London fire bomb campaign raises terror fears
London faces a surge of fire bombs and letter bombs with officials warning the devices could blow a man in half. Provisional Irish Republican Army factions deny claims as attacks hit Harrods Liberty's and several major stores, plus a bomb at the Old Bailey site.
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Harrods
Knightsbridge
Liberty's
Fast Mehra
Central Office of Information
Hriish
London
Noriers
Ireland
Anterday
Midlands
Birmingham
Central Criminal Court
Old Bailey
Tie Pal
Defence jobs cut and fleet downsizing outlined
The defence service plans large scale cuts, with civilian staff reduced by 4,500 and military manpower down by 28,500. The RAN loses ships including HMAS Anzac and HMAS Sydney is to be decommissioned. HMAS Duchess conversion to finish. the proposed Projector and S355 DD I projects scrapped. Cuts through attrition and inter-service transfers are emphasized.
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Navy
Defence
Department of the Navy
Department of the Army
Department of Air
Department of Supply
RAN
RAAF
Hmas Anzac
Hmas Duchess
Hmas Sydney
Mirage squadrons reduced as RAAF trims fighters and trainers
The RAAF plans cutbacks with one Mirage squadron reduced and fewer New Zealand built CT piston trainers than the 37 ordered. Defence industry orders shrink as stocks run down. Refits move to Garden Island and Williamstown. Cockburn Sound base phase may delay. Defence capabilities grow but redundancies loom in Canberra public service.
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RAAF
RAN
Garden Island
Hmas Cook
Williamstown
Naval Dockyard
Victoria
Cockburn Sound
Western
Peters
Regulation 97 Allowances Hike for Canberra Public Servants
Regulation 97 increases take effect from today as Canberra based public servants receive higher rental subsidies. The two main associations pressed for reviews for over a year. the ceiling rises from 30.80 to 33 for non-families and 40 for families with children, with actual payment ranging by salary and family status. The cost averages 18 dollars weekly per worker, about 1 million annually, and the plan aims to prevent rent spikes while maintaining incentives to relocate to Canberra.
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Canberra
Public Service
Administrative and Clerical Officers Association
Council of Commonwealth Public Service Organisations
Public Service Board
Public Service Act
Public Service Inspector
Mr McMahon
Capital Territory
Enderby
Five survive PNG light aircraft crash near Mendi
A five member crew escaped unharmed when a single engine Cessna 185 from Territory Air Lines crash landed in rough terrain at Hum Gap near Mendi in the southern highlands of Papua New Guinea. The incident occurred this morning as the aircraft neared its destination in Port Moresby.
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Port Moresby
Fivele
Mendi
Papua New Guinea
Territory Air Lines
Humgap
Change of Heart on Offshore Legislation
The Liberal Party shifted in favor of the offshore areas bill after years of division over whether the Commonwealth or states control water embodied from the low water mark outward. The move, backed by the parliamentary executive in Melbourne, leaves the government likely to press the mining code amid Senate debates.
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Liberal Party
Australia
I Gorton
Fairbairn
Bhalleone
Gur
Liberal-Country Party
Melbourne
Senate
Move to cut pay rises supported by unions
The Minister for Labour Mr Cameron has gained union approval to brief the Cabinet on a plan to modify Public Service Board proposals for salary rises. Second division officers would see 16% rises and third division 12%, but unions favored limiting increases to those in fourth division and lower parts of third division, with higher earners in third division facing only 3.6% later-steps. The plan aimed to aid lower paid workers at the expense of higher paid staff, but drew nonunanimous union support.
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Coombs
Enderby
Public Service Board
Canberra
Mel Whithim
Labour
Cameron
Res
ACOA
Fea
Neverday
Petrol, liquor, tobacco rises allowed in states
Melbourne reports indicate service stations may not raise prices until petrol stocks deplete, with potential months before hikes. Authorities note 25% tariff on imported tobacco, and NSW, Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania and Adelaide outline expected petrol and cigarette price increases, while debates over public service pay rise scheme progress in cabinet continue amid union responses.
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Witch
Lattin
Oprita
Senmipa Daren Tk
Melbourne
Torian Automobile Chamber of E
Victoria
Enue
Victorian
Eta
Perth
Late News Two Act Mes in State Rugby Team
Wests rogey uno players Stuart Masdougall and John Weatherstone named for NSW to meet Queensland in Sydney on Saturday. Team announced after NSW Country defeated Queensland 23-7 yesterday, per Back Page.
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MES
Wests Rogey Uno
Stuart Masdougall
John Weatherstone
Nsw
Queensland
Sydney
Matty Ipert
National museum study eyed for ACT capital Canberra
Interim council to coordinate a study on Australian biological resources with aim to establish a national museum in Canberra. Cambodia note reports Sihanouk saying Cambodian forces will not attack Phnom Penh soon. Canberra Hospitals Board rejects a $25 nurses textbooks gift citing policy on gifts for Commonwealth funded items. Capital Hill chosen as site for new Parliament House with caveat about Canberra interests.
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Canberra
Cambodia
Worodom Sihanouk
Peking
Phoom Penh
Canberra Hospitals Board of Management
Ite
Commonwealth
Capital Hill
Parliament House
Roger Johnson
Meeting at Crithih Primary School on education proposal
A morning meeting at Crithih Primary School involves divers from the Department of Education and staff anxious about a proposal affecting the infants school. The Canberra racecourse plan is noted by the ACT Committee of Race Clubs.
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Crithih
Department of Education
Act
Canberra
Buck Page
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