13 Jun 1977
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 13, 1977
Page
1
An editorial in Search warns that heated fluorished surges in Australia s uranium debate could trigger violence and sabotage. It notes the extremes fuel a cycle of loaded arguments, urging a middle ground and cautioning against selective use of facts.
22-year-old Daniel Healy disrupted the Trooping of the Colour at AMC Duntroon as Major Ross McKenzie escorted him off the parade ground. The event, staged by 400 RMC cadets for the Queen's birthday, drew more than 3,000 guests including Sir Roden Cutler who took the salute.
A ship carrying 200 tonnes of yellowcake uranium oxide will depart Sydney within three days bound for Britain, with final destination Japan, processed into fuel for reactors. The shipment originates at Lucas Heights and is moved under cooperation of federal and NSW authorities amid local protests and environmental debate.
The Canberra Times reports today that 2CA and CTC-TV present an Apes Fireworks Display at Manuka Oval. Gates open at 1pm with shows from 5 30pm to 6pm depending on light. Entertainment includes a pop group sky divers merry go round train rides and refreshments available.
The CSIRO introduces its own electromagnetic survey instrument named Sirote to overcome salt interference that has hampered foreign devices. Minister for Science Senator Webster notes saline soils soak up fields, but the homegrown system uses a surface wire loop and brief current pulse to reveal conductive ore bodies by slowly decaying induced currents.
Western Australia Premier Sir Charles Court urged a Federal-State economic council. Four Premiers backed the idea while NSW and others weighed feasibility and potential public support for a Premiers conference to discuss unemployment and union activity impacts. An initial conference among Premiers was proposed.
The Premiers urge an all-states economic conference with back-up teams to map regional differences in Australia’s economy and coordinate tasks. They call for a rapid setup of a government officer team, possibly with outside advisers, to prepare. Industrial and export states must align for recovery, while central manipulation cannot replace state action. Minister Robinson labels Premiers’ Conferences as charades but supports the initiative.
Grandfather John Phillips won Darwin’s fourth annual Beer-Can Regatta on Vestey’s Beach with a 150 horsepower outboard powering a boat built from 2,856 cans. About 20,000 spectators watched as 47 boats from Canada New Zealand Queensland Sydney Perth and Canberra competed.
The Hague reports urgent talks between the Dutch government and South Moluccan leaders to ease intercommunal tension after a siege that ended with a marine assault on a four car train near Glimmen. Two hostages died and six Moluccans were killed in the operation.
The ACTU and ALP president Mr Hawke defend negotiations with the Federal Government on industrial relations against left wing criticism. Ian Warden, after 13 years in Australia, dislikes being called Pommy. Ethiopia's harassed state faces growing enemies and a bleak long term outlook.
The report notes Yarralumla Primary School faces falling enrolments as part of a broader set of notes across the region. Commonwealth leaders relax over a Scottish Highlands weekend while seeking solutions to sporting ties with white southern Africa. The Australian Federation of Travel Agents worries about Canberra's scene as 10,000 Australians head to New Zealand for winter skiing.
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