, yesterday moved to try to force the Government to abandon plans to appoint a new chief com-, misstoner of police, saying the coalition would not accept any decision on ithe post before the 3 October election. Mr Kennett's announcement came as the Government revealed that had decided, after a month of who should replace the chief commissioner, Mr Kel Glare. The Premier, Mrs Klrner, said yesterday a recommendation on who should get the Job was ready to go to Mr Kennett. But the Opposition Leader said that a coalition government would choose its own chief commissioner. He said his advice to candidates for the Job was: Do not let your name go forward at this stage as an appointment because we will not accept any appointments, and i we will go through our own proce-.

dure. Mrs Klrner said: "There's recommendation ready to go to Mr Kennett. If he wants to pull the plug he won't be thanked by the Victorian community and he won't be thanked by the Victorian police force." The search for a new chief commissioner turned into political squabble after Mr Glare announced on 15 July that he would retire In November. The Government said It wanted to appoint a new commisloner before the election, but the shadow police minister, Mr McNamara, warned that any apppointment would be reviewed if the Opposition won government Mr McNamara said It would be Inappropriate for the Government to make a such a senior appointment in an election campaign. Among the top candidates for the Job are believed to be the Victoria Police deputy commissioner for operations, Mr John Frame, and the deputy commissioner for administration, Mr Brendan Crim-mins.

A committee of senior public servants late last month began interviewing about 10 officers to prepare a short list A spokesman for the Police Association said police were angry that the choice of a chief commissioner had been dragged into the political arena. "No matter how outstanding the candidate, no matter how outstanding the appointment is, to have It totally undermined because of a political agenda is Intolerable," said the spokesman. f. sil. AX it? jv4Sx x'v- Vmi.1';n, '-XV ')UA S1 By JtM SCHEMBM Aketrt years age film buff Ren Walters came across an Interest-lag piece et Jaak.

New be is bep lag it will help hint retire. While riffling through a stack eld adverttsisg aad publicity material at 21 Century Fes, where he worked In ad sales, Mr Walters came across a frame from a If Walt DUaey cartoon called 'Mickey's Kaagaree', the last black-and-white cartes BMde by the Disney Studies. I It was gslag te be thrown out, but he thought It was cute, so he kept It Tomorrow Sotheby's will put It up for auctlee at Us saleroom In Armadale. Its estimated werthls between and Mr Walters did net think It was valuable whea he esad It "Nothing like that was of any value at that time." He didat even think it was Mickey because the ears are not perfectly round. "Mickey Mouse's ears, ne matter which way he Is looking, must be circular.

But en this one, as the kaagaree Is leaping, his ears have get a slight oval shape." It wasat until IMS that Mr Walters realised, while flicking through a book on Disney art, that the frame (called a eel) was probably geaulae antique Disney. Earlier this year, after hearing of the huge prices eel animation art was attracting In the United States (a If eel of Mickey Mouse went for Mr Walters seat photos of his eel te Sotheby's to see If it was worth anything. Ward came back from New York that It was extremely rare. Why Is he selling It? "I want the moneyl" he laughed. But seriously: "Welt let's face It I'm 62 going on 6s, I've got arthritis coming on.

I've got a house that's being sold In Sydney, and III get half of that "With (the sale of the eel) It might be eaough for me to retire aad become a beach bum. I've got the body tor It It stone." Cartoons may ence have been considered little more than time-killers for children, but eels from animation studios such as Walt Disney, Haaaa Barbera aad Warner Brothers have graduated from pop an te high art and have the high price tap te prove It Mr Colin Kaye, curator of the Sliver Fine Art Gallery in Armadale aad sole Australian sales agent for Warner Brothers anlmatioa eels, says: "Animation art in America Is virtually the biggest-selling art at the moment "There was an auction two weeks ago In Los Angeles and a "Sleeping Beauty' piece from ItSf went for SUSM.H for one ceL" The Yarra River would be-c leaned up under a new catchment man-agement plarv according- to the coalition's environment policy. The Liberal environment "spokesman, Mr Blrrell, said Mel-'bourne Water, which at times raw sewage into the sys-i'tem, would be controlled under a scheme that would 7" 'deal with private and public pol--- luters. "(There Is) no glib commitment Jiere to make the Yarra clean within a week. We are going to iwllionestly address the problem and have a catchment management which starts to deal with It," he said.

Mr Blrrell criticised the jonment Protection Authority, saying it had "missed the bus" in cooperatively with Indus-, try to reduce pollution, and bad a 'J poor record in the detection and prosecution of polluters, and in air and water pollution. "I have no doubt at all the Gov-r ernment made it quite clear to the iUUEPA they should accept current practices of (Melbourne Water) untreated sewage into "the Yarra; there were 600 million litres of sewage going in just from jtne Kew pumping station," he said. A spokesman for Melbourne Water said the Kew pumping tlon was being upgraded. The outlet into the river was an mechanism that was needed to stop sewage backing up la the system. He said there had ti been no major flows into the "'Yarra since the overload caused floods last December.

Other policy initiatives Include: Establishment of a phone inf origination service, Beachwatch, which will provide information on pollution levels at bay beaches. A 24-hour detection service, will enable late-night STATE ELECTION 92 One-off financial assistance to companies that introduce technology resulting in cleaner production. Expansion of recycling of waste materials, aiming for a SO per cent reduction in landfill waste by the year Encouragement of resource recovery programs that reduce the use of raw materials, saving natural resources and energy. Support for the marketing of clean Victorian agricultural produce. Encouragement for the construction of a national high-temperature incinerator for intractable waste.

Continuation of the transfer of the Coode Island chemical storage to Point Wilson. Support for the creation of a Commonwealth EPA. A spokesman for the Australian Conservation Foundation, Mr Peter Allan, said the policy had laudable aims on clean air and water, but lacked detail on budgets and legislation. The Minister for Conservation and Environment, Mr Pullen, said many of the "so-called" Initiatives bad been implemented by the Government years ago. "There are no timetables, no targets and no funding," he said, adding that the coalition's parliamentary performance on recycling, heritage rivers, wilderness and environmental labelling showed the Liberals and Nationals could not be trusted with the environment.

The coalition has yet to release Its conservation policy. PAGES 16-19: Election reports. were trying to. enter the school grounds. The youths are believed to have been seeking a student who was Involved In a bashing at a local nightclub.

The latest revelations come as the Northcote school council plans to establish a safety aad security committee, with school council, staff and student representatives. The committee would be asked to review and to strengthen school security. It Is believed that schools In Northcote are also considering setting up a safety network for their own protection. In February, about 30 armed youths from two Preston schools clashed violently. Two students were stabbed and a third received an eye injury.

The last time a school principal was assaulted in school grounds. In Broadmeadows, the school erect dumping or illegal emmissions to Something to put a spring in his step: Mr Ron Walters shows the eel of Mickey Mouse from the 1935 Disney cartoon which he hopes will make his retirement more comfortable. investigated immediately by the EPA. jlGharges expected aftet bashing In BRiEfc TOMORROW Ttt THE SUNDAY AGE ANYTHING ki the last ttao years there has. boon a riwwtf unromoritoo' revolution in the pormioowonoltof the Australian media.

The stakes keep boing reload, hi nowtpopers, where still think lone and hard about lotting loose a 'blood sometimes oooms so If the Joetof the media ere broadcasting ejj a different planet sssjra THE BODY CORPORA? Pictures of Illustrious ei-studenu (race the walls of Killara High on Sydney's north shore. An Australian netball ployer. A lawyer. An architect who designed the school hell. Also there, on 'Cleo' magazine cover, Is Elle Macphorson.

By no means the prettiest gin in the doss of '8; oceording to English teacher Tom Smith. Lmrfttkwm SHOW BUSINESS "While most of Mefcoume goes footoalHnad this month, there "0 thousands of other Victorians busy with little slices of madness of their own. Li Ho dipping the toenails of chickens. Rubbing baby oH on the bottoms of dairy easts. KeVte MnafrMMft MBvlB tW GOING PLACES.

'Paul Kelly moved from Mo bourne to Sydney In an attempt to recover from a broken marriage, two artistically -occlaimed but commercially failed records, and his ilWooorved reputation as a junkie. raw iy othwmm ihwoim. The Sunday Age polls AFL players Which players do they rrrost aamire ana least liner Are performance-enhancing drugs an issue in football? Would most players swap. clubs for more money? How many have bet on games? half-yearly or yearly. It's kn.

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According to Education Ministry guidelines, the school principal can request anyone trying to trespass on school property to leave. If the person refuses, the police should be called. The guidelines say that "ample power Is given by the above section to remove persons from school 7 hi I tt t. Is 4 1 1 vj i ti i V.J -33 I Tor Dtgm, Milboumt jjtj Holier tipped to become engaged The Federal National Party leader, Mr Fischer, 46, Is expected to announce his engagement today to a Melbourne lecturer, Ms Judy Brewer. Ms Brewer, 28, is from Albury, in Mr Fischer's electorate of Fairer, which stretches across southern New South Wales, along the Murray River.

Ms Brewer owns a cattle stud, lectures at La Trobe University, and is studying for her master's degree in business administration. Waste stout-face fre Federal Government yesterday welcomed France's decision to lift a ban on Imports of toxic waste from Australia but said no further shipments of waste were planned nt present A joint communique released by the French industry and environment ministries, which had clashed over the ban, said the reversal had been taken "on principles of ecological PAQE 21: toMna an Intractable nrnblsm oeaweai as So snowwevonp onojl Bnljsaaejonoaavsw paw oaevsBwvno tomntesJon dedskm upheld A Supreme Court Judge yesterday upheld a decision by the Victorian Gaming Commlasloo to hear in private a police appeal against the registration of a gamlng-machlne manufacturer. Mr Justice Eames, who dismissed an application by The Age' to overturn the decision, found that the commission had the power to do so, and had not made errors in law. He said the commissi on had properly considered police submissions that hearing the appeal against the registration of Video Lottery Consultants Incorporated in public might breach undertakings or agreements of confidentiality that police had made with overseas law-enforcement agencies. RyrieruSng Mr Justice Beach win decide In the Supreme Court next Wednesday whether Victoria's longest-serving prisoner, Keith Ryrle, who was sentenced to death for the murder of a flve-yearold girt In 1966, will be given a new minimum term.

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