MEDIA ALERT

DPR 18/97 Issued at 1.45pm AEDT, Saturday, January 11 1997

NOTE FOR CHIEFS OF STAFF AND NEWS EDITORS

ELECTRONIC MEDIA POOLING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SATURDAY 11 JANUARY

Interviews with HMAS ADELAIDE, which may include medical aspects on Thierry Dubois and Tony Bullimore, will be available from the following outlets later today:

Radio 6PR Contact: Jonathon Beale 09 325 2296

Network Ten Contact: Donna Cole 09 442 6301

Estimated time of availability is not known at this time, however HMAS ADELAIDE is doing its best to meet all Australian media commitments ASAP.

Additional print stories will be available via the AAP wire service.

An uplink of Betacam material, which includes both rescues and interviews with the survivors, is currently occurring from the ship and will be fed to all TV Networks shortly. Channel 7 point of contact is John McCourt on 09 344 0791

Further Information:

Lieutenant Mark Croxford 06-265 1164 (b/h)