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SENATE Official Hansard COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES SENATE Official Hansard THURSDAY, 28 AUGUST 1997 THIRTY-EIGHTH PARLIAMENT FIRST SESSION—FIFTH PERIOD BY AUTHORITY OF THE SENATE CANBERRA CONTENTS THURSDAY, 28 AUGUST Petitions— Census ............................................ 5889 Uranium ........................................... 5889 Australian Broadcasting Corporation ........................ 5889 Repatriation Benefits .................................. 5889 Australian Public Service ............................... 5890 Native Title ......................................... 5890 Human Rights ....................................... 5890 Paper ............................................. 5891 Constitutional Convention ............................... 5891 Darwin to Adelaide Railway ............................. 5891 Notices of Motion— Live Sheep Exports ................................... 5891 Textiles, Clothing and Footwear Industries ................... 5892 Privacy Legislation .................................... 5892 Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee ............... 5892 Migration Regulations .................................. 5892 Fitzroy River .......................................... 5892 Notices of Motion— Proposed Joint Select Committee on the Australian Republic ....... 5893 Tomahawk Cruise Missiles .............................. 5894 Textiles, Clothing and Footwear Industries ................... 5895 Committees— Selection of Bills Committee—Report ...................... 5895 Order of Business— Government Business .................................. 5897 Migration Regulations .................................. 5897 General Business ..................................... 5897 Notices of Motion— Economics References Committee ......................... 5897 Order of Business— Legal and Constitutional References Committee ................ 5897 Government Business .................................. 5897 National Competition Policy ............................. 5898 United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Peoples ........... 5898 Uranium Mining...................................... 5898 Australian Workplace Agreements ......................... 5898 Leave of Absence ...................................... 5898 Committees— Community Affairs References Committee—Extension of Time .... 5898 Mr Michael Doohan ..................................... 5899 Mr Geoff Nicholas ...................................... 5899 Indigenous Education (Supplementary Assistance) Amendment Bill 1997— Transport Legislation Amendment (Search and Rescue Service) Bill 1997— Health Insurance (Pathology Services) Amendment Bill 1997— First Reading ........................................ 5899 Second Reading ...................................... 5899 Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency Bill 1996— Second Reading ...................................... 5901 In Committee ........................................ 5910 Constitutional Convention (Election) Bill 1997— Consideration of House of Representatives Message ............. 5911 Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency Bill 1996— In Committee ........................................ 5929 Third Reading ....................................... 5931 International Monetary Agreements Amendment Bill 1997— Second Reading ...................................... 5931 Carriage of Goods by Sea Amendment Bill 1997— CONTENTS—continued Second Reading ...................................... 5935 Broadcasting Services Legislation Amendment Bill 1997— Television Licence Fees Amendment Bill 1997— Radio Licence Fees Amendment Bill 1997— Second Reading ...................................... 5935 Distinguished Visitors ................................... 5936 Questions Without Notice— Human Rights ....................................... 5936 Tariffs ............................................. 5937 Salary Packages ...................................... 5938 Car Manufacturing Industry .............................. 5938 Petrol Prices ........................................ 5939 Cooma: Public Sector Jobs .............................. 5940 South Pacific Cruise Lines Ltd ............................ 5941 Anti-Dumping Inquiry Process ............................ 5942 Millennium Bug ...................................... 5943 Telecommunications ................................... 5943 Commonwealth Immunity from State Laws ................... 5945 Austudy: Fraud Investigation ............................. 5945 Education: Indigenous Students ........................... 5946 Youth Allowance ..................................... 5947 Answers to Questions Without Notice— Firearms Buyback .................................... 5949 South Pacific Cruise Lines Ltd ............................ 5949 Committees— Economics Legislation Committee—Meeting .................. 5952 Membership ......................................... 5952 Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (No. 3) 1997— Consideration of House of Representatives Message ............. 5952 Ministerial Statements— White Paper on Foreign and Trade Policy .................... 5952 Committees— Corporations and Securities Committee—Report: Government Response 5955 Public Works Committee—Report ......................... 5955 Textiles, Clothing and Footwear Industries ..................... 5956 Bills Returned from The House of Representatives ............... 5986 Committees— Community Affairs References Committee—Report ............. 5986 Legal and Constitutional References Committee—Report ......... 5988 Public Works Committee—Reports ........................ 5990 Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee—Report: Government Response ................................ 5991 Documents— University of Canberra ................................. 5993 Committees— Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee—Report . 5994 Adjournment— Women ............................................ 5995 Conference for Older Australians .......................... 5995 South Australia: Leader of the Opposition .................... 5997 Kimberley Region .................................... 6000 Alice Springs to Darwin Railway Line ...................... 6002 HMAS Sydney ....................................... 6003 Documents— Tabling ............................................ 6004 Consideration ........................................ 6004 Questions On Notice— Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission: Appeals—(Question No. 576) ......................................... 6005 School Closures: Victoria—(Question No. 630) ................ 6007 CONTENTS—continued Native Title—(Question No. 648) .......................... 6007 Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission: Funding—(Question No. 654) ........................... 6008 Shark Bay World Heritage Area—(Question No. 677) ........... 6010 School Funding—(Question No. 686) ....................... 6011 Minister for Primary Industries and Energy: Media Monitoring Services—(Question No. 708) .......................... 6011 SENATE 5889 Thursday, 28 August 1997 2. The Senate votes to maintain the existing role of the ABC as a fully independent, publicly funded and publicly owned organisation. 3. The Senate oppose any weakening of the The PRESIDENT (Senator the Hon. Charter of the ABC. Margaret Reid) took the chair at 9.30 a.m., and read prayers. by Senator Bourne (from 169 citizens). PETITIONS Repatriation Benefits The Clerk—Petitions have been lodged for To the Honourable the President and Members of presentation as follows: the Senate in Parliament assembled The petition of certain citizens of Australia, Census draws to the attention of the Senate the fact that To the Honourable the President and Members of members of the Royal Australian Navy who served the Senate in Parliament assembled. The Petition in Malaya between 1955 and 1960 are the only of the undersigned shows: Australians to be deliberately excluded from eligibility for repatriation benefits in the Veterans’ That the current practice of destroying the Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act) for honourable Census is denying future generations an invaluable ‘active service’. Australian Archives records show and irreplaceable resource of data on medical, that the only reason for the exclusion was to save historical, social, scientific, and demographic money. Members of the Australian Army and Air factors. Force serving in Malaya were not excluded, and the Your Petitioners request that the Senate should: costs associated with the land forces was one of the Request the Government to review its current main reasons for the exclusion of the Navy. An policy of destroying the Census; and support a injustice was done which later events have com- proposal to retain the census forms for release for pounded. specific research purposes in either 70 or 100 years There are two forms of benefits for ex-service- time. men, Disability Pensions for war caused disabilities (denied the sailors referred to but introduced in by Senator Bourne (from nine citizens) and 1972 for ‘Defence Service’ within Australia) and Senator Calvert (from 14 citizens). Service Pensions. Allied veterans of 55 nations involved in conflicts with Australian forces until Uranium the end of the Vietnam War can have qualifying To the Honourable the President and Members of eligibility for Service Pensions under the Act. the Senate in the Parliament assembled. Service by 5 countries in Vietnam was recognised after RAN service in Malaya was excluded. The The petition of the undersigned strongly opposes Department
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