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Cabinet minute, Decision 626.
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Cabinet minute, Decision 626.
[Header and footer in large red letters:] CONFIDENTIAL
[Header and footer in large black letters:] CABINET-IN-CONFIDENCE
Copy No. 51
[Stamped in black ink:] THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT [underlined] TO BE COPIED
CABINET MINUTE
Canberra, 30 May 1983
Decision No. 626
[Heading:] Memorandum No. 101 and Decision No. 562 (Ad Hoc) – Tasmania : Alternative Employment Proposals for Gordon-Below-Franklin Dam Workforce
The Cabinet:-
(a) noted the Memorandum; and
(b) agreed that, together with other appropriate information, it be used as background for further negotiations with Tasmania; and
(c) noted that the Minister for Science and Technology was developing proposals in relation to high technology industries which might in the longer term be of relevance to the Tasmania employment situation.
(This endorses Decision No. 562 (Ad Hoc) of 24 May 1983)
[Illegible handwritten signature]
Secretary to Cabinet
This confidential document records a federal Cabinet decision made on 30 May 1983 that acknowledged the need to consider projects—including those in ‘high technology industries—that could provide employment for Tasmanians. It followed the Australian Government’s decision to stop construction of the Gordon-below-Franklin Dam. The dam project, authorised by the Tasmanian Government, would have provided many jobs in Tasmania both during and after its construction. It was opposed by many Australians—in Tasmania and nationally—who were concerned about the impact on wilderness areas and on the environment.
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