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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 04, 1977
Page
8
The latest quarterly survey shows slow activity in the March quarter with falls in sales exports and orders and rising costs. Employment stayed steady though overtime fell. six month outlook hints at modest rises in sales and stocks while costs rise and employment falls. Capacity use dropped to levels seen in 1975, signaling a bleak near term.
A Canberra meeting of the IndieChina Refugee Association urged the Government to instruct Australian naval vessels to pick up refugees drifting at sea north of Australia and bring them to Australia. The motion, moved by H W Fry and Geoffrey Horhairnfter, claimed merchant ships had refused rescues and cited a survivor’s letter describing deaths by thirst and hunger.
A fire caused about 40000 dollars in damage to the World of Light shop on im Yass Road Queanbeyan this Saturday afternoon. Owner Mr Ben Baeré reported stock losses around 30000 dollars, with most stock already moved from the business as it relocated to Fyshwick last week.
Australia to review domestic air transport policy under a steering committee with a report due by December. Public submissions invited from private and government sectors as airlines face impending expiry of current acts and a broader aviation policy rethink.
A 19 year old woman, Mrs Gerding Verhagen of Smithfield Sydney, died when the lorry she rode in rear ended a stationary semi trailer at roadworks on the Hume Highway north of Maryland at Paddys River. Her husband Johannes Verhagen and their 17‑month old son were injured and hospitalised. Police sought witnesses and details of the southbound coach involved.
The Labor government backs a policy aligning with the Woodward report on Aboriginal land rights. It proposes a statutory independent Aboriginal legal service to provide free legal representation, funding to buy land for Aboriginal communities, and adoption of recommendations across the Northern Territory and other jurisdictions. The plan awaits ALP conference endorsement.
In Perth the Opposition Leader Whitlam differed from ALP president Hawke on uranium mining. Whitlam backed a two year moratorium and urged safeguarding talks, while Hawke hinted at honoring preexisting contracts and argued mining could bring benefits like better health and education if risks are managed. Victorian delegates largely back a total mining ban.
In Perth the Opposition Leader Mr Whitlam remained calm as reporters pressed about CIA operations in Australia. He said the Labor conference agenda did not include the topic, yet noted a national executive resolution on CIA involvement was moved before his Canberra meeting with US Ambassador Alston. He would not comment on what he discussed with the ambassador or on Alston’s disclosure that CIA mentions were not raised.
Mr Hawke described police action at the Melbourne docks demonstration as unbelievably brutal and unnecessary. He cited reliable sources, including his daughter who participated in the protest.
Whitlam noted the national conference opening today resembles 1969 70 prep for government while Hawke said canvassing next election timing aims at restoring Labor to power. Both leaders offered slightly different paths ahead amid ALP debate.
Cane Times reports Can erra Opera presents The Merry Widow at Canberra Theatre on July 27 29 and 30 Conducted by David Cobbin of the Canberra ra Committee Cast features Lorraine Haase and Colin Slater with Nina Cooke producing Bookings open today at the Canberra Theatre and via agency Tie 8 6.50 and 5.50 concessions available
In New South Wales legitimate children receive a new legal status called nuptial and gain inheritance and maintenance rights under the Children Equality of Status Act which took effect Friday. The reform moves away from the term legitimate and expands protections for children under the new law.
New parking meters in Braddon streets lift rates from 10s to 2c per hour with 30 minute options in Akuna and Bunda Streets City. Meter heads were removed and refitted over the weekend as part of the changes. A separate page advertises 380,000 Tor to form a group claiming a police cover up in the Juanita Neilsen case.
Report from Auckland says New Zealand will not admit murderers or kneecappers under a scheme devised with the Ulster Peace Movement. Prime Minister Muldoon stated this position yesterday. In Australia, Roy Maher from Shepparton drowned after slipping into a backwater of the Goulburn River during the weekend incident.
Melbourne reports time loss in the March quarter at 307 100 days, down from 403 000 in 1972 per the Victorian Employers Federation and Employers Report. Sydney notes prison and Rout Commission actions, while Brisbane highlights Major Brian Ball of the North Queensland Army Reserve winning the Fields Marshal Sir Thomas Blimey Award for top army court promotion marks.
Canberra needs a dynamic figure like Queensland's Bjelke-Petersen or Victoria's Bolte to attract industrialists and boost jobs. Member Haslem urged broadening the employment base, backing incentives, and promoting sectors such as clothing, electrical firms, and food prep to hire women and unskilled youth. He urged more than cheap land and interstate ads to show Canberra is serious.
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