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Wofl< safety degree for 1991
The Queensland Government has granted QUT $450 000 to set up Australia's first tertiary degree course in occupational health and safety.
Minister for Industrial Relations, Mr ev Warburton, announced the fund- ing on 18 October.
The three-year degree will be ad- ministered by QUT's Department of Public Health and Nutrition, starting in 1991 with 25 places on offer.
Workers' compensation claims paid in Queensland last year totalled $96.6 million.
Mr Warburton said this figure in- creased to $3 billion when on-costs such as productivity loss, retraining, medical and legal fees were included.
More than 76 300 claims were paid in Queensland in the 1989-90 financial year.
He said the grant, which came from the Workers Compensation Fund, demonstrated the government's com- mitment to lowering the economic and social costs of workplace injuries and accidents.
Head of Public Health and Nutrition j!!~~ I?pJfessoc Conor ReiJly. said fnds would be used for staff salaries and to establish a research program in occupational health and safety issues.
He said QUT would work closely with the state Division of Accident Prevention to ensure course content
OUT's newly appointed health officer, Ms Margaret Cook, will help promote the university's health profile.
She will specialise in back care (see story page 2).
and research effmts remained in with the needs of industry. Priority research issues will include handling procedures for the storage and disposal of hazardous waste, eye safety during welding and identifying the most ap- propriate protective clothing in the
~~g industries.
Mr Warburton said: "Graduates will have the knowledge and skills needed to meet the growing demand for pro- fessional occupational health and safety advisers at the workplace level.
"This demand has been prompted
a gJOWing realisation "Y govem-
m~nts, industry and unions that the cost of occupational injury and disease is unacceptably high.
"The cost of unsafe work practices cannot be estimated by workers' compensation figures alone."
Sally shines in five star show
Guest director to QUT's Drama Department, Townsville-based David Fenton, has taken the unique step of casting five student actresses in the lead role in The Chapel Per- ilous.
A Dorothy Hewett play, The Chapel Perilous explores the feminist ideology of Sally Banner from childhood through to a mature adult in an era when such philoso- phies were unfashionable.
Foundation year coordinator and drama lecturer, Ms Chris Hcepper,
said the five students, part of a cast of 38, portray how Sally struggled with her unconventional sexuality during the 1930s and 1940s.
The production is part of a three- play series by first year Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education drama students for end-of-year assessment.
Ms Hoepper said the set, designed by third year drama student, Penny Sealey, was one of the most novel and exciting she had seen.
She said Penny had used vibrant oranges, blues and reds to reflect the
agony Sally felt. Large masks, nuns and a chorus line dressed in tutus and bathing caps completed the uncon- ventional composition.
"All the work, including the adver- tising posters, program notes, stage work, set design, lighting and sound, have been done by students as part of assessment," Ms Hoepper said.
"Even the assistant director is a second year student, Travers Toohey."
The Chapel Perilous will play at the Metro Arts Theatre, I 09 Edward Street, 6-10 November at 7 .30pm.
A second student play, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, is playing until this Saturday (3 No- vember) at the Woodward Theatre, Kelvin Grove campus.
The first in the series, The Pre- cious Woman, was performed 23- 27 October and explored the mo- rality of war and violence from a woman's perspective.
Bookings for The Chapel Peril- ous or They Shoot Horses, Don't They? are available on 844 8523 during office hours.
The five faces of Sally Banner line up for the first year drama production of The Chapel Perilous.
1 November 1990
ARC funds doubled to
$750 000
Australian Research Council (ARC) funding to QUT has doubled to more than $750 000 in the 1991 allocation announced this month.
A total of I I new research projects have attracted funding, while six con- tinuing projects have been renewed.
QUT information technology pro- posals have also netted funds for the first time.
Office of Research manager, Dr Lyn Grigg, said major grants totalling
$495 400, plus $83 500 in small grants and $173 390 in infrastructure funding, were approved.
These latest figures compare with the 1990 general allocation to the combined institution of $390 000.
Historically, most of QUT's $7 million per annum research activity has been commercially funded.
"The success rate of submissions from the Gardens Point campus alone increased 70 percent," Dr Grigg said.
"This year's submissions were of a very high standard."
Dr Grigg said QUT would now en- joy continued funding increases be- cause subsequent funding would be determined on the basis of this latest success.
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Management positions are advertised
Most management positions at QUT are being advertised internally and some, externally, as the amalgamation process enters its final stage.
In the academic area, the two Pro- Vice-Chancellors (PVCs), six of the eight deans and 20 head of school positions will be advertised. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, two deans and 15 head of school positions will be filled by invitation.
Of the positions to be advertised, only three will be advertised externally -PVC (Academic'), PVC (Research and Advancement) and Dean of Arts. In all other cases, the positions are ad- vertised internally initially.
In the non-academic area, virtually all of the 29 management positions including that of Registrar are adver- tised internally, the rationale being that the combined, multi-campus university is larger and more complex in its ad- ministrative operations.
At a special meeting on 24 October, policy on the filling of positions was approved by QUT Council. This fol- lowed a decision on new academic and non-faculty structures for the univer- sity in early October.
By 25 October, all managers had received advice of the policy and po- sitions were advertised internally the next day. The deadline for applications for internally advertised positions is 2 November.
Apart from positions requiring external advertisement, the schedule provides for appointment of deans, heads of non-academic divisions,
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Vice-Chancellor's comment
Gruelling home-straight ahead
Forgive the reference to racing, but I believe the finishing post for amalgamation is almost within sight. The home straight, however, is the most gruelling part of the race.
QUT Council has approved hierarchies for academic and non-aca- demic structures. We are about to go through the difficult and sensi- tive process of putting names to positions. It is a necessary step in amalgamation.
Most positions will be advertised internally. The most important thing is that staff have the opportunity to be considered in an equita- ble manner.
A relatively tight timetable has been set for the filling of most man- agement positions, although a few will be advertised externally, mak- ing those appointments unlikely until early next year.
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Committees have been created to consider applications for manage- ment positions, for academic and for non-academic appointments. In the case of head of school appointments, the faculty will elect a person to the selection committee of seven. My advice to faculty representa- tives is to listen to what people in the school and faculty are saying and
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view at committee level.
Once management positions have been filled, other staffing de- cisions will follow in close consul- tation.
In terms of morale, the past months have been trying. The next month will be even more so. How- ever, from then on will be a posi- tive time for the new university, drawing together plans and work- ing towards them with certainty.
Margaret is backbone of new health program
Professor Dennis Gibson
QUT's workers' compensation claims from back injuries could be curtailed thanks to the arrival of oc- cupational therapist, Ms Margaret Cook.
Ms Cook, previously working in rehabilitation, has joined the univer-
Letters to the editor
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Democracy skimp in decision on faculty marriage: 26 sta- ff
Although this letter is specifically about the demise of the Faculty of the Built En- vironment, it has significant implications for the rest of the University.
At the meeting of Monday I October with staff and students, the Vice-Chancellor praised the Consolidation Implementation Committee's (CIC) working party for its consultative and democratic approach to their recommendations on faculty restruc- turing.
In view of the actual process of the past six months leading to their recommenda- tions to QUT Council, it is our view that the Vice-Chancellor was mistaken.
In CIC's original proposals, one of the two options was for Built Environment to retain its autonomy as an independent fac- ulty.
This option was supported overwhelm-
ingly at all levels -by deans, heads of de- partments, academic staff, support staff, students and the relevant professions.
The six-faculty model (combining Built Environment with Engineering) was over- whelmingly rejected by the great majority of those affected and by the professional institutes.
Cogent reasons for not combining with Engineering were clearly documented in these submissions. We understand that the staff of Engineering also unanimously re- jected the idea of combining with Built Environment.
Notwithstanding this, CIC decided to recommend combining the two faculties, thereby apparently discounting this excep- tionally strong expression of view.
This is not the spirit nor practice of de- mocracy nor rational decision making. The
Ethanol debate refuelled
The letter to the editor (IQ 18/10/90) needs some clarification.
I agree with the comments made by Dr Hanna in that the burning of ethanol pro- duces about the same amount of carbon dioxide as the burning of petrol. The original article, called "Alcohol and driving can mix", should have read: "Ethanol, an alcohol produced from distilled sugarcane,
Remarks on non-sexism draw scorn
burns producing no nett carbon dioxide, a major contributor to the Greenhouse ef- fect".
All plants absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during growth. I have been reliably informed that the amount of this gas absorbed by plants such as sugarcane and sorghum from which ethanol can be produced, is about the same as that released to the atmosphere during combustion. This balance therefore implies no nett increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Such is not the case when fossil fuels are used in internal combustion engines.
Dr Doug Hargreaves
Senior lecturer- mechanical and manufac- turing engineering.
present situation bodes ill for the future of the whole university.
If such a cogent and widely-supported case can be dismissed with such inadequate justification, doubts are cast on future de- cision making on key issues in the univer- sity.
This depressing prospect could damage the morale and efficiency of academic staff.
not only of the Faculty of Built Environ- ment, but potentially of the whole academic community of the university.
As we take the first steps in building a new university, we should be imbued with confidence in the prospects for open and free discussion resulting in tangible out- comes. It would be of little value for the forms of democracy to be adopted if, in reality, the substance was that of imposition of pre-conceived decisions.
We urge that future dealings with all sections of the university be undertaken in a more open spirit of consultation and mutual respect.
This letter was dated 16 October and signed by: Ms Janelle Brown, Mr Ian Charlton, Mr John Donnelly, Ms Jill Franz, Mr Denis Hardy, Mr Peter Hedley, Associate Professor Phil Heywood, Mr Gordon Holden, Dr Brian Hudson, Ms Katy Hughes, Mr Jim Hutchinson, Ms Michelle Kuehne, As- sociate Professor Bill Lim, Mr Darryl Low-Choy, Dr John Minnery, Ms Delwynn Poulton, Ms Susan Savage, Mr Andrew Scott, Mr Kevin Sinden, Mrs Freda Ten Kate, Mr Glenn Thomas, Mr George Williams, Mr Jim Woolley, Mr Jake de Vries, Ms Sandy Smith and Miss Jodie Doolan.
sity's Health and Safety Section.
She said back injuries accounted for the single largest area of compensa- tion at QUT, with almost one-third of all claims being back related.
Back injury claims totalled $20 000 for Gardens Point alone last year. Ms Cook, who is completing a QUT graduate diploma in occupational health and safety part-time, calculated the real costs on all campuses could climb to $160 000 annually if down time, staff replacements and training were included.
She will concentrate on developing control measures, training programs and risk assessments for areas within the university where staff are affected by manual handling injuries or occu- pational overuse syndrome (OOS).
Those at greatest risk of manual handling injuries included cleaning, buildings and grounds, library and
engineering staff. Ms Coo(.. said such injuries did not usually result from a single act, but rather from a culmina- tion of bad practices and back prob- lems. Anyone w.ing a computer could be at risk from OOS. The National Safety Council recommends a five- hour daily limit for keyboard use.
Health and Safety Officer, Mr Ralph Carlisle, said institutions and compa- nies would be responsible for assess- ing and instigating control measures for manual handling as a result of new regulations under the new Workplace Health and Safety Act to be introduced next year.
The regulations ensured safety standards were not determined on the weight of an object alone, but rather a combination of weight, distance car- ried, the object's dimensions, whether the task was repetitive and the surface over which it had to be carried.
Mana ement positions a ver
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and positions within the Chancel- lery and the Division of Research and Advancement at the 14 November Council meeting. Heads of schools and other managers would be appointed at a special Council meeting on 28 No- vember.
Committees will recommend ap- pointments to Council. In the case of academic positions, selection com- mittees of six or seven will be set up for each faculty, including Council, executive and external members and, for heads of schools, an elected aca- demic from the faculty. A single com- mittee including Council, executive and external representatives will con- sider non-academic positions.
Chancellor, Mr Vic Pullar, said the positions were being advertised and filled as quickly as possible to avoid long periods of uncertainty for staff.
QUT has operated on an interim structure since the formal amalgama- tion date of I May 1990, which will continue until the new structure is in place from I January 1991.
Six report to V-C
The Vice-Chancellor will have six people reporting to him in the new
QUT structure.
The eight deans will report to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, along with the Information Services Director. This is a major departure from the interim structure, where deans and heads of northern campus schools reported to the Vice-Chancellor.
However, for the purposes of annual faculty action plans and goal achievement, deans will report to the Vice-Chancellor.
Those reporting direct to the chief executive are the Deputy Vice-Chan- cellor, the Registrar, the two Pro-Vice- Chancellors (Academic) and (Re- search and Advancement), the Plan- ning and Budget Director, and an Ex- ecutive Officer.
e.riefs
Those wishing to avoid being horse-whipped on Melbourne Cup day (6 November) are invited to enjoy a smorgasbord lunch in the Campus Club. A complimentary champagne or beer will await lunch- goers before the race at 2.1 5pm. The bistro will open at noon and the cost is $14.50.
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Mr Alastair MacAdam's comments concerning the inaccuracies of the QUT non-sexist speech and writing brochure (IQ
5/1 0/90) are his own personal opinions.
Former BCAE head dies aged 54
A graduation ceremony was heldlast week for 29 child care workers who completed a joint QUT and De- partment of Family Services one-year part-time course. Graduates received their certificates from the Minister for Family Services, Ms Anne Warner.
They are not necessarily endorsed by either the staff or the students of the QUT Faculty of Law.
Mr MacAdam purports that many women find humorous sexism amusing.
He should realise that many people are thoroughly bored with such humour.
Mr MacAdam's pro-Christian bent docs not cater for the increasing number of multicultural students attending QUT.
The QUT paper should provide space for articles that expose sexist discrimination rather than Mr MacAdam's personal and pedantic comments.
Women Law Student Group (Editor's note: The story also presented the views of the editor of the brochure, providing reasonable balance.)
Former chairman of the Brisbane quiry into nursing education and College of Advanced Education training in Queensland.
(BCAE) Council, Dr David Fraser, He was one of Queensland's lead- died last week after a heart attack. ing paediatricians, medical superin- Dr Fraser, 54, was a member of the tendent of the Royal Children's Hos- BCAE council from the college's in- pita! and 1987 Father of the Year.
ception in 1982 and a member of the He died on Sunday 21 October, the North Brisbane College of Advanced day one of his pet projects, Radio Loi- Education council prior to that year. lipop, was launched. Radio Lollipop
Initially deputy chairman on is an in-house radio program for chii- BCAE's first council, he accepted the dren in the hospital.
positi<;m of chairman of the second in Last year BCAE paid tribute to Dr 1986 until I May this year when QUT Fraser's contributions when a portrait and the college were amalgamated. of him by artist, Graeme lnson, was
Dr Fraser also sat on QUT's Coun- unveiled.
cil from November 1989 to July this His wife, Elizabeth, died last year.
year. He leaves children Hamish, 27, Simon,
He worked on the committee of in- 24, Rachel, 21, and Kate, 19.
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The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Tom Dixon, spoke on the university's new academic structure to 45 Convocation members last week. In response, medical labora- tory science graduates raised con- cerns over QUT's decision to place the department in the new School of Life Science.
The address, part of a convocation meeting, was followed by a report on the activities of the Convocation Standing Committee.
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ARC grant will put yellow lettuce in greener pastures
Australia's lettuce industry may look forward to a healthier future if QUT genetic engineering can help stamp out a damaging virus.
Associate Professor James Dale, principal lecturer in the Department of Medical Laboratory Science, has been awarded a $43 000 Australian Research Council grant to study the molecular biology of the Lettuce
ecrotic Yellows Virus.
The research, to be carried out in conjunction with Department of Pri- mary Industries virologist, Dr Ralph Dietzgen, will aim to produce lettuce that is genetically resistant to the virus.
As its name suggests, the virus produces a yellow effect on infected areas, thereby rendering the lettuce unsuitable for market.
Spread by aphids, the virus eventu- ally kills the plant and can cause total crop loss.
It has only been recorded in Aus- tralia, the earliest report being in 1954 in Victoria.
Regarded as one of the most serious plant viruses throughout Australia, it tends to strike most severely in the cooler, southern states.
Professor Dale said the virus was genetically more complex than most.
Instead of the usual single coat protein gene (which surrounds each chromosome), "yellows" virus is sur-
rounded by five. Associate Professor James Dale to examine a damaging lettuce virus.
The research aim will therefore be to isolate each protein gene and decide which one is most suitable to target for genetic engineering.
This will involve cloning the protein genes in bacteria. Each cloning proc- ess takes about two weeks to complete and produces between 20 and 30 use- ful clones for analysis.
Professor Dale said the virus was difficult to control using conventional means.
Spraying tended to kill only 90 per- cent of an aphid population and has-
tened the movement of the surviving aphids to other parts of a crop.
A genetically resistant lettuce would therefore be a substantial boost to Australia's horticultural industry.
During 1988-89 in Queensland alone, the gross value of lettuce production was $15.7 million.
The yellows virus belongs to the Rhabdoviruses family. Animal virus- es in this group include vesicular sto- matitis which strikes cattle and rabies.
"It is therefore a very interesting
virw, and part of our work will be to
understand the molecular biology of the plant virus and then compare it to these animal viruses," Professor Dale said.
"We've been interested in this virus for about 15 years but it is only recent- ly that we've had the molecular tools to find out how it works."
Professor Dale said the first phase, the genetic examination of the virus, would take about three years.
The second stage, to achieve genetic resistance, would possibly requi.re another three to four years' research.
Eleven new projects off the ground
Details of successful ARC bids are:
Associate Professor Gillian Houlton- Lewis ($24 000 renewal) - an assessment of the information process- ing loads, value and limitations of mathematical representations used by teachers and young children.
Dr Tom Cooper and Dr Calvin Irons ($I 5 800) - the effect of tradi- tional instruction on children's spontaneous strategies for the addition and subtraction of algorithms.
Dr Lyn English ($12 600)- the devel- opment of children's competence in the mathematical domain of combinatorics.
Associate Professor James Dale and DPI virologist, Dr Ralph Dietzgen, ($43 000) - molecular biology of lettuce necrotic yellows virus (plus a $44 000 renewal of banana bunchy top virus project).
Dr Dennis Arnold ($25 000) - one and two dimensional organic semi-
conductors based on porphyrin diacetylenes.
Dr Aro Arakel, Dr J Piorewicz, Dr
· D M McConchie, Dr P Saenger ($25 000 renewal) - impact on the Great Barrier Reef of Johnstone River detritus.
Dr Terry Walsh ($44 000) - func- tional significance of structural heterogeneity in the regulatory pro- teins of the contractile apparatus of muscle.
Professor Bill Caelli, Dr Helen Bergen and Mr Ed Dawson ($39 000)- analysis of cipher systems.
Professor John Gough ($25 000) - fail-safe exception handling in soft- ware systems.
Professor Kurt Kubik and Associate Professor Alan Underwood ($53 000) - computer support map generalisation.
Professor Dennis Longley and Dr Gerry Finn ($31 000) - automatic
Spaghetti bridges given a road test
London bridge may be falling down, but the spaghetti variety constructed by none other than QUT civil engi- neering students (photographed right) stood up to vigorous testing last month.
As part of the Ingenious Inventions and Ingenuity Games, QUT and Tele- com staged the inaugural spaghetti bridge-building competition at the Gardens Point campus on 18 October.
entries to remain intact at the end of the day.
Other competitors included Nicho- las Holt, QUT civil engineering stu- dent and grandson of Storey Bridge engineer Sir James Holt, and primary school category winners, Jamboree Heights.
Organiser, Dr Tee Tang, lecturer in the School of Electrical and Electron- ic Systems Engineering, said he hoped the competition would become an an- nual event.
search for security/safety flaws in computer-based systems.
Dr Rod Troutbeck ($25 000) - pre- diction of traffic interaction on urban arterial road links.
Professor Keith Wallace ($25 000)- crack mechanisms and control for low cost roads on expansive clay soils.
Dr Joanne Wood and Associate Professor Brian Brown ($18 000)- psy- chophysical isolation of parvocellular and magnocellular pathways of the human visual system.
Dr Serge Kokot ($25 000 renewal) - forensic identification of dyes in tex- tile fibres by Fourier Transform Spectroscopy.
Mr Michael Collins, Associate Pro- fessor Brian Brown and Dr David Atchison ($21 000 renewal) - visual display terminals and accommoda- tion/vergence efficiency.
Campus quickies
Remember the Vice-Chancellor's memo to all staff regarding inter- nal management positions? Dr Brian Hudson, senior lecturer in the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture, sent us the following quip: "Applicants are being sought for a newly-established Deanship to be known as the Dean Brothers. Faculties of the Built Environment a speciality!"
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In the spirit of the above - QUT's new academic structure does not include pro-vice-chancellors heading up groups of faculties. However, Mr Warren Tealby (Computing Services) suggests "co-deans", to help relieve the pain of amalgamation.
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A Christmas gift idea for the academic who has everything! Profes- sor Miles Moody, head of the School of Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering, entered a talking cigarette lighter in the Tele- com/QUT Ingenious Inventions competition. When activated, the lighter not only ignites a brilliant flame, but repeatedly proclaims the unofficial corporate message: "QUT's the place to be."
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Mr David Hall, who has conducted ceremonies for more than 20 000 QIT/QUT graduates since the very beginning of QIT in 1965, graduated himself at the 17 October ceremony. Mr Hall (Bachelor of Business- Communication) gave an extended bow to an appreciative audience after receiving his degree from Chancellor Mr Vic Pullar. Mr Hall now has a new job as Continuing Education Coordinator for the university.
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And now to set the record straight. The office occupied by Assistant to the Registrar, Mary-Rose MacColl, has not become the secretariat watering hole. Although the cases of alcohol stacked across her office floor may look suspicious, they are in fact innocently relocated there temporarily after being moved from the old Council room bar.
Maths intuition stilted due to pen and paper techniques in schools
A child's ability to make mental calculations is severely hindered by the pen and paper methods taught in primary schools, according to two QUT mathematics educators.
Dr Tom Cooper and Dr Calvin lrons said evidence suggested formal math- ematical teaching methods constrained learning because they interrupted the instinctive way children completed computations.
The pair have launched a study, funded by a $15 800 Australian Re- search Council grant, which will de- termine the strategies children employ to compute addition and subtraction prior to being taught formal methods.
Dr Irons said pre-school children were clever in calculating mathemat- ics in their minds, but the pen and paper method forced upon school goers destroyed the ability to develop a sophisticated mental mathematical competence.
"Consequently, students become better at the pen and paper computa- tions and neglect mental computa- tions," he said.
He argued that where this reliance on pen and paper fell down was in the workplace where employees were ex- pected to make mental calculations or monitor computer calculations.
"The new president of the Business Council of Australia, Mr Brian Loton, was quoted recently as saying that be- tween 15 and 20 percent of the work-
force recruited as school-leavers lacked basic mathematical skills," Dr Irons said.
The pair said the discrepancy be- tween the natural and taught calcula- tion methods had a large pan top\a)' ;n pointi.ng the finger.
They will interview primary school students over the next three years to monitor how the strategies each child uses changes with increased formal education.
Dr Irons said it was possible that the strategies would differ with each child, although some strategies could be more commonly used than others.
For instance, when adding 37 and 38, some students may firstly calcu- late 30 + 30, then 7 + 8, and finally add 60
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15 to obtain the answer 75.Other children may have a different intuitive way of completing the com- putation.
The duo argued pen and paper methods, which are rote learnt, will not allow for such a complementary partitioning calculation.
"It is crucial that educators begin to
look at the approaches of how to teach computation in school," Dr Irons said. He emphasised that instinctive computation and arithmetic were not equivalent. "Mental arithmetic is a method taught so students can regur- gitate an answer.
"Mental computation is a natural way of thinking," he said.
Civil Engineering students Nicko- la\ Wood, Andrew Howgate and Danny Juric won the tertiary student category after their pasta/glue carriage- way survived a gruelling road worthy- the weight of a 0.9 kg model truck.
It was one of only a few of the 15
The bridge testing rig was con- structed by the School of Civil Engi- neering under the supervision of Dr Rod Troutbeck.
A spaghetti bridge that passed the test! Civil engineering students Nickolas Wood, Andrew Howgate and Danny Juric survey their pasta creation.
Shoppers suspicious of food labelling codes says lecturer
Listing the additives in food products by code number-a system designed to inform consumers - is viewed suspiciously by many shop- pers, according to research by a QUT human ecology lecturer.
Mr Steve Pvott said the number- ing system was introduced to provide greater information and protection for consumers.
He said earlier regulations de- manded only the category of food additi'e be printed on labels. Regu- lations introduced since 1985 now required additives be listed by either their full chemical name or the cat- egory name and code number.
"The irony is some consumers be- lieve the numbering system is there to hide information on what chemi- cals are used," he said.
Mr Pyott said the Federal Gov- ernment produced an "Identifying food additives" brochure in the mid- 1980s which gave the chemical name corresponding to each number, but it was in short supply. Some super-
markets provided this information on posters.
"1'here is also a perception that chemica\s in food are bad," he said.
He said the food industry had chosen the numbering system over listing the fu\\ chemica\ name be- cause of this perception.
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Mr Steve Pyatt - looking into consumer preference on food labelling.
"This is particularlv so when con- sumers want a high le,el of con,en- ience in obtaining food and the food must be prepared some distance awav," he said.
L~bels were used to market foods, and therefore the food indu not want information which could be viewed as negative by consumers to be included, Mr Pyott said.
"Regulators and consumer bodies, such as the National Food Authori- ty and Federal Bureau of Consumer Affairs, must find a balance between the information provided and "hat consumers want," he said.
"And to be fair. food manufac- turers must be profitable because
their services are necessary."
Mr Pyott who has submitted a masters thesis on "The consumer and food labelling" believes recog- nition should be given to the rights of consumers.
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copsqJU~w~lfare and therefore should include data for pepple with specific problems, such as allergies,"
he said.
As part of his study Mr Pyott con- ducted a survey in the Pine Rivers and Redcliffe areas which indicated a high percentage of people read the information on labels.
"Results suggest between 70 and 80 percent of consumers look at la- bels, but this does not mean they un-
Uni Credit Union Ltd
Postgraduate Business Scholarship $9000
Scholarship applications are invited from business students proposing to undertake full-time postgraduate study in ac- countancy, communication, management or other business- related disciplines.
The 12 month scholarship will be awarded to an honours or masters student proposing to undertake a thesis, project or dissertation of relevance to the finance industry.
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Selection will be based on:
Academic performance in the course work component of the degree
Quality of the relevant thesis, dissertation or project proposal.
Applications, by letter, should include a brief CY, a copy of the academic record to date and details (250 words) of the research proposed.
The scholarship will be payable upon commencement of the thesis.
Applications should be sent to the Dean, Faculty of Business at the address below by 18 January 1990.
For further information phone (07) 223 2643.
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Central Administration: GPO Box 2434 Brisbane Q 4001derstand what they are reading," he said. An earlier proposal to deregu- late the current system of food leg- islation appeared to constitute a major reduction in consumer pro- tection provisions by removing pre-
scriptive and proscriptive provi-
sions."
e said the most radical reforms had suggested a greater reliance on the operation of an idealised free market, voluntary codes of practice used on a deemed-to-comply basis, and general consumer protection laws for remedies.
"Basically, the proposal has been to let market forces determine what consumers want in the way of infor- mation," he said.
Consumers would vigorously op- pose any proposals likely to lead to less information disclosure.
Mr Pyott is planning to study how effectively food labelling informa- tion is communicated to consumers.
Secretaries trade places
Visitors to teacher education at QUT Kelvin Grove may have heard the sec- retary, Ms Judy Jakeman, humming a rendition of John Denver's Cold nights in Canada.
She is preparing for a six-month stint in Calgary, Alberta, as part of the first official secretary exchange between QUT and an overseas institution.
Ms Jakeman, who leaves this Sat- urday (3 November), will trade places, jobs, houses and cars with Ms Bev Moore from the Royal Mount Com- munity College.
Ms Moore initiated the exchange when she wrote to Australia last year- a fortunate coincidence for Ms Jake- man who was saving for a sojourn to the US and Canada.
An enthusiastic traveller, Ms Jake- man has seasoned the cold of northern Europe and the chills of windy Eng- land. This will be her first visit to North America.
When asked where she intended to spend Christmas, she admitted Yule- tide celebrations would be delayed until she returned to Australia in May.
"I 'II have a huge party to celebrate Christmas, missed birthdays and my return-an everything party," she said.
And for the record -the temper- ature in Calgary, host of the 1986 Winter Olympics, can fall to -40 de- grees Celsius.
Space uni studies
new satellite idea to observe forests
Global deforestation could be monitored more accurately if an in- novative satellite design· survives feasibility testing, a QUT space re- searcher says.
The satellite, which would feature an infiatable antenna and a radar 'en- sor, was one of the projects Mr Paul Wilson, lecturer in the School of Elec- trical and Electronic Systems Engi- neering, 'tudied at the International Space University at Toronto last month.
Mr Wilson was one of three Aus- tralians among 130 postgraduate students enrolled at the university'' exhaustive ten-week summer course.
Designed to gather leading scientists in a variety of disciplines, the univer- sity aims to promote a global per- spective on space research.
It was founded in 1988 and has been hosted at various countries since. A main campus is expected to be estab- lished by 1993.
At the Toronto session, Mr Wilson was one of five managers supervising the environmental observation satellite project.
He said existing satellites used for environmental surveillance were not suitable for monitoring deforestation. In an attempt to overcome this, Mr Wilson's team designed a satellite which was fitted with a P-band radar, a sensor never before used in space technology.
The P-band sen,or, with ih shorter wavelength, is expected to give a clearer picture of a forest edge, the health of individual trees, disease status and moisture content of soil.
However, because the satellite will be sending out signals, imtead of 'imrly receiving them. the load on the
Mr Paul Wilson
power supply will be heavier.
The project team will continue to work on the design and seek further funding for a full feasibility 'tudy.
Mr Wilson, who ha' 'pecialised mostly in robotics, said he was now poised to encourage 'pace re,earch at QUT.
For the first time next year, for ex- ample, space engineering would be- come the focus of final year student projects, he said.
QUT would hopefully send at leaq one student to next year's International Space University course at Moscow Aviation Institute .
"It is just too good not to have more students attending," Mr Wibon said.
"QUT would ignore thi' kind of research at its peril."
Mr Wilson said Queemland should do more to develop a viable space industry. Manufacturing for satellite parts and developing more sophisticated tracking capabilitie.., were some of the "limitless" opportu- nitie' for development.
uaents head to Illinois
QUT teacher education students have left the land of meat pies, kanga- roos and Holden cars for apple pies.
bald eagles and Cadillacs.
Thirteen students left Australia on 14 October to participate in a three- week practice teaching exchange pro- gram at the Northern Illinois Univer- sity.
Curriculum and teaching studies lecturer, Dr Bob Hardingham, ac- companied the students-II of whom are encountering overseas travel for
the first time. Inexperience will not be a problem for the travellers in the fu- ture, however.
They are returning through Europe and Asia. where some students intend to stay for an additional two months.
An exchange agreement ha' been operating between the American insti- tution and the former Bri-,bane Col- lege of Advanced Education for nine years.
Northern Illinois Univer,ity -.tudent.., visited QUT in August.
Illinois exchange: (from back left) Kerry McGraw, Dr Bob Hardingham, Martin Duffy and Don Easton, (mida.e right) Tony Watt, (front left) Julie Hall, Joan Crampton, Cassandra Hallett and Matthew Kurth.
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Stude. nts preSent dance variety in grand style
Folk dancing (as photographed left) will be one of the various styles presented in this year's graduation dance performance.
The production, called Journey- men Dancing, will involve a total of 35 dancers at three performance venues this month.
It will be staged at the Princess Theatre, Woolloongabba, 20-24 November, the Redcliffe Entertain- ment Centre on 14 November and Pilbean Theatre, Rockhampton, on 17 November.
A classical ballet performance has been choreographed to Chopin by dance lecturer, Mr Greame Collins, while guest choreographers, Jacqui Carroll and John Nobbs, have pro- duced two new dance works.
Sinfonia Sacra by Carroll is a dramatic contemporary dance piece to the powerful music of Andrezej Panufnik.
John Nobbs' recreation of the gym dance from the world famous West Side Story will delight audiences with energetic sequences by eight couples.
The performances will involve first and second year students in the Associate Diploma course and per- formance elective students in the Bachelor of Arts (Dance) course.
All shows will start at 7.30pm and tickets will be $10 adults, $6 consession and $4 student group bookings.
Students leap into one of the folk dances in this year's graduation performance.
For more information contact the Department of Dance on 352 8423.
Women in management is focus of six-day seminar
An inaugural QUT six-day course for women in management will help pave the way for equity changes in the Queensland Public Service.
The course, costing $1200 a head, is hosted by the Key Centre in Strategic Management and the Leadership Centre. Held at the Kelvin Grove campus, it began with a course plan- ning day on 10 September.
It continued on 8, 9 and I 0 October and will conclude with two feedback days in late November.
Organised to develop the resoun;::es of the growing number of professional female managers, it is dealing with corporate planning, networking, ne- gotiation skills and financial planning.
Guest speaker at the planning day,
Commissioner for Public Sector Eq- uity, Dr Glyn Davis, said more statis- tical monitoring of equity in the pub- lic sector was necessary in Queens- land.
"The few available figures tend to support anecdotal observations about past practice," he said.
"For example, as of 30 June 1990, there was only one woman among the top 126 senior managers in the De- partment of Transport and only one among the most senior 44 people in the Department of Administrative Services."
Research officer and course spokesperson, Ms Joy Dougherty, said the Key Centre would support more research into workplace equity.
Security officer, Mr Ray Wood, wants to send spare spectacles to the Philppines.
Bri- sbane River book tells politicians to pull together
The Brisbane River will be pre- served for future generations only if a total catchment management ap- proach is adopted by all levels of government, a new book released last month warns.
The book, The Brishane River: A Source-Book for the Future, gives a detailed analysis of what is already known about the river system and recommends various strategies for the future.
Co-edited by Mr Darryl Low-Choy, Department of Planning and Land- scape Architecture lecturer, the book features 47 chapters from more than
Ray keen to collect old spectacles for Filipinos
If you have any preloved spec- tacles gathering dust at home, Se- curity Officer at QUT's Gardens Point campus, Mr Ray Wood, will find them an appreciative new owner in the Philippines.
Mr Wood who married a Filipina said many people there were effectively blind for want of glasses.
"The average wage in Manilla, if you can get a job, is A$100 a month and glasses cost about A$80, so people can't afford them," he said.
"In the provinces where it's largely subsistence farming, you can see 35 year olds with a stick, literally planting rice by feel.
Otherwise they would starve."
Mr Wood said there would be no profits. He would send the spectacles to his wife's family for distribution in Manilla and in two provinces.
Spare specs should be sent to the Security Office, QUT Gardens Point, preferably in time for Christmas mail.
50 academics and officials from pri- vate enterprise, and state and local government agencies.
Mr Low-Choy said the urgent need for a management approach that con- sidered the river's entire 73 500 km2 catchment was the dominant theme of the book.
"To attain this goal we will need to achieve far better cooperation among all levels of government," a conclusion chapter states.
"This will require new initiatives in inter-departmental and inter-govern- mental dealings and in the way that government in Australia relates to the concerns of the community."
The book is based on papers pre- sented at a scientific conference The Brishane Ri1•er- its Future and Man- agement convened by the Australian Littoral Society in August 1988.
It stems also from the developing public interest since the Year of the River program in 1987 and two Ri1•er Search conferences organised by the Brisbane City Council in 1986.
Divided into five sections- physical, biological and human environment, management and conservation, and management models and options -the book identifies the following as pri- ority issues:
• adoption of a long-term goal to eliminate excessive amounts of phos-
phorous, nitrogen and toxic chemical discharges into the river;
• improving the recreational and tourism potential of the river without damaging the river's ecosystem;
• control of boat wash and vessel- generated noise;
• increasing public ownership and access where possible to the river;
• minimising the adverse environ- mental and social impacts associated with sand and gravel mining within the Moreton region;
• minimising the ecological im- pacts of maintenance dredging;
• establishing "green corridors" of native forests along the waterways of the Brisbane River catchment; and
• rehabilitation of waterways to provide a more natural habitat for aquatic life.
Queensland museum marine biolo- gist, Mr Peter Davie, and Griffith University academic, Mr Errol Stock, were co-editors of the volume.
QUT authors include Mr Low- Choy; planning and landscape archi- tecture senior lecturers, Ms Catherin Bull and Dr John Minnery; lecturer, Ms Janelle Brown; and part-time lec- turers, Mr Russell Bowie, Mr Alan Lee and Michael Capelin.
A public launch of the book was held at the City Botanical Gardens on 19 October.
Co-editor and QUT lecturer, Mr Darryl Low-Choy.
High school change needed to see more women in business
Girls studying commerce at high school will be more likely to continue such study at tertiary level if sec- ondary curriculum is modified, ac- cording to QUT research.
As part of a national project into post-school options for girls, curricu- lum and teaching studies senior lec- turer, Dr Sue Johnston, education studies lecturer, Dr Sandra Taylor, and maths and computing lecturer, Ms Glenice Watson, studied 12 Queens- land schools to examine commercial and business studies curricula.
Dr Johnston said educators were faced with an alarming disparity in business studies, where the majority of students in high school were female, but in tertiary business studies most students were male.
"It is obvious that the girls do not
continue their business studies, and the boys do not see the school business curriculum as relevant to the business world," Dr Johnston said.
"We've found many girls take commercial studies as a back up in case they don't move into the career of their choice.
"Boys don't seem to perceive that need."
In Queensland state schools this year, 6500 girls are studying account- ing in Years II and 12, compared with 3474 boys.
Other telling statistics complete the picture - 13 189 girls study business principles in Years 9 and I 0, compared with 7 821 boys.
In 1989, the QUT Faculty of Busi- ness recorded that female students made up 49.8 percent of total enrolments.
Dr Taylor said: "Commercial stud- ies is usually seen as a way of pro- viding students, mostly girls, with an
entry into clerical careers.
"More needs to be done to broaden student awareness so that girls don't continue to make traditional choices in relation to the business field."
Dr Taylor said the team report would recommend that not only the content of some secondary commerce subjects be changed, but also the names of the courses themselves.
''Commercial studies need to move away from a narrow vocational em- phasis which prepars students for of- fice jobs," she said.
"Girls who take up office work of- ten have few options for career ad- vancement.
"Commerce in schools should teach students about all aspects of the world of business."
The research also identified the need for schools to keep more records, particularly regarding student career progression.
Another recommendation will be that commerce teachers be given short secondments to industry to retain "real world" contact.
Secondary schools surveyed in the study were Kelvin Grove, Balmoral.
Kenmore, Mitchelton, Gympie, Hendra, Merrimac (Gold Coast), Oxley Senior College, Redlands Community College, Moreton Bay College, Smithfield (Cairns), and Collinsville (west of Mackay).
The project, funded for $55 000 by the Federal Department of Education, Employment and Training (DEET), was commissioned in April by the Queensland Department of Education.
A draft report was due today (I November).
The final report is expected to be handed to the State Government next month.
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A OUT science initiative set to change the philosophy of teaching talented children in Queensland.
New scheme for the gifted
A QUT science initiative for high school students could herald a change in the philosophy of teaching talented children in Queensland.
The six-week program, which ended last month, called SETS (Science Enrichment for Talented Students), catered for more than 40 various-aged gifted children from Newmarket and Kelvin Grove high schools.
Each child, accompanied by a QUT science education student, embarked on a science project of his or her choice.
Science education head, Dr Alan Cook, said the program encour- aged the children to show enter- prise and innovation, thus foster- ing their interest in science.
For instance, a couple of stu- dents working together chose to video record a football being kicked.
From still-frame analysis they will attempt to determine its tra- jectory, distance travelled and the effect of the kicker's weight and height.
A presentation evening will be held on 22 October in the Com- munity Building, Kelvin Grove campus, where students will be given the opportunity to explain their projects.
Dr Cook said teacher trainees had benefited along with the school students. The structure of the program enabled the trainees to assess how successful and use- ful De Bono's strategies had been.
Elders IXL help · s student finances
First year management student, Ms Margaret Deerain, has received a
$9000 Elders IXL scholarship to help relieve the financial strain of living in Brisbane.
Margaret, one of three QUT students to be awarded scholarships, lived and worked in Beau desert, I 00 kilometres south-west of Brisbane, before this year.
A Westpac bank employee until two days before starting at QUT, the fi- nance arena was the motivating force behind her decision to start studying.
Other QUT recipients were Ms Pauline Sullivan ($5000) and Mr Christopher Fordyce ($5000), also business students.
The students were awarded their scholarships by general manager of Elders Pastoral in Queensland and New South Wales, Mr Malcolm Fos- ter, at a ceremony last week.
Mr Foster said as part of the com- pany's I 50th anniversary celebrations Elders IXL had awarded scholarships throughout Australia to students with outstanding potential who were finan- cially disadvantaged.
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Bosc · h caution·s bOc>m ·· an·d · · crash could be repeated
The following is an extract from the speech given by the fom1er chair- man of the National Companies and Securities Commission, Mr Henry Bosch, at the QUT graduation cer- emony on 17 October.
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There is no doubt that the reputa- tion of Australian business has been dealt a serious blow in recent years.Not only internationally where we find stories from travellers returning with terrible inditements of our be- haviour from foreigners, but more particularly as a result of lad. of confidence among our own citi;en' who are failing to invest in our insti- tutions now in a frightening way. Only nine percent of our cit i;ens hold shares on our stock exchange-,. That compares with 23 percent in the United States or the United Kingdom.
There has been a great deal of criti- cism of the behaviour of business as a result.
But that criticism has. I believe, been carried much too far. A journal- ist rang me up a few days ago and began the conversation by saying:
.. My editor wants me to ask you if there are any honest businessmen left in Australia··. Well of course that"s absolute rubbish.
We need to put the criticisms that are being made of business into a per- spective. In fact let's have two per- spectives. There are I 0 000 public companies in Australia. The behav- iour now so rightly condemned wa-.
confined perhaps to one hundred of them. The vast majority of Australian business is now. and always has been.
run in accordance both with the spirit, as well as the letter, of the law.
A second perspective: When we look overseas. we cannot but be struck by the number of scandals that have occurred in many other countries. The names Guinness, the National West- minster Blue Arrow affair. Barlow Close, Milkin and so on remind us that our malefactors only sought to play in the big league. The self-flagella- tion that we have seen in recent months in this country has gone much too far.
But that being said, something did go wrong. What was it? Dreadful things were done by a few men in a comparatively small number of com- panies. In a long boom such as. we had in the 1980s, it was only natural
The stockmarket boom and crash of the past decade could be repeated if corporate excess was not quelled in the 1990s, former chairman of the National Companies and Secu- rities Commission, Mr Henry Bosch, said at QUT's graduation on 17 October.
Mr Bosch, who led the corporate watchdog through a furbulent period from March 1985 to June this year, said financial success during the 1980s was adulated without ques- tion.
«Australian society magnified its paper entrepreneurs and enabled then to assume an extraordinary size and importance by elevating them to the status of folk heroes,'' Mr Bosch said.
"Some of those whose behaviour is now condemned were allowed to appear as the exemplars of Austral- ian business. The disturbing thing is that the system did not stop them."
Mr Bosch warned that the satne cycle could repeat itself when the for people to try sharp practices. In- deed if we look back over the history of our business - back to before Fed- eration - we find sharp practices flourishing in times of stockmarket booms. When enormous capital gains are being made and risks are low it is possible for men to flourish whose behaviour, experience and ability would not be adequate for success in ordinary times. A gambling instinct, effective public relations and a good slice of luck can be quite enough to produce considerable wealth. When these are combined with a ruthless or cavalier disregard of existing stand- ards, they can be very effective. A determination to exploit loopholes in the law can add even more to a per- sonal fortune.
Among those who have damaged our reputation, and have now fallen, there are three groups. A very few that you could count on your fingers, or perhaps at least on your fingers and your toes, were prepared to break the law from the start. There was a larger group, who looked for loopholes in the law and didn't care about fairness or established values. They thought that they were so clever or so well advised that they would not be caught.
There was a third group who intended
stockmarket boomed again as ex- pected in the mid-1990s.
"We can also expect that there will be a new group of men who will once again
try
to exploit the easy condi- tions for their personal gain," he said."While it is imporlant that the law and the regulators be strengthened, we cannot expect that government action alone can protect our
reputa-
tion.
"Without the active support of the honest majority. the excesses of the few will not be effectively re- strained."
Mr Bosch said the majority of Australian businesses were the vic- tims rather than the perpetrators of the recent string of corporate col- lapses.
Less than 100 of the I 0 000 public companies in Australia were in- volved in unscrupulous business
ac-
tivity in the 1980s, he said.
A total of 420 students graduated at the ceremony held at the Perform- ing Arts Complex.
to be honest, but when they came un- der pressure, particularly following the crash of 1987, they did desperate things.
All three groups were prepared to put personal gain ahead of a sense of fairness. All in the end were prepared to act unscrupulously. This should not surprise us. As the Roman historian, Tarsius, commented in the second century AD: "There will be wickedness as long as there are men".
But two things should surprise us and disturb us. First, the Australian community magnified the paper en- trepreneurs. Bankers lent, investors gave over their savings, the media, the politicians and the Australian public adulated them and elevated them to the status of folk heroes. Financial suc- cess was praised without any questions being asked as to how it was achieved.
When those paper entrepreneurs went overseas displaying extravagant life- styles flowing with champagne and wild women and launched takeover bids that infringed the sense of fair- ness of their hosts, many Australians mindlessly chanted "Come on Aussie, come on".
When they failed, and their much vaunted success was shown to be a sham, it is hardly surprising that the
Aussie attire acquires artistic ambience
Discarded rubber thongs and ply- wood may be rubbish to some but to Queensland sculptor, Tom Risley, they can become a work of art.
Mr Risley's sculpture, Coral Trout, housed in the School of the Arts, is one of more than 750 items in QUT's art collection.
Art curator, Mr Stephan Rainbird, said Mr Risley had a talent for turning patterns, colours and shapes of ordinary found objects into aes- thetically pleasing works of art.
The artist produced Coral Trout in 1983 after a camping trip along the far north Queensland coast.
"He collected numerous quantities of discarded thongs when he was wandering along the beach," said Mr Rainbird.
"These were then used to create ab- stracted images of fish and other ani- mals which reflect his keen interest in the environment.
"Mr Risley's sculpture is one of the more delightful and interesting works
in the university's collection."
Dumps, car bonnets and derelict houses are also used by Mr Risley.
His works are among those of three Queensland sculptors included in the Australian Sculpture Trien- nial showing in Melbourne. Mr Rainbird said an eight-month moratorium had been placed on the lending of art works to departments during a review of the develop- ment, conservation and display of the art collection.
Mr Henry Bosch
foreigners gloated. It is hardly sur- prising that some of the tar brushed off on those that praised them.
The second thing that should dis- turb us is that the system did not stop them. There have been unscrupulous operations in the up-swing of trade cycles since well before Federation.
On each occasion there have been so- cial and peer pressures that acted as restraints and helped protect investors.
Those restraints were present in the 1980s but they didn't work as well.
Why? Well, first because the securities markets were in a period of tumultuous change. De-regulation, and the new technologies principally associated with computers and satellites were transforming all securities markets everywhere in the world. There was a flood of new products, cash manage- ment trusts, single premium investment bonds, interest-rate swaps, mezzanine debt, hybrid quasi equities. There were new types of financial organisations, particularly the financial supermarkets, new types and ways of doing business.
The old certainties were undermined and new competitive forces were un- leashed. In those circumstances it was extremely hard to distinguish the right from the wrong and many people made serious mistakes.
At the same time, social pressures had eased. Concepts of rights had tri- umphed over concepts of obligations.
And indeed may I, in this audience, question some of the educators who raised doubts about the established standards on which the society was based. The old restraints had been weakened.
We're now seeing a resurgence of respectability. The government is taking a lead -the law is being tight- ened in a number of areas. Insider trading and loans to directors are the ones that are at the forefront of discus-
sion at the moment. More important, the government has decided to give much greater resources to the enforce- ment of the law. My successor at the NCSC wi II enjoy a budget of $130 million a year, a great improvement on the $7 million that I had to make do with.
But equal importance should be given to changes in the private sector where people are putting their house in order. Earlier this year the Business Council approached me and asked me to chair a committee of private sector bodies which included the stock ex- change, the accounting bodies, the commercial lawyers and merchant bankers. It is now thrashing out ways of lifting the standards of business.
We can confidently predict that at some time in the 1990s a new stockmarket boom will begin and the cycle will restart. We can predict thar a new generation will emerge who will attempt to exploit the opportunities that presents, unscrupulously. We can predict that a few of those wi II be pre- pared to break the law from .the be- ginning.
Will Australian society applaud them and adulate them'l Will it allow the foreigners to see them as the ex- emplars of Australian business? What will our system do to restrain them?
To a large extent, the answers to those questions will come from today's graduates.
When you come to be faced with questions like that, where will you stand? To help you decide, let me leave you with two quotations. The first is from Samuel Johnson: "The power of doing wrong with impunity seldom waits long for the will".
There will be plenty of challenges for you. But also: "All that is necessary for evil to prevail is that good men do
nothing". ' '
Art studen ts ' MTV clip wins a fro nt row seat
Photo media students within the cal taste, not least, will be a compli- Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) course mentary concert at QUT starring The have teamed their talents to pull off Angels themselves.
first place in the national Angels MTV Second year student, Martin Video Eisteddfod, ahead of 12 other Edwards who filmed and edited the
entries. four-minute clip, said it took a hurried
As the title suggests, all entrants three days to produce.
were required to produce a video clip According to Martin, the prites will for The Angels' latest single "Back be kepi at the Merivale Street photo Street Pickup". media centre for general use.
The clip, filmed in the alley way Others involved in production were under the Expo fun park, features two lecturer, Mr Steven Frost who helped young men on a motorcycle and ten plan and film the project, and second appropriately dressed young women. year student, Jodie Kearns who de-
It projects a light-hearted interpre- signed props and gave artist direction.
tation and displays impressive editing The stars of the video were bike
and effects. riders, Val Cody Mesh and Judd
An expensive range of prizes - a Gardiner; first years, Kirstin McLean, Philips portable compact disc player, Michelle Ansoul, Christine DiCarlo, a stereo colour television, and VHS Cathy Howlett, Rebecca video recorder- was another impres- Maslalciewicz, Sue Garden, Amy sive spin-off. Fihelly, Nicki Crerar, Tracy Greene;_ Tom Risley's Coral Trout-part of the OUT art collection.
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