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HE Wednesday, June 23, 1976 250 Spencer Melbourne 60 0421 (Clossified 600611). 60 Pages 122nd Year 12c Moves to get Victorian Medi stoppage called off IZj tfike stal National HTHE AGEt The Frasers take the stage in Peking TOMORROW Snedden's plea rejected The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Snedden, the latest victim of the Federal Government's austerity programme. 3 Exhaust controls soon Tough new controls on motor vehicle exhaust emissions come into force on July 1 but they will be almost impossible to enforce. 3 Hawke tipped for seat The ACTU president.

Mr. Hawke, is named as a likely successor to Mr. Gordon Bryant in the safe seat of Wills. 5 Arab force in Beirut Sporadic clashes between Christian and Moslem militias mar the entry into Beirut of a 1000-man Arab peacekeeping force to police the 39th truce in the civil war. 6 Sunshine's Sim bill Sunshine council has $250,000 in consultants' bills for a building it decided to scrap, the inquiry is told.

10 Law change urged Freedom of speech in Australia Is not properly protected because State defamation laws are not uniform, says the chairman of the Law Reform Commission. 12 Frame-up, probe told A barrister tells the police inquiry that a police informer got special treatment from the armed robbery squad. 14 Amnesty plea fails An Italian who applied to stay in Australia under the Government amnesty for illegal immigrants has had his application refused. 15 BHP on nationalisation BHP clashes with an IAC commissioner on nationalisation of the steel industry. 17 ODD SPOT England's Anglican Bishop of Repton complains that he has undergone a sex change at the hands of the Gas The board addresses him as "Dear Grace" instead of Archbishop.

"The Age" Green Guide to television and radio, brings you ALL the news and programme details. Tomorrow's Green Guide brings you a special report on a new community radio station, which starts broadcasting soon. You can't afford to miss the Green Guide. Hawke wins time to see PM By VINCENT BASILE, our industrial Reporter The ACTU president, Mr. Hawke, yesterday stalled moves for a national strike over the Federal Government's proposed Medibank changes.

But he said national industrial action was inevitable unless the Government made substantial alterations to retain the original concept of Medibank. Mr. Hawke scored a major victory when a special meeting of the ACTU executive rejected by 12 votes to five a call for an immediate 24-hour strike. The decision means there could be moves to call off the 24-hour Victorian strike planned by the Trades Hall Council for next Wednesday. But the moves could fall when the THC meets tomorrow night because seven days is required to change an official council decision.

The ACTU executive yesterday decided to call a conference in Sydney of 127 affiliated national unions on July 5 and 6 to plan industrial action after further talks with the Government. Mr. Hawke said he would get in touch with the Federal Health Minister, Mr. Hunt, today to arrange talks. He said he would discuss the union's position with the Prime Minister, Mr.

Fraser, on his return from overseas. The executive decision did not mean FRIDAY MIDAS COUNTRY A gold rush history The discovery of gold brought dramatic changes to colonial Australia. On Friday, "The Age" publishes "Midas a free lift-out wall chart on Australia's gold rush history. ORDER YOUR COPY TODAVI Ebcncicr, Pinkney world newt 6, letters editorials Business Age 17-19; quotes 20; Accent 21; amusements 22; Tort's (No. 12Z) 23; weather, shipping, law lilt 24; TV, comics, crossword 25; sport 25-28.

Classified Index -29 Midweek bazaar (6 Personal Notices 2.3 Cinderella and Liberal Ideology Phillip Adams, acting for the Prime Minister, Mr. Fraser, examines the c4 it had rejected calls for a 24-hour national strike, Mr. Hawke said. "Direct action in fact mieht be neces sary. What we have said is that if there is- to be a national stoppage let us give the Government an opportunity to come to its senses.

No variation Mr. Hawke said the union movement CITY: Fine, freshening northerly wind. Expected top temperature 17 (yesterday 1 5). Derails 24 ideological correctness of some famous nursery rhymes and stories. 8 Mr.

and Mrs. Fraser pose with officials and Chinese artists who entertained them In Peking. List night's UPI pictur. from Peking. would not accept any variation to the basic principle that Medibank was a universal health scheme applicable to all to provide public ward hospital cover ana tne cost or medical treat' ment.

ine only amendment required was Stalemate in-Italian poll extension of Medibank to allow it to offer cover for intermediate or private ward treatment. "We have been thinking in terms of Fraser: detente is a delusion PM wants more talks with China on 4-power accord Threat by Chalk to quit Cabinet a levy, out tne concept will have to be a levy without a ceiling. "The Government will have to eliminate the discriminatory feature whereby a person with an income of $8600 a year would have to pay $135 to get intermediate coverage while it would cost only $50 at a level of $12,000 a year," Mr. Hawke said. ine AL1U is understood tn hark a 1.6 per cent, across-the-board tax levy ROME.

June 22. The Communist Party has made major gains in the Italian election but has failed to displace the Christian Democrats as the country's most popular party. With only a handful of votes still uncounted, the Christian Democrats had 38.7 per cent, of the votes for the Lower House of Parliament, exactly the same figure as in 1972. The communists had 34.4 per an increase of 7.3 per cent. Although support for the Christian Democrats was the same as in 1972, they are expected to have 263 seats in the new Parliament, a loss of four.

The communists picked up 49 seats to give them 228 in the 630-member House. Cameron Forbes reports 6 iu pay ror meaioanK. Mr. Hawke said the executive would meet one day before the conference of reaerai unions to prepare a report on the talks with the Government. BRISBANE.

The Queensland Treasurer and Liberal party leader, Sir Gordon Chalk, has threatened to resign from Cabinet in a row with the Premier, Mr. Bjelke-Petersen. Mr. Bjelke-Petersen volunteered to accept Sir Gordon's resigna "We will have a recommendation to taxe immediate appropriate industrial tAtmrT A avNtMAtl API AUiHEl A JAPWP 1 RUSSIAN 1 tion "now and in writing" during action including stoppages on a national scale if by then the issue has not been resolved in a manner satisfactory to the trade union movement." Mr. Hawke said careful a clasn over reasury control.

Sir Gordon retaliated: "When I'm ready to leave, I'll tell you." But Sir Gordon, who is be lieved to have been considering retiring shortly, is now expected JEffiffla to stay on longer as Liberal leader. The row developed when Mr. GREAT hi Bjelke-Petersen indicated he was REASONS not sausnea witn cnecKs on uo vernment spending. Takeover WHY because the Soviets believed there would be no US reaction. Speaking of Cuban intervention in Angola, Mr.

Fraser suggested that Vietnam, similarly living in the shadow of a major power, might follow the same path. Since 1968, he said, there had been a build-up of Soviet forces in the Indian Ocean directly affecting Australia. The Soviet navy had three sailing days to every one sailing day of the United States in the ocean: Mr. Fraser strongly supported the pursuit of balance in the Indian Ocean, expressing the fear that if the US were not there it would become a Russian sea in the interest of neither Australia nor South-East Asia. Australia would be seeking a "moderate increase in its own forces," he said.

Referring to India, Mr. Fraser said the condemnation of US efforts to build up Diego Garcia while failing to condemn the build-up of the Soviet Union in the Indian Ocean was unrealistic. He said there were certain problems with North Korea and in future development of relations with Japan. He favored a moderating influence in the Korean peninsula to prevent the possibility of real danger. Continued 3.

From YVONNE PRESTON and JOHN JOST PEKING, June 22. The Prime Minister, Mr. Fraser, wants to hold further talks with the Chinese Premier, Mr. Hua Kuo-seng, on future relations between Australia, China, Japan and the United States. Mr.

Fraser proposed the talks yesterday at the end of his first round of formal discussion with Mr. Hua. He told Mr. Hua: "The new Japan is very different from the old Japan we knew" Later Mr. Fraser denied reports that he had raised the possibility of a four-power part between Australia, China, Japan and the US.

"There has been no talk of new pacts, agreements or alliances. Specifically, there has been no talk of a four-power pact," Mr. Fraser said. During yesterday's talks, Mr. Fraser told Mr.

Hua that detente "is a He said detente had been used to hide the real objectives of one super power and had led to the rundown of defensive capabilities. Mr. Fraser said the build-up of Soviet military power was much greater than necessary for the defence of Soviet boundaries and Sir Gordon is understood to nave been upset by a Cabinet de MAZDA cision to establish a committee analysis of the Government's plans disclosed a high degree of ineptitude and sheer impracticability which if allowed to continue to the point of implementation would end in chaos. Mr. Hawke said the ACTU investigation also revealed that: High income earners would be able to obtain cheaper intermediate cover than low and middle income earners.

There would be additional costs and administration problems for the taxation department. There would be confusion on the granting of exemption certificates because of lack of records held by private funds. There would be extensive delays in processing returns and increases in charges by collecting agencies and administrative costs of Medibank. Editorial to review departmental spending. Effective May 25 to August 14, 1976, you can get 25 off round trip Economy and the decision to eliminate death duties in Queensland from rcOTGRS IS air fares on flights departing January l.

He is believed to have told Cabinet that Mr. Bjelke-'Petersen's after 1.30 pm on Mondays, Tuesdays or Saturdays THE PLACE action in recommending both between: decisions was an attempt to take v- over management of the Treas ury. that the balance of power between the Warsaw Pact forces and NATO is not balanced at all. He said there was a risk of the effectiveness of US policy being reduced severely because of differences between the American Congress and the Executive. What happened in Angola gave rise to doubts about Soviet intentions and the reliability of Soviet claims that they wanted peace.

Difference between Congress and the Executive had contributed to Soviet intervention in Angola Sir Gordon threatened three TO BUY YOUR NEW CAR times to resian. He has long been embroiled in Melbourne and Sydney Melbourne and Adelaide Melbourne and Brisbane (direct) Melbourne and Hobart Melbourne and Launceston Sydney and Brisbane argument witn Mr. BjelKe-Peter-sen, who is leader of the Na tional Party the majority party in uic uovernment coalition. Sir Gordon has made no secret of his desire to wrest the Premiership from Mr. Bjelke-Petersen for the Overseas judge to head probe Liberal Party.

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570 Bourke Street 59 Swanston Street, Melbourne. 3000. 11-M2UM "But this is a matter I'll discuss with the Liberal Party," he said. "I won't be pushed out by the By BRIAN HILL A former overseas Chief Justice will conduct the State Government's inquiry into third party motor insurance. The Judge, from a South Pacific country, was chosen after, the State Government failed to find a Victorian County Court judge who would take on the inquiry.

His name will be announced within the next week after the appointment has been approved by the Governor in Council. But, regardless of the inquiry, Victorian motorists may still have to pay an interim increase in third party insurance within a few weeks. This follows an opinion by the Victorian solicitor-general, Mr. Dawson, that the State Government has the power to act independently of the Third Party Premiums Committee in deciding third party rises. State Cabinet will discuss the legal opinion next Monday.

If it decides on an interim increase, a rise at least equal to the cost of living increase over the past year seems likely. The inquiry's teVms of reference are still being decided. But the Chief Secretary, Mr. Dickie, said last night that one thing to be considered was whether the State Insurance Office should be permitted to engage in areas of insurance other than third party. The State Government also wants to know why third party premiums are higher in Victoria than in other States, when Vic toria has the lowest accident rate in Australia.

State Cabinet decided on a full Inquiry after the Third Party Premiums Committee last April recommended rises of between 70 and 93 per cent, Mr. Dickie had hoped to announce the Inquiry's terms of reference and its starting date yesterday. But he admitted last night that the "massive workload" at the County Court had prevented the Government from appointing a County Court judge. National Party." The Parliamentary Liberal MAZDA MOTORS CITY: Party meets tomorrow morning. It is expected to 1 3 334 li Trobe Street, Melbourne 3000.

329 9644 back Sir Gordon staying as Treasurer indefinitely..