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  2. IN BRIEF Electric rail link to be studied

    Three consulting firms had been contracted to investigate and plan railway electrification between Sydney and Melbourne, the ...

    Article : 103 words
  3. COMPROMISE WANTED Qld Labor to fight federal intervention

    BRISBANE: The State secretary of the Queensland branch of the Labor Party, Mr Gerry Jones, said ...

    Article : 549 words
  4. Official opening

    Having a go at the official opening of the inter-departmental bowling league at the Olympic Bowl yesterday are the Member for Fraser, Mr Fry, in the background, Senator Knight (ACT) and the Member for Canberra, Mr Haslem. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. New Ambassador

    Mr R. K. Gate, 46, has been appointed Australian Ambassador to Burma. He has served previously in Israel, Nairobi, Nauru and Rome. He ...

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  6. Prison charges

    SYDNEY: The NSW Public Service Board announced yesterday that a magistrate would be appointed to hear charges against Five prison officers ...

    Article : 47 words
  7. Humourist accepts Puffin Club presidency

    SYDNEY: Spike Milligan, the 61-year-old humourist, writer and musician, boarded the New Endeavour in Darling Harbour ...

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  8. Hunt supports fares inquiry

    SYDNEY: The Federal Minister for Transport, Mr Hunt, said yesterday that he would discuss the possibility of an independent inquiry into domestic air ...

    Article : 365 words
  9. Forces strength

    The strength of the permanent defence force was 69,908 at the end of November, 1979, compared with 69,882 at the end of October, 1979, the ...

    Article : 64 words
  10. Accessory 'as guilty as killer'

    SYDNEY: Five High Court judges yesterday ruled that a man was as guilty of murder as the actual killer, even though he had ...

    Article : 412 words
  11. New Parliament

    A British-born construction executive, Mr Gordon Peaty, 53, has been appointed to the $42,792-a-year job of supervising the construction of the $151 ...

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  12. Dog stamps

    SYDNEY: Dogs of Australia will feature on a new issue of 20c, 25c, 35c, 50c and 55c stamps to be issued on February 20. The stamps designed by ...

    Article : 58 words
  13. Woodcutter's four-day ordeal

    HOBART: A Strahan woodcutter was rescued yesterday from the upper reaches of the Denison River after spending four days in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 156 words
  14. TLC move on discrimination

    The ACT Trades and Labour Council decided on Wednesday night to establish a committee to formulate proposals and make submissions to the Minister for Home Affairs, Mr Ellicott, on ...

    Article : 141 words
  15. Cuts in Europe flights

    MELBOURNE: Qantas and Lufthansa will cut flights from Australia to Europe because of rising fuel costs and cut-price fares. ...

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  16. Recycling price up

    MELBOURNE: Comalco said on Wednesday that the purchase price for recycled aluminium cans would rise from 40c to 45c a kilogram from ...

    Article : 43 words
  17. Traffic diverted

    Traffic on the Yass Road in Queanbeyan was diverted for about an hour yesterday morning after a liquefied petroleum gas tank toppled over. ...

    Article : 53 words
  18. INDUSTRIAL NEWS Talks today to avert Victorian strike

    MELBOURNE: Talks will be held in Melbourne today between the Victorian Government and the unions over the State Workers ...

    Article : 253 words
  19. Employment Act

    A meeting of about 50 public servants at Woden decided yesterday that should the Government ever use the provisions of the Commonwealth Employees ...

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  20. Department conflict delays CES office

    Conflict between government departments over a site for the Belconnen CES office has delayed the expected opening of the office in March. ...

    Article : 129 words
  21. RSPCA fete

    The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals hopes to again hold its annual fete at The Lodge, a spokesman for the society said ...

    Article : 40 words
  22. Fire at tip

    Two units of the ACT Fire Brigade were called to the Belconnen tip last night when a pile of tyres caught fire. The fire bad not been extinguished late ...

    Article : 46 words
  23. Reclassification sought

    A meeting of the Transport Workers Union in Canberra had resolved yesterday that the position of transport supervisors should be ...

    Article : 124 words
  24. PNG memory

    PORT MORESBY, Thursday (AAP). — August 15, the date in 1945 when the Japanese forces surrendered in Papua New Guinea at the-end of ...

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  25. Chemistry trees go

    Sixteen young eucalypt trees near the Research School of Chemistry at the Australian National University were cut down yesterday ...

    Article : 91 words
  26. No foul play suspected

    MELBOURNE: Police said yesterday they no longer believed foul play surrounded the disappearance of a Melbourne businessman, Mr Roger Wilson ...

    Article : 94 words
  27. Messerschmitt seized

    SYDNEY: What is thought to have been Australia's only Messerschmitt B109, a World War II German fighter, has been found in parts in an air cargo ...

    Article : 240 words
  28. Wool dispute

    SYDNEY: An employers' appeal against Mr Justice Staples' award for wool storemen should, in the public interest, be dismissed, a union official ...

    Article : 79 words
  29. Naval College

    The Royal Australian Naval Collegeat Jervis Bay has increased its number of scholarships from 20 to 37. A Defence Department spokesman said ...

    Article : 44 words
  30. Power unions

    BRISBANE: Deregistration proceedings against five power-industry unions ended another day in legal argument in the Queensland Industrial ...

    Article : 23 words
  31. Accidents

    Canberra police reported 24 road accidents, two of which caused injury, in the 24 hours to 8pm yesterday. ...

    Article : 19 words
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