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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Goods and Services Tax: Rent
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Rural and Regional Australia: Government Support
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Goods and Services Tax: Rent
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Australian Bureau of Statistics: National Accounts
(Andrews, Kevin, MP, Costello, Peter, MP)
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Goods and Services Tax: Rent
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Transport: Speedrail
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Eden-Monaro Electorate: Government Assistance
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Transport: Speedrail
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Queensland: Fuel Subsidies
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Job Network: Performance
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Private Health Insurance: Membership
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Job Network: Performance
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Industrial Relations: Award Simplification
(Moylan, Judi, MP, Reith, Peter, MP)
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Transport: Speedrail
- PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
- QUESTIONS TO MR SPEAKER
- AUDITOR-GENERAL'S REPORTS
- PAPERS
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- HEALTH LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (GAP COVER SCHEMES) BILL 2000
- DIESEL AND ALTERNATIVE FUELS GRANTS SCHEME AMENDMENT BILL 2000
- NEW BUSINESS TAX SYSTEM (MISCELLANEOUS) BILL (NO. 2) 2000
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QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
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Canberra Electorate: Nursing Homes and Aged Persons Hostels
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Telstra: Pager Services
(Horne, Bob, MP, McGauran, Peter, MP) -
Stirling Electorate: Nursing Homes
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United Nations: Convention on the Rights of the Child
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Freemantle Artillery Barracks: Sale
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Second Sydney Airport: Planning and Construction
(Price, Roger, MP, Truss, Warren, MP) -
Second Sydney Airport: Masterplan
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Second Sydney Airport: Night Curfew
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Second Sydney Airport: Freight Operations
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Second Sydney Airport: Noise Standards
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South Lebanon: Israeli Troop Withdrawal
(Murphy, John, MP, Ruddock, Philip, MP)
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Canberra Electorate: Nursing Homes and Aged Persons Hostels
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Mr Murphy
asked the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, upon notice, on 1 June 2000:
(1) Is he able to say how many persons have been displaced following the withdrawal of the Israeli forces from South Lebanon.
(2) Will he gazette a new humanitarian component of the special assistance category of the offshore permanent migration program, for the purposes of assisting persons from Southern Lebanon currently afforded one year asylum by the Israeli Government, especially those associated with the South Lebanese Army, to resettle following the Israeli withdrawal.
Mr Ruddock (Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Reconciliation)
—The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:
(1) The total number of displaced persons as a result of the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon is not known with any certainty. Some Israeli news reports have estimated between 6000 - 6500 South Lebanese Army members and their families.
(2) All Special Assistance Categories are being phased out over the next 12 months. The Government therefore has no plans to create a Special Assistance Category for persons from Southern Lebanon afforded asylum by the Israeli Government. Australia operates a non-discriminatory migration and humanitarian program. Any person wishing to be considered for permanent entry into Australia will be assessed on a case by case basis against the regulatory criteria that applies to the visa category they have applied for.