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  2. Mr Hodgman (Lib, Denison), of the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Hayden. —'The repertoire of high-pitched whining, predicting economic gloom, doom and devastation have earned him the nickname right across Australia of "Bellyache Bill" and "Whingeing".' Walking over the Opposition

    THE few devoted listeners to parliamentary broadcasts have not missed a lot this week. The Government has continued to walk away from Opposition questions designed to elicit ...

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  3. Mr Holding (Lab, Vic) about Mr Sainsbury (Lib, NSW). —' The problem with the honourable gentleman is that he suffers from political halitosis. Every time he opens his mouth one can see his prejudices — and they are vile.' A quick rejoinder

    EXTRACTS from Sir John Kerr's book are getting their first airing today, and Richard Hall's book on Sir ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 160 words
  4. THE WEEK

    THE rigours of representation can damage communication in any devoted Senator's marriage as Senator Walters (Lib, Tas) clearly discovered last week when she forgot that her ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 440 words
  5. The Canberra Times

    IN the absence of information on the recent operations of the third-party funds of the insurance companies concerned it is impossible to judge the soundness of the proposal to increase third-party insurance for a sedan in the ACT to $131 a year. ...

    Article : 868 words
  6. Mr Martin (Lab. NSW) describing the late Australian actor Chips Rafferty. 'I think Tooths KB Lager had built him up into the fine figure that he was. ' Ignoring the Aborigines

    THERE appears to be some doubt about whether Aborigines exist, or ever have existed, in Western Australia. This doubt emerges from a bulky publicity kit ...

    Article : 433 words
  7. Gathering of idiosyncrasies

    The Prime Minister, Mr Faser, tends to suffer for a long time the repercussions of his more idiosyncratic taste of opinions. Take, for instance, his reported view that life was not ...

    Article : 220 words
  8. A room by any other name

    PARLIAMENT House has succeeded in giving to its inmates, in the true democratic tradition, a choice of just about every possible euphemism for "toilet". ...

    Article : 185 words
  9. A matter of probabilities

    TWO sidelights to the reports this week on the collapse of a steel channel carrying pipes and electrical cables in the Cameron offices in Belconnen: ...

    Article : 140 words
  10. VICE-REGAL

    The Governor-General, Sir Zelman Cowen received the following callers at Government House yesterday: Mr M. Grossenbacher, ...

    Article : 171 words
  11. LETTERS to the Editor

    Sir, — For a reviewer (The Canberra Times, November 11) who has read such a catalogue of pioneer history, your man of Writers' World ...

    Article : 1,364 words
  12. Times past

    From The Canberra Times 25 years ago. NOVEMBER 18, 1953: President Truman attacked ...

    Article : 25 words
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