Eggs were thrown at a doctors' meeting, reported The Canberra Times on this day 48 years ago.
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A small but vocal group of egg-throwing students heckled and jeered the president of the General Practitioners' Society, Dr Peter Arnold, during a meeting at the Albert Hall to discuss the effects of the Whitlam government's proposed health scheme.
From the outset, Dr Arnold and three Canberra doctors were greeted by hisses, boos, whistles and horn-blowing from about 20 of the 350 people attending the meeting.
Dr Arnold appeared unruffled, but on two occasions, lost his composure when he referred to members of the audience as "bombastic nongs" and "rude people".
Dr Arnold had told the meeting there was a shortage of general practitioners in Australia and the recommendations of a new report were trying to "stretch the unstretchable", attempting to offer general practitioner services without charge to the whole population when there were not enough doctors.
As the four doctors left the stage they were pelted with eggs. Some members agreed with the hecklers and others felt that Dr Arnold should at least have been given a fair go.
