Sailors complain of second class status at North West Cape
RAN sailors at the joint Australian US North West Cape communications base Western Australia report being treated as second class citizens. They cite denial of Australian currency in the US canteen and housing standards far poorer than American counterparts.
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North-West Cape
Western Australia
Defence
Barnard
Aastralia
Western Australian Housing Commission
Wran orders inquiry into Tathra woodchipping plan
Premier Neville Wran directed an investigation into extending woodchipping into State forests at Tathra on the South Coast. Ministers were told to report on the development after a protest meeting urged halting the operation until the inquiry examines effects on forest and coastal lands.
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Sydney
Nsw
Mr Wran
Tathra
Girl Dies in Tricycle Car Collision in Charnwood
Kylie Stafford of Yabsley Place, Charnwood, died yesterday morning when the tricycle she rode collided with a car in Yabsley Place. It is the first fatal Canberra road accident this year.
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Powter
Ats
Kylie Stafford
Yabsley Place
Charnwood
Canberra
Call to help farmers leave land in Australia declines farming
University of New England economist Professor John Dillon says Australia should aim to accelerate farm exits to curb income declines. He predicts a decade ahead sees 3 percent drop in agricultural trade and only 2 percent annual productivity growth, prompting rural adjustment with urban welfare support and a policy to retain minimal rural life.
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Australia
John Dillon
Department of Agricultural Economics and Business Management
University of New England
National Agricultural Outlook
Canberra
Dillon
Bush
Marriage of Duke's Heir Unites British and German Nobility
The Marquess of Douro, 31, heir to the Wellington titles, wed Antonia Von Preussen, 22, in Knightsbridge. Royal attendance included Prince Charles, the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, and the Duke and Duchess of Kent, while the Duke of Wellington arrived with a cast after a fall.
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Princess Antonia von Preussen
London
Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Knightsbridge
Wilhelm II
Antonia von Preussen
Miss von Preussen
Princess Antonia
Britain
Prince Charles
Princess Margaret
Duke and Duchess of Kent
Unemployment hits record in January Australia wide
The national unemployment rose by 27 055 to 354 589 in January, NSW worst with 150 669 jobless. School-leavers listing rose by 6 779. total school-leavers 54 937, 4 000 fewer than January last year. Opposition and ACTU leaders call the figures deceptive and crisis levels.
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Commonwealth Employment Service
Mr Street
Nsw
Street
Commonwealth
Queensland
Fraser
Barertsiva
Whitlam
Department of Employment and Industrial Relations
Hawke
Perth
Australia
Unemployment in ACT Rises by 573 to 4944 in January
Unemployment in the Australian Capital Territory increased in January to 4,944, up 573 from December’s 4,371. Males numbered 3,237 unemployed in January, with 1,707 females. Vacancies were 307 total, including 240 male and 67 female.
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Commonwealth Employment Service
Canberra private home-building stalls despite permits rise
Figures from the Department of the Capital Territory show a downturn in new house plans in Canberra with 48 lodgements December 27 to January 21, far below 229 the prior period and 149 year earlier. Alterations and additions plans total 93, down from 137 in December but up from last year, while 119 building permits were issued, value $7.699 million, versus December's $28.454 million and last year's $6.346 million.
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Guilfoyle
Whitlam
Canberra
Department of the Capital Territory
Department
Mber
Gandhi criticizes split as instability undermines India
New Delhi reports Mrs Gandhi accuses rivals of stoking instability and compares current tactics to pre emergency days. She lifted the emergency last month and announced mid March elections amid ongoing political tension.
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New Delhi
India
Gandhi
Viner aims 20 more Papunya jobs to cut unemployment
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Viner told Papunya council he will seek 20 new jobs for Aborigines by approaching the Public Service Board, not the Treasury, to reduce local unemployment from 70 percent. He highlighted housing, education gaps, petrol sniffing, and calls for more teachers at outstations while promising to review family allowances and housing access in the town.
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Viner
Papunya
Treasury
Public Service Board
Alice Springs
Winer
Department of Education
Carrick
Alice Springs Ai
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