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The best-dressed men in shop at the Village Toggery WHY? Because our huge range o f q u a lity mensw ear allow s us to cater fo r the individual tastes of every single customer. Come, try on a Cashmere coat or a m ohair cardigan, see our fashion-styled shirts, our off-beat accessories. You can enjoy the luxury o f allo w ing us to hand-tailor a suit fo r you— at a budget price! (And wives . . . bring your hus band along to try on a topless swim m ing costume).
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SO YOU THINK YOU’VE SEEN EVERYTHING You haven’t until you ’ve seen Dick K eep ’s T ravel Agency. They tak e the bustle and the bother out of tra v e l ling. W hether it’s a trip to the C apital o r a s a fa ri to Sicily, let K eep d e liv e r you without a hitch. See him non at 59 M acleay S tre et. Potts Point: 3 5 -2 9 7 1 ; 3 5 -1 5 6 9 .
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1. JE W ISH A N T IQ . A goat u p o n whose head was sym bolically placed the sins of the people, a fte r w hich he was suffered to escape in to th e w ilderness, as p a rt of the cerem ony prescribed by Biblical Law (Lev. X V I.10) fo r the Day of A tonem ent. 2. A N T H R O P O L . Any an im al o r person to w hom sins, evil, ill luck, etc., is cere m onially attached, th e victim th en being sacrificed or driven out, as sym bolic of dispelling evils. 3. H ence a person o r th in g bearin g blam e for others. (W ebsters In te rn a tio n a l D ictionary).
WHY YOU NEED A SCAPEGOAT T ire d ? Listless? Lustless? N ervy? D epressed? Bored? D o you h a te yourself? End all this by h a tin g others. T h e re’s nothing like H ATE to add m eaning and purpose to your life. W h y must you hate someone? B eca u se if it w asn’t fo r T H E M th e w o r ld would, be a m u c h n ic e r p lace to raise y o u r k id d ie s in. You needn’t hate a ll of THEM
(some o f your best friends might be . . .), just hate what they stand for. W ith a little ingenuity you can blame everything from a personal in convenience to the H. Bomb on a scapegoat.
SOME TYPICAL SCAPEGOATS Catholics, Communists, Jews, the Press, Big Business, Politicians, Nig gers, Students. For those w ho’d pre fer a larger-than-life challenge, we suggest you H ATE God, W om en or the Indonesians. Others may like the odds in their favour: try these evergreens—Homo sexuals, anti-fluoridationists, aca demics o r Rosaleen N orton. Or, if you’d like to be original, try hating the Icelandic-Nomads. T he great A ustralian scapegoats are T he Pommies, T he ’Roos and Edu cated Louts. OZ scapegoats are Cops and the RSL.
HOW 0 0 1 CHOOSE A SCAPE GOAT TO SUIT MY NEEDS ? Easy. Ju st scan this scapegoat cata logue: Jews: Is business slack? Still struggling w ith your income-tax forms? T H E Y ’VE been at it again. W h o do you think runs big business
m this country, anyway? W hy don't they go back to selling rags. H itler was right. Nazis: Some people fo r ethnic or other reasons find Jew hating a little old hat. T o fill their needs, the Nazi party has been form ed in Australia. H ere’s a group fo r everyone to h a te even the kids. Diggers: this should appeal to you—it beats being beastly to the Japs. Negroes: You'll need a little imagi nation to add this to your scape goat list. Very popular overseas, of course. It’s the mark of a travelled man to hate niggers. Rem em ber that filthy hotel in Acra and that A la bama mammy who never washed? D on’t be deterred if you’ve never been outside Australia. T ake a trip to M oree or a bus to La Perouse. T he A boriginals are seething with discon tent—beware, or one day there’ll be a black Eureka Stockade. Communists: H ere’s a good old stand-by, particularly fo r the BUSI NESSMAN. Plenty of docum entation available for the man who likes facts at his finger-tips. W here can you see one? On the docks—drinking our tea, smoking ou r cigarettes and sm il ing o ur sunny A ustralian smiles. If you’re w ary o f close contact, just watch the papers for details of this scapegoat’s activities—hell, look who started the third w orld war. Big Business: Finally, one for the poor and the cultured. W h o ’s re sponsible for the great Australian Ugliness? W h ere has the corner grocer gone? B.B. has taken the fun and the beauty out of life. Besides, everyone knows Company Directors are perverts. T he best things in life are free. Found a scapegoat to suit you?
1 here's many more. some people" have just one (Satan is a historic solo) but you can have as many as you like. Eric Baume has 6 every day. For any fu rth er inform ation: w rite to OZ, scapegoat departm ent.
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(]H IC A G O , Satur day.— Miss Toni Lee Shelley, 19, above, who wore a topless bathing suit, has been found guilty of indecent exposure. A jury o f eight women and fo u r m en took nearly 3 i hours to reach a ver dict. Sentence was postpon ed to aiiow the defence tim e to file a m otion fo r a new trial. “It was all a m isunder standing,” the shapely m odel told reporters after the hearing.
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The scorn of the Geelong stand knew no bounds. Boys hooted; girls jeered; old ladies sn eered ; men | rocked with derision and [nudged one another. A short, battered m an I standing alongside me, who looked like an I ex-lightweight boxer, I scream ed out “ Ya couldn’ thum p ya ol’ girl, yer pea nut,” and looked around for approval.
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E v e r y b o d y is a s s u m e d to be a n a lly u n le ss he o p t s f o r a g g r e s s io n (s o m e tim e s e v e n b e fo re m e e t in g y o u ) on no s t r o n g e r g r o u n d s t h a n t h a t y o u a re b e in g y o u rs e lf. I a lw a y s a ss u m e , u n t il g iv e n re a so n to b e lie v e o th e rw ise , t h a t e a c h o f us s h a r e s th e s a m e o b je ctiv e s: to g e t t h r o u g h life, fro m b irth to d e a th , w ith th e m in im u m a m o u n t o f in c o n v e n ie n c e to o t h e rs w h ile d e r iv in g th e m a x im u m a m o u n t o f p le a su re a n d h a p p in e s s fo r o u rse lv e s. I o f f e r a h a n d s h a k e , a f rie n d ly w a v e in p a s s in g , a n d a n y h e lp t h a t 's w ith in m y p ow e r to a n y b o d y w h o w a n ts to liv e su c h a life w ith o u t in te rfe re n c e ; so m e tim e s g e n u in e a llia n c e s are fo rm e d , lo n g - or s h o rt-te rm d e p e n d in g n o t o n ly on th e e x t e n t o f o u r a g r e e m e n t b u t o n h ow f a r w e c a n d isa g r e e a n d still re sp e ct e a c h o t h e r's m o tiv e s. T h e r e is n o tim e fo r th e fo o ls w h o t h in k t h a t p r o g r e s s lies in f ig h t in g , stilt less f o r th e b e lli g e r e n t b u llie s (c o w a rd s?) w h o t h in k th e ir p ro g re s s lie s in f ig h t in g yo u . O f fe r th e m a g if t to e m p h a s iz e your p e a c e fu l in te n tio n s. If th e y d o n 't a c c e p t, ig n o re th e m , b y - p a s s th e m , g iv e th e m w h a t th e y w a n t a n d g o a w a y . O n ly the n a iv e d e f in e g o in g a w a y a s c o w a rd ic e in s te a d o f s u rv iv a l. J o in t h in g s , if y o u w ill, a lw a y s re m e m b e rin g t h a t a little p ie ce o f p e rs o n a l in t e g r it y d is a p p e a r s w ith e a c h c o m p ro m ise . S o m e t im e s g r o u p a c tio n is th e o n ly m e a n s o f g e t t in g t h in g s done. Q u ite o fte n it is th e o n ly ro u te to fre e d o m fro m so m e in iq u it o u s b u rd e n or u n f a ir re strictio n . But g r o u p s h a v e a w a y o f e n f o r c in g ru le s o f their o w n, a n d I n e v e r m e t or h e a rd o f a n y m e ssia h w h o d id n 't w a n t to g o v e r n a s w ell a s g u id e . A n y e x p r e s sio n o f id e n tity , w h e th e r it be u n o r th o d o x b e h a v io r or u n p o p u la r o p in io n s , is g r o u n d s fo r th e c h a r g e o f e x h ib it io n ism . B u t all in d iv id u a l t h in k e r s a r e e x h ib it io n is t s so f a r a s the c o n fo r m is t s a re c o n c e rn e d . A n " e x h ib it io n i s t " is u s u a lly m a k in g a n h o n e st s t a t e m e n t o f w ho a n d w h a t he is so t h a t th e lik e -m in d e d c a n re a c h him . H e c a r e s n o t a t a ll a b o u t th e d u m m ie s w h o c o n d e m n h im , a n d w h y s h o u ld h e ? T h e y a re n o t w o rth a se c o n d t h o u g h t . E v e ry in d iv id u a l's h a n g - u p is less a q u e s t io n o f w h a t h e c a n be t h a n o f w h a t he h a s b een a lre a d y . T h e tw in m o ld s o f e n v ir o n m e n t a n d h e re d ity h a v e stu n t e d h is g r o w th a s m u c h a s t h e y h a v e s h a p e d h is c h a ra c te r, a n d th e e x te n t o f h is p o t e n t ia l is in d ire c t ra tio to h o w little he h a s be e n a llo w e d to be h im se lf. It is h a r d e r f o r s o m e t o b r e a k a w a y fro m th e ir b a c k g r o u n d s t h a n f o r o th e rs, b u t it is p o ssib le fo r e v e ry b o d y . T h e first t h in g t h a t m u s t be a c c e p t e d — a n d how fe w p e o p le w ill a llo w th e m s e lv e s to a c c e p t it— is t h a t y o u a re a lo n e . W ho t h in k s y o u r t h o u g h t s ? W h o fe els a s y o u fe e l? W h o d ie s w h e n y o u d ie ? Y o u a re a lo n e , y o u h a v e a life to liv e a n d y o u m u s t h a v e allies. N o , t h a t is w ro n g . T h e re a re n o n e e d s b e y o n d p h y sic a l ne e ds. T h e re a re o n ly w a n ts. It is e a sie r w ith a llie s b u t n o t im p o s sib le w ith o u t. If y o u d e c la re y o u r s e lf, if y o u a re h o n e s t in y o u r in t e n t io n s (w h a t e v e r y o u r in te n tio n s), y o u w ill a lw a y s h a v e allies. T h e m o st im p o r t a n t t h in g o f a ll is to re m e m b e r t h a t th e re a re a lm o s t a lw a y s a lt e r n a t iv e s . It is v e ry r a re ly a c h o ic e be tw e e n b la c k o r w hite , A or B, C o m m u n is m or F a sc ism , y e s o r no. We b u ild a b o x a r o u n d o u r fre e d o m o f a c t io n a n d c o m p la in t h a t th e re is no ro om to m o v e a b o u t. K n o c k d o w n th e w a lls, b u r n the b o x , v o te m a y b e or p e rh a p s , s p o il th e b a llot. T h e re a r e to o m a n y m o r a ls a n d n o t e n o u g h m u ra ls . S p r e a d o u t y o u r o p in io n s a n d y o u r id e a ls f o r a ll t o see, b u t d o n o t in s is t o n m a k in g th e m in to law s. D o n o t do u n to o t h e rs w h a t h a s b een d o n e to yo u . T h e r e is o n ly o n e im m o r a lit y , a n d t h a t is in in s is t in g t h a t o t h e rs liv e a s y o u do.
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T h is b u sy e d ito rial te am is N A T I O N A L L Y m inded. See how they dress. L o o k a t their cle a n W H I T E - A U S T R A L I A N shirts. H o w R E S P O N S IB L E they look w ith th eir co a ts on! O n e m a n . is w e a rin g a vest. T h e vest is m ad e o f wool. W o o l is a N a t io n a l fab ric. A n im p o rta n t N a t io n a l fab ric. T h e m a n in the vest is im p o rta n t too. T h e se m en really w a n t to kn o w w h a t's h a p p e n in g in the world. L o o k a t a ll the B O O K S in the b a c k g ro u n d . T h e y w ill provide a C O N S T A N T S O U R C E O F R E F E R E N C E for th is respon sible e d ito rial team . L o o k a t th em a g a in . C a n 't you sense the a n a ly s in g the picture th a t the fa t m a n is h o ld in g , o f the picture the fa t m a n is h o ld in g. L o o k a t the m a n on the fa r rig h t?
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worst of both possible worlds • A speech to members of the Australian Journalists Association by Mr J. D. Pringle on his return from over seas recently. Mr Pringle is the new editor of the “Canberra Times” but, ironically enough, it seems that it is his chief rival, “ The Australian ”, that has taken greatest heed of his words. TVTY first im pression o n re tu rn in g to Sydney six m o n th s ago w as how little the press had changed since I left six years before. T h e type and m ak eu p w ere the sam e. T he h an d lin g of stories was th e sam e. V ery often the stories them selves seem ed the sam e. C ol um n 8 w as still in colum n 10. I c o u ld n ’t find a single new fe atu re o r single new w riter — tho u g h som e o f the w riters, o f course, had changed papers. A dm ittedly, som e o f the papers had new pro p rieto rs, b u t I ’m bound to adm it th a t som etim es old R ip V an Pringle still felt th a t he w as really reading E z ra N o rto n ’s “ M irro r” , though he ra th e r m issed those c harm ing historical e x tra v ag a n zas w hich they used to p rin t on th e m iddle pages. O f course, there w ere sm all changes. I was pleased to see th a t the children at O xalis C ottage had grow n u p and w ere five years older, though I c o u ld n 't help w ondering why
som e n ew spaper executive h a d n ’t sent the m ost brillian t a n d w itty w riter in Sydney on a y e a r’s holiday a b ro ad and bro u g h t him back to do som ething com pletely different. I c o u ld n ’t find a new colum nist, a new c a r to o n ist o r even a new com ic strip oh yes, o n e new com ic strip bought from E ngland. T h e one g reat and im p o rta n t change has n o th in g to do with new spapers — it is the em ergence o f three o r fo u r q uite excellent periodicals, o f w hich I m ust m ention with special h o n o u r the “ B ulletin” in the last tw o o r th ree years. 1 think its reached a very fine stan d ard . I w as p articu larly pleased at this, because in a lecture w hich 1 delivered at M elbourne just before I left A u stralia I did advocate p eriodicals as the w ay in w hich there m ight be im m ediate and practical im prove m ent. W ell, its happened. I think A ustralia can be q uite proud to have the Bulletin, the N atio n , Q u a d ran t, M eanlin and others — I
w ould like to m ention O Z. too — 1 think it’s extrem ely encouraging. But as fa r as the daily and Sunday press o f Sydney goes, and indeed o f all A ustralia. it seem s to me fairly deep in the ru t in w hich 1 left it in 1957. I c o u ld n 't help co n trastin g this w ith the press in London, du rin g the five years I was back in Britain. D u rin g th a t tim e th e re ’s been a trem en d o u s revolution. In fact, tw o Sunday p ap ers and one natio n al daily and a L ondon evening pap er disap p eared com pletely- -th a t’s going a bit fa r for change. It’s sad. but at least it does suggest the in te n sity o f the com petition which is going on there. A new Sunday new spaper, "T he S u n day T eleg ra p h ”, was born. T he “ D aily H e ra ld ’s’ is being reconstructed. T h e M an ch ester G u a rd ian has becom e a national paper, printing in L ondon. T h e Sunday T im es has published the first c o lo u r supplem ent, w hich is now going to be follow ed by both
are a dozen o th ers even m o re exciting and significant. T h ere s been a new re volution in m ak eu p in these five years, led, I think, so fa r as the q u a lity new spapers go, by the O bserver a n d p e rh ap s f o r the p o p u la r new s papers, by th e D aily M irro r. A re tu rn to a m ore au stere use o f type, m u ch m o re use of low er case instead o f caps, m u ch m ore use o f w hite, p len ty o f b lan k space, all this is a trem en d o u s change w hich has h a rd ly p en e trated here a t all. O ddly enough, th e only place I notice it is in the lea d er page o f the Sunday M irro r w hich does seem to be to re flect som e o f this exciting change in ty p o g rap h y and m akeup. N ew n am es have em erged to tak e the place o f th e old. T h e b rillian t young m en o f “ P riv ate E y e” have th ru st their elbow s ra th e r u n c ere m o n io u sly w ide. N am es lik e B er n a rd L evin, M ichael F rq n , A lan B rien, K a th leen W h ite h o rn , P enelope G illia tt have becom e leading nam es a n d h ave tak en the place of old hacks o f a b o u t 35, like K en T ynan. A ll this is going on all the tim e. I c an ’t rem em b er a m o n th w hile I w as there w hen som e n ew spaper d id n ’t in tro d u ce a new featu re, a new w riter, a new page, a new w ay o f doing som ething. E ven new tec h n iq u es h ave been discovered. A very b rillian t jo u rn alist called A n thony Sam son, w ho first w rote u n d e r the nam e of P endennis in th e O bserver, has invented a new k ind o f gossip w riting, w hich I w ould call intelligent gossip. In stead of w riting a bout film stars and d eb u ta n tes a n d earls, he w rote ab o u t p oliticians and civil servants and the new A frican leaders in an intelligent, p e r sonal w ay w hich m ade th e vital and in te r esting to th e re ad e r. H e also discovered th at the story o f w h at really happ en ed , told a w eek late r, a m o n th late r, o r even six m o nths later, m aybe m o re interesting th a n the sam e event as to ld by th e p a p ers the next day. Y ou really h ave to dig and find out w hat did happen. O f course, y o u ’ve p ro b ab ly read “A natom y o f B rita in ” w here he applied the sam e tech n ique to w ritin g ab o u t th e c o u n try as a w hole in book form . H e ’s burro w ed dow n the c o r ridors o f pirn a n d u n e arth ed civil servants w ho h ave p re viously been obscure. H e ’s gone a n d dug o u t the h e ad m aste rs h e ’s dragged bishops, blinking, into th e public gaze, h a lf ann o y ed a b o u t it, h a lf ra th e r pleased. But he ’s to ld us. o r h elp ed to tell us, ho w B ritain is really governed, w ho governs it, how it’s done. H e 's gone into the city and fo u n d the people w ho run th e big businesses. N ow B rita in ’s full o f im itato rs o f A nthony Sam son. E v ery pap er has one. W here are they in A u stra lia ? I h a v e n 't seen one. I c a n 't help thin k in g A u stra lia n jo u rn alists have missed som e o f these developm ents, because their eyes a re fixed so firm ly on th e U n ite d States. A u stra lia n s are te m p o ra rily obsessed by A m erica. I ’ve seen this in television. A ny p ro g ram m e p ro d u ced in A m e ric a is bou g h t u n seen — it m u st be good. M uch b e tte r p ro gram m es p ro d u ced in B ritain they eithei d o n ’t know a b o u t or think a long tim e before they b u y them . B ut I th in k this applies to the press, too, because this g reat revolution in the press has tak en place alm ost entirely in B ritain, a n d has n o t yet p en etrated A m erica. T h e g re at v irtue o f th e A m erican press is th e ir responsibility. T h e y ’re a very responsible lot, th e y ’re very factu al. T h ey give a great deal of in fo rm a tio n . As p ap ers o f record th ey ’re unrivalled. B ut in m any w ays th e y ’re
very du ll and th ey ’re very b a d ly w ritten and th ey ’re very bad ly m ade up. I cant help feel ing som etim es th a t th e A u stra lia n press has gone fo r the w orst o f b o th possible w orlds. T h ey ’ve im itate d the sensationalism a n d irre s ponsibility o f the B ritish press and th e d u ll ness, bad m ak e u p and ty p o g rap h y of the A m erican press. W ell, things a re m oving here at last, and I am glad th a t I am p a rt o f th e m ove. I ’m delighted th a t new p ap ers are going to start in A u stralia. I th in k it’s a b o u t tim e. B ut m uch m ore necessary. I th in k one o f the first things to b e done is to re sto re the prim acy, o f w riters in the A u stra lia n press. T h ere are w riters and re p o rte rs in th e A u stra lia n press today, w ho are a bsolutely first class, and I ’m glad to nam e som e o f them . I ’ve praised before, and will praise again, th e m arvellous, lucid style a n d sly w it o f R oss C am pbell. G avin S in ter is one o f th e finest re p o rte rs, I think, w riting in the E ng'Jsh language. A lan R eid is a p o litical c o rresp o n d en t o f e x tra o rd in ary judgem ent and know ledge. Reg. F o s ter, to w hom I ow e a lot, has been w riting vigorous, intelligent com m ent fo r 50 years, and is still read a b le every Sunday. T hese m en are a c red it to th e profession. But how m uch en co u rag em en t do they get? In A u stralia, m oney, prestige, ad v ancem ent go to those w ho leave w riting as early as p o s sible a n d becom e a d m in istrato rs o r execu tives. E ven the m ost b rillian t w riters a ren 't paid as m uch as a n advertising m an a g er or circu latio n m anager. B rilliant y o ung m en are refused a by-line as long as possible — A nd even after. W hen they get it, it’s in as sm all type as possible. I ’m sick o f this anonym ity. H ow can we com pete with television, w here every a n n o u n ce r is a sort of public star, w ith o u t to som e extent building up the nam es — and I ’d include faces — o f o u r m ost b rilliant w riters? But the fa u lt d o e sn ’t lie only with m an ag e m ent. W here indeed are the bright young w riters? I'm ap p alled w hen I go a b o u t new s p a p er offices in th is c o u n try to find how thin tale n t is, and how m any o f .the y oung m en in jou rn alism to d ay have no a m b itio n to be com e “ w riters” . Y o u n g m en are c ontent to do th e ir re p o rt ing as straight as possible, using tired old p hrases to re p o rt tired old facts. W hose fault is it? N ew s E d ito rs? C hiefs o f Staff? T he y oung m en them selves? I ’m not q uite sure. I am inclined to blam e the cadet system . T h ere a re great virtues in th e A u s tralian cadet system . I d o n ’t u n d e r-ra te them . A u stra lia n jo u rn alists get p ro b a b ly a b e tte r and m ore th o ro u g h train in g th an any jo u rn alists in the w orld. A t least they do know these basic things w hich are absolutely essen tial. B ut u n fo rtu n ately , th e cadet system adm its into o u r n ew spaper offices every year to o m an y young m en and w om en w ho never could w rite, never will w rite, and never w ant to w rite — young m en to w hom journalism is really on a level w ith plum bing. W e are a fte r all, u p against television now I spent th e last six m o n th s in television. I have a considerable a d m iratio n fo r television. I enjoyed w orking fo r it. T h ere are som e things television can do b e tte r th an jo u rn a l ism can do. But 1 am convinced th at jo u rn a l ism can only com pete w ith television by good w riting, and th a t we m ust d evelop a n d create real w riting ta le n t and p ro m o te it w hen w e’ve got it. W e m u st e n co u rag e new m en to do different kinds o f journalism , and get o u t of this ru t in w hich I feel the Sydney press has fallen. I c a n ’t help noticing an aw ful silence has fallen on this ro o m in the last q u a rte r o f an hour. T h a n k you
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O n J u n e 9, 1955, F r a n k B ro w n e a n d R a y m o n d F itz g e r a ld w e re s u m m o n e d to a p p e a r b e fo re th e H o u se o f R e p r e s e n ta tiv e s a f t e r F e d e ra l P a r li a m e n t h a d fo u n d th e m g u ilty o f a b re a c h o f p a r l ia m e n ta r y p riv ile g e . T h e b re a c h a ro s e o u t o f a t ta c k s p u b lish e d in th e B a n k s to w n “ O b s e rv e r” o n th e M e m b e r fo r R eid , M r. C. T . M o r g a n , f o r h is a lle g e d c o n n e c tio n w ith a n im m ig r a tio n r a c k e t. F itz g e r a ld w as p r o p r ie to r a n d B ro w n e th e e d ito r of th e " O b s e r v e r ” . T h e tw o m en w e re re fu s e d le g a l r e p r e s e n ta tio n a t a ll s ta g e s a n d w e re s e n te n c e d to th r e e m o n th s ’ im p r is o n m e n t, p a r t o f w h ic h w a s s e rv e d in G o u lb u rn G oal. N o c iv il a c tio n w as e v e r ta k e n a g a in s t th e m by a n y o f th e m e n w h o m th e y w erf1 s u p p o se d to h a v e lib elled . T h e P r im e M in is te r m oved th e m o tio n s a d o p tin g th e r e p o r t o f th e P r iv ile g e s C o m m itte e , r e q u e s t in g th e tw o m e n to a p p e a r b e fo re P a r li a m e n t a n d o r d e r in g t h e ir im p r is o n m e n t. I t w as l a te r re v e a le d t h a t th e S p e a k e r of th e H o u se of R e p r e s e n ta tiv e s , M r. A . G. C a m e ro n , h a d o r d e re d th e d e s tr u c tio n o f th e A B C ’s ta p e s o f th e p ro c e e d in g s . T h e se ta p e s in c lu d e d th e fo llo w in g sp e e c h o f F r a n k B ro w n e , in w h ic h he o u tlin e d th e in j u s t ic e s in v o lv e d :
Mr. M ENZIES-—I suggest we h ear the o th e r person charged. Mr. SPEA KER.—Sergeant-at-A rm s, inform s F rank C ourtney Browne th a t the H ouse will now h ear him . M r. Frank C ourtney B row ne having appeared at the bar o f the H o m e, Mr. B RO W N E.— Mr. Speaker a n d h o n o r able m em bers, I have som ething to say in e x te n u atio n , and m itigation of my offences, but it m ust rem ain a slightly im personal plea, because I have been convicted of an offence w hich, according to A ustralian ju s tice, has not been fully proved. I base th a t on this: It is considered the rig h t— M r. SPEAKER.—You will take your hands off the bar. M r. B R O W N E .— it is considered the right of every A ustralian citizen charged w ith an offence th a t he, first, m ust be charged; a n d secondly, he m ust have legal represen tation. T h a t is denied to m e even here. H e m ust have th e case against him proved, and lie need not answ er incrim in atin g ques tions. T h e n there is the fact th a t he m ust have the rig h t to cross-examine his accuser. A nd last, he m ust have the rig h t to appeal. T h e re is also a n o th e r in h ere n t rig h t w hich is always jserved in every court in this Com m onw alth, and every court w here there is any reafonable conception of justice— th a t he shall present his case in an atm osphere w hich shall not have h a d the effect of p re judging him before he comes in. Now, M r. Speaker, let m e ask you how w hat has hap p en ed to m e this week squares up w ith th at. First, I have been convicted and never charged. Secondly, at no tim e have I had legal representation. T h ird ly , the case against me has not been properly proved. Fourthly, I have never had the right to cross-exam ine my accuser. A nd fifthly, I have no right to appeal. As far as the last is concerned, it is the in h ere n t rig h t for a m an to have his case taken in an atm osphere th a t does not allow him to e n te r the c o u rt room w ith the h a tre d , not only of spectators b u t of practically every one in the co u rt room, including the ju ry , stirred u p against him to a point, w here, if this was a com m unity of a n o th e r type, I d o u b t very m uch w h eth er he w ould get into the court at all; he w ould be lynched on the Way in. I come to th a t last point. Last night, the right h onorable the Prim e M inister, the greatest o ra to r in the history of this country —and you can p u t A lfred D eakin in, too— and, I suggest, one of the m ost vindictive m en in the history of this country, rose and, in the way th a t only he can do, poured scorn on m e. It h a j been done before, I know th at, b u t never q u ite u n d e r these circum stances. In effect, last night he acted as a stage m anager, and the purpose of his stage m anagem ent was one th in g and one thing only—"B ring Browne in here to grovel for
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mercy, and if he does not grovel for mercy, p u t him in for life ”. Sir, I am not asking for any rights for myself. I know very well th a t I have m ade personal enem ies of m em bers on b oth sides of this H ouse in the course of doing w hat I believe to be right, no m a tte r w hat o th e r people th in k about it. T h e re is no question a bout the a ttitu d e of the rig h t honorable the Prim e M inister, sir, tow ards me— none w h a t ever. T h e re is no question a bout the a ttitu d e of my erstw hile great and good friend, the rig h t h onorable the T re a su re r tow ards me. T h e re is no question, sir, a bout the ‘a ttitu d e of some of the m em bers on the O pposition side of the House. I have been facetious at least ab o u t some of them ; I have been m ore th an facetious a bout some of them . B ut th a t is by the by. I am not asking m erely for myself. I am not stan d in g here as Frank Browne. W hat h appens to Frank Browne in this assembly does not m a tte r very m uch. H e is an obscure and inconspicuous figure in the com m unity — not a new spaper baron, sir, not a m an who can com m and a m ighty organ w ith w hich to in tim id a te a m em ber if he tried. No, I cannot do that. I produce an obscure su b u rb a n new spaper of fo u r sheets of foolscap a week, so I am not a very big figure. You m ight say th a t I am a w orker— a phrase th a t is frequently bandied ab o u t— which I th in k I can claim to be classed as. So th a t I am asking not for myself, sir, but for those who may follow m e, th a t this H ouse does not seek to im pose very strict p un ish m en t, but th a t it will delegate my trial to a body, a legal trib u n a l, in w hich I will have my rights, and if I am then shown to be guilty— well, the hardest gaol in the land is too good for me. A nd there w ould be appeal. I w ould not plead m itigation. I am prep ared to take my chance u n d e r those cir cum stances. All 1 ask for is th a t the general public be shown, sir. th a t you do not bring people here to C anberra to deprive them of th e ir rights, th a t the law m akers do not set them selm es above the law, and do not place th e ir good nam e b e tte r th an th a t of the constituents they represent. Surely th a t is not too m uch to ask, sir. I say th at, if this P arliam ent establishes a precedent and takes the rig h t of p u n ish m ent into its own hands, the rights th a t h'ave been fought for since 1215, and even before, are seriously endangered. T h e rig h t of free speech is endangered. You talk ab o u t in tim idation, sir. You visit exem plary p u n ish m ent—or, for th a t m atter, the degree of p u n ish m en t does not m a tte r to m e— and w hat happens? T h e re will not be a jo u rn a l ist in the land, not a new spaper p ro p rieto r in the land, who will feel free, because once you establish a precedent you m ight say, "O h, yes, Browne did an awful th in g ” . But you will not wail for som eone else to do an
aw ful thing. You will get a b orderline case and inevitably in a b orderline case 'you get som ebody who says, “T h ro w him to the lions; crucify h im ”, and they crucify him . T h a t has been the lesson of tyranny in every country. T h e re is not a th in g th a t H itle r did th a t he could not justify— not a thing. R ead M ein K am pf and you will w onder how he ever w ent to w ar and, w hen he did go to war, how we could ever reconcile it w ith o u r consciences to fight. T h e law of this country has am ple p ro vision for any p u n ish m en t th a t I have e a rn ed. I ask th a t this H ouse will n o t take a final step of inflicting p u n ish m en t, because w ith any move in th a t direction, how ever tem pered— if it consists of an apology— the p rinciple has gone. Sir, it establishes the fact th a t here is not only a court, b u t a court which absolves itself of every idea th a t we have h a d inculcated in to us on the score of n a tu ra l justice w hen a person is charged w ith an offence— in fact, a court th a t is p re p are d to convict him w ith o u t charging him . Even the Star C ham ber, th a t body which is bandied aro u n d every tim e som ebody w ants to justify him self as a tru e blue dem ocrat, did not go th a t far. I say this, a n d I say it q u ite sincerely: T h a t w hat you do to m e is of no m om ent, perhaps, in a physical sense to anybody b u t m e— no m om ent whatever. But you are exp o rtin g locom otives and o th e r things to those coun tries th a t are struggling tow ards dem ocracy in South-East Asia. If you exoprt the loco m otives and you neglect to export some of the elem ental principles of justice w hich they know n o th in g about, well, it will all be in vain. Your Colom bo plan will be nullified. E verything you give them they will misuse, including the rights of legislative bodies. Now, sir, I do appeal to you. It is not a question of the m erits of the case, a n d it is not a question of the rights of the case. 1 know th at you have unlim ited rights. If I were tried for m u rd er and convicted a fte r due tria l, 1 suppose I could look forw ard to being out in about fifteen years, if I were good. But, sir, I do not know w hat I can look forw ard to here. You may say, in effect, " P u t him away and sh u t him u p ”, and w hat welcome news th at w ould be to some of the m em bers present! Sir, if you fall back on your rights—and your rights are 300-year old rights— to deal w ith m e here, you will have forfeited any right—not you personally, b u t every m em ber here— to stand at next election tim e on the stum p and sing hym ns a bout liberty, equality and fraternity.
GOD a n d m e a r e n ’t e x p e r ts , b u t b y G old_w a t e r I th in k its a b o u t tim e th is c o u n try sto o d up to C om m ie c o n s p ir a to r s e v e r y w h e r e a n d s a id to th e m : C om m ies, go f o r ' th e d r a w , C om m ie! I H A \ T to t e ll y o u a n d I w a n t y o u to lis te n w h e n ! t e ll y o u , w h a te v e r I t e ll yo u . A n d th e n I ’l l t e ll th e G e n e r a ls its t h e ir p ro b le m . M y o ld g ra n d a d d y u sed to s a y to m e b e f o r e Y o m K ip p u r : So n, h e used to s a y , I w a n t th a t y o u sh o u ld r e m e m b e r th a t t h e r e ’s n o th in g w ro n g w ith b e in g a J e w , son, b e c a u s e C h ris t w a s a J e w to o , an d , a s f a r a s I’m c o n c e rn e d , S a n ta C lau s is a n E pisco p a lia n . A n d , B a r r y , h e used to s a y to m e, m y o ld g r a n g a d d y d id , i f G od’s on y o u r sid e, w h o c a n b e a g a in s t y o u ? A n d i f God’s n o t on y o u r sid e th e n b r ib e him . I f G od’s n o t a n ig g e r o r a C om m ie o r a c h e a p e a s te r n c o lu m n ist o r a y a n k e e f lu o r id a t o r , y o u ca n b r ib e him , son. A n d I lo o k e d up a n d I s a id to m y o le g r a n d a d d y : G ra n d a d d y , I s a id , o n e d a y I ’l l m a k e up f o r th e c h e a p , n a s ty t r i c k s y o u ’v e p la y e d on m y d a d d y an d m y m o m m y an d a ll th e E p is c o p a lia n s y o u ’v e sw in d le d in a ll o f A r iz o n a . One d a y I ’m g o n n a tu r n th is c o u n tr y in to w h a t y o u ’v e a lw a y s re c k o n e d it o u g h t to be, g ra n d a d d y , a n d th e n y o u ’ll sp e w in y o u r g r a v e . A n d th a t ’s w h y I ’m h e r e to d a y . I ’m h e r e to t e ll y o u , a n d I ’m h e r e to t e ll y o u a ll, a i l o f y o u , r e g a r d le s s o f w h e t h e r y o u ’r e N o rth e rn E p isc o p a lia n s o r S o u th e rn E pis c o p a lia n s o r N o rth e rn B a p tis ts o r S o u th e rn B a p tis ts , r e g a r d le s s o f w h e t h e r y o u h a te n ig g e rs b e c a u s e th e y s le e p w ith y o u r s is te r s o r w h e th e r y o u h a te n ig g e rs b e c a u se th e y sm e ll. A n d t h e r e ’s no p r e ju d ic e in m y p a rty !
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f) posts or causes to be posted for trans mission by post any indecent or obscene p ic ture or p rin ted or w ritten m a tter or g) prin ts any pictu re or p rin ted m atter published or posted in contravention of this A ct shall be liable, if a body corporate, to a penalty not exceeding one hu n d red pounds and, if any other person, to a penalty not exceeding fifty pou n d s or to im prisonm ent for any term not exceeding six m onths." Section 3. “(I) ‘In d e ce n t’ advertisem ent or picture or p rin ted or w ritten m atter includes any adver tisem ent, picture or p rin ted or w ritten m atter relating to any com plaint or infirm ity arising from or relating to sexual intercourse or to nervous d e b il ity or fem ale irregularities or which m ight reasonably be construed as relating to any illegal m edical treatm ent or illegal opera tion. W ith o u t prejudice to the generality of the foregoing definition, any advertisem ent in relation to contraception or contraceptives shall be deem ed to be an indecent advertisem ent. (2) W ith o u t prejudice to the generality of the m eaning of the w ord ‘obscene’ any p u b li cation or advertisem ent shall be deem ed to be obscene if it u n d u ly emphasises m atters of sex, crimes of violence, gross cruelty or horror. (3) In determ in in g fo r the purposes of the A ct w h eth er any p u blication or advertise m en t is obscene the court shall have regard to— . . a) the nature o f the publication or adver tisem ent; and b) the persons, classes of persons and age
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L o s t A p r il, th e e d ito rs o f O Z , its c a r to o n is t (M a r tin S harp) a n d its p u b lis h e r (F ra n c is Jam es o f th e A n g lic a n Press) re ceived sum m onses a lle g in g th a t th e Feb ru a ry no 6 issue h a d c o n tra v e n e d th e ab ove A c t. O n J u ly 2 3 a n d 2 4 th e d e fe n d a n ts a p p e a re d in th e C e n tra l C o u rt o f P e tty Sessions, S ydney, to p le a d n o t g u ilty . A fte r tw o days M r L o cke S .M . a d jo u rn e d th e case to A u g u s t 2 8 w h e n cou nsel w ill b e g in to address th e C o u rt. B eing sub ju d ic e a t th e p resent tim e , a n y p ro lo n g e d discussion o f th e case needs to be p o stpon ed, a lth o u g h we ho pe n e x t m o n th to p u b lis h som e o f th e c h o ic e s t se le ctio n s fro m th e tra n s c rip t. In te rm s o f th e A c t we a re d e n y in g th a t th e re is a n y " u n d u e em p h a sis on s e x ". H o w e v e r, on th is p o in t we a re a llo w e d to c a ll no w itnesses, as th is is a m a tte r fo r th e C o u rt a lo n e to decide. B u t on th re e o th e r p o in ts e x p e rt w it nesses a re a llo w e d a n d we h a v e used th e m to a tte m p t to p ro v e th a t: a) b o th th e m a g a z in e as a w h o le a n d a c a rto o n b y M a r tin S harp, o n w h ic h th e p ro s e c u tio n has c o n c e n tra te d ( " T h e w o rd fla s h e d ro u n d th e A rm s . . . " ) , h a v e som e lite ra r y a n d a r tis tic m e rit; b) th a t th e m a g a z in e is u n lik e ly to te n d to d e p ra v e a n d c o rru p t. I f b o th p a rts ca n be s u c c e s s fu lly m a in ta in e d th e n u n d e r se ctio n 4 o f th e A c t we s h o u ld be a c q u itte d . T h e w itnesses c a lle d b y th e d e fe n c e w ere:
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v e rs ity A d ria n C o le m a n , E nglish le c tu re r, N S W U n iv e rs ity G e o ffre y L ittle , E nglish le c tu re r, Sydney U n iv e rs ity M u n g o M a c C a llu m , a u th o r a n d lite ra r y c r itic M rs M a d e le in e A rm s tro n g , d ra m a c ritic M is s B e tty A rc h d a le , h e a d m istre ss o f A b b o ts le ig h G irls ' C o lle g e Rev P eter B enn y, w a rd e n o f St P a u l's C o lle g e , S ydney U n iv e rs ity G ordon H a w k in s , le c tu re r in c rim in o lo g y , S ydney U n iv e rs ity D r E llard, p sy c h ia trist D r J im D u rh a m , p s y c h ia tris t A le x C a re y, p s ych o lo g y le c tu re r, N S W U n iv e rs ity J o h n O lsen, p a in te r E llw y n L y n n , a r t c ritic T o m F itz g e ra ld , e d ito r o f N A T IO N
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groups to or am ongst w hom the publication or advertisem ent was or was inten d ed or likely to be p u blished, distributed, sold, exh ib ite d , given or delivered; and c) the tendency of the publication or advertisem ent to deprave, corrupt or injure the morals of any such persons, class of p e r sons or age group, to the intentio7i that a publication or advertisem ent shall be held to be obscene w hen it lends or is likely in any m anner to deprave, corrupt or injure the morals of any such persons or the p e r sons in any such class or age group, n o tw ith standing th a t persons in other classes or age groups may not be sim ilarly affected.” Section 4. “T h e provisions of this A ct, other than sections tw enty to tw enty-nine, both in clu sive, do not apply to the p rin tin g , p u b lish ing, m aking, possessing, selling, delivering or d istrib u tin g or the e xh ib itin g in the w indow of any shop or the posting or causing to be posted of— a) any work of literary or artistic m erit; or b) any bona fide m edical or scientific book, p a m p h le t, magazine or periodical, unless the court is satisfied that n o tw ithstanding its literary or artistic m erit or its character as a m edical or scientific book, p a m p h le t, m aga zine or periodical, the p rin tin g , publishing, m aking, possessing, selling, delivering or dis trib u tin g or the e xh ib itin g in the w indow of any shop or the posting or causing to be posted was not justified in the circumstances of the particular case having regard, in par ticular, to the persons, class of persons or age groups into whose hands it was intended or likely to com e."_________________________
1963. 6 ,0 0 0 copies w ere d is trib u te d fro m an o ffic e in th e o ld R ocks area o f S ydney on th e basis o f £ 5 0 w o rk in g c a p ita l, 3 0 s u b scrib e rs a n d no f u ll- tim e s ta ff. In tw e lv e m o n th s we h a ve d o u b le d th a t c irc u la tio n , a ttra c te d 8 0 0 sub scribers, a c q u ire d an o ffic e in th e m id d le o f Sydney, a M e lb o u rn e e d ito r a n d a fu ll- tim e s ta f f o f one. W ith e ve ry 1 ,0 0 0 new readers we are in a b e tte r p o s itio n to o ffe r w rite rs th e lure to w h ic h , d e s p ite th e ir p o p u la r im a g e , th e y a re h ig h ly s u s c e p tib le . F o rtn ig h tly d is tr i b u tio n is also a ta r g e t fo r th e n e a r fu tu re .
OBSCENE BOOK TO BE BURNT In C entral C o u rt today, M r. Folk, SM, in sum m ing u p on the “H oly Bible case, said from the bench th a t a lthough he could not read he had heard plenty of evidence to suggest the “ book contains some p re tty hot stuff.” H e w ent on to say th at the cross symbol on the cover represented Kings Cross, “ which we all know is a den of depravity H e declared the book an obscene p u b li cation and ordered all copies to be b u rn t im m ediately. Folk sentenced the printers, T h e O xford U niversity Press, the publisher, )ames. King of G reat Britain, France and Ireland and defender of the Faith and the au th o rs, Joshua, R uth, Sam uel, Ezra, N ehem iah, Ester, Jo b , Psalms, Proverbs, Isaiah, Jerem iah, Ezekiel, D aniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, O badiah, Jo n a h , Micah. N ahum , H ahakkuk, Z ephaniah, M alachi, M atthew , M ark, Luke, John, T im o th y , T itu s, Phile m on. Peter, Ju d e , and Revelations, each to 1,000 lashes. N one of th e defendants were present in c o u rt.
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Off to a barn dance in B o u rke ? A w e d din g in W a lge tt? A d inner date at D a p to ? . . . Y o u 'v e got n o th in g to w e ar? Q uick, clip out th is coupon and send u s your m easurem ents. Be first to take advantage of th is u niq ue service to OZ readers— and be second (since C ind erella) to enjoy the luxury of b eing the best-dressed belle (or boy) at the ball with so little effort. B esid es, we guarantee not to cha nge you into a pum pkin. P L E A S E IN D IC A T E T H E T Y P E OF F O R M A L W E A R Y O U W IS H , A N D E N C L O S E A C H E Q U E , M O N E Y O R D E R O R P O S T A L N O TE TO C O V E R T H E D E P O S IT A N D H IR IN G C O ST ( D E P O S IT W IL L B E R E T U R N E D ) TU XEDO : H ir in g cost, £2 ; Deposit, £5 ; Postage, 6/ -; TOTAL, £7/6/D IN N E R S U IT : H ir in g cost, £3 ; Deposit, £5 ; Postage, 6/-; TO TAL, £ 8 / 6 / -
D IN N E R S U IT A N D T U X E D O A C C E S S O R IE S : Sh irt, 10 /- extra; Tie, 5/ - extra; Gloves, 5/ - extra; D re ss Jewellery, 5/ - extra. (Ple ase state c olla r size). D R E S S S U IT : H ir in g cost, £ 5 / 5 / -; Deposit, £5 ; Postage, 6/-; TOTAL, £ 1 0 / 1 1 / - . H ir in g cost inclu d es: D re ss S h irt and C ollar, white Vest, S t u d s and C uff lin ks, white G lo ves and white Tie. (Ple ase state collar size of shirt.) LO U N G E S U IT : H ir in g cost, £3 ; Deposit, £5 ; Postage, 6/-; TO TAL, £ 8 / 6 / -. And for the Fair Sex: Debutar>te Gown from £ 8 — £ 1 0 dep. W e dd ing Gown from £ 1 0 — £ 1 0 dep. B all Gown from £ 5 — £ 1 0 dep. Fur Sto le s from £ 2 / 2 / - — £ 5 dep.
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