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- HENTY ELECTORAL DIVISION
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- HOUR OF MEETING
- NEW AND OPPOSED BUSINESS AFTER 11 P.M
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- TARIFF BOARD REPORTS
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- WAR EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE
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- AUSTRALIAN EXHIBITION IN LONDON
- FEDERAL GUIDE
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- ELECTORAL ACT
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- SALES TAX (EXEMPTIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS) BILL 1946
- SAXES TAX ASSESSMENT BILL (No. 9) 1946
- CONSTITUTION ALTERATION (SOCIAL SERVICES) BILL 1946
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CONSTITUTION ALTERATION (ORGANIZED MARKETING OF PRIMARY PRODUCTS) BILL 1946
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Second Reading
- Division
- SPEAKER, Mr
- FADDEN, Arthur William
- CORSER, Bernard
- PAGE, Earle
- MCEWEN, John
- CHAIRMAN, The
- EVATT, Herbert Vere
- CAMERON, Archie
- POLLARD, Reginald
- PAGE, Earle
- EVATT, Herbert Vere
- FADDEN, Arthur William
- SCULLY, William
- TURNBULL, Winton
- BREEN, John
- CORSER, Bernard
- EVATT, Herbert Vere
- BOWDEN, George
- POLLARD, Reginald
- CORSER, Bernard
- EVATT, Herbert Vere
- Division
- EVATT, Herbert Vere
- Third Reading
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Second Reading
- CONSTITUTION ALTERATION (INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT, BILL 1946
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
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Re-establishment : Loans
(FADDEN, Arthur William, FROST, Charles) -
Repatriation: Responsibilities of Commission ; Pensions
(FRANCIS, Josiah, FROST, Charles, EVATT, Herbert Vere) -
Australian National Film Board
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Wheat and Barley Pools
(CAMERON, Archie, SCULLY, William) -
Trade with India
(FRANCIS, Josiah, BOWDEN, George, TURNBULL, Winton, DEDMAN, John, SCULLY, William) -
Housing
(FRANCIS, Josiah, ADERMANN, Charles, MCEWEN, John, LAZZARINI, Hubert, DRAKEFORD, Arthur, SCULLY, William) -
lt should be pointed out that all meat taken into store on Meat Control account must be in accordance with export specifications irrespective of the prices paid, which in the export season are contract prices, but at the present time are related to wholesale ceiling prices operating in the States where the meat is purchased. This meat is released back to the trade in periods of short supply at ruling ceiling prices, and invariably at a small cost to the Commonwealth Government. 2, 3, 4 and o. See answer to No. 1. (i. Schedules of prices covering the cost of meat released by Meat Control during recent weeks have been made available to the trade. Circular letters set out clearly the terms and conditions. Wholesalers have been invoiced to the 23rd March, 1946, and are aware of the prices they will be required to pay
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Dangerous Drugs
(FRANCIS, Josiah, CHIFLEY, Ben, DEDMAN, John) -
New Guinea and Papua: Copra; Administration
(WHITE, Thomas)
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Re-establishment : Loans
Dr GAHA (Denison) (12:25 PM)
.I am glad that the Attorney-General (Dr. Evatt) is not upset about the amendment moved by the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Menzies), hut I cannot see that it will serve any useful purpose. In my opinion, it is merely a legal contribution to the measure which will serve no practical purpose. However, if it -will give any stability to the bill and remove from members of the medical and dental professions any fear that they will be conscripted, it can do no harm. There appears to be a good deal of fear as to the effect of this measure, but I cannot imagine any government telling members of the medical or dental professions that they must do this or that. If that were done, what kind of service could be expected from the men affected? .Should it be proposed to place those professions on a national basis, the people concerned will know that the time has arrived for something to be done. Every power proposed to be vested in the Commonwealth already resides in the States, and, therefore, whether or not those powers be transferred makes little difference. I should imagine that the professions would be safer under the wider powers of the Commonwealth than with those powers in the hands of the States, and, therefore, the transferring of powers is not likely to be inimical to members of the medical and dental professions. The present keen demand for the services of medical men and dentists may not always exist; the time may come when men in these professions will ask the Government to take action to assist them.
Mr Menzies
- Does ' the honorable member intend to vote against the amendment ?
Dr GAHA
- No; but I fail to see what contribution the verbiage of the amendment makes to the bill.
Mr Menzies
- It is not my amendment; it is an amendment of the Attorney-General embodied in another bill.
Dr GAHA
- Anyway I cannot imagine any government wanting to conscript a professional class. If any government did try to do that it would, he an approach entirely new to me. However, if both legal gentlemen are agreeable, I have no alternative but to accept the situation.
