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Hansard
- Start of Business
- DEATH OF HER EXCELLENCY LADY KERR
- DEATH OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE N. E. KIRK
- DEATH OF MR H. A. LESLIE
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PETITIONS
- Baltic States
- Baltic States
- Baltic States
- Baltic States
- Baltic States
- Baltic States
- National Health Scheme
- Nationalised Transport System
- Baltic States
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NOTICE OF MOTION
- Conciliation and Arbitration Bill 1974
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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INFLATION
(WITHERS, Reg, MURPHY, Lionel) -
AUSTRALIAN COASTGUARD
(DEVITT, Donald, MURPHY, Lionel) -
MR GEORGI ERMOLENKO
(GREENWOOD, Ivor, WILLESEE, Don) -
MR GEORGI ERMOLENKO
(GREENWOOD, Ivor, WILLESEE, Don) -
PHARMACEUTICAL ADVERTISING
(POYSER, Arthur, WHEELDON, John) -
FOREIGN FISHING VESSELS
(DRAKE-BROCKMAN, Thomas, WRIEDT, Ken) -
IMPORTED CANNED FOODS
(MILLINER, Bertie, MURPHY, Lionel) -
AUSTRALIAN BANK NOTES
(LAWRIE, Alexander, WRIEDT, Ken) -
SHEEP EXPORTS
(MCLAREN, Geoffrey, WRIEDT, Ken) -
SHIPPING FREIGHT RATES
(TOWNLEY, Michael, CAVANAGH, James) -
FUEL SHORTAGES
(MAUNSELL, Charles, WRIEDT, Ken) -
COUNTRY MAIL SERVICES
(GIETZELT, Arthur, BISHOP, Reginald) -
UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF MEASURES
(SCOTT, Douglas, WRIEDT, Ken) -
TELEVISION AND AUDIO VISUAL EQUIPMENT IN SCHOOLS
(EVERETT, Mervyn, MCCLELLAND, Douglas) -
RADIO AUSTRALIA
(GUILFOYLE, Margaret, MCCLELLAND, Douglas) -
MAINLINE CORPORATION
(MCCLELLAND, Jim, CAVANAGH, James) -
FUEL RESERVES
(SHEIL, Glen, WRIEDT, Ken) -
PENALTIES FOR DRUG OFFENCES
(MULVIHILL, James, MURPHY, Lionel) -
MIGRANTS: EMPLOYMENT
(MISSEN, Alan, BISHOP, Reginald) -
REPUBLIC OF GUINEA BISSAU
(PRIMMER, Cyril, WILLESEE, Don) -
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
(BONNER, Neville, BISHOP, Reginald) -
ECONOMY
(CARRICK, John, WRIEDT, Ken) -
TASMANIAN TIMBER INDUSTRY
(BESSELL, Eric, WRIEDT, Ken) -
LITHGOW SMALL ARMS FACTORY
(BAUME, Peter, BISHOP, Reginald) -
BUSINESS OF THE SENATE: PAIRS
(WITHERS, Reg, MCCLELLAND, Douglas) -
MR GEORGI ERMOLENKO
(SIM, John, WILLESEE, Don) -
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF ABORIGINAL AND ISLAND WOMEN
(RAE, Peter, CAVANAGH, James) -
FLOODING IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA
(DAVIDSON, Gordon, WRIEDT, Ken) - CANBERRA HOSPITALS: SALARIED DOCTORS
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INFLATION
- PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD: ANNUAL REPORT
- ADMINISTRATION OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
- FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- DRIED FRUITS RESEARCH COMMITTEE: THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
- WORKING PARTY ON MEDICAL AND SURGICAL AIDS AND APPLIANCES
- AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT SOCIAL WELFARE COMMISSION: REPORT
- THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF AUSTRALIA: REPORT
- IMMIGRATION ADVISORY COUNCIL: REPORTS
- AUSTRALIAN DELEGATION TO THE INTER-PARLIAMENTARY COUNCIL
- ASSENT TO BILLS
- COMMONWEALTH BANKS ACT
- RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA
- NOTICES OF MOTION
- PLACING OF BUSINESS
- DAYS AND HOURS OF MEETING
- STANDING COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL AFFAIRS
- CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION LEGISLATION
- PERSONAL EXPLANATION
- SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL AFFAIRS
- TRADE PRACTICES BILL 1974
- ROADS GRANTS BILL 1974
- NATIONAL ROADS BILL 1974
- LEGISLATIVE AND GENERAL PURPOSE STANDING COMMITTEES
- BUDGET 1974-75
- LEGISLATIVE AND GENERAL PURPOSE STANDING COMMITTEES
- JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE SYSTEM
- Adjournment
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
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Company Taxation (Question No. 113)
(PRIMMER, Cyril, WRIEDT, Ken) -
Application for Migrant Entry to Australia (Question No. 123)
(MULVIHILL, James) -
Statutory Boards (Question No. 52)
(WALSH, Peter, MURPHY, Lionel) -
Public Service: Departmental Heads (Question No. 92)
(WITHERS, Reg, MURPHY, Lionel) -
Imprisonment of Russian Historian (Question No. 149)
(GREENWOOD, Ivor, WILLESEE, Don) -
Cost of Qantas Charters (Question No. 118)
(TOWNLEY, Michael, MURPHY, Lionel) -
Road Safety (Question No. 109)
(GUILFOYLE, Margaret, BAUME, Peter, WRIEDT, Ken, WILLESEE, Don) -
Australian Public Service: Employment of Aborigines (Question No. Ill)
(BAUME, Peter, CAVANAGH, James) -
Wholesale Prices of Fruit (Question No. 51)
(WALSH, Peter, WRIEDT, Ken) -
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Melbourne (Question No. 120)
(SHEIL, Glen, WHEELDON, John) -
Nursing Home Benefits (Question No. 46)
(MISSEN, Alan, WHEELDON, John) -
Auditor-General's Office: Staff and Expenditure (Question No. 146)
(WRIGHT, Reginald, MURPHY, Lionel) -
Canberra: Employment of Doctors (Question No. 142)
(BAUME, Peter, WHEELDON, John) -
Vietnam: Orphans (Question No. 100)
(CHANEY, Fred, WILLESEE, Don)
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Company Taxation (Question No. 113)
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Senator TOWNLEY (TASMANIA)
- I direct to the Minister representing the Minister for Transport a question relating to the recently announced increases in Australian National Line freight rates. Does the Minister realise that, unless Tasmania receives some special consideration by way of a special subsidy to equalise Tasmanian freight rates with those that exist between States connected by road and rail as was promised by Mr Whitlam during election campaigns, Tasmanian industries could well sink under these continual freight increases, with a consequent detrimental effect on the Government's decentralisation aims and a worsening of our already bad unemployment situation? Will the Minister insist that the ANL does not implement the latest proposed rises at least until the current Nimmo inquiry is completed?
Senator CAVANAGH (SOUTH AUSTRALIA) (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs)
-I think there has been a distortion of the statement made by the Prime Minister during the election campaign. I recall that he said that we would provide an efficient shipping service to Tasmania. As the honourable senator would know, a number of questions have been raised in regard to this matter.
Senator Rae
- It was Senator Murphy who promised to cure Tasmania's shipping problems.
Senator CAVANAGH
-You sink the boats as fast as we provide them. As the honourable senator would know, we have increased the amount of money allocated for shipping only to have to rescue ships from the bottom of the ocean on many occasions. If there is a proposal to increase freight charges, I will put the request to the Minister. The Australian National Line is a statutory authority and as such carries on its business on a commercial basis. I am prepared to put the question to the Minister to ascertain whether any proposed increases can be curtailed or delayed until such time as the Nimmo committee report is received.
