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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 21, 1956
Page
9
NSW Labour hesitates on price controls after Canberra talks. Premier Cahill will report on the failed economic conference with Sir Arthur Fadden. Opposition Liberal Party plans early debate while Parliament resumes after adjournment for Cahill’s report.
Ian Edmund Cameron, 30, a Renmark solicitor, announced in Adelaide his bid for Liberal Country nomination to represent Barker. He returned to Renmark to help battle floods, saying his father Archie Cameron wished he would run someday. He is married with three children. Dr Jim Forbes, 81, announced he would seek HLCP endorsement.
Officials plan new prison capacity to match a 30 percent rise in inmates over 18 months. Long Bay 1 will gain 150 beds, Goulburn Bathurst sites 90 each, two new farm facilities will house 80 prisoners apiece. Former Comptroller L Nott notes space shortages amid rising crime.
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