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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Feb 07, 1973
Page
2
Canberra Life Line reports 90 crisis intervention visits in 18 months for people in severe low mood or at risk of self harm. Since August 1971 the non stop service has fielded 5478 calls about communication and interpersonal issues, aiding 67 with friendship and reducing loneliness.
Coal miners displaced by mine closures gain severance pay under a Coal Industry Tribunal ruling by Mr Justice Gallagher. The interim order requires NSW Queensland and Tasmanian employers to grant one week’s pay per year of service to miners made redundant, provided they worked at the same colliery for at least five years. Residents near Brisbane form Rural Environment Preservation Association to block land rezoning affecting 340 acres.
About 15 000 shearers and shed hands across Australia were offered a 15 percent wage rise by graziers. The offer, received on Friday, was referred by the Australian Workers Union executive to state branches which will call rank and file meetings to discuss the proposal.
In Fairfield Court a 39 year old man, Frank Strangio, charged with shooting Ralph Romeo three times, is held on $800 bail and remanded until March 3. A domestic dispute involving Strangio, his wife, and Romeo was cited by the police prosecutor as the motive.
Government announces emergency payments and supplementary grants to export fruit growers in apples pears peaches and apricots to cushion revaluation effects. Eligibility ties to prior Reconstruction Scheme approval with aid levels up to 1500 dollars plus 1000 or 800 dollar supplements depending on crop focus. Details to be worked out. broader rural measures planned including potential marketing reforms and longer term adjustments.
Richard Clifford Thorn, 27, of Coogee, Sydney, had his two year jail term for cannabis resin importation substituted with a 500 pound fine in London. He faces deportation under the Commonwealth Immigrants Act after paying the fine. Two Queensland men from Surfers Paradise, Mark Johnstone and James Stevens, were also ordered deportation recommendations to the Home Office after pleading guilty to cannabis import charges, with deportation to follow their sentences.
Mr Anthony, Leader of the Country Party, denounces the government's plan for rural industries. He says only the fruit sector would get adjustment assistance, with compensation limited and vague assurances for others. He disputes currency actions harming exporters by $150 to $200 million and cites sugar industry losses of at least $10 million annually.
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