Australian envoy Parkinson to swap as Foreign Affairs head
Ambassador Nick Parkinson will replace Alar Renouf as Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs in a New Year exchange. Renouf to vacate soon and enter preposting, while Peter Henderson serves as acting secretary until Parkinson assumes duty. Mick Shann will replace Sir John Bunting as High Commissioner in London. John Menadue becomes Ambassador to Japan. Garry Woodard to become Ambassador to China, succeeding Stephen Fitzgerald. Parkinson, 40, a King's School Parramatta alumnus, has 25 years in the department with postings in Cairo Hong Kong Moscow Wellington and Kusle Lum pur. he chaired the Joint Intelligence Committee 1967-70. The moves mark the second such swap this decade for the department’s top post.
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Nick Parkinson
Australia
United States
Alar. Renouf
Department of Foreign Affairs
Renouf
Parkinson
Peter Henderson
Washington
Peacock
Mick) Shann
John Bunting
London
Japan
John Menadue
Garry Woodard
China
Stephen Fitzgerald
Canberra
King’s School, Parramata
Servee
Cairo
Hong Kong
Moscow
Wellington
Kusle Lumpur
Singapore
Keith
Washington Post
James Plimsoll
Renout
William Dunk
William
Richard Burton
Alan Watt
Arthur’ Tange
Keith Waller
Unclear Late News From Rome Incomplete Text
Fragmentary report from Rome and Pukivea about police actions and a Syria event. Names and details are obscured by OCR errors, leaving the key facts and participants unreadable.
Wool storage in Japan eyed by Australian Wool Corp
The Australian Wool Corporation contemplates storing stockpiled wool in Japan or nearby regions. Chairman A C B Maiden and GM M L Vinser visited Japan, outlining plans with Japanese textile groups. AWC studies include Taiwan, Hong Kong, and South Korea, while industry talks focus on marketing and overseas storage alongside Europe and North America. AWC says Japan could buy about 1.9 million bales for 1976 77 with Australian share near 1.5 million bonds. union leaders note no link to weight disputes between graziers and the Storemen and Packers Union while weighing bales at 204 kg amid conflicting ACTU guidance.
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Australian Wool Corporation
Japan
A.C. B. Maiden
M. L. Vinser
Wis
Norge
Taiwan
Hong Kong
South
Europe
Maiden
AWC
Tokyo
Tan
Cuberra
Wool-Bae
ACTU
Gudgenby National Park plan urged for ACT region
Immediate start on a park plan for Gudgenby in the southern ACT proposes creation of a 72 065 hectare national park over 10 to 15 years at an estimated 7.1 million dollars. The Margules and Deverson Ply Lane landscape architects report, commissioned December 1974, recommends phasing gazettal to minimise landholder disruption and include tracking station, roads and infrastructure within park boundaries.
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Gudgenby
Southern Act
Gudgenby National Park
Margules and Deverson Ply "Ltd
Lanescape Architects
Kingston
Department of the Environment
Boe
ACT moves to formal national park status for Gudgenby area
Park administration seeks to en trance into the park and launch a ten year staged development plan. The boundary would include catchments of the Nans Gudgenhy Rivers upstream of Tennent Dam, with portions of Tidbinbilla and Punchbowl Creek catchments. The report favors national park designation to protect varied landscapes habitats and support bush recreation for Tuggeranong and Canberra Queanbeyan regions. Continued on Page 7.
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Nans-Gudgenhy
Tennent Dam
Tidbinbilla River
Punchbow Creek
Blue Gum Creek
Sawyers Creek
Mt Tenner
Canberra
Timor views unchanged in Canberra talks
In Canberra, Mr Fraser refuted reports of Australian acceptance of Indonesia’s integration of East Timor. He said the joint communique remains the guiding document, calling the issue complex and stressing no new policy changes. Fraser insisted the four point policy stands and that Indonesians understand the ambiguities.
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Fraser
Canberra
Suharto
Sudharmono
Australia
Fast Timor
Mc Fraser
East Timor
Lal
Siharto
Frayer
Sucharta
Timor
Trasot
Braser Sid
Job forms seen as sexist in ACT schools
An ACT vocational guidance test form labeled sexist, the Rothwell Miller Interest Blank from 1958, is still used in several schools. It lists 108 occupations with gendered matches such as bricklayer versus chocolate packer and plumber versus seamstress, with officials noting bias but not yet fully replaced.
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Act
Australian Council For Educational Research
ACT Schools Authority
Hiroshima reenactment draws forty thousand at Tests gathering
A large crowd witnessed a reenactment of the Hiroshima bombing by Paul Tibbits, the pilot who dropped the atomic bomb. The event at Tests raised funds to preserve World War II aircraft in the United States.
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Harting
Reuter
Paul
Paul ‘Tibbets
Hiroshima
United States
Tibbers
Fin
Embassy reports diverge on East Timor stance in Jakarta
AAP dispatch from Jakarta says Australia’s ambassador Dick Woolcott pursued a line by collecting statements from Suharto aides. Fraser’s government remained cautious, stressing Timor steps while noting domestic interests. Indonesia signaled it would not concede beyond what it sees as its rights, and Canberra sought alignment with Jakarta. The embassy in Jakarta issued its own read of Shuharmono remarks acknowledging Australia’s de facto timor role but urging continued consultation. Continued on Page 7.
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Sudtharnone
Jgymnatists
Fraser Elt
Indonesia
Australia
East Timor
Irote
Fuser
Peacock
Friver
Jakarta
Shuharmano
Fraser
Jaharia
Amy Mare
Iit
Thvonesia
Hiddonesia
Est Timor
Mono
Elation Timor
Shdharmono
Austria
Rely
Frits Hin Megat
Vaullo
Timor
Haul
Medibank plans cost rise amid reform talk
Reported discussions claim Medibank restructuring may lift costs for private insurance and hospitals. Rhodesia notes and political pacing appear alongside other items. Page mentions Tone Soars and regional politics with multiple names and fragmented captions across pages.
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