Reintroduction of Cadet Units Tells of Budget and Basis
Parliament reports government reintroducing military cadets across Army Air and Navy with school and community based units. Cost estimated at 7.7 million over four years. Priority given to schools applying to reestablish cadets, with tighter weapon use and new governance. Cadet tradition in Australia to endure despite past disbandment. New units expected from early September term start.
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Killen
Army
Air
Navy
Department of Defence
Lintil
Australia
Australian entry exit rules to be updated says minister
The Minister for Immigration Mr MacKellar announced yesterday that entry and exit rules will be tightened and illegal migrants may be asked to leave if they lack special circumstances. The late three month amnesty has ended with no repeat. Opposition questions about 15000 entrants and 8500 who rendered were disputed and formal surveillance improvements discussed.
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MacKellar
Cameron
Lib
Qld
Australia
Government paid $15.5 million in 1974 75 compensation
The annual report of the Commissioner for Employees Compensation shows the Commonwealth paid more than $15.5 million in compensation to employees during 1974-75. Senator Guilfoyle presented the report in Parliament. Federal departments faced compensation for 72 deaths that year, down from 95 the previous year, with 295 death cases paid in total, including 223 from prior years.
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Commonwealth
Social Security
Guilfoyle
Senate continues drug abuse inquiry in Australia
The Senate Standing Committee on Social Welfare will continue examinations of alcohol abuse and drug use in Australia. Chairman Gemuter Burnie of NSW Liberal said the committee would carry on the work of the previous Drug Trafficking and Drug Abuse committee, as of Wednesday.
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Senate
Australia
Gemuter Burnie
Lib
Nsw
Zetland Plan Referred for Public Works Probe
Minister for Construction McLeay on Wednesday referred a proposal to establish naval sunny venire and Athy workshops at the former Leyland car plant in Zetland to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works for investigation and report.
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McLeay
Zetland
Space debris unlikely to ignite bushfires says minister
Senator Webster said falling debris reached high space temperatures but cooled to minus 70 degrees before impact. Senator Lajuvie asked about a piece landing in the Southern Tablelands on Monday. A proposal to extend telephone interpreter services to Canberra Wollongong and Hobart would be considered in Budget talks. Senior Guilfoyle told Senator Walters that the Sydney service proved valuable. Education minister Carrick said reintroducing tertiary fees for some students did not imply universal fees. Rumours of disbanding the Taximanian Symphony Orchestra were dismissed. The Hancock Committee on Superannuation will table a full report on June 2 with a second stage by year end. The government weighs aid to Mozambique via a UN food program and Commonwealth Fund cooperation.
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Webster
Lajuvie
Lik
Nsw
Aoioit
Tablelands
Canberra
Wollongong
Hobart
Social Security
Guilfoyle
Walters
Lib
Tas
Sydney
Hancock
McIntosh
Lab
Canberra Horticultural Society to contribute garden page
The Canberra Horticultural Society outlines its 47 year history since 1929, promoting interests in Canberra horticulture through exhibitions lectures and a quarterly bulletin. It announces a May 31 meeting at the Methodist Youth Centre Forrest featuring botanist George Chippendale on The Wild Flowers of Central Australia with free admission.
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Horticultural Society of Canberra Inc
Canberra Times
Our Society
Canberra
John Woodfield
Spence Place
Hughes
Methodist
National Circuit
Forrest
Acc
George Chippendale
Central Australia
Chippendale
Alice Springs
In the Garden Fostering Horticulture in Canberra
This Canberra garden note discusses late autumn tasks including spraying apple and pear trees for red spider mite with Kelthane, planting virus free strawberries from certified growers in unused beds, and cautions about sowing lawn seed. It advises adding 30 grams per square meter of nitrogen fertilizer for lawn care and notes winter crops like cabbage, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, and broccoli.
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Canberra
How to make a compost heap in a garden
An instructional guide from City Parks Administration officers outlines ideal times and methods for building a compost heap. It explains layering vegetable waste with activators like manure or blood and bone, moisture control, and windrow sizing. It covers simple heaps and permanent frames, aeration with chicken wire, and the use of commercial bins and fibreglass tumblers for faster decomposition.
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City Parks Administration
Department of the
Capital Territory
Rare Chelsea roses draw crowds at show in London
Hundreds of visitors view five Rosa Persica hybrids at Chelsea Flower Show, the world’s rarest rose, bred from seeds from the Iranian desert in 1965. The scentless five-petal blooms, red with a yellow centre, mark a milestone in rose culture as experts note Persica may take a decade to mature in broader cultivation.
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Ondon
Chelsea
London
Crossbred roses bloom in Canberra show
Briton Jack Harkness trained a Rosa Persica hybrid for five years by crossing with yellow-petalled varieties. Rosa Persica is among about 200 wild roses in the north, from which garden varieties are bred. The flower show highlights roses and marks Britain’s Royal National Rose Society centenary.
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Jack Harkness
Britain
Royal National Rose Society
Garden action for this week by Jenny Smith
Garden notes cover tasks for the week including cut back and divide perennial clumps such as bearded iris and lilies, surface mulch azaleas camellias and rhododendrons, start herb gardening in containers, and plan spring plantings. It mentions rose cuttings, watsonia bulbs, and early sowing of vegetables like broad beans and carrots with asparagus crowns now.
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House of Representatives
Defence
TL Br. Millan
Morrison
Millar
Wecountry
Australi
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Carrick
Gietzeldt
ABC
Post God ‘Telecommunications
Robinson
Chowdluck
Mozambique
Peacock
Whitlam
United Nations
Commonwealth Fund
Sail
Woodwards
ACT
Wollongong ST
Fyshwick
Yarralumia Nursery
Hemisphere
Kathleen O'Rourke
Patrick Dickson
Jenny Smith
Wylandra Nursery
Wallaboo RD
Fess
Wallaroo Road
Hall
Monaro Nursery
Bankcard
Garmac
Carrorts
Pty Ld
Newcastle ST
Pyshwick
Kippax Garden Centre
Hardwick Crescent
Holt
Sterke St
Pialligo Plant
Baltann Rd
Pialligo Opan &S
Eden
Hanelymen
Canbarra
Barrow
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