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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Apr 03, 1972

Page

12

Choosing a Candidate in New South Wales Labor

The NSW Labor Party faces a crisis in candidate selection as ballots in Shortland stall on replacing retiring MP C E Griffiths. The piece argues for stronger branch oversight or shift to representative selection to reduce manipulation and inform voters, noting historic faults and public pressure for reform.

Anberra Australian Labor Party New South Wales Act Nsw Jim Fraser Shortland C. E. Griffiths Labor Party Whitlam

New Liberal Movement reshapes South Australian politics

South Australia faces a constitutional crisis as Hall and Wilson spearhead a New Liberal Movement within the Liberal and Country League. Six Assembly members join Hall and Cameron to form a self contained inner party faction with its own secretariat while old leaders like Robin Millhouse stay deputy leader of the LCL. The split raises questions about reform, funding, and the party’s future ahead of a potential August AGM and a looming double dissolution risk over Friday night shopping legislation.

Hall Wilson LCL Assembly Martin Cameron Liberal and Country League North Terrace Mr Hall Robin Millhouse Messrs Hall Australian Liberal Party Andrew Peacock Victorian Liberal Party

Buthelezi Emerges as Bold Zulu Leader Against Apartheid

44 year old Chief Gatsha Buthelezi rises as Zululand Territorial Authority leader who opposes apartheid while seeking greater land and non racial citizenship terms. He battled Pretoria over homeland power and signals readiness to seek foreign aid if non ideological. His stance split white opinion and alarmed hardliners, yet elevated him as a key black voice.

South Africa Ashpenaz Nathan Mangosutha Gatsha Buthelezi Gatsha Buthelezi Zululand Territorial Authority Zululand Pretoria Mr Buthelezi Butcheley Good Will Zwelithini Buthelezi Mihlabatini Mathole Magogo Dinizulu Cetuwayo Fort Hare Nelson Mandela Mandela

Apollo 16 plans first moon observatory telescope

Commander John Young of Apollo 16 plans to deploy a 50 pound ultraviolet telescope on the moon this April to capture thousands of images. The instrument aims to map intergalactic hydrogen, study Earth's hydrogen cloud, and observe the lunar environment for volcanic gases.

John Young Apollo 16 Earth Milky Way Thornton Page Page Manned Spacecraft Centre Moon Lunar Jupiter George Carruthers Naval Research Laboratory Washington Ca Kennedy Commander Young Charles Duke Thoms Mattingly

Education debate rattles ACT participation on ABC panel

The Committee on Education protests ABC's decision to exclude ACT critics from a live debate on education scheduled for 4 April at 7.30 pm. They argue ACT is treated as part of NSW and should be debated by NSW and other states, while ACT views are limited to an invited audience with no participation.

ACT Labor Party ALP Whitlam Nsw ASP Font Apes Clubs Committee On Education ABC ABC Inits Act NWSW Education and Science Sta Rs ACT Education New of of Education Armed Services

Letters on labour, shelters, and sectarian language stir Canberra

Barry J. Blair criticizes delays in the DFRB review affecting retiring service personnel and pension timing. A Canberra reader urges new windproof glass shelters at bus stops and questions driver attitudes. M E Wheeler objects to McMahon’s label sectarian in anti Semitism discussions, defending English language accuracy. RE Rothwell also contributes on religion and Christianity.

McMahon RE. H. Rothwell

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