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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 25, 1972
Page
3
Melbourne reports the Australian Federal Government forms an environmental committee chaired by Professor Walsh. It will assess DDT usage, PCB risks, and land use guidelines, drawing on government and non-government data while noting the need for independent advisory input and potential further research.
The public hearings of the Shire and municipal wars and revenue inquiry by the Joint Committee on the ACT were postponed until a date to be notified due to sickness and other commitments among committee members.
An ACT Administrative and Clerical Officers Association journal editorial calls the Canberra government house sale freeze premature and panicky, urging reversal while a detailed assessment is prepared. It criticizes the National Capital Development and Rescue for not being realistic about release of residential blocks and warns it harms hopeful buyers with long waiting times.
Attorney General Senator Greenwood told Sydney Law Graduates Association that police work is dangerous and demanding. He cited media treatment of the Aboriginal embassy incident, urged stronger cooperation among Commonwealth forces, and called for reforms to the EL ACT and the role of the Commonwealth Police Force to meet rising crime and education standards.
Member for the ACT Mr K E Enderby said questions would be asked in Parliament to obtain facts on the number of Commonwealth public servants in Canberra retiring or seeking retirement on grounds of mental health decline. He noted an unusually high percentage likely affected, citing stress boredom and frustration particularly in the third division of the public service.
Mr Nixon says Omega is not secret or military aimed and Australia will own and operate a dedicated Omega transmitter in Australia with prior agreement on details. Critics fear wartime use though US authorities note Omega is not weapons capable and not fitted to ballistic missiles.
The Department of the Interior will investigate reports of a person camping on unleased Crown land along a Stock route near the College of Advanced Education and Belconnen Naval Station. Since the Trespass on Commonwealth Lands Ordinance amendments, tents have been seen on Charnwood Road in Belconnen and on Cotter Reserve.
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