Departments Ordered to Cut Spending in 1956-57 Budget
The Acting Prime Minister and Treasurer Sir Arthur Fadden rejected the department estimates for 1956-57 and ordered immediate cuts. Many departments exceeded 1955-56 figures, with total expenditure last year around £52.7 million and defence expected to fall back with Western ally reductions. Cabinet considered broader tax changes as officials reported higher total Commonwealth expenditure and a small overall deficit.
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Arthur Fadden
Jon
Treasury Net Customs
Fey
Arthur
Fadden
Western Coun
Australia
Commonwealth
Treasury
Labour and National Service
CSIRO
Australans
Consolidated Revenue Fund
Australian Atomic Energy Commission
National Welfare Fund
Childent
State Caucus Calls for Clive Evatt Expulsion
A stormy Parliamentary Labour Party Caucus in Sydney voted to ask the State executive to expel Clive Evatt from the Labour Party. Evatt apologized for breaking a pledge over fare increases and left the meeting. The motion to bar him from future caucus meetings failed, with Evatt likely to face the State Executive at the next session.
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Sydney
Labour Party
Clive Evatt
Cahill
Evatt
Mines
Nott
ASP
Mr. Evatt
Woman Awaiting Trial Dies in Manchester Probationer
Betty London, a 34 year old Yorkshire woman held on murder charges in Leeds for killing her two sons aged 8 and 7, was found dead in a Manchester promenade yesterday. Officials say she apparently died from strangulation with bed clothes.
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London
P.reuter
Yorkshire
Leeds
Manchester
Betty London
Korean Dakota squadron arrives at Fairbairn today
Seventeen airmen and two nursing sisters return from six years in Japan as part of 4 transport squadron. The Dakotas join 8 Transport Squadron at Fairbairn, tracing to 36 Squadron in Korea. Air Vice Marshal A L Walters welcomes home the 19 RAAF personnel led by Squadron Leader G Waller. Flight Officers Betty Edwards and Betty Washington are the last RAAF nurses to leave Japan.
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Canberra
Japan
Fairbairn
Home Command
Air Vice- Marshall
A. L. Walters
R.A.A.F
G. Waller
Betty Edwards
Betty Washington
River Crossings Closed as Molonglo River Rises
All low level bridges across the Molonglo River were closed as floodwaters rose. Kinga Avenue Bridge and Scotts Crossing shut before 6 p.m. Lennox Crossing closed at 9 p.m. The river climbed from near winter level to higher as night fell, continuing to rise.
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Molonglo River
Kinga Avenue
Scotts Crossing
Lennox
Inland flood danger as rain and snow hit New South Wales
Heavy rainfall and snow across inland NSW trigger evacuations and road closures. Murrumbidgee and Murray rivers rise, with towns like Mildura Nathalia Echuca and Deniliquin facing flood risk. Levee work and sandbag efforts intensify as highways become impassable and weather worsens.
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Gundagat
Hokt
Great Western
Mitchell
Katoomba
Blackheath
Mt. Victoria
Pirate Lithgow
Oran
Kosciusko
Blue Mountains
N.S.W
Education journal proposal sparks student access debate
Professor Bland criticizes the flood of government journals as Commonwealth Education proposes a new journal for students in Australia. The director notes the journal would cover understanding and origins from various countries.
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Bland
Commonwealth Office of Education
Austrate
The
Commonwealth Education OF Understanding Lile
Lake George search widened after drowning of cadets
Four extra powered boats from Sydney joined the hunt for the Royal Military College cadets drowned on Lake George last Sunday. Only one body has been recovered, that of Brian Jorgensen from Western Australia, whose funeral with full military honours will occur at Duntroon today. Bad weather hampered operations as two light Army tugs and two Army ducks scanned the lake with a second eastern search, while ground patrols and lake patrols continued amid rough conditions.
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Sydney
Royal Military College
Lake George
M Nine
Brian Jorgensen
Western Australia
Rimeral
Jorgensen
Duntroon
Melbourne man Noel OToole among injured in Villach
Report from Vienna states that the men hospitalized at Villach include Noel O'Toole of Melbourne and two others, with Bradford and R. Lawrence named among those affected.
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Vienna
Hopital
Villach
Noel O'Toole
Melbourne
Me Bradford
R. “Lawrence
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Murphy Conwell
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