Burrinjuck Dam emergency hidden from public eye
An August 1974 rockfall destroyed Burrinjuck Dam valve house and blasted the penstock with flood water. Engineers later revealed the incident caused major valve damage by water hammer and required a lengthy rebuild, with officials noting publicity was avoided to prevent alarm amid ongoing flood risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal of the Institution of Engineers Australia
NSW Water Resources Commission
Bill Youll
Sydney
Murrumbidgee
Yell
Youll
Nort
China reports guided missile tests with nuclear warheads
China disclosed it had tested guided missiles carrying nuclear warheads. The New China News Agency cited a Liberation Army Daily report on the tests. Western defence experts had doubted Beijing had an intercontinental ballistic missile test beyond space satellite aims.
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Peking
China
New China News Agency
Liberation Army Daily
Stormy welcome for Chinese leader Ulanfu in Canberra
A violent squall drenched the RAAF Fairbairn base as Mr Ulanfu, a Chinese Communist Party leader, arrived for a landmark visit. Officials and reporters fought rain and wind while a small crowd, including a cheering girl with flowers, braved the weather for the ceremony. Senator Laucke and Mr Snedden stood in the rain before introducing the visitor, though Mr Snedden did not appear.
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Raaf
Fairbairn
Central Committee
The
Chinese Communist Party
Ulanfu
Brellas
Canberra
Lilanfu
Qantas
Mr Ulantu
Nowers
Senate
Senator Laucke
Elause of Representatives
Snedden
China
Unions to resist Hawke warnings at ACTU congress
Sydney ACTU president Hawke warned of united union resistance to any federal move to penalize unions and to new acts including the Industrial Relations Bureau and Trade Practices Act. He said the ACTU would back the Australian Government Employees Organisation and oppose measures seen as anti union. Delegates numbered about 700 from 131 unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
ACTU
Hawke
United Trade Union
Sydney Town Hall
Industrial Relations Bureau
Council of Australian
Millon Stong
Fraser
Medibank
Hawke signals ACTU ACSPA merger plan
Mr Hawke foreshadowed uniting the ACTU with ACSPA and its reform into a single body. He said the aim is structural unity with ACSPA paid officials joining ACTU staff and a new industry group, contingent on ACSPA affiliates approving the move. Observers from ACSPA and Council of Australian Government Employee Organisations attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ACSPA
Council of Australian Government
Actu-Acspa
ACTU
Fraser warns on guerilla action in industrial clash
Prime Minister Fraser warned journalists in Adelaide that guerrilla tactics used by the Builders Labourers Federation threaten projects valued at 250 million dollars in Victoria. He cited government powers over unions and individual rights under the Industrial Relations Bureau plan, while supporters and opponents discuss disruptions and peaceful dissent.
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Fraser
Adelaide
Industrial Relations Bureau
ACTU
Street
Liberal Party
McLeay
Victoria
Communist Party
Trade Union Movement
Colour on the buses in Canberra advertising contract
Canberra's 340 ACTION buses will showcase colour advertising from November 1 under a three year contract with A Class Holdings Pty Ltd of Macquarie. The company will handle sales, design, and installation with 10 buses featuring full exterior ads and the rest carrying rear and interior signs. No cigarette ads allowed.
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Canberra
Department of the Capital Territory
A Class Holdings Pty Ltd
Macquarie
D. Grubb
Mr Grubb
Grubb
Petrol price rise to 7c a gallon across ACT
The Prices Justification Tribunal announced a 1.47¢ per litre increase in petrol prices, about 7c per gallon, likely effective in the ACT within a week after stock clearance. NSW will not raise prices immediately due to a state freeze amid ongoing hearings on further petrol price releases.
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ACT
J.C. McFarland
Nsw
Tme
Caltex
Sydney
Shell
Total
Ampol
Einfeld
Mission
F.C. Pryor
R. Johnston
Australia
Refinery Exchange
Cattlemen Hope for New Beef Aid Deal
The Cattlemen's Union expects government action after Cabinet meets today, urging a beef classification scheme as a step toward a minimum price for producers. NSW councillor John Carter and national director Birley Cassell pressed Treasurer Lynch in Canberra, criticizing profits at the top end and misery at the bottom. Cassell criticized political promises and urged action, citing cane Eden Monaro concerns and a controversial manure remark.
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Cattlemen's Union
Birey Cassell
Nsw
John Carter
Lynch
Canberra
Cassell
Goulburn
Union
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Burrinjuck Dam
Mr Hawke
A.C.S.P.A. Union
Australian Council of Salaried and Professional Associations
Winercongress Reports
Builders Labourers’ Federation
ACT Legislative Assembly
Leedman
Assembly
Gay Davidson
Warren
Canberra City
Johnny Warren
World News
Commission
Eden Monaro
Aramis
Canberra Times
ABC
Kevin Chapman
David Jones
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