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No 49808 RRST PUBLISHED 1831 64 PAGES 90c Our swimmers making a splash SPORT PAGE 45 The cyberbanking revolution elstro Iphins COMPUTERS GOOD LIVING COLUMN 8 Aborigines were cannibals Hanson book claims dk '0rie ofthd Mourilyan Aborigines informed will the descendants of those biacKswho cannibalised Chinese me that they catch the unsuspecting child by the legs and bash its head against a tree also that picaninny makes quite a delicious meal 9 miners on the Palmer River in 1875 be required to bear the guilt of their forefathers? 9 6They Aborigines kiliedaridratetHeir own women and children and occasionally their men The older women were often killed for eating purposes like livestock9 Hector Holthouse River of Gold: The Story of the Palmer River Gold Rush 1967 Eric Rolls Sojourners: The Epic Story of China's Relationship with Australia 1992 By GREG ROBERTS Ms Pauline new political party has come under fire for making the extraordinary claim that Aborigines were once cannibals The claim is based on a new book published by the Independent MFs supporters Pauline Hanson The Truth which includes a reference to Aborigines who lived in the Palmer River area near Cooktown in northern Queensland last century The book whose author is anonymous claims that these Aborigines cannibalised family members killed and ate their own women and children and director Mr David Ettridge said the claims were intended to correct misconceptions about Aboriginal history and were relevant to the present debate about Aboriginal welfare spending public thinks 20th century Aborigines were peaceful fun-loving people who sat around having he said Pauline Hanson May 28 women and says that when a woman was to be killed she was taken to a secluded spot where a man held seized her while another hit her on the back of the head with a nulla-nulla or club she was disembowelled and cut up for The reference is one of several accounts the book describes as Smiles as rolls into Hong Kong ALP rocked as Lawrence is charged suggestion that we should be feeling some concern for modern-day Aborigines for suffering in the past is balanced a little bit by the alternative view of whether you can feel sympathy for people who eat their However leading historian of Aboriginal society Professor Henry Reynolds of James Cook University' said there was no basis in anthropological studies or historical records for the claims is no evidence whatsoever that Aborigines were he said claims are totally unsourced and without evidence Continued Page 4 to spectators as he crosses the Dutton Photographs by reuter occasionally their it says older women were often killed for eating purposes like The book the copyright of which is attributed to Pauline Hanson also: Paints a bizarre picture of Australia in 2050 as being part of the States of years after she should have done so Carmen Lawrence has stand down from front bench The political damage of her Refusal to do the right thing then which sobadly affected Paul Keating is now being inflicted on Kim Beazley 9 GEOFF KITNEY PAGE 8 Opposition Mr Beazley said Dr Lawrence had told him last night of the charges Lawrence has consistently maintained her recollection of events during all inquiries into these matters and intends contesting the charges he said accord with her previous commitment to me Dr Lawrence has agreed to be suspended from the shadow ministry pending the outcome of her 1996 evidence of Aboriginal cannibalism The book is being sold to raise funds for the party Pauline Hanson One Nation' launched in Ipswich on April 11 Ms Hanson who was in Ipswich yesterday could not be contacted for comment However the national Red Army In fact the PLA was lucky to make it to central Hong Kong at all because Hong proto-col-conscious administration decided that the soldiers were not VIPs and were therefore not entitled to a police escort Thus their drivers who are used to the appalling traffic on the China side of the border were faced with a new challenge dealing with road signs and place names they knew nothing about and a complex road system much of it one-way which few Hong Kong drivers can easily cope with CenturyOld WE usually run items seeking the return of lost dogs cameras lecture notes photos but then we hear about Maree Alwert of Barrack Point near Shellharbour She and husband Robert were at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Sunday for a day of remembrance for children who had been in the oncology ward of the Sydney Hospital and since died BEFORE the ceremony Maree parked her 1986 Tarago cream PWB232 in Lower Fort Street and it was stolen The son Owen 7 died on October 21 1993 Some time after losing Owen Maree found in the glovebox a small blue spiral-bound notebook and it was on the front seat when the car was taken In it written by Owen was: High Mum I Love You Penrith Council simply run out of ideas and give a Clifton Gardens reader asks Browsing through a she noted that Lemongrove near Penrith has a street called simply ALONG the Wakehurst Parkway south of the Warringah Road intersection (remember when it was called Blinking is a pipe coming out of a rock wall A bush spring flows from the pipe and see people queuing to fill containers with free spring water Even (seen by Lisa Monk of Belrose at the weekend) the driver of a Coca-Cola truck THE SALVATION Phil Wilson a chaplain to businessmen in the CBD was having breakfast in uniform in a York Street cafe the other day when a youngish man sat down with him been sleeping rough appeared drug-influenced and gladly accepted the raisin toast and coffee Phil offered him He was waiting to get a train back to Wellington he said so Phil offered to organise a feed and a shower could I have a grant of said his guest need to get my mobile phone out of the pawn THE SALVOS today launch the Red Shield Appeal with the doorknock coming on May 25 RURAL Mystery No 68 Greg Adelt of Dubbo reports seeing about 8 am last Thursday at a level crossing on the Newell Highway Gilgandra rock (looking) singer look like country singer) with electric guitar (unplugged) singing and playing to a cameraman and sound recordist with a backdrop of passing semi-trailers cars and Greg asks: I pass someone TED Evans of Orange tells us his family had a big house last century at one end of Lords Place (Column 8 yesterday) when it was only a short street The house had two big iron gates so the family said that at the end of Lords Place were Evans Gates Groan Attacks the anti-gun lobby claiming assault rifles are not the killing as shown on banners Lashes immigration saying the class elites have deliberately earmarked Anglo-Saxon Australia for The book uses the offensive term to describe Aboriginal i Mr Beazley will this morning announce the replacement for Dr Lawrence who was spokeswoman on the environment The Royal Commissioner Justice Kenneth Marks found in November 1995 that Dr Lawrence had lied to the WA Parliament the public and the commission about her role as the then WA Premier in the 1992 tabling of a parliamentary petition by Mr Brian Easton The petition tabled by Mr Halden made allegations concerning Mr former wife Penny and their battle in the Family Court which were subsequently found to have been false Mrs Easton killed herself four days later Justice Marks rejected Dr evidence that she knew of the petition only just before its tabling and that she might not have allowed it had she known its contents Instead he found that she had pushed for the petition to be lodged over strong objections from within her own party and that she was involved in at least four discussions alleging Family Court perjury by Mrs Easton Dr evidence was contradicted by several witnesses including State Cabinet colleagues Justice Marks found that Dr behaviour was an improper use of her power as Premier because she had supported the use of the allegations of Mrs former husband her own personal political at the expense of the Eastons ing ACTU representation has now recommended an overhaul of the Employer Nominated Scheme (ENS) It has called for a streamlining of the program for all ENS applicants to be employed under a renewable contract for a minimum of three and additional emphasis on vocational English At present the ENS allows companies to recruit overseas workers to fill specific internal vacancies Workers except those doing academic or scientific research must be employed permanently and employers must the local job market before being allowed to recruit overseas The practice is falling out of favour because of its inflexibility and say some critics its abuse by some ethnic groups Only 866 people entered under the scheme in 1995- with the second-biggest group being of religion" a sign that some groups are using it to bypass tests in other parts of the immigration program By JODIE BROUGH Dr Carmen Lawrence was stood down from Federal front bench last night within an hour of being charged with three counts of perjury over her evidence to the Marks Royal Commission into the Penny Easton affair The West Australian State Labor MLC Mr John Halden was also charged with one count of perjury Both were both summonsed to appear in the Perth Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday The maximum penalty for perjury in Western Australia is five jail Dr Lawrence revealed in a statement last night that her former senior political adviser Mr Ed Russell was also to be charged and that she was distressed by the decision to charge me and my former She said the charges were the end result of a politicised process which many have described as a have done nothing wrong let alone committed a criminal offence Since I am innocent I have every confidence of being vindicated at my Dr Lawrence said that although she was standing aside from her shadow portfolio she would continue as the Member for Fremantle Mr Halden stepped aside from the WA Labor front bench last night The WA Commissioner of Police Mr Bob Falconer said the charges related to evidence given at the Marks Royal Commission The Leader of the Federal TViey way (ess hut- ri 7 note if should 1 ye flloniq aiy Fewer trains at smaller stations controversial new timetable blamed for peak-hour delays may be dumped reducing services to some smaller stations under options being considered by the chief executive of State Rail Mr David Hill PAGE 4: Full reports $lbn TAB float gets go-ahead The State Government will announce today the $1 billion public float of the TAB but faces a Caucus revolt over plans to add a lucrative poker machine jackpot licence to lot the value of die sale PAGE 3: Full report Let the handover begin Major General Zhu Borong of the Liberation Army waves border into Hong Kong and below meets the British Forces Commander Major-General Brian Door opened wider for foreign workers By MARGARET HARRIS Herald Correspondent in Hong Kong The Liberation Army came to Hong Kong yesterday looking like conquerors all shiny new vehicles and razor sharp trouser creases but found nothing but a horde of photographers and tourists to conquer This first significant event of the handover of Hong Kong to China the arrival of the first contingent of mainland soldiers to man the Hong Kong garrison was kept as low-key an affair as possible with the British merely exchanging greetings and handshakes with their Chinese counterparts But Hong Kong did its best to mark the occasion by stalling the convoy of seven vehicles none of them tanks just black saloon cars mini-buses camouflaged trucks and a covered troop truck and getting them thoroughly ensnared in heavy mid-town traffic The jam gave the hundreds of people and tourists lining the streets who were hoping to get a glimpse of the soldiers sent by their new masters a chance to get a good look at the 40 men making history And though it was feared there would be demonstrations against the soldiers the only sound was the snapping of camera shutters and the only gestures friendly waves They also had to find the toll in Hong Kong dollars not Chinese currency for at least two tunnels before reaching their destination But they were not left entirely to their own devices At the Hong Kong-China border a contingent of British soldiers arrived and a soldier got into the front seat of each vehicle to give the drivers directions What language the English-speaking soldiers with their smattering of Cantonese used to direct the Mandarinspeaking Chinese drivers was not revealed By the time the PLA soldiers arrived at the Prince of Wales Barracks in central Hong Kong where most of them will stay hundreds of people were lining the streets to stare at them and wave There before another crowd of 200 journalists and photographers the commander of the PLA contingent Major-General Zhu Borong was met by the Commander of the British Forces in Hong Kong Major-General Brian Dutton who welcomed him with a firm handshake And with that it was over The Hong Kong handover had begun quietly without much ceremony and to the relief of both sides no acrimony PHONE Editorial 92822822 Classified 132535 General 9282 2833 By MICHAEL MILLETT Political Correspondent Companies will have greater freedom to recruit skilled workers overseas with a Federal Government review recommending that they be allowed to employ people on fixed contracts rather than permanently The review a copy of which has been obtained by the Herald also proposes easing the burden on employers to prove that positions cannot be filled locally The changes certain to be adopted by the Government are part of an immigration revolution with companies no longer relying on bringing in large numbers of unskilled workers to supplement the workforce Permanent immigration is rapidly falling out of favour with companies instead searching overseas for valuable workers and bringing them in on short fixed-term contracts The Lin Committee headed by Dr Ian Lin senior business manager and president of the Hong Kong-Australia Business Association and 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