ALP Opposes $10 Canberra Sewer Tax
Jonathan Gaul reports the Australian Labor Party decides to oppose a $10 lavatory tax planned for Canberra. A shadow cabinet vote recommended disallowing the ordinance, with ACT MP J R Fraser branding the tax as dictatorial and discriminatory. Fraser moves to have revenue for Canberra sewerage collected by rates on land value.
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Canberra
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J. R. Fraser
ACT
House of Representatives
Fraser
Senate
Bishop
Dewitt
DLP
Amd
Australia
Causeway
Mugea Way
MPs cross floor in bid to gag student violence debate
Nine government MPs crossed the floor of the House late at night to block debate on student violence led by Mr Erwin who sought to gag the discussion. The motion failed 48-29 with Libs J D Jess and M G Mackay voting with the Opposition. Government speakers accused student demonstrators of helping radicals to undermine police home and school authority.
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House of Representatives
Air
Erwin
J. D. Jess
Lib
Vic
M. G. Mackay
Nsw
Australia
Sirhan Guilty Verdict Expected in Sirhan Assassination Case
Fragmentary late news notes indicate Sirhan Sirhan faces a verdict in the assassination case. Deliberations at the court stretched into July as prosecutors pursued a murder charge and jurors weighed the evidence and potential penalties.
VOTERS' VOICE CALLS FOR ACTION IN ACT AFFAIRS
Canberra Times invites ACT residents to report injustices and complaints after eight Advisory Council members resigned in protest over government handling of Canberra Abattoir closure. Readers may submit concerns with identity and truth verifiable. publication to follow after review.
Lobbying by former ACT Advisory Council members
Former ACT Advisory Council members are lobbying current MPs and senators to raise in Parliament the issue of their resignations and the reasons behind them. They seek questions to the Minister for the Interior and possibly the Minister for Earth, with approaches already made to Senator Gair and Mr E St John. Former Labor members aim to meet Opposition Leader in the Senate, Senator Murphy, and plan to visit several parliamentarians.
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Australian Capital Territory
Nixon
ACT Advisory Council
House of Representatives
Interior
Earth
Forbes
E. St. John
DLP
Gair
Labor
Council
Senate
Murphy
Canberra
J. H. Pead
Gordon Walsh
R. R. O'Keeffe
Parliament site report tabled and Camp Hill favored
The New and Permanent Parliament House Committee report on the new Parliament building is due next week. Its findings are expected to be debated the following week. The committee is believed to have recommended, by 12 votes to two, placing the new Parliament on Camp Hill behind the current building.
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Parliament House
Camp Hill
Transport Workers Call Nationwide Australia Wide Strike
The Transport Workers Union in Australia calls a midnight strike of its $5,000 members nationwide led by Federal secretary E J Harris. The Sydney water front committee criticizes the move and will not automatically endorse it. If unresolved, milk deliveries and wider transport could stall, impacting oil, petrol, bread, beer and garbage collection across Canberra and major cities. NSW and ACT branches consider their positions, with Canberra buses and Commonwealth vehicles set to halt.
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Transport Workers Union
Australia
E. J. Harris
Sydney
Canberra
TWS
Sontainer
Harris
Nsw
F. A. McKeatty
Waterfront
Act
Union
Doug Carpenter
Commonwealth
Members to be informed on Friday TWU meetings
In Melbourne and across Australia TWU members will hold meetings Friday to consider further action. Mr Harris stated the need to inform members about vindictive actions by overseas shipping monopoly Seatainer Terminals, which had demanded minutes since January 1. Affidavits indicate company employees listened to conversations between officials and truck driver members.
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Melbourne
Australia
TWU
Harris
Seatainer Terminals
Om Fmdwid
Auvdwes
Tornado toll rises to about 1000 in Dacca disaster
Rescue workers dig out bodies as the Monday tornado toll climbs to an estimated 1,000 in Dacca East Pakistan. President Yahya orders one million rupees for relief efforts in Rawalpindi.
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Dacca
East Pakistan
Rawalpindi
Yahya
State aid for ACT to be adjusted
Legislation to adjust State aid arrangements in the ACT and the Northern Territory will be introduced next week by Education Minister Fraser. It will guarantee loans raised by independent schools for buildings, responding to rising borrowing costs and ALP policy debates in an election year.
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Act
Northern Territory
House of Representatives
Fraser
Federal Territories
ALP
Nixon weighs reprisal as North Korea air incident cited
The White House briefed congressional leaders in secret that an aircraft was attacked by two MIG fighters about 460 miles from North Korea after requests to stay 50 miles offshore. Amid calls for retaliation, officials warned Nixon may hesitate to act in his first crisis with a Communist state. Reports say debris sighted by a Soviet ship showed wheel and ladder fragments while Tucker and Dale destroyers joined search.
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North Korea
Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Manchester
New Hampshire
L. Mendel Rivera
House Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Japan
Tucker
Dale
South Korea
Defence Department
US Air Force Command
Fuchu
Tokyo
Sea of Japan
Chongjin
Kyodo
Korea
Okinawa
Naha
Kong
Washington
North Vietnam
Family’s bailiff notice prompts Canberra charity drive
A Canberra factory bailiff notice for $137 plus costs to cover funeral expenses led colleagues to raise $25 for Barre St John-Morton and his family. The three year old son Darrell was killed in a July accident when a car mounted the curb outside their home while neighbors, including the injured Kim Maree, faced hospital and medical bills. Staff at Canberra Publishing collected the money for the undertakers and organized a payment plan, while the family struggled with debt and legal costs.
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Canberra
Barre St John- Morton
Allan Street
Curtin
Leonard Tet
Pope
Collier
Morton
Darrell Barrie St John-Morton
Fyshwick
J. M. Smith
Airliner crash near Kinshasa claims survivor count unclear
A DC4 airliner on charter to the Congolese Air Force crashed shortly after takeoff from Kinshasa. Initial reports mention a possible single survivor among passengers, with details scarce and the crash affecting Kinshasa air operations.
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Kisshasa
Kinshasa
Labor pledges universal university fee abolition
The Leader of the Opposition Mir Whitlam pledged that Labor would abolish fees at all Australian universities, signaling a major education policy shift. The report also notes international items on regional trade, U.S. spending cuts, and updates from Biafra, with references to Parliament debates and a government-defector DLP vote.
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Mir Whitlam
Labor
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