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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 31, 1967
Page
18
A joint NSW Transport and Attorney General report may push harsher penalties for car thieves. Minister Morris said the study will consider stricter sentencing and whether manufacturers should make cars harder to steal.
An Australian industry scholar warns unions to raise wages and productivity amid rising employment, noting no car production gain last year and urging stricter pay sentences. He cites government and opposition calls for reform, proberty staff college leadership, and strained industrial relations due to increased numbers and pressure on managers.
Across a holiday week 2,000 visitors attended Sunday events while 3,700 visited Parliament House and 7,600 on Monday. Memorial operations faced low staffing and limited Saturday hours with 3,200 people not opened on Saturdays. The Royal Australian and other sites reported cooperative engagement and steady crowd interest.
Mr D C Watkins president of the Master Buildery Federation for Australia said in Canberra that housing stimulus would be unlikely to boost the economy before June or July 1967. He noted 2200 builders showed hopes not rising until May or June at earliest and urged further action to restore housing as an economic stimulator.
Fragmentary OCR describes a Royal Australian Air Force squadron plan with Mirage aircraft, mentions returning to Australia from Malaysia and involvement with No 2 Squadron and No 74 Fighter Indonesia base, but many names and details are garbled and uncertain.
The No 21 City of Melbourne Avallery Squadron receives the Inoustate Force Association Trophy for technical and professional efficiency in the Chiren Air Fee.
Professor Cowen, vice chancellor of the University of New England, urged an imaginative expanded aid programme for Asia at a summer session of the Australian Institute of Political Science. He advocated aid at about one per cent of national income and warned against overburdening donors while stressing the need for development and regional stability.
Professor Zelman Cowen told a summer school that Australia must maintain an independent diplomatic stance in Vietnam, as it did in Indonesia. He argued the nation should avoid being bound by American decisions and seek a distinct Australian approach amid the wartime policy.
Professor Zelman Cowen criticises Australia for not taking a prominent role in opposing Communist China’s admission to the United Nations while cautions that recognition does not equal support. He argues Australia should work toward China's restoration to its place among nations and avoid actions that hinder normalised relations.
Survey teams from the Directorate of Civil Defence have started work on an assessment of the available fallout shelter space in major industrial cities. The spokesman in Canberra said the survey would take years and involve new carving out areas for surveys in Newcastle Wollongong and Geelong.
On a Saturday local resident Mr Brian Barlin displayed a placard criticising the Department of the Interior for insufficient rubbish collection facilities along the Chifley shopy footpaths. The action drew attention to street cleanliness and municipal services.
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