Mr Barnes weighs equal pay debate amid cabinet clash
In Port Moresby Mr Barnes faces a deadlock over equal pay for men and women in Papua New Guinea public service. Cabinet opposition and union pressure shape the likely outcome as the House of Assembly weighs whether to pass the equal pay legislation. The PSA and other groups urge advancement while awaiting debate details and cabinet stance.
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Barnes
Aay Rmant
Arec
Papua New Guinea
House of Assembly
Caines
Shiyetwais
Serit
James
Herra
Power
Legisla
Cery Association
Wealth Public Service
Buller
Port Moresby
Nantay
Appea
Papua New Guines
Wet Service Association
G. Smith
PSA
Mr Barnes
Australis
Australia
Good pilot leads nation amid World War II recollections
A garbled World War II era feature recalls prize pilots, squadron leaders, and air battles over Australia and New Guinea. It notes veteran officers, including McCresswell and Cromwell, reflecting on service under younger leaders and wartime crashes, with mention of Darwin, Canberra, and the 77 Squadron Association.
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Timor Sea
Island
Gorton Wat
Roc
Curvis Suez
Hughes
Gether
Australia
New Guinea
Cresswell
RAF
McCresswell
Ike
New City
Patie
M. Cromwell
Gorton
Rime Minster
Tram
Pearce
Airford Air
Wescraft
Darwin
Witt 76
77 Squadron
Associaquadron
Towralia
National _ Airlines
Bluey
Truscott Commission
Sir Frederic
Scherper
Unions Rally Over Award Payments in Sydney Fight
In Sydney a mass meeting of unionists led by job delegates and shop stewards from metal trades, involving over 1,000 union members, criticizes over award payments and signals planned employer campaign actions announced by the Employers' Association. The IMT meeting on January 23 seeks to push for wage and payment adjustments amid a heated industrial dispute.
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Sydney
Thurnlay
Ngon Timdason Hall
Employers’ Association
Jay
Commonwealth Arbitration Commissionry
Matthews
Transfield
Frankston
We are not fooling we mean business headline
Fragmentary readable text mentions price location and re erection without external equipment. Refers to disposal offices and general panels. Details are unclear but imply a service or sale with caution on costs and methods. Named entities are sparse due to garbled source text.
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Sormantis
Canberra
Iluiners Ismaniling
Tuanuy
Howe
Sie
Brisbane man dies in bizarre self mine attempt
Police defused a bomb rigged suicide by Brano Boleslaw Kotlinsk 45 of South Brisbane found at Mount Cotton near Brisbane. He turned himself into a suicide bomb threat after a farmworker discovery of a wired shirt containing detonators gelignite and pelignite. Detectives spent hours dismantling the device to prevent a blast.
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Brisbane
Tony
Brano Boleslaw Kotlinsk
South Brisbane
Toxty
Padack
Mount Cotton
Oil rig strike may delay Gippsland work
About 200 Transfield Pty Ltd workers walk off the job delaying the offshore Gippsland oil project. The towing of a multi million dollar rig is halted and the completed structure remains on the foreshore near Port Nelson while the company reviews the dispute.
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Gippsland
Melbourne
Fig Construction Company
Transfield Pty Ltd
Gippsland Oil and
Pis Med
Farry
Yass landowners plan protest over land valuation rise
Yass area landowners will meet on January 17 to protest a more than 450 percent increase in land valuations. Shire President Councillor J L Hodgkinson warned farmers face unaffordable tax amid drought, with some valuations rising by over 60 percent since 1956. Residents say the timing worsens hardship, and no reasons have been given for the jump.
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Kinsons Property
Valet General's Department
Yaw
Yass Memorial
Japan Seen as Mediator Between US and China
Tokyo reports Australian Opposition Leader Whitlam urging Japan to mediate peace between Washington and Beijing. Whitlam says Japan can ease two-decade distrust amid Asia Pacific turmoil during his Tokyo visit, describing Japan's pivotal role in improving US China ties and regional stability.
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Tokyo
Reuter
Japan
United States
China
Whitlam
Asia-Pacific
Mr. Whitlam
Ional
Osaka
Scum Vetson
Sato
Kock
Australia
Knight hurt in Melbourne car crash involving Sir John Bloomfield
Sir John Bloomfield 66 and his wife sustained minor injuries when their car ran off the road in Melbourne late yesterday. The former Minister for Education was briefly treated at the scene and is expected to recover.
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Melbourne
John Bloomfield
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