Commonwealth Digest
| Author | A. J. Halkyard,A. van Wierst,R.T.J. Stein |
| Date | 01 June 1971 |
| Published date | 01 June 1971 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0067205X7100400207 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
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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 November 1969
to
20 May 1971,
and is
co~piled
from the published debates
of
the Parliament
of
the
Commonwealth 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
and
the Second Session,
:first,
second
and
third periods,
of
the
twenty-seventh Parliament. Unless
otherwise stated, the relevant
year
is 1970.
Aborigines
On
2June, the Minister
in
charge
of
Aboriginal Affairs,
in
reply
to aquestion without notice, stated
that
the Commonwealth Govern-
ment intends
to
ensure that discriminatory legislation adverse
to
Aborigines is brought to
an
end
at
both
Federal
and
State levels.
H.R.
Deb. 2709-2710.
On
14 October,. the Minister representing
the
Minister·in charge
of
Aboriginal Affairs in the Senate, in reply to aquestion
upon
notice,
listed State legislation containing provisions which could
be
regarded
as discriminatory against "Aborigines
..
Only Queensland
and
Western
Australia were regarded as having any such legislation.
S.
Deb.
1084.
Civll Aviation
On
26 October, the l\tlinister for Civil Aviation, in reply
to
aquestion
without notice, listed as
much
information as security would
permit
about
the membership of and the implementation of Australian policy in
the
Legal Committee of the International Civil Aviation Organisation
(which is considering international sanctions
to
combat hijacking). S.
Deb. 1445.
Committee
of
Attorneys-General
On
30
October, the
Atto~ey-General,
in reply
to
aquestion
upon
notice, outlined broadly
the
matters .discussed
by
the Committee since
7April 1970. Some
of
these matters included: Money Lenders
and
Consumer Protection, Amendments
to
Unifonn
Companies"
Acts,and
Control of Stock Exchanges and Sharebrokers.
H.R.
Deb. 3156.
337
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