Aboriginal women demand McMahon resignation over land rights
Aboriginal women in Canberra push for the resignation of Prime Minister McMahon and his cabinet when Parliament resumes. They condemn the government’s 1967 referendum measures, demand Howson’s and McMahon’s resignations, and vow to protest at Parliament House with Aboriginal Embassy demonstrations. The plan includes continued occupation, police watch, and support from two embassies.
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Commonwealth
McMahon
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C. Dixon
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Dixon
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Parliament House
Officials in a flutter over illegal eagle sale
A young Czech migrant faced investigation by the Department of the Interior and Canberra police after keeping and advertising an illegally held eagle at his boarding house in O'Connor. Interior officials planned to seize the bird Tuesday as all wildlife including eagles is protected in the ACT.
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Pakistan quits Commonwealth
Pakistan announces it is leaving the Commonwealth after Britain and others move to recognize Bangladesh. Radio Pakistan cites London’s recognition plan as triggering the decision. Australia and New Zealand reportedly also intend to recognize the secessionist state, with immediate termination of Pakistan’s Commonwealth membership.
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Portable pensions to be payable overseas under new law
Australia plans portable pensions allowing age invalid and widow pensions to be paid abroad to migrants from West Germany Malta Britain and New Zealand and to any Australian pensioners residing overseas once reciprocal social security deals exist. The measure aims to cost little overall and could provide net savings.
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Wentworth
West Germany
Malta
Britain
New Zealand
Canberra
McMahon
Australia
Doctors bar Sydney cardinal from world tour
Sydney reports doctors have ordered Cardinal Gilroy not to lead a four month world tour and pilgrimage planned for next month. The cardinal who suffered a heart attack last November was chosen as spiritual leader by a party of Australian Catholics.
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Cardinal Gilroy
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Interstate gang targets Prouds store in Adelaide heist
A professional interstate gang reportedly stole diamonds and jewelry worth 60 000 from Prouds Ltd at the corner of Rundle Street and Gawler Place in Adelaide. Staff were inside the store when the robbery occurred on Friday afternoon.
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Interstate
Prouds Ltd
Rundle Street
Gawler Place
Japan seeks talks with China as Fukuda pushes normal relations
Japanese Foreign Minister Fukuda urged direct talks with China to restore normal diplomatic ties while stressing U S ties remain paramount. He outlined Japan’s aim for closer Western Europe links and expanded aid, and urged peaceful solutions on the northern territories with the Soviet Union as Okinawa’s return looms.
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China
Soviet Union
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Pacific Region
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Africa
Latin America
Gromyko
United States
Okinawa
Women’s Liberation conference blocks YMCA lodges at Guthega
More than 40 members of the Women’s Liberation movement seized two lodges at Guthega over the weekend for their first national conference. The YMCA owned the lodges, a Canberra Times photographer was barred from attending or photographing delegates, and organizers promised a statement and photos after the conference. The Guthega road carried seven crudely worded placards.
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Canberra Times
School painting sells for 36000 dollars at London gallery
The St Catherine's Girls School council in Toorak sent a painting it believed valuable to a London gallery, where it sold for 36000 dollars. The work, by Frederick Williams Watts (1800 1862), hung in the school hall for years with uncertain origins. Chairman FE L A'Beckett noted disbelief at the final price and recalled prior advice to set a reserve around 4000 pounds.
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Toorak
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Von-Smith
Ten new schools to open in ACT
Government plans reveal the ACT will see ten new schools opening this year. The report notes a Roman Catholic school to be established in the territory and outlines broader education expansion efforts.
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