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Sandford missing in Australia
1980 – Nugan Hand bank affair Alfred W McCoy audiobook
Sydney abc (Worldcat database).
1980s – Western Australia organised crime. Bruno Romeo
leader of the N’Dranghita with family ties to the Calabrian drug bosses of the
Griffith region in NSW.(Brothers Antonio Buti ©2011 Aust).
16 Jan 1980 – Marion Anne Sandford Sydney Australia missing
person. Born 1 Feb 1956. (NZ police missing persons).
27 Jan 1980 – Nugan faced stock fraud charges, he was shot
dead outside Lithgow NSW. (Wiki Nugan Hand bank).
27 January 1980- Frank Nugan was found dead, in his locked
car by the side of the road outside Sydney. He had been shot in the head with a
rifle. The Nugan Hand bank collapsed within six months. Michael John Hand
disappeared. (Who really runs the world ©2005. T Burnett A Games).
6 April 1980 – Linda Susanne Davie missing person Sydney
Aust. Born 13 Nov 1957. (NZ police missing persons).
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NZ mosque
NZ mosque
Dalziel asked to
rule on mosque legality.
Christchurch
Press. 27 October 2003. Amanda Spratt.
Questions over the
legality of a bid to give control of Christchurch’s only mosque to a trust
dominated by a controversial Saudi-based charity will be raised with Minister
of Commerce Lianne Dalziel.
Christchurch
Central MP Tim Barnett met with about 15 Muslim community representatives on
Saturday to discuss concerns about the Muslim Association of Canterbury (MAC)
and its management.
The controversy,
which seems to have been simmering since a new committee was elected last year,
came to a head when details emerged of a proposed sale of the mosque to a trust
dominated by the Al-Haramain Foundation, a charitable organization with alleged
links to the al-Qaeda terrorist network.
Mr Barnett was
pleased with the progress made in the meeting.
“There’s now a
group of people who represent what I think is a great proportion of the Muslim
community with a clear set of questions…”
The
representatives concerns included claims by MAC that a vote was passed in favor
of the trust deal at a recent general assembly.
There are
conflicting reports over who is a registered member of MAC – only registered
members can vote – and whether a majority was present.
Some committee
members were not aware of the details of the proposal until last week.
Mr Barnett
encouraged members of the Muslim community to register so that they could have
a say.
Doubts were also
raised over the validity of two alterations to MAC’s constitution and the sale
of MAC’s Tuam street property last year.
Mr Barnett said
questions about the constitution validity of MAC’s dealings would be directed
to Ms Dalziel’s office.
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Ms Dalziel could
not be contacted for comment.
The
representatives also canvassed concerns about threats to national security and
the risk of losing the city’s mosque to overseas control.
Ship jumpers in New Zealand
Ship-jumpers in NZ
Ship-jumpers worry
Govt.
Christchurch
Press. Anna Claridge and NZPA. 14 December 2004.
More than 100
foreign fishermen are being hunted by immigration service Christchurch staff
after jumping ship at South Island ports.
Figures released
by the service show 152 crewmen absconded from South Island ports in the past
year and 106 of them have yet to be found.
The Government
says the figures are disappointing and is now considering banning foreign
fishermen as the number of ship deserters increases.
Associate
Immigration minister Damien O’Connor said yesterday the Government had been
aware of the problem for some time.
“It is fuelled by
a downturn in the industry and payment to crew. Bonuses have been less and the
fishermen no doubt see greater opportunities on shore with the very buoyant
labour market.
“No government can
turn a blind eye or tolerate this ongoing behaviour … we want to sort this out
as quickly as possible,” O’Conner said.
The Government had
successfully prosecuted syndicates of illegal workers in the past and was now
investigating whether information about jobs within New Zealand was being
passed on to fishing crew.
Immigration
Service figures show almost 80 of the crewmen who have deserted ships in the
last year were from Vietnam, 52 from Indonesia and 18 from China.
“The vessels that
the ship jumpers come from are chartered to New Zealand fishing companies who
replace deserters with replacement crew,” the service said.
“When NZIS is
notified of ship deserters their work permits are revoked and when located they
are removed from New Zealand at company expense.”
As a result of the
surge in ship jumpers, immigration laws have recently been tightened and only
single trip visas are now issued, rather than multiple entry work visas.
The Government was
also considering making fishing companies pay a band for each worker which they
would lose if the foreign crew member jumped ship.
An investigation
by the Department of Labour is already underway after concerns were raised about
the employee conditions on boats.
The department is
to examine whether ships comply with New Zealand labour and immigration laws.
The Government
moves come after 13 foreign overstayers, including nine of the sought ship
jumpers, were arrested in Blenheim last week.
Marlborough
Contractors’ Federation chairman Bob Lee said the industry had “an inkling”
there was organization behind illegal workers coming to Marlborough, including
those jumping ships at South Island ports.
“It has to be
orchestrated. All you have to do is do your sums.”
The industry had
lost 600 workers when special work permit variations expired two months ago and
about 100 new permits had since been issued, but there was a large number of
workers in Marlborough vineyards.
“Where are the
rest coming from? He asked.
The federation was
concerned that those who employed illegal workers were seldom prosecuted.
Maritime Union
general secretary Trevor Hanson said an upsurge in Chinese shipping had
increased the number of foreign crew members jumping ship.
Many foreign crews
were badly paid and forced to live in poor onboard conditions, he said.
“It is often a
case of them coming here, seeing the country and deciding that this is a much
better place than what they are used to.”
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