Unions oppose Hawke IRB plan
Six union leaders condemn the ACTU chief Hawke compromise on the Industrial Relations Bureau. They call the plan akin to an intu-une iaw penal law constrained by penalties and limits on union freedom, while ministers and ACTU executives weigh Cabinet discussions in Melbourne. The unions fear unprecedented sanctions and insist on broader rights.
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Sydney
Industrial Relations Bureau
ACTU
Hawke
Canberra Times
Ional Labour Advisory Council
Pat Clancy
Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia
J. Garland
Amalgamated Metal Workers and Shipwrights Union
RK. Taylor
Australian Railways Union
Mer C Moorehead
Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen
Wo Smale
The
Miners Federation
JF OV Elliott
Seamens Union of Australia
Street
Melbourne
Rhodesian aggression condemned at UN meeting in Maputo
UN Secretary General Waldheim accused the Rhodesian Government of repeated aggression against neighboring black states in Maputo opening an 80 nation conference. He urged free elections under UN control in Namibia and said South Africa’s actions in Namibia challenge UN authority.
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Maputo
Mozambique
Aapreuter
Waldheim
Namibia
South- West Africa
South Africa
Fearful husband conceals Bangladesh nine births report
In Khumasi district southern Bangladesh, a rural housewife reportedly bore nine babies last week after two were born in a three hour span and seven more later. Her husband Abdul Hakim feared government population control measures and reportedly burned the evidence in a nearby field.
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Bangladesh
Khuma Sid
Mrr
Abdul Harkin
Hakim
Ir Hakim
Hot air beats academic talk at ANU lavatory device
Professor Basham, head of the department of Asian civilisation, protests a new electric hand dryer in the ANU Asian Studies building bathroom. He argues the machine delays drying, harms conversations, wastes time, and risks spreading germs, urging a return to traditional towels.
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Asian Studies
ANU
Arthur Busham
ANL Reporter
Basham
Bashan
Basham Hay
UK officer executed by IRA claimed in alert
Beleast Monday the soung Hratesh Army capttn kidnapped Saturday and executed by the IRA claim. The PRA and Seth Armagh said they killed Captain Robert Sainig after inviting a member of the erick Speed Air Service. A British Army spokesman said the captain was not SAS and that body not found, with land and air search continuing.
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WTC
Tee
Guphain
Arps
Wilh
SAS
Naurac
Abandon indexation urged at union conference
Melbourne delegates at the biennial conference of the Council of Australian Government Employee Organisations heard federation leader Ken Turbet condemn wage indexation as unfit for law. He urged full percentage adjustment tied to consumer price movements, criticizing current procedures as biased and undermining wage earners. The vote upheld affiliation of building workers with CAGEO.
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Melbourne
Cheatham
Councool
Ws Federal
Mir Ken Turbet
Turbet
ALDA
Weoley
Building Workers Industrial Laai
CAGEO
Commonwealth
Tle
Asan Ton
Fie
Hentai
Il Possibile
Government of Australia
Sutton Vale
Cabinet Attacks No Case In Referendum Campaign
The Australian Cabinet deplored Queensland Government use of taxpayers money in a misleading advertising drive over the referendum. It questioned propriety and alleged distortions, noting reports of about $50,000 spent while denying misappropriation. Prime Minister Fraser to tour Queensland with media events today.
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Melbourne
Queensland
Ellicott
Hhere
Fraser
Brisbane
Rockhampton
Townsville
Cabinet
Referendum Refer differences split NPD Liberal party lines
Queensland National Party leader Bob Sparkes urged yes votes on all four referendum questions while differences with the Liberal Party surfaced. Premier Bjelke Petersen denied misleading anyone as debates highlighted distrust amid election talk and calls for unity. Results were expected Saturday with millions of pamphlets mailed and seats at Belconnen and online access offered.
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Queensland
National Party
Bob Sparkes
Piarly
Bjelke- Petersen
Wes
Anyon
Vruser
Labor Party
Hurford
Belconnen Fiick School
Wales Centre
Cyry Parat
Whitlam’s constitution viewed fairly satisfactory with minor changes
Bruce Juddery reviews the newly launched On Australia’s Constitution by Mr Whitlam. He states Whitlam regards the Constitution as fairly satisfactory and needing only a few minor changes. The Shah of Iran considers storing foreign nuclear wastes in Iran’s desert.
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Bruce Juddery
Australia
Whitlam
Shah
Iran
Yugoslav crash controller jailed for midair collision
A Yugoslav flight controller Chadimir Lasik was sentenced in Zagreb to seven years in prison for criminal negligence in the September midair collision near Zagreb that killed 176. The trial found he failed to apply regulation and timely actions during the crucial seconds before the crash between a British Airways Trident and a Yugoslav DC 9.
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Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Chadimir Lasik
Nrbower
Tas
Envil Aviation Authority
World Health Organisation hit by Somali smallpox outbreak
An epidemic in Somalia has seriously hampered WHO's smallpox eradication campaign. Dr Isao Arita warns that any single case can reignite spread as 280 causes across 100 outbreaks have been reported, with four new Somali outbreaks near the Ethiopian border. The delay risks extending the eradication timeline by months.
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Geneva
World Health Organisation
Somalia
Arita
WHO
Arta
Mapadishu
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Actu Executive
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Garema Place
Yass
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Fox Uranium
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Caged
Guy Davidson
NDP
Liberal Party
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Duweristaral
Alex Castles
Conference On Literacy
Nuclear
Azores
Portuguese
Jesaulenko
Buck Page
Britain
Eric Wiseman
Wheels
World News
Pera House
Isao Arita
Ethiopia
David Jones
Linda
Oj's Cidie
Kathy
Woden
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