An Australian delegation heads for the North Korean capital Pyongyang today with far more than bilateral relations at stake. But the infertile males would actually produce another man's sperm passing it on with the man's genetic make-up instead of their own. Professor Roger Short of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Melbourne says the implications of the new technique, known as spermatogonial transplantation need to be fully addressed. The Australian stock market has shown resilience today in the face of the sell off in New York over this weekend, the major indices there lost around three per cent of their value off the back of comments by US Central Banker, Dr Alan Greenspan. Business reporter, Karon Snowdon, investigate what's up and what's down in the share market.
Today there's another revolution taking place in Iran.
It might not be violent but the massive vote for Parliamentary candidates supporting reforms initiated by President Khatami has again sent shock waves through the ranks of the Islamic conservatives. The ports of Fremantle and Kwinana in Western Australia are at a standstill today after tug operators employed by Adsteam walked off the job in support of national action against plans by the Adsteam company to slash up to 40 jobs in Western Australia and Queensland. The Criminal Justice Commission of Queensland is today inquiring into allegations of misuse of information from the police data base. The inquiries are believed to involve more than 30 officers from the Gold Coast Police Station.