23 May 1969
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 23, 1969
Page
1
The readable fragment hints at a discussion of full annealing costs and limits for tea production tied to a project. Names, dates, and precise entities are not discernible, leaving a partial picture of an industrial or equipment cost notice.
Four government senators joined the Opposition and the DLP to reject the Australian Capital Territory Legal Practitioners Ordinance 1969 in the Senate. The bill sought separate admission paths for solicitors, barristers, and combined barristers-solicitors, proposing multiple regular admissions to the legal profession.
ACT Bar Association president says the disallowance deprived Canberrans of benefits such as a fidelity fund, legal aid, and future legal education. The debate centered on three admission categories and interstate reciprocity, with cross-party support to defeat the government measure 29 to 20 as lawmakers blamed lack of consensus and urged a tailored fix.
Fragmentary text reports a late news bulletin from Milan about meetings and statements linked to Vietnam war developments. The wording is garbled but indicates a possible communique and ongoing war discussion. no clear names, dates, or places are ascertainable.
The Australian Council of Trade Unions advises unions to withhold payment of fines under the penal clauses of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act while discussions with the Federal Government continue. ACTU leaders, including Souter and Petrie, meet with Minister Bury and Attorney-General Bowen in Sydney on Monday to present submissions.
In Melbourne the ACTU decided to hold off on pursuing outstanding penalties while talks continue. Rebel unions demand immediate abolition of penal powers and vow rolling strikes if fines aren’t repealed. NSW unions end 24 hour stoppage after mass rally and pressure on Premier Askin to seek repeal with Gorton.
Mr Stewart Menzies Scott aged 19 of Waratah Street OConnor died yesterday when his car left the Monaro Highway near Nimmitabel and overturned several times. Cooma police report he was killed instantly. He is the third fatality in the Cooma area in six days.
About 40,000 unionists refused to obey a WA Trades House Council order for a 24 hour general stoppage. The stoppage ended at midnight with WA Labour Minister O'Neil calling the stake a damp squib. Penal clauses under examination.
Two Victorian senators one Labor and one Country Party urged a joint session of both Houses to settle the site for a new Parliament House. The joint meeting would decide between Camp Hill and Capital Hill after a committee recommended Camp Hill. Several members supported Capital Hill while others dissented. The debate adjourned.
In a lengthy speech in the House of Representatives Mr Whitlam criticized Australia’s Malaysia deployment and the arms request as signs the government miscommunicates its aims. He denounced US base ties and warned against blind faith in world nuclear strategy amid a backdrop of racial tensions in Malaysia and DAP electoral gains.
In Parliament last night Mr Whitlam read a cable from DAP international secretary Devennai r appealing for protest against arrests of DAP officials in Malaysia. He noted 15 DAP MPs elected in the last poll and urged protests to the Australian government, while signalling Labor’s intent to renegotiate bases under ANZUS.
Vietnam has told its allies it will bear a larger portion of the Vietnam War effort. The report notes broader Australian university autonomy remains, but with accountability in the community. Apollo 11 astronauts circled the Moon in a precise orbit, nearing a descent profile. Government-N unions talks at 10 Downing Street ended in deadlock after two hours.
Dr R A Paterson outlined a Labor Party plan to scrap the quota system and establish no separate wheat pools with a second price level. The proposal would divert surpluses from the fixed price market to other Australian markets unable to pay the fixed price.
The Foreign Office said Malaysia asked Britain and Australia to supply small arms, mortars, armour and transport for three new infantry battalions. The request, from Prime Minister Abdul Rahman, is under consideration with Australia, with no decision yet, but Britain is expected to respond affirmatively.
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