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Hansard
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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REFERENDA: COST
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NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM
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PASSPORTS
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PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO CHINA
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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: DR KISSINGER'S LETTER
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COLOUR TELEVISION
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QUESTIONS
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OIL SUPPLIES TO JAPAN: EFFECT ON AUSTRALIA
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NAVAL PATROL BOATS
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HEALTH INSURANCE
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EASY VISITOR SYSTEM
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REVALUATION
(WHITTORN, Raymond, CREAN, Frank) -
PENSIONER MEDICAL SERVICE
(REYNOLDS, Leonard, HAYDEN, Bill) -
BROKEN HILL PTY CO. LTD
(ANTHONY, Doug, WHITLAM, Gough) -
1975 ASIAN LABOUR MINISTERS CONFERENCE
(FITZPATRICK, John, CAMERON, Clyde) -
PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS
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APEX CLUBS: POSTAGE RATES
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HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM
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COST OF REFERENDA
(DALY, Fred)
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REFERENDA: COST
- PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
- SUPERANNUATION FUND
- AUSTRALIAN FILM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
- DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY - DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION FROM DEPARTMENT FILES
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HONEY EXPORT CHARGE BILL 1973
- Second Reading
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HONEY EXPORT CHARGE COLLECTION BILL 1973
- Second Reading
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HONEY INDUSTRY BILL 1973
- Second Reading
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ALBURY-WODONGA DEVELOPMENT (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) BILL 1973
- Second Reading
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GROWTH CENTRES (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) BILL 1973
- Second Reading
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LAND COMMISSIONS (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) BILL 1973
- Second Reading
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CONSTITUTION ALTERATION(MODE OF ALTERING THE CONSTITUTION) BILL 1974
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Second Reading
- MCMAHON, William
- DALY, Fred
- KILLEN, James
- CALDER, Stephen
- JACOBI, Ralph
- MACKELLAR, Michael
- STALEY, Tony
- SINCLAIR, Ian
- BRYANT, Gordon
- Division
- Procedural Text
- WENTWORTH, William Charles
- WHITLAM, Gough
- MCMAHON, William
- WENTWORTH, William Charles
- SCHOLES, Gordon
- MCMAHON, William
- WHITLAM, Gough
- DALY, Fred
- CHAIRMAN, The
- Division
- Procedural Text
- Division
- Procedural Text
- MCMAHON, William
- CHAIRMAN, The
- WHITLAM, Gough
- Division
- Division
- Procedural Text
- Division
- Procedural Text
- SPEAKER, Mr
- Division
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Second Reading
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APPROPRIATION BILL (No. 1) 1973-74
- FORBES, Alexander
- KERIN, John
- CHAIRMAN, The
- HAMER, David
- BARNARD, Lance
- CHAIRMAN, The
- SINCLAIR, Ian
- BARNARD, Lance
- CHAIRMAN, The
- CHAIRMAN, The
- Division
- WENTWORTH, William Charles
- Division
- Procedural Text
- CREAN, Frank
- STREET, Anthony
- CREAN, Frank
- SPEAKER, Mr
- SPEAKER, Mr
- WENTWORTH, William Charles
- Division
- Procedural Text
- SPEAKER, Mr
- Division
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- CREAN, Frank
- ADJOURNMENT
- APPROPRIATION BILL (No. 1) 1973-74
- APPROPRIATION BILL (No. 2) 1973-74
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- Adjournment
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS UPON NOTICE
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Turtles (Question No. 1297)
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Australian Council for the Arts (Question No. 1305)
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Airports: Noise Levels (Question No. 978)
(SNEDDEN, Billy, JONES, Charles) -
Melbourne's Second Jetport (Question No. 1198)
(LYNCH, Phillip, JONES, Charles) -
Aircraft Pilots: Salaries (Question No. 1290)
(MORRIS, Peter, JONES, Charles) -
Canberra: Doctors Practising (Question No. 1314)
(SNEDDEN, Billy, EVERINGHAM, Douglas) -
Parliamentary Staff Establishments: Non-Government Parties (Question No. 874)
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(Question No. 915)
(NIXON, Peter, WHITLAM, Gough) -
Four Corners' Programs (Question No. 811)
(MCLEAY, John Elden, HUNT, Ralph, MORRISON, Bill, BRYANT, Gordon) -
National Conference of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Advisory Counsellors (Question No. 933)
(LYNCH, Phillip, BRYANT, Gordon) -
Pensioners: Rail Concessions (Question No. 1150)
(SNEDDEN, Billy, JONES, Charles) -
Inflation (Question No. 925)
(GRAHAM, Bruce, HUNT, Ralph, CREAN, Frank, BRYANT, Gordon) -
Aboriginal Reserves: Exploration Licences (Question No. 1183)
(HUNT, Ralph, BRYANT, Gordon) -
Aboriginal Land Rights (Question No. 1187)
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Aboriginal Legal Aid Service (Question No. 1188)
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State Railway Systems (Qustion No. 1257)
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Shipbuilding: Australian National Line Orders (Question No. 1258)
(NIXON, Peter, JONES, Charles)
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Turtles (Question No. 1297)
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Mr SPEAKER
- Order! Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?
Mr PEACOCK
- Yes. In answer to a question this morning directed to the Prime Minister (Mr Whitlam) by the honourable member for Chifley (Mr Armitage), the Prime Minister said that I had used a letter which had been forwarded to him by Dr Kissinger in regard to his criticism of the United States administration's international alert to its forces. I did not. In the course of debate yesterday I was critical of the Government for its conduct of foreign relations and dealt with this in specific areas. So far as the AustralianAmerican relations are concerned, I dealt with 2 specific issues. The first was to criticise the Prime Minister for the remarks he had passed about the United States international alert. The second was to criticise the Prime Minister for his criticism of the United States administration's supply of arms to the State of Israel. It was in relation to that second question that I used part of the information contained in the letter from Dr Kissinger to the Prime Minister. It seems clear to me that the Prime Minister is as muddled now as he was at his National Press Club luncheon.
Mr Whitlam
- This is not a personal explanation.
Mr SPEAKER
- Order! The honourable member for Kooyong is now debating the issue. In making a personal explanation an honourable member may only explain where he alleges he has been misrepresented. The honourable member cannot open up a debate.
Mr PEACOCK
- I understand. So there was the first matter, which was the criticism of the United States administration's international alert to its forces, which Dr Kissinger had answered. He had answered it on 25 October, when he had indicated that the National Security Council -
Mr Whitlam
- Mr Speaker, there is no misrepresentation which the honourable gentleman has identified to this stage. I ask you to bring him to the point. I did not misrepresent him at all.
Mr PEACOCK
- All right; I will repeat it.
Mr SPEAKER
- Order! Honourable members on both sides of the House are repeatedly using personal explanations as a vehicle to have a few digs or to have a few words broadcast over the air. If the honourable gentleman has been misrepresented I ask him to state specifically where he has been misrepresented.
Mr PEACOCK
- I will return to what I commenced saying at the beginning of my personal explanation. The Prime Minister stated that I had used this letter to which I have referred in the context of the criticism of the United States administration's international alert to its forces. I did not. I deal now with the specific misrepresentation. Having made those points about the international alert, I then said - and I quote from page 3498 of Hansard:
To make it even worse, if that is possible, it follows the occasion
A separate occasion, I might say - last month when the Prime Minister trenchantly criticised the United States Administration for sending arms to Israel, arms that were forwarded subsequent to the massive re-supply by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the Arabs. I am advised that such criticism
That is, the critcism of the supply of arms, the international alert - caused Dr Kissinger to write to the Prime Minister explaining the true position. I am advised further
As the Prime Minister has indicated today - that it was a temperate letter, couched in diplomatic language, but its message was clear:
Then I went on to indicate some 'further aspects with which I will not deal now. The Prime Minister has utilised my reference to that letter quite incorrectly today as if it was in regard to the international alert. It seems to me that just as the staff of the Prime Minister was wrong -
Mr Uren
- Mr Speaker -
Mr PEACOCK
- Just a minute. It does relate to the matter I am raising.
Mr Uren
- I rise to order. In what way in a personal explanation does the honourable member for Kooyong have a special privilege to say: 'It seems to me . . .'? In what way does this matter relate to the personal explanation?
Mr SPEAKER
-The honourable member for Kooyong has no special privilege. As I understand it, this is a very involved matter relating to Dr Kissinger's letter. I think that the honourable member for Kooyong is in order so far but I ask him to bring his point to a conclusion and not to debate the matter.
Mr PEACOCK
- I accept that. In conclusion I will say that it is perhaps understandable that the Prime Minister was misled and misrepresented me this morning. It appears that his staff also misled people last night because the report in the 'Financial Review' says that the staff of the Prime Minister indicated that no such letter existed yet also said, according to a report in the Australian', that the letter did exist. The Prime Minister this morning has confirmed that it did.
Mr Uren
- I again rise to order. Mr Speaker, what does this have to do with a personal explanation? I am asking you not to give these so-called chosen people special privileges.
Mr SPEAKER
-Order! That is a reflection on the Chair and I ask the Minister to withdraw the implication. The Minister cannot say things like that.
Mr Uren
- If there is any reflection on the Chair, I withdraw it.
