Rootless mob in PNG elite threaten new power handover
Mr B A Santamaria warned last night that the government plans to hand power in New Guinea to the Moresby politicians undergraduates and a rootless Port Moresby mob. He argued a new artificial class of bureaucrats would be trained to govern regions like Bougainville and New Britain, using state power to undermine indigenous groups and push toward independence, risking military dictatorship to keep a nonexistent unity.
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New Guinea
Moresby
Port Moresby
B. A. Santasmaria
Bougainville
New Britain
Highlands
Africa
Fed.eral
Mx Santamaria
Santamaria
Seminar warns big business dangers to public interest
Professor W G McClelland told an Australian Political Science Institute seminar in Canberra that the growth of large multinational corporations creates a new power structure and risks to democratic control. He urged stronger intergovernmental cooperation and constraints as firms negotiate with governments and act across borders. The talk cited major firms and noted 74 US corporations exceed $1 billion in sales, with few non‑American peers, including two Australian companies.
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W. G. McClelland
Australian Institute of Political Science
Canberra
Professor McClelland
McClelland
Manchester Business School
Manchester University
Confederation of British Industry
Britain
Germany
Japan
France
Europe
Australia
Broken Hill
Cyclone halts Qantas flight to Mauritius
A Qantas Boeing 707 departing Perth at 11 30 am returned mid flight due to cyclone conditions near the telecommunication mast. Ninety passengers were housed overnight with plans to resume the service at 9 am if weather clears.
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Perth
Qantas
Mauritius
Apn
F. Angell
Sam
Lioness mauls children from a car near Brisbane
A baby boy Anthony McNally aged 2 and his sister Sandra Lee Anne McNally aged 3 were dragged from a car and mauled by a lioness at Ashton's Animal Kingdom near Brisbane. Michael McNally suffered deep puncture wounds and is in satisfactory condition. sister also injured. Attendant officials will review security and incident handling.
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Brisbane
Anthony McNally
Sandra Lee Anne MccNally
Beenleigh
Ashton’s Animal Kingdom
Michael McNally
Ashtons Animal Kingdom
Liberal Party
Fits
States Battalion Park
Bencher
Charles Porter
Toowong
Party at lowest ebb
A social item notes a gathering described as being at its lowest ebb, with minimal details about attendees or venue. The short description suggests a waning event atmosphere and a lack of energy or enthusiasm surrounding the occasion.
Witnesses shy at abortion inquiry in Melbourne
The board of Inquiry into allegations of police corruption over abortions faces reluctance from about 40 summoned witnesses to testify. Fears of prosecution or reprisals without protection prompt debate on indemnities, with potential refusals if guarantees are not offered. Attorney-General says no statement while proceedings continue.
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Melbourne
Board of Inquiry
Witnnesses
Brett
Reid
Melbourne to host first international eucharistic congress in 1973
The Vicar-General of St Patrick's Cathedral Melbourne Monsignor L M Clarke will chair the international eucharistic congress in Melbourne in 1973. Secretary-General will be Very Reverend T F P Little, Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral.
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Melbourne
St Patrick's Cathedral
Congress
T. FP. Little
St Patrick’s Cathedral
Oscar A signal picked up tracking team reports
Oscar A telemetry signals were received hours after the Australian designed satellite launch by US NASA and US Ispace. A Canberra amateur and Dr C S Rann and a team in Torrens monitored the 900 mile high satellite tracking room. Information sent included battery current voltage internal temperature casing and spin rate. Team members include E B Penikis Braddon G Hovey University House and P Lynch Watson.
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Australia
National Aeronautics and iSpace Administration
California
Canberra
Torrens
C. S. Rann
National Biological Standards Laboratories
Rann
EB. Penikis
Braddon
G. Hovey
University House
P. Lynch
Watson
Australia and US plan joint drug research program
Nearly 11 000 fans left a bush festival as Australia and the United States announced a joint research program on drug addiction to be conducted at Commonwealth Laboratories in Melbourne. The plan, announced in Canberra, covers exchange of scientific data on drug control, analysis methods, and enforcement techniques. The program will be overseen by the Australian National Standing Control Committee on Drugs of Dependence. Police reported a quiet two days with some drug use observed. one youth will face Gosford Children's Court on indecent exposure charges.
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Australia
United States
Commonwealth Laboratories
Melbourne
Bowen
Customs and Excise
Mr Chipp
Canberra
US Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Bureau of Narcotics
Customs Department
Standing Control Committee On
Offar
Breck
Gosford Children’s Court J
Kidnap Scare Warns NSW Parents This Week
Police on the South Coast of New South Wales urged parents to closely watch kindergarten and first form children as school returns. The warning followed a second kidnap scare in Wollongong on Friday night when a man dragged an eight year old girl into a building.
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Sydney
Nsw
Wollongong
Policy criticised by eminent financial journalist
Neil McInnes head of Dow Jones Paris bureau criticises Australian policy on overseas investment as disastrous. He argues for guiding principles by technological change and Asia's industrialisation, citing a large fertiliser works in Queensland and foreign control. He says export of technology to Asia is in Australia’s interest.
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Neil McInnes
Paris
Dow Jones
Wall Street Journal
Asia
Queensland
Melnnes
McInnes
Australia
Lack of Rapport Between Government and Big Business
Dr H Bell, economic adviser to AMP Society, flags a communication gap between the Federal Government and Australia’s large corporations. He cites aloofness and centralised departments as suppressing dialogue and potentially hindering optimal actions. He notes bipartisan support for tariff protection immigration and capital inflow, with criticism of infrastructure funding and fragmented research effort.
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AMP Society
H. Bell
Australia
Bell
CSIRO
Australian Industrial Research andDevelopment Board
Anthem quest opens today for Australian anthem
A six month nationwide quest begins on Australia Day to select a distinctive Australian anthem to replace God Save the Queen. Organized by the Fellowship of First Fleekwers, it involves over 800 descendants of the First Fleet and features four entry sections with judging by a panel of musicians and public voting culminating in a final Commonwealth decision with no prize awarded.
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First Fleekwers
Sydney Cove
Nsw
England
Commonwealth
The
Country Party to contest 14 seats in SA election
Adelaide Sunday report says the Country Party will contest 14 House of Assembly seats at the March state election in its most concerted effort to enter South Australian politics. SA secretary A G Matheson noted strong requests from areas and said nominations close February 28. He criticized Liberal and Labor for neglect of country needs.
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Adelaide
Country Party
House of Assembly
A.G. Matheson
Country
Liberal
Labor
Secrecy of reports not needed at summer school
Sydney barrister G G Masterman criticises secrecy in the Trade Practices Act and argues for greater disclosure by companies. He contrasts Australia with the UK 1967 Companies Act requiring annual disclosures and discusses Eggleston committee proposals for a Federal Companies Commission and wider supervisory powers. He says a federal body could improve enforcement of cross state frauds and centralise processes for prospectuses and dispensations. Publicity of restrictive trade practices is noted as a control aid in other countries.
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Sydney
G. G. Masterman
Masterman
Eggleston Committee
Fesleral Companies Commission
United Kingdom
Commission
US Securities and Exchange Commission
Companies Commission
Mausterman
Coffee price to rise by 20c for retailers
The price of coffee will rise by about 20c in Australia due to severe frosts hitting Brazil plantations, the main supplier. Andronicus Coffee Pay Ltd managing director G. Andronicus said retailers would face the increase from February 2, while the cup price to customers is not expected to change.
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Sydney
Brazil
Australia
Andronicus Coffee Pay Ltd
G. Andronicus
Three Die In Clan Dispute In Papua New Guinea
Police from Mt Hagen arrested at least seven men after three natives were killed by arrows in a land dispute in the Wabap Wapenumunda area. About 200 natives were involved in the Friday afternoon fighting in the Western High District.
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Port Moresby
Mt Hagen
Wabap - Wapenumunda
Western Highlands
Mick Foley
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Joint Drug Research Planned
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Innes
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Cor
Anthem Quest
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