Costly and unused statistics worry South Australian businessmen
South Australian businessmen question the value of official surveys conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and other agencies. Senator Messner reports a 24 percent response to a 1,500 business poll, with over 70 percent saying they never use official data in decision making and many noting time and cost burdens.
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South Australia
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Messner
Lib
Tax-free wage scheme exposed for ACT transport workers
The Canberra Times reports a tax-free wage ruse where some ACT transport-worker operators earn nearly $100 weekly for a two day week. An employer, struggling to fill full-time posts, uncovered the arrangement where certain operators avoid tax by working limited days and receiving penalty loads. The award wage stands at about $3.14 an hour, totaling roughly $125.50 weekly plus penalties, with some workers capped at two days per week to keep tax-free earnings.
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Canberra Times
ACT Arbitration Inspectorate
Taxation Department
Dole Payments Upheld By Workers Claiming Fictitious Names
Workers withdraw labor for a week then present themselves at the Commonwealth Employment Service office to collect dole payments under assumed identities, a practice suggesting systematic manipulation of benefit systems.
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Commonwealth Employment Service Office
President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Dies in New Delhi
President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed dies of a heart attack at his official residence in New Delhi at age 71 while on an official visit. Vice President B D Jatti sworn in as Acting President. News notes unemployment benefit fraud schemes involving workers in New South Wales and related tax deception practices.
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Nes Velis
Indas
NAP Reuter
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Indi
New Delhi
Ahmed
Kuala Lumpur
Philippines
Burma
B.D. Jatti
Decline in milk quality denied by ACT Milk Authority
Allegations that Canberra milk butterfat fell below 4 per cent since the ACT Milk Authority began in 1975 were dismissed as mischievous. Spokesmen say butterfat remains high, with tests showing no decline. records were made public and corroborated by ACT health authorities. New chairman Warren Porter defended the Authority's tender deeds as focused on microbiological quality, not butterfat.
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Canberra
ACT
Australia
ACT Milk Authority
ACT Health
Warren Porter
Gordon Walsh
Porter
Canberra Times
India leads after day one in fifth Test at Bombay
Gavaskar unbeaten 103 and Brijesh Patel 83 helped India to 4 for 261 at close of play on the first day. India held the advantage after winning the tens.
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Bombay
Aap-Reuter
Gavaskar
Brijesh Patel
India
Papua New Guinea and Australia Seek Strong Nuclear Safeguards
Prime Minister Fraser and Somare issued a joint communique in Port Moresby and Canberra stressing stringent safeguards on uranium exports and cooperation with uranium producers. They signaled no mining decisions until after the Ox inquiry and planned further negotiations, noting Pacific security concerns and a nuclear disarmament emphasis.
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Fraser
Australia
Papua New Guinea
Somare
Port Moresby
Canberra
Carter
Pacific
Indian Ocean
Torres Strait
Weekend fire ban imposed in ACT amid heatwave
A weekend total fire ban covers the ACT with no open fires including barbecues and incinerators. Offenders face up to 200 dollars or six months in jail. Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve and all ACT forests will close. Temperatures near 37 degrees with extreme fire danger and fresh northerly winds.
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Nsw
Andudime
Gown Reor Omper
Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
Act
Two Canberra doctors give away salary rise to charity
Two specialist doctors employed by the Capital Territory Health Commission will donate over 7500 of their recently received pay rise. One gift supports Canberra Hospital's neurology unit, the other goes to a religious group. They will review their stance next year and may repeat the donation, hoping to spur officials to wage restraint amid inflation concerns. The increase was tied to restoring ACT salaries to parity with other states, with top-end figures exceeding 380,000 annually. A staff meeting discussed using private-patient funds for junior doctor training and equipment, with trustees to propose measures for 1977.
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Capital Territory Health Commission
Ore
Canberra Hospital
Comfssion
Canberra
India and World News Highlights From Saturday Pages
Sunanda K Datta Ray discusses Ram's defection from Mrs Gandhi's Congress. Reviews A Past Master by Harold Macmillan and War and Peace. Maud Montgomery bio explored. Buromania protest noted. Meeking foresees Australia’s women PM and UN on northern Australia. Terai wildlife trip and housing issue flagged. Davis Cup rain halt and other pages teased.
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India
Sunanda K Datta-Ray
Ram
Mrs Gandhi
Congress Party
Harold Macmillan
S. S Richardson
Maurice Dunlevy
James Grieve
Buromania
Sandy Murray
Maud Montgomery
Leonard Ward
Harry Black
Nepal
Terai
Charles J. Meeking
Australia
Embassy ban threat stays in Tokyo posting dispute
Miss Miller, secretary to John Menadue, secretary to the ambassador designate to Japan, is moved from Clerk Class 8 to personal secretary amid a dispute over her posting. APSA and the Department of Foreign Affairs clash over whether her appointment to Tokyo should proceed, with unions warning of career impacts for overseas postings.
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Mas Eline Mille
Japan
John Menaduc
Oliteiary
Australian Public Service Association
Pourth
Department of Foreign Out of
Brian McMullin
Paul Wright
APSA
Menadue
Miss Miller
Toksa
Hid
Miller
Tokyo
Linton Wifhers
Masmut
McMullin
Mc Wright
Department of the Prime Minster and Cabinet
Foren
Forewa Affairs
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