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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 04, 1965
Page
2
Three former Taxation Department employees were fined £750 each after admitting to taking £5 weekly bribes. They supplied names and addresses from taxation records to a finance company recovery officer, a Special Federal Court hearing was told in Sydney on Thursday.
Three men admit involvement in a bribery scheme to supply confidential department information in a case tied to Quarantine regulations. The defence lists montages of charges including conveying sensitive details to a New Zealand importer and threats of noxious weeds, with prosecutions pressed by Mr McEwen and linked to radio telegraph operations.
Plans for an Accountancy Research Foundation in Adelaide outline funding up to ten thousand pounds yearly for five years across universities in the region. The drive aims to strengthen professional research and education in Australia with appointments and civil defence training linking chartered accountants to business schools nationwide.
NSW will raise two new Citizen Military Forces battalions by month’s end. Units to be stationed at Wollongong Port Kembla Dubbo and Bathurst with reorganised and relocated elements among towns including Lithgow Orange Goulburn and Taree. The plan, tied to Royal NSW Regiment, aims to strengthen infantry formations in the state.
A Melbourne meeting of the County Women’s Association debated a motion proposing reduced cigarette use. The motion, submitted by the Hume Highway Group, urged the Federal Government to enact tighter controls on tobacco products.
Cannell waved implementation of promised road route changes. Road Safety branch notes delays and urgency. Officials from NSW Crown are pressing for quicker action as the case proceeds through standard channels.
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