Poverty and the state in Australian society at a summer school
The Canberra Times reports on the POVERTY AND THE STATE annual Summer School by the Australian Institute of Political Science in Canberra. It argues poverty exists despite Australia’s affluence and calls for government action to end it, urging moral obligation for citizens to fund welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australian Institute of Political Science
Canberra
Australia
W. C. Wentworth
Wentworth
Reforms Aim to Shield Commonwealth Works From Private Consultants
Senior officers of the Commonwealth Department of Works fear staff shortages and erosion of control as structural reform looms. Director-General Alan Reiher plans changes to reduce overreliance on consultants and curb encroachment by the Snowy Mountains Authority, while Parliament debates how much design work should remain in house.
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Snowy Mountains Authority
Works
Alan 8S. Reiher
Conference of Directors of Works
Melbourne
Commonwealth Department of Works
Department of Home Affairs
Commonwealth Railways and Housing
Interior
Commonwealth Directory
T Reiher
SMA
Cooma
Mreicher
Wright
Commonwealth
Reiher
Parliamentary
Public Works Committee
Aldo Ferrari
Act
Ferrari
Australia
Osaka
Japan
ACT Advisory Council
Department of Civil Aviation
Public Service Board
Dartmouth
Fairbairn
National Development
Albury
Henry Bolte
Victoria
Chowilla
Angry reaction to Chowilla impasse in Murray River plan
Citizens express frustration over the Chowilla water storage proposal as authority figures clash over who is driving the plan and why, amid intense public scrutiny of the River Murray system.
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Chowilla
River Murray
Canberra Day Movement plans stir for national capital birthday
A Canberra Day Movement committee of descendants of early settlers unveils an extravagant Canberra Day parade in 1913 city style. It features a parade with bureaucratic satire and floats from ACT Advisory Council, NCDC, and Department of the Interior, a “red tape” Gazette shower, and tableaux from local government and public service life amid parochial pride.
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Canberra
National Capital
First Fleeters
Limestone Plains
Melbourne
Sydney
Canberra Day
Parliamentary Triangle
Government Gazette
ACT Advisory Council
Department of the Interior
Council
NCDC
Northbourne Avenue
Vatican
Canberra 12th pageant marks 12th parade and water dispute
The article describes a public commemoration and symbolic events in Canberra with a mock parade from The Lodge to Parliament Hill and a wreath ceremony at Parkes Place. It then discusses South Australia’s opposition to Chowilla Dam in favor of Dartmouth storage, detailing cost estimates, projected yields, evaporation losses, and calls for a Commonwealth state conference and public release of technical reports to guide river Murray decisions.
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State Circle
NCDC
Capital Hill
Parliament House
Canberra Repertory Society
Fin Crisp
ANU
Parkes Place
Royal Australian Institute of Architects
Civic Square
Sea of Australia
Canberra
Sir John
Nixon
River Murray
South Australia
Commonwealth
Murray
River Murray Commission
New South Wales
Victoria
Chowilla
Renmark
Earle
Commission
Ted
South Australan
Dartmouth
Mitta Mitta River
Snowy Mountains Authority
Hume
McLeay
Fairbairn
Hugh Hudson
Glenelg
Albury
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Canberra Times
States
Territories
Bruce Juddery
Britain
Nsw
Right
Department of Works
Senator
Mr Ferrari
WWE
Fellowship of
Queanbeyan
Camp Hill
Denman
Alan Fitzgerald
Electricity House
Thomas Playford
Ayer
Adelaide
Hall
Aton
MacLeay
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