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<date>1949-09-23</date>
<parliament.no>18</parliament.no>
<session.no>2</session.no>
<period.no>4</period.no>
<chamber>REPS</chamber>
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<para class="block">House of Representatives. </para>
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<day.start>1949-09-23</day.start>
<para>Mr.DeputySpeaker <inline font-weight="bold">(Mr. J. J. Clark)</inline> took the chair at 10.30 a.m., and read prayers. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
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<title>BARLEY</title>
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<page.no>543</page.no>
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<electorate>WILMOT, TASMANIA</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">DUTHIE, Gilbert</name>
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<para>- Can the Minister for </para>
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<para>Commerce and Agriculture give any indication to the barley-growers of Tasmania whetherbarley exports from that State will be permitted from the forthcoming crop? </para>
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<page.no>543</page.no>
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<electorate>BALLAARAT, VICTORIA</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">POLLARD, Reginald</name>
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<para>- The policy that will be adopted in respect of the forthcoming barley season will be that, provided the overall crop is sufficient to meet Australia's needs, export quotas will he fixed on the basis of the yield in each State in relation to total exports. In those circumstances an export quota will be allocated to Tasmania. An endeavour will be made to allocate quotas to export organizations in that State in order to ensure that the advantage of the higher overseas prices will flow back to the growers. </para>
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<title>SECRET INFORMATION</title>
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<para>Alleged Leakagesfrom Official Quarters</para>
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<page.no>543</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">CAMERON, Archie</name>
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<para>- I ask the Attorney-General whether any finality has yet been reached in his department's endeavour to discover the identity of the person who was alleged to have forged, or stolen, certain documents from which the Leader of the Australian Country party made' quotations in this House; or are we to regard that incident, like the last rose of last summer, as only a memory? </para>
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<page.no>543</page.no>
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<electorate>BARTON, NEW SOUTH WALES</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">EVATT, Herbert Vere</name>
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<para>- Disregarding the horticultural reference madeby the honorable member, the matter that he has mentioned was fully inquired into by my departmental officers. It directly involves security, and I have nothing to add to what the Prime Minister has said on the subject. </para>
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<title>LAND SETTLEMENT OF EX-SERVICEMEN</title>
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<page.no>543</page.no>
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<electorate>HUME, NEW SOUTH WALES</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">FULLER, Arthur</name>
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<para>- I ask the AttorneyGeneral whether it is a fact that P. J. Magennis Proprietary Limited, a large firm of graziers of Yass, New South Wales, has issued a writ out of the High Court challenging the action of the Commonwealth and the State of New South Wales in resuming 14,253 acres for the purposes of soldier settlement in the Yass-Queanbeyan district? Is it a fact that this large firm of graziers is seeking a declaration that theRe-establishment and Employment Act and similar legislation are <inline font-style="italic">ultra vires</inline> the Constitution? Can the right honorable gentleman take any action to hasten a decision by the High Court in this matter in order to protect the interests of soldier settlers generally? </para>
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<para>Dr.EVATT.- I am not familiar with the details of the case to which the honorable member has referred, hut an action of the kind he has mentioned has been commenced and it involves the claims of the Australian Government and the Government of New South Wales with respect to the rehabilitation of ex-service personnel in which the honorable member has displayed keen interest. The real point of the question is whether anything can be done to expedite the decision of the High Court of Australia on such matters. As all honorable members know, in these matters, in which three, four, five, six, or even seven judges may have to give an opinion, the Executive really has no control. Perhaps the position might best be summed up by the observation that a convoy proceeds at the speed of the slowest vessel. </para>
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<title>NORTHERN TERRITORY</title>
<page.no>544</page.no>
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<para>Tennantcreek Water Supply</para>
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<page.no>544</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">BLAIN, Adair</name>
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<para>- I preface my question to the Minister for the Interior by stating that the residents of Tennant Creek have been carting water to that town for the last fifteen years from bores six miles away. In view of the fact that the suitability of the reservoir site at Honeymoon Range has now been proved by boring trial holes, will the Minister make representations to the Minister for Works and Housing with the object of having the construction of a dam there proceeded; with immediately in order to provide the people of Tennant Creek with an adequate water supply? </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>544</page.no>
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<name.id>K9G</name.id>
<electorate>KALGOORLIE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA</electorate>
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<para>- I am not sure that it is a fact that the Honeymoon Range site has been proved by boring to be satisfactory. Recently I discussed the problem of supplies of water for Tennant Creek with a deputation that met me when I visited that centre. The facts associated with the matter are that a new bore has been sunk and is now being equipped. The bore water has been tested and been proved to be superior to that obtained previously from Gahn's Bore, from which the town is now supplied. In addition, as an experiment, an earth dam was constructed at Tennant Creek about two and a half years ago, and its holding capacity has been proved. In addition to the new dam that is now being equipped, another earth dam will be constructed to supplement the water supply. The cost of installing a water scheme about 30 or 40 miles away from Tennant Creek wouldcost between £60,000 and £70,000, and a very substantial annual upkeep would be involved because of the nature of the country. </para>
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<page.no>544</page.no>
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<para>- But I referred to the site at Honeymoon Range. </para>
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<page.no>544</page.no>
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<para>- This mining town has been proved it is not considered that . representations should be made to the Government to expend such a substantial amount in view of the availability of a substitute means of providing an adequate water supply. The residents of Tennant Creek have not made any effort themselves to conserve water in tanks, as is done in many mining towns in Western Australia. Although a large quantity of water is consumed at the two hotels at Tennant Creek, and the roofs of those buildings have a large catchment capacity, rainwater tanks have not been installed. They apparently expect the Government to take all of the risks associated with the provision of a water supply, but are not prepared to make any effort themselves to conserve the water that could be caught from their roofs, as the people in most other places do. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
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<title>ELECTORAL</title>
<page.no>544</page.no>
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<talker>
<page.no>544</page.no>
<time.stamp />
<name.id>L07</name.id>
<electorate>WERRIWA, NEW SOUTH WALES</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">LAZZARINI, Hubert</name>
<name role="display">Mr LAZZARINI</name>
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<para>- Has the Minister for Information seen an article in the Sydney <inline font-style="italic">Daily Telegraph</inline> of the 22nd September in a column written by a journalist named McNicoll which purports to reveal the contents of a teleprint message that went from a Commonwealth Minister to his department last Tuesday? If so, will he endeavour to ascertain how this leakage occurred, and how this <inline font-style="italic">Daily Telegraph</inline> "garbage collector" gets his information? </para>
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<speech>
<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>544</page.no>
<time.stamp />
<name.id>BV8</name.id>
<electorate>MELBOURNE, VICTORIA</electorate>
<party>ALP</party>
<role>Minister for Immigration</role>
<in.gov>1</in.gov>
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<name role="metadata">CALWELL, Arthur</name>
<name role="display">Mr CALWELL</name>
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<para>- In my capacity of Minister representing the PostmasterGeneral, who is in charge of teleprinter and similar facilities, I shall see whether the information that the honorable member seeks can be obtained, furnished to him, and, in fact, made public . It isa very desperate state of affairs if ministerial communications by way of telegraph, teleprinter, or indeed by letter, can be handed by somebody to a newspaper representative, or purloined by somebody and then given to a newspaper.We have had one experience in this Parliament of documents being abstracted from ministerial offices by journalists and then hawked around the Parliament and used. Perhaps there may be a need for a second inquiry. However, I shall bring the matter to the attention of the PostmasterGeneral, who, I am sure, will do his best to ascertain what has happened. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>545</page.no>
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<subdebate.1>
<subdebateinfo>
<title>DOLLAR LOAN</title>
<page.no>545</page.no>
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<talker>
<page.no>545</page.no>
<time.stamp />
<name.id>KIX</name.id>
<electorate>DEAKIN, VICTORIA</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">HUTCHINSON, William</name>
<name role="display">Mr HUTCHINSON</name>
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<para>- Will the Prime Minister inform honorable members when they may expect from him an announcement of the amount and the terms of the dollar loans arranged incidentally to the devaluation of sterling by both the United Kingdom and Australia at Washington a short time ago. What effect will the loans have on the availability of petrol in this country? </para>
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</speech>
<speech>
<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>545</page.no>
<time.stamp />
<name.id>A48</name.id>
<electorate>MACQUARIE, NEW SOUTH WALES</electorate>
<party>ALP</party>
<role>Prime Minister</role>
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<name role="metadata">CHIFLEY, Ben</name>
<name role="display">Mr CHIFLEY</name>
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<para>- I understand that the honorable member is asking something about a dollar loan which he says has been raised in the United States of America. I can assure him that, so far, no dollar loan has been discussed with the United States of America. I can only repeat the statement that I made in my budget speech, which was that the raising of a dollar loan in some form or other from the United States of America would be considered by the Government, but that such a loan would not be for the purpose of enabling Australia to depart from the arrangements made at the recent financial conference of British Commonwealth Ministers in London to reduce dollar imports by 25 per cent. Such a loan would be raised only to assist in obtaining essential capital equipment for which commitments had been entered into prior to the agreement to reduce dollar imports by 25 per cent. The honorable member can at once forget the possibility of any dollar loan being floated in the United States of America or anywhere else to buy consumer goods. We are concerned particularly with capital goods that cannot be obtained in easy currency countries. In brief, the reply to the honorable member's question is that no application has yet been made in the United States of America for a loan. All aspects of the matter are being examined, and if such a loan is agreed upon, it will be only to facilitate the purchase of absolutely essential capital goods for which commitments have already been entered into in some form or other. </para>
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<page.no>545</page.no>
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<page.no>545</page.no>
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<para>- Last week, I asked the Minister representing the </para>
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<para class="block">Minister for Social Services whether the maternity allowance would be payable to newly arrived British immigrants who had not yet fulfilled the residential qualification. The honorable gentleman replied that arrangements had been made for the Director-General of Social Services to consider each case on its merits, and that he felt sure that payment of the allowance would be made in approved circumstances. I ask the Minister now whether a similar arrangement will be made in respect of child endowment. </para>
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<page.no>545</page.no>
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<para>- The answer is " Yes ". The object of the Government is to, as quickly as possible, entitle immigrants whom we are satisfied will become permanent residents of this country, to the same rights and privileges that are enjoyed by native citizens. There is a residential qualification of twelve months in the Social Services Consolidation Act, and normally child endowment- would not become payable until the expiry of that period; but, the Government has empowered the Director-General of Social Services to make such payments as soon as he is satisfied that the new arrivals will settle permanently in Australia. </para>
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<page.no>545</page.no>
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<para class="block">First-class Mattes at Ordinary Rates. </para>
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<page.no>545</page.no>
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<para>- Will the Minister representing the Postmaster-General obtain a report on the cost of carrying mails by air during the recent disturbance of normal transport systems which resulted from the coal strike and floods ? Will he also obtain a report on the additional cost incurred by the utilization of supplementary road transport during those periods ? Finally, will he give consideration to the carriage by air of firstclass mail matter without additional surcharge to the north coast of New South Wales and also to the whole of Australia where air services operate regularly, as is done throughout the Union of South Africa ? </para>
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<page.no>545</page.no>
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<para>- I shall be glad to bring the right honorable gentleman's question to the notice of the PostmasterGeneral, but I warn him that any very great increase of the cost of the carriage of the mails to any part of Australia will make the Postal Department rather concerned about balancing its budget. Recently we had to increase postal charges. Any additional cost will make it even more difficult for the Postal Department to present a report to this Parliament which will show that it is carrying on within its means. There are some parts of Australia to which mail is now carried by air at ordinary rates. I am sure that the Postmaster-General will extend these facilities if it is at all possible to do so. The specific questions asked by the right honorable gentleman will be answered within a short time. </para>
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<para>- Is the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture able to inform the House of the basis on which the announced interim distribution of wool profits will be made, and also the date of distribution? </para>
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<page.no>546</page.no>
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<para>- Since I announced in the Parliament recently that the Treasurer had approved of the distribution of a sum not exceeding £25,000,000 from profits of £43,000,000 now held by the Australian Wool Realization Commission, I have received a communication from the commission which indicates that the interim distribution would be on the basis of 6£ per cent, of the total appraised value of wool supplied by each grower who had participated in the scheme during the war period. </para>
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<page.no>546</page.no>
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<para>- Will the Minister for Immigration state whether he has taken an opportunity in recent weeks to review the arrangements covering both the treatment and accommodation of child migrants who reach Australia in a weakened or undernourished condition? In particular, will the honorable gentleman give consideration to a suggestion which has reached me from the nursing profession, that children who are obviously weak or undernourished on arrival in Australia should be treated at the children's hospitals at Perth or Melbourne instead of being taken to migrants' camps? </para>
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<page.no>546</page.no>
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<para>- In reply to the honorable member, whose presence at the table suggests that he has been given a well-deserved promotion to the position of Acting Leader of the Opposition, I shall be pleased to consider the suggestion, which, he has said, emanated from the nursing profession, that migrant children arriving in Australia in a weakened condition should be taken to children's hospitals in the capital city nearest the port of disembarkation. Some difficulties would arise in implementing the suggestion. In the first place, we should have to provide housing accommodation for the parents at a nearby establishment. Such accommodation may not always be readily available. In the second place we have unfortunately to deal with many people who are very temperamental because of the sufferings that they have experienced during recent years and who may not, in all instances, be amenable to the discipline of public hospitals. However, I can assure the honorable member that the Department .of Immigration and the Department of Health, our reception officer, .the medical officers and staffs of hospitals, and all members of public bodies concerned with migrants are doing their utmost to safeguard the lives <of migrants, and., particularly of migrant children. Any suggestions made by honorable members to improve the present facilities by mitigating the inevitable suffering of sick migrants on their arrival in this country, whether their suffering be -caused by malnutrition or otherwise, will receive every consideration. The honorable member mentioned certain suggestions that have been made by the nursing profession. The fact is that the Government took advantage of the presence in Europe of Matron Falls, matron of the King George V. Hospital, Sydney, to invite her to examine migrant centres and to make her return journey to Australia on a migrant vessel so that she could study conditions at first hand. Matron Falls did so, and since her return to Australia she has submitted a report, which is receiving earnest consideration. Needless to say we are very grateful to that lady for her co-operation. I also take this opportunity to express the Government's appreciation of the forebearance shown by honorable members during a difficult time when, unfortunately some members of the community have been inclined to exploit an unfortunate situation for political purposes. </para>
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<para>Petrol Tax - Roadmaking Machinery</para>
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<para>- Can the Prime Minister say whether it is a fact that approximately £9,000,000 annually of the amount that has been collected from the petrol tax is being retained by the Government for expenditure on purposes other than road construction and maintenance? If so does the Government intend to increase, substantially the amount of money made available for road construction and maintenance? If it does not intend to do so, will the right honorable gentleman say whether, in the event of an increase of the price of petrol, the Government will consider reducing the petrol tax so that the impact of the increase of price may be alleviated. </para>
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<page.no>547</page.no>
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<para>- I do not think that the honorable member was really directing his question to me for the purpose of learning the amount of money raised from petrol tax that has been retained by the Government, because that information has already been made available in various collections of statistics that have been furnished to the House. The honorable member is doubtless also aware that approximately £9,000,000 is payable to the States for road purposes. Should he not be aware of that fact, I take this opportunity to inform him that during the present financial year, as the result of collections of tax in the States and the contribution made by the Commonwealth, £25,000,000 will be available for road construction and maintenance throughout Australia. Last year, in addition to the grant that is normally made to the States, the Commonwealth made available £2,000,000 for the improvement of roads in sparsely populated areas. Of that amount only £986,000 was expended; in other words, not half of the money made available Gould be expended. </para>
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<page.no>547</page.no>
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<para>- The road-making authorities could not get the necessary machinery. </para>
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<para>- I explained that point on a previous occasion to some honorable members and informed them that it was not due to the shortage of road-making % machinery. </para>
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<page.no>547</page.no>
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<para>- May I ask a question ? </para>
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<page.no>547</page.no>
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<para>- Order ! The Prime Minister is entitled to be heard in silence. </para>
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<page.no>547</page.no>
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<para>- What I ami asking is in respect of the amount diverted- </para>
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<page.no>547</page.no>
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<para>-Order! The honorable member has asked a question, and he should await the reply. </para>
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<page.no>547</page.no>
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<para>- The honorable member asked a question and must take what is coming to him in this matter. A few days ago, I discussed the petrol tax with the members of the executive of the Local Government Association, and those gentlemen did not advocate a reduction of the petrol tax. What they did advocate was that an increased amount should be made available for expenditure on roads. </para>
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<page.no>547</page.no>
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<para>- That was before the devaluation of the currency. </para>
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<page.no>547</page.no>
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<para>- That is perfectly true. At that time, the representatives of the local governing bodies were not aware of the devaluation proposals. I pointed out to them that in two financial years, an amount of £40,000,000 had been available for expenditure on roads. I do not say that, in some instances, difficulty has not arisen owing to the shortage of road-making machinery, but I remind the House that some road-making plant may be obtained from the United Kingdom and the easy currency areas. The United States of America is not the only country that is able to provide roadmaking machinery. Whatever the reasons may be, all the money that was made available was not expended and this year, an amount of £25,000,000 is available for roads. The amount by which the price of petrol may be increased cannot be determined at the moment. The position will become clear only when the oil companies disclose their accounts. Some of the statements made' in this House about the dollar content of petrol have been completely inaccurate, and the companies themselves have had to admit that the Government's figures have been correct. However, we shall not be able to determine the matter until the figures are available. No consideration has yet been given to reducing the petrol tax as the result of any increase of the price of petrol. That matter will be dealt with when it arises. </para>
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<page.no>548</page.no>
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<title>WAR GRATUITY</title>
<page.no>548</page.no>
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<page.no>548</page.no>
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<para>- Will the Treasurer ask the parliamentary committee, which has considered matters relative to the war gratuity in the past, to meet at an early date with a view to considering proposals for modifying the conditions under which the gratuity may be paid to exservicemen without delay? </para>
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<page.no>548</page.no>
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<para>- A parliamentary committee consisting of representatives of all the political parties has made recommendations from time to time about the conditions under which the war gratuity may be paid to ex-servicemen before the due date. I am extremely grateful to those honorable members for their valuable work. The late <inline font-weight="bold">Senator Collett</inline> had considerable experience of the subject, and rendered most valuable service. <inline font-weight="bold">Senator Cooper,</inline> the honorable member for Barker, the honorable meantier for Corangamite and certain honorable gentlemen on this side of the chamber have also been most helpful and completely impartial in their recommendations. I understand that six of the eight members of the original committee were ex-servicemen. When' that committee was reconstituted, the original members generously consented to continue to serve on it, and nearly all of the present members are ex-servicemen. Various suggestions have been made from time to time relative to the conditions under which the war gratuity should be paid to ex-servicemen before the due date, and the committee has considered them most carefully. The Government has also had the benefit of the advice of General Savige, who is familiar with the conditions under which the gratuity was paid after the last war. Sometimes the war gratuity has been misused, not because of actions by the ex-serviceman, but because some people were prepared to take him down. Apart from the fact that I know that many exservicemen would like to receive their war gratuity before the due date, I have had no indication that there is a need to review the conditions of payment at the present time. If the position required reconsideration, the parliamentary committee would have to be summoned, and the Government would again be indebted to the honorable members for their generous attitude in consenting to act on it. Should any circumstances arise which, in the opinion of the Government, call for a review of the conditions, the necessary action will be taken, but, at the moment, I have no evidence of the existence of those circumstances. </para>
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<title>DOUBLE TAXATION</title>
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<page.no>548</page.no>
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<para>- Will the Treasurer inform me what stage has been reached in the discussions with the Government of the United States of America on the subject of double taxation? </para>
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<page.no>548</page.no>
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<para>- A number of discussions have taken place on this subject, but a satisfactory solution of the problem has not yet been found. I have discussed the position -with the Commissioner of Taxation, and we have also had discussions with representatives of the American Government. I do not say that they were expert tax officials. The fact is that, because of the difference in the amount of income derived by Australians from America and the amount derived by Americans from Australia, there is very little for us to bargain about. That was not so in the case of the United Kingdom, with which an agreement was reached in personal negotiations between the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, <inline font-weight="bold">Sir Hugh</inline> Dalton, and myself. Then, there was room for compromise and for the granting of reciprocal benefits. </para>
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<page.no>548</page.no>
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<para>- What about American investments here ? </para>
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<para>- I could say a good deal about that, too. Some honorable members have a mistaken idea about the investment of American capital in Australia. Often, the proposal is that an American company should bring a very small amount of American capital to Australia with which to start a factory, then borrow a large amount of Australian money by overdraft from the banks, and afterwards draw dividends from the enterprise in dollars. I do not say that that happens in all cases, but it does in a good man. There are some exceptions, and I could name three or four American firms which have acted very fairly. They brought their dollars here, put them into factories, and accepted shares which, of course, cannot be readily transferred. That is satisfactory, but I am not prepared to accept the other arrangement. As I have suggested, the transfer of income between Australia and the United States of America is practically a one-way traffic. Very little income comes from the United States of America to Australia. </para>
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<para>- Is the amount going to America large? </para>
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<page.no>549</page.no>
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<para>- It is fairly substantial, and if more American capital were invested here, it could be very substantial. The Canadian Minister for Finance has given some striking instances of the heavy drain on the Canadian dollar pool because of circumstances such as I have outlined in my answer. My reply to the honorable member's question is that no progress has been made in the direction of reaching a taxation agreement with the United States of America. There are further aspects to be examined. I have discussed the matter with the Commissioner of Taxation, and with the Governor of the Commonwealth Bank. I have no details of individual transactions, but I can find out the total disbursement in the form of income passing from Australia to the United States of America. Any tax arrangement would necessarily be onesided and would be unlike the agreements between the United Kingdom and the United States of America, the United Kingdom and Canada, and Canada and the United States of America. In the negotiations which led to those agreements, the parties had, if I may put it crudely, something with which to do a horse trade. </para>
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<title>SULPHUR</title>
<page.no>549</page.no>
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<page.no>549</page.no>
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<para>- As the whole quantity of non-arsenical sulphur required for the. superphosphate industry in Australia isbeing imported from the </para>
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<para class="block">United States of America at a cost of £3,000,000 annually, can the Prime Minister say whether raw sulphur of this kind is available in the sterling area? Is it true that sulphur has not so far been purchased for soft currency because the price of American sulphur was onethird less, and superphosphate carries a government subvention? Since devaluation of the Australian pound as against the dollar has had the effect of raising the price of American sulphur, will the Prime Minister instruct the chairman of the dollars committee to suspend immediately further imports of sulphur from the United States of America? </para>
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<page.no>549</page.no>
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<para>- The matter mentioned by the honorable member in his question has given the Government considerable concern. I have discussed with the representatives of some very large companies which are now able tobuy the necessary equipment the possibility of increasing the production of sulphur in Australia. I think I am at liberty to say that from the works operated by one company, 70,000 tons of sulphur are lost infumes each year. We are now pushing on with plans to recover the sulphur. A special officer of the Department of Trade and Customs, <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Clark,</inline> is now in London examining the possibilities of obtaining sulphur from the United Kingdom and other soft currency countries. We are already obtaining some sulphur from those areas, and the situation is improving. The Government considers that it is absolutely essential that Australia should have all the sulphur that is needed for the production of superphosphate,which is vital to our primary industries. I am sure that all honorable members will agree with the Government on that issue. Various suggestions have been made concerning the importation of brimstone. I assure the honorable member that the Government is anxious to obtain the maximum quantities of sulphur possible from easy currency areas and is also exploring the possibilities of enabling Australian companies to increase their production of sulphur as quickly as possible. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>549</page.no>
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<title>CURRENCY</title>
<page.no>549</page.no>
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<page.no>549</page.no>
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<electorate>BALACLAVA, VICTORIA</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">WHITE, Thomas</name>
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<para>- When the Australian currency was previously depreciated in 1931 by a Labour government, the succeeding non-socialist government enacted the Customs Tariff (Exchange Adjustment) Act, which offset a great deal of the inflation caused by the depreciation. That measure was either repealed or allowed to lapse in 1947. I ask the Prime Minister whether the Government has considered introducing legislation of a similar character in order to ensure that costs shall not be unduly inflated? The effect of inflation, of course, will fall most heavily upon the working community. </para>
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<page.no>550</page.no>
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<para>- First, I think that I should correct the honorable member's statement in relation to one matter. The decision to devalue the currency last Monday was made by the Australian Government. In 1931, neither the Australian Government nor the Commonwealth Bank, apparently regarded itself as having any authority to handle currency, and the first deflation of the currency then was made by the Bank of New South Wales, a private institution. Great confusion was caused, and the Commonwealth Bank finally fell into line with the general rate, which was then £A.131 to £stg.l00. It was later reduced to fA.125.' Last Monday, the decision was made by the Government of the country, as it should be made, and not by private institutions. The honorable member's suggestion that the Government should revise certain tariffs, as was done on the previous occasion, is very pertinent. It has not been possible to deal with every aspect of devaluation in the brief period that has elapsed since the action was taken, but the tariff aspect is being considered. I do not say that any action will be taken, nor can I promise that any particular legislation will be enacted, but I assure the honorable gentleman that the whole matter is being examined as he has requested. </para>
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<title>REPORTS OF PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE</title>
<page.no>550</page.no>
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<page.no>550</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">RANKIN, George</name>
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<para>- I present the reports of the Public Works Committee on the following subjects : - </para>
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<subdebate.1>
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<title>Primary School, Darwin, Northern Territory</title>
<page.no>550</page.no>
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<subdebate.1>
<subdebateinfo>
<title>Automatic Telephone Exchange, St. Kilda, Victoria</title>