The Teenage Vote Age Debate and Legal Changes
The Canberra Times argues lowering the voting age to 18 raises broad legal and social issues beyond suffrage. It notes NSW would need to amend about 37 Acts, considers impacts on marriage, contracts, wage rights, jury service, and medical decisions, and calls for careful study before any action.
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Nsw
NSW Law Reform Commission
Commonwealth
Queensland
South Australia
Australia
Breakthrough Seen in Soviet West German Treaty Talks
Unanimous Soviet and West German representatives reportedly agreed on terms renouncing the use of force, a potential major step in East European diplomacy. Initialled in Moscow, the accord’s full contents await publication, but Berlin and reunification principles appear preserved per Foreign Minister guidelines.
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Brandt
Moscow
Germany
West Berlin
Teacher shortage sparks letters on NSW ACT education crisis
Readers from Narrabundah and Queanbeyan protest declining school staffing and education policy. They fault parents for inaction while urging government and education authorities to recruit and retain teachers to avert a growing national scandal.
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Narwabundah High School
I School
Nsw
Narrabundah
Act
See
Mr Rogers rises in a week of foreign policy optimism
Washington sees a rare week of progress as Vietnam withdrawal advances and SALT talks move toward real proposals. Nixon hopes for early China normalisation while Rogers gains influence over Middle East diplomacy, challenging Kissinger’s stance and reshaping U.S. foreign policy dynamics.
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Vietnam
Amin Me
Vienna
Ussr
Nixon
Peking
General Motors
Saigon
Mediterranean
State Department
Middle Eastern
Joseph J. Sisco
Rogers
Sisco
United Nations
Middle East
Washington
White House
China
Kissinger
Dr Kissinger
Modern education debate on teacher strain and reform
Elizabeth Nutt of Queanbeyan argues teachers face burnout with large classes and insufficient support. A Canberra Times letter discusses the progressive versus modern education debate, praising teacher guidance, child centered learning, and flexible school environments like Duntroon Public School, under the Association for Modern Education.
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Canberra Times
Association For Modern Education
Duntroon
Schoo
D. C. Evans Association For Modern
Canberran Letters Challenge Misused Calvin Claim
A volley of letters correct a Canberra Times nitpick on John Calvin. Ferguson backs Reformation heritage and moral salvation by faith alone. Patricia Smith argues winter recreation needs in Canberra and youth facility gaps. Mary Moore calls for a multiuse complex at Monaro Mall to serve all ages.
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Canberra Times
John Calvin
Europe
Martin Luther
Jesus Christ
Church of Christ Nondenominational
R. M. Ferguson
Science must stay broad in classrooms and communities
A Canberra Times letter argues against narrowing science teaching to mere words and facts. It urges embracing science as a living practice shaping society from electricity to penicillin and defends educators who aim to educate citizens, not just the intellect, while noting practical limits of enthusiasm for pure theory. It also notes doctors facing low pay and long hours, urging fair compensation to relieve burden on practitioners and families.
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Mick Wheeler
Canberra Times
Ters
Canberra
Stephen Boyden
The
Boyden
Ainslie Infants School Art Show Opens This Afternoon
Canberra community invited to view the Ainslie Infants School art display praised as among the best. Mrs Fayl Rickerby notes the joyful effort of children and teachers amid education crisis era.
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Canberra
Ainslie
Ainslie Infants School
Fayl Rickerby
Memorial service for Sir Walter Murdoch in Perth
Governor-General Sir Paul Hasluck attended a memorial service in Perth yesterday for the late Professor Sir Walter Murdoch, drawing officials and mourners to St George’s Cathedral in the afternoon service.
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Paul Hasluck
Sir Walter Murdoch
Perth
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