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0 LOTUS POSITION: Colin Poulos with "ghetto-blaster" at Engadin shopping centra. At 20, Colin's a cool candidate Picture by ROSS WILLIS involved ia discussions with Australian youth in relation to the decline in Australia's The discussions, Colin told us, took place ia youth hostels. Colia, contracts manager with Zeus, has a list of 21 promises. They include abolishing fringe benefits tax, capital gaias tax and the assets test for the aged, redaciag personal taxation to IS per cent under $50,000 aad company tax to 25 per cent, catting penalty rates aad re-introducing the Summary Offences Act. PARTY FOUNDER: Patricia Powla.

By MICHAEL GREALY THE candidate arrived ia a sleek red Lotus carrying bundles of election pamphlets and a young blonde assistant whom he introduced as his "Girl Slim and tanned, wearing a white suit, green T-shirt and gold jewellery, Colin Poulos is no ordinary candidate. But neither are his policies as be attempts to woo voters ia the Heathcote by-election for the Centre Unity Party, a fledgling free enterprise group founded three months ago by his mother, Miranda busiaess executive Patricia Poulos. Colin is only 20 but that's no drawback, according to his campaign literature. "At 20, he will grow with the area, possibly marrying a local girl and raising a family in the electorate," it says. "At 20, he would appear to be very young to be entering politics.

However, we believe Paul Keating and (former Hurstville Mayor i i Mill. 1 A Shoal Bay Holiday cini and Federal ALP member) Gary Punch both entered politics at around this age." The candidate says: "I am fresh, young, I have new ideas which is what Australia needs." Mrs Poulos, who arrived later with a "ghetto blaster" to play her sob's campaign song to passersby in Engadine shopping centre, says she has spent $70,000 to establish the Centre Unity Party. The party has no ceiling on the budget for the by-election. "Whatever it costs us to win, we will spend," Mrs Poulos said. The campaign song, by local writer Steven Hensou, goes in part: "We have to pull our weight to make Australia great let's all buy Australian-made Mrs Poulos is managing director of Zeus Industries, a family company which has made commercial food equipment such as glass-door refrigerators and pie urns for local and export markets for 16 years.

She was nominated for the Australian Business Woman of the Year award ia 1985 and 1986. She has signed aa agreement with the Chinese Govern meat to set np a joint venture company to produce Zeus equipment in Guangzhou Province. At 17, Colin joined his mum on a trade delegation to China. At 18, it was Singapore and Hong Kong and at 19, according to the election material, he visited Europe "and became heavily Another theme is that "punishment must fit the "Too many of our murderers, rapists and child molesters are getting away with early release schemes. We will stop early parole," he said.

"Prison is a bit of a holiday." The Centre Unity Party, which has a symbol of back-to-back kangaroos, also proposes child acceptaace ceatres to prevent child abuse and ease the shortage of children for adoption. so much for to The Country Club Hotel on the beach at Shoal Bay 200 kirns north of Sydney offers tennis, billiards, table tennis, marvellous mea's, heated swimminj; pool and entertainment 7 nights a week. Nearby are golfi bowls, squash courts an cruises of picturesque Port Stephens. 5 DayS from only $1 S3 tram alter lunch Sunday until after breakfast Friday 7 Jt Weekends 3 vj 1 from after dinner Friday unt 1 ilbre after breakfast Sunday glass yacJhit 9 Reservations: 8.30am 8pm. Country Club Hotel SHOAL BAY PHONE: (049)811555 Packages not applicable January or Easier Holidays.

6face VETERAN America's Cup skipper Jock Starrock believes fibreglass will be outlawed in 12-metre racing but only after New Zealand's "plastic fantastic" has completed its challenge in Perth. ban Sturrock, who skip- 'I pered Gretel and Dame Pattie in Australia's first AUSTRALIA IV syndicate chief Alan Bond has suggested profits from the America's Cup should be split between the Cup defenders. Bond said the Royal Perth Yacht Club stood to make $10 million and had put self-interest ahead of a successful defence. But RPYC executive director Noel Robins said there had been an agreement the club would run the event and the syndicates would run the yachts. The RPYC expects to make $3 million, to be put into a sporting trust.

challenges at Newport, US, said his boats would be "left in the sunset" by the modern 12 metres. The man who skippered Sir Frank Packer's first Australian challenge for the America's Cup has been a regular visitor to the Cup in Perth. Z3 1 By ANDREW STEWART in Brisbane Every second week for the past three months he has left his Gold Coast home unit to inspect the 12 metres racing off Fre-mantle. He is the chairman of the judging committee which is setting the odds for the challenging and defending yachts. Sturrock said the modern 12-metres were two generations ahead of Dame Pattie and Gretel.

"Our only instruments measured water and wind speed. Now they've got computers to design the boat, to pick the weather, choose the course and videos on their masts to view the sail shape. "If we raced Australia OPENING ACTIL-SOFTOUCH IV or Stars and Stripes we wouldn't have seen which way they went. They'd finish at least 20 minutes ahead and that's being generous to us. "The competition is so much more intense now and it's starting to get very bitchy." Sturrock thinks Dennis Conner's Stars and Stripes has caught up with the Kiwis as the best of the challenger camp as long as the high winds come as promised.

His view is that Kookaburra II appears to be the best of the Australians in heavy weather but he does not underestimate the experience of Alan Bond's Australia IV camp. Sturrock admits to a bias against the Kiwis. "They couldn't hold the Cup in New Zealand. I i' 3r NAPPY $19. Could there be anything worse than spending three months in Auckland to watch the next series? "I give the New Zealan-ders plenty of points for a very good organisation with a very good boat and a skipper who doesn't make many mistakes and has the confidence to take race-winning risks." Sturrock does not believe the controversial fibreglass in the New Zealand hull is their race-winning edge.

"The difference between fibreglass and aluminium makes no difference in boat speed. "The problem is measuring the fibreglass to ensure it is within the rules. "I wouldn't be surprised if fibreglass is banned from 12 metres after this series for that reason." But NZ syndicate chairman Michael Fay predicts his boat "will render all aluminium 12s with the future of the competition in fibreglass. French Kiss designer Phillipe Briand said the future lay in fibreglass. Members of the American Eagle syndicate, with a graphically stunning but painfully slow 12 metre, are also convinced and are already planning their 1991 bid in fibreglass.

Cup loses shine: P33 (i JOCK STURROCK Iv2nrGi ante! Ittislbasiict owe 04J22j STEELCRAFT SAFETY RECLINER CAR SEAT $59.90 BOULEVARD Sit Up Recline Backrest Adjustment $109.90 A house owned by Ms Morosi in the Canberra suburb of Kambah was passed in at auction last month and it fa understood she has sold her interest in aa ice-cream parlour in the NSW country town of Bungen-dore, 40 km from Canberra. Arrangements to repay the debts were settled at a Canberra meeting three days before Christmas and papers were filed with the Federal Court on December 30. It is understood creditors present at the meeting pressed claims on the couple totalling $422,459. DEISMS GRANT tors, the Australian Taxation Office and Finance Corporation of Australia, urged other creditors to declare them bankrupt but finally agreed to a complex arrangement to repay the debts over several years. Ms Morosi and Mr Ditchburn are claimed to owe the Finance Corporation $195,532, the State Bank of NSW $81,000, Australian Guarantee Corporation $9,781, AVCO Financial Services $4,000 and Ban-que National de Paris $5,405.

The Australian Taxation Office is claiming $50,475 from Ms Morosi and $59,882 from Mr Ditchburn. CREDITORS have moved in on Ms Junie Morosi, long-time companion of former Whitlam Government Minister Dr Jim Cairns, and her husband. They have been forced to sell their houses to repay debts of $422,000. Ms Morosi and her husband, Mr David Ditchburn, are understood to have signed an agreement under which they will pay off the debts by selling two houses and all other assets, except clothing and household items, and agree to pay a trustee $100 a month over five years. The couple's two biggest credi YEAR ONE days 348 WOODVILLE RD GUILDFORD Phone 723 3166 THE SUN-HERALD, January 4, IV57.