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<date>1959-03-10</date>
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<inline font-weight="bold">Mr. SPEAKER (Hon. John McLeay)</inline>took the chair at 2.30 p.m., and read prayers. </para>
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<para>- During this week and, I think, probably next week, the Minister for External Affairs will be engaged at a conference in Queensland. During his <inline font-style="italic">absence</inline> from the House I shall attend to his parliamentary duties. </para>
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<title>DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA</title>
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<name role="metadata">EVATT, Herbert Vere</name>
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<para>- Can the Prime Minister, who is also acting for the Minister for External Affairs, tell the House whether any discussions or negotiations have been, or are, taking place with the representatives of Russia, in relation to the possible resumption of diplomatic relations with this country? </para>
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<para>- In other places over the last year or two, informal references have been made to this subject. I myself had a call the other day from the Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister. We did not discuss this matter. It was a courtesy call, and we had a conversation which related to developments in the Soviet Union and developments in Australia. The question of diplomatic relations was not referred to. I do not think I can say more than that at this stage. </para>
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<para>- My question follows on that asked by the Leader of the Opposition. I ask the Prime Minister whether, in view of the circumstances under which diplomatic relations between Australia and Soviet Russia were severed some years ago, and in view of the restrictions placed by Russia upon the freedom of all diplomats inside Russia, will he now assure the House that, before any arrangements are made for the resumption of these relations, Australia will insist on two minimal and reasonable conditions, namely, first, that the numbers in the Soviet Embassy will be restricted to those commensurate with the proper discharge of diplomatic functions and, secondly, that the members of the diplomatic staff be afforded no greater privacy, freedom of movement, or opportunities for local contacts, than are afforded Australian diplomats inside Soviet Russia. </para>
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<para>- I think perhaps it may be worth while to remind the House that so far as I know there never has been a formal severance of diplomatic relations between Australia and Russia. What happened was that, after certain events in Australia, the Soviet ambassador withdrew, taking with him his staff, and the Australian mission in Moscow was told that it was desirable that it should go, and it went. That is the simple history of this matter. Should there be a resumption of physical representation in each place at any time, the Government will, of course, have in mind all steps that are proper to protect Australia's interests. But I think that it would be very unwise at this time to be answering hypothetical questions on that matter. It is something which, if it happens, should happen on appropriate terms; that is all. And there is nothing more that need be said about it now. </para>
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<title>TELEVISION</title>
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<name role="metadata">FAIRHALL, Allen</name>
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<para>- My question is addressed to the Postmaster-General. Can he say whether the Government has yet reached a decision on the means by which television will be extended to country areas? If so, will he indicate whether it is to be by individually licensed stations, by booster or relay stations to extend the coverage of existing metropolitan stations, or perhaps by a combination of the two methods? When is it likely that applications for country television licences will be invited? </para>
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<page.no>407</page.no>
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<electorate>DAWSON, QUEENSLAND</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">DAVIDSON, Charles</name>
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<para>- This is a subject of great interest to many honorable members, and one in respect of which I have answered many questions in recent times. As has been indicated in previous statements, no decision has yet been made on the extension of television to country areas, which I have described as the third phase of television development. Therefore, I can make no statement as yet as to the means which will be adopted for the extension of this medium to country areas. However, as I indicated in this House, I think the week before last, I have been preparing a case for submission to the Government as <inline font-style="italic">to the conditions</inline> and the time for the extension of television to country areas, and I expect the matter to be referred to the Government for decision quite shortly. I assure the honorable member that as soon as I am in a position to do so I shall make a full statement to the House so that everybody will be advised of developments. </para>
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<para>I should like to say at this point, <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Speaker,</inline> that it has come to my notice that certain interests apparently have been responsible for statements to the effect that the Government has decided on some form of extension of television to country areas by the use of booster stations and other such measures from city areas. I want to state quite definitely that no such decision has yet been taken. I repeat that this is a matter upon which Government policy has still to be determined. The extension of television to country areas is being carefully considered, and very shortly I hope to be able to advise the House and the country just what form that extension will take. </para>
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<title>PUBLIC SERVICE</title>
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<electorate>KINGSTON, SOUTH AUSTRALIA</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">GALVIN, Patrick</name>
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<para>- I ask the Prime Minister whether he approves of the recent action of the Public Service Board, which has resulted in several Commonwealth departments dismissing married ex-servicemen, some with over fifteen years' service. These men were employed in a temporary capacity, and have been dismissed owing to the recruitment of junior personnel. Is the right honorable gentleman aware that amongst the men dismissed are exservicemen who were trained as clerks under the rehabilitation training scheme conducted through the Repatriation Department, and that they hold the necessary educational qualifications but, because of disabilities due to war service, they cannot pass the medical examination? If the Prime Minister does not agree with the action of the Public Service Board, will he take immediate steps to ensure that these men are not forced soon to apply for the unemployment benefit? </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>408</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">MENZIES, Robert</name>
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<para>- 1 am not aware of the facts of this matter but I shall ascertain them, and 1 will pass them on to the honorable member as soon as possible. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
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<title>SALK VACCINE</title>
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<page.no>408</page.no>
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<electorate>CORANGAMITE, VICTORIA</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">MACKINNON, Ewen</name>
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<para>- I ask the Minister for Health whether he is in a position to state whether there is any evidence of the continuing value of the Government's poliomyelitis vaccination campaign and the use of Salk vaccine. </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>408</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>
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<para>
<inline font-weight="bold">- Mr.</inline>
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<para class="block">
<inline font-weight="bold">Speaker,</inline>considerable evidence of the value of Salk vaccine was supplied in the last half of last year when there was a sporadic outbreak of poliomyelitis in Victoria. Sixtyfive cases were notified. Amongst those were twelve children who had been vaccinated, and 42 who had not. There was also one other case in which vaccination and the incidence of the disease occurred on the same day, so that case has to be neglected for statistical purposes. </para>
<para>It is estimated that if the incidence of the disease had been the same in the vaccinated children as in those who were not vaccinated, there would have been not twelve but something like 180 cases amongst them. It is considered that about 90 per cent, of persons who are vaccinated with Salk vaccine are rendered immune to poliomyelitis. This figure is rather higher than the figure of 75 per cent, to 80 per cent., which was claimed to be the likely figure when the vaccination campaign was inaugurated. </para>
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<title>APPLES</title>
<page.no>408</page.no>
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<page.no>408</page.no>
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<name.id>JO8</name.id>
<electorate>BASS, TASMANIA</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">BARNARD, Lance</name>
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<para>- I ask the Minister for Trade whether he has any knowledge of a proposed organized move by British fruit importers to purchase Tasmanian apples from the 1959 crop at greatly reduced prices, which would have the effect of causing Tasmanian apple growers to seek from this Government guaranteed advances against future consignments. If the right honorable gentleman has some knowledge of this matter will he have further inquiries made, and will he give an assurance, so far as he is able to do so on behalf of the Government, that the growers will be protected? </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>408</page.no>
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<name.id>009MB</name.id>
<electorate>MURRAY, VICTORIA</electorate>
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<role>Minister for Trade</role>
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<name role="metadata">MCEWEN, John</name>
<name role="display">Mr McEWEN</name>
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<para>- I have no knowledge of the matter mentioned by the honorable member, but I shall have inquiries made and shall advise him of the result. If any situation that is adverse to the interests of Australian primary exporters can be bettered by government action, the honorable member can rest assured that the Government will do what it can to help. </para>
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<para>I may observe at this point that it has come to my notice in the last week or two that some offerings of Australian fresh fruits to Europe have not sold because offerings from other quarters have been priced lower than ours. This situation may force us to adjust our quotations. </para>
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<title>ABORIGINES</title>
<page.no>409</page.no>
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<page.no>409</page.no>
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<name.id>JMF</name.id>
<electorate>PHILLIP, NEW SOUTH WALES</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">ASTON, William</name>
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<para>- In answer to the honorable member for Wills about a fortnight ago, the Minister for Territories said that seventeen aborigines in the Northern Territory had been granted citizenship. Does this figure include all the persons of aboriginal descent who have become citizens during the term of the present Government? </para>
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<para>- The honorable member for Wills put a question on notice regarding citizenship for aborigines in the Northern Territory. I am afraid that, perhaps reading the question rather carelessly, I understood it to refer to aborigines who had been granted citizenship under the Welfare Ordinance, and gave the answer that seventeen had become citizens. Subsequently in debate the honorable member for Wills used this figure in a way that showed he had understood it in an entirely different sense. As the error is great, I welcome the question now so that I may correct the error. </para>
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<para>- You organized this question! </para>
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<para>- There is no harm in doing that. When an error of several thousands occurs, surely a Minister should take steps to see that it is corrected. </para>
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<para>As honorable members are aware, the old system in the Northern Teritory was similar to the system in the States. Aborigines applied for exemption from the Aborigines Ordinance and when they were granted exemption they had a form of citizenship which, however, could be revoked. When this Government took office, 293 aborigines had such exemption from the Aborigines Ordinance. In the early years of office of the present Government, the total was increased by 286, In 1952, the Government drastically amended the whole of the legislation affecting aborigines in the Northern Territory so as to make a complete change in the definition of an aboriginal. As a result, by one single action, in 1953 no fewer than 1,900- </para>
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<para>- On a point of order: I ask you, <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Speaker,</inline> whether by any stretch of the imagination you could regard this as being a question without notice when the Minister obviously comes in with a written reply. </para>
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<para>- Order! I regard the Minister as being in order. </para>
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<para>- In October, 1953, by one single act of administration, 1,900 persons of aboriginal descent obtained citizenship. To-day in the Northern Territory there are approximately 2,400 persons of aboriginal descent who, if they lived in the States, could obtain citizenship only by applying for exemption, but who in the Northern Territory have irrevocable citizenship as a result of the passage of the Aborigines Ordinance. The difference is a difference between a figure of seventeen, as used by the honorable member for Wills in debate, and an actual figure of 2,400 who have citizenship. </para>
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<para>- I desire to address a question to the Minister for Territories. It concerns the case of a widow who is the owner of freehold land, including all mineral rights, adjoining Rum Jungle in the Northern Territory. I cannot mention the lady's name, <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Speaker,</inline> because if I did you would tell me to sit down. But she is a keen lady. She lives at Ravenswood in Queensland. The Minister knows this case very well because about eighteen months ago he had a lot to say about it in the press. Did the Government prevent this lady from working the mineral deposits on her own land? If so, why? Did the Government grant any other person, body or corporation, the right to mine this lady's land? Is any person, body or corporation working the mineral deposits on the land? Will the widow be granted the right to mine her own land? What is the present position concerning this case? I direct these questions to the Minister because of the great public interest in the matter. </para>
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<page.no>409</page.no>
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<para>- The honorable member has referred to what is popularly known as the Keane case. It is the subject of legal discussion at present, so I am precluded from expressing an opinion on the legal aspects. My understanding of the position is that the next move in establishing rights or obtaining any rights that <inline font-weight="bold">Mrs. Keane</inline> might claim to have lies with her or her advisors. If she is prepared to take the move that is open to her, the case can be decided in the way cases are usually decided when legal issues are involved. </para>
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<para>- I direct a question to the Minister for Trade in the absence of the Minister for Primary Industry. Is the Minister aware of the recent rise in the price of margarine? If so, is he aware of the reason for this price rise? Will the Minister inform the House what effect, if any, this price rise is likely to have on the consumption of butter in Australia? </para>
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<page.no>410</page.no>
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<para>- I have been informed that the price of table margarine has been increased by 4d. per lb. as from the beginning of this month. My advice is that this has arisen from an increase in the world price of copra which in turn flows, I believe, from lower production in the Philippines. Clearly, the narrowing in the price margin between butter and table margarine must operate to the advantage of the sale of butter, and I am sure that the dairying industry and the Australian Dairy Produce Board will not be slow to know this and take advantage of the legislation passed by the last Parliament which made funds available for both research and sales promotion in Australia. I feel sure that the Australian dairying industry will gain from the situation. </para>
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<para>- I direct a question to the Postmaster-General. In view of the fact that no provision is made for reception of television programmes by thousands of residents on the north-west coast of Tasmania when the Hobart studios are opened early next year, will the Minister give consideration to carrying out experiments in the use of a booster or microwave link on King Island to improve reception from Melbourne on the north-west coast of Tasmania? Such reception at present is about 40 per cent. Further, when the Hobart studios are operating, will the Minister consider establishing a micro relay channel from Mount Wellington at Hobart to Mount Sedgewick on the west coast of Tasmania to serve residents in that area who already suffer greatly because of their isolation? </para>
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<page.no>410</page.no>
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<para>- The question of the reception of television signals in the northern part of Tasmania is one to which reference has been made in this House previously. I can only refer the honorable member to the statement I made a few minutes ago concerning the further extension of television and the plans which will be considered by the Government. They will take into account the position that the honorable member has outlined, in commonwith the situation in all other country areas, in Australia. Consideration will be given as to how far the present services can be extended in those areas. </para>
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<para>- Is the Minister for Immigration aware that in the screening of intending migrants from overseas, inordinate delays too often occur, running in some cases into years? Will the honorable gentleman look into this matter? </para>
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<page.no>410</page.no>
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<para>- I do not think the honorable member's question is based on completely correct premises. It is quite true that, in the interests of Australia and of getting the best types of migrants that we can, a fairly elaborate screening process has been instituted by this Government in our posts overseas. In isolated cases, in which I know the honorable member for Bradfield is interested on behalf of his constituents, the process might occasionally appear to take longer than the honorable member would desire. But I can assure him that these matters ave treated with all possible expedition, and when there is any delay it is for very good reasons and is in theinterests of this country. </para>
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<page.no>410</page.no>
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<para>- I address a question to the Minister for Supply. In view of the uncertainty existing in the minds of those associated with the aircraft industry, because of the absence of a plan for the future, can the Minister state whether the Government has finally decided what is to be its attitude on the question whether the industry is to continue or to expire? </para>
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<page.no>410</page.no>
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<para>- This matter is at present being considered by the Government, and I am unable to give the honorable member any details at the present time. </para>
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<para>- My question is directed to the Minister for Immigration. In view of the undoubted success of the introduction of Spanish migrants, particularly Spanish Basques, to the canefields of northern Australia, can the Minister say whether any arrangements have been made to bring in more of these migrants? </para>
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<page.no>411</page.no>
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<para>- As the honorable member for Herbert says, the introduction of Spaniards to Australia by this Government last year, more or less as an experiment, has proved a marked success. We brought to these shores .150 of them, recruited specifically to work in the canefields, and no doubt the honorable member has had some practical experience of them in his own part of Queensland. So favorable have the reactions been to these Spaniards that the Government has arranged for 350 more Spaniards to enter Australia this year. Of these, 250 will be unskilled male workers. The remaining 100 will be domestic workers. I have no doubt that the housewives, public institutions, and other interested bodies of Australia will welcome this good news, and that when these good ladies arrive they will be rushed with the alacrity with which children rush hot cakes when they come out of an oven. </para>
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<para>- I address a question to the Minister for Trade. Our trade deficit for the last eight months amounted to £23,000,000, but there was a favorable trade balance of £50,000,000 for the same months in the preceding year. Does the right honorable gentleman consider that the trade agreements he has entered into with Japan and other countries have anything to do with the continued deterioration of our trade balances? If not, what are the reasons for Australia's continued trade disabilities? </para>
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<page.no>411</page.no>
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<para>- Most honorable members have read the papers and have learned of the fall in the price of wool sold under the auction system. This fall in receipts for wool is the principal cause of the decline in the value of Australia's trade earnings overseas. </para>
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<page.no>411</page.no>
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<para>- Can the </para>
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<para>Minister for the Army say whether there is any truth in the reports that the Army is considering replacing woollen clothing or blankets with clothing or blankets made from cotton or some synthetic material? </para>
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<page.no>411</page.no>
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<para>- There is no intention whatever of replacing woollen blankets or clothing with articles made from materials other than wool, or with articles that do not have a major wool content. When 1 say " major wool content ", I am thinking particularly of blankets, to which I believe the honorable member was mainly referring. I remind honorable members that nothing is too good for our soldiers and so they get woollen blankets. The honorable member may have in mind some experiments which are at present going on in relation to a composite compact sleeping kit for tropical warfare. The composition of the kit has not been finally determined at the moment, but it may include a very light blanket which will consist of 88 per cent, wool with 12 per cent, nylon to strengthen it. I can assure the honorable member .that the Department of the Army has no desire to avoid using wool and, apart from those in the sleeping kit that I have mentioned, Army blankets will remain as they are. </para>
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<page.no>411</page.no>
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<para>- Has the </para>
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<para class="block">Prime Minister been able to give any further consideration .to a request I made last year that, when the Budget is being prepared, some consideration be given to allowing aborigines residing on mission stations to benefit from the social service legislation in the same way as other people? </para>
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<page.no>411</page.no>
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<para>- The honorable member will be glad to know that for some short amount of time I have had a special Cabinet committee, of which I am a member, looking into that very matter and I hope that we shall arrive at useful results. </para>
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<page.no>411</page.no>
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<page.no>411</page.no>
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<para>- In addressing a question to the Treasurer, I refer to the practice of replying to requests for the removal of anomalies in methods or rates of taxation by the statement that the matter will be considered when the next Budget is under discussion. As most members now have some hundreds of these replies, could he, if only for the sake of variety, direct his department to produce a reasoned and reasonable answer to future requests? </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>412</page.no>
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<electorate>HIGGINS, VICTORIA</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">HOLT, Harold</name>
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<para>- My distinguished predecessor, who established a remarkable record of tenure in the office which 1 now hold, maintained, I think, a very convincing and persuasive practice on these matters. He had compiled a document which set out all the representations which had come to him for taxation relief. This document was by its very dimensions enough to convince people of the difficulties and complexities of the problems confronting any Treasurer who set out to vary the current taxation rates. Of course, <inline font-style="italic">h h</inline> the practice, inside the Treasury, and with the Treasurer himself, periodically to examine representations of all kinds in relation to taxation matters. No time could be more appropriate for a final review, prior to the Budget decisions, than the weeks leading up to Cabinet discussions on the Budget. At that time, the Treasurer has an awareness of trends, economic and financial, in the current year and in the year for which the Budget is to be framed. He is able to decide what recommendations, if any, he can p .it to his colleagues for taxation relief. Unfortunately, over the last year, largely for the reasons indicated by the Minister for Trade, namely, a serious decline in the prices received by Australians for their wool and metals, we have not enjoyed such buoyant revenues that taxation relief has seemed to be possible. But hope springs eternal, and I can assure the honorable gentleman that, whatever the standard form of reply may be, serious consideration, in the light of the country's economic circumstances, will be given to these requests at the appropriate time. </para>
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<para>- I ask the Leader of the House whether it is a fact, as reported, that the Government recently sought to replace <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Speaker</inline> with an honorable member who would be prepared to accept dictation from the Government in the conduct of this Parliament. If this is a fact, is the Minister aware that the action contemplated by the Government was contrary to all the tradi tion and practice of parliamentary procedure? Is it also a fact that the honorable member for Balaclava was the member selected to replace <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Speaker</inline> for this purpose, but that the plot failed wl.en he was deserted in the hour of crisis and secured only thirteen votes out of a possible 83? </para>
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<para>- It seems to me that the honorable member is reflecting on a decision of this House. I believe that this Parliament, in its wisdom, has made a selection from which we can all derive some satisfaction, including my colleague from Balaclava. We trust, <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Speaker,</inline> that you will enjoy a successful period of office for the remainder of the life of this Parliament. </para>
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<para>- My question to the Minister for Defence is supplementary to that asked by the honorable member for Batman. When discussions are held to decide what fighter aircraft will be made in Australia to replace the Avon Sabre, will consideration be given to producing the English Electric Company's new supersonic fighter known as the P1B or " Lightning ", especially as that company is already producing Canberra bombers at Fisherman's Bend in Victoria? </para>
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