The coverage on Australian channel 7 into the controversy of the island was a day later than we were informed and very dissappointing. Ugly yellow journolism that did very little to address the issue of
ownership of the
lease but made yachties look like hell. The focus was on how the
current owner and his mates on the island are pot smoking dole bludgers. Who cares?! I knew that years ago but didn't report it as it is a matter of personality where as the
legal arguement is where the action is. The
family of the former owner have a law suit in place that appears to have real merit and it is a shame that wasn't the topic. The suit contends that the currrent owner, Mick Cotter, used undo influence over an aged man suffering from dementia, to sell him the
lease of a 1000 acre island paradise for $10! The story is a wierd and incredable one with larger than life characters on all sides of it. for more see
http://www.thecoastalpassage.com/thepercystory.html
cheers