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<session.header>
<date>1966-09-29</date>
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<day.start>1966-09-29</day.start>
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<inline font-weight="bold">Mr. ACTING SPEAKER (Mr. Lucock)</inline>took the chair at 10.30 a.m., and read prayers. </para>
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<title>REPATRIATION</title>
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<name role="metadata">CALWELL, Arthur</name>
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<para>- I desire to ask the Prime Minister a question and wish to preface it by reading a telegram which I have received this morning from <inline font-weight="bold">Sir William</inline> Yeo, President of the New South Wales Branch of the Returned Services League. </para>
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<name role="metadata">ADERMANN, Charles</name>
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<para>- In answer to the Leader of the Opposition's telegram? </para>
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<para>- In answer to my telegram, yes. The telegram is as follows - </para>
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<para>N.S.W. Branch wholeheartedly supports action taken by national headquarters seeking support of all Government members in the House of Representatives for repatriation hospitalisation for World War I men. Appreciate efforts you are making to have this benefit introduced. </para>
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<para class="block">I ask the Prime Minister: Has he received a similar telegram from <inline font-weight="bold">Sir William</inline> Yeo or from any other president or secretary of any State branch of the Returned Services League? Whether or not he has received any communications, will he now take notice of this request of <inline font-weight="bold">Sir William</inline> Yeo that hospitalisation for World War I veterans be included in the Bill before the House? Better still, will he withdraw that Bill and let the House pass the Bill which has come with amendments from the Senate? </para>
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<para>- I have had no telegram of which I am aware. One may have been received but as yet it has not been placed before me. However, let me say this: I am quite certain that throughout Australia there are very many responsible members of ex-servicemen's organisations who are disgusted by the shabby, shoddy tactics that the Opposition has adopted in relation to this matter. They want their claims dealt with in a responsible manner by a responsible democratically elected Parliament. They know that in this Parliament there are more men proportionately in the ranks of the Government's supporters than in any other Parliament in the world who have seen active service themselves and who know the circumstances of ex-servicemen. </para>
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<para>I do not think honorable gentlemen opposite will contest a statement that Australia has the most liberal repatriation scheme to be found in any part of the world. If they try to argue against that, they may do so. These are the facts. It is well known that before every Budget a committee of the Cabinet confers with the Returned Services League and considers the requests that the League makes in that particular area. The Cabinet, in my experience in every Budget discussion in which I have participated, has carefully examined these requests. I can hardly recall a Budget in which there was not some new provision, an increase in or expansion of an existing provision or something of that kind in relation to the returned servicemen of this country. So I use the words " shabby " and " shoddy " deliberately because the Opposition is trying to claim some monopoly of regard for Australian servicemen. </para>
<para>Amidst the host of claims which come to this Government and which have to be dealt with through its Budget, claims from the invalid, the aged, the widowed, and those who have given service to Australia in time of war enjoy the highest priority in our consideration. The facts speak for themselves. There is no question of the growth in the provision of social welfare and repatriation benefits. All the political manoeuvring of honorable gentlemen opposite will not obscure in the minds of ex-servicemen or their organisations who follow these matters closely the fact that this Government has dealt with their requests as generously and as liberally as a responsible government has been competent to do. </para>
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<title>FINANCE</title>
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<electorate>CORANGAMITE, VICTORIA</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">MACKINNON, Ewen</name>
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<para>- I direct my question to the Prime Minister in his capacity as Acting Treasurer. In view of the increasing demand for capital investment funds in many Australian industries and also the general belief that there should be greater Australian participation in the equity capital of Australian offshoots of overseas companies, will the right honorable gentleman have an examination made of the practicability of allowing, as a taxation deduction, interest on convertible note issues with a currency period up to, say, five years so that this very useful method of raising capital can be restored to meet a growing need? </para>
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<name role="metadata">HOLT, Harold</name>
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<para>- The matter raised by the honorable gentleman has come under the consideration of the Government at various times. It may be that circumstances which have now arisen call for some further review. I shall look for an opportunity to discuss the matter further with my colleague, the Treasurer, on his return and I shall have in mind the comments which the honorable gentleman has made. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
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<title>TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS</title>
<page.no>1414</page.no>
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<page.no>1414</page.no>
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<electorate>LEICHHARDT, QUEENSLAND</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">FULTON, William</name>
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<para>- My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. Has the Queensland Government, past or present, ever approached the Commonwealth Government for a special grant or loan, or a special grant and loan, for the servicing and administration of the islands in Torres Strait? Alternatively, owing to the State Government's limited resources will the Commonwealth Government take over the servicing and administration of these islands if requested to do so by the State Goverment? </para>
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<page.no>1414</page.no>
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<para>- I shall examine the facts to see how far it would be proper and appropriate to disclose publicly communications which have been received by the Commonwealth Government from the Queensland Government. But apart from this aspect there is an element of the honorable gentleman's question which would appear to permit of a direct answer from the Commonwealth Government and I shall have the question studied with a view to supplying him with a considered reply. </para>
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<title>DARWIN</title>
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<page.no>1414</page.no>
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<electorate>MITCHELL, NEW SOUTH WALES</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">IRWIN, Leslie</name>
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<para>- Has the Minister for Territories received representations from the Corporation of the City of Darwin regarding the disposal of sewage? If so, what measures does he propose to take to meet the situation? </para>
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<para>Jr. BARNES. - I have no doubt that most honorable members have received a letter which the Corporation of the City of Darwin has circulated on this matter. I believe that we must look at this question in its full context. The system of sewage disposal in Darwin has been in operation for almost 20 years. Records reveal that the health situation at Darwin compares very favourably with that in all capital cities of Australia. Darwin is in exactly the same situation as the city of Sydney with regard to sewage disposal. </para>
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<page.no>1414</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">CALWELL, Arthur</name>
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<para>- Is this a Dorothy Dix-er? </para>
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<page.no>1414</page.no>
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<name.id>JOA</name.id>
<electorate>MCPHERSON, QUEENSLAND</electorate>
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<para>- It certainly is not a Dorothy Dix-er. No responsible administration would treat the matter of health lightly in a city which is expanding as quickly as Darwin. Darwin is expanding very rapidly. Only one city in the whole of the Commonwealth is growing at a faster rate and that is Canberra. The Northern Territory. Administration, together with my Department, over the last 12 months has been studying an overall system which will serve the community in future. When our plans are fully completed we expect to have a system which will serve a population of about 200,000 people. Of course, this is looking some years ahead. </para>
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<para>In the current Budget $200,000 has been provided for modifications of the present system to bring it more into keeping with Darwin's present rapid expansion. As early as last May the Administration instituted a survey of the present sewerage scheme, particularly in relation to the health situation in Darwin, and an interdepartmental report has flowed from this. Since receiving the communication from the Corporation of the City of Darwin I have taken up the matter with my colleagues, the Minister for Health and the Minister for Works, to ascertain what the situation is because I believe that the present very satisfactory health situation in the city of Darwin should be continued. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>1414</page.no>
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<title>SECURITY FILES</title>
<page.no>1414</page.no>
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<page.no>1414</page.no>
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<name.id>6U4</name.id>
<electorate>WERRIWA, NEW SOUTH WALES</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">WHITLAM, Gough</name>
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<para>- I ask the Prime Minister a question. Does the right honorable gentleman approve of the Minister for the Army using on the adjournment last night security or intelligence files to discredit a IS year old school cadet and to distract attention from his account of cadet training methods? Does he know and agree that dossiers are compiled with similar speed and revealed with similar recklessness concerning the mothers and other relatives of all critics of Government policies and Army indoctrination on Vietnam? </para>
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<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>1415</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">HOLT, Harold</name>
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<para>- Dealing with last part of the question first, I do not personally know of the detailed manner in which the security organisation secures the material which it places before the Prime Minister in its discharge of the responsibility which this Parliament and the Government have placed upon it. So far as I am aware the methods correspond with those adopted during the period when honorable gentlemen opposite were in office several years ago. In the first part of his question the Deputy Leader of the Opposition asked whether I approved - 1 think that was the substance of his question - of the action of my colleague in publicly disclosing material which related to the matter brought before the Parliament by the honorable member for Grayndler. </para>
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<para>The Minister for the Army did see me early this morning about this matter, and he brought to my notice the material on which his reply had been based. I say by way of comment that the Minister for the Army has a general responsibility, when the policies of his Department or of the Government come under attack, to defend those policies. When he has reason, on the basis of information coming to him, to question the bona fides of action taken, then that responsibility is enhanced. In this particular case, as I understand the facts, the episode in which this young man was involved was highly publicised and the Minister for the Army therefore had good cause to make a careful examination of the episode itself and the surrounding circumstances. I do not know whether all members of the Parliament know the circumstances of the case, but the fact of the matter is that the lad's mother - and he is- </para>
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<para>- The Prime Minister is compounding the offence. </para>
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<para>- The place where the training was done was known as " Vietcong Village ". </para>
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<para>- The honorable member for Grayndler last night made an attack on the Government on the basis of this episode. </para>
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<para>- The Minister for the Army attacked the mother, and now the Prime Minister is repeating the attack. </para>
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<para>- I do not attack the mother. The mother is a citizen of Australia. </para>
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<para>- With the rights of a citizen. </para>
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<para>- Of course she has the rights of a citizen, and this Parliament has the right to question an attack on the policy of the Government and the methods adopted to implement that policy. She is a committee member of the Association for International Co-operation and Disarmament, New South Wales. I ask the Leader of the Opposition: Is this an organisation which is acceptable to and endorsed by the Australian Labour Party? </para>
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<para>- I have never heard of it before. </para>
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<para>- Or is it an offence for a member of the Australian Labour Party to belong to this organisation? I ask him to reply to that question. </para>
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<para>- Tt is not. </para>
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<para>- This organisation superseded the New South Wales Peace Committee for International Cooperation and Disarmament, also known as the New South Wales Peace Committee, which was, as was generally recognised, a Communist-inspired peace organisation. </para>
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<para>- She is a very dangerous woman! </para>
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<para>- No, she is not a dangerous woman, but I think the Parliament </para>
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<para>- She is a peace lover. That is a sin in the eyes of the Prime Minister. </para>
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<para>- Order! I suggest that honorable members study the Standing Orders. This House can proceed with its business only if the Standing Orders are observed. There is no personal satisfaction to me in having to name any honorable member, and I suggest- </para>
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<para>- Spare us the lecture. </para>
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<para>- Order! The honorable member for Lalor says he does not want to be lectured. If that is the case 1 suggest that he and other honorable members study and obey the Standing Orders. If the Standing Orders are completely ignored this House must fall into a state of chaos and the business of the House cannot proceed. I suggest that honorable members consider that. </para>
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<para>- <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Acting Speaker,</inline> I raise a point of order. You have taken an attitude towards the Opposition over the last couple of days which has involved pretty severe criticism. I suggest that you have a responsibility to see that Ministers, and particularly the Prime Minister, do not misuse question time, and unfairly and improperly provoke honorable members on this side of the House by making improper accusations. This has been happening during the time the Prime Minister has been answering this question. </para>
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<para>- On the point of order raised by the honorable member for Yarra: I suggested that the House come to order. I made no reference to any one side of the House. I have pointed out before that Ministers answer questions as they so desire. This has been the practice of the House. I call the Prime Minister. </para>
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<para>- I rise to a point of order. I ask you, <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Acting</inline> Speaker: Is it your duty to ask members to obey the Standing Orders, or is it your duly to deliver a lecture about them? </para>
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<para>- The honorable member for Lalor is out of order. I call the Prime Minister. </para>
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<para>- The other piece of information which I believe to be relevant is that on 14th April a large advertisement appeared in the " Sydney Morning Herald " by authority of the Association of International Co-operation and Disarmament opposing the dispatch of national servicemen to Vietnam. A number of organisations were alleged to be in support of the protest, and these organisations were listed. One of these organisations was given as the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Australian Section, New South Wales Branch, the secretary of which was named as <inline font-weight="bold">Mrs. Michaelis</inline> of Redan Street, Mosman This is the street address of <inline font-weight="bold">Mrs. A.</inline> M. Michaelis, mother of Robert Michaelis </para>
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<para>I put these facts before the Parliament, as my colleague did, because when an episode of this sort is given wide publicity - as this episode was - the Minister has a responsibility to test the good faith involved in, and the genuineness of, the episode itself. He has the task - as do other members of the Government, but the Minister for the Army particularly - of defending the policies of the Army. It was in meeting that responsibility that he brought to the attention of the Parliament information which the Parliament was entitled to have in order that it could make its own unfettered judgment on the matter in question. </para>
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<para>- 1 rise to order, <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Acting Speaker.</inline> I ask that the document read by the Prime Minister be tabled. I say that he is obliged to table it unless he claims that it is confidential. Having read out the whole of the document he cannot claim that it is of a confidential nature. I would like to examine the document from which he quoted. </para>
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<para>- <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Acting Speaker,</inline> in regard to the matter that the Leader of the Opposition has raised: These documents are confidential. </para>
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<para>Opposition members. - Oh! </para>
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<para>- Just a moment. When I am asked a question I hope to have the opportunity to answer it. I have quoted from these documents every matter which is relevant to the subject before the House. I am quite agreeable to having the Leader of the Opposition examine these documents. But he knows it has never been the practice in this country - when he was in office or when we have been in office - for communications from the Security Service to the Government to be made publicly available. </para>
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<para>- The Labour Party never misused such information, as the Government has. </para>
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<para>- Oh no; of course not! </para>
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<para>- My question is directed to the Minister for National Development. Is it a fact that Japan has recently proposed additional imports by it of iron ore pellets from the Hamersley mines in Western Australia? Are these proposals in addition to the 16 million tons to be exported over 10 years as from 1968? Is the suggested price of US18.5 cents per ton for ore of 1 per cent, of iron content correct? Can the Minister indicate what tonnage is involved in the new proposals? </para>
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<para>- I am afraid that the only information I have at the present moment is what I have read in the Press and as this is rather speculative, I think it would be better if I treated the honorable member's question as being on notice. I shall give him a full reply at a later stage. </para>
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<para>- I address a question to the Prime Minister. I point out by way of explanation that the recent decision of the Commonwealth Government to provide interest bearing loans to cane farmers with an initial interest free rest period, although providing greater liquidity, does not improve the overall ability of the farmer to service his mounting debts, unless, of course, prices rise. Will the right honorable gentleman's Government give consideration to taking immediate action which will alleviate the inability of large sections of the sugar industry to secure urgently required credit for essential farming operations, and will his Government give urgent consideration to taking steps which will stop the panic spreading, nefarious and disgraceful practice of some banking institutions of instructing or advising farmers who arc heavily in debt through no fault of their own to dispose of their cane farms and get out of the sugar industry? </para>
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<para>- The Government has dealt in a quite unprecedented way and, 1 am sure most honorable members will agree, in a very considerate way with the difficult problems of this industry. What we have done has been in the direction sought by the official spokesmen for this industry, and after a great deal of consideration by Cabinet. I am glad to be able to report that I had a letter from <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Pearce,</inline> who is well known to all connected with the industry, expressing deep appreciation for what the Government had done in relation to this matter. </para>
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<para>- I address to the Prime Minister a question supplementary to that asked by the Leader of the Opposition relating to the telegram from <inline font-weight="bold">Sir William</inline> Yeo. Will the Prime Minister send a telegram to <inline font-weight="bold">Sir William</inline> Yeo reminding him of certain statements made some time ago by leading members of the Labour Party such as the honorable member for Yarra, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the honorable member for Wills, particu larly one to the effect that one of the greatest menaces to the security of Australia was the pressure group in the Returned Services League? </para>
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<para>- I rise to order. I had occasion two days ago to ask that a questioner be asked to verify a newspaper report on which he had based a question concerning me. On the following day the newspaper apologised for having given an incorrect report of what I had said. On this occasion I ask that the honorable member for La Trobe be required to verify a report of a statement which he attributes to me and which I have never made in any circumstances. </para>
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<para>- I think the question asked by the honorable member for La Trobe rather extends the responsibility of the Prime Minister beyond its normal boundaries. </para>
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<para>- I rise to order. The honorable member for La Trobe has just attributed a statement to honorable members on this side of the House. I was one of those whom he mentioned. I support the request made by the Deputy Leader of the Opposition that the honorable member for La Trobe be asked to prove his statement. Unless he is prepared to do that, and unless the House is prepared to insist that he do so, we shall deny to honorable members the rights and privileges under which they work. </para>
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<para>- Order! This is not a responsibility of the Chair. </para>
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<para>- I address a question to you, <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Acting Speaker.</inline> In today's " Daily Telegraph " there is published what deliberately has the appearance of being a factual report of a discussion of Labour's immigration policy that took place in yesterday's meeting of the Labour caucus. The Press was excluded from the meeting and the report could only have been the result of scavenging or the product of imagination. The whole is a gross distortion and in part it amounts to unmitigated lies. I. ask whether you, <inline font-weight="bold">Sir. have</inline> power to exclude from the precincts of this House the representatives of newspapers which indulge in reporting of this type and whether you can insist that a statement of the sources of alleged reports such as these accompany the reports. If you have such power, will you exercise it to protect the public from misleading and lying reports? </para>
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