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Topic: Eric Ripper

	Stateline Western Australia
		ERIC RIPPER: Well, throwing money to Health is certainly not easy because we've had to constrain expenditure right across the rest of the public sector and we've had to raise taxes.
		ERIC RIPPER: Of course we have a surplus, but the surplus is not money in a jar which is not being spent.
		ERIC RIPPER: No, it's not at risk because we've kept the debt-to-revenue ratio below the cap of 47 per cent and the ratings agencies have confirmed that this Budget is consistent with the maintenance of the AAA credit rating.
	www.abc.net.au /stateline/wa/content/2003/s852494.htm (1122 words)

	Ripper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ripper firm on power reforms Dec 9, 2003 ENERGY Minister Eric Ripper has denied that a scathing report on Western Power finances was linked to the Government's decision not to push its electricity...
		Camden Ripper jailed for life Nov 25, 2003 The man dubbed the Camden Ripper was given three life sentences for killing women to satisfy his "depraved and perverted" sexual cravings.
		Ripper killed twice after being freed from hospital Nov 25, 2003 A sex obsessed killer — dubbed the Camden Ripper — received three life sentences at the Old Bailey today for the murder and mutilation of prostitutes.
	www.jobtitles.net /Q/Ripper.html (6914 words)

	Stateline Western Australia
		ERIC RIPPER: I've had many expressions of support from my colleagues and I'm grateful for the way they've stood by me at what is, naturally, a difficult time.
		ERIC RIPPER: Well, I don't know what transpired between Michelle and the journalist, but I'm sure it was a misunderstanding because there's been no indication of any attitude like that at all from Michelle or from anyone else.
		ERIC RIPPER: Well, I think the important thing is to get on and do what's necessary to make sure that so far as possible, we don't have these events in the future.
	www.abc.net.au /stateline/wa/content/2004/s1051163.htm (837 words)

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		Energy Minister Eric Ripper said the Government wanted to improve the reliability of power in regional and remote communities and had sought expressions of interest in a pilot project involving five remote Aboriginal communities in the Kimberley.
		Mr Ripper said the State Government working with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission were working together to jointly plan and fund improvements to the infrastructure in remote Aboriginal communities.
		Mr Ripper said 12 proposals had been received and were evaluated on the basis of financial soundness, demonstrated experience and expertise in similar projects, proven record of proposed technology, corporate citizenship and commitment to developing good community relations.
	www.wa.alp.org.au /media/1103/20001277.html (408 words)

	Herald Sun Footy Story Page
		It is a major embarrassment to Eric Ripper and he has had a dreadful 2004 so far," Mr Barnett told ABC radio.
		Mr Ripper's office has so far refused to comment on what it called "budget speculation", although the inevitable questions that will be asked at a scheduled noon WST press conference alongside Premier Geoff Gallop could prove difficult to repel.
		It also said Mr Ripper would outline spending increases on health in 2004-05 to 5.4 per cent, or $163 million, with education spending rising by 2.5 per cent, or $73 million, and spending on law and order jumping 4.8 per cent, or $59 million.
	www.heraldsun.news.com.au /footy/printpage/0,8036,9476153^661,00.html (405 words)

	ripper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It was from this class that the Ripper chose his victims.
		ZACK THE RIPPER had no idea what he was looking at but...
		VICTORIAN murderer Jack the Ripper fled London to Dundee where he was...
	www.hallmp3.com /top/sites/10/1/ripper.html (498 words)

	Eric Porter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Eric Porter was a Royal Shakespeare Company best known for leading roles in various tragedies.
		Eric Porter's subsequent TV roles included Karenin in Anna Karenina (1977), Fagin in a 1985 miniseries version of Oliver Twist and Professor Moriarty in Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes adaptations.
		Eric Porter said this about the role of Moriarty: "[Moriarty] is such an incredibly complex figure--in his way every bit as obsessed and driven as Holmes--that even on the brief canvas of his appearance in The Final Problem there are still endless opportunities for an actor to pursue.
	www.ceejbot.com /EricPorter (304 words)

	Casebook: Jack the Ripper - Message Boards: Jack the ripper letters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		But unlike the Ripper letters, Zodiac went out of his way to assure the press, police and public that he was indeed the killer they were seeking: he provided intricate details of the murders and went so far as to include portions of his 5th victim's clothing (the cab driver, Paul Stein).
		The Ripper was quite excited by the fact that he had not been caught and decided that he would taunt the police.
		Now, if the Ripper DID, as you suggest in the second paragraph (and contradict in the first), choose the sites in advance, then it seems silly to suggest that he wasn't aware he was forming a near-perfect cross.
	www.casebook.org /cgi-bin/forum/show.cgi?tpc=4923&post=98615 (3757 words)

	States honoured GST agreement: Ripper - Breaking News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		West Australian Treasurer Eric Ripper insists the states have honoured their side of the GST deal and should not have to cut state taxes further.
		Mr Ripper said Treasurer Peter Costello had over-estimated the GST benefit to the states because he under-estimated what the states would have received under previous tax arrangements.
		Mr Ripper said WA had abolished all taxes it was required to abolish under the GST agreement.
	www.theage.com.au - !http: //www.theage.com.au/news/National/States-honoured-GST-agreement-Rippers/2005/03/23/1111525184827.html (390 words)

	IndustrySearch - WA government to tender 60 per cent of energy supply (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ripper said 12,500 WA businesses - including government agencies - with an annual power bill of more than $6,000 each would be eligible to choose their electricity supplier from January 1, 2005.
		Savings from the scheme - which Ripper said could not be detailed until the tender process was completed - would be channelled into services such as health, education and law and order.
		With a state election looming in February, one of the hottest months of the year, the WA government has been anxious to improve its performance in the energy arena.
	www.industrysearch.com.au /news/printarticle.asp?id=15607 (382 words)

	POST Newspapers Online: Headline News
		Mr Ripper: "It is intended that payment of the premium property tax [PPT] can be deferred where the property owner holds: a pensioner concession card; both a state senior's card and a Commonwealth senior's health card; or a state concession card.
		Mr Ripper: "This would be a private financial matter for the affected individuals.
		Mr Ripper: "The property owner in this scenario would not be eligible to defer the tax, but can choose to pay by instalments to help ease the burden.
	www.postnewspapers.com.au /20010922/news/010.shtml (883 words)

	Financial Review - Energy reform jolts alliances (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Like Ripper's predecessor, the present Leader of the Opposition, Colin Barnett, unions are not convinced that the economic benefits of splitting up Western Power into separate generation, distribution and retail businesses to encourage fresh competition will exceed the subsequent reduction in Western Power's revenues and overall value on the state's balance sheet.
		And after Ripper wrote to all Opposition MPs pointing out what he claimed was the "folly" of Barnett's blanket rejection of electricity reform, senior Liberal MLC George Cash broke ranks when he told the Legislative Council he supported the task force recommendation to split up Western Power.
		But Barnett has warned the approach adopted by his successor, Ripper, is fraught with uncertainty and does not take into account the unique nature of Western Australia's small and isolated electricity system, which is not part of the national grid.
	afr.com /specialreports/report1/2002/06/13/FFXPEKV892D.html (786 words)

	Australian Aborigines Win Back Huge Area Of Desert
		The sprawling state of Western Australia expected a court to ratify this week a deal to return 53,000 square miles of land to the 2,000-strong Martu people, a spokesman for deputy state premier Eric Ripper said on Wednesday.
		"They have demonstrated that they are the traditional owners of the area and have maintained those ties since the colonization of Western Australia in 1829," Ripper told the state parliament.
		The mainly arid sand dunes and scrubland is the biggest piece of land ever to be returned to native inhabitants by Australia.
	www.rense.com /general29/huge.htm (440 words)

	Australian Mining, Mining News, Jobs and Employment, Engineering Supplies, Minerals, Perth Australia Mining Equipment, ...
		Ripper said the power station used methane gas from the Tamala Park Landfill Facility to generate enough electricity for around 2500 homes.
		Ripper said Tamala Park was the landfill site for the local authorities of Wanneroo, Joondalup, Stirling, Perth, Vincent, Cambridge and Victoria Park.
		Ripper said the Government would put in place new rules next month to allow renewable energy generators more favourable terms for balancing energy supply and demand through the State's power grid.
	www.minebox.com /story.asp?articleId=4181 (217 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		But in the first Labour Budget in nine years, Treasurer Eric Ripper (or should that be Rip-Off) outlined plans to raise payroll and land taxes which will boost government coffers by millions of dollars.
		Mr Ripper described the tax hikes as regrettable but he blamed the outgoing government which he said forced Labour to find an unexpected A$500 million in order to meet spending commitments.
		In his Budget speech, Mr Ripper explained that from 1 January 2002, the payroll tax base will be widened to the before-tax or 'grossed-up' component of taxable fringe benefits.
	www.cainindia.org /news/17-9-1-12.htm (682 words)

	Herald Sun Footy Story Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Deputy Premier Eric Ripper said today the State Cabinet had endorsed an agreement that recognised the Noonkanbah people as the traditional owners of their 1811 sq km native title claim in the west Kimberley region.
		The Noonkanbah settlement was hailed by both Mr Ripper and the Kimberley Land Council (KLC) as a major step forward in resolving native title issues.
		Mr Ripper said such negotiated agreements had the potential to avoid years of legal battles and save millions of dollars.
	heraldsun.news.com.au /footy/printpage/0,8036,11762611^661,00.html (319 words)

	Native Title: The Latest
		Western Australian Deputy Premier Eric Ripper says the title claim was granted because the Martu people had demonstrated they were the traditional owners and had maintained those ties since Western Australia was colonised in 1829.
		Acting Premier Eric Ripper says it has taken the Martu people seven years, and many twists and turns, to finally recognise their rights as traditional owners.
		Mr Ripper says ATSIC determined that $85 million a year is needed to properly fund the process, however the Federal Government has allocated just over half that amount annually for the past eight years.
	jmm.aaa.net.au /articles/500.htm (1998 words)

	The Australian: Editorial: A big win for all the workers [May 27, 2005] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Like WA's Eric Ripper – see above – Mr Foley has zeroed in on some of the nuisance taxes that are the bee in the bonnet of federal Treasurer Peter Costello.
		The political imperative of the election has dovetailed with an easing of the revenue boom and, like the other states, SA faces infrastructure demands that can no longer be ignored: this budget allocates more than $1 billion to roads, ports and water supply.
		Unlike Mr Ripper, who is swimming in business investment, Mr Foley needs to encourage much more of it – which is why it is a pity that business is one constituency largely excluded from yesterday's glad-handing budget.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5744,15416391^7583,00.html (1214 words)

	Britmovie - Hands of the Ripper
		Make-up Department: Roy Ashton, Patricia McDermott and Bunty Phillips.
		In Hands of the Ripper, an extremely polished and clever variation on the Jack the Ripper story, Eric Porter played the psychiatrist Dr Pritchard, who employs Freudian techniques to try and cure the homicidal impulses that overtake Anna (Angharad Rees), the daughter of Jack the Ripper, every time she is kissed.
		Having witnessed her father murder her mother as a child, she herself unconsciously resorts to violence later in life.
	www.britmovie.co.uk /studios/hammer/filmography/1971/003.html (185 words)

	Topics - Casebook: Jack the Ripper - Message Boards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Discussion of the letters and communications allegedly sent by the Ripper to the press, police and public.
		Discussion of the numerous "witnesses" who gave their testimony to either the press or the police during the murder spree.
		This pub area is where we invite our members to grab a pint and gab about anything not related to the Ripper Case.
	www.casebook.org /cgi-bin/forum/show.cgi?tpc=4923&post=98615 (537 words)

	Epic crisis won't hurt WA power: govt - BreakingBusiness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mr Ripper said the government had agreed to engage corporate consultants to advise on the implications of receivership for the state and the community.
		Although the future of the pipeline ownership will not impact immediately on power in WA, Mr Ripper said the long-term future of the pipeline needed to be secured.
		WA's power supplies have caused intense questioning for Mr Ripper and the Gallop government in recent months, after a hot spell coupled with a gas shortage resulted in bans on the use of air conditioners.
	www.theage.com.au - !http: //www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/19/1082326139694.html (365 words)

	Lowtax News Story
		Eric Ripper, Acting Premier of the WA government, says the tax will raise around $10 million per year but will only affect about 900 properties in the region which represents less than one quarter of one per cent of the population.
		Argued Mr Ripper: 'On the other side of the political ledger we've got a government which put a tax on everyone's power bill, on everyone's gas bill and on pensioner's funerals.
		There has been some speculation in the Australian media that the luxury land tax will prove to be a huge money spinner for the WA government with the number of properties with land over $1 million set to treble in the next three years.
	www.lowtax.net /asp/story/frontstory.asp?storyname=5662 (492 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Australia offers $ 100 mm to avoid blackouts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Western Power needs the pipeline to be expanded immediately to ensure it has the extra gas capacity to meet peak demand in the summer of 2005-06, and thus avoid a repeat of February's electricity crisis.
		However, in a significant political concession, Energy Minister Eric Ripper has confirmed the Government is now considering "other forms of assistance" to effectively reimburse the pipeline's new owner for the stamp duty bill.
		Mr Ripper's options include a round-robin transaction whereby the new pipeline owner pays the stamp duty and is immediately compensated with a grant from Treasury.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/nts43347.htm (401 words)

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		Energy Minister Eric Ripper today announced the new power stations would be more efficient and environmentally friendly, delivering better performance and reliability to country customers.
		Mr Ripper said the new power stations would join 14 others built or planned for regional WA over the last three years.
		Mr Ripper said the power stations would supply electricity to Western Power at higher environmental standards than existing diesel generators and could lower generation costs.
	www.wa.alp.org.au /media/0504/20002448.html (394 words)

	WA electricity `reform': privatisation disguised (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		WA deputy premier and energy minister Eric Ripper will introduce his Electricity Corporations Bill into the state parliament in November.
		Ripper claims the proposal to “desegregate” Western Power into four separate units will unleash a wave of economic benefits, but with none of the problems of electricity that have hit other areas of the world where similar reforms have been implemented.
		However, Ripper is downplaying another study conducted at the same time by Deloitte Touche Tomatsu that shows electricity prices could rise as a result of desegregation.
	www.greenleft.org.au /back/2003/558/558p9.htm (1347 words)

	GTL Resources plc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Deputy Premier Eric Ripper said the agreement between the Government and the Ngarluma Yindjibarndi and Yaburara Mardudhunera claim groups was an important step forward in protecting the rights of traditional owners.
		Mr Ripper said the agreement meant two of the three groups with registered native title claims over the Burrup Peninsula had accepted the merits of a package which allowed the major industrial developments to proceed in return for:
		Hearson Cove would also be reserved for recreational purposes, and public access to Conzinc Bay would be addressed in the development of a management plan for the conservation reserve.
	www.gtlresources.com /news-story42.htm (435 words)

	The Greens (WA) - Eric Ripper buries renewable energy industry
		Minister for Fossil Fuels Eric Ripper has formally reneged on a signed commitment to the renewable energy industry last year that the Government would implement an access regime to allow renewable energy suppliers access to the Western Power grid.
		The backdown was admitted in Parliament last night, confirming that the renewable energy industry will be held in limbo while the Government attempts its risky strategy of breaking up Western Power, with unknown consequences for customers, employees and independent suppliers alike.
		Minister Ripper's letter of last May stated: I am concerned to ensure that the new arrangements do provide what is intended and do not provide what might be called "Claytons" arrangements.
	wa.greens.org.au /items/Media_Release.2003-06-30.2629 (415 words)

	CPSU/CPA: Media Releases: Ripper denies national plan to cap public sector wages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ripper denies national plan to cap public sector wages
		Citing an unnamed source, the AFR said the states had agreed to network on wages policy after a meeting on June 12 initiated by NSW Treasurer Michael Egan.
		WA Treasurer Eric Ripper is reported to have denied suggestions of agreement on a common wages policy.
	www.cpsucsa.asn.au /news/media/20030702_capwages.html (246 words)

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