From Melbourne
2.4.85
Dear Alan,
Recent
events in South Africa have received a lot of media coverage here and I have
enclosed a number of cuttings to indicate the type of article which has been
appearing. The recent shootings have certainly given South Africa a bad press
throughout the world and made the faith of reform a lot harder. The articles by
James Hilton were well written and I think presented a very sane approach. For
a Queensland conservative he’s very enlightened.
Most
people in Australia do not seem to understand the complexity of the situation
over there. Too many expect a very simple solution, while others expect it to
end in a disastrous conflagration. I do not know the answer but I am inclined
to think some form of coalition of the different groups or a form of federalism
will emerge. Will be interesting to see what happens.
Politics
in Australia is nowhere near as serious. The big issues are taxation and asset
tests for pensioners with a lot of hoo-ha about anti-nuclear attitudes. Largely
self-interest and self-indulgence.
The
football season has started so that tends to direct people to the serious side
of life although we did have a lot of time spent on cricket in the summer.
Footscray and Melbourne both started with impressive wins; can hey keep going!
We are
getting organized for our trip to Tonga in the May school holidays. We will
spend about ten days with Pamela and about four days in Fiji on the way back.
Received
a letter today from Lorna with a letter from the girls. Thank you.
Kindest
regards Dad
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