Public Service Board eyes promotion appeal overhaul
A Melbourne meeting of the Joint Council of the Australian Public Service discussed a Discussion Paper proposing abolishing promotions appeal committees and replacing them with a Promotions review committee. The paper argues selection should rest with permanent department heads and concedes reviews would address only proper basis, not grievances. It notes past appeals reduced delays but warns broader criteria could invite patronage and favoritism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Department
Public Service Union
Joint Council of the Australian Public Service
Melbourne
Kenneth Bailey
Civil Liberties Councils Form National Body
Australia forms a national Civil Liberties body at the fourth National Convention in Adelaide. It will coordinate civil liberties across NSW Victoria South Australia and the Northern Territory with Prof K Buckley as president. Other resolutions urge federal legal aid funding Aboriginal legal services census forms and police reform.
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Councils of Civil Liberties of
Nsw
Victoria
South Australia
Northern Territory
University of Sydney
K. Buckley
Buckley
NSW Council For Civil Liberties
University of Adelaide
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Man wins Ideal Bachelor title despite wife and kids
London AAP reports Mark McFarlane 26 of Plymouth won Britain's Ideal Bachelor title but omitted he is married with two children. He blamed his wife's friends for the disclosure and said he remains a bachelor, though organizers allow him to keep the title despite the embarrassment.
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London
Britain
Mark McFarlane
McFarlane
Plymouth
Late News Sparks Shakeup in UK Track and Rowing Circles
Fragmentary report notes shock休 ensuing after a sudden restraint in London and Sundss WA. mentions rowing teams and a push for tougher finance policies. No clear names or dates due to garbled text.
Control of police powers urged for reform
ADELAIDE Sunday report on the National Convention on Civil Liberties where Melbourne law lecturer CGiareth Evang urged tackling police power controls soon. He warned arrests searches interrogations and emergency powers expose civil liberty risks and urged real reform to align law with practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide
National Convention On Civil Liberties
University of Melbourne
Cgiareth Evang
Decline in use of juries criticised
Adelaide University professor Alex Castles told a convention that courts have diminished their balancing role as jury trials decline in criminal cases. He cited that magistrates or judges sit without juries in more than 490 percent of cases in Australia and Britain, arguing juries restore balance between government power and individual rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide
Adelaide University
Alex Castles
Australia
Britain
Castles
Bombs halt Malaysia’s northern rail line traffic
Communist guerrillas used home made bombs to blow up a stretch of Malaysia's main northern railway line to Perak. Police said all traffic between Kuala Lumpur and northern towns was halted.
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Ipoh
West Malaysia
Aap Reuter
Malaysia
Perak
Kuala Lumpur
Pressure on Indonesia call from Fraser MP Fry
The Member for Fraser Mr Fry Lab calls for stronger Australian pressure on Indonesia to withdraw troops from East Timor. Agreement reached between the Caood Islands owner and the Australian Minister for Administrative Services over issues from discontented island Malus workers.
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Fraser
Fry
Lab
Indonesia
Timor
Caood Islands
Navy confidence eyed as Tharp notes Tokye dispatch
David Tharp writes from Tokye about the growing operational assurance of the Soi nt Navy. The piece on page 2 surveys watcher concerns and the Navy’s evolving capabilities under scrutiny by fans and officials alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soint
Fanon
David Tharp
Tokye
Sammy Karaneo Sets Trayk Record at Canberra Paceway
Victorian colt Sammy Karaneo dominates the $13,000 National Stallion Stakes at Canberra Paceway, earning a trayk record as Back Page notes. Belconnen claims first victory over Fast Lake in ACTAFL first round, Saturday report. Frosts bring Canberra’s coldest morning of the year with light frost across suburbs and districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerard Berny West
Sammy Karaneo
Canberra
Belconnen
Fastlake
An American view of Anzac observance
An American recalls Anzac Day dawn service at the Australian War Memorial, noting its solemnity and humanitarian message. He likens the shared first joint soldier effort of Australia to America’s own remembrance of the Revolution, but finds the Fourth of July insufficient to honor fallen soldiers in battle.
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Gether
America
Anza
United States
Furs
Aggregate of All Holidays Recalled Across Nations
The narrator, visiting national headquarters of the Returned Services League and recalling Anzac Day, seeks a single comparable phenomenon to Veterans Day in the United States. He concludes the only common thread across holidays is the aggregate of all holidays he has recalled, reflecting on shared commemorations and national remembrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Returned Services League
Campbell
RSL
American Legion
Wveteran
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Tipe
P.S. Board
Public Service Board
PRC
Pacs
Simarten
Civil Liberties Councils
Council For Civil Liberties
South Australian Council
Professor Buckley
Australia Press Council
Ellicott
Law Reform Commission
Wi Gereenan See
Catelon Vwge
London Sundss
Wim
Ike
Shonen
Mr Cab
Eneiomes
Evans
Cocos
World News
Sir John Kerr
American Legion Lodge
Duratone
SONY
Duratone Hi-Fi Pty Ltd
Jamison
Bowman Street
Southlands Mawson
Botany Street
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