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Global News ... If fluoride actually did reduce tooth decay, surely there would be less need for Dentists in fluoridated areas, not more! INDONESIA SEEN AS SECURITY THREAT TO AUSTRALIA The rumours of a future Indonesian inva- sion of Australia have gathered momentum with the release of a new survey. Ian McAllister from the Defence Force Academy in Canberra claims that up to 24% of Australians perceive Indonesia as the biggest threat to Australia's security. (Source: Sunshine Coast Daily, Friday April 5, 1991) FEDERAL POLICE FEUDS BENEFIT CORRUPTION The departure from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) of organised crime expert Peter Lamb has helped cause more serious operational and morale problems. The old rivalries between former ACT and Commonwealth police, (who combined in 1979) has even led to senior officers refus- ing to talk to each other about day to day operations. Several disasters have been identified which apparently were ‘caused’ by this breakdown i in communications and morale. Michael Wallace, an AFP officer who worked in "the vault", the place where seized drugs are stored. Last July he was sentenced to 12 years jail after being bust- ed with assorted drugs, including 9 kilos of heroin. He also had $237,000 in cash, and it is anyone's guess how much heroin and cocaine he sold before being caught. There was no internal investigation because no- one asked for one. After a tipoff from Customs, the AFP put 16 kilos of cocaine under surveillance last year. Normally a substitute is used, but not this time. Within about 5 minutes of the surveillance starting, the observation squad lost it. (The cocaine that is). It has never been found. Source: The Eye, June Quarter 1991 NEXUS - 12 1. The Wallace Affair. 2. Operation Sleep . YEAR BOOK - MAY/JUNE 1991