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A2 THE AGE TUESDAY 3 JUNE 1997 JUST BRIEFLY Creationist wins case on Noah's Ark "Considerable care should be exercised before making orders restraining comments made in the course of public discussion on issues regarded by many people as important to their religious or ideological beliefs, at least where the motivation for making such statements is not primarily commercial in character," he said. In a separate action, he fined Dr Roberts $2500 for using an illustration from a book written by an American marine salvage expert, Mr David Fasold, another applicant in the case. Dr Roberts said the decision preserved the free speech rights of anyone who has "something important to say. I trust in future they'll not be harassed and pursued through the courts for saying those things by someone who disagrees with them ideologically." But Professor Plimer said the case revealed the fraud inherent in creationism. "In part we have achieved what we set out to achieve, and that was to show to the public that creationism is fraudulent.

It's bad science, it's bud religion and it's underpinned by misleading and deceptive conduct," he said. By LOUISE MARTIN, Sydney The conflict between creationists and evolution scientists remains eternal. The Federal Court yesterday found that a Sydney church elder, Dr Allen Itoberts, had misrepresented the extent of his involvement in a geological dig in eastern Turkey, where he snicl (lie remnants of Noah's Ark were located. The court found that Dr Huberts' claims he had undertaken investigations in east Turkey and carried out tests on Noah's Ark were false and misleading. But regardless of the deception, lustice Ronald Sackville said his actions were beyond the scope of the court.

"Some issues no matter how great the passions they arouse are more appropriately dealt with outside the courtroom," he said. Implying it would be a restriction on free speech, lustice Sackville rejected the basis of Melbourne academic Professor Ian I'limer's case: that (he Fair Trading Act be viewed as extending beyond the commercial realm to cover false and misleading claims made in public debates. A victory creation: Dr Allen lioberts leaves the Federal Court in Sydney yesterday with his lawyer and his wife after a judge rejected (Jinversity academic Professor Ian Plimer. the legal Oh yes, pull other leg, says the fastest man Hi lETtE FFEF3 pa? smsca oaasr Award for top brain scientist ONE of Australia's premier scientists working on the brain, Dr Seong-Seng Tan, yesterday received the 1997 Amgen Award for Excellence in Medical Research. As principal research fellow at Melbourne's Howard Florey Institute, Dr Tan has been studying the development of the embryonic brain, including what triggers maturation into functional cells.

Man Jailed for mother's death A SON who stabbed his mother to death less than a day after showing her a knife and telling her "God might come" was jailed yesterday for three years. Justice Rosemary Balmford said in delivering her sentence that a psychiatrist said Mihai Firulovici, 24, was suffering from a significant psychiatric illness when he killed Mrs Florica Firulovici, 54, at her flat in Hoddle Street, Collingwood, on 31 March last year. Firulovici, who was found not guilty by a jury of murder but guilty of manslaughter, was given a two-year minimum term. He has already served more than a year of the term. Southcorp takes honors AUSTRALIA'S largest wine company last night showed there is strength in numbers, taking out two top honors at The Age Epicure Uncorked Awards.

Southcorp, the owner of household names including Penfolds, Lindemans and Wynns, was presented with the Uncorked best red award for the Penfolds Bin 28 Kalimna 1994 at a function at Chapel Off Chapel in Prahran. The function launched the winter edition of the magazine, which is available with today's Age. Independent on the move THE independent New South Wales MP who sits next to the outspoken Member for Oxley, Ms Pauline Hanson, in Federal Parliament has asked to move to another seat so he can reassert his independence. Former television newsreader Mr Peter Andren denied yesterday that his request to the Speaker, Mr Bob Halverson, to permanently change seats was a "snub" to Ms Hanson. Fruit growers eating plea VICTORIA'S fruit growers want everyone to eat at least five apples and two pears each a week to make up for the sales lost due to the fire-blight scare, Brother firm on death penalty THE brother of an Australian nurse murdered in Saudi Arabia was resolute in his belief that the death penalty is the right punishment for those found guilty of the crime, his lawyer said last night.

Mr Frank Gilford's lawyer, Mr Jim Phipps, said he spoke to his client late yesterday afternoon. Mr Phipps, of the International Law Firm in Saudi Arabia, said Mr Gilford, of South Australia, believed the death penalty was "the right answer in this Quote of the day "If it wasn't dynamic compaction that did it, what was it? We weren't visited from outer space. We weren't invaded by giant earthworms." Ms Llbby Smith, after a magistrate dismissed her case against the Australian Grand Prix Corporation. And the winner is Donovan Bailey of Canada who won a 150-metre race against Michael Johnson of the United States, the Olympic gold-medal winner In the 200 and 400m races in Atlanta last year. Online The Age Tax Guide for 1997 can be accessed at any time through the Internet at www.theage.com.au, together with the latest stories on the real estate prices hnom.

I wish kw AwMy (vow rfortion UtonA back when the IBM supercomputer had finished with him. Except that Kasparov did not wear a bandage and he didn't have Deep Blue saying rude things. The official Johnson version is that he tore a quadriceps muscle during the race. He said that coming around the bend the muscle felt as if it was cramping. He grabbed It with his left hand, but then the pain became intense.

And so the man who can make running look like flying took an ungainly fall. As far as Johnson is concerned, the fastest-man debate has still not been decided. That was for others to decide. All he knew was that he wasn't healthy and hadn't been able to show his right stuff. "This is what happens in track," he said.

What also happens in track Is that a race that lasts for 14.99 seconds can be analysed almost endlessly. The official race figures show that Bailey started slightly better than lohnson and led by .09 seconds after 50 metres and .39 seconds after 100. Figures then become meaningless as Bailey was effectively running by himself. The unofficial Canadian version of the race is that lohnson, more experienced on running bends than Bailey, either tossed it in or willed a leg injury as soon as he suspected he was not going to catch the 100-inctrc world record-holder. The unofficial US version is: stuff happens.

lohnson who also never got on with a former world-record sprinter, Carl Lewis docs not have a history of throwing races (nor of trailing many runners). And why would he give up when he Is the fastcst-yct 200-metre runner, wilh all the pre-racc predictions suggesting that he would speed up while Bailey slowed down? He had also suggested it be made a winncr-takc-all contest. All the signs on race day pointed to Bailey being the one likely to drop his bundle. Before the startcrb gun fired he seemed by far the tenser of the pair. He had been angered by what he claimed were changes to the configuration of the track, whicli he felt favored Johnson.

In a statement released before the race, even as the jt i V. MP WKKD i -ra v. ii liHi 5 ii claims of Melbourne Picture: NICK MOIR Donovan liailey, jubilant after his easy win. Blues Brothers were riding motorbikes Into Toronto's SkyDomc (which showed no sky at all, as the roof was kept closed on a hazy Sunday afternoon), Bailey said: "My sport depends on mental focus and split-second timing. To have the shape of the track changed at the last minute is an egregious miscarriage of the competitive spirit of this competition." Perhaps a deal should have been made: Bailey would accept, even sympathise with, his opponent's injury if lohnson would accept that Bailey really knows the meaning of or his pain, which could be considerable, Johnson will receive Perhaps.

The "Challenge of Champions" proved to be an organisational fiasco, and doubts have been raised about the promoters' ability to pay the purses. A good thing that Bailey who may or may not walk away with million insists it was never about money. Perhaps his biggest mistake was knocking back Johnson's offer of a $US2 million race. Or perhaps It will be kicking a man when he down. Will there be a rematch? Maybe.

Another time; another place; another promoter. But right now the two fastest men In the world are in no hurry to sec each other again. of the car, driven by Ms (ones, and was walking to the driver's side window when Ms Jones drove bff, knocking him over. "She said something to me and I walked around to find out what it was," said Newman. "She was in the process of driving off, and that's when this accident happened." Newman has suffered a run of ill-luck recently, losing his licence for drink-driving and being knocked out in a sdffle.

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