Prime Minister rules out election for 12 months
The Prime Minister said there would be no election for the House of Representatives for at least a year, denying opposition claims of a deal with the government. Mr Whitlam referenced travel facilities and parliamentary sessions, while the opposition blocked a motion to restore the two year bill, and the government then pushed a bill through.
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Minaaen
Whitlam
Sand
House of Representatives
Opm
Fray Promises Bill Passage If Elections Held Early
Debating a motion in the Senate, Mr Whitlum criticized delays as Fraser offered to fund bills only if elections occurred before mid next year. Fraser moved an amendment backing the Senate action while denouncing the ministerial refusal to set a date, amid jeers from government members.
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Calleg
Senate
Whitlum
Fray
Fraser
Mne
Mir Fraser
Lenin
How Will You Govern
Fragmentary report discusses Deputy and Hayden and the issue of governing without Parliament passage of appropriation bills. It notes Bank concerns and government stance on budget timing, with remarks on Sir John Kerr’s Canberra visit and noisy Question Time in the House of Representatives.
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Op Wieneld
Hayden
Sir John Kerr
Melbourne
Canberra
Sir John
Ming ‘Soya
Parliament House
House of Representatives
Wilam
Senate
Manginier Heads to Date with Realistic Plans
A garbled late news item references Manginier in a strategic move toward a date, with mentions of leadership, stability, and possible actions. Details are unclear due to OCR errors, but the piece signals expectations from Abed and stances on staying poised at a national or regional level.
Government project 80m stimulus to NSW Victoria offices
The government announced a private developer driven office construction program estimated to inject over 80 million into the NSW and Victoria construction industry. Nine locations will house 10 000 public servants with leave back and purchasing arrangements as buildings are completed.
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Mr Uren
Nsw
Victoria
Government office construction plan eyed by developers
In a press briefing Mr Uren said preliminary investigations show strong interest from private developers in the governments proposal. He noted the scheme aims to create 2,500 office jobs in submetropolitan centers Bathura Orange and Gestong while keeping capital spending in rental costs and housing. The plan would centralise departments and involve governments in city planning, with offices to be located in new centers as recommended by a study committee.
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Mre
Canberra
Uren
Clude
Department of Wrban and Regional Development
McAren Aaid
Sydney
Melbourne
Or & Fotal
Bathura
Orange
Gestong
Fretilin Leader Horta Returns to Dili Amid Flight Ban Easing
Fretilin leader Jose Ramos Horta arrived in Dili as Australia eased a partial ban on flights to East Timor. Transport officials relax charter limits to Darwin with safeguards. Horta traveled with journalist Roger East, who had been halted from leaving earlier.
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Ube
Fretilin
Portuguese Timor
Jose Ramos Horta
Dili
Timor Officials Deny Fighting Near Dili as Flights Planned
Timor Department of Transport officials say Australian civil air firms will not operate near Dili while fears of danger persist. The government insists Timor’s capital remains peaceful and business activity continues despite rumor of clashes.
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Timor
Department of Transport
Cheating attempt foiled at Sydney examination centre
A 20 year old college student was discovered attempting to cheat during a security check at an examination centre in Sydney's eastern suburbs. A spokesman for the Board of Senior School said the attempt was detected when the candidate arrived to take the paper. The real candidate had not yet minted the exam.
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Sydney
Wico
Board of
Dispute over trees leaves neighbours silent for years
In ACT Supreme Court the case centers on a gum and two wattle trees straddling a boundary that allegedly encroached on a vegetable patch. Neighbours Mabel Flora Webbells and others seek intervention and damages against Philip Bradley and Shirley Bey. The dispute, born in October 1972, has kept the families apart for three years despite attempts to trim roots and clear a trench.
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ACT Supreme Court
Mabel ‘Flora Wabells
Santa's mail exchange in Sydney letters to Santa
Melbourne reports on the Amitation Portal Com testing replies to children’s letters to Santa Claus. National workers at the Redfern Mail Exchange in Sydney planned a weekend effort to plant answers, though the exact outcome remains unclear.
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Melbourne
Wim
Hs Bharter
Santa Claus
Geonm
Onal
Redfern Mail Exchange
Sydney
Santa Mail
Hwan Arvend
Four Bangladesh leaders among jailed officials killed in Dhaka
News from Dhaka reports four close associates of exiled leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman were killed in a Dhaka jail massacre amid a weeks long power struggle. The Army Radio Bangladesh said the four were charged with corruption and named key ministers and politicians, as government investigations were promised.
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Delhi
AAP
Sheik
Mujibur Rahman
Bangladesh
Dacca
Radio
Af Farmer
Narn Wslam
Maintr Ali
Vahiddin Ahmed
HM. Rumpruzeam
Sheik Mulih
Eurlier
Tadilul
Ame Us
Endler
National museums body suggests fold in Sydney yesterday
Fragmented report notes a national museums body proposing a fold in Sydney. Page references imply scattered items across pages including resignations from Ramgraeme ribslaters and military and pension mentions. The text is garbled with several incomplete phrases and page indicators.
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Sydney
Review of Rudolf Serkin concert at Canberra Theatre
Senior critic W. L. Hoffmann says Rudolf Serkin and other artists seem untouched by time in a Canberra Theatre concert reviewed on Page 14. The same page covers theatre The Pajama Game cinema 3 Days of the Condor and art Ceramics and Silver by John and Lesley Elsegood.
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Rudolf Serkin
W. L. Hoffmann
Mr Serkin
Canberra
John
Lesley Elségood
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