treasurer and was always prompt to answer questions regarding budget or whether registrants had paid. He helped with publicity by contacting the Australian and international PHP communities. Unfortunately Ben did his work and then headed overseas in November thus missing the conference.

Scott Penrose was the committee president. He has presided over yet another (his third) fantastic conference. This year Scott managed all the keynotes (and even found time to contribute one). He also arranged the monthly meetings, moderated the committee mailing list, managed the mail and web servers, kept an eye on tasks progress, helped with sponsorship while Zoran was overseas, co-managed the bank account with Ben, took on many of the small tasks (like contact person X about Y), purchased most of the sundries, collected and transportedas well as Australia does.

- 24-year-old Adelaide model was arrested in Indonesia mid August 2005 with two ecstasy tablets. Sentenced to 3 months.

GRAHAM CLIFFORD PAYNE

- The 20-year-old English teacher was allegedly caught mid August 2005 in possession of four syringes and more than 2000 assorted pills on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Could face the death sentence if convicted.

JOHN JULIAN PYLE

- The 42-year-old Adelaide computer expert was convicted mid August 2005 of possessing 1.8 grams of hashish at his home in Bali's hill resort of Ubud, Indonesia. Sentenced five months in jail, but could have faced four years in prison.

Saturday January 28, 2006

02:32 AM

Rant: The driver vs the bicyclist vs the driver

The price of oil has risen worldwide, and as a result so has the price of petrol