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KILLED IN CITY Walk

A hugh crowd have gathered in the jewellers robbed had only of what's happened. The started business.

Ambulance Ser',ice has confirmed

ByASHLEY

GEELAN

recently

bec:ause

tlut

two

people are deacl ancl a woman has heen taken to hospitai.

Emergencv Services reporter

The o1d building has

been

described as having many hiding places because of the era it was buiit in.

Ambulance ofiicers came erut of the

Workers in the building said A QUARTER to one this afternoon Century building, 125 Swanston St, _AT (4112196) two people were shot dead at u Melbourne City' bringing with them one that there were many cupboards, jewerlery store, tt" 'cenrury' building * liil"L.,illl^tltl:i--11*'u on a stretcher' It is electrical and telephone switchboards suft'ered mutiple located u.ithin the building were the swanston st. police believe the shootings trr" ;:il-lf,1:'J"'1rtf,f""ffil*s gunman could hide. "i" resuit of a bungled burglary and have called in the Speciai Operations Group, and also believe At 2pm, police helievecl tlat at least No eye witness to the shooting that other people may also be inside the building. tbur shots had been firecl, but workers are have indicated to police that the still inside the building, police having no idea press, two Ilcople where the gunman has gone, r*'ith a strong wcre believed to be dead. with a third person, believed possibility that he is stil1 inside the building. to be a woman and covered in blood has been rushed The shooting has proved a logistical to hospital in an intensive care ambulance. nightmare fbr police and ernergency services, Swanston Walk is swarming u,ith pttlice and being a weekday lunchtime in the lead-up to ambulance crews. Trams have banked up along ssyslnl Christmas, with many prtple going to the city lines, Lreing descrihed by peopie in the city as a stark tbr Christmas shopping. reminder of the tram strike.

Eye-witnesses can not believe that At this stage it is believed that the oft'ender this inciclent has occured in the middle tlf the may still be inside the building on the eighth floor. daY in Melbourne.

The eighth tloor has been c:otdoned off and the police The eighth tloor wholesale jeweilers helicopter has swung into action. otlices has been checked by ptriice, with a 3AW reporter, Greg Dye, said on the Ernie number of cabinets appearing to have been Sigley Show, when he phoned the 3AW newsroom, tbrced opcn.

"Absolute confusion here and additional reports we People sitting down to a lunchtime have are that 2 peerple have been killed, Ernie (Sigley) andthereisonepersoninaseriouscondition." cup of cotl-ee said that they "Heard a volley

At the time of ,eoing tu

of shots ."

At I.26pm it was confirmed that the robbery involved the eighth t'loor, but police stitl believe the the person responsible is still inside the building.

Mcrst eye witnesses also stated that

first thing that they thought of was

a

suspected gunman had left the building, because immediatley after the shots were

fired may people had come t()

gather

arouncl the building, making it highly tikely that someone would have seen him leave the huilding.

The woman who was scriously uounded is currently in intensive care at the Alfred Hospital.

A nearby ,*,orker from the '$2 Shop', three doors up tiom the Century building said the trrst thing that came into his mind was that "Someone had begun an attempt to try and better Martin Bryant's record, as many people

had expressed conc:em that

someone

would try to better him."

Workers in the building described security in the buililing as strict ancl quite good. with most workers in the building being jewellers they were verv security conscience.

repeat of the Port Arthur Massacre.

Police say the incident lrccured in a suite of a A 2pm police began investigating Swanston St building just after midday. The area is now been cordoned oft (1pm) and police emergency the incident and began to issue 'numbers' to services are working desperately to figure out what otlce workers, who haci the option of leaving the Century building upon presenting the exactly has happened. 'numher' to police, hopefully allowing police

Doctors at the Alfred Hospital were r.rnable to comment on the woman's condition at 2.l5pm, and police wish to assure relatives and tiiends of workers in the building that the area is now saf-e.

Ambulance Team Manager Bill Mcleesh to get everyone out of the building sat'ely, said "Well, uh we got a call about an armed robbery leaving only the gunman inside. at, um, Swanston St in the city and on our arrivai we Police strongly suggested, but did found two people deceased and a third person who was seriously injured with head and shoulder shot wounds not confirm, that the gunman was still inside and she is being loaded to the Alfred Hospital, all the building. Other jewellers within 1r" Century building said that the jewellery lights and sirens, in serious condition."

At the time of going to print (2.17pm) the victims, and the iniured

commuoity was a close-knit one, and that the

erry

ppy

woman's names had not been released. is as acc\rate as *re informtioa tB] later prc\'e to be 'Ilte inconecl. t o,rpletc. coDrtrtud story silJ appear ol either another ptpe ofthis issue (December 1) or nexl issBe

Rerders should note that this anicle mss;bL-- Ihough

(Dt

1l).

ti?,Vtrs

ear to

apologizes tor

this.

VicNews. November

1996 3

heroin crisis crisis. According to police and drug agencies, the trend is now moving from traditional 'drug' suburbs to new markets.

The State

Government

has

been accused by a leading drug agency

of stailing in its campaign to

combat

drug abuse.

A

Vcl,lews

VicWATCH

investigation revealed that the Western

draw on the knowledge

Our

Much of the rading has aiso

of the public. Senior police officers have admitted that they are failing to 'make a dent' in the drug trade.

'One

of the Western

agencies has

suburb's drug

lost funding, and

turning away addicts.

is

These problems have June this year.

ln the past six months we

,rtf

getting through cllstoms and an increase in our

A Victoria

So far all that has happened since the big debate, hosted several months ago by radio station 3AW's Niel Mitchell, is to

/

establish alcohol Police special operation

to target on heroin dealers in

Melbourne's

three most most notorious areas-Springvale, the CBD and Footscray. This coincides with a suspected increase in the quaiity and

quantity

of heroin rvhich is now

on Melbourne's streets. There are concerns, howeve that the special operation does not

It

treatment

The

big debate about (of heroin) and

decriminalization

legalization (of marijuna) receded when the government voted not to change the law.

Premier Kennett did wish

to

see

the law changed. but he was unabie to gain

enough support from his fellow members

and

was found that Hobart had the

fight most expensive.butter, instant coffee, toilet

d.ttl*l*ing

detergent, milk chocolate blocks, baked beas, pet food and baby food.

country.

and d*g

services across the state.

has just begun, Operation Como, has started

MELBOURNE has the cheapest slabs of beer but the most expensive flour and milk in P:p:t, the

have

of students using drugs in secondary school toilets, a recognized increase in the amount of illegal substances seen photographs

Victoria has cheapest beer-l'llWfitgfdrink to that BV ECOnOmiCS

occured

despite the state government cornmitting $25 rnillion to comtrat the drug problem in

streets.

Leading drug agencies say that new markets are emrging in Box Hill, Bendigo, Ballarat and Geelong. These places join the traditonai markets of Footscray, the Central Business District and the Dandenong/Sprin gvaie area.

locai patrol

the quality of heroin available on

redr,rced.

Kensington, Frankston,

been

happening in the public view, mostly in the streets, usually busy streets around shopping centres, during the day and within easy view

suburbs, a centre of Melbourne's heroin trde has been stripped of vital resources. including the police. who have lost their special operations branch. and have had their street foot patroi numbers significantly

investigation a.lso revealed that children

as young as 13 have been caught dealing heroin in the western suburbs.

of

officers who patrol the streets everyday.

This could be attributed to the extra frieght Melbourne was at least $4 eheaper ;o, involved T tra:potation to Tasmania, as is z 24 cailbottTe slab of low-alcohol beer than the case for Darwin' vcNews costs 0'65 any where else in the country. Darwin cents i Hobart and 0'70 cents in Darwin' residents pay $7 more than us' on aYerage'

sydney had the most expensive .o'*g?l but the cheapest 85m1 glasses of beer flMe in Victoira call them

the

opposition.

iTh-a-nkGbtlfoi the : I

I I I I

SALVOS

lrrr

ri!-

I I I

ixty cents VicNews Yearbook 1996 blished instead January Issue.

Full strength beer was $1.67 a glass in uleaa an{ Sydney but $1.86

t M*lborrn".

The survey, conducted between

'pots') and frozen chickens. the

found to have the most retail period July to September in eight capital . Perth.,was expensive toothpaste, banannas and potatoes cities showed that Ad;hide had the cheapest but the cheapest onions and laundry bread, butter, pet food, laundry detergent Dawin detergent' topped the List expensive flour, rice, 1eg of lamb, block of chocolate''' with rice' vegetables' meat' tea and beer all eggs, oranges, potatoes, tea and coffee. being more expensive than any other city.

Reviews the major news events of 1996

VicNews Tfief:umf Sazzette'

4

VicNews, November 1996

Four miners die in NStIt, tragedy FOUR miners were killed when an excavator broke into a a flooded, decades old mine shaft, that was not

officers were concerned for

thier saftey as fear grew about if there was still water and gas in the mine, or if the rush of shown on maps. The disused water had destroyed part of mine contained waier and gas the mine strcuture, causing it at high pressures, the reason to collapse on rescue workers.

for the inrush of water and gas will not be known for some

time.

This mining incident

is the worst in New South

rhe men *.," I*'h:rT fJti#,l*L*: working i50 metres on the NSrff south coast.

underground in the Gretley mine near Newcastle when Five miners have the miners hit the wall of the been killed in NSW this year. disued mine.

Family of the four The pressure from miners didn't blame the mine the rush of water washed the for the tragedy. but said it was clothes off the miners. The "fmstrating and that there are NSW Police Rescue squad lots of questions that need to could not go in the shafi for be answered."

Full details on Page 6.

some time, and many

Hunt for Skase resumes

SINCE last week,

when so the government will resume

a current the hunt for him. The affairs program Tbday gwernment has sinced started Channel Seven's

Tbnight, screened exclusive the campaign to get him back pictures of Christopher Skase to Australia, though no-one enjoying the high-life, people knows what the chances are of

have again started the this. campaign to bring him back to Australia.

It is almost definite that the hunt

The camera

will

resume.

showed

him sifting next to a gruop of

Skase replied

to

way when he 'had

also nothing wrong'. He hit

done out at

revealed that he has paid off the Australian media, and in Spanish police, having them particluar, the press, for alert him every time an treating him in 'such a bad

Australian walkq

if we'll get him back here, because Australia does not have an The screening of this InterPol agreement with through way' We don't know

customs at the airport.

re-ignited community outrage,

Spa.in,

buth dies in pub fire teenage son ofcountry publican died

in ablazethat

the historic Forrest Hotel, between Colac and Apollo y. People noticed the flames around 4am on Sunday (10/11) called the CFA. but the hotel was well-alight by the time arrived.

y found in river body of an 82-year-old man was discovered in the Yarra on November 11. Police search and rescue divers the body of the Hawthorn man after it was found by a r. There are no suspicious circumstances sorounding the

ur die in seperate plane crashes people were killed in two seperate light plane crashes in South Wales on November 15. Three of the victims- two and a man in their mid 20s- were incinerated when ir single engine Cessna crashed in a paddock near east of Canberra, about 2.30pm. An hour earlier, man in his 50s died when his cropduster went down near . near Armidale.

'attersall's drop double draw 'attersall's

will

abandon its recently introduced double draw on 1997 and return to the single, five-division lotto after market research showed that many people had playing Saturday lotto because of the increased cost of rchasing a ticket.

l,

hips collide in bay ships crashed during the night of November 17 when conditions on Port Phillip bay caused two anchored ships hit one another and become stuck together, requiring the istance of emergency crews to seperate them.

ieves remember thieves observed Remembrance Day when they broke in elderly World War II veteran's home in Diamond Creek. It the second time the 80-year-old had been burgled in less a month. The thieves escaped with food, money and

ry.

ntergraph delay Country Fire Authority was to have changed over to BEST CAD (Bureau of Emergency Services ications Computer Aided Dispatch) on October 3, this has been delayed until March 199?. CFA Chief Otllcer Roache said the decision was 'tough but necessary to re full priority is given to the fofihcoming major fire tt

the was

friends who were smoking, show by saying that it when he has been diagnosed typical of the Australian media with emphysemia. to portray him in such a bad

The story

ovember NeWS Efle

ection in West Australia est Australian Premier Richard Court has called for an

on December 14.

urges$ signs with Nine Weel Of Fortune host, John Burgess, was offered his job back by Channel Seven, after the public switched off instead slgned ony ry .Barber.

Burgess declmed declined tl11s this otter offer and urstead signed Barber. Eurgess pilot 21 Channel Nine.

He begins taping a on November 'ith an audience-participation game show called Catchphrase. described his contract as "very generous" though he ill be very busy as he has also signed with Sydney radio ?CH to host its breakfast program.

YieNews.Nsvgmber

tr9.F

5

Justice Wittiam Cex's urror*s THIS TEANSCRTPT

II.{ THE

conse(iiience

of the iragic

eveilts at

Port Arthur on 28

and

29 April

o1' this i'ear and of his plea of guilty

to the

unprecedented

list of crimcs in the indictment befor me. the prisoner stands for scnience in respect of:

LS

ACOMFLHTERECORD OT -W}{AT WAS SAID D.U,EM{-GBRYANT.STRTAL

lice and forensic

cnrl

ihct

thi"

.i*-

",..

to be used in unlarvfully causing damge tc scme prop-

that task, it is *nnecessary for me to repcat ir in Cetaii or tc attempt more than a brief sum-

erty in the course of his expe<lition.

Arri',a.1

nlaa.

o ianarh.,

ii

*,,,t.,,

is

n-rin.i t

ho rla.,

*;r';;;i

ror-c

who escaped physi-

cai injury were suDjecteei to emotio0ai iraufila

home, he shot them both of them deaci and

on to

stressful

kird.

at tho l\foainc'

continued

In addition, the specra-

of the most

mary.

The prisoner. it

caped with their iives,

tencied

",ith

nf' +ima hainrp

THE murder of no iess

in.,,es-

lioatnr.,'h.rda..l

Port

Arthur.

Aithough not the subject oi iny count in rhe indic:rmeni, this form of injury was clearly a by-

than 35 persons;

",, intn

There, at the Broad Ar-

produci

OF

intention of causing the deaths cf Ml and Mrs

rnu

er's wr-ongfui conducr,

L{artln. against whom

a meai on the baicony cutside anci then, re-

2C .ittempts to rnui-

,{^- VL ^+L^-^.

UlT IrcI J .

af-f-ont

r'nrmol

th-

he had icng harboreci a

OF thc intliciion

of

grcvioris bodily harm on l,et three nrore; and nE vI

rL^ tllg

i-4'li^+i^.^ tttlt(uLtull

wounds upol"l

^t' ul

a fi.rrther

grHrrt ^i^i.+ ^^--^-^ ugrJvris.

Irl ad<iition, he is to

cnrrioa iir qu6!

oaA

t

Dr

th-

ONE count ot unlan'tultry setting tlre to p!'opcr-rl*. namciy a motor vechile. which l:e siezed at" gunpoint iior:: its rightful occilpants, ^11 ^a..,L^4U Vt Witvitr

s^-^s.

L^ ttu 1l1ui-,.-

AND lbr the arson of i-,,;i,t;-^ uurlullrts

t,-^.,,- li Ntluw

a

d)

"SeascJpe". tlie owners :^t ^{r .,,1 vl wltlLlt

tttg^ L^,{ tldu

t:t-^ rrNg

rth,,r

A

Iii"

tic kind that it woiriei in

he ciischarged l7

a1l proiraLrility pro./oke

rounds, therby causing

iheir vicinty

a response which wouii

of 12 peopie, the intliction ot grer,'ious 'bodii;, harm to a

Here he iriiied another person anci causeci in-

rac,'it

nf crr^h r rira<-

i.

hic n-,n Aaoth

ln i-rrrherannp

nf h'ic in

tention. he

acquired

rials dilligentlv

asscm-

,.1^, ^T -^ urcu L-, u] +L^ Llrt +^^Lgurrr vr Pu

i ?rh.

",^"nnc anrJ in

fr^ra.

tn i

r

an aciditionai rrrhnm

three

cf

veryr

,'n""^^o..

them,

nitic+ arti

a

of ammrraccessories

sueh as a sports bag to conceai the rveapons. a

larao

an;

t'^na ,vP!,

gilu

^,'".tirio" ^f i,. n^.tri-oro !vrrrsrrrur Jt

natrnl f-ira

ctafrarc

n,tirorl iinirto. dSrrEvr

^i-o"otto

ah r^,,ta vrr ru$!!,

As he r.,'as nct a smoker, the inference is that

he

intended

to

him.oitttiIIt)lIt

rho iiiL

nf

rha

iv ii!: ",ith i-niti*.

t^

ann

iiit@lJ -o.-" nairnl PUrrvr

ai-

-

rn

g!l!1lty.!q

f,.li\,

ll,

further

rhree.

He tnen erchanged

Armaiite

tr,, r,iar

fuIc.;ing through cafe to the gift shop

tc it.

juries to a

tbur

hp attamntpri

the an-

the

nfle for

a

semi-arrtr-rmatic- .308 EN ritle or SLR which was in the boot of his

ued to ciischarge the weapon at cicse quar-

car pari<ed near'ny ard tlred across lhe water towards the ruins anci

to".

bachtcwarcls rhe cafe.

nexeci

hof^"o

he contin-

iaa.'ina rru' rr.E

th^ rrrw

premises appreximately i f4 sinutes after firing

Stili in rhe carpark.

rhe

prisoner !'illed two furiher visiLors and by fir-

the first shot.

Dn/i

o

fi.,-

tria.

.rrith

iarge suppiy

hin: and lired

the deaths

amhar'uprl

Prosccution and his judir

nnmmpnnari

qnA

adciiton. he carried

painstakingly prepared bv ihcm from thc matc-

cnrl

high-powereci rveapons

In

qtluullt

ihose wh.--r w-ere within range. in the ear park.

oi people sheekiag shelter in them or

seems to

qzino

contempiated

hanrinrrt'fc

-;^rlrvl t

nate\r ai various pafis of the LristoriLr site, irr: tenciing to hit and kili

g!-Lrups

he

ni

Pubtric

He produced from the bag an AR-15 rifie iit-

changecl

magazrles, 4nd leaving it, he fired indiscrimi-

In thp +lro i{ "^^^-,+"

have

.,;^-.^ t^.. r tvBt u4Y

Director of

an

unoccupied tabie.

In the cafe. he

to fire at cicse range ai patrons uho uere ccmpiete stangers to lri.rn.

hunting knife, two sets

After havirg heard the '.rnchallenged account of these teribie eveftts narrated bi, the learned

na+'a !ur1

of the prison-

where lhere were a number of buses, he shal ihe ciriver: of one irl the 'oack, kiiiing

hr; chnnt.in-

wisc murdcred the prc.

tho

teci with a -i0-shot mag-

ma'hcm

vated assault:

c

af thp Pn* tnr'inol (ita

be

^+- 4Etstd^^^-^ ur

rr

placed the bag on

Indeeci, ^^,,-+tvurrlJ

anfari

ha nnnc,rmarl

ieast, cf causing may'hem among the iarge group cf residenrs and visitors he anticipateci wouid be present .,,ery-

sentencecl- t'or: E/\TTD r vvA

foie

Ia that period of 90 seccnds, 29 rourlds

l"C ar them shots

vlere fired. car,rsing the

connected altempted lo murder six qrihers.

deeths

of 20 people

and

which, in sonre cases,

injuries, many of them t^

annthar

who lbnunately

I )

es-

Frorn here, he moved up rhe road in his car CONTII{{}E$ Prye 6

6

Port Arthur massacre-the trial

VicNews,November 1996

Justice William Cox's words

CONTINUED FROM Page and en route encounterecl

Mrs Mikac and her

murdering

5

Mr and

attaching

daughters, handcuft"s the hanticutl's)and some fixture circumstancespremises.

tr.r,o

all ihree in

heart-rendering

He kilicd individual In this case more than anv other a seconrl set of tamily memhers, married couple I have experieced, they demand to the first (set of and, in one case, all the members recognition.

on his wrists umd immobilised him

by

in

the

of one tamily

save the bereaved

father left to mourn them.

already clescribed by the Director

of Public

Prosecutions.

He then set fire to

the

stolen vechile and retreated to the At the to11 booth, he house where, at some time before murdered the tirur occi.rpants of a his apprehension, he rnnrdered Mr BMW, pulling the two f'emale Pears by shooting him. passengers seated in it tiom the car ancl shooting them at close Throughout the night, he range. continued to discharge a number

of

weapons,

his own

commandeered augmented hy weapclns belonging the car, transtbrring from his own to the Martins, and kept at bay the car some of the items in it, police who were sorrounding the including the AR-15 ritle, a house, their response restricted by quantity of ammunition, the two the helief that both the Martins and handcuffs anrl some petrol.

Mr Pears coulcl still be alive.

Therealter, he flred

shots

at a car which had

two been

The learned Director of court is required to have regard Rrblic Prosecutions has mentioned to a great many factors: the impact these crimes have haci THE gravity of the otlbnce or

on

indivirluals

immediately otTences:

by the loss rlf a tamily THE moral culpability of the member ()r members, or who oft-ender as so far as that lies sulI'ered physical injury in the within the limited province of course of this shooting rampage. human assesment; atl-ected

THE effect upon the victims;

arsenal

He then

In cletermining an appropriate punishment, the

He has also mentioned TIIE need to protect the et'ec't it had on eyewitnesses Aom similar conduct by

society others,

who experieneed the nightmare as or repitition of it by the otlbnder it ran its course, t'lr who came himself; ulron the scene or otherwise had to HIS background and antececlents cope with the injured trrd dead. ANY contrition or remorse on his part; and

Clearly the Martins

were

not alive at that stage, but

the

by the driver on prisoner...fullv conveyed the appreciating the situation. In the impression that they were in reversed

This is not the plac:e to A HOST of other acknowledge the contrihutions considerations. made by groups or inclividuals in dealing with the aftermath of these In the forefront of this crimes. No dttubt that will be case is the prisoner's mental

vicinity of the toll booth, 1l spent telephone conversations with cartridges fired by the prisoner police neeotiators. acknowledged elseu,here.

condition. The lau, recognises that if a person is afllicted by a The trrll,ru ing murning.

Sutfice it tr-r say that mental disease to such an extent A short distance tiom the he set tlre to the house, destroying there were many, many people that he is unable to understaml krll booth" a white Corolia it completely ancl, while tleeing who were severely affbcted by the physical character of what occupied by N{r Glen Pears and from it in an injured condition due their distressing experiences ancl he is doing in. lbr example, Miss Zoe Hall was parked at the to burns, was apprehended. who will continue to be so firing a weapon at another service station. aft'ected lirr many years to come. person, or that he is rendered Objectively, it is diflrcult incapable of knowing that -such The prisoner brought the to ima_eine a more chilling It is proper to record an act is one which he ought not vechile he was driving to a halt on catalogue of crime. also the anguish no doubt caused do, or if he acts under an the rvrong side of the rrtad and to the prisoner's mother :urd impulse which, by feason of blocked the passage of the Corolla.

The prisoner, having a immediate family. mental disease, he is in murderous plan in contemplation substance depqived of any power He alighted with the SLR and active preparation tirr some Then there is the effect to resist, then he should not be and tri.d to extract Miss Hall fiom time, deiiberately killed two on the commurity at large: the held criminally responsible tirr the passenger seat. When IMr persons against whom he held a shock ;urd disbelief that criminal an act which, in a sane person, Pears attempted to intervene, he grudge, and then embarked on a conduct on this scale could occur wouid cleariy amount to a was tbrced into the boot of the trail of devastation which took the in Austl'alia. 1et alone Tasmania: crime" prisoner's stolen vechile. lives of 33 r)ther human beings the t-eelings of outra_ee, anger, who were totai strangers to him grief and t-rustration at not being Societv is entitled to Miss Hall was then and which caused serit'rus injury, able to do more to redress the be protected from such a person, murdered in a series of three rapid distress and grief to thousands wrong suft'ered by so many but he may not be held strots fiom the hip and the prisoner mcrre. innocent victims. criminally responsible. were later rec:tlvered.

movecl on, returning to Seascape.

The repercussions ol Though no way The great Australian these crimes have been comparable to the human suft'ering jurist, Sir Owen Dixon. once arrival, he fired at a number of world-wide. endured by those directly atlbcted, observed that it was pert"ectly On the way, and atter hi-s

vechiles causing very grevious

harm to the occupant

very considerable t-rnancial

loss useless

tbr the law to

attempt,

occasioned to by threatning punishment, tcr endangering te lives of nine other was indiscriminate. He killed and individuals and the community at deter people tiom c{rmmittins people, including two police injured men, women and even large. c:rimes if their mental condition officers called to the scene. children. he killed, or attempted to is such that they can not be in kill local residents, visitors tiom In the sentencing the least influenced by the Arrived at Seascape, the other parts of this state, iiom other prLrcess, the impact upon the possibility or probability of prisoner forr,ed Mr Pears, whom parts ol'Australia and visitors tiom victims r-rf crime can not be subsequent punsihment; if they he was treating as a hostage. to a numher of overseas countries. ignored. can not understand the ground enter the house, placecl handculls upon which the law proceeds. and

His

selecrtion

of

victims

has also been

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POft AfthUf mAggagte-the tfial

vicNews"November 1ee6 .7

Justice William Cox's words

CONTINUED FROM Page 6 limited capacity for empathy or Taking account of the There is no utility, he said, in imagining the t-eelings and medical evidence ancl of his lack punishing people if they are responses ot' others left a terrible of insight into the magtritude and beyond the control of the law tbr gap in his sensibilities which eftbct of his conduct apparent in

enatrled him not only

reasons of mental health.

Nevertheless,

tcl

a

number of people who come into a criminal court are abnormal. Thev Without minimising the woultl not be there if they were gravity of his conduct or denying the normal type of average, every his responsibilty tirr it, it wouid day, person. Many of them. he appear to me that the level of his

said, are very peculiar

all his

appearances betbre this

contemplate mass desctruction, court, I have no reason to hope, great but to carry it through. and every reason to tbar that he

in

will remain indefinitely

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as

disturbed and insensitive as he rvas

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when planning antl executing the crimes of which he now stands

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convicted.

is accordingly reduced try reason of his intellectual

their culpability

dispositions, but are mentally quite The protection of the able to appreclate what they are impairment and the disorder with community, in my opinion, doing and quite able to apprec:iate which he has been aff'licted tbr so requires that he serve fuily the the threatened punishment of the bng, notwithstanding his parents' sentences which I will shortly

iaw and the wrongness of their earnest endeavours to correct it, acts and they are held in check by which the medical records the prospect of punishment.

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impose.

That consideratit'rn, as

acknowledge.

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well as my belief that senice of That the prisoner, the whole trf such sentence is the through these handicaps, in minimum period of imprison-urent

It is clear on the me that the prisoner talls into the later combination with a materials beibre

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number of which justice requires that he

must category. He is not sutl'ering tiom external tactom beyond his controi serve having regard to ali of the a mental illness-certainly not one such as the loss stahilizing circumslances off'ences, u'hich rendered him incapable of influences, has developed inkr a leads the conclusion that he

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knowing w'hat he was doing or of pathetic social mistit calls fbr should be declared ineligihle tbr knowing that what he was doing understanding and pity, even part'rle.

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of

u'as wrong,

or one by virtue of though his actions

which he was deprived

of

to

demand

any condemnation.

on

power to resist an impulse to do

MARTIN BRYANT. each of the 35 counts of

The prisoner has shown murder in this inclictment you are

the things he did.

n{} rcmL}rse t'or his actions.

He knew what he doing and that

of his

it

sentenced

the

teml of your natural litb.

was

was something

to imprisonment tbr

Though he has ultimatei.v

it is clearly been I order that you not be done in recognition of the eligibte tbr parole in respect of pleaded guilty,

that he ought not to do.

Nevertheless, he clearly undoubted strength of the evidence any such sentence. has a mental condition yyftish against him and amounts to 1itt1e rendered him less capable than more than a case of bowinc to the On each of the remaining those of normal healthy mind of inevitahle. counts in the indictment, you are appreciating the enormity of his sentenced to imprisonment tbr 2l conduct or its eff-ect upon others.

That his change of plea years to be served concurrently has saved considerable distress, with each other aad with the I accept the psychiatric inconvenience and cost to those concurrent sentences of 1if-e evidence that he is of limited who would have had to be called imprisonment already imposed. inteliectual ability, his measured as witnesses and to the victims and IQ being in the br:rderline commutity at large by the In respect of each intellectu:rl1y disabled range, but prolongation of the proceedings is sentence of 21 years, I order that with a capacity to function a f'actor which should be you likewise not be eligible for reasonably well in the community. considered in his favour when paroie.

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weighing ail

the

relevant From an early age, he considerations. but in the overall has displayed severe scheme of things, it is, in my developmental problems, beingview, overwhelmingly outweighed

grossly disturbed fnn

eariy

by the factors militating

against

its precise him. diagnosis, as to which psychiatrists differ, he sutl'ers tiorn a signiticant Havilg regard to the personality disorder. nature and extent of his conduct, I cannot regard it as anything other Professor Mullen said of than falling within the worst him that his limited intellectual category of cases for which the capacities and importantly, his maximum penaity is prescribed. childhood. Whatever

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VicNews.November 1996 ,

Clinton Arrives

'Down Under'

The f irst day in Australia Schoolkids Lii:tso.",!.i',

'n;iil*f "";,'n'#,:|;:i:H'^."I",*::i:"j get lucky

wednesday, November 20, ciinton t'lew into (pop'n. 10,000), entering the \rlp area.

Fv steve Miller '1996: President Clintt'n arrived at Sydney to a rousing Arkansas, stepped AT LEAST 100 Sydney Airport iast night, Australian welcome onto Australian soil At sunset, an schoolchilclren have lreaten reaching out and touching iast night. as the most powerfiJ RAAF band ancl honor Canberra,s socialites and Australian crowds' He receive<l a individual on earth. guard drawn iiom msr,ers ancl shakers, rousing Australian welcome, with As an air three services marcheci securing ,rr" u"* ,Lt",. ;o cries crf "Good on you, Billy" force bancl played On An( while onto the tarmac to the 16.,1. being heard amongst the crr,rwd of 2s Roal hr the town of Hope tune of Waltzing

more than 600

people.

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Us president

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Bill

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rhe presitrent and pirst .1ffi":i"f#,""'# Hj::l rhe werc.me ',:; Lady broke away titlm secret rrglt-',vistrels shoutecl was no doulrt that obviously move<l the wednesday, November 20, service guards to greet the "Good on you, Bill" the presiclential visit Presiclent who then 19916 is a sell<rut with the

fsJff"

bystanders.

ancl "Hillary, you're a was the triggest thing moved away trom the public galleries being closed sweetie" as the couple to hit Sydney. official reception to to anyone without an ofiEcial Ftillowing a 21-gun 5t6x1s clown a walk 4own to the iovitation. salute, the Defence Force band l0Om-long recl carpet.

A totat of crr.ri,r,d as they (the played an afiay of Australian 660 correspondents crowil) grabbed at both Under bookings trrnes, inclr'rding An The Road Tb The presiclential have been ac:creclitecl his han<ls in greeting macle several months befbre Gurulagai. aircraft Air Force One to cover the him. dre president,s visit was

visit'

un1l,n,,,JjAustrarian presicrent crinton. i'llllii-ro one man r" 1T:f:1,,ill'1,i,*0."fr1 then welcomed t{) Australia"r. hy ls1s.

At Mascot the cowd vellecl " I ooty *"*u"., of the generat Prime Minister John Howard and Airport 16 secret voted fbr vou, Biil.' A pobli" ,o see Mr Clinton Governer-General Sir William 15g man horn service men rvere LiS press corps saicl ',It inake his speech.

DeaneWilliam Jefferson using lbur electric tblt like an election."

The pupils-from

ton

s

ntrner ary

Wednesday .I..{pvember 20

Clinton leaves

mindefS

Melbourne's Albauy Rise Priuary School in Mulgrave

Td s: Monica's

school in

** ffi-:[[:%, ill* *$ the standing room ouly

8.20am: Clintons arrive at RAAF base Fairbain in Canberra, presidenr climon broke ranks aiter overnight stop in Sydney.

Secret Service, Australian Federal .45am: Proceed to Australian War Memoriai to iay wreath the Tomb Of The Unl<ncwn Soldier. Meet Prime Minister John Howard"

9.25am: Meeting at Government House with Govemor-General Sir William Deane and Ladv Deane.

0.30am: Private talks between Mr Howard and Mr Clinton Parliament House. Meeting with Federal Cabinet.

10.45am: Mrs Clinton to view selected Aboriginal and Australian art at the National Gallery of Australia.

area Police, ASIO agents and other security of tho galleries which has staf when he rushed into the rowd of been set aside for schools.

Austrlians and tIS ex-patriates who were waitins to greet thier President. In 'The kids are that

a break tiom protocol, President excited," Albany

quick-ly to ensure the Pre-qident's satbty. 256u1."

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12.15pm: Mrs Clinton meets Health Minister Dr Michael Wooldridge at Padiament House.

l2.35pm: Mr Howard and Mr Clinton held joint press conferenc:e.

1.15pm; Clintons attend luncheon in Great Hali of Parliament

NOW HAS ACCESS TO

House.

3.05pm: Mr Clinton recieved call from Opposition Leader Kim Beeuly and his deputy, Gareth Evans.

4pm: Mr Clinton addressed

a

ioint sitting of Federal

Parliament.

5.10pm: Clintons depart RAAF base, Fairbairn.

Rise

Clinton began mingling with the crowd, principal Ian Smith said. 'A ignoring the idea that te President couple of tlem who decide<l should flever leave the side of 161 1s go for one reason or protective sen,ices personell and ansthff not to go on the trip securitv statf. The incident tbrced many are really being left ogt" It,s agents to think on thier lbet and act x1 the kids are talking

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Beach-time to go casual? Brief ly...

New York r_shirts, il'J",-ffiilh,r?it",h 'ffi;L lffi*,Tl#: ;#f:"';"lflrJ.H; WITH JAMES GENTSY smiles. heavy minders; just The New

image and his Australian Yesterday's 6am one security man 10 tour has uncovered one York, as usual, still makes other They held stroll by the first metres in front, eccentricity more uzually cities look like NASCAR trials. It hands as they couple was another four men 10 fouad in the music industryis Manhatan slo-mo, mostly a sea sauntered along Four unannotmced and metres behind, with a a preference for M & Ms of yellow cabs driven by guys Mile Beach in the entirely casual. couple of police cars chocolates. wired on enough coflee to early morning following in the jump-start the Brooklyn power sunshine, chatting and Security distance.

Mr Clintou brougbt his own, grid, the result being when they laughing aad enjoying was so low ancl produced specially clo spot iur opening, they jump on the view. unobtrusive that As far as "Pre,sideatial M & Ms" it like a iaser-guided missile. startle<I locals going security tbr Presidents This is the fbr jcUs up the was concemed, the No eryense was spared to The only problem is Amercian President beach, who passed security, or lack ttf make things nice for the wide

The traffic in New

three other cabbies have spotted on

his

second the President without

the same opening, which results in honeymoon. And

fbur sets of horns

it

was outlageous. And visiting Americans.

is even realizing who the Clintons loved it. ofhe wasl

going the kind A decorative fountain at the similtaneouslv and hand gestures honeymoon he never After their sen11s of parliament House, indicating each driver thinks he is thought he would One or two morning stroll, Mr below the famous flagpole, Number One, if you get my drift. have: a remote people stoppeci for a Clinton went tbr a was surrounded by clozens of tropical beach, blue chat; others greeted game of golf and Mrs troxes of native flowers.

The f-word gets a ptetty sky, nonchalant locals the couple casually Clinton a littie good workout under these and securitv at a as they ran or shopping, before A florist estimated the conditions, partially because it is minimum. walked past only a leavrng the Barrier dozeas of warratahs,

in some cases, the only- u,ord of English these For

the first- and

drivers have learned.

metre away.

the

heavily

were

monitored and worka- There

Reef for

Cairns banksias

and other flowors

(70km) and heading to to be worth at least $2500 or no the APEC summit. just ovef, $20 for evetry second Mr Clinton was near

Clintons' Shopping List

ttre rountain'

America's First Family spent about .. $2s00 in rwo shops "rin"'n*r."' in Sydney'

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t10uble.. understanding the .x Uluru arretacts @ $300 .* painting "Bush Banana Dreams" (giftl A"tt'l'an accents' At Dttrian S:ott: Mr Ciinton spent time x Akubra hat @ g110 lTfhg for several products * Kakadu outback musrard-color..r of Australiana (see opp') jacket (tbr chelsea) @ $ 2l;. x Helen Kaminski black hat @ $126

You can count on Coles for Christmas

President's men go to Hellfire White House staff travelling with President Ciinton have been spotted enjoying the Sydney nightlit'e.

One taxi diver claims to have taken two men to Chippendale's notorious Hellfire Club last Thursday (21111196). En route to the S & M club the driver asked casually attired American guys what they did tbr a crust.

"We work for the White House," was the stony rep1y. "Well are you with the security service-and are you checking this place out for the President?" the cheeky taxi driver asked.

10

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What else can we take? to be has

MelboUrne many events

sns1gd NSW, promises

for

1997:

Soon, as ASHLEY

L*in;

a

.ff".ifii

Sate-Of-Origin

GEELAN reports, we were over 80,000

ffiI

at the MCG people.

won't have enough come september, we room for so many have rhe tOtst eru finAs series to lmk tbrward to, as well as the Show, Motorcycle

events!

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The Event Capital 1 997 January 13-26 Ford Australian Open, Melb. Park

Ftip Curl Pro and

Quit Classic surfing in octtrher/November January titles, Bells Beach &e Ford Australian Open at in thc lead up to the lg4-gg Sail Melbourne, Port and the Surfcoast.

Mclhoume lfbrmerly Flinderst cricket season.

Park. A good way to relax Phillip Ba over sulner' But, clo we have the February 18-23 Melbourne Alter schcnr *,q" Hi j:;fJ.1i lffi:ij'ftt Aust. International lnternational Flower in 1997 . r,r'e har c fr. .il?

Australian Airshow at Avalon.

Airshow. Avalon and Garden Show, Always a sensation, irom There ar.e so many Airf ield.

Royal Exhibition February t8-23' events now on the lVlelbnrume February 19-23 Building. rhe much awaitedffi.i,H"il":"fl':JlT,,H Melbourne Fashion July 26 casino is duc to oJren i-n March tbr them all_ and The Three Tenors will get Festival ledisloe Cup rughy March off to flying start when Jeff mav he gettins March Test, MCG they piay on March 1 at the Victorians at or rhese Jverrt{ MCG but there are other issues of Crown Casino. $1.6 u our second c,-o [[]ffi"T:;::" li"]l# billion Southbank World men's U23 Prix (since 1956) promises to events trom South Australia Complex to open. basketball be got-xl, after recentlv winning antl New S.uth Wales. the award as best GP in the championships. racing calenclar year.

There are so miiny The Three Tenors, September From N{arch '# AFL Finals series, MCG 3l-'"jy'ff*"H''*Xt the Rip Curl Classic ttffing g,ru.*-ent is oromisecl more including GRAND March title take pla\ce at Bells Beat'h i,.,*ir, tjollars. *.hich could and along the surtboast' A ..rr, further acl'anuement fbr Moomba (this year a FINAL at the MCG. must to go n[rd see over the economv or to establish a NIGHT parade Septem surffner, Aussies at the beach succesful ana well_balancecl in action. The Blediskre RuBbY ,rro.tins tlollars. we must alr March 6-9 Royal Melbourne Test Cup which we stole aom *ut. ].irui."r...eMf,s ff e&.aicr Show, Ascot Vale Qantas Australian Hrue Formula One Grand Showgrounds. und stabbed in street Prix, Albert Park October 'lO-12 man has been found by the CFA in a Richmond 500ce Australian . It is believed the man was at[acked whilst inside Melbourne Food and Motorcycle Grand is car, suffering a massive stab wound to the neck. man continued to drive, hitting several cars, Prix, Phillip lsland Wine Festival rolling the car, getting out of the car and was March Z7-April 20 Abber 16I$rrcmber 1 nd to be dead upon the arrival of the ambulance . The Homicide Squad is investigating the incident Melbourne Festival Melbourne police urge people with information to contact lnternational Oct.1 1-Nov. 1 5 icmond CIB on 9429 5588. Suggestions have been Comedy Festival Spring Racing that the incident may be related to the recent Carnival.

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The Book Place A Country Practice The Beverly

8.24 Happy Birthday Moon

8.30 Children's programs 10.20 Rigolecole l11.o 11AM 10.40 Scientific Eye 112.0 Movie:The jHorsemen. A story about 11.0 Perspective 11.30 Planet under itne AruaCS and how they pressure iserved Australia during 12.0 World at Noon lWorld War l(1984 (Mvln) 12.30 Lateline 1.0 GP 2.50 Midday Movie Fillers 1.53 Consuming Passions ,S.O frrfy Three 2. Forieign Correspondent ,3.30 The Power Rangers 3.0 Sesame Street j4.0 Amazing-Children's S.55 Miffy 4.0 Play School ladventure game 4.30 Postman Pat 14.30 Family Fued

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15.0 Home

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;Tonight (US Program) 112.0 Midday With Kerri-Ann !t.SO Oays Of Our Lives P.30 Young and the

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lc ews AVERAGE DAILY TEMPER,{TURES FOR OCTOBER i996

November outlook

AVERAGES for October H4nd Tkph-l8kph

MELBOURNE has had one of the best Octobers' in a while. Below average rainfall and many days of northerly rvinds has contributed to the increase in warm

Sunshine Hours: 234.50 hours Average Sunshine Hours per day: 6.7 bours

THE PLANETS

rveather. The weather pattern over November is suspoected to bo one of rapid change, with one day in the low 30s to the next day below 20.

Mercury: fuse 6.15am Set 7.56pm Venus: Rise 4.49am Set 4.56pm ,4fars.' Rise 3.28am Set 2.14pm

GEELONG has experienced a similar weather pattern to Melbourne. MILDURA, SWAN HILL,HORSHAM an ALBURY have similar rian/temperature variants, with

Iupiter: Rise l0.l0am Set l2.52am Saturn: Rise 4.34pm Set 4.53am trtfoon: Rise 1.05am Set 1l.24am Srm.'Rise 5.59am Set 8.05pm

Aibury experiences about 2mm rnore of precipitation than the others. It is expected that tetnperatures ir the North'east and Mailee regions will be averaging the low 30s by late November-early December. with the slight possibilty of high 30s ternperatures. Fire Warnings are also possible in these regions so piease consult your daiy paper for accurate daily information.

LaTROBE VALLEY and GIPPSLAND can expect temperatures in the high 20s to low 30s, with the possibilty of severe local thunderstorms. but this threat should recide at the end of spring.

ALPINE AREAS still may trave extremely thin snow coverage. though no lifts or snow-making machines are in operation. The Alpine region is prepanng for a nice summer! with November temperatres expected to reach the high 20s.

(Nl

times in Australian Eastern Standard Summer Tine) (AESST or AEDSI)

CAPITAL CITIES .Melaide: Min 17 Max 28 Brisbane: Min 20 Max 29 Canberra: Min 14 Max 19 Darvuin: Min 25 Max -ll

Hobart: Min i7 Ndax22 Perth: Min l8 Max 25 Sydney:

Min

19

Max22

UV INDEX For most of October the LIV Index has indicated a high to very high range" with a few days in the extreme area.

It is expected that teh {fV Index average will rise throughout November.

SIip Slop SIap Protect yourself against skin Gan@r.

FIR.E RESTRTCTIONS Fire restrictions have oniy been entbrced twice this spring, v',ith no Total Fire Ban having yet been declared anywhere in the state. But PLEASE CHECK DAILY.

SI]RF REPORT Surf is finally up in the Great Ocean Road region, with