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Number 2381
PERTH, WA: MARCH 16 — MARCH 22, 1984 A DDRESS 26 John Street, Perth WA 6000 PO Box 50 Aberdeen Street, Perth WA, 6000 TELEPHONE: (09) 328 1388
CHURCH entsPROTEST' N NEW CHARGES
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• Project compassion feature on needs of Third World countries. Pages 2 and 3. • Perth's Little Sisters of the Poor aim to raise $4 million in appeal, page 3. • Little Sisters' fete special feature page 5. • Frank Brennan Si, lawyer and land rights adviser, pages 10 and 11.
Catholic administrators have joined the protest by o ther churches at the expense and administrative cost of re-claiming the Financial Institutions Duty from which they are almost exempt.
This week a delegation of six churches will meet the State Attorney General Mr Berinson to s uggest that exemption be granted to actual receipts and not to the accounts as is presently required. Because the exemption applies to account the WA government c urrently requires each bank account to pay the FID tax and then to embark each quarter on a detailed and time consuming exercise to re-claim all but $20 of the tax that has been paid.
Survive vehicle
The Sisters of St John of God working in Pakistan will be thankful to the Catholic parishes of Western Australia when they shortly receive this ambulance for work in the outback areas. In accordance with the Survive programme the funds raised have been spent locally in WA in purchasing and fitting out the vehicle so the donors can see the fruit of their efforts before the vehicle is sent overseas. This week Knights of the Southern Cross who have been helping in the appeal gathered to look over the vehicle from left: Jim Heslop, John Rossi, Bill Tucker, Kim Taggart, Allan Lean, Neville Ward. Laurie Phillips and Max Bowen. Front: Tom Corcoran and Phil Lloyd.
Brian Gore speaks from hospital By FATHER BRIAN MORRISON A fter the tension of the recent weeks, "something had to give, I suppose" Father Brian Gore told me on Tuesday night when 6KY phoned the Columban priest in hospital in Bacolod. "The tension yesterday, the build-up of pressure, the many visitors, this wild scene breaking out in the goal and my shouting at them to stop probably proved too much for my constitition" Father Gore said. A check with the doctor had shown no serious complaint and Father Gore said he was feeling better after a rest in the hospital where a guard is on duty outside his room and another inside the room. F ather Gore collapsed in the courtyard of the gaol while he was going for help for an inmate who had been stabbed in the back during the fracas amongst the prisoners early in the morning. 'It doesn't take much to trigger the prisoners when they are locked up like this" he said, describing how the previous night he had given away some leftover sandwhiches and shouting started between groups in two cells.
At lam he was awakened by the sound of some 30 men fighting in the courtyard and Father Gore said he screamed out as loud as he could to stop. The seriousness of the fight became apparent when one man collapsed at Father Gore's feet after being stabbed in the back. A s a result of the fight gaol authorities have confiscated many home made knives and weapons held by the prisoners. Commenting on his trial, Father Gore said his group was impressed by the way a top Philippines Lawyer was tearing the prosecution case apart. Already the prosecution lawyer has been caught out lying about consulting the court witness. "It shows what we are up against", said Father Gore. The toughest witness is a 27 year old man who is believed to have killed many people in the hills. "He is fighting for his life from the other end of things but our lawyer has put a lot of holes in his story and has been able to show that he has lied on many occasions."'
Monsignor McCrann
Monsignor McCrann, archdiocesan chancellor, said his office was at present absorbing t he administrative costs but other church offices have not taken t he imposition so lightly.
Some churches have said that at least a part time and • in some cases a full time paid clerk has to he put on to handle the tabulating of hundreds of accounts whose transactions and the relevant FID tax already paid have to be researched and t hen forwarded to the government which then has to go through a long procedure to repay the money.
Interest Church administrators say this tax contribution running into thousands of dollars monthly is tied up and cannot gain interest while it is in the hands of the, government, thus adding to the further cost of the exercise • Cont page 12
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