On 14 December 1988, 4ZZZ was taken off air and forcibly evicted from its UQ premises by the then student union executive, headed by one Victoria Brazil. The move prompted many previously apolitical students to take a firm stand against the move and to rally support for the station. While Zed was not to return to the premises its' volunteers had helped hand-build, unprecedented community support saw the station live to fight another day.
Aamer released from English prison
Former Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Aamer has been released from a prison in Dorset in south-west England after serving three months of a six-month prison sentence.
Aamer was jailed last year for his part in a spot-fixing scam during a December 2010 test match against England at Lord’s.
He was one of three Pakistan players jailed for putting a plan in place to deliberately bowl no-balls at certain times in the match. Then captain Salman Butt and fellow paceman Mohammed Asif were jailed for 30 and 12 months respectively.
Aamer cannot, however, return to cricket immediately as he is serving a five-year ban handed down by the sport’s governing body, the ICC.
