2003 Canberra Times: Flower power Women

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Publication Date: 19-NOV-03


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(From Canberra Times)

Shooter jailed ADELAIDE: An Adelaide man who initially walked free
after shooting a delivery driver in the eye was behind bars last night
after being resentenced to more than four years in jail. Paul Habib
Nemer, 21, was sentenced to four years and nine months in jail for the
2001 shooting of newspaper delivery driver Geoffrey Williams. Nemer
earlier this year was given a suspended three-year sentence and $100
bond. Army action Four staff at the Army's School of Infantry might
face military prosecution for misconduct revealed during an
investigation into the suicide of a young private. Army Chief
Lieutenant-General Peter Leahy said yesterday briefs of evidence
alleging unacceptable behaviour by the four had been referred to the
Director of Military Prosecutions. He said that was part of the
ongoing inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the suicide of
Private Jeremy Williams, 20, who hanged himself in February because he
believed he was likely to be discharged from the army because of leg
injuries. His depression was aggravated by a culture of bullying,
harassment and denigration at the School of Infantry at Singleton,
NSW, an army inquiry found. Bad to worse Almost half of all juvenile
offenders eventually graduate to the adult criminal justice system and
end up in jail, a new study has revealed. Highlighting startling
recidivism rates among youngsters once they enter the criminal justice
system, the study found 79 per cent progressed to the adult justice
system with 49 per cent serving at least one prison term. The rate was
higher still for those of indigenous background (86 per cent) but
lower for females (22 per cent). The study, issued yesterday by the
Australian Institute of Criminology, tracked the criminal careers of
1503 Queensland youngsters aged 10-17 over seven years. Flower power
Women and families are encouraged to buy flowers today for the men in
their lives to mark International Men's Day. Men's Health and
Wellbeing ACT president Phil Gouldson said the day was desperately
needed to highlight issues affecting the physical, social and
emotional health of boys and men. Ansett deal closer A dispute
delaying the allocation of $415 million owed to former Ansett workers
and creditors is closer to resolution after the Federal Court ordered
the matter be referred to mediation. Justice Alan Goldberg yesterday
called for talks between the parties after learning the Commonwealth -
the former airline's largest single creditor - had agreed to
participate. Boy airlifted SYDNEY: A 15-year-old boy who fractured his
ankle during a school excursion in a remote gorge in the NSW Southern
Highlands was flown to Liverpool Hospital yesterday. The boy, of
Blakehurst in southern Sydney, was injured when he slipped down part
of Bungonia Gorge, near Goulburn, while bushwalking with a group late
yesterday morning. Dixon honoured Qantas chief Geoff Dixon was named
last night Australian Aviation Personality of the Year at an awards
ceremony at Parliament House last night. The award for major airport
of the year went to Perth Airport.