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Newsweek November 1986
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TitleNewsweek November 1986SummaryNewsweek stories from November 1986.ContentsNews report about a proposed development in Ravenshoe, which had threatened to “divide the community” -- Interview with an engineer, who discusses his passion for hovercraft manufacturing and his work with North Queensland Engineers and Agents (NQEA) -- News report about NQEA, who were licensed by the British Hovercraft Corporation to manufacture their hovercraft designs -- Interview with an NQEA engineer, who noted the company were demonstrating “competence”, despite an ongoing shortage of British components. The interviewee also details what trials and tests needed to be conducted on their products -- Interview fragment with an Italian marine scientist, who noted that the Great Barrier Reef was “too great to fully explore in a lifetime” -- News report about an Italian team of marine scientists and photographers, who were in North Queensland to explore, record, and research the Great Barrier Reef. Interview fragment with a member of the “Underwater Scientific and Technical Research Group”, who discusses the proficiency and professionalism of his team -- Interview fragment with a member of the research group, who was concerned about sponges in the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem -- Interview fragment with a member of the research group, who praised North Queensland for its conservation for of its rainforests -- News report about the North Queensland fishing, fishery, and fish marketing industry. One fish and chip store owner was concerned that the price of fish left small business owners feeling “undignified” -- Vox populi with the North Queensland community, who discuss their affinity for fish and chips -- Interview fragment with a fish and chip store owner, who lamented that he “didn’t have an easy life, and certainly not a social life”, because of his financial hardships -- Discussion on the price of Spanish mackerel, and the tension that it created between fishermen and fish and chip store owners -- News report about a Dame Edna performance in North QueenslandCorporate AuthorNQTVVideo File Name4021790CreditsReporters: Leith ManifoldOriginal Format 1/2 inch video tape Beta camCollation1 video file (MP4) (22 minutes) : digital ; 850MBDate28th November 1986ImprintTownsville : NQTV, 1986
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Newsweek November 1986 (28th November 1986). Townsville City Council, accessed 24/04/2026, https://stories.townsville.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/23179
