Absenteeism Seen as Major Loss in Australian Industry
BHP personnel chief R J Burge told the Australian Institute of Management that absenteeism or “soused unemployment” was Australia’s greatest loss after annual leave. He warned the cost of absenteeism runs into billions, with estimates showing added leaves and reduced hours would require hundreds of thousands more workers, while industrial action also causes severe losses.
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R. J. Burge
Australian Institute of Management
Burge
Australia
Osan
Britain allows Arte bishop Makarios entry to Cyprus bases
Foreign Secretary Callaghan said Bila will permit Arte bishop Makarios of Cyn rus to enter its sovereign base areas on the island. Britain maintains two bases under the 1960 treaty that led to Cyprus independence. Earlier report.
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London
AAP
Reuter
Bila
Artebishop Makarios
Cynrus
Tr Callaghan
Britain
Cyprus
Public Service Dispute Prompts Overtime Bans Canberra
The 1100 ACT Professional Officers Association members begin industrial action to protest low public service salaries. Overtime bans and regulatios will affect Parliament, National Library and health services, likely delaying housing, construction and color TV test schedules in Melbourne. Duty meteorologists will maintain essential warnings while routine forecasts scale back.
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Department of Education
Woden
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Association
Melbourne
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National Library
Nsw
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W. Bahr
ACT Industrial Action Committee
Executive Council
Administrative and Clerical Officers Association
Public Service Unions
Public Service Board
ACOA
W. F. Cox
Makarios urges fight back after Cyprus coup
Deposed Cypriot Archbishop Makarios called on followers to resist the Greek-backed National Guard after the coup that ousted him. He appealed to world powers to aid the struggle for Cyprus independence and democracy. Turkey sought joint action with Britain. the UN Security Council convened urgently as Greece and Cyprus faced a widening crisis.
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Cyprus
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Turkey
Britain
Karaturk
Greece
United Nations Security Council
Makathos
W A Aircraft Grounded in Western Australia
Western Australia grounded all commercial flights and flights over 50 miles from 3 pm to midnight due to meteorologist warnings. Pilots warned not to fly if forecasts are doubtful, with hour-by-hour terminal forecast coordination and extra fuel requirements. Some flights remained uninterrupted per Qantas and domestic airlines.
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Perth
Western Australia
Melbourne
Australian Federation of Air Pilots
Bruce Crofts
Department of Transport
Qantas
Department
Truck backs over 14 month old in Dickson death
A 14 month old baby, Sheldon James Lennon of Rose Street Dickson, died yesterday from injuries after a truck backed over him near his home. The vehicle was driven by a man from Queanbeyan.
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Dickson
Queanbeyan
Bread price in Canberra to rise by 1c a loaf
The ACT Prices Controller Mr McFarland announced bread prices would rise by a cent a loaf from tomorrow after bread manufacturers sought a 2c increase last May. He had approved only a small rise then and foreshadowed a further increase would be needed.
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Canberra
ACT
Mr McFarland
Test tube babies report denied by researchers
A Leeds University professor claimed three test tube babies had been born and were toddlers, but two researchers rejected the report. Patrick Steptoe, a Manchester gynecologist, said no such achievement exists and warned of public anxiety.
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Hull
England
Reuter
Leeds University
Bevis
Western
Europe
Cyprus Crisis Deepens As Greek Junta Faces International Pushback
Archbishop Makarios appeals for international support as Greece and Turkey clash over Cyprus. NATO allies convene in Brussels while Britain and Turkey discuss intervention under the 1960 Cyprus guarantee. Soviet accusations of Greek interference mount as pro and anti Makarios forces clash in Nicosia and other towns. A new Cyprus government is sworn in with Sampson as president and Dintis as foreign minister.
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Cyprus
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Rady Free Cyprus
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Tan
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Greece
Turkey
Britain
Reece
Kypriaios
Soviet Union
Tass
Moscow
France
British Armed Forces Radio
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Famagusta
Larnaca
Sampson
EOKA
Trade leglation given approval by government panel
The Commissioner for Trade Practices Mr Bannerman endorsed the proposed trade practices legislation hours before Minister for Manufacturing Industry Mr Enderby presented the Trade Practices Bill in Parliament. Enderby said the bill, replacing the Restrictive Trade Practices Act, aims to curb monopolisation and unfair practices, protect consumers, and address inflation.
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Enderby
Mr Enderby
Mr Bannerman
House of Representatives
Senate
Consumer Affairs and Commerce
Ellicott
Law Nighte
NZ soldiers claim to have shot US troops in Vietnam
An unnamed New Zealand ex-soldier told Radio 1 Auckland that he and three others killed six American soldiers during a patrol after witnessing torture of Vietnamese civilians. He described gunfire exchanges, two deaths among the Americans, and the covering action by a squad mate. No official confirmation. Defence Minister Faulkner considers it an allegation and seeks names, dates, and location.
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Auckland
South Vietnam
New Zealand
Radio 1
Gordon Dryden
Faulkner
Senate Rejects Electoral Bill in Parliament Standstill
Report notes the Senate rejects the Electoral Bill, a key measure linked to double dissolution aims. The move likely leads to a joint sitting of the two Houses to resolve the deadlock as pages indicate political turbulence and procedural steps.
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