The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia • 3

3 THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD FRIDAY APRIL 4 1997 HSC books row: admission Serial victim found By DUNCAN aNAHAM In Perth West Australian police are certain they are hunting a serial killer after the discovery yesterday morning of a body which they believe is that of Perth lawyer Ms Clara Glpnnon 27 The body found yesterday low fime- among trees die NSW Board of Stwfies revealed last night that both texts had been identified by the board'll syllabus as having the potential to cause concern to the community so board members including Professor Kramer were provided with copies and "asked to read before a AquQina's derision to accept the review paneft recommendations to dump the texts from study fists particularly given his initial public defence of Top Girts as printing in the "right direction about exporing positive values" The president of the Teachers Federation Mr Denis Fitzgerald said die Government was on bizarre physical details sexual behaviour coarse abusive language and violence" The syllabus committee which chooses school texts is made up of representatives from die Department of School Education die Association of Independent Schools the Catholic Education Commission academics from NSW and ACT uriverrities die Federation of Parents and Citizens Associations the TAFE Commission the Teachers Federation the Independent Education Union and die Aboriginal Education Consultative Group PAGE 14: as "education policy determined by the John Lawses of this world" and the chairman of the Australian Society of Authors Ms Anne Deveson said it was an act of political censorship and a demonstration of ignorance and narrow-mindedness The review panel's report released by Mr Aquilina on Wednesday said Top Girls expressed contempt for religion portrayed life as meaningless and introduced gratuitous violence in banal and crude language Finfbmr displays an obsessive preoccupation with By AUCIA UMBRA One of the utknli leading professors of literature and a key member of NSWs top education board six yean ago approved die taro texts die now wants burned from school study fists without reading them This was despite bring officially alerted at the time to their potential to cause concern to the community Dame Leonie Kramer who is also die rhancrilnr of the University of Sydney confirmed to the Herald yesterday that she was a member of the Board of smdiea in 1991 when die play Tap Girls by Caryl Churchill and the novel Fineflour by Gillian Mens were approved However a spokeswoman for DEVELOPERS SHANGHAI niTM gUlWlwB HHnNv HUfllVNIWI VI WBfly HW VilM MR iVIHIWII flVilMV MMy Mi tPMMM Two high minds take a long tall sally forth into Quay controversy for study by 17- and 18-year-old IVofcssor Kramer was picked to head die specially convened panel set up earlier this year by die Minister for Education Mr Aquiline to review the suitability of Top Gbb Fbttflourand Mae-atm die wake of controversy surrounding die texts sparked by some media commentators Yesterday die said it was die firat she had heard of complaints surrounding die texts and she had read diem for die first time as part of her work far the paneL There was widespread condemnation yesterday of Mr streets should also be explored incorporating the First Fleet landing rite in Loftus Street the north ofthe Cahill expressway landscaped open spaces with unparalleled vistas ofthe Sydney Opera Honse and the Botanic Gardens would be Mr Seidler says it is not too late to find a different solutioo for East Circular Quay "People who have bought apartments in the squat building now going up could exchange their assets for much more valuable apartments high up in the tower which coHld contain a mixture of apartments offices and a boteL" he said "It would be tallest building truly a landmark with incomparable unobstructed 180-degree views over the full extent of our At protest rally at the Opera Honse specially designed badges showing an obliterated view of the Opera House will be sold to raise funds to fight the project Drug swoop nets 1000 Fifteen alleged major heroin dealers were arrested in the biggest anti-drags sweep by Victorian Police ia which more than 1000 people were charged Operation Como allegedly cracked IS drug-dealing rings and led to drug-related charges agalast hundreds of people over the past six months tie crime Commander Rod Lambert said yesterday It had coaeentrated on the Melbourne suburbs of Spring-vale and Footscray Mr Lambert said the operation had been so successful in dealing oa the streets it would continue for at six months TOWER COMPROMISE BIDI 1V 'A 7-s VC 1 'IV "V'JB i The State Government last night moved tb stb0 the fallout from a second protest rally on Sunday over Hong Kong Shanghai Hotete'J i Circular Quay deveiopmei clrimingthe chtef lt executive Mr Plena Boppe had rected any compromise for the It Is understood that the Premier Mr Canyand the UrbanAffairs and Planning Minister Mr Knowles discussed the Issue duihg jIkj anasnnfl Kan unllSAii jIaaIaI Amumi nnHMun Sa IhA lliB W86K MX! 8SC60 roT 8 WntBEIl OBnim iiDin ui6 OWIWS ID D6 released Jbefore the protest When that rid not happen MrV-i Knowtes hwt rfffW 1 WrWtWw Nawv nna wpwhpVS is whmw wn i imiuii sn anws mwis him by phone the company was not interested lira tower r--- to sanitise die curriculum to conform with talkback The president of die Federation of Parents and Citizens Associations of NSW Ms Ros damned die decision Two face By ANABEL DEAN Two men who denied trees A pastoral company director and a property manager have been found guilty of clearing native vegetation by ploughing 240 hectares of land without obtaining consent It is the first pfOUffQltlOII brought under the newly introduced State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP) which covers protection and management of native vegetation In the Land and Environment Court yesterday Justice Talbot ruled Oat the Windouran Pastoral Company and director Mr Robert Crawford manager Mr Tony Rial and share farmer Mr a stone and sandhill scrub near Yanchep National Park about 40 kilometres north of Perth Police have suspected a serial killer since three women vanished from the same area Ms Glennon vanished after having an upmarket nightrinh district on March IS She was die third young woman to disappear from die same area in IS months In January last year Ms Sarah Spiers 18 disappeared after leaving the Continental Hotel in Claremont and has not been found Last June a childcare worker Ms Jane Rimmer 23 disappeared after leaving the same hotel Her naked body was found in bush two months later Police used criminal profiling advice offered by the FBI-trained forensic examiner Mr David Caldwell of South Carolina and Melbourne criminal profiler Mr Claude Minisini to tell the public what to look out for in the killer He may now be absent from work show an inability to remain at work experience a sudden deterioration in work performance an inability to concentrate headaches sudden changes in routine or commitments and become reclusive Task force head Acting Detective Superintendent Paid Ferguson said the lack of any evidence of a struggle by the victims suggested a person with authority might be responsible: a taxi driver security guard or even a policeman Ron Casey sacked for racist slur By HEATHER CHAPMAN n-jin iilw K80io wnxer Controversial broadcaster Ron Casey (pictured) was sacked yes-2GB after bong about die company Nokia Mr Ian Grace chief executive of tiie Macquarie Network which owns 2GB said the station had terminated Casey's employment because needed "to make a very dear statement to flic community that 2GB must not be used for discriminatory com-c The dedsioa was unfortu-but have been a number of incidents with Ron not just tiie comments only" Casey said last night he speaking facetiously on Ins program amen he commented on Nokiat sponsorship of the Australian Rugby Leagued best and fairest awards who listens to die tapes would know I was making facetious comments for which I apologised within minutes" he He said he had also apologised officially the next day because he had been told die ARL might withdraw 2GBb broadcast rights far the season if he did not However this Casey into even more when he said Nokia was "a good and Aryan company got wnriiing winV than racially" Casey said he was sacked by Mr Gmoe over the phone whim had saved him the embarrassment of having to go to 2GB today to hear die new final decision was But Professor Kramer 72 confirmed yesterday she had not read either text when she took part bn the boanft decision to rubber-stamp the recommendations of its syllabus committee and literature reference group to approve die play and novel Circular Quay and the other adjacent to the western-most ferry wharf hard up against the Cahill Expressway Mr Rodi an organiser of the second protest rally agalast the development by Hong Kong Shanghai Hotels on Sunday said: the concept of creating extensive plaza areas to the south of the Cahill Expressway along Alfred Street between Pitt and Phillip Department yesterday ordered the meat products to be taken from shrives following the detection of the salmonella bacteria during a routine check of meats last week in a Perth suburban wholesaler The general manager of Don Mr Craig Gordois "precautionary recall" applied only to the two Don products with the nominated use-by dates "Consumer health and safety is absolutely paramount and we had no hesitation in notifying the public of the voluntary recall" he said The Parliamentary Secretary to the Health Minister Mr Chris Elfison last night promised a final proposal cm national food standards by the end of the year 0000 Aloe Saab 557 PkNc created between such a tower and the Opera House importautty it would restore a flail view ofthe Opera House from every aspect especially from Circular Quay which has now been lost" The pyramid scheme devised with a building designer Mr Paul Johnson would see two 40-storey towers cut into pyramidal shapes on the southern end of East over salmonella scare $100000 tree penalty By ANNE SUSSNMD and PAOLATOTARO The battle over East Circular Quay has taken a new twist with two leading architects different -the troubled site -the pyramids rthehigh I the wide Mr Harry Seidler wants to build the tallest tower iu Australia at the southern end of the East Circular Quay rite opening views to the Opera House and Benudong Print to parkland while Mr To has come up with a i would allow construction of two slender pyramids on either side of Circular Quay to provide a majestic gateway to Sydney Mr Seidler who has prep the design far the 70 storey tower argues that such a building would not lookout of place wi many towers of CBD "It is a natural extension of the city skyline and puts a dramatic end to it" he said "The knge benefit would be the nucncumbercd landscaped area Coles acts Cries supermaikets in NSW have recalled two Victorian smaBgooda products after fears they may be contaminated with almnnella from the same batches that have caused a food scare in We The NSW Health ment say the products are Latvian fiver spread 250 grams (use by 24497) and Don DeU supreme kabana 375 grams (me by 12597) Preliminary investigations by the NSW Health Department showed Cries supermarkets to be the only major supermarket chain selling this products In the past month four separate strains of salmonella have been found in goods from three Melbourne smafigoods manufac Drew Harris had cleared native vegetation cm the property called Wmdouran in Wakool near Deniliquin in January 1996 The judge found each of the charges proved before adjourning the case for argument on conviction and penalty The Director-General of the Department of Land and Water Conservation took the group to court after they failed to get development consent to dear the land of cotton bush dillon bush grass and other species Justice Talbot found that Mr Crawford and Mr Rial were aware that the SEPP section 46 was in force and that consent had not been sought The judge said Mr Harris helped by his son had cleared the land and was following Mr Rial's instructions He said the company was liable for the actions of its agents and employees The Minister for Lands Mr Yeadon announced last month that the SEPP legislation was an interim measure and would go as soon as new legislation is enacted "We intend to release a draft native vegetation conservation bill for public consultation by April and take the rill to Parliament once public consultation is The bill would include a regional vegetation management plan developed by the local community under which farmers would not have to seek government' approval if they winked within the plan COD turers a bakery and a restaurant: The manager of the food and nutrition unit at the NSW Health Department Mr John McMahon said further investigations were under way over the distribution of the two products to stores in Albury and Wagga The West Australian Health fS 15 Mice 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