Qld:Inquiry recommends lowering dam level

AAP General News (Australia)
08-01-2011
Qld:Inquiry recommends lowering dam level

Southeast Queensland's Wivenhoe Dam will be temporarily reduced to 75 per cent capacity
if another horror wet season is predicted.

The Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry has released its interim report into summer's
disaster, which claimed 35 lives.

The 260-page document contains 104 recommendations for the state government and its agencies.

Premier ANNA BLIGH has accepted the report from Commissioner Justice CATHERINE HOLMES
in Brisbane.

It recommends that if the Bureau of Metrology makes a similar seasonal forecast for
the 2011/12 wet season as it did for 2010/11, the Queensland government should temporarily
reduce the dam level at Wivenhoe to 75 per cent.

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AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Evening, April 5

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04-05-2011
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RBA (SYDNEY)

The central bank has kept official interest rates steady at 4.75 per cent after today's
monthly meeting .. in a widely anticipated move.

The cash rate was last raised in November .. in a pre-emptive move against inflation
amid the threat of rising commodity prices and a tightening labour market.

RBA governor GLENN STEVENS has said today that inflation is consistent with the central
bank's medium-term monetary policy .. having declined significantly from its peak in 2008.

Some economists now don't expect a change in the cash rate for several more months
.. because of this favourable inflation outlook.

National Australia Bank senior economist SPIROS PAPADOPOULOS says the Reserve Bank
appears fairly comfortable with its mildly restrictive stance of monetary policy.



Climate Gillard (CANBERRA)

Prime Minister JULIA GILLARD has refused to reveal whether she advised her predecessor
KEVIN RUDD to kill off his government's emissions trading scheme.

Mr RUDD has revealed members of his cabinet urged him to not just shelve the ETS ..

but kill it off altogether.

Asked today if she was one of those members .. Ms GILLARD said it wasn't proper to
discuss confidential discussions between cabinet colleagues but that she's always believed
they need to tackle climate change.

Mr RUDD's decision to delay the ETS was instrumental in a plunge in voter support for
him that quickly saw him toppled as PM and replaced by Ms GILLARD.

Prime Minister GILLARD has also refused to comment on the latest Newspoll which shows
Labor's support has collapsed to an eight-year low .. with its primary support at just
32 per cent.



Detention Bowen (SYDNEY)

Federal immigration minister CHRIS BOWEN has defended the opening of a new detention
centre in Tasmania as prudent .. saying it's not a sign the government's asylum seeker
policy has failed.

Mr BOWEN has announced a new asylum seeker detention facility at Pontville .. about
30 kilometres outside Hobart .. today.

It will house up to 400 single adult men and is only temporary as work to finish two
new detention centres at Wickham point in the Northern Territory and Northam in WA continues.

The Pontville centre will undergo a 15 million dollar upgrade and will initially house
250 people when it opens in May.

It's expected to stay open for six months.



Japan Radiation (TOKYO)

Workers are pumping more than 11 million litres of contaminated water from Japan's
tsunami-ravaged nuclear power complex into the Pacific Ocean.

This will free storage space for even more highly radioactive water that's hampered
efforts to stabilise the plant's reactors.

The government has also asked Russia for a ship that is used to dispose of liquid nuclear
waste .. as it tries to decontaminate the Fukushima nuclear complex .. whose cooling systems
were knocked out by the magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami last month.



Nuclear Garnaut (CAIRNS)

Meanwhile .. the federal Government's chief climate adviser Professor ROSS GARNAUT
believes nuclear power still has a vital role to play in global efforts to reduce emissions
.. despite the crisis at Japan's Fukushima plant.

Professor GARNAUT has told scientists at the CSIRO's Greenhouse conference in Cairns
.. that nuclear power will play a significant part in reducing emissions in developing
countries such as China.

He says the task of tackling climate change would be much harder without nuclear power.

However .. Professor GARNAUT says it makes little sense for Australia to shift to nuclear
power while it has an abundance of alternative resources.



Morcombe (MAROOCHYDORE)

A former prisoner has told an inquest into the disappearance of Queensland boy DANIEL
MORCOMBE that he believes one of the persons of interest was responsible.

The witness has been giving evidence in the Maroochydore Coroners Court today .. saying
he met person of interest P5 while they were both serving at the Wolston Correctional
Centre in about 2005.

He's told the court he never spoke directly with P5 about DANIEL .. however he had
heard many rumours that P5 was responsible.

He also says P5 tried to sell him a blue car .. similar to one reportedly seen parked
near the 13 year-old shortly before he disappeared.

DANIEL went missing while waiting for a bus on the Sunshine Coast on December seven
2003 .. several witnesses have previously told the inquest they saw one or two men standing
near him while he waited by the side of the Nambour Connection Road.



TV Ten Bolt (SYDNEY)

Network Ten is remaining tight-lipped on reports conservative columnist ANDREW BOLT
has made a pilot for a Sunday morning talk show.

The Australian newspaper says the nation's richest woman GINA REINHART .. who has a
ten per cent stake in Ten .. is a fan of BOLT and believes that a right wing Fox News
style show is needed on the network.

BOLT is currently a regular panellist on the ABC's Insiders and according to the paper
he has told host BARRIE CASSIDY that he might have to withdraw from the show if a project
he is working on comes to fruition.



Briefly in other news ..



US Guantanamo (WASHINGTON)

In a major about-face .. the Obama administration has said September 11 mastermind
KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMED and four alleged co-conspirators will be tried by a military tribunal
at Guantanamo Bay .. rather than a civilian court in New York.



LNP Palmer (BRISBANE)

Mining magnate CLIVE PALMER says an independent probe into electoral bribery claims
against the Liberal National Party is the result of political pressure from Labor.



Epshtein (MELBOURNE)

A woman's been sentenced to 17 years in jail for stabbing her Melbourne drug dealer to death.



Groin (BRISBANE)

Brisbane police have charged a man who was shot in the groin after he allegedly charged
at officers while armed with six knives.



in Finance ..



SGX Swan (CANBERRA)

Treasurer WAYNE SWAN says the takeover of the Australian Stock Exchange by its Singaporean
counterpart is NOT in the national interest.

Mr SWAN says it's routine for the Foreign Investment Review Board to advise the applicant
of any national interest concerns before a final decision is made.

The government-owned SGX announced an 8.4 billion dollar takeover of the ASX in October.



Trade (SYDNEY)

Australia has posted its first trade deficit in almost a year.

The Bureau of Statistics says our trade balance went into a seasonally adjusted deficit
of 205 million dollars in February .. from a downwardly revised surplus of 1.4 billion
in January.

That's surprised economists .. who had been expecting a surplus of 1.1 billion in February.



in Sport ..



AFL Cats (MELBOURNE)

Geelong are likely to be bolstered by a trio of returning star players for Sunday's
AFL clash with Port Adelaide at Skilled Stadium.

The Cats will be boosted in their bid for a hat-trick of wins by the addition of MATTHEW
SCARLETT .. CAMERON MOONEY .. and JOEL SELWOOD.



AFL Saints (MELBOURNE)

St Kilda captain NICK RIEWOLDT has rejected teammate JASON GRAM's comments that the
Saints might still be brooding over their losses in the past two AFL grand finals.

St Kilda will go into Sunday's game against Essendon with a one point loss to Geelong
and a draw with Richmond .



RL Raiders (SYDNEY)

Canberra coach DAVID FURNER has retained MATT ORFORD at halfback for Saturday night's
clash with Penrith .. despite intense pressure on him to sack the former Dally M medallist.



RL Judiciary (SYDNEY)

Gold Coast's GREG BIRD will miss the Titans NRL clash with North Queensland after accepting
a one-match ban for striking Canberra's MATT ORFORD.



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NSW:Chad Fletcher not convicted on coke charge

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12-15-2010
NSW:Chad Fletcher not convicted on coke charge

SYDNEY, Dec 15 AAP - Former AFL West Coast Eagles midfielder Chad Fletcher has escaped
conviction for possession of cocaine earlier this year.

The 31-year-old from Bellevue Hill in Sydney's east, had pleaded guilty to one charge
of possessing a prohibited drug.

Police alleged that during a patrol of toilets at Hugos nightclub in Sydney's Kings
Cross on August 21, Fletcher was found in possession of a plastic resealable bag containing
cocaine.

In Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday, Magistrate Julie Huber put Fletcher
on a nine-month good behaviour bond and ordered he pay court costs, but no conviction
was recorded.

She said Fletcher had tested negative to drug tests prior to the incident and had also
tested negative to tests taken since his last court appearance in October.

She took into account his good character and early guilty plea.

"(There is) no indication you have used illegal substances previously or that you have
a predisposition to drug and alcohol abuse," Ms Huber said.

On Wednesday his lawyer Chris Murphy tendered to court the results of Fletcher's recent
drug tests as well as a psychiatric report which indicated the former AFL player had an
extremely low chance of re-offending.

The court heard Fletcher has struggled to cope with life after playing AFL but was
now happy working at a bowling club.

Fletcher spent the 2010 season playing for Sydney's Balmain Dockers.

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FED:Gov't ups flood help by $5m

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08-07-2010
FED:Gov't ups flood help by $5m

The federal government has pledged another five million dollars to help Pakistan recover
from the worst floods in the country's history.

Massive flooding .. which began in late June .. has devastated the country .. washing
away entire villages and killing at least 16-hundred people.

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HU: Evidence of advanced human life half a million years earlier than previously thought. Skeptics find holes in 'spatial pattern of remains' theory

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Jerusalem Post
12-22-2009
HU: Evidence of advanced human life half a million years earlier than previously thought. Skeptics find holes in 'spatial pattern of remains' theory
Byline: JUDY SIEGEL JUDY SIEGEL
Edition: Daily
Section: News

Fish and crab bones, stone tools and pieces of wood used for fuel dating back to 750,000 years ago have been found by Hebrew University of Jerusalem archeologists in the Bnot Ya'acov Bridge area in the northern Jordan Valley - providing evidence, they claim, of "advanced human behavior" 500,000 years before it was previously believed to have existed.

A study by researchers at HU's archeology institute that discusses the find has just appeared in the prestigious journal Science. They describe an Acheulian (an early stone-tools culture) layer with numerous flint and other stone implements, animal bones and botanical remains.
The research collaborators are Dr. Ella Werker, Dr. Nira Alperson-Afil, Dr. Gonen Sharon, Dr. Rivka Rabinovich, Dr. Shosh Ashkenazi, Dr. Irit Zohar and Rebecca Biton of HU; Prof. Mordechai Kislev and Dr. Yoel Melamed of Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan; Dr. Gideon Hartman of the Max Planck Institute in Germany; and Prof. Craig Feibel of Rutgers University in New Jersey.

Gesher Bnot Ya'acov is located on the shores of Lake Hula in the Dead Sea Rift. The Early to Middle Pleistocene period sediments, maintained the researchers, "document an oscillating freshwater lake and represent some 100,000 years of hominin occupation."

Fourteen archeological areas, they said, repeatedly occupied the lake margins where primitive man skillfully produced stone tools, systematically butchered and exploited animals, gathered plant food and controlled fire.

When the archeologists analyzed the spatial distribution of what they found, they said they discovered a specific pattern in which activities were carried out, rather than haphazard evidence. This kind of designation, they wrote in the paper, "indicates a formalized conceptualization of living space, requiring social organization and communication between group members. Such organizational skills are thought to be unique to modern humans."

Until now, attempts to trace the origins of such behavior at various prehistoric sites in the world have concentrated on spatial analyses of Middle Paleolithic sites dating back only to some 250,000 years ago, the authors maintained.

The high density of fish remains at Gesher Bnot Ya'acov indicated that the processing and consumption of many fish were carried out in this area - "one of the earliest evidences for fish consumption by prehistoric people anywhere."

In a second area, they saw evidence of more varied domestic activities, "all of which took place in the vicinity of a hearth. The many wood pieces found in this area were used as fuel for the fire. Processing of basalt and limestone was spatially restricted to the hearth area, where activities indicate the use of large stone tools such as hand axes, chopping tools, scrapers and awls. The presence of stone hammers, and in particular of pitted anvils (used as nutting stones), suggest that nut processing was carried out near the hearth and may have involved the use of nut roasting. In addition, fish and crabs were probably consumed near the hearth."

However, some doubts about the team's conclusions have already been published on the Internet. The Web site "Your Lab Data" - a free web-based Laboratory Information Management System and resource center - titled its reaction: "The fishy spaces of the Middle Pleistocene."

"The story in the news is about how ancient humans knew how to 'keep house.'

"They're selling it as a major breakthrough in cognitive evolution. But the reason why we rarely have archeological evidence about spatial patterning is that an archeological horizon doesn't have very good temporal resolution.

"Here's an alternative scenario to account for the spatial pattern of remains in this horizon: One day, some people came, made tools and ate some fish.

"Three weeks later, some other people were in the same area, and they stayed for a few days, made a fire and did a bunch of other stuff. That's pretty much the spatial pattern that I would find if I went back home to Kansas and checked out campsites around the shore of the local reservoir.

"Few campsites are occupied for very long, and different people use them over time, sometimes with a fire, often not. Sure, we're cognitively advanced. I'm just not convinced that the spatial distribution of our campsite trash is very good evidence about it," the unnamed critics wrote.

The online skeptics added that "archeology is poor evidence about the formal conception of living space, and it's not obvious that there's anything very unique about it... Any animal that can make a structure must have some capacity to pattern spatial activities; if they don't, there's going to be poop everywhere.

"Conditioned on the fact that a human social group is sharing a single space, and group members are doing more than one activity, I don't see how you would ever expect to find a uniform scatter of evidence of these activities. There will always be some kind of spatial pattern from the mere fact that two people can't occupy the same space at the same time."

Illustrations/Photos:
2 photos;
Caption: THESE ANCIENT HAND tools were discovered at the Bnot
Ya'acov archeological site. ..CR:Gonen Sharon/HU

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Vic: Bushfires Royal Commission report tabled today

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08-17-2009
Vic: Bushfires Royal Commission report tabled today

The Royal Commission's interim report into Victoria's bushfires will be released today.

The Victorian government has confirmed Justice BERNARD TEAGUE'S report will be tabled
in state parliament at 2.30 this afternoon (AEST).

Nationals Leader PETER RYAN has urged the government to act on all of the commission's
recommendations.

Lawyers for the commission have chastised the government for making major announcements
on bushfire policy before it delivered its interim report.

But Premier JOHN BRUMBY's been unrepentant about introducing new bushfire measures
ahead of the commission's findings.

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Fed: Australians wary of Chinese investment in miners - survey

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04-06-2009
Fed: Australians wary of Chinese investment in miners - survey

By Sandra O'Malley, Diplomatic Correspondent

CANBERRA, April 6 AAP - The public remains overwhelmingly wary of Chinese investment
in Australian miners, believing the national interest is better served by them staying
in local hands, a survey shows.

There's been growing disquiet over China's attempts to take advantage of bargain basement
prices for Australia resource companies, such as state-owned Chinalco's grab for a greater
share of Rio Tinto.

A survey by Essential Research, released Monday, found 57 per cent of people thought
Chinese investment in Australian mining companies should be resisted because the nation's
interests were better served by the miners being Australian-owned.

One in four thought the investment should be welcomed because it helps the economy
and provides jobs.

Older Australians, those over 50 years of age, were most likely to think Chinese investment
should be resisted, with 72 per cent believing Australian ownership was preferable.

The survey found the community had mixed feelings about whether Australia should be
getting closer to China.

Just over one in five, or 22 per cent, wanted Australia to have a closer relationship
with China, while the same wanted it to be less close.

Some 43 per cent thought the relationship was suitable as is.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been criticised for being too close to China, with the
opposition accusing him of spruiking for Beijing during his overseas travels.

Two-thirds of people surveyed approved of how the prime minister was prosecuting the
nation's foreign policy.

The survey was conducted between March 30 and April 5 and involved 890 respondents.

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NSW: E-tag confusion shows Rees govt's "policy on the run" - Gay

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12-02-2008
NSW: E-tag confusion shows Rees govt's "policy on the run" - Gay

SYDNEY, Dec 2 AAP - The NSW government's shifting position on e-tag deposits proves
it is making policy on the run, Deputy Opposition Leader Duncan Gay says.

Premier Nathan Rees on Monday defended the $40 security deposit required to obtain
an electronic tag for local tollways.

However, Roads Minister Michael Daley announced later the same day the Roads and Traffic
Authority would soon introduce a no-deposit e-tag.

Questioned on Tuesday morning, Mr Daley admitted he had not spoken to Mr Rees about
the new policy.

"Did you talk to the premier about this issue and have you had your knuckles rapped
this morning for not going to talk to him?" Mr Daley was asked on the Macquarie Radio
Network.

"No and no," Mr Daley said.

But Mr Gay said the breakdown in communication between Mr Rees and Mr Daley was "very
disturbing" for the people of NSW.

"The roads minister is a senior minister in cabinet and for him and the premier not
to know what was happening is not acceptable," Mr Gay told reporters in Sydney.

"It says it's a government in disarray, the fact that the premier and roads minister
are not talking on such a vital issue.

"It certainly does suggest to me that this is policy on the run."

Mr Rees denied his government had backflipped on the issue.

"I wouldn't call it that," he told reporters on Tuesday.

"What I would say is that it's about providing more options.

"The minister has gone away and worked on another option, the details of which should
be available later this week."

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Qld: Amendments pave way for indigenous communities to go dry

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04-29-2008
Qld: Amendments pave way for indigenous communities to go dry

Changes to liquor .. police and indigenous justice laws introduced to Queensland parliament
today .. will rid indigenous communities of alcohol.

Under the amendments .. indigenous councils will exchange their liquor licences by
December 31 .. for a share of 101 million dollars for detoxification services.

Laws relating to drinking in public will be tightened .. restricted areas will be extended
to include private homes and roads .. and there'll be a big crack-down on sly grog running.

Four Cape York communities have also agreed to trial a new welfare system where welfare
payments will be managed for parents found to be neglecting or abusing their children.

Premier ANNA BLIGH .. who last week visited the Hope Vale community .. says people
there are cautious but overwhelmingly positive about the trial.

Ms BLIGH says the trial will demand a great deal from the people .. and there are bound
to be problems .. but the trial must be given a real chance to work.

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Qld: New skin bank for Queensland

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12-26-2007
Qld: New skin bank for Queensland

The Queensland government will spend 1.4 million dollars on a new skin bank .. to better
cater for people who suffer from burns injuries.

Queensland Health Minister STEPHEN ROBERTSON says the Queensland Skin Bank and the
Queensland Skin Culture Centre will be operational next year.

He says it will ensure Queensland Health has a banked supply of skin available for
victims of natural disasters .. major industrial accidents or terrorism acts.

The Skin Culture Centre will be based at the Herston hospital campus in Brisbane's
north .. while the Skin Bank will be part of the Queensland Transplant Tissue Service
facility at Coopers Plains in the city's south.



Since 2003 Queensland has had to import skin from the Victoria or overseas.

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NSW: Federal takeover of ports half-baked, Tripodi says

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08-18-2007
NSW: Federal takeover of ports half-baked, Tripodi says

A reported federal proposal to take over of the nation's ports .. has been described
as half-baked by the New South Wales government.

Deputy prime minister MARK VAILE says Canberra could pump billions of dollars into
key export infrastructure in New South Wales and Queensland.

But he says the states would have to surrender control of major coal-loading ports
along Australia's east coast.

However New South Wales Ports Minister JOE TRIPODI says the efficiency of Newcastle
port isn't the issue .. but the capacity of the track bringing coal to the port.

He say there've been plans for long time for the federal government to invest 300 million
dollars upgrading that track .. but it hasn't happened.









News Limited reports today the federal government's been frustrated by delays to works
at major New South Wales and Queensland ports .. which have left scores of tankers waiting
to berth .. risking Australia's export reputation.

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Fed:Strong case for rate rise ahead of central bank meeting

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04-03-2007
Fed:Strong case for rate rise ahead of central bank meeting

Homebuyers and the government will be on tenterhooks .. awaiting the outcome of today's
Reserve Bank meeting.

Economic data released yesterday pointed to the need for another interest rate rise.

Strong retail sales .. and a surprising leap in building approvals in February .. have
again highlighted that last year's three interest rate rises have done little to curb
activity in the economy.

Financial markets are now allowing for a greater than 50 per cent chance of a 0.25
per cent rate rise tomorrow morning.

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WA: Carpenter says a WA PM would be good for the state

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12-01-2006
WA: Carpenter says a WA PM would be good for the state

PERTH, Dec 1 AAP - West Australian Premier Alan Carpenter says he wants Kim Beazley
to win the federal labor leadership ballot because he thinks a WA prime minister would
be good for the state.

Opposition Leader Kim Beazley's leadership will be open to a vote on Monday in a bid
to kill off conjecture about his future.

He declared a spill of his entire frontbench following a fortnight of speculation that
Labor's foreign affairs spokesman Kevin Rudd would mount a leadership challenge.

Mr Carpenter told journalists today he hoped Mr Beazley would emerge from the challenge
next week as the leader.

"We get left out so much of the national debate, and we struggle to get a fair deal
out of Canberra, and I think a West Australian prime minister would go a long way towards
resolving some of those problems," Mr Carpenter said.

The premier said he thought Mr Rudd was an outstanding talent but believed Mr Beazley
had the experience to win the next election.

Mr Carpenter said he hoped the leadership spill did not damage Labor's election chances
and that the party united behind whoever won the ballot.

"It will clearly be better if there is stability and universal support for the leader
of the Labor party in the run down to the next election."

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SA: Charges against lawyer, brother could be dismissed

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04-26-2006
SA: Charges against lawyer, brother could be dismissed

A magistrate has threatened to dismiss criminal charges against a prominent Adelaide
lawyer .. unless prosecutors detail their allegations more specifically.

Magistrate FRED FIELD isn't satisfied with prosecution attempts to provide particulars
of charges faced by lawyer .. EUGENE NORMAN McGEE .. and his brother CRAIG PATRICK McGEE.

Both men have been charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice following
a hit-run crash in 2003 that killed a cyclist.

Mr FIELD has told prosecutor PETER BREBNER that he's failed to satisfactorily provide
particulars .. as previously ordered.

He told the court that if prosecutors fail to provide further information before the
next hearing .. he may be sympathetic to a defence application to have the proceedings
dismissed.

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Brahman

Brahman Brahman is the Hindu Absolute of the Vedānta tradition (see Vedānta). In the Vedic (see Vedas) hymns the neuter noun brahman (or brahma) refers to the power of the word and a brahman (see Brahmans) or brāhmana is a member of the priestly caste who understands the word. In the Upaniṣads (see Upaniḅads) Brahman becomes the eternal first cause, present everywhere and nowhere, always and never—the ultimate unknowable mystery or riddle of the universe. The closest one can come to revealing what Brahman is is to say or write the sacred syllable “Oṃ” (see Oṃ). Brahman can be incarnated in Brahmā (see Brahmā), and Viṣṇu (see Viṣṇu), and Śiva (see Śiva), or Devī (see Devī), but when the Absolute takes no form there is no existence. To put it another way, everything that is owes its existence to Brahman.