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House Rejects Plan
Servants' Fares
A move by an elected member in the P-NG House of Assembly to force overseas public servants in the Territory to travel tourist class in stead of first class when flying out of the Territory for any reason, including leave, was defeated in the House in March.
Mr. Keith Tetley (Gulf), introducing a private bill, said public servants could at present get first-class return tickets to their home states for a nominal payment. The Administration could save $200,000 this year if all public servants travelled tourist class.
Many public servants exchanged their first-class warrants for fare credits which they then used within Australia, he added.
The only other speaker in the debate was Mr, Don Barrett, who said public servants had been frequently promised that their terms and conditions would not be changed, and this change could be the straw that broke the camel's back, resulting in public servants resigning.
The bill was thrown out on a division, 41 to 9.