ACT plan fuels debate amid oil strike and land leases
The ACT Advisory Council reviews a restricted land lease auction where Holt and Latham suburbs show higher bids, while Chapman and Macgregor leases sell above reserve. Separately, ACT and NSW officials discuss fuel security as a national oil strike looms, with Ampol and NL Petroleum amid talks on crude supply to essential services.
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Whitlam Bashes Canberra Land Policy in Melbourne
In Melbourne last night Mr Whitlam attacked Government land policies in Canberra. He said land prices in Canberra were kept stable until two years ago while all State capitals rose sharply and claimed the Gorton Government abandoned socialist practice for free enterprise. He warned that Canberra’s land boom would burden thousands who must live there for work with millions in costs.
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Japan Leaders May Visit China Before Mid October
TOKYO Tuesday AAP Reuters reports Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka and Foreign Minister Ohira may visit China before mid October. Officials say leaders hope to travel to Peking around China National Day. Tanaka warned a September trip is unlikely due to his crowded schedule. Chou En-lai has invited him as steps toward diplomatic ties. Australia Japan ministerial talks in Canberra were postponed due to Japan’s June PM change and planned meetings with Nixon and Chow En-lai.
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Queensland delegate backs flogging for offenders
Brisbane report: A Queensland Country Party delegate at the Gold Coast conference urges flogging for sex offenders and hooligans with the cat-o nine-tails. Mr H Dearden says flogging is what a victim uses on an offender and seeks penalties tailored to fit the crime.
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PM poses for Ivor Hele portrait in Adelaide
The Prime Minister Mr McMahon sat for a two hour charcoal portrait by Australian artist Ivor Hele in Adelaide. An entourage member joked he rarely sits still, while Hele called the PM cooperative and patient during the first of three sessions.
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Johnson ill with chest pains hospitalized after episode
Former President Johnson, already hospitalized after an April heart attack, was admitted again last night in San Antonio Texas due to chest pains and nausea a hospital spokesmen said.
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Court rejects land embassy bid in ACT Supreme Court
Justice Fox dismissed an interim injunction application by Ambrose Golden Brown William Harrison Allan Sharpley Patricia Jupe Eateck who sought permission to re erect tents for the Aboriginal embassy on land facing Parliament House. The ruling noted the case may proceed and the ordinance may be challenged next week, but found no public right to camp on Crown land.
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Aboriginal embassy faces court ruling and call for protest
Mrs P Eatoc said the ACT Supreme Court decision shows once again that law fails justice for Aboriginal people. She criticized government waste on an unnecessary ordinance to remove tents and urged student and union support for a Sunday march from ANL to the embassy site as the embassy is re established.
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Australian Croats Die in Battle in Yugoslavia
Two men linked to a Croatian extremist group are reported killed in a running clash with Yugoslav security forces in western Bosnia last month. Names Ambrose Andrie and Adolf Andrie, formerly of Gee Jong in Australia, were said to have left Australia illegally in the 1960s.vidence suggests forged documents or other covert routes may have been used to leave Australia. Yugoslav authorities notified Canberra and listed nine former Yugoslav residents in Australia connected to the incidents.
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Petrol rush cuts ACT supplies across Canberra
Canberra motorists face petrol shortages after a rush on supplies. Several oil companies blamed panic buying for the shortfall as some stations ran dry while others resumed deliveries from Sydney and Melbourne. LPG and gas supplies were being rationed with hospitals prioritized.
Record reading shows July heat peak in Canberra
A July maximum of 62.4 degrees was recorded in Canberra yesterday at 2 pm, surpassing the 1954 July record of 61.4 degrees set on July 9. The day was fine with a light breeze. Today is forecast to be fine with early frosts.
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Chinese beat Australia in scores and political debate intensifies
The report notes China defeating Australia 41 with brief sports detail on page back. Separately a UK crisis cabinet official plans to curb rising industrial tension during dock workers disputes. In Ireland political messages surface as Ulster seeks direction amid civil unrest and governance debates. NSW housing debate features Premier Askin accusing internal ministry incompetence while Cathay girls basketball team from Talwae impresses against ACT at the MCA.
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