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Hansard
- Start of Business
- QUESTION
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QUESTION
- GUIDED MISSILES
- QUESTION
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QUESTION
- SALK VACCINE
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QUESTION
- COMMONWEALTH MOTOR VEHICLES
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QUESTION
- TELEVISION
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QUESTION
- AUSTRALIAN MEAT BOARD
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QUESTION
- WHEAT
- QUESTION
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QUESTION
- TELEPHONE SERVICES
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QUESTION
- TELEVISION LICENCES
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QUESTION
- NORTHERN TERRITORY HOUSING SCHEME
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QUESTION
- COMMONWEALTH MOTOR VEHICLES
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QUESTION
- BUTTER AND EGGS
- QUESTION
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QUESTION
- CHILLED BEEF
- QUESTION
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QUESTION
- TAXING OF SERVICE PENSIONS
- QUESTION
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QUESTION
- DISALLOWED QUESTION
- QUESTION
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QUESTION
- BROADCASTING
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QUESTION
- AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY HEALTH REGULATIONS
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QUESTION
- DEPRECIATION OF CURRENCY
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QUESTION
- EQUAL PAY FOR THE SEXES
- CHRISTMAS ISLAND BILL 1958
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ESTIMATES 1958-59
- Department of Health
- Proposed Vote, £1,712,000
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Department of Social Services
- DUTHIE, Gilbert
- ADERMANN, Charles
- CHAIRMAN, The
- MCCOLM, Malcolm
- BOWDEN, George
- PETERS, Edward
- HAWORTH, William
- LUCHETTI, Anthony
- WILSON, Keith Cameron
- TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN, The
- COUTTS, Wilfred
- TURNBULL, Winton
- BRYANT, Gordon
- KILLEN, James
- BEAZLEY, Kim
- HARRISON, Eli
- GALVIN, Patrick
- JOHNSON, Leslie
- MAKIN, Norman
- Department of Shipping and Transport
- Department of Territories
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Department of Immigration
- BIRD, Alan
- FORBES, Alexander
- CHAIRMAN, The
- CHAIRMAN, The
- HASLUCK, Paul
- NELSON, John
- WENTWORTH, William Charles
- DUTHIE, Gilbert
- FOX, Edmund
- COUTTS, Wilfred
- HOWSON, Peter
- POLLARD, Reginald
- BURY, Leslie
- CURTIN, Daniel
- OSBORNE, Frederick
- WHITLAM, Gough
- DOWNER, Alexander
- BARNARD, Lance
- HULME, Alan
- O'CONNOR, William
- FRASER, Allan
- Adjournment
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
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Public Service Blood Donors
(BRYANT, Gordon, MENZIES, Robert) -
Education
(WEBB, Charles, MENZIES, Robert) -
Commonwealth Scholarships
(WHITLAM, Gough, MENZIES, Robert) -
Australian Loan to New Zealand
(WARD, Edward, WHITLAM, Gough, CAIRNS, Jim, MENZIES, Robert, HOLT, Harold, FADDEN, Arthur William) -
National Welfare Fund
(CAIRNS, Jim, FADDEN, Arthur William) -
Television
(JOHNSON, Leslie, FADDEN, Arthur William) -
Royal Australian Navy
(WEBB, Charles, OSBORNE, Frederick) -
Nuclear Bomb Tests
(WARD, Edward, MCBRIDE, Philip) -
South Africa
(WARD, Edward, MCBRIDE, Philip) -
Housing for Servicemen
(WHITLAM, Gough, TOWNLEY, Athol) -
Search for 09
(SWARTZ, Reginald, BRYANT, Gordon, TOWNLEY, Athol, HASLUCK, Paul) -
Papua and New Guinea Head Tax
(LUCHETTI, Anthony, BRYANT, Gordon, HASLUCK, Paul, DAVIDSON, Charles) -
Pittsworth Post Office
(SWARTZ, Reginald, DAVIDSON, Charles) -
Medical Benefits Scheme
(WARD, Edward, CAMERON, Donald Alastair) -
Shipping
(WARD, Edward, TOWNLEY, Athol) -
Australian Airlines.
(CLARK, Joseph, TOWNLEY, Athol) -
Pensions - Concession Fares
(WEBB, Charles, TOWNLEY, Athol) -
Shipbuilding
(DUTHIE, Gilbert, TOWNLEY, Athol) -
Australian Flying Schools
(PETERS, Edward, TOWNLEY, Athol) -
Nuclear Powered Ships
(SWARTZ, Reginald, TOWNLEY, Athol) -
Oakey Airport
(SWARTZ, Reginald, TOWNLEY, Athol)
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Public Service Blood Donors
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Mr MENZIES
- I told the honorable member that I would endeavour to give an answer on this matter to-day. It is a matter on which he has put a variety of questions, and on which he has been in personal contact with me. I know that he has taken a great interest in it. I have taken some interest in it myself. It has not been possible to answer the question before because there are some complexities in a matter in which the existing laws of six States operate in various ways. We have considered the matter now, and we propose to amend the Judiciary Act in order to make the Commonwealth liable to be sued for damages for death or injury caused to any person by a Commonwealth vehicle by whomsoever driven and whether with or without the authority of the Commonwealth. We would exclude from this general proposal, of course, cases where there is for any reason an insurer who is liable. We intend to make a further amendment to give the Commonwealth the right to recover from a person who drove a vehicle without authority the damages paid and costs paid or incurred in consequence. That proposition will be, in some cases perhaps, more theoretical than otherwise. We have also decided that the liability of the Commonwealth should be determined by a judge sitting without a jury, and we will enable a suit to be brought against the Commonwealth in the Supreme Court of a Terrritory of the Commonwealth in which a claim arises to the same extent as suits may be brought against the Commonwealth in the Supreme Courts of the States.
