Australia Multiplies Burden With Managed Exchange Rate Fiddling
A Liberal National government keeps a manipulated Australian dollar rate, avoiding a needed revaluation after a 12.5 to 17.5 percent devaluation. Critics say such policy risks higher inflation, unemployment, and retaliation from trading partners, blaming the coalition and the National Country Party for the economy’s strain.
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Liberal-National Country Party
Australia
Reserve Bank
Lynch
National Country Party
Gandhi Attacks CPI Over Past Record and Sanjay Rise
Mrs Gandhi ends December speeches by attacking the CPI for past actions and alleged lack of patriotism. She accuses the CPI of colluding with the Soviet Union in 1942 to aid Britain and of opposing the Congress movement for independence. The article notes a broader clash with her son Sanjay Gandhi as Youth Congress leader and the CPI’s resistance to his five point program. It discusses internal Congress shifts, CPI reactions, and potential realignments amid Kremlin ties and regional political moves.
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Gandhi
CPI
Soviet Union
Britain
Congress Movement
Jawaharla Nehru
India
Ussr
Sanjay Gandhi
Sess
Youth Congress
Congress
Mrs Gandhi
Mrs. Gandhi
Mivenic
Kashmir
Bihar Congress
Sitaram Kesari
Punjab
Haryana
Karnataka
Party
Orissa
Nandini Satpathy
West Bengal
Siddhartha Sankar Ray
New horror weapons loom in arms control debates
The 30 nation UN Disarmament Conference in Geneva grapples with fears of new weapons of mass destruction surpassing nuclear and chemical threats. Soviet warnings since 1975 describe enviro and tech-based capabilities, while Western doubts linger about real plans and motives.
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Geneva
Brezhnev
UN General Assembly
Burt
ACT and NSW HSC debate on senior secondary systems
A Canberra Times discussion argues ACT students may face disadvantages entering Sydney faculties versus NSW students under the HSC. It notes Queensland entrants succeed at Griffith University via residency rules, while ACT system blends external and internal assessments, risking duplication and complexity.
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Peter Hughes
Hintues
ACT
Sydney
Annecret
Queensland
Brydecy University
Esek
Brisbane
Hughes
Anne
Ron
Canberra
Sian
Hf Co
Nsw
Sydney University
Readers object to huge sums on phones and budget cuts
A Canberra audience voices criticism of executive pay and budget reductions, urging modesty and economic restraint. Letters from S Hiltunen Curtin and John Faulkner discuss migrant language studies and arterial road plans, highlighting traffic congestion and planning concerns for Belconnen Fyshwick and Canberra.
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United
Australia
S. Hiltunen
Belconnen
Fyshwick
Commonwealth Avenue
Kings Avenue
Parkes Way
Kings Avenue Inter
NCDC
Gungahlin
John Faulkner
Phantom cutter in film vaults defends timing of breaks
A letter from Griffith John Flower argues the Phantom cutter, criticized by Ian Warden, showed proper breaks in Ken Russell film The Boyfriend aired the previous Christmas. The writer suggests judging the cutter by film type and handling of ad breaks rather than places in songs or dialogue.
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Ian Warden
CTC
Ken Russell
Phantom Cutter
Busby Berkeley
Arms race shifts to space based anti missile tech
The article notes a US Soviet contest in military laser tech rising fast with projected costs around 26 million dollars and a potential shift in missile defense. It discusses implications for strategic balance, treaty restraints, and calls for Geneva Disarmament Convention scrutiny next month.
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Uee
Sst
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Calcutta
Creed
Bul
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New Delhi
Mr Ray
Diet
Mrs Satpathy
Congress Party
Kerala
PDA
Moscow
Communist Party of India
Marxist
Ts Gandhi
Bihar
Uttar Pradesh
Ray
Gwynne Dyer
England
Dickson
Curtin
The
Canberra Times
Melbourne
HSC
John W. Doyle
Yarralumla
Molonglo
John Brown
Ainslie
John Flower
United States
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