Bus driver had nine hours sleep during fatal Jugiong crash
In Gundagai Court of Petty Sessions John Michael Slebin 40 of East Belmont Victoria faces manslaughter charges over a May crash on the Hume Highway that killed 18 year old Sylvia Burgess of Tintinara. The Red Line bus collided with a semi trailer near Jugiong after a nine hour bus shift began in Melbourne May 13. The driver said he could not recall what he hit as police described the damaged off side and a semi trailer 180 feet from the bus. Proceedings continue tomorrow.
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Hume Highway
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East Belmont
Victoria
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Sylvia
Christine Burgess
Tintinara
South Australia
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J. Williams
Yass
ANU Students plan counter demonstration on July 4
ANU Students Association plans a peaceful counter demonstration outside the American Embassy in Canberra on July 4 to back Government Vietnam policy and conscription. Stephen Duckett says about 20 students will participate while around 200 supporters rally for the opposing side. Pamphlets urge justice for draft resisters and campus sovereignty. A postal ballot referendum among ANU students will decide if the protest is violent or not, with results due July 9.
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Vietnam
Canberra
Stephen Duckett
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Inam
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ANU Students Association
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Dr John Cumpston to retire after 33 years in External Affairs
Dr John Cumpston, 60, of Campbell, will retire today after 33 years with the Department of External Affairs. A noted departmental historian, he authored a guide to Sydney shipping 1788-1825 and a history of Macquaria Island. He joined in 1928 and has held roles from Antarctic mapping to the Australian Legation in Chile and the High Commissioner's office in Wellington. He plans a book on Australian coastal shipping.
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Department of External Affairs
Department
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Campbell
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Sydney
Tobruk
Macquaria Island
Chile
Wellington
New Zealand
Noumea
Queensland joins starfish study crackdown on Pacific outbreak
Brisbane authorities will join an American team to study a surge in crown of thorns starfish along Pacific reefs. The joint mission aims to assess causes, spread, and control measures to protect marine ecosystems and fisheries.
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Queensland
Pacific
Polynesia
Micronesia
Three Qantas pilots sue to delay retirements in arbitral bid
Three pilots from Sydney, Captain Leonard Schubert and First Officers Richard Archibald Dunne and William John Weller, retired by Qantas seek an arbitration order to stay their retirements as the Australian Federation of Air Pilots argues to lift the pilots' retirement age of 55. The tribunal was asked to defer retirements while the federation presents its case.
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Qantas Airways
Arbitration Commission
J. Isaac
Qantas
Australian Federation of Air Pilots
Federation
Leonard Schubert
Richard Archibald Dunne
William John Weller
Sydney
F. D. Caterson
Schubert
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