FOR PRESS PM No. 70/ 1970
BARRIER REEF ENQUIRY: ASSISTANCE
WITH LEGAL COSTS
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr John Gorton
The Commonwealth will meet the reasonable legal
costs, including Counsels' fees, of five conservationist bodies
appearing before the Royal Commission on Barrier Reef Petroleum
Drilling. Requests for financial assistance fur full-time
legal representation were received from the Australian Conservation
Foundation and four Queensland scientific or conservationist
organisations; The Great Barrier Reef Committee, the Queensland
Littoral Society, the Save the Barrier Reef Committee and the Wild
Life Preservation Society of Queensland.
Earlier, 35 members of the Queensland Bar had
offered their services gratuitously to assist the conservationists
in presenting their evidence. This would have resulted in each
set of counsel appearing for one week at a time, a course which would
have presented obvious difficulties.
CANBERRA, 1 July 1970
Gorton, John
Period of Service: 10/01/1968 - 10/03/1971
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Release Date:
01/07/1970
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BARRIER REEF ENQUIRY: ASSISTANCE WITH LEGAL COSTS - STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR JOHN GORTON
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