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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 Ward
d asked the Minister for the Army, upon notice -
1. Is the Government, in order to boost enlistments for the Citizen Military Forces, considering reducing the age for enlistment to seventeen years?
2. If so, is it proposed to accept these young boys without making it obligatory on their part in the first instance to secure their parents or guardians' consent?
3. What is the present position in respect of the enlistment of minors?
Mr Cramer
- The answers to the honorable member's questions are: -
1. Approval has been given for the reduction of the lOwer age limit for voluntary enlistment into the Citizen Military Forces to seventeen years of age. Whilst it is hoped that many young men from the community in general will avail themselves of the opportunity to serve with the Citizen Military Forces earlier than they could have done previously, the measure is of particular value to those lads who, at sixteen or seventeen years, have already acquired an interest in military matters with school cadet units, and wish to continue military training as soon as possible after leaving school. 2 and 3. The policy adopted by the Government is, and has been, that the enlistment of a minor in the Citizen Military Forces will not be effected unless the parent or guardian's consent has been given.
