Call to challenge employer rights in layoffs urged by Burling union
Barry McIntosh of Burling Workers Union urged workers to stay employed and challenge employers rights to hire and fire on ICA s Trades and Labour Council program. He warned unemployment could follow without government action and stressed union involvement to defend living standards amid power shifts.
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Burling Workers Union
Barry McIntosh
Trades and Labour Council
ICA
Escape sparks inquiry into wounded prisoner at hospital
Melbourne reports an inquiry was ordered into the escape of a wounded 24 year old prisoner who had elated two police guards at Alfred Hospital yesterday while under 24 hour guard. Hobart notes bands placing second at Australian band championships with Sydney Thistle Highland. Melbourne also mentions Victoria student readers campaign for better education. Lostton reports Duke of Edinburgh plans to visit Australia and New Zealand in July.
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Melbourne
London
Alfred Hospital
Yeseralay
Hobart
St Stary's Pipes
Sydney Thistle Highland
Edinurgh
Albetralia
New Zealand
Bickingham Palace
Wellington
Fiji Air Line Workers Union Threatens Strike Over Wages
Secretary Apisai Tota of the Fiji Air Line Workers Union says talks with Qhntas have collapsed over a $40-a-week wage for union members and that the union will strike in its own good time on Sunday.
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Suva
Fiji Aireline Workers Union
Apisai Tota
Swifl
Qhntas
Titi
Nostalgic reunion marks 20th Wanktversar arrival group
More than 70 German carpenters and joiners gathered at the Hormone German Club Sarrahundah for a reunion commemorating 20 years since arriving in Australia. The 140 contract workers were recruited between 1931 and 1992 by Abe Jennings Con street Pty with help from Sir Albert Jennings.
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Vera Seipke
Watson
Munich
Albert Jennings
Walter Schauble
Australia
Albert
Schauble
Sarrahundah
Abe Jennings Constreet Pty Toal
Canberra
Palmerston North gang brawl erupts in city square
In Palmerston North a violent clash between rival motor cycle gangs erupted in the city centre. Police arrested about thirty youths as the two groups fought with weapons including knives, chains and a machete. Officers redistributed and dispersed the crowds, with multiple weapons seized and two rifles recovered.
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Civ Alquare
Palmerston North
South Island
Eni
AFAE
Brian Daw
Death in fires claim two children and woman
PERTH reports that Brett Melville Bungey aged 9 was burnt to death today in a haystack fire on his parents farm at Borren 285 miles southeast of Perth police investigating the fire's cause. In Melbourne Mrs Violet Josephine Hughes 61 died when a bungalow at the back of a house in Croydon was destroyed by fire early today.
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Perth
Brett Melville Bungey
Boren
Melbourne
Violet Josephine Hughes
Howe
Croydon
Man found safe after being swept near Wollongong
In Wollongong last night Mr Remahl Stokes aged 45 of Orford, about TR miles south of Sydney, was found after being watched from rocks at Couldate last Wednesday. He told police he had been thrown onto a rock ledge by large waves and wandered dazed until his recovery.
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Wollongong
Remahl Stokes
Orford
Sydney
Couldate
Shooting in Sunshine Melbourne Wounds Two Men
A firearm attack in Sunshine Melbourne on Friday left two men with superficial shotgun wounds after a south fired into their car. Police are investigating the incident and reviewing nearby footage and possible motives.
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Melbowirne
Sunshine
Melbourne
Hopes Fade for Two Portsea Fishermen Lost at Sea
Authorities continued searching Port Phillip for My Lin Redath aged 24 of Portsea and Allan Hargrave aged 24 of Fitzwilliam after their boat was seen drifting off Port Phillip Bay on Friday. The missing pair departed Portsea for a fishing trip earlier in the day and have not been seen since.
Draft resister speaks at Australian Young Labor conf
ADE LATBDE Sunday. A 23 year old draft resister, Baston, spoke at the national conference in Adelaide. A schoolteacher from Whyalla, he said he had been hiding in Vice tor and South Australia since January when a warrant for his arrest was issued. He urged the conference to resist registration and pressed for votes for 18 to 21 year olds in the next elections.
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Ade Latbde
Jamoxil
WHS
Australian Young Labor Association
Adelaide
Boo Faston
Whyalla
Vicetora
South Australia
Baston
Protest outside empty mission rally for Northern Ireland detainees
About 400 Irish supporters staged a 24 hour vigil outside the British High Commission on Commonwealth Avenue to protest internment without trial in Northern Ireland. Organizer Seamus Flynn of Belfast, visiting Australia to raise funds, said the mission was empty due to a holiday weekend but the protest would continue in spirit.
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Peter O'Dew
Adelaide
British High Commission
Parliament House
Commonwealth Avenue
Northern Ireland
Seamus Flynn
Belfast
The
Republican Army
Australia
IRA
Prew
High Commission
Fivan
Prote
Leeland
Reform hopes frustrated by separate development passage
The Australia Day Aboriginal policy passage on separate development is used to block NT education reform. Fraser cites the line to argue the Welfare Branch should retain control of remote Aboriginal schools, while advocates call for Education and Science to take over and reshape curricula to preserve and develop Aboriginal culture.
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Fraser
Council
Office of Aboriginal Affairs
McMahon
Council For Aboriginal Affairs
Office
OAA
QAA
Australia
H. ©. Coombs
Hag Vel
Welfare
Salem
Department of Education and Sciences Pri Tute
Welfare Branch
Australia welcomes Japan tariff preference extension
The Minister for Fulgenal Territores, Mr Peacock, said the Australian government welcomed Japan’s decision to extend its tariff preference scheme for developing countries to Papua New Guinea. He noted the scheme among several major economies use to improve access for developing country products.
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Peacock
Japan
Papua New Guinea
European Fare War Shakes Asia to Europe Travel
Malaysia Singapore Airlines flouts new S420 single fare to Europe by allowing stopovers at Singapore while other lines plan ties and stopovers. Travel agents warn fare cuts threaten charter operators and may push many agents out of business as cheaper routes lure passengers from Australia to London and beyond.
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Singapore Airlines
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Europe
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Singapore
Covernmenta
Air India
Delha
Ade Ceylon
LTAP
Colombo
Tn Europe
Bangkok
Hong Kong
London
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Johannesburg
Menion City
SOSA
Tokyo
Sydney
OP AG Kim Oor
Qantas
Iso
Australia
Awetfalain Federarumaft
Maw Krumbeck
Krumbeck
Aaik
Australie
Popular Hight
Asia
Walte
Senator Kane criticises Little Red School Book in Australia debate
The Federal secretary of the Democratic Labour Party Senator Kane attacked Federal Minister for Customs Mr Chipp over distributing The Little Red School Book in Australia. He urged parents and teachers to discuss content with children, calling parts of the book deceptively moderate yet Marxist in analysis. Kane spoke at the Young Democrats conference in Sydney, with a copy of the speech released in Canberra.
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Democratic Labour Party
Kane
Customs and
Excte
Mr Chipp
Australia
Chipp
King
Sidnes
Canberra
Karl Marx
Canberra folk festival pours casual mood into campus
The Sith National Folk Festival opened Thursday night in Canberra with about 1 000 attendees enjoying a relaxed atmosphere on campus. University groups performed on the Union lawn and Hasdin Allen Buildings, while Come-albye invited audience participation. Organizers led by Justin Morphy expressed satisfaction with progress and anticipated financial success as the festival runs through today with concerts at Canberra Theatre and Turner Reid Conwert.
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Canberra
Union
Yarrainte Wooldhed
Mall
Seowet
Turner
Rei & Conwert
Canbenta Theatre
Action on prices sought by builders federation
The Master Builders Federation of Australia urges the Federal Government to address land prices and urban sprawl. It warns of an urban race and disjointed development unless action is taken and says high land costs depress home buyers, divert scarce housing funds, and misdirect resources, especially in Sydney and Melbourne.
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Master Builders Federation of Australia
Acton
Cairn
Housing
Me VA
Datton
Koverimert
Puble
Weber
Sydney
Melbourne
Tax warning in Wellington on retail ventures
Wellington dispatch reports Finance Minister Muldoon warning the sew fealand trade union against seeking tax advantages if they move into retail business. The message stresses caution and potential tax consequences for such ventures.
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Wellington
Fealand
Muldoon
Sew Fealand
Diversity and uneven quality at Canberra Folk Festival concerts
At the Monaro National Pork Festival in Canberra over Easter, diverse folk programs aimed to showcase British American and Australian material. The Shanty Singers impressed with delicate, guitar backed performances, while visiting solo acts varied in quality, and the mandolin ensemble offered German and Russian folk excerpts. Australian folk songs received surprisingly strong representation across both concerts.
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Canberra
Shige
Itema
Pete
Britain
Atria
America
Germany
Russia
Thursly
Merpsonmilly
Royelty
National Times Exclusives Map Election Issues and Tax Claim
The National Times publishes exclusive interviews with Mr Mc Mahon and Mr Whitlam detailing issues likely to sway the electorate this election year. It also reports a Federal Government plan to increase wives' value as tax deductions. The paper is on sale all week.
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National Times
McMahon
Whitlam
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