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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 Cairns
s asked the Treasurer, upon notice -
1. What is the present balance in the National Welfare Fund?
2. Does the Government propose to make use of this balance?
3. If not, what is the reason for not doing so?
4. Under what circumstances would the Government make use of the balance in this fund?
Sir Arthur Fadden
- The answers to the honorable member's questions are as follows: -
1. At 30th June, 1958, the balance in the National Welfare Fund was £197,019,775 15s. 2, 3 and 4. The balance in the National Welfare fund has increased under the present Government until it is now approximately twice as large as it was at 30th June, 1949. The Government has regarded it, and still regards it, as a reserve against the possibility of exceptionally heavy social service payments being required in any period. In the meantime the balance in the fund is invested in internal treasury-bills which are short-term Commonwealth securities and, in accordance with the National Welfare Fund Act 1943-1953, an amount is paid each year to the fund from Consolidated Revenue equal to the actual expenditure from the fund in that year.
