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Hansard
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QUESTION
- OFF-SHORE ISLANDS IN FORMOSA STRAIT
- QUESTION
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QUESTION
- PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE
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QUESTION
- COMMONWEALTH OFFICES, ADELAIDE
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QUESTION
- NATIONALIZATION
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QUESTION
- EYE BANK
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QUESTION
- WESTERN AUSTRALIAN TRADE DELEGATION
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QUESTION
- TELEVISION
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QUESTION
- AUSTRALIAN FORCES IN MALAYA
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QUESTION
- PARLIAMENT HOUSE
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QUESTION
- POSTAL DEPARTMENT
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QUESTION
- TELEVISION EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
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QUESTION
- MEAT INDUSTRY RESEARCH
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QUESTION
- OFF-SHORE ISLANDS IN FORMOSA STRAIT
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QUESTION
- ALCOHOLISM
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QUESTION
- AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES
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QUESTION
- NATIONALIZATION
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QUESTION
- AUDIT ACT
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QUESTION
- BROADCASTING
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QUESTION
- TAX REIMBURSEMENTS TO STATES
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QUESTION
- QUESTIONS
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WHEAT INDUSTRY STABILIZATION BILL 1958
- Second Reading
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WHEAT EXPORT CHARGE BILL 1958
- MCMAHON, William
- Second Reading
- DAIRY PRODUCE RESEARCH AND SALES PROMOTION BILL 1958
- DAIRY PRODUCE EXPORT CONTROL BILL 1958
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RE-ESTABLISHMENT AND EMPLOYMENT BILL (No. 2) 1958
- Second Reading
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TRADESMEN'S RIGHTS REGULATION BILL 1958
- Second Reading
- LOAN (HOUSING) BILL 1958
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INCOME TAX AND SOCIAL SERVICES CONTRIBUTION ASSESSMENT BILL 1958
- Second Reading
- INCOME TAX AND SOCIAL SERVICES CONTRIBUTION BILL 1958
- SECOND SCHEDULE
- THIRD SCHEDULE
- FOURTH SCHEDULE
- FIFTH SCHEDULE
- EXCISE BILL 1958
- LOAN (HOUSING) BILL1958
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MAIL EXCHANGE, REDFERN, NEW SOUTH WALES
- Report of Public Works Committee
- COAL INDUSTRY BILL 1958
- BILLS RETURNED FROM THE SENATE
- LOAN (WAR SERVICE LAND SETTLEMENT) BILL 1958
- COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS BILL 1958
- SOCIAL SERVICES BILL 1958
- ADJOURNMENT
- Adjournment
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
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Government Loans and Finance
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Butter and Margarine
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Radio-activity
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Papua and New Guinea
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Australian Military Forces
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Government Loans and Finance
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Mr DRUMMOND (NEW ENGLAND, NEW SOUTH WALES)
- I preface my question to the Prime Minister and acting Treasurer by saying that from time to time criticisms have been directed against the Commonwealth for its failure to return sums to the States which are adequate. Is it not a fact that prior to the introduction of uniform taxation the States had to provide finance for unemployment relief, practically all hospitals, including mental hospitals, and also for social services, all of which is now provided in very large sums from the National Welfare Fund? To what extent does this fact condition the total amount of Commonwealth grants now made to the States as a return of a proportion of the national income to the States?
