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<date>1961-10-25</date>
<parliament.no>23</parliament.no>
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<day.start>1961-10-25</day.start>
<para>The <inline font-weight="bold">PRESIDENT (Senator the Hon. Sir Alister McMuIlin)</inline> took the chair at 3 p.m., and read prayers. </para>
<para class="block">"HANSARD" REPORT. </para>
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<inline font-weight="bold">Senator McKENNA.</inline>- I address a question to the Leader of the Government in the Senate. In view of the fact that the daily " Hansard " for the House of Representatives proceedings of yesterday was cut when <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Drummond</inline> began to speak at 10.20 p.m., will the Minister, in view of the interest in that speech, arrange for copies of it to be made available to members of the Parliament as early as possible? </para>
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<inline font-weight="bold">Senator SPOONER.</inline>- I do not know whether it is practicable to meet <inline font-weight="bold">Senator McKenna's</inline> wishes, but I shall certainly make endeavours to do so. Having heard what my colleague, <inline font-weight="bold">Senator Paltridge,</inline> has to say on this matter, I for my part will be very interested to sec in detail what <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Drummond</inline> said. </para>
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<title>EXPORTS</title>
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<para>- My question is addressed to the Minister for National Development and also concerns him in his capacity as Minister representing the Minister for Trade. Has he noted that this week General Motors-Holden's Proprietary Limited is advertising that it is now shipping from Tasmania its 30,000th export car- </para>
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<name role="metadata">BUTTFIELD, Nancy</name>
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<para>- From Tasmania? </para>
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<para>- Did I say from Tasmania? I meant to say from this island continent of Australia. Has the Minister noted this contribution by the General Motors organization to the main artery of Australian export trade? Can he say how that export trade compares with exports of other manufactured goods during the last twelve months? </para>
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<para>- I am certain that when <inline font-weight="bold">Senator Wright</inline> referred to these exports as being exports from Tasmania it was a case of coming events casting their shadows before them. I am quite certain that Tasmania will, in due course, make a contribution to our export earnings. Yes, I have seen figures for exports by the </para>
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<para class="block">General Motors company from time to time. I do not retain the figures clearly in my mind. I know that for some considerable time past the company has maintained a conscious policy of expanding its export business. I know that the company regularly publishes figures showing the results that it has achieved. I know that the company has made a substantial contribution to our export earnings. The company's export programme has lived up to expectations. I would like to see the company doing even better than it is doing in the field of exports. I believe that there is scope, for it to do better in the future than it has done in the past. </para>
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<title>COMMONWEALTH BANK</title>
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<name role="metadata">POKE, Albert</name>
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<para>- Is the Leader of the Government in the Senate aware that 50 years ago to-day <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. King</inline> O'Malley, that great Labour member for the division of Darwin, as it was then known - it is now the electorate of Braddon - in Tasmania first introduced a bill in the Commonwealth Parliament to establish the Commonwealth Bank? Does the Government recognize this day as of special significance, considering that the bill introduced by <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. King</inline> O'Malley proved to be a powerful and beneficial factor in the Australian economy and in the lives of the people of Australia? Does the Government acknowledge the great foresight shown by the late Tasmanian representative? </para>
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<para>- My knowledge of history is not as good as that of Sena. or Poke. I did not know that to-day was the fiftieth anniversary of the introduction of that legislation by <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. King</inline> O'Malley. That event is clear evidence of the fact that, even with the Australian Labour Party in office, occasionally good things occur in Australia. His action in introducing that legislation was a very notable step forward. The Senate is indebted to <inline font-weight="bold">Senator Poke</inline> for reminding us of it. </para>
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<title>COAL</title>
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<para>- Can the Minister for National Development give the Senate figures showing exports of coal at the present time compared to those of a few years ago? </para>
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<page.no>1450</page.no>
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<para>- I have some figures before me, and I think it will be interesting to place them on record. In 1947-48, we were exporting coal at the rate of 53,000 tons a year. By 1957-58, our exports had risen to 768,000 tons a year, lt is expected that by 1965 we shall be exporting 3,000,000 tons a year. Three collieries in the south coast area of New South Wales have between them contracts for the export of 3,000,000 tons of coal over a period of five years, and this will yield us export income amounting to £13,000,000. Another colliery has a five-year contract for the export of 410,000 tons, which will provide an export income of approximately £2,000,000. In the Burragorang valley two colliery groups have contracts for a five-year period covering the export of 3,000,000 tons of coal, which will mean an export income of £12,000,000. So we have firm contracts for the sale overseas of 6,410,000 tons of coal from New South Wales, with an estimated income of £27,000,000. </para>
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<para>I state those figures with a good deal of pride and satisfaction because it seems only yesterday - I think that an honorable senator sitting opposite me will remember this, too - it was thought that it would not be practicable to export coal. When it is remembered that the production of a miner is about 1,000 tons a year, it will be noted that this export trade will not only yield us very substantial export income, but will also provide a very big source of employment in the coal-mining industry. </para>
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<title>AUSTRALIAN AIRLINES</title>
<page.no>1450</page.no>
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<para>- I ask the Minister for Civil Aviation whether he will comment upon a statement that has been attributed to <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Drummond,</inline> the honorable member for New England, in relation to a conference between the Minister and representatives of East-West Airlines Limited in July last year, and which is in the following terms: - </para>
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<para>I can definitely say the Minister said to the members of the company that they would have to get together with Ansett. </para>
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<page.no>1450</page.no>
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<para>- Yes. When I answered a question in the Senate yesterday in respect of this matter of East-West Airlines Limited I pointed out that I saw <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Pringle</inline> when he visited Canberra late in July or early in August of last year. I told the Senate that East-West Airlines Limited was proposing to see AnsettA.N.A. and indeed had asked me to arrange for that meeting. My refusal to do that resulted in a further request from EastWest Airlines by letter, which I also refused. </para>
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<para>During the interview, as I stated yesterday, <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Pringle</inline> referred at length to the reasons why his company had rejected a take-over offer made by Ansett-A.N.A. some time before that. I indicated that the offer was then regarded by me as having expired, as in fact it had. I told <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Pringle</inline> that now that the offer had been declined, and that the two airlines would be operating side by side in New South Wales, the Government would expect, and would look for, a degree of sensible cooperation and self-assistance as between the two of them. It was at this point that <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Pringle</inline> informed me that his directors were proposing to have discussions with AnsettA.N.A., and he indicated the types of things that they wanted to talk about. As an example, <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Pringle</inline> stated that they wanted to talk to Ansett, or his organization more particularly, about the existing route pattern to see whether it could not be improved, with a consequent improvement in the profitability of both airlines. He was particularly interested in obtaining more maintenance for his workshops at Tamworth, if he could get it, and he wanted to explore with the Ansett organization the possibility of getting that type of work. </para>
<para>I had mentioned that that was the sort of thing that was looked for by the Government, and I indeed may well have said, as I believe <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Drummond</inline> has quoted me as saying, " You ought to get together with Ansett-A.N.A." That is what <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Drummond</inline> heard. He did not say during his speech that he heard me say - indeed, he has denied having heard me say - anything in relation to a take-over bid or an amalgamation. The point that <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Drummond</inline> obviously was referring to was my interest, and, indeed, my euthusiastic interest, in this company getting together with Ansett-A.N.A. for the purpose of working out these various economies. As a result of what I said, or more accurately, following what I said, and following my advice that this company should get in touch with Ansett-A.N.A., a conference was held.. It was held at Brampton Island, as requested by East-West Airlines, in accordance with the information that I gave to the Senate yesterday. </para>
<para>Now, <inline font-weight="bold">Sir, I</inline> pass from that particular point, which has been referred to by the honorable senator in his question, to say to him that subsequent to that interview about which he has asked, there has been an exchange of correspondence, extending over fourteen months, between <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Shand</inline> and me. We have spoken on the telephone on a number of occasions. There has been an exchange of correspondence between my director-general and <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Shand,</inline> in much greater volume than that which has passed between me and <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Shand.</inline> There have been frequent telephone conversations about the day-to-day organization of the management of an airline. But not until fourteen months after this interview in July of last year was it intimated to anybody that <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Shand,</inline> or East-West Airlines, took the view that I was trying to influence that company to accept an offer that had been made by Ansett-A.N.A. eighteen months previously. Not until fourteen months had elapsed was it stated that I was doing that or was trying to do that. I was the villain of the piece, but I was not acquainted of my villainy for fourteen months. Not until 18th August of this year did <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Shand,</inline> in writing - not to me, but to my director-general - refer to this villainy of mine. </para>
<para>The honorable senator will doubtless bc interested in the strange coincidence of the dates. For fourteen months there was nothing but silence about what I was doing, but in August of this year, a few weeks before the New South Wales Government decided to take action in respect of the re-allocation of air routes in that State, <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Shand</inline> suddenly decided that eighteen months previously I was bringing pressure to bear on him to accept a non-existent take-over offer. 1 say to <inline font-weight="bold">Senator Cant,</inline> who is not without some political acuity, that it is obvious to every one who sits in this chamber, even if it is not yet obvious to the general public, that this is a piece of politics, the infamy of which is pretty well unrivalled in the history of this country. For the further benefit of <inline font-weight="bold">Senator Cant</inline> and those who sit with him on that side of the chamber, let me say that tonight 1 shall have the pleasure of tabling the papers in connexion with this matter, so that they, the press and the public may know the whole truth of this thing. </para>
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<page.no>1451</page.no>
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<para>- I wish to ask a question of the Minister representing the Minister for External Affairs regarding the proposed visit of Her Majesty the Queen to Ghana, where monarchy, law and liberty have been replaced by a so-called republic which is actually a dictatorship maintained by terror. Has the Government received an independent assessment by the Australian representative in Ghana of the wisdom or otherwise of such a visit by Her Majesty at the present juncture? Will the Government consider this matter carefully and do everything possible to ensure that Her Majesty the Queen of Australia will not be asked to run an unreasonable risk in order to satisfy the present policy of the United Kingdom Government, since the person of the Queen concerns not the United Kingdom alone but every free nation in the British Commonwealth? </para>
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<page.no>1451</page.no>
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<para>- I think that a question with the same general content was asked of the Minister for External Affairs fairly recently in another place. <inline font-weight="bold">Senator McCallum</inline> will find the answer to that question in " Hansard ". The answer was to the effect that the main considerations in this matter were considerations between the governments of the United Kingdom and Ghana, although the Australian Government had been kept constantly informed of the views of bo.h of those governments. I do not think I can add anything to the general reply that was given by the Minister for External Affairs. If <inline font-weight="bold">Senator McCallum</inline> wishes to go further into this matter, I suggest that he have a talk with the Minister for External Affairs himself. </para>
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<page.no>1451</page.no>
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<para>- Has the Minister for National Development seen a press report which states that there was an increase in the number of homes built in New South Wales in the last quarter, and that those interested in the home-building industry in that State are confident that the target set for the current year will be reached, if not passed? Is not this further proof of the success of this Government's economic policy? Is it not likely, in view of Australia's currently increasing prosperity, that even more homes will be built throughout Australia in the next year? </para>
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<page.no>1452</page.no>
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<para>- The housing figures were issued only this morning. I have them on my table but I have not had a chance to examine them in detail. I had a quick look at them, and they left me with the impression that the position was showing up satisfactorily. The figures apply to approvals and not to actual commencements. The first thing I noticed was that the value of approvals for all building operations throughout Australia for the month of September exceeded £53,00,000, close enough to the level of September, 1959. I received the satisfactory general impression that the level of approvals for all building operations, whether homes or factories, was being very satisfactorily maintained. 1 had a quick look through the figures dealing with houses and flats for each State. I am sorry that I did not have sufficient time to make a detailed examination, but my general impression was that those figures also were satisfactory. </para>
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<page.no>1452</page.no>
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<page.no>1452</page.no>
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<para>- I direct a question to the Minister representing the Postmaster-General. Is the Minister aware of the gradual deterioration in the standard and variety of radio programmes since the advent of television? Insofar as radio plays have been practically eliminated and replaced by recorded popular music, most of it imported, will the Minister consider the reduction of radio listeners' licence fees to correspond to the juke box standard of programmes? </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>1452</page.no>
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<para>- This matter has been before the Senate several times lately. If I can quote the Postmaster-General correctly, I understood him to say that since the advent of television, radio programmes have been passing through a transitional period. 1 understand from what he said that he is confident that radio will assume its former importance. Rather than suggest that radio listeners' licence fees should be reduced, I would suggest to the honorable senator that the Postmaster-General's objective will be to see that radio programmes themselves get back at least to the former high level that achieved such a reputation for radio programmes in Australia. I am not prepared to admit that programmes have even fallen from that high pedestal of grace, but I know that the department and the Postmaster-General are determined to do everything possible to bring to the vast number of people in this country who will not be in a position to receive television for some time to come a high standard of radio programmes. So I suggest that the Postmaster-General will not consider reducing licence fees but rather will bend his efforts towards improving the standard of programmes. </para>
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<page.no>1452</page.no>
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<page.no>1452</page.no>
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<page.no>1452</page.no>
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<para>- My question is directed to the Minister for Civil Aviation. Has the Premier of New South Wales yet told the Minister the name of the person or firm who the Premier was reliably informed was making a bid in recent times for East-West Airlines? </para>
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<page.no>1452</page.no>
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<para>- No. I have not yet heard from <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Heffron.</inline> I said yesterday that 1 did not think I would. I still do not think I will. </para>
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<page.no>1452</page.no>
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<page.no>1452</page.no>
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<para>- Is the Minister for Civil Aviation aware that the British Overseas Airways Corporation, according to its chairman, expects to lose something of the order of £6,000,000 this year, mainly through a big fall in passenger loading in the Atlantic area? As Qantas Empire Airways Limited is closely associated with B.O.A.C. and the two companies fly over a number of similar routes, has the Minister any comment to make on the position of Qantas against that background? Does the Minister think that if a big loss is looming through failure to fill seats some consideration should be given to lowering fares, especially economy class fares? </para>
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<page.no>1452</page.no>
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<para>- It is correct, as mentioned by <inline font-weight="bold">Senator Laught,</inline> that in the last financial year the British Overseas Airways Corporation sustained quite a largeloss. Like all other international airlines, B.O.A.C. felt the effect of a quite severe decline in passenger traffic in the latter part of last year. . . </para>
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<page.no>1453</page.no>
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<para>- That happened in Australia. </para>
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<page.no>1453</page.no>
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<para>- lt was worldwide; it was not restricted to Australia, as the next part of my answer may reveal. The honorable senator will recall from the accounts of Qantas Empire Airways Limited, which were tabled in this place recently, that the dividend was reduced to 34 per cent. The budget figures for this year envisage about a break-even figure, or a little above a break-even figure. So, by and large, Qantas, although affected in common with all other operators, is doing rather better - or rather less badly, 1 suppose I should say - than many of the other operators. The question of tourist or economy fares is one which constantly engages the attention of international operators. I have no doubt that the conference of the International Air Transport Association currently being held in Sydney will devote its attention to that problem. </para>
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<page.no>1453</page.no>
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<page.no>1453</page.no>
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<page.no>1453</page.no>
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<para>- My question is directed to the Minister representing the Minister for Shipping and Transport. I remind him that since the middle of 1957 no fewer than five vessels have been lost in Tasmanian waters with the loss of some seven lives. Can the Minister say whether or not any steps have been taken by the Navigation Section of the Department of Shipping and Transport to assist in raising the standard of survey for the safety of intra-state vessels in order to prevent a continuance of the loss of unsafe ships? </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>1453</page.no>
<time.stamp />
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<para>- I recall that after the loss of a vessel, which involved the loss of life, some three or more years ago, the Tasmanian Government consulted the Navigation Section with a view to seekirg the assistance of that section in renaming the regulations and other matters connected with the control of Statecontrolled shipping. I am aware from my own recollection that conferences were being held. I am afraid that I cannot tell the honorable senator now just what points those conferences have reached, but I shall find out and let him know. This is a matter of great consequence and great importance. It excited the attention of the Commonwealth long before it excited the attention of the States, and these conferences took place at the suggestion of the Commonwealth. </para>
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<page.no>1453</page.no>
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<page.no>1453</page.no>
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<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>1453</page.no>
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<para>- I direct a question to the Minister for National Development. 1 refer to earlier questions on the production of oil from coal and the Minister's reply in relation to the current deliberations of the Coal Utilization Research Committee. I refer also to the sad and untimely death of <inline font-weight="bold">Dr. R.</inline> S. Andrews, chairman of the Victorian Gas and Fuel Corporation, whose great scientific knowledge and vast practical experience were a tower of strength to the committee. Does the Minister intend to appoint a substitute member of the committee? If the committee should decide upon and recommend a particular process for the extraction of oil from coal, could the name of <inline font-weight="bold">Dr. Andrews</inline> be associated with such process in some way, as a memorial to the Australian public service of this world-ranking chemical engineer? </para>
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<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>1453</page.no>
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<para>- I pay tribute to the standing, reputation and name of <inline font-weight="bold">Dr. Andrews.</inline> I do not know about appointing some one else to fill the vacancy caused by his death. I should want to think about that a little, the present position being, as I understand it, that the committee has practically completed its work. It has to assemble the information that it has gathered and use it in the production of a report, ft is awaiting some further information that is to come from overseas. I understand that the present expectation is that the report may be presented early in the New Year. <inline font-weight="bold">Dr. Andrews</inline> had such particular qualities for the job that I doubt the wisdom of appointing at this late stage some one else who would have to cover so much of the ground that has already been covered. </para>
</talk.start>
<para>I do not want to speak in anticipation of the committee's report, but the impression I gather is that the committee has come quite clearly to the view that world-wide knowledge, experience and information indicate the very great difficulty of a programme for the production of oil from coal. The committee has turned its mind and attention to other directions in which further work could be done for greater utilization of coal. The suggestion that <inline font-weight="bold">Dr.</inline></para>
<para class="block">Andrews's name might be associated v-"th some venture in the coal-mining industry, particularly the brown coal-mining industry, or in the fuel industry, is very appropriate. </para>
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<page.no>1454</page.no>
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<page.no>1454</page.no>
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<page.no>1454</page.no>
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<para>- Kas the attention of the Minister representing the Minister for Territories been turned to representations in pictorial magazines over the last two months of the shooting of buffalo in the Northern Territory by, amongst others, parties of people shooting from aircraft? It has been represented to me - I think with substance - that this kind of hunting is apt to cause excessive cruelty to wounded animals that escape death. Can the Minister assure us that the ordinances and regulations of the Northern Territory adequately safeguard the animals from unnecessary cruelty, and that there is adequate policing of the laws in this respect? </para>
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<speech>
<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>1454</page.no>
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<para>- My understanding is that licences for shooting are issued by the Administrator's office. I recollect that within the last two years there has been a considerable overhaul of the regulations, if not the ordinances, in respect of the taking of wild life in the Northern Territory by shooting. In respect of this particular instance which, as T understand the honorable senator, was reported in a quite recent issue of a publication, I shall make immediate inquiries and let him have the information before the Senate rises. </para>
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<page.no>1454</page.no>
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<page.no>1454</page.no>
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<page.no>1454</page.no>
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<para>- I ask the Minister for National Development whether companies drilling for oil in Australia must make available to State departments concerned, to the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources and to private industry information concerning substances other than oil that may be discovered. If so, of what significance are the discovery of coal at Eneabba in Western Australia and the finding of huge salt deposits adjacent to Broome in the north-west of Western Australia? </para>
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<page.no>1454</page.no>
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<para>- All people who obtain a tenement or a title to search for oil are bound to give detailed information of the result of their work to the State mines department concerned. That is one of the conditions under which licences are granted to companies to search for oil. The liaison between the Bureau of Mineral Resources, the State mines departments and the prospectors is so close that I do not think it would be overstating the position to say that the bureau is well informed of all that takes place, even though the company may not be legally obliged, where the operation is not being subsidized by the Commonwealth, to give such information. I hesitate to express an opinion on the commercial value of the coal deposit discovered at Eneabba or of the salt at Broome. My frequent experience in relation to discoveries of this nature is that if they are not of great value now, they prove to be of value as the years go by. I am informed that the coal at Eneabba is at a fairly great depth, which would make mining operations expensive. The geographical situation and the depth of the salt deposits in the north of Australia make them, I think, more interesting as an indication of geological conditions than as deposits of commercial value - at least at the present stage. </para>
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<page.no>1454</page.no>
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<page.no>1454</page.no>
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<para>asked the Minister representing the Minister for Repatriation, upon notice - </para>
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<para>How many applications were made to the Repatriation Commission for benefits or assistance during the year 1960? </para>
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<para>How many of those applications were granted and how many rejected by the commission? </para>
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<para>How many of the applicants whose claims were rejected by the commission exercised the right of appeal? </para>
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<para>How many appeals were heard and how many were granted and/or rejected by each of tho repatriation tribunals? </para>
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<para>What was the average waiting time from the initial lodging of the application to the final hearing of those who exercised their right of appeal? </para>
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<name role="metadata">PALTRIDGE, Shane</name>
<name role="display">Senator PALTRIDGE</name>
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<para>- The Minister for Repatriation has supplied the following answers: - </para>
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<item label="1.">
<para>36,432 applications for pensions and/or medical treatment were lodged during the period 1st July, 1960, to 30th June, 1961. </para>
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<item label="2.">
<para>During this period Repatriation Boards granted benefits on 16,495 cases and rejected 17,374 claims. 11.107 cases were referred to the Repatriation Commission on appeal; 1,869 appeals were allowed and 8.704 disallowed. </para>
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<para>There were 7,236 appeals lodged with Entitlement Appeal Tribunals and 9,603 with Assessment Appeal Tribunals. </para>
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<item label="4.">
<para>Collectively, Assessment Appeal Tribunals upheld 5,008 appeals and disallowed 3,682. Entitlement Appeal Tribunals upheld 1,102 appeals and disallowed 5,684. </para>
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<item label="5.">
<para>From date of appeal to Repatriation Commission against board's decision - 62 days. From date of appeal to an Entitlement Appeal Tribunal against commission decision - 161 days. From date of appeal to Assessment Appeal Tribunal against board's decision - 102 days. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
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<type>Questions</type>
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<subdebate.1>
<subdebateinfo>
<title>IMMIGRATION</title>
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<speech>
<talk.start>
<talker>
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<name role="metadata">POKE, Albert</name>
<name role="display">Senator POKE</name>
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<para>asked the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration, upon notice - </para>
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<list type="decimal-dotted">
<item label="1.">
<para>Are a considerable number of migrants returning to their homelands; if so, how many have returned and to which countries? </para>
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<item label="2.">
<para>Are many of the migrants leaving Australia because of lack of employment in the Commonwealth? </para>
</item>
<item label="3.">
<para>Can the Minister say whether those returning to their own countries are skilled, semi-skilled or unskilled? </para>
</item>
</list>
</speech>
<speech>
<talk.start>
<talker>
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<name.id>KOW</name.id>
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<role>Minister for Customs and Excise</role>
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<name role="metadata">HENTY, Norman</name>
<name role="display">Senator HENTY</name>
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<para>- The Minister for Immigration has supplied the following information: - </para>
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<list type="decimal-dotted">
<item label="1.">
<para>No. Relatively few migrants are returning to their former homelands. Although, because of statistical problems, precise figures are not available, the evidence shows that Australia does not have a " returnee " problem of any magnitude. Compared with 891,163 assisted migrants who have arrived in Australia since World War II., only 38,584 migrants are known to have left. Numbers of these have subsequently returned to Australia at their own expense, and others have indicated their intention of doing so. </para>
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<item label="2.">
<para>No. As part of its normal operations, the Department of Immigration obtains information concerning the reasons why some migrants return to their former homelands. It is clear from this, and from independent studies, that the great majority return because of family ties and other reasons unconnected with Australia, such as the illness or death of parents and other close relatives. </para>
</item>
<item label="3.">
<para>Because the reasons motivating most returnees are deeply personal, their occupations vary widely and the employment skills of those concerned has no particular bearing on the returnee position. It does seem, however, that the proportion of returnees amongst skilled tradesmen is lower than in other groups. </para>
</item>
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</debate>
<debate>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
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<type>Questions</type>
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<subdebate.1>
<subdebateinfo>
<title>SALK VACCINE</title>
<page.no>1455</page.no>
</subdebateinfo>
<speech>
<talk.start>
<talker>
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<name.id>KUD</name.id>
<electorate>VICTORIA</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">MCMANUS, Francis</name>
<name role="display">Senator McMANUS</name>
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<para>asked the Minister representing the Minister for Health upon notice - </para>
</talk.start>
<quote>
<para>In view of statements that success cannot always be guaranteed in the production of antipoliomyelitis vaccine in Australia, has the Government any plans to import vaccine? </para>
</quote>
</speech>
<speech>
<talk.start>
<talker>
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<name.id>KOW</name.id>
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<party>LP</party>
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<name role="metadata">HENTY, Norman</name>
<name role="display">Senator HENTY</name>
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<para>- The Minister for Health has furnished the following reply: - </para>
</talk.start>
<quote>
<para>A batch of 600,000 doses of Salk vaccine, which will be adequate for Australian requirements for some time, is now being prepared at the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, Melbourne. This is expected to become available during December. There is no reason, at present, to believe this material will not meet the rigid requirements imposed by the Commonwealth Department of Health. However, the Government has for some time been investigating the possibility of importing further supplies in case this batch should not meet expectations, or in case a further shortage should develop later. Difficulties have been, and are being, experienced with Salk vaccine production in Great Britain, the United States, Canada and Japan. For this reason supplies are not readily available overseas. However, the Government has taken steps to obtain supplies from overseas when these become available as a reserve against an emergency. </para>
</quote>
</speech>
</subdebate.1>
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<debate>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
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<type>Questions</type>
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<subdebate.1>
<subdebateinfo>
<title>ELECTORAL</title>
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<speech>
<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>1455</page.no>
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<name.id>K1T</name.id>
<electorate>QUEENSLAND</electorate>
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<in.gov>0</in.gov>
<first.speech>0</first.speech>
<name role="metadata">BENN, Archibald</name>
<name role="display">Senator BENN</name>
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<para>asked the Minister rep resenting the Prime Minister, upon notice - </para>
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<item label="1.">
<para>When a senator refers to a Commonwealth Department for inquiry or advice any matter concerning an elector residing in the State for which the senator has been elected, is it the practice for the department, when notifying the senator of the results of the inquiry, to notify, simultaneously and similarly, the member of the House of Representatives in whose division the elector resides? </para>
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<item label="2.">
<para>If so, who authorized the practice, and is the Public Service Board aware of it? </para>
</item>
<item label="3.">
<para>Will the Prime Minister see that the practice is terminated forthwith? </para>
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<speech>
<talk.start>
<talker>
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<name role="metadata">SPOONER, William</name>
<name role="display">Senator SPOONER</name>
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<para>- The Prime Minister has supplied the following answers: - </para>
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<item label="1.">
<para>As a general rule, the results of inquiries from a senator concerning an elector residing in the State for which the senator has been elected are not notified to the member of the House of Representatives in whose division the elector resides. However, there are some cases, such as those which refer to the provision of a new telephone exchange or telephone booth where the inquiry concerns a public facility in the electorate or questions dealing with the administration of social services, in which the nature of representations is made known to the member. </para>
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<item label="2.">
<para>It is not a general practice. </para>
</item>
<item label="3.">
<para>I will give the matter further attention in relation to the principles involved and see whether any changes should be suggested. </para>
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</subdebate.1>
</debate>
<debate>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>1455</page.no>
<type>Questions</type>
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<subdebate.1>
<subdebateinfo>
<title>POULTRY</title>
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<speech>
<talk.start>
<talker>
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