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For more information phone 0413 444 866 or visit www.operant.org.au/ By arrangement with David Spicer Productions er180704 Music by Franz Lehar Orchestrations by Stephen Gray New book and lyrics by Frank Hatherley Artisitic Director Kathy Banks Choreographer Renae Mulligan Musical Director Digby Barrow NATION l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l ntnews.com.au Cheeky monkey caper SYDNEY: A woman has been charged with having a monkey called Cheeky in her possession after it was stolen from a wildlife park on the NSW south coast. Police say the secure animal enclosure was broken into on Saturday, and a marmoset monkey was stolen. Police later raided a home at Koonawarra, and set Cheeky free. Concern over missing girl SYDNEY; A 15-year-old girl is missing in central west NSW, police say. Teagan Cunneen-Harmer was reported missing by her family in Parkes on Monday. Police believe she may have been spotted walking along the Newell Highway, north of Parkes, about 10.30am (AEDT) and again at Peak Hill about 12.30pm (AEDT) on Monday. They are concerned for her welfare given her age and the rainy weather on Monday and yesterday. Swimming ‘makes’ kids smart BRISBANE: Learning to swim could make children smarter, Queensland researchers believe. A Griffith University research project will survey 10,000 youngsters aged up to five to find out if swimming advances physical, social, intellectual and language development after evidence found swimmers tended to be more confident than others. Police confirm prosthetic leg is Zahra’s Zahra Baker LOS ANGELES: The Zahra Ba- ker murder investigation has taken another grim turn with North Carolina police confirm- ing a prosthetic leg found dum- ped in bushland belonged to the missing Australian 10-year-old. US prosecutors on Monday also continued to build a crimi- nal case against Zahra’s Ameri- can stepmother, Elisa Baker, with a grand jury indicting her for writing a fake ran- som note to ‘‘un- lawfully’’ and ‘‘fel- oniously’’ obstruct police investig- ating Zahra’s disappearance. Elisa, 42, who met Zahra’s father Adam on the internet, al- legedly wrote the bogus ran- som note several hours before police were alerted on October 9 that Zahra was missing. Police believe Wagga Wagga- born Zahra may have met with foul play weeks before October 9 and have not ruled out Elisa or Adam as suspects. Police were searching bush- land yesterday near where her stepmother once lived and found Zahra’s prosthetic leg. Elisa has been in custody since October 10, unable to make bond, which was lifted to $US92,000 after one of her bio- logical daughters, Amber Fai- rchild, testified she feared for her safety if Elisa made bail. Adam was arrested last week on unrelated charges to Zahra’s disappearance, but was bailed. Traumatic brain injury won’t happen overnight SYDNEY: Australian research has found the damaging effect of a traumatic brain injury, caused by a car crash or hard blow to the head, unfolds not over minutes or days but over months. The study, conducted at the University of Melbourne, under- scores the fragility of the brain but it has also uncovered a broad ‘‘window’’ in which ef- fective treatment could improve an outcome. ‘‘We have demon- strated that changes in brain structure and function after trau- matic brain injury are dynamic, and continue to progress and evolve for many months,’’ said Professor Terry O’B- rien, head of the uni- versity’s Department of Medicine. ‘‘This opens up a window of oppor- tunity,’’ he said. Corby ‘hopes’ raised Prime Minister Julia Gillard is officially welcomed at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, where she met with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday By ADAM GARTRELL in Indonesia I am quite optimistic INDONESIA’S president has left the door open to granting clemency to Australian drug smuggler Schapelle Corby. Prime Minister Julia Gil- lard raised Corby’s clemency plea with Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during their first official talks in Jakarta yesterday. Ms Gillard told Dr Yud- hoyono the Australian gov- ernment supported Corby’s clemency plea, which was lodged earlier this year and argues the Queenslander is suffering depression and a mental illness that could en- danger her life. Asked later if he would grant Corby clemency Dr Yudhoyono did not rule it out, despite previously say- ing he would not grant clem- ency to drug smugglers. But he placed more em- phasis on ongoing nego- tiations for a prisoner trans- fer agreement, which could see Corby back in Australia. ‘‘This is what we need to develop — the balancing of the principle of ‘justice must be upheld’ and the con- sideration of the humani- tarian aspects,’’ he said of a possible agreement. ‘‘I am quite optimistic that we will be able to develop such a framework.’’ Corby was arrested at Bali airport in 2004 with 4.2 kg of marijuana in her boogie board bag and is now serving a 20-year sentence. Ms Gillard said she had also raised the cases of three of the Bali Nine drug smugg- lers — Scott Rush, Andrew Chan and Myuran Suku- maran — who are on death row with final legal appeals pending. ‘‘Should those legal pro- ceedings finalise with Aust- ralian citizens facing the death penalty then at that point the Australian govern- ment would indicate its sup- port for clemency,’’ she said. Dr Yudhoyono was also as- ked whether he supported Ms Gillard’s proposal for an asylum seeker processing centre in East Timor but said he still needed more details. ‘‘To ensure that the re- gional processing centre is a proper way in improving the effectiveness in our regional co-operation in dealing with people smuggling,’’ he said. ‘‘Indonesia is open to that but we have to discuss in depth to ensure once again that this is a solution to our regional problem.’’ Some Indonesian officials have complained it will act as a magnet, bringing more asylum seekers to the region. The leaders also discussed economics and trade, agree- ing to negotiate a compre- hensive economic partner- ship agreement. ‘‘One that not only compre- hends further trade liberalis- ation but deals with the full range of economic issues that bring our countries to- gether,’’ Ms Gillard said.
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Cheekymonkey caper
SYDNEY: Awoman has been chargedwith having amonkey called Cheeky in her possession after it wasstolen from awildlife park on the NSW south coast.Police say the secure animalenclosurewas broken into onSaturday, and amarmosetmonkeywas stolen. Police later raided ahome at Koonawarra, and setCheeky free.
Concern overmissing girl
SYDNEY; A 15-year-old girl is missing in central westNSW, police say. Teagan Cunneen-Harmer wasreportedmissing by her family in Parkes onMonday.Police believe shemay have been spottedwalkingalong the Newell Highway, north of Parkes, about10.30am (AEDT) and again at Peak Hill about12.30pm (AEDT) onMonday.They are concerned for her welfare given her age andthe rainyweather onMonday and yesterday.
Swimming ‘makes’ kids smart
BRISBANE: Learning to swim couldmake childrensmarter, Queensland researchers believe.A Griffith University research projectwill survey 10,000 youngsters agedup to five to find out if swimmingadvances physical, social, intellectualand language development afterevidence found swimmers tended tobemore confident than others.
Police confirm prosthetic leg is Zahra’s
Zahra Baker
LOS ANGELES: The Zahra Ba-ker murder investigation hastaken another grim turn withNorth Carolina police confirm-ing a prosthetic leg found dum-ped in bushland belonged to themissing Australian 10-year-old.
US prosecutors on Mondayalso continued to build a crimi-nal case against Zahra’s Ameri-can stepmother, Elisa Baker,
with a grand juryindicting her forwriting a fake ran-som note to ‘‘un-lawfully’’ and ‘‘fel-oniously’’ obstructpolice investig-
ating Zahra’s disappearance.Elisa, 42, who met Zahra’s
father Adam on the internet, al-legedly wrote the bogus ran-
som note several hours beforepolice were alerted on October9 that Zahra was missing.
Police believe Wagga Wagga-born Zahra may have met withfoul play weeks before October9 and have not ruled out Elisaor Adam as suspects.
Police were searching bush-land yesterday near where herstepmother once lived and
found Zahra’s prosthetic leg.Elisa has been in custody
since October 10, unable tomake bond, which was lifted to$US92,000 after one of her bio-logical daughters, Amber Fai-rchild, testified she feared forher safety if Elisa made bail.
Adam was arrested last weekon unrelated charges to Zahra’sdisappearance, but was bailed.
Traumatic brain injurywon’t happen overnightSYDNEY: Australianresearch has found thedamaging effect of atraumatic brain injury,caused by a car crashor hard blow to thehead, unfolds not overminutes or days butover months.
The study, conductedat the University ofMelbourne, under-scores the fragility ofthe brain but it has alsouncovered a broad‘‘window’’ in which ef-
fective treatment couldimprove an outcome.
‘‘We have demon-strated that changes inbrain structure andfunction after trau-matic brain injury aredynamic, and continueto progress and evolvefor many months,’’ saidProfessor Terry O’B-rien, head of the uni-versity’s Department ofMedicine. ‘‘This opensup a window of oppor-tunity,’’ he said.
Corby ‘hopes’ raised
Prime Minister Julia Gillard is officially welcomed at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, whereshe met with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday
By ADAM GARTRELL
in Indonesia
I amquite optimisticINDONESIA’S president hasleft the door open to grantingclemency to Australian drugsmuggler Schapelle Corby.
Prime Minister Julia Gil-lard raised Corby’s clemencyplea with Susilo BambangYudhoyono during theirfirst official talks inJakarta yesterday.
Ms Gillard told Dr Yud-hoyono the Australian gov-ernment supported Corby’sclemency plea, which waslodged earlier this year andargues the Queenslander issuffering depression and amental illness that could en-danger her life.
Asked later if he wouldgrant Corby clemency DrYudhoyono did not rule itout, despite previously say-ing he would not grant clem-ency to drug smugglers.
But he placed more em-phasis on ongoing nego-tiations for a prisoner trans-fer agreement, which couldsee Corby back in Australia.
‘‘This is what we need to
develop — the balancing ofthe principle of ‘justicemust be upheld’ and the con-sideration of the humani-tarian aspects,’’ he said of apossible agreement.
‘‘I am quite optimistic thatwe will be able to developsuch a framework.’’
Corby was arrested at Baliairport in 2004 with 4.2 kg ofmarijuana in her boogieboard bag and is now servinga 20-year sentence.
Ms Gillard said she hadalso raised the cases of threeof the Bali Nine drug smugg-lers — Scott Rush, AndrewChan and Myuran Suku-maran — who are on deathrow with final legal appealspending.
‘‘Should those legal pro-ceedings finalise with Aust-ralian citizens facing thedeath penalty then at thatpoint the Australian govern-ment would indicate its sup-port for clemency,’’ she said.
Dr Yudhoyono was also as-ked whether he supportedMs Gillard’s proposal for anasylum seeker processingcentre in East Timor but said
he still needed more details.‘‘To ensure that the re-
gional processing centre is aproper way in improving theeffectiveness in our regionalco-operation in dealing withpeople smuggling,’’ he said.
‘‘Indonesia is open to thatbut we have to discuss indepth to ensure once againthat this is a solution to ourregional problem.’’
Some Indonesian officialshave complained it will actas a magnet, bringing moreasylum seekers to the region.
The leaders also discussedeconomics and trade, agree-ing to negotiate a compre-hensive economic partner-ship agreement.
‘‘One that not only compre-hends further trade liberalis-ation but deals with the fullrange of economic issues thatbring our countries to-gether,’’ Ms Gillard said.
