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Hansard
- Start of Business
- MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS
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QUESTION
- OFF-SHORE ISLANDS IN FORMOSA STRAIT
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QUESTION
- IRON ORE .FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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QUESTION
- DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE
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QUESTION
- UNITED STATES NAVAL AIRCRAFT
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QUESTION
- TELEVISION PROGRAMMES
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QUESTION
- SUGAR
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QUESTION
- HOUSING
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QUESTION
- LIGHTHOUSES
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QUESTION
- TELEVISION PROGRAMMES
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QUESTION
- ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE NO. 7 STORES DEPOT
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QUESTION
- CAIRNS ELECTORAL OFFICE
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QUESTION
- UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF
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QUESTION
- WOOLLEN. BLANKETS IN' HOSPITALS
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QUESTION
- UNEMPLOYMENT
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QUESTION
- NATIONALIZATION
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QUESTION
- AUSTRALIAN ALUMINIUM PRODUCTION COMMISSION
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QUESTION
- IMMIGRATION FROM UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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QUESTION
- ELECTORAL
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QUESTION
- PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA
- DEPARTMENT OFEXTERNAL AFFAIRS; -
- QUESTION
- PERSONAL EXPLANATION
- NEW AND OPPOSED BUSINESS AFTER 11 P.M
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COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS BILL 1958
- Second Reading
- NATIONAL /HEALTH BILL 1958
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SOCIAL SERVICES BILL 1958
- Second Reading
- QUESTION
- SUPERANNUATION 1 BILL 1958
- DEFENCE FORCES RETIREMENT BENEFITS BILL 1958
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MIGRATION BILL 1958
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Second Reading
- ANDERSON, Charles
- LAWRENCE, William
- ANDERSON, Charles
- CAMERON, Clyde
- SNEDDEN, Billy
- LESLIE, Hugh
- COUTTS, Wilfred
- HAWORTH, William
- HAYLEN, Leslie
- HULME, Alan
- DOWNER, Alexander
- CLAREY, Percy
- THOMPSON, Albert
- DOWNER, Alexander
- THOMPSON, Albert
- DOWNER, Alexander
- THOMPSON, Albert
- CLAREY, Percy
- SNEDDEN, Billy
- DOWNER, Alexander
- CAIRNS, Jim
- CLAREY, Percy
- O'CONNOR, William
- THOMPSON, Albert
- DOWNER, Alexander
- BRYANT, Gordon
- BARNARD, Lance
- CAIRNS, Jim
- BRYANT, Gordon
- DOWNER, Alexander
- CAIRNS, Jim
- JOSKE, Percy
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Second Reading
- Adjournment
- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
- THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
- THE WHITE HOUSE
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Mr HAROLD HOLT (HIGGINS, VICTORIA)
- The figure quoted by the honorable gentleman is accurately stated as that which was released by my department. It can be seen that, in proportion to the total of factory employment, it represents a decline of .3 per cent. Some of the decline was of a seasonal character. I myself do not think that it can be said with substantial justification that it is a direct consequence of automation. In odd instances, there may have been some displacement of labour as a result of the introduction of mechanical equipment and so forth, but I think it is a reflection, in what is normally not a very busy time of the year, of the decline in export prices, and other factors which would tend to have some steadying or even depressing effect upon the economy. It is a relatively small movement in terms of the percentage that I have given, and it may well be that as we move on towards the end of the year that position will be reversed.
