Court delays in ACT Supreme Court draw strong lawyer criticism
Delays in hearing civil cases in the ACT Supreme Court provoke strong criticism from lawyers and litigants who call the backlog scandalous. They urge urgent action including appointing a fourth resident judge, expanding Canberra Petty Sessions jurisdiction, and streamlining rules to reduce delays and protect witness memory.
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AT Supreme Court
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Sydney birthday clown Timbo stages Canberra party
William Meers, known as Timbo the clown and magician, arrived in Canberra from Sydney to organize Stephen Monahan’s birthday at Elizabeth Crescent, Macquarie. He is a Sydney bus driver for mentally retarded children and one of the few high professionals in Sydney.
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Timbo
Sydney
Mr William Meers
Meers
Canberra
Stephen Monahan
Elizabeth Crescent
Macquarie
Santamaria debunks ALP Yugoslavia conspiracy claim
Mr B A Santamaria, head of the National Civic Council, said on his TV program that the ALP's portrayal of a vast Yugoslav conspiracy and overseas Ustashi was far from the truth. He argued Tito’s main challenge was the Communist Party of Croatia and the Soviet Union’s influence, with KGB aid potentially pressuring Tito.
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Australia
Yugoslavia
B. A. Santamaria
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Tito
Soviet Union
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Soviet
KGB
Government rejects sale of TAA capital to public
Melbourne Sunday report quotes Minister for Civil Aviation Senator Cotton stating the Government has no plan to sell half of TAA's capital to the public. He argues a private side-duopoly with government operating half provides a useful benchmark and that expanding TAA into engineering, government contracts, and mutual benefits with surface transport is needed to balance industry dynamics.
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Melbourne
TAA
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Cotton
Assett Transport Industries Ltd
Reginaldd Ansett
Ati Thomas Natwoanaide
Baptists urge Australia to admit Ugandan Asians
In Melbourne the Baptist Union of Australia executive council urged the Federal Government to admit a significant proportion of Asians expelled from Uganda. President-General Rev. Dr G. H. Blackburn said he had written to Prime Minister McMahon and Immigration Minister Forbes requesting entry for the Asians.
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McMahon
Immigration
Forbes
Somare Announces Tax Relief in Gazelle Peninsula
Papua New Guinea Chief Minister Somare, in Rabaul for Tolat festival, announced a measure to ease tension on Gazelle Peninsula. Fines for failure to pay peninsula taxes would be remitted and sums for the offence withdrawn, saving about 400 people from fines or jail.
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Gazelle Peninsula
Papua New
Memorial for Australian Pioneer Women unveiled in Canberra
Memorial honoring Australian pioneer women was unveiled at Commonwealth Park on Saturday. Lady Hasluck, wife of the Governor General Sir Paul Hasluck, attended along with about 40 people including Mrs H E Scotford, president of the National Council for Women of Australia, and Mrs H Cunningham, ACT branch resident. Lady Hasluck praised the ACT branch for initiating the project as a fitting tribute to pioneer women.
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National Council For Women of Australia
H. E. Scotford
ACT
H. Cunningham
Reform of divorce debated by Attorney General and Senate
The Attorney General Senator Greenwood said any divorce law changes depend on reports from a departmental team and a Senate committee. He expects recommendations on grounds, cost, maintenance, and alimony, possibly not extensive, with interim reports within one to two years. The Senate committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs has heard over six submissions since June and will hear more.
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Greenwood
Senate
Tee
Senate Standing Committee
Durack Lik
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Durack
Act Two drama festival opens at Old Canberra High
Canberra groups present Act Two a festival of drama at the Old Canberra High School hall running this week with about three plays each night. Canberra Repertory leads with backing from the Australian Council for the Arts. George Ogilvie will act as critic.
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Canberra High School
Canberra Repertory
Australian Council For the Arts
George Ogilvie
South Australian Theatre Company
Relatives fly to see bodies after Papuan cadet crash
Relatives of 20 Papuan cadets killed in the RAAF Caribou crash were flown to Bulolo to help identify the bodies before transfer to Port Moresby. Five Australians and one cadet who died in Lane Hospital were moved to Port Moresby as a three man RAAP inquiry reviewed the wreckage on Mount Lawson. A ground party reached the Ansett Skyvan wreck on Mount Gituwe, where four aboard, including two Australians and an Englishman, died. Two survivors of a Lae shipping explosion, Mr Russell Brown and a New Guinean, died, with four more New Guineans killed in the ensuing fire.
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Bulolo
RAAP
Lane Hospital
Caribos
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Lae
Russell Brown
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Snowy pipeline to be repaired in Snowy Mountains aqueduct
A two mile Geehi River aqueduct in the Snowy Mountains will be lined with stainless steel after four years of leakages. Work aims to start this summer with unknown costs. Water flow continues through parts of the pipeline and the system remains operational. The aqueduct, commissioned in 1967, supplied supplementary water to Murray power stations before being withdrawn in 1969 after high pressure siphon failures. A committee found multiple factors caused the failures. The Snowy Mountains scheme includes more than 50 miles of aqueducts.
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Geehi River
Snowy Mountains
Murray
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