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Hansard
- Start of Business
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OBITUARIES
- The Right Honourable A. A. Calwell
- Mr D. R. R. Munro
- The Honourable Sir Walter Cooper, M.B.E
- DIVISION OF PARRAMATTA
- MR NIGEL BOWEN, Q.C
- PETITIONS
- ELECTORAL BILL
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION
(SNEDDEN, Billy, WHITLAM, Gough) -
HOUSING: VICTORIAN HOUSING COMMISSION RENTALS
(JOHNSON, Leonard, JOHNSON, Leslie) -
AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION
(LYNCH, Phillip, WHITLAM, Gough) -
IMMIGRATION POLICY
(MULDER, Allan, GRASSBY, Al) -
AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION
(SINCLAIR, Ian, WHITLAM, Gough) -
PROPOSED SECOND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT SYDNEY
(REYNOLDS, Leonard, JONES, Charles) -
AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION
(SNEDDEN, Billy, WHITLAM, Gough) -
FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN AUSTRALIA
(KEATING, Paul, CREAN, Frank) -
AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION : TELEX MESSAGE
(SNEDDEN, Billy, WHITLAM, Gough) -
DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION: APPOINTMENT OF MULTI-LINGUAL WELFARE OFFICERS
(DOYLE, Francis, GRASSBY, Al) -
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
(O'KEEFE, Frank, UREN, Tom) -
THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARIES OF MR JOHN CURTIN AND MR DALY
(FITZPATRICK, John, WHITLAM, Gough) -
AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION
(SNEDDEN, Billy, WHITLAM, Gough) -
TASMANIAN SHIPPING SERVICE
(DUTHIE, Gilbert, JONES, Charles) -
AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION
(SNEDDEN, Billy, WHITLAM, Gough) -
AUSTRALIAN HONOURS LIST
(KEOGH, Leonard, WHITLAM, Gough) -
AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION
(SNEDDEN, Billy, WHITLAM, Gough) -
AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION
(FOX, Edmund, WHITLAM, Gough) -
AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION
(ANTHONY, Doug, WHITLAM, Gough) -
AUSTRALIAN POST OFFICE: COURIER SERVICE
(HURFORD, Chris, BOWEN, Lionel) -
AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION
(PEACOCK, Andrew, WHITLAM, Gough) -
AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION
(SCHOLES, Gordon, WHITLAM, Gough) -
AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION
(FAIRBAIRN, David, WHITLAM, Gough) -
AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION
(KATTER, Bob, WHITLAM, Gough)
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AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION
- PRODUCTION OF HANSARD
- PIPELINE AUTHORITY BILL 1973
- CITIES COMMISSION BILL 1973
- BILLS RETURNED FROM THE SENATE
- ASSENT TO BILLS
- CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
- JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE BROADCASTING OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS
- JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRICES
- AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL AIRLINES BILL 1973
- AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP BILL 1973
- STATES GRANTS (ADVANCED EDUCATION) BILL 1973
- SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDERS
- STATES GRANTS (UNIVERSITIES) BILL 1973
- AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY REPRESENTATION (HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES) BILL 1973
- JOINT COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND DEFENCE
- DEFENCE (RE-ESTABLISHMENT) BILL 1973
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APPROPRIATION BILL (No. 1) 1973-74
- Second Reading (Budget Speech)
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STATEMENTS ATTACHED TO THE BUDGET SPEECH
- STATEMENT No. 1- SUMMARY OF THE 1973-74 BUDGET
- STATEMENT No. 2- THE BUDGET AND THE ECONOMY
- STATEMENT No. 3 - THE BUDGET AND MONETARY CONDITIONS
- STATEMENT No. 4- ESTIMATES OF OUTLAYS, 1973-74
- STATEMENT No. 5 - ESTIMATES OF RECEIPTS, 1973-74
- STATEMENT No. 6- BUDGET RESULT, 1972-73
- STATEMENT No. 7- BUDGET TRANSACTIONS SINCE I963-454
- STATEMENT No. 8 - CHANGES IN BUDGET FORMAT AND PRESENTATION
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APPROPRIATION BILL (No. 2)1973-1974
- Second Reading
- BUDGET 1973-74
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SALES TAX (EXEMPTIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS) BILL (No. 2) 1973
- Second Reading
- TARIFF PROPOSALS
- TARIFF BOARD
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DIESEL FUEL TAX BILL (No. 1) 1973
- Second Reading
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DIESEL FUEL TAX BILL (No. 2)
- Second Reading
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EXCISE BILL (No. 2) 1973
- Second Reading
- POST OFFICE PROSPECTS AND CAPITAL PROGRAM FOR 1973-74
- STANDING COMMITTEE ON ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS
- DEFENCE (RE-ESTABLISHMENT) BILL 1973
- COMMONWEALTH TEACHING SERVICE BILL 1973
- ADJOURNMENT
- Adjournment
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS UPON NOTICE
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Miamba Telephone Exchange (Question No. 240)
(CORBETT, James, BOWEN, Lionel) -
Child Care Centres (Question No. 273)
(LYNCH, Phillip, BEAZLEY, Kim) -
Child Care Centres (Question No. 272)
(LYNCH, Phillip, BEAZLEY, Kim) -
Salaries of Chiefs of Staff (Question No. 397)
(FORBES, Alexander, KLUGMAN, Dick, BARNARD, Lance) -
Employment of Aborigines (Question No. 275)
(LYNCH, Phillip, BRYANT, Gordon) -
Employment of Aborigines (Question No. 281)
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Non-Australian Military Personnel (Question No. 421)
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Commonwealth Railways Provision Stores (Question No. 474)
(WALLIS, Laurie, GILES, Geoffrey, JONES, Charles, MORRISON, Bill) -
Child Care Standards and Pre-Schools Committees (Question No. 422)
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Grant for Queensland Urban Transport (Question No. 525)
(COOKE, Nelson, PATTERSON, Rex, JONES, Charles) -
Australian Wool Corporation (Question No. 561)
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Petroleum Search: Tax Concessions (Question No. 562)
(GRAHAM, Bruce, CONNOR, Rex) -
West Gippsland- La Trobe Valley Teachers Centre (Question No. 576)
(HEWSON, Henry, BEAZLEY, Kim) -
Schools Science and Library Accommodation (Question No. 581)
(MATHEWS, Charles, BEAZLEY, Kim) -
Commonwealth Departments and Authorities: Accommodation (Question No. 589)
(GARLAND, Ransley, BARNARD, Lance) -
Commonwealth Departments and Authorities: Accommodation (Question No. 597)
(GARLAND, Ransley, CREAN, Frank) -
Art: Expenditure (Question No. 625)
(GARLAND, Ransley, WHITLAM, Gough) -
North Australian Development Organisation (Question No. 634)
(HUNT, Ralph, PATTERSON, Rex) -
South Australian Teachers: Union Membership (Question No. 638)
(GUN, Richard, BEAZLEY, Kim) -
Canberra -Adelaide-Perth Air Service (Question No. 639)
(BENNETT, Adrian, JONES, Charles) -
Airport Waiting Areas: Television (Question No. 641)
(BENNETT, Adrian, JAMES, Albert, JONES, Charles, CONNOR, Rex, BEAZLEY, Kim) -
Tax Averaging System for Primary Producers (Question No. 684)
(KING, Robert, BENNETT, Adrian, CREAN, Frank, BARNARD, Lance) -
Motels and Caravan Parks (Question No. 688)
(BENNETT, Adrian, STEWART, Francis) -
Yugoslav Intelligence Organisations (Question No. 706)
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Sealing of Eyre Highway (Question No. 687)
(BENNETT, Adrian, JONES, Charles)
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Miamba Telephone Exchange (Question No. 240)
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Mr MULDER (EVANS, NEW SOUTH WALES)
- Will the Minister for Immigration give special consideration to the people who came to Australia on tourist visas under the policies of the previous Government because they were not eligible to apply for immigration? Is the Minister aware that all these people would be eligible to settle in Australia permanently under the present criteria? Will the Minister consider their cases separately from those people who come as tourists under the new rules?
Mr GRASSBY
- I realise the problem to which the honourable member has referred. It had been raised with me by honourable members on both sides of the Parliament. It is the problem of people who have come here as tourists in the past few years and, in defiance of their original visa arrangements, have taken employment, probably have a firm place in the society, have gained extension after extension and of course are here now. As Minister for Immigration I am faced with the fact that they have established themselves. They came as tourists and have freely confessed this. They came in this way because under the old policy in many cases they would not have been eligible for consideration as migrants. I have tried to look at their cases on an individual basis and take into account the previous policy and how they would be received under the present criteria. In the last few months a number of decisions has been made that have given permission for such people to stay in Australia. This has been in response to representations, I repeat, from honourable members on both sides of the Parliament. I have been happy to do that and will continue to do it in relation to those people who came under the previous criteria. But I want to stress to all members of the Parliament at this time that on 1 September there will come into operation in Australia, in relation to tourists, a completely new system which will enable people to come to this country with the minimum of red tape, with the rninimum of inquiry and with the maximum of help from the Australian Government. Of course, those people will be expected to honour the terms of their visa agreements and to leave on the completion of their visits. I make it quite plain that after 1 September we will expect those people who travel to Australia under the new procedures, which are the easiest that can be devised- and we will welcome all who take advantage of them- to honour their undertakings and to return at the end of the period specified. We will give consideration to the individual cases of persons who came here under the previous criteria as each case comes before us.
