Profits and Wages Debate Moves to Commission Hearing
The Conciliation and Arbitration Commission will hear next week a proposal linking wages to industry profits. The Canberra Times notes that while profits should inform wage formulas, dozens of practical issues arise, including pay variation across firms and essential criteria like skill and responsibility. The article argues profits as a wage component could ease disputes and foster labor as a stakeholder, potentially widening access to financial records and even management voice.
Nuclear power site debate in ACT at Murrays Beach Jervis Bay
Ian Bisset argues the public silence on a 1306 million federal plan for a nuclear power station in ACTs Murrays Beach|Jervis Bay may reflect public acceptance of nuclear power. He questions site safety, compares criteria to Britain, and suggests Canberra as a decentralisation model while noting alternative sites like Lake Jawarra or a 50 mile exclusion zone could fit goals of limiting coastal urbanisation.
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Act
Murrays Beach
Jervis Bay
Guckear
Tiawarra
Wollongong-Port Kembla
Canberra
Lake Jawarra
Nanay
Aear
Newcastle
Geelong
Threat to the Adelaide Hills Faces Development Pressure
Adelaide Hills, a watershed and scenic border of three miles by sixty, is protected by the hills-face zone rules but faces ongoing subdivision and quarry threats. Local planner B Hart’s decisions are scrutinised as the State Planning Authority and councils grant or deny approvals, while conservation groups urge reform and action from Premier Dunstan to safeguard the zone.
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Adelaide Hills
Adelaide
City Ie
Mount Lofty Ranges
B. Hart
Hart
Planning and Development Act
Hills-Fece
Town and Country Planning Association
R. C. Caldicott
Caldicott
Dunstan
South Australia
State Planning Authority
The
South Australian Civic Trust
J. H. McConnell
Windy Point
Belair
Planning Appeal Board
Perths bold plan to lower railway line reshapes city center
Perth government approves a $10.25 million project to sink the railway through the city area, aiming to create a new heart for the center. The move follows public debate and a rejected private developer proposal, with a seven member advisory committee guiding redevelopment and measures to integrate cultural and pedestrian spaces.
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Perth
New Heart For Perth Society
WADC
Forrest Place
Murray Street
Hay Street
David Brand
Malcolm
Sona
Ay Pares
Safety on roads and rising police numbers in the United States
The text notes a growth in police forces from about 6,000 to 80,000 with plans to reach 120,000 in the current year and 163,000 by 1973. It mentions unrest, student protests in Australia, and tragic road deaths observed at intersections, raising concerns of a possible deathtrap.
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The
WA Development Corporation
South Vietnam
Letters to the Editor on road safety and give way rules
The writer criticizes the NCDC for prioritizing aesthetics over road safety in Canberra. They urge clearer conspicuous signage, luminous center lines before give way zones, and even US style corrugation to enforce right of way. They emphasize cross traffic awareness and call for bold warning signage where give way to the right is not applicable.
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Caldicot
David Hester
Mouse Conservation Association
NCDC
United States
Canberra
Sears
Melbourne
Ellery Circuit
Variations in Health Scheme Charges Spark Reader Questions
A reader questions why the new health scheme contribution rate differs by state. They note NSW and ACT pay up to 25¢ a week more than other states and point to higher Victorian fees due to larger benefits.
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Nsw
Act
Saomel Amosz
Immigration publicity speech hints at inviting Australian creatives
In Sydney on August 4, Minister for Immigration Lynch said he intends to publish Australia by inviting writers photographers and members. He implied his department and Australian writers film makers can contribute to publication and Watson questions the sincerity of this claim.
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Sydney
Lynch
Australia
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State Planning Appeal Board
Colonel Light
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Athol Thomas
St George's Terrace
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Senate Joint Interior
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Cook
Immigration Publicity
Watson
Mr Hawke
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