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<date>1960-03-17</date>
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<day.start>1960-03-17</day.start>
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<inline font-weight="bold">Mr. SPEAKER (Hon. John McLeay)</inline>took the chair at <inline font-style="italic">10.30</inline> a.m., and read prayers. </para>
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<title>AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES</title>
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<page.no>321</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">CALWELL, Arthur</name>
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<para>- I wish to ask the Minister for the Army a question. Did he announce to a joint meeting of the Liberal Party and the Australian Country Party yesterday that he had given six months' notice of discharge from the Australian Army of ten high ranking officers including- </para>
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<name role="metadata">ANDERSON, Charles</name>
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<para>- 1 rise to a point of order, <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Speaker.</inline> Is the honorable gentleman in order in asking a question based upon a newspaper report? </para>
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<para>- If the Leader of the Opposition is quoting a newspaper report, he is out of order. </para>
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<para>- I did not say that my question was based on a newspaper report. </para>
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<para>- Is it based on such a report? </para>
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<page.no>321</page.no>
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<para>- No, it is not. </para>
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<para>- Then the honorable member is in order. </para>
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<para>- As a matter of fact, <inline font-weight="bold">Sir, newspaper</inline> correspondents told me the story before the newspapers published it. I think that I had better start again. I ask the Minister for the Army, without notice: Did he announce to a joint meeting of the Liberal Party and the Australian Country Party, yesterday, that he had given six months' notice of discharge from the Australian Army to ten high ranking officers, including two brigadiers, because he regards them as being inefficient? If so, what explanation has he to offer for this extraordinary action, and for his extraordinary attitude generally towards the Army and particularly to the Citizen Military Forces? Finally, has he the idea that he can win immortality by becoming the undertaker of the Australian Army? </para>
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<para>- I ask the honorable member, in the circumstances, to put his question on the notice-paper. I will then give him a full reply. </para>
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<title>HAIL DAMAGE</title>
<page.no>321</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">FALKINDER, Charles</name>
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<para>- I direct a question to the Prime Minister. Last Friday, the Prime Minister was good enough to receive a deputation at rather snort notice on the subject of hail damage in Tasmanian orchards. At that time, the Prime Minister asked for further detailed information which I think he will now have had. Can the Prime Minister say when an examination will be made of this matter? </para>
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<page.no>321</page.no>
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<electorate>KOOYONG, VICTORIA</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">MENZIES, Robert</name>
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<para>- It is quite true that I received a deputation which was, in fact, introduced by the honorable member, who has a great interest in this problem of hail damage to the apple harvest in Tasmania. The supplementary information I asked for was, in fact, provided and it is now under examination between myself and one other department. I hope to have a reply quite quickly. </para>
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<title>AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATION IN IRELAND</title>
<page.no>321</page.no>
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<page.no>321</page.no>
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<name.id>JUX</name.id>
<electorate>WEST SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">MINOGUE, Daniel</name>
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<para>- I direct a question to the Prime Minister. In view of the fact that the Prime Minister is occupying the dual positions of Prime Minister and Minister for External Affairs, will he consider while overseas why Australia has not had proper representation in Ireland since this Government took office? Honorable members are disposed to treat this subject with levity- </para>
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<page.no>321</page.no>
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<para>- Order! We must show a little tolerance on this historic day. </para>
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<page.no>321</page.no>
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<para>- I am asking this question on behalf of thousands of Australian taxpayers, many of whom have visited Ireland and have found that we have no proper representation there. They ask why is it that Australian representation in Ireland is at the lowest level of Australian representation anywhere. Should the Prime Minister succeed where Lord Casey has failed, he will have the thanks of Australia and Ireland - and I mean that. </para>
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<page.no>321</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">DALY, Fred</name>
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<para>- A good St. Patrick's Day question! </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>321</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">MENZIES, Robert</name>
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<para>- In dealing with the </para>
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<para class="block">Government of Ireland, one would hardly expect a Menzies to succeed where a Casey has failed. The form of our representation in Ireland is dictated by a prolonged inability to agree on certain matters which are partly matters of form but which also have something to do with matters of substance. For some time now we have not been able to secure agreement. At one stage I thought we would be able to do so, but so far we have not. In the meantime, our representation there is on the level referred to by the honorable member. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>322</page.no>
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<title>LAND CLEARANCE METHODS</title>
<page.no>322</page.no>
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<page.no>322</page.no>
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<electorate>WAKEFIELD, SOUTH AUSTRALIA</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">KELLY, Bert</name>
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<para>- My question is addressed to the Prime Minister in his capacity as Minister for External Affairs. In May last year, I urged the then Minister for External Affairs to examine the question of whether Australian land clearance methods could be gainfully used in east Asian countries. Can the Prime Minister tell me whether there have been any developments in this matter? </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>322</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">MENZIES, Robert</name>
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<para>- After the honorable member raised this matter, it was referred to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, my predecessor in External Affairs being the Minister in charge of that organization. A good deal of work had been done on this subject, not only on these particular methods, but on other methods of land clearance. Communications were made with our posts abroad in the relevant countries and the attention of foreign governments was directed to this matter. The response so far, I am bound to say, has been quite small, largely based on the view, which will appeal to the honorable member, that methods of land clearance which suit one type of country, climate and foliage, do not necessarily have any applicability in another. But we have done our best to keep this idea moving and will continue to do so. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>322</page.no>
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<title>WILLIAMTOWN AIR BASE</title>
<page.no>322</page.no>
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<page.no>322</page.no>
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<electorate>SHORTLAND, NEW SOUTH WALES</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">GRIFFITHS, Charles</name>
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<para>- I ask the Minister for Air whether it is a fact that housing conditions for Air Force personnel based at Williamtown in New South Wales are bad, and that many men must travel upwards of 50 miles a day to and from work. If this is a fact, will the Minister inform me of the action his department proposes to take in respect of housing the staff since the establishment of the new squadron and rocket base at Williamtown? </para>
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<page.no>322</page.no>
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<para>- It is correct that some of the personnel of the Air Force base at Williamtown have housing difficulties. Great progress in meeting the housing needs of married members of the service has been made in the last three years, particularly as a result of the provisions of the Commonwealth and State Housing Agreement. I hope that any housing difficulties will be completely overcome at almost all the bases throughout Australia within about two years. </para>
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<page.no>322</page.no>
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<title>PRICE OF SUGAR</title>
<page.no>322</page.no>
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<page.no>322</page.no>
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<para>- I address a question to the Minister for Primary Industry. When the retail price of sugar was last fixed in 1956, were the sugar farmers' costs taken into consideration? Have these farmers' costs increased since then? </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>322</page.no>
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<para>- Obviously, when the sugar industry applied for increased prices to both the Queensland Government and the Commonwealth Government in 1956, it would have had to prove its case in respect of increased costs of administration and handling. Since then, no special statistics or particulars have been taken out by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics in relation to the sugar industry; but I assume that, as with other industries, the position in the sugar industry could be as the honorable member assumes it to be. </para>
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<debate>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>322</page.no>
<type>Questions</type>
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<title>INCREASED RENTS FOR PENSIONERS</title>
<page.no>322</page.no>
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<talk.start>
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<page.no>322</page.no>
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<para>- Is the Treasurer aware that as the result of the easing of rent control in Victoria, which will operate as from 1st April, consternation has been caused in the minds of thousands of age pensioners who will be quite unable to pay increased rent? Will the Treasurer give consideration to this problem with a view to assisting the pensioners concerned to meet their new obligations? </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>322</page.no>
<time.stamp />
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<electorate>HIGGINS, VICTORIA</electorate>
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<role>Treasurer</role>
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<para>- The only knowledge I have of this matter is what I have gleaned from the press, and naturally I treat that with a degree of reserve. But as to Commonwealth action along the lines which the honorable gentleman proposes, the only action so far which the Government has felt it appropriate to take in relation to needy pensioners who are paying rent for themselves, has been by way of special or supplementary assistance on the pension. Whether any further action should be taken is clearly a matter of policy, and can be appropriately considered at budget time. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>323</page.no>
<type>Questions</type>
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<page.no>323</page.no>
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<page.no>323</page.no>
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<para>- My question is addressed to the Treasurer and concerns the alleged profit of the telephone branch of the Post Office last year, amounting to nearly £6,900,000. Can the Treasurer say, first, whether this profit was struck after allowing only £766,000 interest on capital assets of £410,000,000, upon which any ordinary business would have to pay well over £20,000,000? Can he also give some indication of the extent to which the annual capital subventions by the Treasury are applied to Post Office maintenance and replacement costs which in other businesses are charged to revenue? Have these matters been gone into by the committee now inquiring into Post Office accounting? If so, can he say when the report will be available, so that we may judge the extent lo which the published profits are phoney? </para>
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<page.no>323</page.no>
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<para>- The question asked by the honorable member for Wentworth covers a good deal of ground on this rather complex question. He speaks in terms of alleged profits, and towards the end of his question introduced a rather unhappy word, " phoney ". I am quite certain that neither my colleague, the Postmaster-General, nor I could accept all the implications of what he has put in his question; but it has been made evident to the House that on the basis on which the profits of the Post Office have been calculated they have not, in the view of the Government, represented a realistic presentation of the financial transactions of the Post Office. </para>
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<para>It is true that since the war very substantial capital amounts have been applied to the expansion of the Post Office, running into some hundreds of millions of pounds. The extent to which the capital amounts so provided should carry interest, so that a fair charge can be made for the services rendered by the Post Office, is one of the matters currently being investigated by the committee to which the honorable gentleman has referred. </para>
<para>There are other aspects of the activities of the Post Office to which it was felt that it would, perhaps, be appropriate to apply the methods of accountancy which obtain in private commercial undertakings, in order to see what would be a fair charge for the services rendered. I have seen it alleged that in this process the Government is, in effect, mulcting the taxpayer twice, in that the taxpayer, who has provided the capital funds for expansion, is now asked to pay the higher charges which will give something approaching a commercial return on the capital invested. That, I suggest, is a quite misleading and inaccurate statement of the position. If revenue were not raised by the Post Office obtaining returns of a commercial character, suitably computed, then the Commonwealth would find it necessary to raise additional revenue by way of taxation. Surely it is fairer that the revenue should be provided by those who use the services, in proportion to their use, rather than by the taxpayers irrespective of their use of such services. </para>
<para>I am personally quite satisfied that the imposition of the increased charges represents a move towards obtaining a more accurate commercial return on capital invested, but when we have the findings of the committee to which reference has been made we will be able to give more detailed information to the House, and satisfy the minds of honorable members generally on this subject. </para>
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<page.no>323</page.no>
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<title>UNEMPLOYMENT IN NORTHERN QUEENSLAND</title>
<page.no>323</page.no>
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<page.no>323</page.no>
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<para>- Has the Minister for Labour and National Service received a request from the Queensland Government for assistance from the Commonwealth Government to relieve the unemployment situation in the north of Queensland, due to seasonal conditions and automation? If he has not, will he give serious and urgent consideration to any such request that he may receive in the future? </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>323</page.no>
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<electorate>LOWE, NEW SOUTH WALES</electorate>
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<para>- Normally a communication from a State government to the Commonwealth Government is made by the Premier to the Prime Minister. I personally have not received any representations from the Queensland Government about the unemployment position in northern Queensland, but I give the honorable gentleman my assurance that if I receive any request, or if the Prime Minister receives one and passes it on to me, I will be only too happy to consider it. Some time ago the Minister for Labour in Queensland spoke to me about this problem. Certain suggestions were made to him as to ways in which seasonal unemployment in that State might be overcome. I know of the Minister's great interest in this problem, and I hope that the suggestions made were helpful and will contribute to the solution of the problems of seasonal employment in Queensland. </para>
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<page.no>324</page.no>
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<title>ECONOMIC STABILIZATION</title>
<page.no>324</page.no>
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<page.no>324</page.no>
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<para>- I address a question to the Minister for Trade. Has the Minister had an opportunity to study the scheme for stabilization of raw materials and basic commodities expounded to the International Congress for Scientific Management in Melbourne recently by <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. L.</inline> St. Clair Grondona? If not, will he examine it with a view to ascertaining whether its principles could provide the force we need behind his unremitting efforts to stabilize the economy of primary producing countries? </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>324</page.no>
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<electorate>MURRAY, VICTORIA</electorate>
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<para>- I have had what I might describe as a not very full opportunity to study the proposals of <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. L.</inline> St. Clair Grondona, who, I know, has devoted himself for many years to consideration of this and related subjects. While I do not feel that I can subscribe in full to his detailed approach to the subject, his general approach to it has my enthusiastic support. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>324</page.no>
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<title>TRAINING OF INDONESIAN OFFICERS IN AUSTRALIA</title>
<page.no>324</page.no>
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<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>324</page.no>
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<para>- I ask the Minister for the Army whether, in view of repeated statements of the Government's intention to train officers of the Indonesian Army in Australia, he will state what stage has been reached in negotiations and whether Indonesian officers are at present being trained in Australia. Finally, I ask the Minister whether we can take H that Australian officers are to become displaced persons while Indonesian officers will be trained. </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>324</page.no>
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<para>- Order! The final part of the question is out of order on the ground that a question on the same subject is, by request, to be placed on the noticepaper. </para>
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<page.no>324</page.no>
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<para>- No, that is not so, <inline font-weight="bold">Mr.</inline></para>
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</interjection>
<para class="block">Speaker. This question is about the training of Indonesian officers. </para>
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<page.no>324</page.no>
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<para>- The portion referring to displaced persons is cut of order because it relates to a question mat the Leader of the Opposition has been asked to put on the notice-paper. </para>
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<page.no>324</page.no>
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<para>- I inform the honorable gentleman that I have received no request to train Indonesians in the Australian Army. </para>
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<page.no>324</page.no>
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<subdebateinfo>
<title>RURAL AUTOMATIC EXCHANGES</title>
<page.no>324</page.no>
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<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>324</page.no>
<time.stamp />
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<electorate>BARKER, SOUTH AUSTRALIA</electorate>
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<para>- Can the PostmasterGeneral tell the House something about the cross-bar type of rural automatic exchange? I understand that this type of exchange can be economically installed for far fewer subscribers than the present type and would be a great boon in sparsely settled country areas. Can the Minister say what plans his department has in relation to it? </para>
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<speech>
<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>324</page.no>
<time.stamp />
<name.id>KCA</name.id>
<electorate>DAWSON, QUEENSLAND</electorate>
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<role>Postmaster-General</role>
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<name role="metadata">DAVIDSON, Charles</name>
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<para>- The cross-bar type of exchange equipment is not actually new. It was in operation many years ago but, for a time, it was displaced by other types of equipment in automatic exchanges. However, in the last year or two there has been considerable development in the crossbar type with the result that we are now satisfied, as a result of investigation both in Australia and overseas, that it offers better opportunities for the establishment of new exchanges than th; other system. Before finally committing ourselves to the changeover, experiments were carried out for a period of years. The department has purchased cross-bar equipment to install in the Toowoomba automatic exchange, which is at present under construction. This system has the advantage of being capable of operation with much less supervision than the other types. Its liability to error is very much less. It requires less space. Consequently, from all points of view, it would appear that such automatic exchanges can be installed and operated for less than other exchanges. I am referring particularly, at the moment, to large exchanges but, as the honorable member has pointed out, the system also has advantage in the smaller type of automatic exchanges. Consequently it would be quite a factor in the overall long-range planning by the department for automatic services throughout Australia. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>325</page.no>
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<title>SEAT OF GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION ACT</title>
<page.no>325</page.no>
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<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>325</page.no>
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<para>- I ask the Prime Minister: Will he give further consideration to a suggestion that the Seat of Government Administration Act be amended to incorporate the provisions of section 92 of the Constitution as was done with the Northern Territory Administration Act? Does he recall that I raised this matter with him on a number of occasions and that he undertook to have a look at what he described as " this fascinating problem "? </para>
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<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>325</page.no>
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<para>- I know that some work has been done on this matter. I am not aware of the point it has reached, but I will find out and advise the honorable member of what I learn. </para>
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<page.no>325</page.no>
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<subdebateinfo>
<title>WOOL PROCESSING</title>
<page.no>325</page.no>
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<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>325</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">ALLAN, Archibald</name>
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<para>- I ask the Minister in charge of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization whether that body has investigated a reported new process, for which an Australian company is said to hold the patent rights, for treating wool against mildew and certain bacteria. Can he give me any information about this new process? </para>
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<speech>
<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>325</page.no>
<time.stamp />
<name.id>JU8</name.id>
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<name role="metadata">CAMERON, Donald Alastair</name>
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<para>- The C.S.I.R.O. has done a small amount of investigation into the <inline font-style="italic">claims made</inline> for this process. So far the results have been to confirm the claims made for its antibacterial quality, but we have not yet been able to confirm the claims made for its antifungal properties. These are the ones concerned with mildew. </para>
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<page.no>325</page.no>
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<page.no>325</page.no>
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<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>325</page.no>
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<para>- I address a question to the Minister for the Army. In addition to the information he gave this morning that there was a purge of generals- </para>
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<page.no>325</page.no>
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<para>- Order! The Minister for the Army has had a question directed to him concerning that matter which he has asked to be placed on the notice-paper. </para>
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<page.no>325</page.no>
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<para>- It is not yet on the notice-paper. </para>
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<page.no>325</page.no>
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<para>- Order! 1 rule that the honorable member's question is out of order. </para>
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<page.no>325</page.no>
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<para>- I was about to address another sector of the question to the Minister, and you have not yet heard it. </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>325</page.no>