Catchment Areas Protection Board Conserves Forests Under Act
Describes amendments to the Water Act of 1915 and Soil Conservation Act 1938 law in New South Wales. It restricts owners and occupiers from ringbarking or destroying trees within river or lake banks without permits issued by the Catchment Areas Protection Board. Applies penalties for unauthorized destruction and outlines permit procedures.
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Catchment Area Protection Board
Forestry Commission of New
Protection Board
New South Wales
Soil Conservation
Government pledges $30 million sewerage program for major cities
Australian Minister for Urban and Regional Development Mr Uren said about 17 percent of residents in major cities lack adequate sewerage services. The plan under the Sewerage Agreement Bill allocates 30 million dollars this financial year to ten cities including Sydney Melbourne Brisbane and Hobart to clear backlogs with funding by state breakdowns for NSW Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia and Tasmania.
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Uren
Australia
House of Representatives
Sydney
Wollongong
Newcastle
Melbourne
Brisbane
Gold’ Coast
Perth
Adelaide
Hobart
Launceston
Nsw
Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
New Darwin High School Approved for Dripstone Site
The House of Representatives approved a $4.8 million project for a new high school at Dripstone in Darwin with capacity for 1,100 students. Minister Johnson said the steel and concrete facility will include a science block library theatre and canteen. Approval also given for a six stage extension of Stokes Hill power station costing $10.8 million.
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House of Representatives
Dripstone
Darwin
Johnson
Stokes Hill
Price rises blamed on withheld supplies by manufacturers
In Parliament the Minister for Secondary Industry Mr Enderby said some manufacturers aim to push prices up by withholding supplies to justify future controls. The debate noted shortages of refrigerators, fencing, furniture, and steel, with Anthony of the Country Party warning price and wage controls would worsen shortages amid strong consumer demand. Full employment and high production were cited as factors in the shortages.
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Ise
Enderby
Sai
Country Party
Anthony
Australia
No TAA strike threat assurances given by Labour minister
Labour minister Mr Cameron told Parliament that prospective TAA passengers would not face grounding from pilot strikes. He cited an AFAP guarantee against lightning strikes and said dismissal penalties would not be overturned unless Civil Aviation found them overly severe. Prime Minister Whitlam denied promising to rebate half pensioner rates at the last election.
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TAA
Labour
Cameron
Olley
Lab
Nsw
House of Representatives
Mr Cameron
Australian Federation of Air Pilots
Department of Civil Aviation
Whitlam
Garrick
Vic
Labor Party
Health Minister denies vasectomy threat to morals
In reply to Mr James NSW, Dr Everingham said vasectomies do not encourage promiscuity and are not performed by responsible doctors unless the procedure is the best solution for the patient. He voiced confidence that no moral risk arises from access to the operation for young men.
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Ever Ingham
House of Representatives
James
Lab
Nsw
Everingham
Island immigration probe and FOI legislation delay
Island reports trigger an immediate investigation into allegations that island girls were brought to Australia as cheap domestic labor with penalties of 400 dollars fine or six months jail for employers. Minister Grassley warns illegal entrants harm themselves by violating visa terms. In parliament, Whitlam says FOI legislation will be introduced after the interdepartmental committee report and parliamentary pressures ease. Dr Cass notes state nature and conservation ministers council to meet early in the new year.
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Australia
Grassley
House of Representatives
Garrick
Lib
Vic
Whitlam
Snedden Lib
Council of State Nature and Conservation Ministers
Environment and Conservation
Cass
Snedden
Senate leader urges daily sittings to finish bills before Christmas
The Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Murphy, argued in the Senate that sittings should run every day to finish business before Christmas. He said the Senate must extend to Monday and Friday at least with 33 Bills on the notice and 30 more expected from the House.
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Senate
Murphy
House of Representatives
Marriott
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