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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 17, 1972
Page
4
National Health Act amendments would remove crippling nursing home costs with an orderly system. A $4 a week nursing-care benefit would aid carers at home, with doctor and health officer recommendations, while subsidies to home care organizations would rise. Benefits to commence January 1 with ancillary core benefits from March 1.
In Parliament yesterday the Minister for Trade and Industry Mr Anthony said the Federal Government seeks state cooperation to license travel agents but has not yet secured it. He also noted reports of large kangaroo skins being exported to the United States while replying to questions on primary industry policy.
Attorney-General and Senator Greenwood told Deputy Leader Willesee the Commonwealth Police assessment is a departmental report to him and will not be tabled. Meantime 14 atmospheric atomic tests by China drew no ALP opposition, with Senator Wright noting Australia’s UN and global protests were made clear.
Mr Bowen of the Labor Party urged Prime Minister McMahon to hold a national service referendum in step with the Federal Election. He cited NSW Governor Sir Roden Cutler's critique of the lottery system and questioned whether many youths are unjustly treated as criminals. McMahon held that compulsory service remains essential to maintain troop strength and deter international aggression, noting studies claim abolition would shrink the Army and discharge thousands of personnel.
Commonwealth Police watched the house of a Labor MLA in Victoria for two days last June. Attorney General Senator Greenwood told parliament that police were seeking people with outstanding arrest warrants. He cited a car chase of five miles before a stop and search after leaving the MLA Hartley’s home. He warned ALP members who support those people to expect lawful police action.
Attorney-General Senator Greenwood said monopolies legislation to deal with restrictive trade practices would be introduced this session in reply to Senator Murphy. Prime Minister McMahon denied the Public Service Board led the salary spiral in Australia, stating inquiries show the Commonwealth did not lead in salary fixation and is in the center.
Federal Treasurer McMahon told the Australian House that the government carefully examined Professor Henderson’s Melbourne poverty study before drawing up the 1972 73 budget. He said provisions would raise pensioners and families with children above the poverty line by about two to three dollars, with details to be outlined in a separate welfare report.
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