Airport radio men back to work after strike
Airport radio workers reach a private settlement ending a four week strike over pay. The Professional Radio Institute agrees to resume duties as early as tomorrow with retroactivity and arbitration to be resolved by a Full Bench. About 30 other members at Canberra Armidale Goulburn and Paddington telex exchange will also return to work.
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Sisty Radio
Commonwealth Public Service
Commonwealth Public Service Board
Hawke
McGowan
Commonwealth Arbitration Commission
Justice Moore
Canberra
Armidale
Goulburn
Airline industry shutdown threat to block fare increases
The government threatened a shutdown of the airline industry if the carriers did not sign the agreement. If not signed, authorities would not permit any fare increases. Several unions including pilots and licensed aircraft maintenance engineers were to attend a meeting in South Melbourne at 4 pm the next day.
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South Melbourne
Bat
Technicians Halt ABC Broadcasts Across Australia
Eight hundred fifty ABC technicians nationwide have imposed an overtime ban likely to disrupt radio and television programs. A Melbourne stoppage caused a 71 minute program delay while Adelaide and Sydney saw brief halts during news bulletins and a resumed broadcast delay due to an industrial dispute.
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Melbourne
ABC
Australia
Adelaide
Sydney
Walil
Iraq joins in Mid-East air war
Iraq said its air force joined attacks on Israeli targets on both fronts as Israeli jets pressed assaults in Syria and Egypt. Baghdad announced its armed forces were at Egypt and Syria's disposal, with Iraqi aircraft claimed to have 80 strikes on the Golan Heights and 10 raids on Sinai targets. Israel reported renewed dawn air actions against Arab tank and artillery positions, including a radar station and air fields in the Nile Delta.
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Iraq
Middle East
Egypt
Syria
Golan Heights
Sinai
Tel Aviv
Mediterranean
Nile Delta
Sata
Syrian oil refineries hit as Israeli raids widen
Damascus Radio reports Israeli aircraft struck civilian targets in Homs and Tartous and Latakia with several raiders shot down by Syrian air and ground defenses. Heavy tank battles continue. 41 rockets salvoed at Israeli towns. Kiryat Shmone bombarded. Cairo readies Sinai push. rumors of Soviet embassy attack in Damascus denied by AFP sources.
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Syria
Homs
Tartous
Latakia
Damascus
Damascus Radio
Mediterranean
Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
Golan Heights
Ment
Caina
United Nations
A. Esmat Abdul Me Hid
Epype
Egypt
Agence France Presse
AFP
Hawke to intervene in power dispute
The ACTU president Mr Hawke is expected to intervene in the New South Wales power industry dispute today as sections of the energy sector remain unsettled. The report notes political maneuvering surrounding the industry and the government's handling of the strike threats.
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Hawke
ACTU
Mr Hawke
Nsw
Cavanagh rebuffs call for royal commission into Torres Strait affairs
Aboriginal Affairs Minister Senator Cavanagh rejected calls for a Royal Commission following allegations by Senator Georges in Parliament. Georges cited conflicts with Permanent Head Barrie Dexter and questioned the handling of a turtle farming project for Torres Strait Islanders, noting large spending and multiple inquiries already under way.
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Aboriginal Affairs
Cavanagh
Georges
Lab
Qld
Senate
Bryant
Barrie Dexter
Theent
Whitlam
Willesee
House of Representatives Standing Committee of Environment and Conservation
Torres Strait Islands
Dexter
Australia to base water policy on real need not economics
Federal Cabinet approves a broad water program linking economic, social, and environmental planning. The plan calls for assessing existing systems, improving resource use, and legal reforms for water management. Dr Cass notes the scheme is under intensive government scrutiny while Australia signs an endangered species convention.
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Australia
R. Carr
Environment and Conservation
Cass
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