Park asks Libs to deliver

LABOR MP-elect Ryan Park says he can deliver his party's pre-election promises for Keira - as long as the new Liberal government keeps its vow to "govern for all".

Restrictions A Dam Shame

BEFORE I lived in South Australia I lived at Upper Cordeaux River, inland from Wollongong and behind Windy Gully. Like other Cordeauxites I retain fierce interest in my old homeland. So now that the two smaller dams are considered obsolete and the ``bottom dam" (No 3) only as a standby facility, and everything strictly locked by that national bureaucratic behemoth the National Parks and Wildlife Department, I wonder why cannot NSW follow other states and allow controlled land uses of the restricted vas

Test Match

AUSTRALIA 35 (J Roff 2, M Burke tries; M Burke 6 pen goals, goal) BRITISH AND IRISH LIONS 14 (N Back try; J Wilkinson 3 pen goals). Half-time: 6-11. At Colonial Stadium. Referee: J Kaplan (SA). Crowd: 56,605. NHRU Round 13 WANDERERS 25 (Nathan White, Nick Crosskill, Anthony Barrett tries; Juli

Logging In The Parks: It's Only A Matter Of Time

I refer to James Woodford's article ``At Loggerheads", (Herald, February 12). Col Dorber sure was a doughty advocate for the foresters, and those of us who worked among the tall timbers will remember his enthusiasm and skill in support of our cause. Sadly and ironically, as Mr Dorber sa

Tertiary It Courses

Students wishing to enrol in IT courses for 2001 should contact the relevant university admission centres for each state and territory. Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre, www.vtac.edu.au University of Tasmania, www.utas.edu.au NSW/ACT University Admissions Centre, www.uac.edu.au SA Te

Heritage To Profit From Janet Cosh Bequest

A bequest by a respected Southern Highlands conservationist will fund a resource room at the Fitzroy Falls Visitors' Centre. The late Janet Cosh willed $182,000 from her estate to the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) foundation on her death in 1987. NPWS spokeswoman Diane Garrood sa

Ditch The Car And You'll Breathe Easier

Anyone who prefers not being able to see the air they breathe is being urged to take a walk occasionally this summer as part of the latest Smogbusters campaign to encourage Melburnians to use their cars less and breathe easier. Launching the campaign yesterday, the Lord Mayor, Cr Ivan Deveson, sa

Australians' Taste Of Hunger Raises $6.2mill

THOUSANDS of Australians tucked into their first meal yesterday since giving up food for 40 hours to raise money for World Vision. Their sacrifice is expected to raise $6.2million, compared with $5.6million collected last year. World Vision 40 Hour Famine national manager Mr Jonathan Krause sa

Planning Row Over Death Lodges

Building plans for the two ski lodges which collapsed in the Thredbo landslide were not subject to any conditions of approval by Snowy Mountains Shire Council, according to documents uncovered since the disaster. A preliminary report by council officers for its general manager, Mr Ron Malcolm, sa

On-line Access For All, Says Coalition

The Coalition plans to create what it terms "electronic commons" or "public parks" on the information superhighway to ensure that all people can gain access to it. Releasing the Coalition's on-line services policy yesterday, communications spokesman, Senator Richard Alston, sa

Sa Menus Go Native, With Fauna Fare Game

YOU might start with an entree of wallaby soup containing just a hint of barley. The main course is a delicate and subtle dish of possum stew accompanied by aromatic wild rice. And for dessert? A platter of natural fruit and berries found in any national park. It might not please the mind or the

Sa Warns It May Hang On To 1996 Grand Prix

South Australia has warned it may not let the Australian Grand Prix go until 1997, claiming it was not yet certain that Melbourne's track would be ready in time to host the 1996 race. The SA Premier, Mr Brown, also accused the Melbourne Grand Prix organisers of ``reneging" on parts of an in

Gp Track To Cut Swathe Through Parks

The new Melbourne Grand Prix race track will slice through public ovals and parklands in Albert Park, the Premier, Mr Kennett, announced yesterday. He said the new circuit would diverge from existing roads to enable car pits to be installed and extra bends to be added to the track. Constructio

Hours Of Toil Take Their Toll

Firefighters across NSW were weary and deflated last night, some having battled fires for up to 14 hours. More than 5,000 professional and volunteer firefighters fought the fires as they blazed across the State. But the volunteers from the NSW Bush Fire Services - many of whom had sa

Thrashing Around, Looking For Jobs

IT'S INTERESTING that Reserve Bank Governor Bernie Fraser should suggest technical full employment in Australia would mean unemployment between 6 and 7 per cent. Unemployment in the US is currently 6.7 per cent; we are now running at 11.2 per cent. The US is growing at around the sa

Sa Urges Maturity Over Mabo

The South Australian Premier, Mr Lynn Arnold, said Australia needed to adopt a mature approach to deal with the reality of the High Court's Mabo decision. He said while he supported the discussions at today's Council of Australian Governments in Melbourne, it would be unrealistic to expect the

Blood Is Thicker Than War To Somali Rescuers

Australian relief on its way to Fiji The Federal Government yesterday sent two emergency relief flights to cyclone-ravaged Fiji. A RAAF Hercules left Sydney yesterday morning with an Iroquois helicopter and support equipment. It was expected to reach Suva last night. The acting Foreign Minister, Mr

Death Of The Soviet Amazon

BATTLEFIELDS no longer offer the best examples of mankind's stupidity and self-destructive urges. They grow over, return to nature and are sometimes even turned into manicured parks where we can reflect on the follies of the past while looking forward to a better future made possible by sa

Locals Unite For Tree Fight

A group of Petersham residents have locked horns with Marrickville Council over its plans to systematically remove thousands of paperbark trees from parks and streets across the municipality. For the past few months, residents in Hopetoun Street have been fighting a rearguard action to sa

Sydney Chokes On Its Own Traffic

Sydney's centre is choking to death on its own traffic, and the number of vehicles parked on city streets is forecast to rise by 50 per cent over the next 18 months. Soon nearly 50,000 vehicles a day will be parked in and around the city centre, and Sydney City Council's planning staff sa