Bias and high legal costs in SA labour case
The Labor Government of South Australia faced criticism for paying 7000 in court costs of a trade union official after a long Supreme Court case over non union labour for shearing on Kangaroo Island. The column argues the move may reflect tackling high costs and legal obscurity, though skeptics doubt equal treatment.
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Érea Labor
South Australia
Australian Workers Union
Dunford
Supreme Court of South Australia
Kangaroo Island
Industrial law costs and access drawn into debate rise
The text argues for affordable swift justice in industrial law and cites government actions in Kangaroo Island and Amalgamated Metalworkers Union cases. It notes proposed Industrial Court actions may speed rulings and reduce costs, while highlighting inequities in legal aid and potential biases in the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kangaroo Island
Supreme Court
Commonwealth
Ists
Amalgamated Metalworkers Union
Canberra bus service woes spark public letters
Aranda resident M. E. Casey criticizes Canberra bus services for Belconnen and Woden routes citing lack of shelters, noisy older buses, design flaws, confusing timetables, and poor accessibility. He argues the system cannot match private cars in comfort speed or cost and deters peak hour transfers.
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Canberra Times
Canberra
Committee For Social Responsibility
Science
Seboensea Community News
Institute of Governmental Studies
The
University of Question
Fromt
Belconnen
Belconnen Way
Binduby Street
Caswell Drive
Belconnnen
Cacerns
Jamison
Weston
Woden
Privae
M. E. Casey
Letters to the Editor on environment and immigration debate
A Canberra Times letters page features J Gordon urging environmental protection over unchecked growth and criticizing immigration policy. Readers discuss sheep mutilation and dog traps, praise racing editor John Hourigan, and debate fluoridation with Western Australia perspectives and a milk fluoride alternative.
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Spring Silhouette
Victoria
Jim Dempsey
Dempsey
Canberra
Hourigan
Canberra Times
Menzies maps Canada role in South Pacific and NATO
Canadian High Commissioner Arthur Menzies, long based in Canberra, discusses Canada’s South Pacific outreach and upcoming NATO duties in Brussels. He highlights how Canada fosters independence from the United States, expands regional ties with Australia and Melanesia, and plans continued aid and diplomatic exchanges while preparing for a NATO role and new security talks in Europe.
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Canada
Canberra
Menzies
South Pacific
Fiji
Australia
Melanesia
Papua New Guinea
New Caledonia
New Hebrides
Solomons
Brussels
North Atlantic Council
NATO
Sir Robert
Stockholm
Ottawa
NSW Country Women's Association
Papua New Crimrea
Indonesia
South-East Asia
Commonwealth
New Commonwealth
Britain
Scotnah
Dirs le
Sir Henry Bolte teased with overseas director offers
The Melbourne premier Bolte may join international boards as a top money handler eyes diverse posts. Rumors link him to big British insurers, Geelong phosphate co op, and the Herald and Weekly Times. Overseas financiers seek a strong Australian front man as Canberra markets watch.
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H. E
Australia
Britain
Phosphate Co-operative Co
Geelong
Rutherford Guthrie
Sir Henry
Hong Kong
Glasgow
Canberra rattled by rumors of Bolte move and old‑boy nostalgia
The scene in Canberra features Sir Rohan Delacombe and Lady Delacombe arriving from Sydney and attending a Canberra Racing Club meeting. The piece reflects on long‑standing political influence in the city, speculation about a Flinders Street offer to retired Henry Bolte, and the lingering power of the Meredith farmer since 1955, amid mixed public sentiment and nostalgia.
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Liberal Party
South Australia
Lyons
Tasmania
Australia
Berlin
New York
Johannesburg
London
Bolte H. E., Farmer
Meredith
Victoria
Melbourne
Inter
Rohan Delacombe
Lady Delacombe
Canberra
Sydney
Canberra Racing Club
Ees
Juce Owens
Canberrara Racing Cio
Rohan
Lady Delacomibe
Andre Andrew
Flinders Street
Henry Bolte
Herald
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J. Gordon
Macquarie
ALP Policy On Immigration
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Austral
Mar Po
Allan Sams
SPCA
C. Essex
Deakin
Silhouette
John Hourigan
C. Nixon
Orbost, Victoria
Western Australia
A. F. Cant
Investi
United States
Portsmouth
England
Arthur Menzies
High Commission
Commonwealth Avenue
North - West Territories
Northern Territory
North-West Territories
Yukon
New Zealand
Japan
Ontario
Chine
Canadian Academy
Kobe
University of Toronto
Harvard
Department of External Affairs
Havana
Japa
Tokyo
Malaya
Burma
Australii
Mr Menzies
Henry
Bolte
Third
Southern Hemisphere
the Herald and Weekly Times Limited
Dick Hunner
Spring Street
Melbourne Journalists Is That, Whatever Sir Henry
Aim Australian Newspaper Board
Sedney
Brisbane
Aslelate
Hobart
Perth
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