Commonwealth Digest
| DOI | 10.1177/0067205X6500100207 |
| Published date | 01 June 1965 |
| Date | 01 June 1965 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
COMMONWEALTH DIGEST
This Digest
is
intended to provide lawyers with akey to those questions
and Ministerial Statements in the Commonwealth Parliament in which
they are most likely to be interested, and it is,
of
course, selective.
It
covers the period
25
February
1964
to
17
November
1964,
and
is
com-
piled from the published debates
of
the Parliament
of
the Common-
wealth
of
Australia.
The page references to Parliamentary Debates ('
S.
Deb.'
and'
H.R.
Deb. ') are to the published debates
of
the Senate and the House
of
Representatives, for the first Session
of
the Twenty-fifth Parliament,
first and second periods.
Bankruptcy
On 8April, the Minister representing the Attorney-General stated,
in answer to aquestion upon notice, that following the appointment
of
acommittee to review the Bankruptcy Act and the committee's report
adraft bill had been circulated. Many comments had been received
and were being examined, and decisions would have to be made on
alterations to the draft bill which the Government had announced
it
would introduce. The bill would be acomprehensive enactment and no
interim amendments were proposed.
S.
Deb.
482.
Censorship
On
17
September, the Minister representing the Minister for Customs
and Excise stated that there had been consultations with State ministers
and officials on the desired greater uniformity in literature censorship.
The matter was still under consideration. H.R. Deb.
1216.
Citizenship
On
14
May, the Minister for External Affairs stated that Irish citizens
in Australia were given the same treatment as British citizens, which
he outlined. He added that this position was not necessarily affected
by the recent exchange
of
ambassadors. H.R. Deb.
1994.
On 20 May, the Minister for Immigration, in answer to aquestion
upon notice, outlined the position regarding the status
of
British subjects
in connexion with Australian citizenship. H.R. Deb.
2212.
Civil Aviation
On 7April, the Minister for Civil Aviation made aMinisterial State-
ment concerning air service agreements with Malaysia and Italy.
S.
Deb.
445.
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