Qld: 200k for botched sterilisation

AAP General News (Australia)
08-23-2000
Qld: 200k for botched sterilisation

A woman who gave birth four years after a botched sterilisation procedure has been
awarded more than $200,000 by the Supreme Court in Brisbane.

KERRY ANN MELCHIOR, 48, of Redland Bay, sued Dr STEPHEN CATTANACH and the state of
Queensland, alleging medical negligence over the sterilisation procedure which took place
in March, 1992.

The procedure proved inadequate when Mrs MELCHIOR, already a mother of two daughters,
gave birth in 1996 to her son, JORDAN.

The MELCHIORS sought the cost of raising JORDAN, but the defence claimed the family
should have had the baby adopted.

At the time of the sterilisation procedure, Dr CATTANACH had a practice at Capalaba
on Brisbane's southern outskirts, and operated at the state government-run Redlands Hospital.

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NSW: Residents evacuated from burning unit block

AAP General News (Australia)
04-08-2000
NSW: Residents evacuated from burning unit block

SYDNEY, April 8 APP - One person was treated for smoke inhalation after a major blaze
in a block of units in Sydney's west early this morning.

NSW Fire Brigades media officer Ian Krimmer said 100 residents were evacuated from
the four-storey block of units in Redmyre Road, Strathfield, after fire broke out around
12.40am.

"The fire appears to have started in a bedroom of a top floor unit and has spread quickly
to the roof area, causing the ceilings to collapse into the six adjoining units," Inspector
Krimmer said.

"Damage would be estimated as well in excess of $1 million."

One person was treated at the scene, he said.

Sixty firefighters from 12 stations fought for more than an hour to control and extinquish
the fire.

State government buses were brought in to provide temporary shelter, and the Department
of Community Services was organising motel accommodation for the evacuated residents,
Insp Krimmer said.

"The cause of the fire, which is not being treated as suspicious, is still under investigation,"

he said.

Redmyre Road was closed and traffic diverted as firefighters tackled the blaze.

"No surrounding buildings were threatened or damaged but the units in the lower levels
have been extensively damaged by water and smoke."

Several fire crews would remain on the scene throughout the morning, along with the
Fire Investigation and Research Unit, as investigations continued, he said.

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NSW: Fees on public areas during Olympics

AAP General News (Australia)
01-12-2000
NSW: Fees on public areas during Olympics

Sydney Harbour authorities have been given the right to charge admission fees and restrict
access to public areas during the Olympics according to a newspaper report.

The Sydney Morning Herald reports the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority also has the
power to prohibit alcohol consumption/possession and break up unauthorised demonstrations.

It reports the new regulations were passed without public debate last October and similar
controls have been …

FED: Inflation to remain low, little wage pressure: Reith

AAP General News (Australia)
08-20-1999
FED: Inflation to remain low, little wage pressure: Reith

Federal Employment Minister PETER REITH says inflation is likely to remain low with wage
increases paid for by improved productivity.

Mr REITH has told a conference in Melbourne that the inflexible labour market system is one
of the factors that has supported high inflation in the past.

He says productivity is growing as people use workplace agreements to eliminate inefficient
work practices and redesign old rules.

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VIC: Adelaide dean moves to Melbourne

AAP General News (Australia)
02-28-1999
VIC: Adelaide dean moves to Melbourne

MELBOURNE, Feb 28 AAP - The Very Reverend David Richardson, dean of St Peter's Cathedral in
Adelaide has been appointed Anglican Dean of Melbourne, the church announced today.

Mr Richardson will preside at the city's St Paul's Cathedral, which he says is right at the
coalface with his constituents, from prosperous professionals enjoying inner-city living to
homeless youth.

Mr Richardson, 52, takes up the position in mid-July.

He will replace Bishop James Grant, who is retiring after 14 years as dean of Melbourne.

Mr Richardson today told …

FED: Aust jobless rate climbs back up to 8 pct = 3

AAP General News (Australia)
12-10-1998
FED: Aust jobless rate climbs back up to 8 pct = 3

Employment Minister Peter Reith said todays figures confirmed the volatile nature of
monthly labour market data.

"The answer to Australias unemployment lies in having a flexible labour market and a
dynamic economy," he said in a statement.

"The government is determined to create an environment where jobs can be generated."

He said the ABS data reflected unusual volatility in New South Wales and this was a
significant factor in this months results.

The unemployment rate jumped to 7.8 per cent in NSW, seasonally adjusted, from 6.7 per cent
in October.

The rate was stable in Victoria at 7.8 per cent, but rose in South Australia to 9.8 per
cent (from 9.2 per cent) and Western Australia, to 7.1 per cent from 7 per cent.

The rate fell in Tasmania, to 9.8 per cent from 10.6 per cent, and Queensland, to 8.2 per
cent from 8.8 per cent.

Comparable data for the ACT and the Northern Territory is not published.

Mr Reith said in trend terms, the nations jobless rate had fallen to 7.9 per cent in
November - and that this was the lowest level since November 1990.

He pointed to the youth unemployment rate, which continued to fall, down to 26.9 per cent
in November from 27 per cent a month earlier.

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NSW:Pepper attack on children

AAP General News (Australia)
02-21-2011
NSW:Pepper attack on children

SYDNEY, Feb 21 AAP - Two young children have been attacked by a man who threw pepper
in their eyes.

The four-year-old boy and his three-year-old sister were in a function room of a hotel
in Banks Drive, St Clair in western Sydney, when they were approached by man about 3.45pm
(AEDT) on Sunday.

Police have been told the man removed the lid from a pepper shaker and threw the contents
into the faces of the children.

"The children were distressed by the attack and told their 34-year-old mother, who
bathed their eyes in the bathroom while staff called …