Australia vows no Vietnam troop increase at present
Prime Minister Senator Gorton stated on a pre recorded Brisbane program that Australia will not raise its Vietnam commitment for now. He emphasized extending national welfare measures and questioned future peace talks while planning to visit Australian troops after parliament's first session.
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ABC
Robert Moore
Canberra
United States
Gorton on Australia aid role in Asia and security
In an ABC interview Senator Gorton says Australia cannot fill the gap left by Britain in Malaysia and Singapore. He argues aid should be measured, building technological capacity, and not undermine Australia’s own needs while fostering regional relations with Indonesia Malaysia Singapore and Japan.
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Two die after accidents in ACT
Police report two deaths from injuries in Canberra area accidents. Steven Chris McGlashan, 23, of Arndell Street, found on the Corin Dam Road roadway with fractured skull and leg injuries, died in hospital on Saturday. Barbara Jean Pearce, 16, of Scott Street Narra Bundah, died in Canberra Community Hospital on Saturday after a collision involving a bus on Kings Avenue.
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Scott Street
Narrabundah
Canberra Community Hospital
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Calwell lauds USSR in Melbourne radio chat
Former opposition leader Arthur Calwell told a Melbourne radio program that Australia was a land of hillbillies by comparison with the Soviet Union. He praised widespread education and a zest for learning, noting liberalisation at the Kremlin top level since Stalin’s death in 1953.
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Soviet Union
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Conference unity meeting of NSP Australia cancelled in Canberra
National Socialist Party of Australia failed to hold a national unity conference in Canberra as interstate delegates were telephoned warnings of cancellation. About 25 to 30 delegates were expected. police and press waited outside Hughes Community Hall while internal disputes and questions with Pravda reporters surfaced.
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Moscow News
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Australia
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Rival unions clash over Canberra Trades Picnic plan
The Canberra Trades and Labour Council faces opposition from two unions, the AWU and the Plumbers and Gas Fitters Union, who will stage separate picnics on March 4 at Weston Park and Springbank Island. AWU has about 1,200 ACT members, 800 in Canberra, while the Plumbers Union counts around 350. The TLC secretary denounces breakaway picnics as causing public and union confusion.
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Git
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Tunku acts UK withdrawal talks sought
Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman calls for a five nation meeting with Australia New Zealand Britain and Singapore to discuss implications of Britain's 1971 Far East withdrawal plans. Deputy Tun Abdul Razak said no date yet set as governments agree. Singapore’s Dr Goh Keng Swee arrived for high level defense talks.
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Far East
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Tun Razak
Goh Keng Swee
Dr Goh
Mr Lee
Malaysia
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McEwen explains devaluation policy rift with Holt
Australia’s Trade Minister McEwen told the Country Party Federal Council in Canberra that his earlier devaluation statement aimed to set a binding policy on primary industries. He said the decision was inevitable but argued for its implications on farming sectors and sugar talks. The council also discussed freight relief for isolated areas and decentralisation plans, while framing death duties as a threat to family farms.
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Holt
Pevenne
Mural Industries
Australia
Gorton
Young Country Party
Women's Federal Council
Cyclone damages Cocos Islands infrastructure
A cyclone struck the Cocos Islands yesterday causing extensive building damage and disrupting telephone services and power. Minister for Territories Mr Barnes stated no deaths were reported and relief plans were underway.
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