Parramatta by election signals Liberal rebuke to Labor
The Parramatta by election produced a Liberal absolute majority margin of about 8060, a swing of roughly 6 percent from Labor. The result signals discontent with Labor’s policies on education health welfare and cities, and warns Prime Minister Whitlam and Cabinet to temper reform zeal while Labour faces economy and inflation pressures. Opposition Leader Snedden gains political capital but must accelerate policy output to leverage the climate.
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Labor
Australia Party
Galston
Whitlam
Liberal Party
Australia
Kitlam
Labor Party
Snedden
Parramata
Germany
England
Resignation exposes deep LCL rifts in South Australia
Alan Hickinbotham, wealthy land developer and Liberal Country League candidate for Mitcham, announced he wished to be relieved of LCL endorsement. His move rekindled public view of long standing tensions within SA’s LCL, with critics blaming a small elite for steering party policy and membership costs.
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Alan Hickinbotham
Liberal Country League
Mitcham
L~cl
Liberal Movement
Robin Millhouse
LCL
Pany
Steele Hall
Neal Blewett
Dean Jaensch
L-Cl
League
Johnny Come
Dunstan
Hickinbotham
Consumer Protection Bureau report targets car sales and pyramid schemes
Western Australia's first annual Consumer Protection Bureau report labels car sales tricks and pyramid selling as harmful. It cites 1,282 complaints to June 30, with 560 about vehicles and 425 about used-car deals, plus 127 on building and real estate. The study argues for stronger laws, warns against overreaching limits, and notes four firms facing action while naming several companies tied to pyramid selling and pseudo investing.
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Western Australia
Consumer Protection Bureau
Dare To the Great of Australia Pty Ltd
Golden Chemical Products of Australia Pty Ltd
Multi-Card Pty Ltd
Buy-Card
Holiday Magic Pty Ltd
Housing for Aborigines Sparks Canberra Debate
A reader challenges an editorial on allocating suburb housing to Aborigines in Canberra arguing that successful assimilation occurs in new city developments. They claim outback towns lack fresh housing and warn against racial tension as whites resist Aborigine resettlement in older, ramshackle homes.
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Pear
Outback
Themelves
Aborig inal Embassy debate and civic discrimination cited
A Canberra letter writer questions integration virtue and Aboriginal affairs using a house sale as an embassy example. A Sydney reader links inflation ideas to welfare shifts and co ownership as he argues for citizen participation and global economic lessons from Europe America and Russia. A Canberra resident recalls Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve trespass and criticizes a police reserve stance. Letters discuss abortion ethics with Catholic authorities and highlight the Belconnen Nun hospital plan as a public good under debate.
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Department of Aboriginal Affairs
Outback
England
Australia
America
Russia
Sydney H. Wall
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University of WA
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Calvary Hospital
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Peter Flood
Clergy Review
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