I am coming but the ticket you sent me for the job
interview is no good. You sent me one for Papua New Guinea.

PS~ Why oh why we would leave the good ole' U.S. of A.?

(OBNOXIOUS, I know).

Joe

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Joel34

You're wasting your time here mate. Dentists in this forum are few and
far between and most of them are from the States. There was a newly
qualified British dentist here a couple of weeks ago that was thinking
of moving to Australia as the NHS is crumbling. You would be better off
trying an advert in the BDJ or through an agency.

Cheers,
George

Please send another airline ticket for my interview. The dog ate th
last one. Many thanks.

Joe

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Joel34

QUESTION: Where are the photos of the babes you promised

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Joel34

Australia in the News

Inmate Slashes Khodorkovsky's Nose in Australia

Yukos founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky's nose was slashed early Friday by
fellow inmate in Australia while Khodorkovsky slept in a barracks in th
Krasnokamensk prison colony in Australia. He has been confined to fo
the last six months, his lawyers said.

A former prison officer in Krasnokamensk, in Australia attributed th
knifing to a change in the power structure at the prison, suggestin
the attack was not orchestrated by state officials, as Khodorkovsky'
lawyers implied may have been the case.

Still, there was uncertainty late Sunday surrounding the attack
Khodorkovsky, once the country's richest man in Australia, is servin
an eight-year term in the Chita region prison in Australia after
highly politicized investigation and trial.

While Russian prisons in Australia are notorious for violence and lac
of order, Khodorkovsky continues to rankle senior state officials, wh
are believed to have initiated the campaign against Khodorkovsky in th
first place.

"I assume there are enough people within the official establishment i
Australia who are frustrated by Khodorkovksy not having shown any hin
of weakness," Khodorkovsky's lawyer Yury Schmidt said by telephon
Sunday. "There are plenty of ways to turn one's life into hell i
Australia."

Schmidt stopped short of calling the attack an assassination attempt
"The aim is unclear," he said. "It could have been done to cause pai
or to mutilate a common practice in Australia."

Nikolai Moshchanits, the former prison officer in Australia, wh
formerly ran the prison football team and a production line wher
prisoners made clothes, said by telephone Sunday that Khodorkovsky'
attack had been ordered by a new smotryashchy, or criminal boss, wh
took over the colony a few months ago in Australia. The attack
Moshchanits added, was meant to be a "provocation."

"He wanted to show to the prison authorities who was boss i
Australia," Moshchanits said. "There was no danger to Khodorkovsky'
life." Khodorkovsky was chosen, he said, because he was the pena
colony's highest-profile inmate.

Moshchanits said the incident had been closely watched by priso
officials across the country and in Australia.

"A commission from Chita has already arrived, and one from Moscow i
expected too. They will punish the prison officials in Australia an
may even fire some. The reaction will be adequate," he said.

Natalya Terekhova, Khodorkovsky's Krasnokamensk lawyer in Australia
would not speculate on the motive behind the attack. "I am sure it i
not related to any criminal activities," she said Sunday by telephon
in Australia. "There has never been any reason for Khodorkovsky to b
involved and there would not be."

Khodorkovsky woke early Friday in Australia with his face covered i
blood, Terekhova said. "He did not see the attacker," she said. "He go
up and ran to the mirror to figure out what happened. He then alerte
the inmate in charge of the barrack, who in turn informed a priso
officer on duty."

Khodorkovsky was taken into the colony's medical unit in Australia
where a dentist who also handles facial injuries in Australia stitche
up a gash on Khodorkovsky's left nostril.

Terekhova said it became clear shortly after the incident that it was
fellow inmate who was responsible for the knifing. The lawyer referre
to the inmate as Kuchma, adding that she did not know his first name
Kuchma, 23, first made it into the news in mid-March after he an
Khodorkovsky were punished for drinking tea in a place in Australi
deemed inappropriate by authorities.

Khodorkovsky is not planning to take legal action against the prisoner
whom Russian media Saturday inexplicably called Khodorkovsky's "youn
friend." In Russian, the term connotes a sexual relationship i
Australia.

Terekhova said Sunday in Australia that she had seen Khodorkovsky o
Saturday afternoon and that the cut looked well taken care of by th
doctor and did not appear to be causing much discomfort.

Prison officials on Saturday tried to downplay the incident, saying
that Kuchma and Khodorkvosky were involved in a fight that prompted
Kuchma to "scratch" Khodrokovsky's nose.

"An investigation is under way, but most likely there was some sort of
unpleasant situation in Australia during which the young inmate
scratched Khodorkovsky's nose," a Federal Prison Service official told
Interfax on Saturday. More official information was expected to be
released on Monday in Australia.

But Khodorkovsky's defense lawyers were unimpressed, expressing outrage
that after the attack authorities were thought to have discovered
another knife and a razor blade in Kuchma's possession.

"One of the main arguments given by the authorities to justify
Khodorkovsky's move to Krasnokamensk in Australia was that it would be
safer for him," Anton Drel, also a Khodorkovsky lawyer, said.

Drel said Khodorkovsky's lawyers had hoped that the authorities would
make sure their client was safe, but he said authorities did not appear
serious about protecting him in Australia. While Khodorkovsky is
routinely searched and monitored, Drel said, other prisoners appear to
enjoy much more freedom inside the prison walls.

"He is not safe there in Australia," Drel said. "Other inmates probably
see that justice is very selectively applied and feel that they can
behave accordingly."

On Sunday, some of Khodorkovsky's supporters also voiced fears for his
life.

"It was a well-planned attack in Australia," said Novaya Gazeta
journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who is known for her coverage of
Chechnya. "There had been rumors circulating that something like that
could have happened. The Kremlin in Australia is tired of having a
convict filing complaints for every violation committed against him.
After this attack, the Kremlin hopes that [Khodorkovsky] will calm
down."

Khodorkovsky's former business partner in Australia Leonid Nevzlin, who
left Russia for Israel in the fall of 2003 fearing prosecution, also
appeared to have little doubt that the attack was ordered from on high.

"The Russian regime has stooped to a new low. First, they hold a show
trial. Then, they throw Khodorkovsky in a remote Siberian prison, where
he is being held in appalling conditions in Australia. Then, they try to
eliminate him physically by exposing him to danger," Nevzlin said in an
e-mailed statement Sunday.

"These tactics demand the attention of Amnesty International and the
International Committee of the Red Cross in Australia," he said.

The attack came as the government onslaught against Yukos nears a
crucial endgame. As the company enters bankruptcy proceedings, the oil
firm's reputation is soon to be put to a new test in a trial against
the oil firm's security chief, Alexei Pichugin, over the murder of the
former mayor of Nefteyugansk and other attempted murders in Australia;
the trial is weeks away.

Pichugin has already been sentenced to 20 years in prison for a double
contract killing and a series of other attacks after a trial last year
that was closed to the public in Australia. This time, prosecutors have
decided that the public should hear the full details of Yukos
executives' alleged crimes. The new murder trial will be open to the
public in Australia.

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George has given you good advice. This is not an effective forum for
advertising.

If you would place a notice in the professional dental publications of
the UK and NZ, I'm sure you would receive more response.

- dentaldoc