Good evening, Michael Smith with an ABC News break.
The Chairman of Melbourne's Grand Prix Corporation has laughed off Premier John Olsen's claims
that he'll win the race back for Adelaide.
Ron Walker says Melbourne has the race until 2006 and Sydney will probably get it after
that.
He says Mr Olsen must have been sniffing glue if he thinks South Australia will host the
race again for many years.
The possible trigger for an early election, the Federal Government's WIC legislation,
has been reintroduced to Parliament.
Holder of the balance of power in the Senate, Tasmanian Independent Brian Harrodine, opposes
the legislation but doesn't want a double dissolution.
But one man who does is Queensland Premier Rob Borbidge, who goes to the polls himself
this year and wants a WIC election held without delay.
And the Adelaide Festival is on track to make its first profit in a decade.
It hasn't finished in the black since 1988, organising a tipping of profit this year of
more than $300,000.
The Festival has had huge spin-off for other businesses as well.
East End traders in particular say their profits have doubled and unlike the four days of the
Grand Prix, the impact is sustained for four weeks.
Adelaide's weather down to 16 tonight before a hot and sunny 34 tomorrow, even warmer on
Wednesday.
I'll be back with more news in an hour.
We apologise for the loss in sound on this programme.
We hope to have it restored as soon as possible.
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refugee smuggling trail.
This then bull marks the start of a journey full of hazards and difficulties.
The challenge is to travel from Europe's fringe to its prosperous heart.
And Jane Hutchins books a passage along the Middle Kingdom's muddy highway.
For the commuters and tourists travelling the river these days,
it's an adventure of a different kind.
That's Foreign Correspondent, 9.30 Tuesday. See you then.
Good evening, Michael Smith with an ABC News break.
Australia has stepped in to help Indonesia following the IMF's decision
to withhold $3 billion worth of bailout funds.
Canberra is underwriting nearly $400 million of wheat exports
to help Indonesia feed its people.
Prime Minister John Howard said the move would benefit Australian exporters
as well as the ordinary people of Indonesia.
In Darwin today, demonstrators from the United States and the United States
held a pro-democracy rally outside the Indonesian consulate
directly targeting President Soeharto.
The State Government, Opposition and Dental Association have banded together
to put pressure on Canberra for more funding for dental care.
A year ago the Federal Government cut $10 million from dental care in South Australia.
As a result, the waiting list has shot up by more than 50,000 people.
State Human Services Minister Dean Brown says the federal government
must stop the decline in private health insurance
and inject millions of dollars more into health.
And Melbourne's Grand Prix Chairman Ron Walker has lodged an official complaint
over the finish of yesterday's race at Alphard Park.
He says the rules shouldn't condone pre-race agreements
like the one which delivered victory to Mika Hakkinen.
Hakkinen left Melbourne today apparently unconcerned about the furor.
Adelaide's weather? Fine, warm and sunny tomorrow,
down to 16 tonight before a top of 34.
That's all from the Adelaide Newsroom. Good night.
Tomorrow at 7.30 the powerbundle that left Auckland crippled for three weeks
and it's not over yet.
As business struggles and the cost soars into the hundreds of millions,
we ask could it happen here?
Tomorrow night, 7.30.
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