Aboriginal Children Scavenge In School Bins Report
Adelaide hearing reveals Aboriginal children scavenge in school rubbish bins and eat orange peels due to hunger. Education official cites alcohol as devastating families and communities. issues of alcohol, sniffing, and lack of supervision linked to poor schooling. Committee hearing continues.
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Adelaide
House of Representatives Standing Committee On
Education Department
A.J. Larinay
Punnay
Nick
A hard pill for PNG to swallow
Papua New Guinea Highland village leaders in Enga and Chimbu oppose birth control, citing fears it would reduce warriors for tribal fights. Barbara Lepani of the birth-control campaign says information on population density mortality unemployment and migration will continue to be shared as PNG’s population nears three million and is expected to double by century’s end.
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Papua New Guinea
Amin says Britain arrests spy suspects for firing squad
London dispatch reports President Amin saying three Britons were arrested on spying charges and could face a firing squad if convicted. Radio Uganda confirms Amin has returned to Uganda. Envoy shot in Rome as Turkish Ambassador Cari Taha is wounded by gunmen outside his residence.
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London
Amin
Britain
Radio
Uganda
Rome
Holy See
Cari Taha
Arrest at South Africa Embassy protest shocks crowd
We Campaign Against Racial Exploitation leader Nick Harris was arrested during a hostile demonstration at the South African Embassy. CARE members picketed the embassy while guests including ministers attended a farewell for the South African ambassador. Police restrained a large crowd as protestors chanted and staged a vigil planned for Soweto massacre anniversary.
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We Campaign Against
CARE
Nick Harris
Puesny
Mill
Inmigraton
Halo Attain
MauKellur
Semdur Knit
Lib
ACT
Caneberra
Muslait
Tab
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Embussy Commonwealth
ACT Police Greauty
Odle
Dwa Bisees
Cunstane Shatin
Puests
Alsol Arrwings Meates
ANU
Rath Cullen
Mil Tyne 16
Soweto
NSW Liberal rally backs Willis as parliamentary leader
The NSW Liberal Party executive publicly expressed support for Sir Eric Willis as leader after meetings in Sydney. Contenders Maddison and Coleman remain frontline rivals as speculation swirls about leadership before the August sittings. A private Liberal survey cited by Labor sparked the rumours, which Willis denied, while supporters urged caution amid the ongoing power struggle.
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Nsw
Liberal Party
Eric Willis
Eric
Wright
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Gid
Ene Willis
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Hedley
Arlbaster
Morrie
Colemain
Ene Wills
Frio
Iowa
Erwewinie
Sir Eric
Labor
Walter
Parlia Mentary
Ballory
Labor Party
Fraser backs majority rule in southern Africa speech
Australian Prime Minister Fraser urged majority rule in southern Africa at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting. He labeled white minority rule a barrier to human dignity, criticized apartheid, and warned against complacent progress in global talks while calling for balance in the Indian Ocean and avoiding arms race. A Times letter questioned Fraser on Aboriginal discrimination in Australia.
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Africa
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Commonwealth
Southern Africa
South Africa
Arica
Russia
China
Yugoslavia
Vietnam
Indian Ocean
the Times
Australian National University
Stewart Harris
Queensland
Amin in Uganda and Cyprus leaders clash at Commonwealth
British Prime Minister Callaghan questioned Amin’s whereabouts amid Uganda Radio claims he is in London for the Commonwealth meeting. Radio Uganda described Amin's supposed London visit as a Jubilee celebration scene. Cyprus President Makarios warned against force in Cyprus, seeking a peaceful path and sovereignty protection amid intercommunal talks with Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
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Amin
Uganda
Lon UN
Kampislay
Kampala
Radio
Armin
London
Ne Brivoh
Arun
Idi Osan
Sad Jo Sias
Makarios
Cyprus
Commonwealth
Republic of Cyprus
Pressure on SM denied by Wran
NSW Government minister denied applying pressure on a magistrate in the Sankey case. Premier Wran told Parliament yesterday about political interference concerns.
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Wran
Nsw
Sankey
Parlament
Fire in Abidjan club kills 44 victims at Le Pacha
A nightclub blaze in Abidjan near a petrol station killed 44 people, many Europeans, as about 250 patrons were inside. Fire broke out near the main entrance just after midnight, with cause not immediately known and officials unsure of injuries.
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Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Bhy
Man
le Pacha
Aga Khan
Opening of 1977 ski season brings best snow since 1968
Snowy Mountains resorts report good conditions as the 1977 ski season begins in Cooma Smiggin Holes Thredbo and Perisher Valley. Light snowfall in the past 24 hours, all lifts at Thredbo operating, 11 T bars at Perisher, no chairlifts. Hotels and parks booked up, patrols by Cooma and ACT police planned around tourist traffic. Policemen on duty day and night, snow patrols near resorts.
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Cooma
Snowy Mountains
Thredbo
Perisher Valley
Smiggin Holes
ACT
Landowners Push for Countryside Commissions in SE Australia
Rural landowners in southeast Australia urge replacing national parks with countryside commissions to curb rigid conservation. They claim Aborigines once burned to keep bush area open and warn of a holocaust of destruction if parks control grazing and burning. The plan envisions governance over parks, private lands near towns, and regional development to sustain farming, forestry, and rural livelihoods.
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Coun
Moriarty
Women's Association Hall
Tumut
Oliver
Kosciusko Moriarty
Park
Canberra
Australi
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Hockmen
Britain
Europe
Kosciusko National Park
Mc Moriarty
Narpsea
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