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TAKE THEIR LAND AND JAIL THEN wet tame After illegally flying over Roxby Downs uranium mine in his motorised hang-glider “Imagine" and two successful ‘bombings’ of nuclear warships in Sydney Harbour, avocado farmer and peace campaigner Dean Jefferys finally came to grief in court. In early March he was jailed for refusing to pay $4,200 in fines rising from the yellow dye-bombing in March 1985 of the USS John Buchanan in Sydney Harbour. During his two passes in Imagine over the USS Buchanan (which was carrying nuclear depth-charges), Dean was chased by five helicopters, a police boat and Navy personnel before surrendering at South Head Naval Base. Charged with flying an ultra light aircraft in restricted airspace without written permission, he was also fined $1,500 for dropping a wreath and a videotape onto the deck of the British warship HMS Illustrious on October 13th 1986. Dean Jefferys gained an extra twenty days imprisonment for refusing to pay the second fine, telling the magistrate he felt he had a moral duty to arouse media attention to the likelihood of a nuclear accident when foreign warships visit Sydney. A one hour video of Dean's 1984 Peace Flight including music & statements by Peter Garrett, Midnight Oil and John Lennon and a half hour video about the Daintree forest are available from Dean for $20: Dean Jefferys, P.O. Bowraville NSW, 2449. Surveys have consistently shown that Aboriginal people are jailed at least ten times more often than other Australians, a fact often pointed out by the Australian Institute of Criminology. In Westem Australia Aboriginal imprisonment stands at 20 times the average rate, while the Northem Territory's jails hold a greater proportion of the total population than those of any other Westem nation except South Africa. In South Australia in 1982 it was found that Aboriginal people were four times as likely to receive jail sentences than their white counterparts. In the same year a survey found that Aboriginal children in NSW accounted for 18% of prisoners in NSW corrective institutions while comprising only 1.5% of the population. Little has improved since then conceming this injustice in our own country. ‘ g y/ a 1d BIRTH PROCESSED Caesarian deliveries have increased by 300% in 20 years and doctors needlessly intervene in births far too often in Australia, according to a recent study. 23% of women have Caesarian hospital deliveries and forceps are used in 48% of births. Episiotomies (genital surgery in childbirth) occur in 81% of deliveries. The study by Dr Meg Pryke, senior lecturer at Cumberland College of Health Studies, showed that epidural drip anaesthetics are used 52% of the time, resulting in highly stressed infants, Babies were studied for 28 days after birth; it was found that epidural caesarian babies were ily the most heavily stressed and showed the “yy poorest progress. CAPY ATA.-en RTAcie Tirmac Caesarian deliveries have increased by 300% in 20 years and doctors needlessly intervene in births far too often in Australia, according to a recent study. 23% of women have Caesarian hospital deliveries and forceps are used in 48% of births. Episiotomies (genital surgery in childbirth) occur in 81% of deliveries. The study by Dr Meg Pryke, senior lecturer at Cumberland College of Health Studies, showed that epidural drip anaesthetics are used 52% of the time, resulting in highly stressed infants, Babies were studied for 28 days after birth; it was found that epidural caesarian babies were the most heavily stressed and showed the poorest progress. Milk in eastern Australia is dangerous to drink. Nearly one fifth of all dairy products sold in NSW are below the quality standards of the Commonwealth Department of Primary Industry, according to the NSW Dairy Corporation. Furthermore, 4.5% of milk tested throughout the State contains residual levels of organochlorine pesticide (a known carcinogen and one of the most dangerous pesticides in use), which has been banned in many Wester countries. The average milkshake or smoothy bought in NSW is likely to be “frequently heavily contaminated” due to the fact that milk bars usually use bulk milk which has been blended from various areas. "We are happy we can give the consuming public in NSW an assurance that to the best of our resources there will be no pathological organisms in milk products sold,” said the Dairy Corporation's general manager, Mr Bob Whan. However, organochlorines are not organisms at all and 17% of milk in the State is presently full of unsafe levels of bacteria and/or chemicals. Bee BuuRRRRPP! BLACK HOLE STAR SWALLOWS Astronomers at Ohio State University have witnessed the death of a star. At the nucleus of galaxy NGC5548, Bradley Petersen and Gary Ferland observed the star as it was absorbed by a black hole. “We think our star has wandered too close,” said Mr Petersen. “It is being shredded." Scientists have never seen the phenomenon before and can use the data in studying the formation of the universe. "It takes us back to the era of formation,” Mr Petersen explained. We want to find out why galaxies have these centres - and if it is a common phenomenon". 15 BIRTH PROCESSED ‘ULTRALIGHT PILOT PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE Ee Nexus New Times — DAIRY DANGER ——————