Health Centre Newsletter Introduced by Melba Committee
The Melba Health Centre community committee has started a monthly newsletter to inform residents about local issues and developments. The secretary, Mr Dennis Rainer, said media cooperation was good and wider distribution will follow. The committee offered Narrabundah residents help forming a local health centre committee and discussed space needs for occasional care, proposing a modified house with extra lavatories.
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Melba
Dennis Rainer
Narrabundah
Owas
Nursing Sister Advocates Smaller Wards In Modern Hospitals
Miss Sheila Spencer, back from a Bank of NSW Nursing Scholarship funded three month tour of Denmark, Sweden, Britain, Canada and New Zealand, says large wards are out and smaller rooms are in fashion. Hospitals should be designed for ambulant patients with more lavatories and showers nearby and a shift toward smaller facilities and more nurses advancing to executive roles.
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Bank of New South Wales
Sheila Spencer
Denmark
Sweden
Britain
Canada
New Zealand
Australian Museums Association names ACT president
The deputy director of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Robert Edwards, was elected president of the newly formed ACT branch of the Museums Association of Australian. Fifty-one members elected him at the inaugural meeting at the Institute of Anatomy. Other officers include Vice-President Professor John Mulvaney and Secretary-Treasurer Robert Slone. The next meeting is scheduled for November 21 at the Institute of Anatomy.
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Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
Robert Edwards
Act
Museums Association of Australian
Institute of Anatomy
John Mulvaney
Robert Slone
ARMY MEN ACCUSATIONS AGAINST DEFENCE MERGER
Public Service trade unions were accused of trying to wreck the Government plan to integrate the three armed service departments and defence oriented sections of the Department of Supply. Army officers said the aim was to cut duplications while preserving civilian roles, warning that failure to confront the unions would shrink defence potential and worsen civilian control in the forces.
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Armed Service Departments
Department of Supply
Administrative and Clerical Officers Association
Defence
Two British cats arrive in Australia for quarantine
Pinky and Perky, two cats from Britain, have arrived in Australia for a second time this week. A government spokesman said they will be quarantined in Perth for at least three months after earlier transport issues.
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Britain
Pinky
Perky
Australia
Perth
Road fees up today in Budget increases ACT charges
The Budget introduces higher annual fees for driver licences and vehicle registration in the ACT. Licence fees rise from $1 to $5. non bus registrations double to 70¢ 4 half-hundredweight. motorcycle registrations double to $6 and motorcycles with a sidecar to 510. learner's permit climbs from 50c to $2.50.
Bushfire season begins in the ACT today
The ACT bushfire season runs to at least February 28 with rules for lighting fires in built up areas and outdoors. Spokesman Roper Fenwick warns of rising risk as long grass dries, urging warned children and farm owners to clear fire breaks and fences while declaring today’s danger low.
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Act
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