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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Mar 22, 1973
Page
5
Nobel Prize winner Paul Samuelson, the American economist and author of Economics An Introductory Analysis, began a week long Australian lecture tour. He expressed optimism about Australia’s economic future and planned to visit New Zealand next week.
Papua New Guinea Finance Minister Chan told the Fair Moresby Rotary Club that a 12 percent increase in shipping freight rates to Australia is unacceptable. He said the government did not authorize the decision and would challenge it. He floated a national shipping line as a long term solution if consultations fail and indicated outreach to shipping companies.
The Australian National University will establish a Darwin headquarters this year for a proposed North Australian Research Unit. An Alice Springs sub office is planned between 1976 and 1978, with field staff to be appointed soon. Research will cover social economic biological and ecological topics across the Territory North Queensland and northern Western Australia.
Sydney report shows Goulburn’s population grew by 735 to 31,606 in the five years to June 1971, based on recently published figures.
The Minister for Health Dr Everingham declared the bhapra beetle a quarantinable disease under the Commonwealth Quarantine Act. Although not yet in Australia it is described as a world’s most serious pest to stored grain. Poplar rust also thought to have entered Australia via smuggled material. He warned smugglers show disregard for people and livestock welfare.
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