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<date>1952-05-22</date>
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<para class="block">House of Representatives. </para>
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<day.start>1952-05-22</day.start>
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<inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Speaker (Hon. Archie Cameron)</inline>took the chair at 10.3.0 a.m., and .read prayers. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
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<title>BROADCASTING</title>
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<page.no>716</page.no>
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<electorate>EDEN-MONARO, NEW SOUTH WALES</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">FRASER, Allan</name>
<name role="display">Mr ALLAN FRASER</name>
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<para>- I desire to address .a question to .the Acting Prime Minister .in the absence of the PostmasterGeneral. Why .is the Australian Broadcasting Commission permitted to continue to broadcast two songs which are at present heard almost nightly! One of them is " I'd .like to get You on a Slow Boat to China " and the other is, " Why Did I tell Ya I was Gain' to Shanghai"? In its zeal to discover a " red " under every bed, does . not the Government recognize that 'the continual broadcasting of those two songs must be the work of wicked Communist agents in the Australian Broadcasting Commission, who are endeavouring to en'tice innocent -people behind the bamboo curtain? What action does the Government propose to take about a serial broadcast by the commercial networks entitled, " The Burtons of Banner Street ", which depicts one John Burton, as .a decent,. honorable Australian, . in obvious defiance of this Government's determination to smear every honest idealist for peace in this country? </para>
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<page.no>716</page.no>
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<electorate>MCPHERSON, QUEENSLAND</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">FADDEN, Arthur William</name>
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<para>- Tie question -is not worthy of an answer. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
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<title>DOLLAR EXPENDITURE</title>
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<page.no>716</page.no>
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<electorate>PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">BURKE, Thomas</name>
<name role="display">Mr TOM BURKE</name>
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<para>- Will the Treasurer have a statement prepared to show how 'the recent dollar loan which wa, negotiated by 'the Prime Minister with the International Bank has been expended? Will he have another statement prepared of the expenditure of normal dollar -earnings hy this country, and, in .particular, any variation of the dollar ^expenditure from dollar earnings compared with the position in the year prior to the raising -of the loan ? </para>
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<page.no>716</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">FADDEN, Arthur William</name>
<name role="display">Sir ARTHUR FADDEN</name>
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<para>- I shall ascertain whether it is possible to supply the information for which the honorable gentleman has asked. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
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<title>ATOMIC WEAPONS</title>
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<page.no>716</page.no>
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<name.id>JU8</name.id>
<electorate>OXLEY, QUEENSLAND</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">CAMERON, Donald Alastair</name>
<name role="display">Dr DONALD CAMERON</name>
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<para>- Last Tuesday, I asked the Minister for Supply whether it would bc possible to give prior warning of any atomic explosions off the coast of Western Australia, and the honorable gentleman was good enough to say that he would .furnish a reply later. Is he .now in a position to make that reply? </para>
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<page.no>716</page.no>
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<name.id>JOI</name.id>
<electorate>PARRAMATTA, NEW SOUTH WALES</electorate>
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<role>Minister for Supply</role>
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<name role="metadata">BEALE, Oliver</name>
<name role="display">Mr BEALE</name>
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<para>- I have had the matter examined. The question .arose out of some anxiety expressed by photographers .and others that radio active matter might damage hypersensitive photographic material. I point .out to the House that the atomic experiment at the Monte Bello Islands is a British, not an Australian, project,' although the Australian Government is rendering a good deal pf assistance in connexion with it. .1 shall bring the matter raised by the honorable member for -Oxley to the .notice of the British Government, but I think it quite unlikely that, in the circumstances, .it will feel disposed to give a warning just before the test takes place. Representations have been.made to me on this matter by various people, and I propose *o write to them, out anybody concerned should take this answer as an intimation that it is not likely that it will he possible to .give a prior warning of the explosion, and, further, that they .should take whatever protective measures they .think should be taken .in -the circumstances. </para>
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<title>PARLIAMENTARY UNDER.SECRETARIES</title>
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<para>Mi'. CALWELL,- I ask you, <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Speaker,</inline> whether, in -your opinion, Parliamentary Under-Secretaries . are officers of this House or of the Crown? I should like to know also, whether you have given any decision about their status and functions. I also desire to know whether you have refused to recognize these offices in any way, and if you do not mind my further inquisitiveness, I.' should like to know any reasons that you may desire to advance in regard to any decisions that you have given. Will you inform the House of the identity of the honorable members concerned in any decisions that you have given ? </para>
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<page.no>717</page.no>
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<para>- I have .devoted some time to this matter because I have been requested to -do so on -more than one occasion. In my view the officers concerned are not officers of this Parliament; they are officers of the Crown. For that reason I have refused to recognize them in this House. I went so far, and I think that I was in error in doing so, as to provide certain -accommodation for them in this building. As the House knows, I am a small farmer and not a lawyer, but I think that I can read English. My view of the situation is that the appointments are unconstitutional, that no Minister has the power to delegate his authority to anybody and that any administrative act made by or done by a Parliamentary UnderSecretary is unconstitutional and illegal. Furthermore, I hold the view that a member of this House who accepts a position as an Under-Secretary, renders himself liable to the vacation of his seat under the Constitution, and also liable to the penalties entailed for wrongfully holding a seat <inline font-style="italic">in</inline> this House, having accepted an office of profit under the Crown. </para>
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<inline font-style="italic">Honorable members interjecting,</inline>
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<page.no>717</page.no>
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<para>- Order ! Silence must be maintained while I am addressing the House. It is also my view, and T have stated it in the right quarters, that the position of the Under-Secretaries has not been altered by the failure of the Government to pay them salaries. The lest is that the office has been accepted and not that the holder of the office has made a profit. I further hold, and I have said so, that the payment of expenses to these honorable members is completely unconstitutional .and unlawful. </para>
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<page.no>717</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">CALWELL, Arthur</name>
<name role="display">Mr Calwell</name>
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<para>- I am grateful to you, <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Speaker,</inline> for that information. </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>717</page.no>
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<name.id>DTN</name.id>
<electorate>BARTON, NEW SOUTH WALES</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">EVATT, Herbert Vere</name>
<name role="display">Dr EVATT</name>
</talker>
<para>- Following your very important ruling on constitutional law and practice in relation to the office of Under-Secretary, <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Speaker,</inline> I ask you whether you will indicate what steps should be taken, or whether you will initiate steps, to declare vacant the following seats in the House of Representatives: - Canning, Darling Downs, Calare, and, regretfully, Franklin. </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>717</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">SPEAKER, Mr</name>
<name role="display">Mr SPEAKER</name>
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<para>- I have given <inline font-style="italic">m,</inline> ruling on the interpretation of the Constitution. That is a matter for the High Court lOt Australia. I did not attempt to give a ruling. I was asked to state my reasons for views that I had expressed, and I did so. The method of declaring seats vacant is, as I am sure the right, honorable gentleman fully understands, laid down in the Constitution. </para>
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<speech>
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<talker>
<page.no>717</page.no>
<time.stamp />
<name.id>KEJ</name.id>
<electorate>YARRA, VICTORIA</electorate>
<party>ALP; ALP (A-C) from April 1955</party>
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<name role="metadata">KEON, Standish</name>
<name role="display">Mr KEON</name>
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<para>- Having regard to the doubts that have arisen with respect to the validity of appointments of Parliamentary Under-Secretaries, and the possibility that they may be responsible for actions that may .subsequently be found to be illegal and, consequently, may become liable for heavy damages, and having regard also to the possibility that persons who may be called upon to observe the direction of such honorable gentlemen may be involved in loss which they may not be able 'to recover at law, will the Acting Prime Minister take steps to remove all doubt about whether the appointment of Parliamentary Under-Secretaries are valid or otherwise? </para>
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<speech>
<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>717</page.no>
<time.stamp />
<name.id>F4T</name.id>
<electorate />
<party>CP</party>
<role />
<in.gov>0</in.gov>
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<name role="metadata">FADDEN, Arthur William</name>
<name role="display">Sir ARTHUR FADDEN</name>
</talker>
<para>- The Government will accept full respossibility in respect of the matter which the honorable member has raised. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>717</page.no>
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<title>THE PARLIAMENT</title>
<page.no>717</page.no>
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<talker>
<page.no>717</page.no>
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<name.id>KE8</name.id>
<electorate>BASS, TASMANIA</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">KEKWICK, Bruce</name>
<name role="display">Mr KEKWICK</name>
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<para>- Arising out of a question that was addressed earlier to you, <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Speaker,</inline> I ask the Leader of the Opposition whether he has received any salary for the office of Leader of the Opposition ? </para>
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<speech>
<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>718</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">EVATT, Herbert Vere</name>
<name role="display">Dr EVATT</name>
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<para>- In whatever I may have received in respect of my position as Leader of the Opposition, I have followed the illustrious example that was set by the right honorable gentleman who is now the Prime Minister. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>718</page.no>
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<title>HOUSING</title>
<page.no>718</page.no>
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<page.no>718</page.no>
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<electorate>FARRER, NEW SOUTH WALES</electorate>
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<para>- Will the Treasurer inform the House whether the Government has an account from which it can make contributions to funds used for the purchase of homes for aged and homeless diggers? Is there any other way in which the Government can suggest that payments may be made to such funds free of tax? </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>718</page.no>
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<para>- I know of no such fund nor do I know of any constitutional authority that will allow the Government to take the course suggested by the honorable member. I shall have the matter investigated. </para>
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<page.no>718</page.no>
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<title>SUPERANNUATION</title>
<page.no>718</page.no>
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<page.no>718</page.no>
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<para>- My question to the Treasurer arises out of the payment of refunds of superannuation contributions in the case of officers who returned to duty during the war years and who are being paid refunds under the provisions of the recent amendment of the Superannuation Act. I have received a complaint from one person who was reemployed for a period of about eight years. He ceased duty about November last and was notified by the Superannuation Board that he would receive a refund of £1,038 12s. Id. to cover a certain period of years; but the cheque that he got was for an amount of only £768 12s. Id. Upon making inquiries, he' was informed that £270 had been deducted for the payment of income tax. In another instance that has been brought to my notice, an exofficer was informed that lie would receive a cheque for £294, but received a cheque for only £244. The difference of £50 had been deducted for income tax. As the sums involved had accumulated over a period of years, I consider that the tax deductions were exceptionally high. Does the Treasurer know the system that is applied in calculating such deductions? If not, will he have the matter investigated and ascertain whether a more equitable arrangement can be made? </para>
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<page.no>718</page.no>
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<para>- The matter will be considered. I shall consider the honorable gentleman's questions as being on the notice-paper, and will provide him with a detailed reply. </para>
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<page.no>718</page.no>
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<page.no>718</page.no>
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<page.no>718</page.no>
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<para>- The question that I direct to the Treasurer in the absence of the Postmaster-General is supplementary to the question that was asked yesterday by the honorable member for Brisbane with reference to the notices of dismissal issued to certain employees of the Postal Department in Brisbane. Are the dismissals to be made as part of a staff retrenchment plan, or are the men concerned to be replaced by persons who have passed examinations to qualify for appointment as permanent, public servants? If the men are to be replaced, does the right honorable gentleman agree with the decision of the Public Service Board? I have been interested in this matter for some time, and I have learned that most of the men who are to be dismissed are receiving pensions on account of war disability. Furthermore, most of them are between 50 and 60 years of age and, on that account, would find it difficult to obtain employment elsewhere. Does the right honorable gentleman consider that such men should be dismissed? </para>
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<page.no>718</page.no>
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<para>- I shall have the matter investigated and will then reply to the honorable member. </para>
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<page.no>718</page.no>
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<title>JAPAN</title>
<page.no>718</page.no>
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<page.no>718</page.no>
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<para>- My question is addressed to the Acting Prime Minister. Is it a fact that a general strike is threatened in Japan as a protest against the introduction into the Japanese parliament of bills to alter laws that were sponsored by the allied authorities during the occupation? Is it also a fact that, amongst other things, such changes will restore the Japanese national police force to the position which it occupied before the war? Does the Minister consider that this evidence of the early resurgence of undemocratic forces in Japan is very disquieting? Has the Government made any protest against the proposals, or does it intend to do so? Does the Government intend to revise its opinion that Japan, during the occupation, had been converted to the way of democratic government, or, alternatively, does it approve of the action that the Japanese Government proposes to take, against the wishes of the Japanese workers? </para>
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<page.no>719</page.no>
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<para>- As the question is based upon a press statement, the contents of which I am unaware, I have nothing to say, except that I shall not answer hypothetical questions. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>719</page.no>
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<title>ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE</title>
<page.no>719</page.no>
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<page.no>719</page.no>
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<electorate>SHORTLAND, NEW SOUTH WALES</electorate>
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<para>- Will the. Minister for Air say whether the Government recently obtained a lease of land in the Ferodale, Duck Hole and Medowie area of New South Wales for use as a bombing and rocket range? Is the honorable gentleman aware that numerous small farms of from 10 to 20 acres are situated in that area, and that farmers and workmen have expressed the fear that explosions on the range will affect the incubation of chickens and constitute a danger to the lives of persons employed in the area ? Will the Minister consider the possibility of selecting another site for the range, a few miles to the north or north-west of the present site, so that it will not be necessary for farmers to vacate their farms, or to interfere with primary production? </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>719</page.no>
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<para>- I have received no protests about the Royal Australian Air Force taking over a bombing and rocket range in the area mentioned by the honorable member. I do not think it has taken over such a range. However, I shall make inquiries into the matter. If I find that the honorable gentleman's statements are correct, and that chickens are likely to be disturbed in their roosting, or in any other occupations, I shall consider whether I can take action to restore harmony in the hen roosts. </para>
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<page.no>719</page.no>
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<title>HEALTH AND MEDICAL SERVICES</title>
<page.no>719</page.no>
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<page.no>719</page.no>
<time.stamp />
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<electorate>PHILLIP, NEW SOUTH WALES</electorate>
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<para>- In view of the importance of health to the community and the rapid alterations of health schemes, will the Minister for Health inform the House why this Government, since taking office, has held only one conference with the State Ministers for Health? In view of the general public ignorance of the Government's health schemes and of the importance of such schemes to the State governments, does the right honorable gentleman not think that, if he had called a meeting of the State Ministers for Health, they, at least, might have understood the nature of the plans that are of such vital importance to their States? </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>719</page.no>
<time.stamp />
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<electorate>COWPER, NEW SOUTH WALES</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">PAGE, Earle</name>
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<para>- The honorable gentleman has misstated the facts. Two meetings of Ministers for Health have been held. </para>
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<page.no>719</page.no>
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<title>COMMITTEE OF PEACE IN THE PACIFIC</title>
<page.no>719</page.no>
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<page.no>719</page.no>
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<para>- My question, which is directed to the Acting Prime Minister, relates to an organization known as the Committee of Peace in the Pacific, which has been mentioned in this House recently. Is a member of the New South Wales Cabinet the chairman of an organization known as- </para>
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<page.no>719</page.no>
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<para>- Order ! The honorable gentleman is getting very close to the brink. </para>
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<continue>
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<page.no>719</page.no>
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<para>- If I may be permitted to continue with my question, its relevance will be immediately obvious to all. Have the activities of the Committee of Peace in the Pacific been stigmatized by many honorable members of this House, including the Leader of the Opposition, as probably subversive and disloyal? If that be so, will the Acting Prime Minister make representations to the Premier of New South Wales and point out to him the possible embarrassing consequences of the fact that a member of his Cabinet is chairman of a body that has been stigmatized in that way? </para>
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<page.no>719</page.no>
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<para>- I am certain that the Premier of New South Wales is fully conversant with his responsibility in connexion with the matter that has been raised. </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>719</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">WARD, Edward</name>
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<para>- I direct to the Acting Prime Minister a question that arises from a number of suggestions which have been made in the House recently, </para>
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<continue>
<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>720</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">FADDEN, Arthur William</name>
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<para>- My answer to the last part of the honorable member's question is obviously and emphatically "No". In answer to the major part of the question I can only reiterate my statement on the 20th May in answer to <inline font-style="italic">a</inline> similar question that was asked by the honorable member for Henty. I said then that the Government would follow the very wise procedure that was laid down by our predecessors, and would give no information about the activities of the security service. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>720</page.no>
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<title>NORTHERN TERRITORY</title>
<page.no>720</page.no>
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<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>720</page.no>
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<name.id>JVU</name.id>
<electorate>NORTHERN TERRITORY, NORTHERN TERRITORY</electorate>
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<para>- Last week a statement was made by the Minister for Territories to the effect that the recent discovery of minerals in the Northern Territory would result in a considerable influx of people to that area. In view of the importance of developments of that nature to Australia, will the Minister for Territories arrange for an all party delegation to visit the Northern Territory so that honorable members may acquaint themselves with the difficulties that exist there in connexion with mineral, agricultural and pastoral production? </para>
</talk.start>
</speech>
<speech>
<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>720</page.no>
<time.stamp />
<name.id>ZL6</name.id>
<electorate>CURTIN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA</electorate>
<party>LP</party>
<role>Minister for Territories</role>
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<para>- With due respect to the honorable members of this House and to the honorable member for the Northern Territory in particular, I think that at the moment geologists, mining engineers and investors are able to contribute more to the development of the mineral resources of the Northern Territory than can the political representatives of the people. Nothwithstanding that statement, I shall do what I fan to- ascertain whether a parliamentary party can bo. formed to visit t<he Northern </para>
</talk.start>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>720</page.no>
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<title>TAXATION</title>
<page.no>720</page.no>
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<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>720</page.no>
<time.stamp />
<name.id>KEP</name.id>
<electorate>FRANKLIN, TASMANIA</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">FALKINDER, Charles</name>
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<para>- Is the Treasurer aware that under a recent taxation decision, newsagents who wish to transfer their goodwill by way of sale, have almost the entire financial value dissipated by taxation? I can give the right honorable gentleman details of cases. I ask him whether he will inquire into this matter. </para>
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<speech>
<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>720</page.no>
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<para>- The matter of goodwill and the general incidence of taxation .in respect to it has been referred to the Commonwealth Committee on Taxation. I' have asked the committee to expedite a report on the subject. </para>
</talk.start>
<para>Mi-. CLARK. - I ask the Acting Prime Minister whether it is a fact that the Taxation Board of Review recently decided, that income that members of the forces received in war-time from their civilian employers as supplements to their military pay is not required to be assessed as income for taxation purposes. Is it further a fact that the Commissioner of Taxation has appealed to the High Court against that decision? In the event of the appeal being decided in favour of the ex-servicemen, does the Government intend- to take immediateaction to repay the amounts that were paid in tax by members- of the forces on such pay supplements? </para>
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<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>720</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">FADDEN, Arthur William</name>
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<para>- The honorable member's question obviously concerns a matter" of Government policy, which will receive consideration as,, and when, the occasion arises. </para>
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<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>720</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">GRIFFITHS, Charles</name>
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<para>- Can the Treasurer inform me whether it i3 a fact that persons who engage in gold mining are exempt from taxation on their earnings? Are the earnings from the mining of any other mineral similarly exempt? Is the Treasurer aware of the acute shortage of scheelite, a mineral from which, tungstic acid is produced for toughening steel?. In view of the importance of this mineral for armament purposes, will the right honorable gentleman give consideration to a proposal that the earnings of persons, who win this mineral be exempted from taxation, as an incentive to production? </para>
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<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>721</page.no>
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<para>- I understand that scheelite is not in. short supply. However, the general purport of the honorable member's question will receive consideration. </para>
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<page.no>721</page.no>
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<title>KOREA</title>
<page.no>721</page.no>
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<talker>
<page.no>721</page.no>
<time.stamp />
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<electorate>FREMANTLE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA</electorate>
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<para>- I wish to ask the Minister for Air whether it is true that the attention of the various governments which provide the United Nations forces in Korea has been drawn to a threat by the North Korean forces that airmen who are captured after using napalm bombs will be burned in retaliation. If this is true, has the Australian Government taken any action to protect Australian airmen ? Who determines the nature of the weapons used, in the campaign in Korea? Is that a matter for purely military decision or are the constituent governments consulted concerning .the political effects of the various weapons upon opinion in the Far East and particularly upon opinion in friendly nations such as India? </para>
</talk.start>
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<speech>
<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>721</page.no>
<time.stamp />
<name.id>009MA</name.id>
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<party>LP</party>
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<para>- I have not heard a statement of the kind that has been mentioned by the honorable member for Fremantle and to the best of my knowledge no such statement has been issued. There has been a considerable amount of misunderstanding about the use of napalm bombs. I understand that the matter was recently discussed in the United States of America at some length. I think that only one unit has used the napalm bomb, and then not against personnel but against bridges and other structures. I shall look into the matter because it has important political implications. I am glad that <inline font-style="italic">the</inline><inline font-style="italic">honorable</inline> member has raised it and I shall try to give him a. detailed answer in. the course, of the next few days. To the best- of my knowledge, napalm bombs are not being used at present for anti-personnel purposes. I think that they are used at the discretion. - and. the wise discretion - of i he- milita ry commanders in the field. </para>
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<page.no>721</page.no>
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<title>OFFICE ACCOMMODATION</title>
<page.no>721</page.no>
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<talker>
<page.no>721</page.no>
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<electorate>MALLEE, VICTORIA</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">TURNBULL, Winton</name>
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<para>- I again refer to the decision of <inline font-style="italic">'the Labour</inline> Government to acquire an area of nine and a half acres in ' Melbourne as a site for the construction of Commonwealth offices. Can the Minister for the Interior say whether this Government has made any move to complete that acquisition? If so, lias any expenditure been incurred in tha <inline font-style="italic">i</inline> respect ? Does he consider that the important area in question should be used to provide accommodation for private enterprise? If so, will he take steps to cancel the scheme and thus ensure that public money shall be expended only for the benefit of the public? </para>
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<page.no>721</page.no>
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<electorate>CHISHOLM, VICTORIA</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">KENT HUGHES, Wilfrid</name>
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<para>- It would be very difficult to unscramble this egg, if one desires to do so. Owing to the fact that the Victorian Government has not permitted office buildings to be constructed in Melbourne since the end of the recent war, the shortage of public and private offices there is becoming so acute that the only way in which the Australian Government can obtain such accommodation, without prejudicing private requirements, is to construct its own offices. It can only do so on sites that it controls. </para>
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<page.no>721</page.no>
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<title>AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY PARTY</title>
<page.no>721</page.no>
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<page.no>721</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>- Is the Acting Primp Minister aware of the strong criticism that delegates expressed recently at the annual conference of the Australian Country party concerning the Government's attempt to bring about the nationalization of industry -by increasing the influence of bureaucracy, and without first obtaining a mandate? Is not such action an attempt to nationalize industry by stealth and by the betrayal of promises that the Government parties gave to the people during the last general election campaign? </para>
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