Televised Parliament: opening the debates to the public
The piece argues for testing televised parliamentary debates to bring Parliament closer to Australians, noting the coming busy session with budget and redistribution debates. It discusses traditionalist objections, potential emphasis on leaders, and the need for experiments to determine programming, times, and speakers, while preserving parliamentary ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorton
Canberra
London
Parliament House
Holy of Holies
Westminster
Britain
Voice of a Woman on Papal Encyclical Sparks Debate
A Canberra Times reader argues the Pope oversteps moral law in his encyclical. She notes the lack of female voices in official debate and questions marriage as defined by conjugal acts. The piece calls for broader reflection on rights, embryos, and the social implications for Western society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Whitten
Vietnam
Heaths Encounter in Pub Bar Sparks Tory Talk and Far Away Plans
An Australian pub scene unfolds with Edward Heath and Rob Gorton figures among locals debating Anglo Australian ties and Budget Day. The dialogue covers British politics, emigration, marriage law, and the encyclical's stance on procreation, with reflections on women, race, and society as a wider discussion begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Letters to The Editor Keep left or drive right debate
Keith A. W. Crook of O'Connor critiques South Australian Minister Hill on advocating right hand drive urging Australia to follow suit for economic hit from car sales. He notes Asia and much of Africa remain left driven and questions methods for accessing the large domestic market without clobbering local makers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aero
Mr Hill
Australia
Hill
Asia
Soviet Union
Tom
Africa
Keith A. W. Crook O'Connor
Private schooling debate and hospital food critics cross letters
Kathleen Abbott argues for private schools within a wider education system and suggests an excess profits tax to fund education reforms while stressing needs for better public schooling. Griffith su writes from June to July about Canberra Community Hospital food quality and calls for improved cooking methods and better fish, noting patient dissatisfaction and calling for more complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton
Kathleen Abbott
Canberra
Curtis Moore
V. G. Warrison Braddon
British Opposition Leader Seeks Aussies On Pub Crawl
At Port Hedland Heath, the British Opposition leader, advised to talk to real Australians, requested a pub crawl but met only a Yugoslav and a Hungarian. He quipped, All this way and not a single bloody Aussie.
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Berra
Ted
Port Hedland
Heath
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Private Debating Club
Canberra Times
Alan Fitzgerald
Edward Eath
Government House
House of Lords
Harold Wilson
Gorsake
East of Suez
Wilson
Opin
Pat
Animal Kingdom
God
O Uure
Coitus
Dorothy Green
R. Freeman Butts
Columbia University
USA
Griffith
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