Next week, an hilarious look at some of the funniest moments from 50 years of British
film comedy.
To see such fun, that's next Saturday night on ABC.
It's going to be like this for the next couple of months.
Very uncomfortable conditions.
In 1983, the country has swung from dust storms ripped up from four years of drought to floods,
which swept away thousands of sheep and cattle.
Well, we have to get high in.
We've got one lot coming in.
We just don't know when yet.
Countrywide reporters have told the story of the families caught up in events and issues
throughout the year, and of people like David Barton, whose concern for a small colony of
penguins is part of the fabric of rural life in Australia.
The people in my situation certainly can't get up off the ground unless this community
help them.
In a special final program, we look back at the year and revisit some of the places and
the people.
Where Are They Now?
is next on Countrywide.
This Christmas, there's a great range of new records at your ABC shop.
The Voyage of the Beagle, an exciting conceptual album from Australia's most innovative jazz
group, Galapagos Duck.
The Opera House 10th Anniversary, a musical celebration of the first 10 years of this
unique building featuring the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Sinuf, a double album from Ricky May and the Julian Lee Orchestra with all the best swing
music from the 30s and 40s.
And Live at the Wireless, 11 of Australia's most progressive rock bands captured live
by Sydney radio station JJJFM.
You'll find these new releases on record or cassette at ABC shops and record stores everywhere.
Good evening.
The ruling country Liberal Party is parlaying well in the Northern Territory election.
The Chief Minister, Mr. Everingham, has won his seat with a swing of 11.3 percent and
his deputy, Mr. Perron, achieved a swing of 10.7 percent against the ALP's deputy leader,
Mrs. Pam O'Neill.
The Labour leader, Mr. Collins, is expected to hold his seat despite a swing so far of
4.8 percent against him.
A full report from Darwin at 20 to 12 after the late movie.
Immigration officials in the Philippines have been warned to watch out for nine Australians
and a Briton in the wake of a child exploitation scandal.
It's believed that men already are in the country.
The World Vision Charity Organisation has revealed that two of its former sponsors are being
investigated by police after visiting children in the Philippines.
The organisation is reviewing its sponsor visit procedures following allegations that
Australian men have sexually abused boys.
Also in the Philippines, the country's political and economic problems are growing.
Workers who have seen a dramatic fall in living standards are becoming increasingly outspoken
in their attacks on the Marcos regime.
They are angry and frightened.
Labour leaders claim that tens of thousands of workers will be retrenched over the next
few months.
In a country where many live close to the poverty line, that's disastrous news for the
workforce.
Even for those families still lucky enough to have a breadwinner, life has become extremely
difficult.
The purchasing power of the peso continues to decline following a big devaluation of
the currency in October.
Inflation now believed to be running at 25 per cent has already pushed food prices beyond
the reach of the impoverished.
There's little room for economic belt tightening in the Philippines.
The economic crisis was brought on by the country's inability to meet mounting foreign
debts now totalling $25,000 million.
The loss of confidence in the Marcos regime by businessmen both at home and abroad following
the assassination of the opposition figure Benigno Aquino has been largely responsible
for the rapid decline of the economy.
The Marcos regime says the situation will improve as soon as the world moves out of
a recession.
The businessmen and the workers don't share that confidence.
They believe that only big political reforms to introduce true democracy and end repressive
measures presently imposed on the population can lay the foundations for economic recovery.
This is Paul Lockyer in Manila for ABC News.
Squatters in Melbourne last night occupied another government owned building in South
Yarra.
The squatters who took over a mansion owned by the Education Department say it should
be converted to public housing rather than auctioned off.
All was quiet today at the 16 room former student teacher's hostel on the corner of
Turak Road and Wall Street.
The building which had been vacant for more than 12 months was occupied at 10 o'clock
last night by 25 people including two families with children.
There was no evidence of a forced entry but this bolt appeared to have been added to the
back door overnight.
During the occupation the squatters tore down two for sale signs like this advertising an
auction for next Tuesday December the 6th.
The for sale signs are now discarded in the backyard.
Unlike the recent occupations of the Bonavista and Stanhope mansions in South Yarra and Kew
there were no banners outside the building but the squatters still managed to upset the
local residents.
Again unlike previous squats some of the locals were allowed inside where neither group could
agree who was right or wrong.