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PVR FoopTurear| Worst Earthquakes in Oz History The Plant Variety Rights (PVR) Advi- | Local Aboriginals fledintothe desertas centre, and followed large earthquakes sory Committee is seeking comment | Tennant Creek in the Northern Terri- in Niugini in the previous month, some from companies and the public on the | tory was struck by the worst series of of which registered 7.8 on the exponen- immediate inclusion of the following: earthquakes in Australia’s recorded tial Richter scale. Rose (Rosa), Apple (Malus), Kanga- } history on January 23rd. Hundreds of aftershocks followed roo Paw (Anigozanthos), Phalaris (P aq- “Many have just packed up and_ the second major quake, which is be- uatica), Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris),Cot- | moved out,” said local police Sergeant _ lieved to have created a 40km long and ton (Gossypium), Rape (Brassica | Garner. Two of four major quakes were " one metre high ridge or fault line. napus) and Macadamia. These plants | above 7on the Richter scale - one wasat "The larger the earthquake... the will be used by the committee and pub- | 7.3 - and were described by Dr David _ longer the activity continues," Dr Den- lic for experience in introducing PVR to | Denham, head of seismic research at ham said, “because the fault that is cover a wide range of plant types. The | the Bureau of Mineral Resources in ruptured by the major earthquake committee is advising the Minister for | Canberra, as “most unusual. This is of probably still is not in equilibrium with Primary Industries and Energy on | interest on a world scale.” the surrounding rocks. The aftershocks plants to be included in the new PVR The tremors, centred 40km from are small adjustments. Act (1987). -Tennant Ck, were felt in Mt Isa and as "I would expect this sequence,to go This means that private companies | far awayas Perth, AdelaideandCairns, on for at least a year, but the intensity will be given patents and complete con- | where curtains and hanging plants will diminish significantly. At theendof trol over these varieties-andultimately | swayedin the new Hilton International: 12 months they will get an earthquake all plants. Act now! Write and express | Hotel. They would have caused severe a day. No-one will feel it, but it will be your opinion to yourrelevant State and | damage near any major population recorded on instruments." Federal Ministers. our VE is a nasty piece of danger | DR ATH STARS | BREATHING countries where it has been intro- duced. It puts our food supply in BRING LIFE PLANET the hands of chemical companies who are removing original pri- | Alltheelementsintheuniverseheavier | Scientistsin Phoenix, Arizona have dis- mary-strain seeds from supply and | than iron - those with more than 25 | covered that ancient air trapped in leaving us with sterile, chemical- | protonsintheirnucleus-were produced | amber for 80 millon years contained reliant hybrids. in exploding stars. 32% oxygen - compared to today’s 21%. Our original food strains are becom- Detection of gamma radiation from | Samples dating back 25 millon years, ing extinct in a disastrous depletion of | the thermonuclear fusion of Supernova | however, proved to contain only 15% the gene-pool because of PVR. 1987-A, whose light reached the Earth | oxygen. “es. | in February last year, has confirmed this 20-year-old theory according to Tom Prince, astrophysicist at the Cali- fornia Institute of Technology. “Just about everything we see around us - such as the iron in your car - was thrown out from a supernova.” “We wouldn't have life as we knowit without the production of these heavy elements in supernovas,” said Gerald Share, Naval Research Laboratory as- trophysicist. ° It’s likely the newborn universe was Hunger Amid composed almost completely of hydro- gen and helium, which later fused in the Plenty intense pressure and heat inside stars Twenty millionAmericans - over 8% of | totransmute into ail the other elements the US population - go hungry and suf- | that exist today. fer from malnutrition every day, accord- Many scientists now believe we ing to a report by the Physician’s Task | inhabit a third-generation solar system Force on Hunger. Task force head Pro- | formed from the floating detritus of two fessor Larry Brown of Harvard Univer- | Previous generations of suns. sity said, “People obviously aren’t drop- 1987-A exploded 160,000 years ago ping like flies. But if you look at Census | and expanded to shine out like a beacon Bureau data on household income, you | inthe Large Megallanie Cloudin Febru- find people can’t cope.” ary last year. NEXUS New es Four - Autumn 1988 13 PVR FoopTurear| Worst Earthquakes in Oz History The Plant Variety Rights (PVR) Advi- | Local Aboriginals fledintothe desertas centre, and followed large earthquakes sory Committee is seeking comment | Tennant Creek in the Northern Terri- in Niugini in the previous month, some from companies and the public on the | tory was struck by the worst series of of which registered 7.8 on the exponen- immediate inclusion of the following: earthquakes in Australia’s recorded tial Richter scale. Rose (Rosa), Apple (Malus), Kanga- } history on January 23rd. Hundreds of aftershocks followed roo Paw (Anigozanthos), Phalaris (P aq- “Many have just packed up and_ the second major quake, which is be- uatica), Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris),Cot- | moved out,” said local police Sergeant _ lieved to have created a 40km long and ton (Gossypium), Rape (Brassica | Garner. Two of four major quakes were " one metre high ridge or fault line. napus) and Macadamia. These plants | above 7on the Richter scale - one wasat "The larger the earthquake... the will be used by the committee and pub- | 7.3 - and were described by Dr David _ longer the activity continues," Dr Den- lic for experience in introducing PVR to | Denham, head of seismic research at ham said, “because the fault that is cover a wide range of plant types. The | the Bureau of Mineral Resources in ruptured by the major earthquake committee is advising the Minister for | Canberra, as “most unusual. This is of probably still is not in equilibrium with Primary Industries and Energy on | interest on a world scale.” the surrounding rocks. The aftershocks plants to be included in the new PVR The tremors, centred 40km from are small adjustments. Act (1987). -Tennant Ck, were felt in Mt Isa and as “I would expect this sequence,to go This means that private companies | far awayas Perth, AdelaideandCairns, on for at least a year, but the intensity will be given patents and complete con- | where curtains and hanging plants will diminish significantly. At theendof trol over these varieties-andultimately | swayedin the new Hilton International: 12 months they will get an earthquake all plants. Act now! Write and express | Hotel. They would have caused severe a day. No-one will feel it, but it will be your opinion to yourrelevant State and | damage near any major population recorded on instruments." Federal Ministers. PVR is a nasty piece of danger- D S ous legislation vilified in other EATH TARS BREATHIN G countries where it has been intro- duced. It puts our food supply in BRING LIFE PLANET the hands of chemical companies who are removing original pri- | Alltheelementsintheuniverseheavier | Scientistsin Phoenix, Arizona have dis- mary-strain seeds from supply and | than iron - those with more than 25 | covered that ancient air trapped in leaving us with sterile, chemical- | protonsintheirnucleus-were produced | amber for 80 millon years contained reliant hybrids. in exploding stars. 32% oxygen - compared to today’s 21%. Our original food strains are becom- Detection of gamma radiation from | Samples dating back 25 millon years, ing extinct in a disastrous depletion of | the thermonuclear fusion of Supernova | however, proved to contain only 15% the gene-pool because of PVR. 1987-A, whose light reached the Earth | oxygen. Sms. | in February last year, has confirmed this 20-year-old theory according to Tom Prince, astrophysicist at the Cali- fornia Institute of Technology. “Just about everything we see around us - such as the iron in your car - was thrown out from a supernova.” “We wouldn't have life as we knowit without the production of these heavy elements in supernovas,” said Gerald Share, Naval Research Laboratory as- trophysicist. H A ° d It’s likely the newborn universe was unger 1 composed almost completely of hydro- gen and helium, which later fused in the Plenty intense pressure and heat inside stars Twenty millionAmericans - over 8% of | totransmute into ail the other elements the US population - go hungry and suf- | that exist today. fer from malnutrition every day, accord- Many scientists now believe we ing to a report by the Physician’s Task | inhabit a third-generation solar system Force on Hunger. Task force head Pro- | formed from the floating detritus of two fessor Larry Brown of Harvard Univer- | previous generations of suns. sity said, “People obviously aren’t drop- 1987-A exploded 160,000 years ago ping like flies. But if you look at Census | and expanded to shine out like a beacon Bureau data on household income, you | inthe Large Megallanie Cloudin Febru- find people can’t cope.” ary last year. NEXUS New Times Four - Autumn 1988 13 BREATHING BRING LIFE PLANET Plenty i Hunger Amid