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Royal Flying Doctor Service

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The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), through the Health Minister, also appealed to Cabinet for additional funding (Dec. 47829, 48554). The Minister’s submission asked for an additional $400,000 to offset the operating deficit for that year but was not approved by Cabinet. Instead, they asked the RFDS to ‘undertake a detailed and full review of its current services and how and where such services might be rationalised’. Without the additional funding, the options open to the RFDS were to close one of its three centres and educe services to rural Queensland. Though the Minister was concerned that a reduction of services would lead to a ‘public outcry’’ Cabinet remained unmoved.

Photo of the Flying Doctor base at Charleville, January 1955

Queensland State Archives Image ID 11200

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Phone Interceptions

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On 11 September 1986, Cabinet considered the issue of providing a submission to the committee examining the Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Bill 1986 (Commonwealth,) (Dec. 49744). While generally supportive of the extension of the power to State police forces enabling
them to intercept calls on drug related matters only, Bjelke-Petersen expressed concern of the mooted supervision by a Commonwealth Minister of a State Minister and was worried about the limitations upon the use which can be made of material gathered. He also raised the involvement of
Telecom employees in interception. In 1986 a report of the Joint Select Committee on Telecommunications Interception noted that 16 illegal interception devices had come to the attention of Telecom during 1985-86, seven of which had been located in Queensland.

Photo of the County Exchange Service, 1952

Queensland State Archives Image ID 4476

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Brisbane central business district looking across the Brisbane River from River Terrace, Kangaroo Point, c 1932

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Sunday Mail
Sunday 13 Nov 1932

The Old River
Forty Years Ago
Memories of Little Ships

The Brisbane River today is the finest tidal stream in Australia for marine purposes. In the upper reaches the largest ocean-going liners can swing with ease, and the river winds through the busy heart of the city, from Cannon Hill to South Brisbane. But one thing that would strike a visitor from overseas is the almost total absence of river craft – lighters, tenders, small tugs, excursion steamers, and simliar types of small vessels used for varied purposes, which constitute the life and bustle of most seaports.

With the exception of a few powerful tugs used to berth the big liners, an occasional mud barge or fishing launch, the river is devoid of craft life. One can sometimes steams its whole length, from Pile Light to bridge, without meeting a solitary vessel of any

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