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,12 THE AGE, Thursday 20 October 1988 IZITERSTbB Edited by PATRlfcK HAYES Self-reliant defence policy will make us securely independent Access letters must be 50 words or less. Lines are open between 8 am and noon, 1 pm and 4 pm weekdays. work? Letters should be no more man 300 words. Shorter letters will be preferred. All letters must be signed and the writer's name and address dearly written.

(A box number is not sufficient.) Telephone numbers should be provided so that letters can be verified. A letter may be edited for reasons of space or clarity unless the writer specifies that it must be published in full. we remembered those years and those who did not come home. During the Shrine service that followed the march, I looked in vain for high ranking representatives of government The Federal Government did not appear to be represented at all, the State Government and I hope Mr Pullen will forgive me by a new and lesser minister. That same night I saw Bob Hawke on the television "politicking" at the Lygon Street Festa.

Without being too cynical, it is easy to understand why those service personnel who put their lives on the line in Vietnam, many with no choice in the matter, have since felt betrayed by their country. They still deserve a better "welcome home" than they have officially received. Susan Sherson, North Carlton. A kinky time in the garden from D. Gregory I was enchanted by your article Mr Average is Mr Kinky ('The Age', 1510) on the practices of customers of Canberra bordellos.

In particular the statement that "Some did not pay in money. Instead they preferred to pay in kind tending the brothel garden or scrubbing the ceilings and I suppose that after spending a strenuous half hour swinging from the chandeliers in a Batman suit a turn in the rose garden with the pruning shears would be quite acceptable. But "scrubbing That is kinky. One thing worries me however. What will happen to those poor blokes when their wives find out that they have been sneaking off for a bit of furtive gardening and floor scrubbing when they haven't been interested in doing that sort of thing at home for years.

David Gregory, Burnley. decade towards greater self-reliance and not regress into- new entanglements. Through a policy of armed neutrality we can ensure this. A policy of armed neutrality will signal a new maturity, self-confidence and independence for Australia. It will provide a stable platform on which to build friendly relations with the rest the world for generations to come.

Philip Hind, Melbourne But the hold of this new doctrine on national policy is a fragile one. Public opinion has yet to rally behind it. And our leaders still feel the need to make ritual reference to the US alliance as if it were the ultimate guarantor of our newly found independence. More disturbing is the attempt by some who now look to our economic integration with Asia as the vehicle on which to build a new military link with Japan or Asean. Surely, now is the time to build on the positive trends of the past Vietnam veterans deserved better from S.

Sherson As a civilian nurse who worked in the Australian Surgical Teams program in South Vietnam during the war years, I felt proud and honored to take part in the international reunion of Vietnam veterans held last week. The dawn service and the march through the city streets were moving occasions for onlookers and participants alike and there were tears in many eyes as Frightening list proposed for World Heritage ill tax file The debate over the tax file number proposal is hotting up. Do we need it to stop the tax cheats? Thoughtful view I commend to all fair-minded people Claude Forell's thoughtful article (1910) in favor of tax file numbers. His effort to sort out the cheats from the cheated deserves serious parliamentary thought By their vote on this we will remember them. Bill Ewart Dingley.

Simple reason for ban Commander Parker (1910) asks why the Royal Navy and US Navy were discriminated against by the union bans in Melbourne. The answer is simple. Seven of their warships brought nuclear weapons with them. No one else did. Peter Jones, O'Connor (ACT).

Who's in charge Mr Hawke and Mr Cain should apologise to take away some of the outrage felt at the way our invited guests, the Ark Royal and Fort Grange, were treated. Are they our elected leaders or are the unions and the Socialist Left still calling the shots? Roslyn Fraser, Ringwood. Protest shame The nuclear demonstrators are racists. They pick on the British and US ships on the assumption that they are capable of carrying nuclear weapons. They should be ashamed of their behavior to visiting vessels.

A pity they can't put their energies to better use, such as work. Norah Prior, The Basin. Probe newsmen's deaths Mr Hawke's call for an inquiry into the shooting of David Blenkinsop by an Indonesian policeman should revive Australian demands for an investigation into the deaths of the five Australian newsmen at Balibo on 1 6 October 1 975 during the Indonesian invasion of East Timor. Daphne Joseph, Ferntree Gully. EAGLEMONT Responsibility for election comment in 'The Age' is taken by C.

Burns, of 250 Spencer Street, Melbourne. to be nominated for World Heritage and revealed in the latest Australian Conservation Foundation publication 'Australia's Wilderness Heritage' is frightening. Given the written endorsement by one R.J.L. Hawke, thousands of people will soon realise that forestry and mining are simply the tip of the World Heritage iceberg. M.

K. Pinnock, Brisbane. Mining industry not disadvantaged from L. Mollison for the Kakadu action group of the Australian Conservation Foundation Senator Graham Richardson's remarks (1510) on the value of World Heritage areas and the development of our national assets are timely. However, he seems at pains to placate the mining lobby by conspicuously indicating his role in consenting to mining within such areas.

The particular area leading to the debate between BHP and Senator Richardson is Kakadu National Park. This park contains the famed World Heritage wetlands including Yellow Waters, records of Aboriginal art and culture dating 20,000 years, and unique flora and fauna. The natural wonder of these features is shown by ever-increasing tourist travel to the area. In the 1985-86 season 131,000 people spent $126 million visiting the park. In 1986-87 an additional CAMBERWELL INSPECT TODAY AND 54,000 visitors entered the area.

The focal points of the area centre around the South Alligator River and its tributaries. In stage three of the park, this river is under threat from mining exploration in a zone labelled euphemistically by the Government as a "conservation Mines are planned to within 700 metres of the river, and apart from the disruption to the local environment pose the threat of toxic pollution to the entire wetlands system. The mining industry has not been "disadvantaged" by World Heritage listings. In fact, it would appear that the Federal Government is trying to placate the mining lobby with its complicity in allowing exploration and mining within Kakadu. That approximately half a million people have visited and enjoyed this area in recent years, while millions of others have experienced its delights on film or television, is testimony to the "outstanding universal value" of the area.

These visitors, and those to follow, guarantee that appropriate tourist utilisation of Kakadu will generate jobs and income to benefit all Australians in the future if the area can be preserved. It would appear from the numbers that the "vocal minority" is the mining lobby intent on the pursuit of its "own vested economic Lindsay Mollison, Hawthorn. 20 ROYAL CRESCENT SATURDAY 2-3 PM from P. Hind, projects director, Australian Association for Armed 'Neutrality Sir Mark01iphant has made a poignant and timely plea for to develop a security policy Qf armed neutrality (1810). Thankfully, recent both Liberal and Labor, have seen the need to explore a more self-reliant defence capability for Australia.

The 1986 defence white paper elevated this trend to official doctrine. Tugban stopped family reunion from M. Burke I would like to thank the Melbourne tug workers and nuclear protesters for one of the most heartbreaking weekends my children and I have spent for quite some time, (Now I hear that South Australia is doing the same.) I am-; a full-time employed single parent with two daughters, with no other family in Australia, struggling to provide accommodation and food for my children and myself. Since April this year we have been planning and trying to save a little money to have a family reunion; with my cousin, whom I haven't seen for almost 14 years, while'he was visiting Australia for ViceRegal FEDERAL The Governor-General, Sir Ninian Stephen, and Lady Stephen attended a lunch to mark the 25th anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme in Victoria, at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, yesterday afternoon. Afterwards, they returned to Canberra.

In the evening. Lady Stephen attended a dinner and officially opened the conference on hospicepaUiative care in the ACT, organised by the ACT Hospice Society in conjunction with the ACT Community and Health Services, at the Southern Cross Club, Canberra. STATE The Governor. Dr Davis McCaughey, received the call of Judge Keon-Cohen. The Governor inspected a parade of the Corps of Commissionaires at Government House.

The Governor and Mrs McCaughey attended a lunch at Oxford University Press, as the guests of A Sandra McComb, Managing Director. Mrs McCaughey attended a committee meeting oftbe'Centre for Women's Health in Society in the faculty of medicine building, the University of Melbourne, Governor and Mrs McCaughey attended a performance of 'Fidelio' in the State Theatre, as the guests of Sir Rupert Hamer, chairman, Victoria State Opera. -at qfib MitkWtau HW "i i TENNIS COURT First, the question of the role of the Aboriginal people in such a celebration and second, the place of multi-culturalism in this society. It appears that our jolly little party was interrupted, on the one hand by some particularly persistent "gate crashers" who argued that they couldn't see any reason to celebrate anyway, and on the other hand, by some quarrelsome guests who maintained that some of the other guests were not behaving like "true-blue Aussies" and probably shouldn't have been invited in the first place. So when we all scrub up after the party is over, it may yet prove to have been highly therapeutic that our attention came to be focused on these two major sources of conflict, even though they managed somewhat to take the shine off our good time.

We may have to acknowledge that, first, by inviting the immigration of vast numbers of people with a whole variety of different cultural backgrounds, we bit off certainly far more than we ever dreamed of initially, the repercussions of which lie at best partially digested in the belly of the community; and second, that despite often loud protestations to the contrary, a great number of white Australians are haunted to this day by the recognition of the undeniably dreadful fate suffered by the Aboriginal people as a result of European settlement Phillip Corbett, Clifton Hill. Text for Today Jesus answered, "The light will be among you a little longer. Continue on your way while you have the light, so that the darkness will not come upon you. JOHN 12:35 (GNB) vv HisUkiifc! Sat 22nd October at 3 p.m. Unwelcome guest Commander Parker (1 91 0) must be a supreme example of the arrogant brainwashed military mind.

I would not invite warships, nuclear or otherwise, to any birthday celebration. I give thanks to those warriors of the past who have allowed me to enjoy this country but enough is enough. Alec Moody, Blackwood. Crank defenders The Ark Royal and her US counterparts are turned away from Australian soil. I feel utter disgust and disbelief that a few fanatical people have brought this about Our skins have been saved in the past and, hopefully, may yet be saved by these same fine naval personnel.

Would these cranks defend our country? Margaret Williams, Sunbury. Treacherous allies It is possible to love ships and hate nuclear-armed ships. If Mr Hawke had the guts to join courageous New Zealand and ban nuclear-armed ships the navies of the world would know where Australia stood. The recent film The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy' made it clear how treacherous our so-called allies can be. Mardie Lambert, Healesville.

Danger to Victoria J. Mott (1910) has missed the point of the demonstrations against the Ark Royal and Fort Grange. Nuclear-armed ships endanger all Victorians. They are nuclear targets and potential nuclear accidents. It is not significant that there was no demonstration against the Russian aircraft since, as far as I know, it is not nuclear armed.

Nicholas Jansen, Box Hill South. Restrict pets Restricted pet ownership in the Dandenongs and surrounds would help save our most unique and loved fauna lyrebirds, koalas, possums. Our local wildlife shelter in Boronia received 1 89 injured possums in 1987, 131 being the result of domestic cat attacks. Dogs, too, are not blameless. Pet owners must act now.

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entrance), 4 7 Bey 'Rd, StmMngJiM -5988222. AH kMcoha UwSng 5SI22S4 the navy Bicentenary celebrations. The fares to Sydney were too expensive, so we settled for Melbourne to rendezvous with my cousin David on the HMS Ark Royal on Monday 17 October. This was not to be, as an hour before we set off on our long-awaited journey we had been so excited about, we received a telephone call from David informing us that the HMS Ark Royal wasn't berthing in Melbourne and we wouldn't be able to see each other. The strikers and protesters stopped our reunion and have made it impossible for us to see our cousin as he is now on his way to Fremantle.

Nuclear war scares me too but it is the likes of the HMS Ark Royal that have kept dictators away from our shores, instead we have dictators telling us we can't see our families or visit these ships when they arrive and cause the heartache and disappointment our family has had to bear this weekend. I feel for those poor sailors who have been away from their homes for months to join us in our Bicentenary celebrations. Shame on you Australia, you're an embarrassment to the world. Margaret Burke, Hallet Cove (SA). Bicentenary gave us food for thought from P.

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K. Pinnock, executive director of the Queensland Chamber of Mines If Senator Graham Richardson has issued "consents" in relation to mining in the North Queensland World Heritage area (1510), I have 38 members locked into the region who would wish to see them. Not one of these tenement holders to my knowledge has received a specific approval. Most like us, never get replies to any letters written to the minister. The truth is that explorers, despite working in non-rainforest areas, have still been caught in the listed boundaries.

Financiers will not advance money until the added risks can be assessed and consents received; buyers naturally will not touch the titles; exploration has stopped completely because without consent it would be putting good money in after bad. So legitimate business people find themselves in limbo. They have not been banned but the effect is the same. And under World Heritage no compensation is payable unless the property is purchased. It is a grotesque misuse of the external treaty powers to inflict such crippling damage on Australian businesses.

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