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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
JOURNALS OF THE SENATE.
No. 143.
TUESDAY, 10th MAY, 1966.
1. M eeting of Senate.—The Senate met at three p.m., pursuant to adjournment.—The President (Senator the Honorable Sir Alister McMullin) took the Chair.
2. PRAYERS.
3. Q uestions.—Questions on notice were answered.
4. P apers.—The following Papers were presented, pursuant to Statute— Customs Act and Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act—Regulations—Statutory Rules 1966, Nos. 84, 85. Explosives Act—Explosives Regulations—Order directing the berthing of a vessel.
Lands Acquisition Act—Land, &c., acquired for— Civil Aviation purposes—Tweed Heads, New South Wales. Post Office purposes— Bowning, New South Wales.
Yass, New South Wales.
Migration Act—Regulations—Statutory Rules 1966, No. 86.
Papua and New Guinea Act—Ordinances—1966— No. 19—Fauna Protection. No. 20—Papua and New Guinea Tourist Board. No. 21—Veterinary Surgeons.
Public Service Arbitration Act—Determinations by the Arbitrator—1966— No. 63—Amalgamated Engineering Union and others. Nos. 68 and 69—Professional Officers’ Association, Commonwealth Public Service. No. 70—Association of Architects, Engineers, Surveyors and Draughtsmen of Australia. No. 74—Australian Builders Labourers’ Federation.
Seat of Government (Administration) Act—Ordinances—1966— No. 7—Attachment of Wages Limitation. No. 8—Liquor. Wheat Research Act—Eighth Annual Report by the Minister on the operation of the Act, for 1965.
5. Postponement.—Ordered—That Business of the Senate, Notice of Motion No. 1, standing in the name of Senator Willesee, be postponed until Tuesday, 17th May, 1966. Senator Willesee, by leave, made a statement in connexion therewith.
6. M eetings of the Senate.—The Minister for Supply (Senator Henty) moved— (1) That, unless otherwise ordered, the days and times of meeting of the Senate for the following period commencing 10th May, 1966, be— Tuesday, 10th May, 1966 .. .. 3 p.m. until 6 p.m.
8 p.m. until 11.30 p.m.
Wednesday, 11th May, 1966 .. .. 2.15 p.m. until 6 p.m.
8 p.m. until 11.30 p.m.
Thursday, 12th May, 1966 .. .. 10 a.m. until 1 p.m.
2 p.m. until 6 p.m. 8 p.m. until 11.30 p.m.
Friday, 13th May, 1966 .. .. 10 a.m. until 1 p.m.
2 p.m. until 6 p.m. 8 p.m. until 11.30 p.m.
(2) That, unless otherwise ordered, the Sessional Order relating to the adjournment of the Senate have effect at 11.30 p.m. on each such day. Question—put and passed.
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7. G overnor-G eneral’s M essage—A ssent to Bills.—The following Message from His Excellency the Governor-General was presented by the President—
C asey, Governor-General. Message No. 65.
Proposed Laws intituled— “ Aliens Act 1966 ”
“ Migration Act 1966 ”
“ Nationality and Citizenship Act 1966 ” as finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth, having been presented to the Governor-General for the Royal Assent, His Excellency has, in the name of Her Majesty, assented to the said Laws.
Government House, Canberra, 6th May, 1966.
8. Loan Bill 1966.—Message from the House o f Representatives.—The following Message from the House of Representatives was received and read— M r . President, Message No. 296.
The House of Representatives transmits to the Senate a Bill intituled “A Bill for an Act to Authorize the Raising and Expending o f a sum not exceeding One hundred and fifty million dollars for Defence Purposes ”, in which it desires the concurrence of the Senate. J. M cLeay,
House of Representatives, Speaker.
Canberra, 5th May, 1966.
Suspension o f Standing Orders.— The Minister for Supply (Senator Henty), pursuant to contingent notice, moved—That so much of the Standing Orders be suspended as would prevent the Bill being passed through all its stages without delay. Question—put and passed. On the motion of Senator Henty the Bill was read a first time. Senator Henty moved—That this Bill be now read a second time. On the motion of Senator McKenna the debate was adjourned. Ordered—That the resumption of the debate be an Order of the Day for the next day of sitting.
9. T herapeutic G oods Bill 1966.—Message from the House o f Representatives.— The following Message from the House of Representatives was received and read— M r . P resident, Message No. 293.
The House of Representatives transmits to the Senate a Bill intituled “A Bill for an Act to make provision for and in relation to Standards for Goods for Therapeutic Use, and for other purposes ”, in which it desires the concurrence of the Senate. J. M cLeay,
House of Representatives, Speaker.
Canberra, 5th May, 1966.
Suspension o f Standing Orders.— The Minister for Housing (Senator Dame Annabelle Rankin), pursuant to contingent notice, moved—That so much of the Standing Orders be suspended as would prevent the Bill being passed through all its stages without delay. Question—put and passed. On the motion of Senator Dame Annabelle Rankin the Bill was read a first time. Senator Dame Annabelle Rankin moved—That this Bill be now read a second time. On the motion of Senator Dittmer the debate was adjourned. Ordered—That the resumption of the debate be an Order of the Day for the next day of sitting.
10. N otice of M otion.—The Minister for Housing (Senator Dame Annabelle Rankin), by leave, gave notice of a motion on behalf of the Minister for Supply (Senator Henty).
11. C ustoms T ariff Bill (N o. 2) 1966.—Order of the Day read for the adjourned debate on the Question— That this Bill be now read a second time. Debate resumed. Question—put and passed. Bill read a second time. The Senate, according to Order, resolved itself into Committee for the consideration of the Bill.
In the Committee.
Ordered, after debate—That the clauses be postponed until after consideration of the Schedules. First Schedule read— Ordered—That the Tariff Amendments contained in the First Schedule be considered seriatim. Tariff Amendment 1 read— Senator O’Byme moved—That the House of Representatives be requested to make the following amend
ment, viz.—Leave out sub-item 02.01.2. Debate ensued. Question—put.
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The Committee divided—
Ayes, 21. Noes, 27.
Senator— Senator— Senator^- Senator—
Benn. Mulvihill. Anderson. Marriott.
Cant. Murphy. Branson. Mattner.
Cavaoagh. Poke. Breen. Morris.
Cohen. Ridley. Bull. Prowse.
Devitt. Sandford. Cormack. Rankin, Dame
Dittmer. Toohey. Cotton. Annabelle.
Drury. Wheeldon. Davidson, Turnbull.
Fitzgerald. Willesee. Drake-Brockman. Webster.
Hendrickson. Gair. Wedgwood.
Lacey. Gorton. Withers.
McClelland. Teller: Heatley. Wood.
McKenna. Senator O’Byrne. Lawrie.
McKellar. McManus. McMuUin, Sir Alister.
Wright.
Teller:
Senator Scott.
Request for amendment negatived accordingly.
Tariff Amendment 1 agreed to. Tariff Amendment 2 read— Senator O’Byme moved a request, viz.—That the House of Representatives be requested to make the following amendment, viz.—Sub-item 02.06.1, column 4, leave out “ NZ: Free ” , insert “ NZ:$0.017
per lb.” .
Request for amendment negatived.
Senator O’Byme moved a further request, viz.—That the House of Representatives be requested to make the following amendment, viz.—Sub-item 02.06.2, leave out “ smoked pig meat not falling within sub-item 02.06.1 ” .
Debate ensued.
Request for amendment negatived.
Tariff Amendment 2 agreed to.
Tariff Amendments 3 and 4, by leave, taken together, and agreed to.
Tariff Amendment 5 read— Senator O’Byme moved a request, viz.— -That the House of Representatives be requested to make the following amendment, viz.—Page 9, paragraph 04.04.31, column 4, leave out “ NZ(A): $0.04 per lb.” _ Debate ensued.
Question—put.
The Committee divided—
Ayes, 21. Noes, 27.
Senator— Senator— Senator— Senator—
Benn. Mulvihill. Anderson. Marriott.
Cant. Murphy. Branson. Mattner. -
Cavanagh. Poke. Breen. Morris.
Cohen. Ridley. Bull. Prowse.
Devitt. Sandford. Cormack. Rankin, Dame
Dittmer. Toohey. Cotton. Annabelle.
Drury. Wheeldon. Davidson. Turnbull.
Fitzgerald. Willesee. Drake-Brockman. Webster.
Hendrickson. Gair. Wedgwood.
Lacey. Teller: Gorton. Withers.
McClelland. Heatley. Wood.
McKenna. Senator O’Byme. Lawrie.
McKellar. McManus. McMullin» Sir
Wright.
Teller:
Request for amendment negatived accordingly. Tariff Amendment 5 agreed to.
Alister. Senator Scott.
Tariff Amendments 6 to 9, by leave, taken together, and agreed to. Tariff Amendment 10 read— Senator O’Byme moved a request, viz.—That the House of Representatives be requested to make the following amendment, viz.—Leave out the Tariff Amendment.
Debate ensued.
Question—put.
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The Committee divided— Ayes, 22. Noes, 26.
Senator— Senator— Senator— Senator—
Benn. Murphy. Anderson. M arriott
C ant Poke. Branson. Mattner.
Cavanagh. Ridley. Breen. Morris.
Cohen. Sandford. Bull. Prowse.
Devitt Toohey. Cormack. Rankin, Dame
Dittmer. Turnbull. Cotton. Annabelle.
Drury. Wheeldon. Davidson. Webster.
Fitzgerald. Willesee. Drake-Brockman. Wedgwood.
Hendrickson. Gair. Withers.
Lacey. Gorton. Wood.
McClelland. Heatley. Wright.
McKenna. Teller: Lawrie.
Mulvihill. Senator O’Byme. McKellar.
McManus. McMullin, Sir Teller:
Alister. Senator Scott.
Request for amendment negatived accordingly. Tariff Amendment 10 agreed to. Tariff Amendments 11 to 13, by leave, taken together, and agreed to. Tariff Amendment 14 read— Senator O’Byme moved requests together, by leave, viz.—That the House of Representatives be requested
to make the following amendments, viz.— Page 12, sub-paragraph 07.05.211, column 4, leave out “ NZ (A): $0.12 per lb.” . Page 12, sub-paragraph 07.05.291, column 4, leave out “ NZ (A): $0.12 per lb.” . Debate ensued.
Question—put. The Committee divided.
Ayes, 21. Noes, 27.
Senator— Senator— Senator— Senator—
Benn. Mulvihill Anderson. Marriott.
Cant. Murphy. Branson. Mattner.
Cavanagh. Poke. Breen. Morris.
Cohen. Ridley. Bull. Prowse.
D evitt Sandford. Cormack. Rankin, Dame
Dittmer. Toohey. Cotton. Annabelle.
Drury. Wheeldon. Davidson. Turnbull.
Fitzgerald. Willesee. Drake-Brockman. Webster.
Hendrickson. Gair. Wedgwood.
Lacey. Gorton. Withers.
McClelland. Teller: Heatley. Wood.
McKenna. Senator O’Byme. Lawrie.
McKellar. McManus. McMullin, Sir Alister.
Wright
Teller: Senator Scott.
Requests for amendments negatived accordingly. Senator O’Byme moved further requests together, by leave, viz.—That the House of Representatives be . requested to make the following amendments, viz.— Page 12, sub-paragraph 07.05.412, column 4, leave out “ NZ(A): $0.12 per lb.” .
Page 13, sub-paragraph 07.05.492, column 4, leave out “ NZ(A): $0.12 per lb.” . D ebate ensued. Qu estion—put. The Committee divided—
Ayes, 22. Noes, 26.
Senator— Senator— Senator— Senator—
Benn. Mulvihill Anderson. Marriott.
Cant. Murphy. Branson. Mattner.
Cavanagh. Poke. Breen. Morris.
Cohen. Ridley. Bull. Prowse.
Devitt Sandford. Cormack. Rankin, Dame
Dittmer. Toohey. Cotton. Annabelle.
Drury. Turnbull. Davidson. Webster.
Fitzgerald. Wheeldon. Drake-Brockman. Wedgwood.
Hendrickson. Willesee. Gair. Withers.
Lacey. Gorton. Wood.
McClelland. Teller: Heatley. Wright.
McKenna. Senator O’Byme. Lawrie.
McKellar. McManus. McMullin, Sir Alister.
Teller:
Senator Scott
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Requests for amendments negatived accordingly. Senator Wright moved requests, by leave, viz.—That the House of Representatives be requested to make the following amendments, viz.— Page 12, sub-paragraph 07.05.412, column 4y leave out “ NZ(A): $0.12 per lb.”, insert “ NZ $0.12
per lb.” . Page 13, sub-paragraph 07.05.492, column 4, leave out “ NZ(A): $0.12 per lb.” , insert “ NZ: $0.12 per lb.” . Debate ensued. Question—That the House of Representatives be requested to amend the Bill by leaving out the letters,
figures and words proposed to be left out—put.
The Committee divided—
Ayes, 25. Noes, 23.
Senator— Senator— Senator— Senator—
Benn. Mulvihill. Anderson. Marriott.
Cant. Murphy. Branson. Mattner.
Cavanagh. Poke. Breen. Morris.
Cohen. Ridley. Bull. Prowse.
Devitt. Sandford. Cormack. Rankin, Dame
Dittmer. Toohey. Cotton. Annabelle.
Drury. Turnbull. Davidson. Webster.
Fitzgerald. Wheeldon. Drake-Brockman. Wedgwood.
Gair. Willesee. Gorton. Withers.
Hendrickson. Wright. Heatley. Wood.
Lacey. Lawrie.
McClelland. Teller: McKellar.
McKenna. McMullin, Sir Teller:
McManus. Senator O’Byme. Alister. Senator Scott.
And so it was resolved in the affirmative. Question—That the House of Representatives be requested to amend the Bill by inserting the letters, figures and words of the amendment instead of those requested to be left out—put and passed. Tariff Amendment 14 agreed to, subject to requests. Tariff Amendments 15 to 245, by leave, taken together, and agreed to.
Tariff Amendment 246 debated—
And it being 11.30 p.m.—The Chairman of Committees (Senator Drake-Brockman), under Sessional Order, put the Question—That he do leave the Chair and report to the Senate. Question—resolved in the affirmative.
The President resumed the Chair; and Senator Drake-Brockman reported accordingly.
12. Adjournment.—The President, under Sessional Order, put the Question—That the Senate do now adjourn. Question—resolved in the affirmative. The Senate adjourned at twenty-nine minutes to twelve o’clock midnight till to-morrow at a quarter-past two p.m.
13. A ttendance.—Present, all the Members except Senators Bishop, Keeffe, Kennelly, Laught (on leave), Lillico (on leave), Ormonde (on leave) and Sim.
J. R. ODGERS, Clerk o f the Senate.
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