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Hansard
- Start of Business
- SOCIAL SERVICE BENEFITS
- QUESTION
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QUESTION
- COAL
- QUESTION
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QUESTION
- NATIONAL SERVICE
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QUESTION
- IRON ORE
- QUESTION
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QUESTION
- TELEVISION
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QUESTION
- RETIRING AGE
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QUESTION
- TELEVISION
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QUESTION
- LIQUID FUEL FROM COAL
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QUESTION
- LAUNCESTON POST OFFICE
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QUESTION
- PROCESSED MILK PRODUCTS
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QUESTION
- TELEVISION LICENCES
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QUESTION
- NATURALIZATION
- QUESTION
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QUESTION
- RADIO AND TELEVISION LICENCEFEES
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QUESTION
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE
- QUESTION
- QUESTION
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QUESTION
- RADIO-ACTIVITY
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QUESTION
- GARDEN ISLAND DOCKYARD
- GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
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ESTIMATES 1958-59
- Department of Labour and National Service
- Department of National Development
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
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Australian Atomic Energy Commission
- WHEELER, Roy
- ADERMANN, Charles
- CHAIRMAN, The
- CREAN, Frank
- HOWSON, Peter
- WEBB, Charles
- ALLAN, Archibald
- LUCOCK, Philip
- LUCHETTI, Anthony
- TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN, The
- BARWICK, Garfield
- KEARNEY, Victor
- ANDERSON, Charles
- CAIRNS, Jim
- BOWDEN, George
- BATE, Henry
- DALY, Fred
- HOLT, Harold
- CLAREY, Percy
- KILLEN, James
- WHITLAM, Gough
- SNEDDEN, Billy
- BARNARD, Lance
- Department of Defence
- Proposed Vote, £1,088,000
- Proposed Vote, £42,401,000
- Proposed Vote, £63,512,000
- Department of Air
- Proposed Vote, £59,302,000
- Department of Supply
- Proposed Vote, £21,757,000
- Other Services
- Thursday, 11 September 1958
- ADJOURNMENT
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
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Nuclear Bomb Tests
(WARD, Edward, MENZIES, Robert) -
National Service
(DALY, Fred, MCBRIDE, Philip) -
Overseas Consular Services
(WARD, Edward, MCBRIDE, Philip) -
Wheat
(WARD, Edward, MCMAHON, William) -
Maldive Islands Airfield
(SWARTZ, Reginald, OSBORNE, Frederick) -
Therapeutic Substances Advisory Committee
(WHITLAM, Gough, CAMERON, Donald Alastair) -
War Service Homes
(STEWART, Francis, ROBERTON, Hugh) -
Postal Department
(WARD, Edward, DAVIDSON, Charles) -
Telephone Services
(WHITLAM, Gough, WEBB, Charles, DAVIDSON, Charles) -
Australian Military Forces
(WARD, Edward, CRAMER, John) -
Army Personnel Removal Expenses
(BRYANT, Gordon, CRAMER, John)
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Nuclear Bomb Tests
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Mr WENTWORTH (MACKELLAR, NEW SOUTH WALES)
- Has the Prime Minister noticed that *he Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria is contemplating the production of 70,000,000 or 80,000,000 gallons annually of various kinds of liquid fuel, and that this quantity is considerably in excess of what would be the diesel fuel requirements for the entire Australian railways system if it were fully dieselized? Will the right honorable gentleman approach the Victorian Premier in order to explore the possibility of obtaining a permanent local supply of diesel fuel to meet the requirements of the entire Australian railways system? Will the Prime Minister approach the New South Wales Premier also in order to explore the possibilities of producing liquid fuel from black coal? In this connexion, I refer particularly to recent experiments by the Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal Company, in the United States of America, where lowtemperature carbonization with a fluidization bed has enabled-
