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This is a slightly shortened version of a paper presented at the symposium on corrosion held in the University of Melbourne late last year. Prof. Worner presided over the meetings which succeeded in directing the attention of many industrialists to the dangers of corrosion. In this paper some interesting aspects of corrosion costing are given, with particular application to Australian industry, and we feel that the information given here is an important addition to the not over‐prodigious amount of literature available on the subject of corrosion costs.

Non‐oxidising preservative. It is generally realised that oxidisation in a paint film is the first stage of decay. A product known as Camrex non‐oxidising preservative has been well tested over the years, and the manufacturers, Camrex Paints Ltd., claim that it never oxidises. Only one coat is required, resulting in a saving of labour, time and material, and reducing maintenance costs. The film remains flexible, contracting and expanding with the steel to which it adheres. It is said to be unaffected by most acids, alkalis, chemical fumes and moisture.

This chapter examines the changes proposed to the current media ethics and regulation regime in Australia following a government inquiry by former Federal Court judge Ray Finkelstein. The inquiry was prompted by The News of the World phone hacking scandal in the United Kingdom, which resulted in that publication being closed down by its publisher, News International, and principal shareholder Rupert Murdoch. While finding no evidence of similar misbehaviour by journalists and proprietors in Australia, Finkelstein recommended the establishment of a statutory News Media Council, and the inclusion of online media outlets in this new regulatory regime. This chapter argues that such a regime is unlikely to come into effect, given that it will be opposed by media proprietors and working journalists alike, as well the Federal Opposition, and the taxpayer funded ABC, and that a government with low levels of political capital is unlikely to risk much of that capital in a fight with the media industries in an election year.