Canberra second market in new land leases sparks debate
Canberra's land policy shift creates a second market as 78 residential leases pass at first auctions. 17 leases sold to reserve price via over the counter trades raising questions about future use, pricing, and risk to unused blocks. Officials warn against artificial demand while noting blocks may be reassigned if development costs cannot be covered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Department of the Interior
ACT
National Capital Development Commission
Commonwealth
NCDC
Commissioner For Housing
Department
Thailand's guerrilla season opens amid border crossfire
A southern Thai insurgency escalates as rebel bases form near the Laos border with Chinese and North Vietnamese support. Chiang Rai province suffers a high profile killing, while Bangkok tightens controls but faces growing cadres movement and ethnic minority influence in the north. The four southern provinces remain volatile, with insurgent ties to Chin Peng’s Malayan Communist network and ongoing Thai government efforts to curb rural unrest. The king’s calm presence contrasts with mounting urban unease and a wary Bangkok.
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Southeast Asia
Thailand
Indo-China
Dong Luang
Nakhon Phanom
Hanoi
Chin Peng
Peking
Lge
China
Malaysia
Bangkok
Saiyud Kherdpol
Old
Thai Communist Party
Prasong Sukhum
Prasong
Chiang Rai
Rayad Samanmit
Malayan Communist Party
Vietnam
Laos
Songhkla
Saiyud
Letters urging education reform and public welfare debate
Readers debate education policy and reform with criticism of the Association for Modern Education and support for state schooling. Kathleen Abbott defends liberal social education, while Kathleen Forrest argues for intellectual problem solving. A letter urges relocating SPCA refuge amid animal dumps near Weston Creek, calling for action by Mr Sims and noting personal disruption.
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David Bennett
Association For Modern Education
Bennett
Ins
Laser beams and death rays in the 1970s military role
The article surveys laser technology from early clinical uses to potential battlefield applications. It notes lasers could improve targeting, range finding, and fire control for tanks ships and aircraft, with major firms like Ferranti Plessey and Cossor active in development. It weighs strategic implications for arms control and questions death ray viability, predicting increasing nonnuclear military uses but cautious on Space Age weaponization.
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H. “" G. Wells
Cossor, Ferranti and Plessey
United States Space Administration
Army
Navy
Peaylight
Middle East
Europe
Ferranti
NATO
Milieg
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Banchana Atthakorn
Pathet Lao
Marshal Thanom
Yala Patani
Bangara
Setul
Robert Moss
London
Gorton
Int Nce Ana Acce Eda
Accea Ee
Maivete
Molonglo
Fitzroy
Redfern
Australia
Kathleen Abbott
Forrest
SPCA
Weston Creek
Gue
R. Henshaw
Cotter Road
Asher Lee
Lithal
Egypt
Equith
Devak
Regio
USA
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