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Unrivaled Cynicism. As soon as the significance of Gair's appointment became clear, Whitlam's ploy provoked bitter complaints from both opposition politicians and the press. Billy Snedden, leader of the Liberals, complained that Whitlam's move was "the most shameful act by any government in Australia's history." His coalition colleague, Country Party Leader Doug Anthony, charged Whitlam with "an act of cynicism unrivaled in the political life of this nation." The independent Melbourne Age editorialized: "It is one thing to have grudging admiration for ratlike cunning. It is another to be pleased about having...
...twelve seconds). Hawke spent twelve years as the A.C.T.U.'s brilliant, abrasive chief lawyer. When he succeeded to the union's leadership last year, he be gan tackling everyone and everything. He described the national steel monopoly, Broken Hill Proprietary, as rapacious. He called Cabinet Member Billy Snedden, who is considered McMahon's heir apparent, "an intellectual cripple." He blasted then-Prime Minister John Gorton as "a coward, a charlatan and a sham" for refusing to debate him on the issue of the 35-hour work week...
...chartered three jetliners to bring hundreds of refugees to Sydney, including doctors, engineers, dentists, university professors, graphic designers and High Diving Champion Stefan Hanny. "These people could make an immeasurable contribution to Australia's progress if they can be allowed to practice their professions," said Immigration Minister Billy Snedden. Canada frantically increased its three-man immigration department in Vienna to 20, has already granted resident visas to almost 2,000 persons-including Marcella Grossova, 24, runner-up in Czechoslovakia's annual national beauty contest, who was snapped up by a Toronto modeling agency. Canada budgeted...
During the years that Drew Pearson's syndicated column "Washington Merry-Go-Round ran in the Fairbanks, Alaska, News-Miner, Pearson's most constant detractor was C.W. (for Charles Willis) Snedden-who happens to be the News-Miner's Publisher. It seemed to Snedden that the columnist never got anything right about Alaska, not even the cost of a gallon of gas in Fairbanks, which Pearson quoted at $1 (actual price at the time: 51? to 54?). Finally Snedden could stand no more. "The garbage man of the fourth estate " his paper sneered in an editorial...
...Snedden bought the paper on impulse, sent for his wife and son, and settled down in Fairbanks. The troubles he encountered in trying to run a business in a territory convinced him that statehood was the only answer for Alaska. With a booster's confidence in the future, Snedden bought an expensive, highly modern press capable of handling a press run of 200,000 (his present circulation is only 9,495), now turns out some of the handsomest newspaper color work in the nation. Publisher Snedden will not say how much money he has spent on his crusade...