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TRANSFERS OUT OF CANBERRA

UNDER A LABOR GOYEIMMENT

* The Labor Government has transferred out of Canberra:

* The Human Rights Commission to Sydney

* The Administrative Appeals 1rRuna to Brisbane

* The Industry Commission to Melbourne

* The Australian Defence Industries to Sydney

* The location of the National Aviation College to Tasmania

when it should have been located in Canberra

* The removal of Australia Posts National Stamp Collection

to Melbourne

* In 1989 the Government threatened to relocate the

Maritime Safety Authority to Newcastle and only backed

down under pressure

* The Federal Labor Government voted for the Australian

National TrainnngAuthorityto go to Brisbane rather than

the ACT

* CSIRO Headquarters moved to Melbourne (Dec/Jan

1992/93)

* Suggested transfer of the Australian Broadcasting Authority

to Sydney (1992/93)

The Labor scare campaign talks of the Liberal Party cutting Public

Service staff, transfering whole sections of Departments out of

Canberra and privatising Government functions

But that same scare campaign conveniently avoids mentioning that the Hawke and Keating Labor Governments made staff cuts to the Public Service of 7259 just .in the last four years, plus a massive 34,000 job cuts from Government Business Enterprises. There is no mention that a Keating government intends to cut a further 2,300 jobs from DAB alone over the next two years. Nor do they talk about the whole sections of the Public Service which they have moved out of Canberra or the functions of the Public Service which they have privatised, commercialised and contracted out.

Written, Authorised and Printed by Senator Margaret Reid, Parliament House Canberra, ACT.

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