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Hansard
- Start of Business
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PETITIONS
- National Women's Advisory Council
- Social Security Benefits
- Anti-Discrimination Legislation
- Life Insurance and Superannuation Contributions: Tax Deductibility
- Life Insurance and Superannuation Contributions: Tax Deductibility
- Human Rights Legislation
- Life Insurance and Superannuation Contributions: Tax Deductibility
- Social Security Benefits
- National Women's Advisory Council
- Invalid Pensioners
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PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS
- Notice of Motion
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CIVIL DEFENCE PROGRAM
- Notice of Motion
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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PETROL PRICES
(WRIEDT, Ken, CARRICK, John) -
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
(PUPLICK, Chris, CARRICK, John) -
TELEPHONE INTERCEPTION
(BUTTON, John, DURACK, Peter) -
AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS
(MESSNER, Tony, CARRICK, John) -
DEFENCE: SOUTH-WEST VICTORIAN COASTLINE
(PRIMMER, Cyril, DURACK, Peter) -
NUCLEAR ENERGY POLICY
(HAMER, David, CARRICK, John) -
PROPOSED OLYMPIC GAMES BOYCOTT
(MCAULIFFE, Ronald, CARRICK, John) -
TAXATION DEDUCTIONS
(MISSEN, Alan, CARRICK, John) -
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
(MCCLELLAND, Douglas, CARRICK, John) -
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY: COMMISSIONER FOR HOUSING LOAN FUNDS
(KNIGHT, John, SCOTT, Douglas) -
RUNDLE SHALE OIL PROJECT
(SIBRAA, Kerry, CARRICK, John) -
TELEGRAM SERVICES IN TASMANIA
(TOWNLEY, Michael, CHANEY, Fred) -
ASIA DAIRY INDUSTRIES (HONG KONG) LTD
(WALSH, Peter, SCOTT, Douglas) -
SOVIET UNION: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION DUES
(LAJOVIC, Milivoj, DURACK, Peter) -
DOMESTIC MEAT PRICES AND GRADING SYSTEM
(GIETZELT, Arthur, SCOTT, Douglas) -
NORTHERN TERRITORY: DEFENCE FORCE RECRUITMENT
(KILGARIFF, Bernard, DURACK, Peter) -
DE FACTO WIVES
(COLSTON, Malcolm, CARRICK, John) -
TRANQUILLISER DRUGS
(WATSON, John, GUILFOYLE, Margaret) -
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT: CHILD ALLOWANCE
(MCLAREN, Geoffrey, GUILFOYLE, Margaret) -
HEARING AIDS
(WALTERS, Shirley, GUILFOYLE, Margaret) -
KENSINGTON PARK COMMUNITY COLLEGE
(BISHOP, Reginald, GUILFOYLE, Margaret) -
DROUGHT
(ARCHER, Brian, SCOTT, Douglas) -
SELECT COMMITTEES
(MULVIHILL, James, CARRICK, John) -
AUSTRALIAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
(THOMAS, Andrew, CARRICK, John) -
STATEMENT ON RESOURCE TAX
(TATE, Michael, CARRICK, John) -
ROAD MAINTENANCE
(LEWIS, Austin, CHANEY, Fred) -
ESSO AUSTRALIA LTD INVESTMENT IN RUNDLE PROJECT
(GEORGES, George, CARRICK, John) -
OVERSEAS POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION
(TEAGUE, Baden, CARRICK, John) -
USE OF HERBICIDES IN VIETNAM
(MELZER, Jean, DURACK, Peter) -
RADIO LICENCE FEES
(THOMAS, Andrew, CHANEY, Fred)
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PETROL PRICES
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ANZUS TREATY
- Discussion of Matter of Public Importance
- STANDING COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL AFFAIRS: ASSESSMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSES TO REPORTS
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ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS (NORTHERN TERRITORY) AMENDMENT BILL 1980
- Second Reading
- SPECIAL ADJOURNMENT
- MINISTERS OF STATE IN THE SENATE
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QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED (LOAN GUARANTEE) BILL 1980
- Second Reading
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AIRLINE EQUIPMENT (LOAN GUARANTEE) BILL 1980
- Second Reading
- PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE
- CUSTOMS TARIFF (URANIUM CONCENTRATE EXPORT DUTY) BILL 1980
- CUSTOMS AMENDMENT BILL 1980
- EXCISE TARIFF AMENDMENT BILL (No. 2) 1980
- NOTICE PAPER: DISCHARGE OF ITEMS
- PARTICULARS OF PROPOSED ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE
- HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION BILL 1979
- STATE GOVERNMENTS: POWERS AND FUNCTIONS
- REPORT ON THE OPERATION OF THE STUDENT ASSISTANCE ACT 1973
- PUBLIC SERVICE
- ASIA DAIRY INDUSTRIES (HONG KONG) LIMITED
- ADJOURNMENT
- PAPERS
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
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Kakadu National Park (Question No. 2360)
(MULVIHILL, James, CHANEY, Fred) -
Prime Minister: Security on Fishing Trip (Question No. 2415)
(WALSH, Peter, SCOTT, Douglas) -
Aflatoxin (Question No. 2527)
(MASON, Colin, GUILFOYLE, Margaret) -
United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (Question No. 2574)
(MASON, Colin, GUILFOYLE, Margaret) -
Register of Birth Defects
(GUILFOYLE, Margaret)
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Kakadu National Park (Question No. 2360)
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Wednesday, 2 April 1980
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Senator Mason
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Health, upon notice, on 6 March 1980:
( 1 ) Is the agent, Anatoxin a recognised carcinogen.
(2) Why did the Food Science and Technology Subcommittee of the National Health and Medical Research Council recommend the raising of Anatoxin levels in peanuts and peanut products to 1 5 parts per billion.
Senator Dame Margaret Guilfoyle
- The Minister for Health has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:
( 1 ) Aflatoxins have been shown to cause liver cancer in experimental animals at various levels of ingestion. Chickens, ducks, trout and certain rat species are particularly sensitive.
Epidemiological studies show that liver cancer in humans in certain areas of Africa and South East Asia can be attributed to ingestion of foods over long periods of time containing very high levels of anatoxins.
(2) The Food Science and Technology Sub-committee in 1977 recommended that the maximum permitted level for aflatoxins in peanuts and peanut products should be accepted as 15 micrograms per kilogram. The Sub-committee recommended this because it considered that this level provided an adequate safety margin, and that, in the light of current scientific knowledge, the level of 5 micrograms per kilogram was unnecessarily stringent.
This matter is still under consideration by the National Health and Medical Research Council.
