Navy News, June 29, 1998

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June 29 , 1998

		"I'm going to be there" says footy star Thirteen-year-old disabled Josh Rees declared: "This is better than being in school" when sailors from HMAS NEWCASTLE carried him aboard their ship last week. The youngster has cerebral palsy and is generally confined to a wheelchair.

		ADFA changes after poor report A damning report revealling sexual harrassment, binge drinking and mental cruelty at the Australian Defence Force Academy has brought quick responses from the Minister for Defence Personnel, Mrs Bronwyn Bishop, and the Chief of the Defence Force, GEN John Baker.

		Boat passengers sought to stay here The Australian patrol boat HMAS DUBBO (LCDR D. Allen) has intercepted two Indonesian fishing boats on which all the passengers wanted to come to Australia to live. The encounters occurred in waters off north-western Australia, last month (June).

		Navy called to check cache of bombs A Royal Australian Navy explosive expert has deloused a home-made grenade, part of a cache of weapons, bombs, ammunition, booby trap kits and manuals found in an underground bunker in country Queensland.

		Navy in RIMPAC sea dramas HMAS MELBOURNE (CMDR P. Jones) and her Seahawk helicopter have figured in two dramatic sea searches during the ship's trans-Pacific voyage to the RIMPAC exercise area off Hawaii.

		PERTH helps out the swans The Sydney swans are graceful, elegant and beautiful and the boys in HMAS PERTH agree they need a helping hand. But it's certainly not the Swans football team the PERTH's company is anxious to assist, but the black swans ... the emblem of the destroyer's adoptive state ... of Sydney's Taronga Zoo.

		Navy rugby back on top in NSW The Navy's football resurgence has paid off in NSW, with the sailors dominating this year's interservice rugby union championships.

		Kelly the first three-time Navy top shot The five best shots in the RAN have been decided at the Navy's 1998 Champion Shot competition.

		Don't miss the tax guide in this issue While nobody likes the tedious task of filing that tax return, it's a job that must be done and if you're to receive your just desserts, it's a job that must be done properly. To help you ... sailor or civilian ... this fortnight's issue of your Navy News has our special ADF Tax Guide as its main feature. The guide is prepared for us each year by Coopers & Lybrand's Canberra bureau.

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