PM questions Dr Cairns's actions
The Prime Minister Whitlam publicly questioned the actions and honesty of Deputy Prime Minister Dr Cairns after hours of speculation about resignation. Whitlam cited a secret letter offering a 24 percent commission to a Melbourne businessman for arranging overseas loans, while Cairns denied wrongdoing and promised a written explanation.
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Dr Cairns
Junio Morosi
Parliament House
Whitlam
Mr Whitlam
Cairns
Melbourne
George Harris
Harris
Malcolm Fraser
J. F. Cairns
Dentists reject hospital offer in Canberra dispute
Dentists in Canberra rejected a government proposal to fund free dental treatment and ward accommodation for Medibank patients in public hospitals. The offer matched private dental fees paid by the Repatriation Department, but Medibank patients would face a minimum $20 daily hospital charge under current plans. ACT dental group president G T Hutchinson said decisions hinge on the federal Australian Dental Association executive’s talks with Social Security at month end.
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Act
Canberra
Everingham
Medibank
ACT Dental Group
G. T. Hutchinson
Australian Dental Association
Ment of
Social Security
Hutchinson
ACT Group
Hampshire leads Australia at lunch in third day
Hampshire led the Australians by 22 runs at lunch on day three of the match. Seven second innings wickets fell as the declaration loomed to set Australia more than 70 runs to win. Peet valued for back-up as tension rises.
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Bampshire
Australia
Southampton
Hampshire
Back Peet
Decision reversed on CSIRO transfer to Minerals and Energy
The government reversed a plan to place the CSIRO minerals research lab and solar energy unit under the Department of Minerals and Energy. Prime Minister Whitlam clarified staff would not be transferred to the Public Service, remaining linked to CSIRO or placed under closer ministerial control, with final fate pending ministers' overseas return.
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Solar Energy Unit
Department of Minerals and Energy
Whitlam
Public Service
Department
Lenox Hewitt
CSIRO
Conmmmer Affairs
Cameron
Connor
Bureau of Mineral Resources
Japan
The
Uganda frees British lecturer Denis Hills on pardon
Ugandan President Idi Amin pardons British lecturer Denis Hills, 61, who had been condemned to death for treason. Hills was to be executed by firing squad Friday until Amin’s intervention after mediation by Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire. Amin linked the stay to diplomacy with Britain and Uganda relations.
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Aap-Reuter
Idi Amin
Uganda
Denis Hills
AZAP
Amin
Mr Hills
Mobutu Sese Seko
Zaire
Mr Callaghan
General Amin
Mobutu
Anmene
PM speechless at farm rally in Melbourne
The Prime Minister Mr Whitlam attended the Victorian Farmers Union conference opening in Melbourne. His prepared speech was left in his car outside the hall, prompting ad lib remarks as delegates and officials watched. A press aide rushed with pre submitted questions while Mr Fraser laughed in the front row. The VFU president, Mr Jim Heffernan, presided as the scene unfolded.
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Whitlam
Victorian Farmers Union
Tve
Posit R Fraser
Evan Williams
VFU
Iliam
Jim Heffernan
Defence and the Public Service
Dr T B Millar of the Australian National University surveys legislation before Parliament that would place all elements of defence under one authority. The two part report begins in The Canberra Times tomorrow, examining implications for Australia's defence and security.
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Australia
T. B. Millar
Australian National University
Oere
Canberra Times
Challenge to power of ACF SMs
A brief note reports a challenge to the power of ACF SMs with mention of three ACTs and a solicitor placing a date variant on one case. The item appears on page 3 and references judicial aspects and legal moves in the scene.
Opposition restrains itsself to two Fraser statements
The Opposition limited its response to two statements by Leader Mr Fraser. He called for an inquiry into matters disclosed in The Age and the Sydney papers and released a telegram to Mr Whitlam seeking full disclosure of government offshore loan raisings. He warned of credibility at stake and hinted that more information remains to be published.
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Daily Mirror
London
Melbourne
Phillip Cairns
Harold Gilham
Cairns
Omeanere Arran Pa
Xactive
Whitlam
Fraser
Age
Sydney
Dr Cairns
Sunshine Migrant Services sought funds for offshore project
A report details Sun shine Migrant Services Pty Ltd aiming to raise about US$250 million for a Cambridge Credit backed development linked to Point Cook land. It involves Dr Cairns, his son Phillip Cairns, real estate agent Norman Bernard, consultant Eric Farnborough Sear Cowls, and NY broker F Shaida. The scheme collapsed after government backing faded and a shift to a US$44 million development plan followed.
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Sunshine
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Melbourne
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New York
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Australia
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Shaida
Ara World
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Cambridge
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