Vic: Skier survived on diet of moss and melted ice

AAP General News (Australia)
08-16-2000
Vic: Skier survived on diet of moss and melted ice

By Sarah Timms

MELBOURNE, Aug 16 AAP - A Melbourne man lost in Victoria's Mt Hotham skifields for
48 hours survived on a diet of moss and melted snow.

Stuart Page, 32, of East St Kilda, was in good spirits when rescued today and suffered
only mild hypothermia after building a snowcave to shield himself from the freezing conditions.

He will soon be reunited with his pregnant wife.

Asked how he was feeling, Mr Page pointed to his rescuers and said: "(I'm) feeling
good but these guys are the real heroes.

"They did fabulously."

A break in the weather enabled a helicopter to reach the novice skier about 2pm (AEST)
after a news helicopter spotted him waving and signalling from a clearing near the Dimentina
River, about 2.5km from the Mt Hotham Village.

The search coordination centre was notified and the Mt Hotham Resort helicopter, manned
by police search and rescue personnel, landed nearby.

Rescue pilot John Eacott said Mr Page's clear thinking and commonsense pulled him through
the ordeal.

"He obviously did the right things. He's holed up, his skis were crossed as they should
be," Mr Eacott told Channel Nine News.

"He is in bloody good spirits."

Senior Sergeant Barry Gibson said: "Had he not done what he did, he was certainly running
out of time.

"His outcome by dusk tonight wouldn't have been good."

Mr Page disappeared after leaving his lodge to go skiing in Avalanche Gully on Monday afternoon.

It was believed he became disorientated in bad weather, accompanied by heavy snow on
Monday, and was unable to make his way out on foot because of deep, fresh snow.

An extensive search by more than 100 people, including police, State Emergency Service
personnel and members from the Federation of Walkers, was conducted as well as the avalanche
search dog.

A group of 21 army personnel had also been placed on standby but were not needed, police said.

Mr Page was flown to Mt Hotham Medical Centre where he was being treated for mild hypothermia
but police said he had no other obvious injuries and was not expected to be admitted to
hospital.

The temperature on Mt Hotham dropped below minus six degrees overnight and further
snow brought the snow depth to more than two metres.

AAP st/jd/arb/de

KEYWORD: SKIER NIGHTLEAD

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NSW: Jones says vindicated by defamation ruling

AAP General News (Australia)
02-29-2000
NSW: Jones says vindicated by defamation ruling

SYDNEY, Feb 29 AAP - Radio broadcaster Alan Jones today said he felt vindicated by
a jury's decision that a newspaper article published last year had defamed him.

Mr Jones sued The Sydney Morning Herald and journalist David Leser for defamation,
claiming the article, headlined "Nightmare on Struggle Street for former AMP boss", carried
the imputation he was a dishonest broadcaster.

He claimed the article carried the imputation he had secretly agreed with insurance
giant AMP to stop criticising the company in return for it agreeing to provide a …

NSW: Main stories in today s newspapers = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
12-28-1999
NSW: Main stories in today s newspapers = 2

THE AUSTRALIAN

Page 1 - Deadly standoff as hijackers threaten to begin killing 160 hostages on an
Indian Airlines plane while security forces in Afghanistan prepare to storm the terrorists;
Nokia sailing to victory in Sydney to Hobart race; At least 125 people reported killed
in clashes between Muslims and Christians in eastern Indonesia.

Page 2 - Flooding in Victoria; Man charged with riding pushbike while drunk.

Page 3 - Crisis foreshadowed if so-called "scan scam" implicates a quarter of Australia's
1,100 radiologists; Most of Australia's analogue mobile network to shut down at midnight
on Friday.

Page 5 - Peter Collins' chance of a Liberal leadership return are dead; Queensland's
Beattie government has lost its lead to level-peg with Opposition, according to the latest
Newspoll; Aboriginal protesters vow to remain outside Adelaide's Government House to fight
uranium mining.

World - Chechen rebels hold up to heavy artillery bombardment from Russia; Europe suffers
heavy casualties from fierce storms; Albert Einstein named Person of the Century by Time
Magazine.

Finance - Millions of Australians get online with the Internet; BHP confident of shifting
iron ore employees from unionised to individual contracts.

Sport - A new record is about to be set for the Sydney to Hobart yacht race while competitors
have been banned from dealing with the media without permission from race organisers;
Indian fast bowler Venkatesh Prasad fined for showing too much excitement after dismissing
Michael Slater.

MORE gmw/ao

KEYWORD: FRONTERS NSW 2 SYDNEY

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VIC: Union change means coal strikes likely

AAP General News (Australia)
08-13-1999
VIC: Union change means coal strikes likely

Coal miners in Victoria have no intention of joining the national coal strike over
redundancy payments for the sacked Oakdale miners.

Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association Victorian president TOM WATSON says they
haven't been asked to join in the dispute and nor do they have any plans to join.

But union changes mean that in the future, Victorian coal miners are more likely to take
part in national union actions -- which will place the state's electricity supply at risk.

The FEDFA is one of the many sub-divisions of the CFMEU whose Mining and Energy division
covers miners on the black coal fields of Western Australia, Queensland and New South Wales.

Mining and Energy division members have walked off the job to protest against the federal
government's failure to bail out the financially stranded Oakdale coal mine workers.

Victorian coal mining is limited to the brown coal fields of Gippsland which supply fuel
for most of the state's electrical generating plants.

But a spokesman for the Gippsland Trades and Labour Council says a special mining division
is being established to represent Victorian coalminers and more closely link them with the
Mining and Energy division.

AAP RTV ag/jlw/am/rat

KEYWORD: OAKDALE VIC (MELBOURNE)

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Fed: Australia rejects UK plans for nuke waste dump

AAP General News (Australia)
02-21-1999
Fed: Australia rejects UK plans for nuke waste dump

Australia has rejected a reported British plan to build a dump for high level nuclear waste
in the outback.

A spokeswoman for Industry Science and Resources Minister NICK MINCHIN says the
government's position is clearly against such a scheme.

She says she isn't aware of any approach from the British government-owned British Nuclear
Fuels which has reportedly put nearly $A13 million into developing the project.

She says it isn't …

QLD: Main stories in todays Courier Mail

AAP General News (Australia)
12-01-1998
QLD: Main stories in todays Courier Mail

BRISBANE, Dec 1 AAP - The main stories in todays Courier-Mail are:



Page 1 - The Howard Government is under growing pressure to wind back national competition
policy to quell a looming backbench revolt (Canberra). Former millionaire Phillip Harold Bell
has been convicted of 28 child sex charges (Sydney). Wildman speedster Jason Gillespie defied
gravity and the might of English cricket yesterday in driving Australia to a thundering second
Test victory in Perth (Perth). Mobs attacked and burnt mosques in West Timor yesterday as
Indonesias ethnic and religious violence took a dangerous new turn (Jakarta). Former Prime
Minister Paul Keating and his wife Annita will separate after 23 years of marriage (Sydney).
The junior staffer at the centre of a CJC probe into allegations involving Childrens
Commissioner Norm Alford has been suspended on full pay (local).

Page 2 - Promised falls in car prices from the GST are set to be delivered in one hit with
the federal governments tax consultative committee unable to settle on a formula to phase in
the price cuts (Canberra). Queensland One Nation president has voluntarily stood aside from
the position in the party due to ill health (local). Tennis ace Patrick Rafter last night was
named Queensland Young Achiever of the Year (local). A White Toyota Landcruiser was parked
beside the Flinders Highway near Julia Creek with two people in it the night before its owner
was found shot and bashed, Townsville Magistrates Court was told yesterday (Townsville).

Page 3 - An attempt to rescue an Australian cameraman from a remote island in frozen
Siberia had to be called off yesterday because of more bad weather (Canberra). A serial sex
offender was captured after his ex-girlfriend recognised him on the television program
Australias Most Wanted and called police, a court heard yesterday (local). Paul and Annita
Keating last night announced they would separate after a 23-year marriage they described as
"for the most part very happy" (Sydney). A teenager allegedly endured a terrifying 20-hour
ordeal of rape and assault after being abducted and imprisoned down a disused mine shaft
(Ballarat).

WORLD - A Malaysian court yesterday temporarily suspended a three-month jail sentence given
for contempt of court to a lawyer defending sacked finance minister Anwar Ibrahim (Kuala
Lumpur).

FINANCE - Shares in the telecommunication sector soared to record levels yesterday, as
investor attention switched to high-tech stocks after takeover speculation in the bank sector
evaporated (Sydney).

SPORT - Crickets wild colonial boy Jason Gillespie yesterday tore the heart out of
Englands Ashes campaign but couldnt get a guarantee he would play the next Test (Perth).

AAP jhm/bjm

KEYWORD: FRONTERS QLD

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NSW:Premier's apology won't work: O'Farrell

AAP General News (Australia)
02-06-2011
NSW:Premier's apology won't work: O'Farrell

SYDNEY, Feb 6 AAP - NSW Premier Kristina Keneally's apology for the sins of her scandal-plagued
government will not wash with voters, Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell says.

Ms Keneally used an address in western Sydney on Sunday to apologise for not focussing
enough on the needs of families, adding that the government had become too focused on
itself.

Her apology is set to be echoed in a series of new Labor election advertisements, the
first of which will be aired on Sunday.

"While this state government has achieved some great things for …