Cameron renews fat cat attack in Melbourne speech
Minister for Labour Cameron renewed his attack on public service pay gaps at a Windsor Hotel farewell for ex FSA official R D Williams. He claimed clerks earn far more than tradesmen like fitters and turners, urging a wage reappraisal across clerical and professional grades and criticizing overpayment to some clerical workers and underpayment to tradesmen.
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Cameron
Public Service
Turner
Hank Officials Association
R.D. Williams
Windsor Hotel
Talks on aid for PNG in Sydney meeting today
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Somare met Australian officials in Sydney to discuss aid for his country. He was accompanied by Foreign Affairs and Defence Minister Maori Kiki and Finance Minister Chan, outlining ongoing aid collaboration.
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Sydney
Mrt
Papua New Guin Somare
Maori Kiki
Chan
Aussie in a kimono naturalised in Queanbeyan ceremony
Mrs Hiroe Swen, a noted Queanbeyan potter, was among 61 people naturalised at a Queanbeyan RSL hall ceremony last night. She wore a silk kimono with a ceremonial obi, and said she now regards herself as an Australian potter after years in Australia since 1968.
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Fred Land
Hiroe ‘Swen
Queanbeyan Rsl
Hiroe Swen
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Swen
Austria
Japan
Sydney
Australia
Ian
National Disaster Organisation to be Created in Australia
The Government will form a National Disaster Organisation to assist State governments and regional civil defence bodies in facing natural disasters. The new body, reporting to the Defence Minister, will replace the current Directorate of Civil Defence. Prime Minister Whitlam announced the plan in Canberra with state premier input and telegrams inviting early ministerial talks. The change aims to strengthen federal state collaboration while preserving police, fire, and ambulance autonomy.
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Whitlam
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Nsw
Barnard
Mount Macedon
Victoria
Another Win forRaflene Boyle at San Diego Event
Unclear text records a win for Raflene Boyle at a San Diego event with scattered numbers and phrases. The readable fragments mention Sunday Pune and Redene Boyt Abatdoan but lack full context or verification of event, date, or opponents.
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San Deepen
Price of tyres to rise by 1% in tribunal decision
The Prices Tribunal approved an average four percent rise in tyre prices to take effect immediately after reviewing production costs and profitability. Each company will set its own prices, with some increases above or below four percent. Example tyres show small rises, including a standard Holden Falcon Valiant at 6.95 by 14 and tubeless at 27.90.
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Bourne
NRMA quits ACT third party insurance next month
NRMA Insurance Ltd will stop acting as a third party insurer in the ACT from May 1. The firm notified the ACT minister February 1 of its intention to give up compulsory third party cover, seeking a plan to recover losses and ensure protections against future deficits.
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Max Porter
GIO
Nsw
Queensland Insurance
Vietnam takes island in Spratlys archipelago
Saigon sources said South Vietnamese forces occupied a fifth island in the Spratlys archipelago without opposition. A platoon of about 30 men landed after noon yesterday while warships patrolled the area. Taiwan and the Philippines also hold forces on separate islands with no known confrontations.
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South China Sea
Associated Press
South Vietnam
China
Taiwan
Philippines
Whitlam names Critchley High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea
The Prime Minister announced yesterday the appointment of Mr T K Critchley as Australian High Commissioner in Papua New Guinea effective March 29. He will replace Mr J W Johnson who will be considered by the Executive Council for head of the Australian Development Assistance Agency.
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T. K. Critchley
Papua
Citchley
J. W. Johnson
Council
Australian Development Assistance Agency
Grassby letter on tourists and immigrant concerns
The report notes Minister for Immigra Grassby issuing the text of a letter to the Colombian Consul-General regarding 27 Colombians who arrived in Sydney last week. The item appears on page 3 alongside brief world, finance and sport coverage.
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Gramby
Sydney
Kissinger
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
ACT self rule bodies urged by Liberal group and council
The ACT Advisory Council the Liberal Party Federal Electorate Conference and a former Brisbane town clerk urged a powerful self governing ACT body with police education and health powers plus local duties. They push for a parliamentary act and ward based elections while outlining staged power transfers and a federal veto option.
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ACT Advisory Council
ACT
Liberal Party
Brisbane
A. Suigarno
Ory Council
J. C. Slaughter
Mc Slaughter
Mr Slaughter
Yevtushenko Calls End to Silence Over Stalinist Crimes
Moscow writer Yevtushenko issues an 1800 word statement demanding an end to silence about Stalin era crimes and recounting humiliation by the Kremlin for defending Solzhenitsyn. Solzhenitsyn's final note in Moscow urged writers to reject lies, tell the truth, and mobilize citizens against state pressure.
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Kremlin
Aleksandr Solzhenitsy
Solzhenitsyn
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Sol Zehnitsyn
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