Australia faces choice on Antarctic ship and sovereignty
Australia weighs urgent decision on replacing Danish Antarctic transport with an Australian built vessel or continued charters. A new ship could consolidate transport and support sovereignty claims, as current costs and reliance on foreign ships threaten Antarctic operations and Australia’s 200 nautical mile extension strategy.
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Antarctic Division
Department of Science
Elies
Canberra
Australan
Antarctic
Soviet Union
United States
Royal Australian Navy
Lrless
Antarctica
Centre aid funds set for old people’s centres
The Government announced planned weekend contributions toward building old people’s centres through 1979. NSW would receive 2.2 million for 1977-78 and 1978-79, Victoria 1.1 million in 1978-79, Queensland 982,000 in 1978-79, South Australia 600,290 for 1977-78 and 1978-79, and Western Australia 445,350 for 1977-78 and 1978-79.
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Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
Western Australia
NEAT scheme offers 20 fisher courses under NEAT plan
The Victorian Farmers Union fisheries section runs 20 one week NEAT courses this year to certify 300 fishermen. Courses cover navigational rules radar collision avoidance and seamanship. The May Australian Training News notes over 20 projects with subsidies exceeding 70 000 have been approved by the National Training Council.
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Victorian Farmers Union
Australian Training News
NEAT
Council
In-fill sites deemed unsuitable for housing in Canberra
The National Capital Development Commission finds two land sections in Griffith and Downer unsuitable for Sun-fill housing. It will recommend gazetting as open space after technical probes show development presents too many problems. The Griffith site planned for 10 townhouses and Downer for 25 flats. The NCDC will propose open space to the Department of the Capital Territory and continues talks with lobby groups behind the inner Canberra land proposals.
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National Capital Development Commission
Commission
Griffith
Downer
NCDC
Department of the Capital Territory
Canberra
Digging in F111 crash crater near Armidale
The crater from a RAAF F111 crash near Armidale NSW on April 28 is being dug deeper by crash investigators. They search for engine failure clues, possibly a turbine blade, to explain the loss while the No 6 Squadron aircraft from Amberley Queensland had a safe ejection.
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Armidale
Nsw
RAAF
Vna
No 6 Squadron
Amberley
Queensland
Caution Issued as ACT Schools Warn of Drop Off Dangers
The ACT Schools Authority urges parents to slow down near campuses and avoid stopping beside red curbs. Bus drivers have refused to enter congested car parks, and safe pickup routines are stressed. Parents should not call children across roads and must supervise crossings near schools.
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Te Act
Rock Singer Arrives in Sydney for Australia Tour
American rock gospel singer Randy Matthews landed in Sydney for a concert run across Australia amid controversy over his practical Christianity stance. His power was cut at a gospel rock festival after authorities disputed his radical presentation. In other news, Australian road toll figures up to Monday were released by Queensland Bureau of Statistics and police, with numbers showing a decline in some states.
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Randy Matthews
Australia
Bureau of Statistics
Queensland
Territories
WIP
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