National Gallery Director Aims for Immersive Experience
James Mollison, appointed director, pushes a total and positive observer experience for Australia’s proposed National Gallery. He advocates lively displays over cold rooms, plans collecting modern and ethnic works, and stresses youth staff, world-class acquisitions, and audience engagement across Canberra Sydney and Melbourne. The project aims for a 1976 public opening with leading experts predicting its strong global standing.
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National Gallery
James Mollison
Mollison
Pee
Sydney
Canberra
Melbourne
National Art Gallery Committee of Inquiry
Lake Burley Griffin
Parliamentary Triangle
National
National Capital
James Sweeney
Australia
Canberra's big boys and the girls left behind
A columnist derides Canberra as a boys town where men pursue big jobs and status at the expense of family life and genuine warmth. Women’s Lib is invoked as a future force while wives circle the edges of a culture that prizes self-importance, rigid prestige, and male-dominated careers over playful, equal partnerships.
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Canberra
Vanes
Can Berra
Gome
Pooh-Bah
John
Jack
Jay
McKinsey Aids Australian Election Planning Sparks Liberal Shock
The Canberra Times reports McKinsey and Company experts advised next year’s Federal election using a large scale American style grid. The study warned low response rates biased results, found low political arousal, and claimed the candidate with minimal exposure would win most votes while discarded questionnaires would pollute the environment.
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McKinsey and Company
Ieamistogly
McKinsey
Liberal Party
PM rules out MPs salary rise amid wool commission notes
The Prime Minister has ruled out any salary increase for Members of Parliament and blamed the apparent non-event on broader tax laxity. The Wool Commission was mentioned as a potential influencer, with Joan Lyndham cited in relation to the topic.
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Department of the Environment, Aborigines and the Arts
Mollison
National Gallery
Commonwealth Art Advisory Board
Wool Commission
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Eeres
Tee
Knapp
Smai
Commonwealth
Pacific Basin
National Portrait Gallery
Ment Commission
Galery
Warwick Reeder
National Art Gallery
Endeavour House
Manuka
Mr Mollison
Spencer Tracy
Iris
Freud
McKinsey and Co
Kinsey
Norma Hall
Canberra Times
Labor
DLP
Pymble
Darlinghurst
Red Hill
Causeway
Merryville
Gunn's Gully
Joan Lynravn
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