Minister Defamation Guilty in New Zealand Supreme Court
New Zealand Finance Minister Muldoon found guilty on three defamation counts by a Wellington Supreme Court jury. Damages total 2 000 dollars for two reports and 3 500 dollars for a television interview, with malice found in the latter instance.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Finance
Muldoon
Supreme Court
Brian Brooks
Brooks
Beer
Brooke
Auckland Star
NZBC
Secretary of Labour
Justice Haslam
Police trial witness shot in Melbourne incident
A Witness in the Callingburn trial where two policemen faced manslaughter charges and were acquitted was shot in the stomach in Melbourne. Thomas Connellan, 29, a Preston drainer, was wounded in the Russell Street police complex after a March 29 interview related to the case. Callingham died two days later. Connellan had been threatened since the trial.
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Melbourne
Callingburn
Thomas Connellan
Preston
Russell Street
Carl Sniliman
Brian Murphy
Neil Stanley Callinghurn
Callingham
St Vincent's Hospital
Connellan
Preston High Hoo
Collision at sea costs land licence
Cairns 29 year old Howard Hatch lost his driving licence after a collision near Green Island involving the tourist vessel Marena. Hatch, a launch master, faced Cairns Magistrate Court for allegedly steering the vessel Kekeoni while under the influence. Police and court records noted beer consumption and a blood alcohol content of 13 percent. The court fined Hatch 200 and disqualified him from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence for several months.
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Brisbane
Howard Hatch
Cairns
Wath
Green Ialand
M. Dever
Hateh
Sen-Sei Jepkin
Pole
Hatch
Concorde researchers eye routes for demo flight to Australia
A spokesman said a British Aircraft Corporation team is examining possible routes for a Concorde demonstration flight to Australia and Southeast Asia. The inquiry, announced in London, aims to assess feasible paths and timing for the high profile test.
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London
British Aircraft Corporation
Australia
South + East Asia
Five OMalley leases pass in at auction
Keen bidders bought most blocks at yesterday's restricted homesite lease auction, though five blocks in the OMalley suburb failed to attract bids. Of 110 leases offered, 105 sold and 23 bids exceeded reserve prices, with averages around 4,194 dollars overall and 5,853 dollars for successful LS blocks.
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O'Malley
Balsa
Dalman Crescent
Tumbarra Crescent
Culgoa Circuit
Department of the Interior
Hawker
Weelangera
Fisher
Duffy
Latham
al Weetangera
Weetangera
Three Britons Kidnapped in Turkish Black Sea Town
Three British radar technicians working at a Turkish Air Force radar base under NATO aid were seized by urban guerrillas in Ordu province. The Governor Musa Eran said five militants entered an apartment and captured ten Britons, with three taken away in a Land Rover.
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MYF
Turkey
Black Sea
Associated Press
Ordu
Musa Eran
PM rejects call for Liberal Party special meeting
The Prime Minister Mr McMahon refused a request by Mr Killen for a Liberal Party special meeting this week to address the grave political crisis. Liberal whips said few MPs wanted such a meeting, but Dr Mackay attacked Killen on ABC's This Day Tonight, accusing him of seeking to tear the party apart and noting a possible censure of Killen.
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McMahon
Liberal Party
House of Representatives
Senate
Navy
Mackay
Killen
ABC
Mr McMahon
Mr Killen
Mele
Telegraph shows Liberal rift over McMahon crisis
A telegram from Mr Killen to Government Whip Fox sparked a push for a Liberal Party meeting amid a crisis over Prime Minister McMahon. Liberals debated ousting him after his poor House performance on Manchester Jews remarks, with Canberra discussions and limited Senate support. Continued on Page 3.
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Berinson
Lab
Manchester
Sim Lit
Liberal Club calls to support Labor at election
The Australian National University Liberal Club resolved by eight votes to seven to urge traditional Liberal voters to back the Australian Labor Party in the next elections. The call aims to give the Liberal Party a period of constructive opposition to revitalise itself.
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Australian National University Liberal Club
Australian Labor Party
Liberal Party
Aborigines face health decline from rapid birth rate
Senate hearing in Canberra heard that growth in full-blood Aboriginal births in central Australia has doubled in six years, straining medical services and contributing to malnutrition and chronic diseases among children. Dr Anne Urban cited early motherhood, traditional infant care, and poor living standards as key factors in rising ill health, urging improved living conditions to lift health and education outcomes.
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Central
Australia
Senate
Canberra
Anne Urban
Northern Territory Medical Service
Northern Territory
Urban
Standing Committee On
Syd
Australia recalls consul over New Caledonia politics
Australia withdraws consul Alan Edwards from New Caledonia following French government suggestions. Edwards sails for London posting while a Canberra visit for family is planned. French reports questioned his influence on territorial assembly members, with Autonomy supporters in Nouméa and Fiji links cited. Edwards denies interference as Pacific autonomy debates stir local politics.
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Department of Foreign Affairs
New Caledonia
Alan Edwards
Edwards
New Caledonian
Australian High Commission
London
Robin
Canberra
Ofa
Caledonien
Territorial Assembly
Sipe
Fiji
New Hebrides
Commonwealth of the Pacific
Australia
French National Assembly
Rock Pidjot
Ocean race called off after hazardous seas warning
Safety officials warned Sydney patrol that sea conditions were too hazardous. Commander H W G Nobbs reported 150 minutes before the race that conditions at sea remained dangerous, delaying or canceling the patrol linked event.
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Sydney
H. W. G. Nobbs
Aid
IRA wing denies truce call in Northern Ireland
The Provisional IRA denied reports of a four week truce on civilian targets and affirmed continued violence. Protestants initiated a two day strike, and most of Northern Ireland was blacked out by morning.
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Londonderry
Monerry
Irish
Republican Army
Pret Association
IRA
Ovisional
Dublin
Northern Ireland
Protest Move Against French Nuclear Tests
A spokesman for the Department of Foreign Affairs said Australia would protest the French decision to resume nuclear tests in the Pacific in June. A protest note, prepared in formal terms, would be delivered to Paris shortly.
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Department of Foreign Affaire
Pacific
Australian team to represent in tack and eld events
The item notes an Australian athletic squad comprising 12 men and 1 woman to compete in track and field events. It mentions a page reference and a later investigation headed by Peter Kurmel into graduate employment, reflecting a mixed sports and public affairs context.
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Australia
Aweralian
Danone Wes Commision
Fener Peter Kurmel
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