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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 20, 1969
Page
12
The December 1969 Adelaide talks on Federal-State finance yielded little beyond an option to study the Canadian model. Premiers urged stronger state funding while wary of income tax powers, suggesting the Commonwealth maintain the present system with tweaks and possible growth tax transfers.
Readers weigh options to absorb graduates, from expanding industry and using graduates as teachers to restricting women from professional fields and delaying access to tertiary education. Letters advocate restructuring schooling, and one proposes daylight saving shifts to alter routines. Authorities in Curtin, Tasmanian public comment.
A Canberra Times reader letters section runs extended remarks on Australian coalfields and past and present mining policies. The writer argues nationalisation discouraged sons from following fathers and praises miners retraining while critiquing a commentator Mr Lindh and his art interests.
A Canberra public servant cites The Canberra Times noting that decency tests assess whether articles about sex meet ordinary community morality. The argument splits between protecting juveniles and shielding adults, raising questions about who should read banned books and when.
Sir, in a December letter Mc T Miller compares power to safety with a Cessna 210 and Boeing 707 analogy. The writer argues that lower power to weight increases risk in overtaking, citing passing times and distances for cars at 60 mph and 80 mph, asserting higher power improves safety.
Sir the letter references a December 16 article about the Federal council of the Association of Professional Engineers of Australia deciding to bypass arbitration in future pay disputes. It cites backdated gains for Class I engineers to October 17, 1969, and notes higher classes securing slightly larger adjustments. It compares other groups with notable increases and mentions the December 3, 1969 arbitration decision not being unanimous.
A reader voices concern over nursing aides and student nurses receiving unequal pay. The letter cites The Carpet Times and mentions the Public Service Board granting extra seats. The writer urges the Arbitration Court Full Bench to deliver justice for the nursing profession and notes parents subsidize student nurses.
J R Paget defends Britain’s Dunkirk era and British pioneers in Australia against critics who say history should be reinterpreted. He argues no nation can deny its past and praises British settlers and the diverse newcomers who now enrich Australia while urging pride in origins and shared future.
The Office of Economic Opportunity teeters after years of political opposition and White House apathy. President Nixon’s stance and Congress probes weakened OEO, shifting control to local authorities through the Green amendment, undermining Johnson’s War on Poverty ethos.
The article recounts Nixon advisors backing a reorganized OEO with a cabinet level upgrade and a two year extension under CEO. It follows Rumsfeld’s push to keep the program intact against a State Governors amendment, detailing the Capitol Hill lobbying, White House opposition, and the surprise House vote 231 163 defeating the amendment and 276 117 approving the extension.
Sir Paul Hasluck the Governor-General visited the Zone 16 pony club camp at Glen Gall a Hall near Canberra yesterday afternoon. He toured facilities and met participants and officials highlighting youth equestrian activities in the region.
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