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INDEX TO PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 7th August, 1974 to 25th March, 1975 INDEX TO SUBJECTS Some subjects are grouped under the following headings: ASSEMBLY (includes COUNCIL (includes RULINGS, etc.) RULINGS, etc.) PETITIONS BILLS / DIVISIONS Explanation of Abbreviations: Address, Address in Reply; adj., Motion for Adjournment; ad. rep., Adoption of Report; appn, Appropriation Bill; Com., Committee; cons. amdts, Consideration of Amendments; cons. mes., Consideration of Message; int., Introduction; loan appn, General Loan Account Appropriation Bill; m., Motion; mes., Message; min. stmt, Ministerial Statement; m.s.o., Motion for Suspension of Standing or Sessional Orders; pers. expl., Personal Explanation; p.o., Point of Order; g., Question; IR., 2~., 3~.,First, Second, Third Reading; recom., Kecommittal; recons. amdts, Reconsideration of Amendments; urgency, Motion of Urgency. Address in Reply: Aborigines (See also "Educationy', "Hous- ing", "Social and Welfare Services"): First Day's Debate, 47; Second Day's Debate, 122; Third Day's Debate, 174; Fourth Day's Advancement, loan appn, 2359. Debate, 250; Fifth Day's Debate, 332; Sixth Commonwealth Grants, appn, 1789. Day's Debate, 386; Seventh Day's Debate, 476; Presentation, 655. Housing Loans, g., 3326. COUNCIL: Abortion: First Day's Debate, 21; Second Day's Debate, Clinics, g., 116; address, 513, 516. 93; Third Day's Debate, 150; Fourth Day's Debate, 228; Fifth Day's Debate, 306; Sixth Government Policy, address, 265, 521. Day's Debate, 361; Seventh Day's Debate, Great Britain Report, address, 515. 451; Eighth Day's Debate, 533; Ninth Day's Debate, 603; Presentation, 692. Hippocratic Oath, address, 513. Illegal, g., 1008. Law, g., 42; address, 513; petition, 967, Advertising: 23 12. On Demand, petition, 38. Cinemas, g., 3864. Pregnancies, Terminations, g., 1222, 4609. Government Communications Centre, g., 3761, 3910, 4033, 4035; urgency, 4387; q., Preterm Foundation, address, 68, 268, 387, 4531. 512; g., 2774. Statistics, g., 165; address, 514. Referenda, g., 555, 1111; adj., 1994. Types, address, 513. Use of Buses, g., 1114. C Agent-General and Agencies Abroad: Animals (See also "Cattle, Sheep and Live- Maintenance, appn, 1826. stock", "Fauna and Flora", "Pests"): New South Wales Government Offices, g., Cruelty, g., 1804; petition, 4928. 960. Dingo Control, appn, 2046. Forests and National Parks, g., 3719. Welfare, appn., 1929. Agents and Brokers: Travel, g., 360. 1114, 2415. Annual, Long Service and Sick Leave: Long Service Leave for Building Workers, address, 3 73. Agriculture (See also "Chemicals, Pesticides Apprentices: and Fungicides", "Education"): Agricultural, g., 4853. Allocation, loan appn, 2364. Indentures, g., 3590, 3696. Australian Agricultural Council, address, 484. Intake, address, 408. Bee Keeping, adj., 3757. Unemployed, q., 3449. Citrus Juice Industry, g., 449, 531, 532, 533. Archives and Libraries: Disease in Avocados, g., 5192. Regional Libraries, g., 3542. Economic Conditions, address, 484. Subsidy Increases, appn, 1475. Fruit and Vegetable Crates, g., 2474. Nepean Electorate, address, 52. Arts and Culture (See also "Festivals"): South Australian Potatoes, g., 4937. Allocation, appn, 1781, 2129. Superphosphate, q., 1036, 43 11. Ashfield, address, 465. Tarnworth, address, 55. Bankstown, apprz, 2128, 2130. World Food Shortage, g., 2473. "Blue Poles", appn, 2127. Commonwealth Expenditure, apptz, 1923. Country Areas, appn, 2127. Aircraft and Air Services: Cultural Grants, uppn: 2130. Galston Airport Site, address, 289. Eales, Kim Louise, adj., 592. Lord Howe Island Airstrip, loan appn, 2364. Elizabethan Theatre Trust, appn, 2127, 2130. Merimbula Airport, adj., 873. Expenditure, appn, 2126. Oversea Airports, address, 264. Government Activity, appn, 1923. Refuelling in Indonesia, g., 359. Grants, uppn, 1475, 2128, 2130; q., 3446, 43 14. Safety at Country Airports, g., 3104. Historical Societies, g., 1509; appn, 2129, Second International Airport, address, 287, 2131; q., 2772. 289. Martin Plaza, appn, 1917. Serviceability of Aircraft, address, 289. Ministers' Support, appn, 2128. Sydney Airport, address, 288, 289. Old Tote Theatre Company, appn, 2127, 2129. Orchestral Concerts, g., 43 16. Ambulance Services: Proposed Cultural Activities Ministerial Council, g., 2136. Allocation, appn, 1474. Railway and Transport Museum, address, Operation Hunter, g., 2777. 397; g., 1033. Schools, g., 5083. Wollongong Art Gallery, address, 4316. 7th August, 1974 to 25th March, 1975 Asia and Asian Affairs: ASSEMBLY, LEGISLATIVE (continued): ACTING-SPEAKER AND CHAIRMAN OF COM- Vietnam War, g., 5188. MITTEES (J. H. BROWN, ESQ.), RULINGS, OBSERVATIONS AND OPINIONS (See also entries under "Deputy-Speaker" and "Acting-Speakers") : Adjournrizent: A member was in order ASSEMBLY, LEGISLATIVE (See also in raising a matter on the adjournment "Parliament"): motion; there was no need for the matter to be raised in the normal process of repre- ACTING-CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES (H. G. sentations to a Minister, 4141. COATES, ESQ.), RULINGS, OBSERVATIONS Mr Acting-Speaker did not intend to rule AND OPINIONS (See also entries under against members who sought information on "Deputy-Speaker", "Acting-Speakers" and the adjournment motion even though the "Temporary Chairmen of Committees") : seeking of it might be described by other members as capricious, fraudulent, or cheat- Chair: A member should direct his re- ing, 4849. marks to the Chair, 4676. Australian Constitution Convention: Iilterjections, Interruptions and Disorder: Appointment of the Hon. T. L. Lewis, Esq., A member was entitled to be heard in to serve as appointed member of the dele- silence and members who wished to talk gation from the Parliament of New South should do so outside the Chamber, 5035. Wales, 4791. BilEs: At the introductory stage of a bill a A member should ignore interjections and member could bring forward arguments on proceed with his speech, 4676. why leave should not be given; also, he could indicate briefly why other matters on Members Warned: Mr Doyle, 5035; Mr the business paper should have precedence M. L. Hunter, 5035; Mr Wotton, 5035. and why other matters should be covered by the bill. Members were asked to confine Offensive and Objectionable Remarks, themselves within these bounds, 4428. Imputations and Aspersions: A member should refrain from reflecting upon private The basic rule for debate in Committee citizens unless there were special reasons for on a bill is that it must be confined to so doing, 5122. matters contained in the clause at issue, 1947. Procedure: The Chair prefers one amend- The precedent of taking the Legislative ment at a time, 4683; if a member did not Council's amendments seriatum would be wish to proceed with an amendment he followed when considering Legislative Coun- need not do so, 4675. cil's amendments to a bill, 1331. A member could speak on a proposed It was competent for the Committee to amendment provided that adequate notice make a decision on an amendment that had of it had been given, 4683. been moved to a clause in a bill, 1174. Relevance: A member should speak to In the opinion of the Chairman amend- the clause or to the amendment, 4448, 4957, ments proposed to be moved to a bill would import a new principle into it. Also, the 5121, 5122. matter raised in the amendments was already During the Committee stage there was not covered in other legislation. The amend- to be another second-reading debate, 4435, ments were ruled out of order, 1464. 5121. It was in order for a member to speak It was in order to speak to a consequential generally to a clause in a bill and then to amendment, 4669. move each of his proposed amendments to the clause separately, 2585. A member should confine himself to an An amendment had been moved in ; amendment, 4241; but this did not preclude spirit of mockery, 1170; the short title to some reference ta the clause the subject of a bill could be amended only if amend- the amendment, 4224, 4434, 4666, 4675. ments to operative clauses of the bill ren- dered it necessary, 1171. The only matter to be discussed in re- gard to a certain schedule to a bill was A point of order, that an amendment was whether or not the committees referred to outside the order of leave of the bill, was could sit during the prorogation of Parlia- upheld. However, part of the proposed ment, 5018. amendment was allowed, 1367. Volumes 111-116 ASSEMBLY, LEGISLATIVE (continued): ASSEMBLY, LEGISLATIVE (continued): ACTING-SPEAKERAND CHAIRMAN OF COMMIT- ACTING-SPEAKERAN D CHAIRMAN OF COMMIT- TEES (I. H. BROWN, ESQ.), RULINGS, TEES (1. H. BROWN, ESQ.), RULINGS, OBSERVATIONSAND OPINIONS (continued) : OBSERVATTONSAND OPINIONS (continued): Chair: A member should address the The criteria for incorporating matter in Chair and ignore interjections, 1173, 1946, Hansard are that the matter must be rele- 4474, 4977, 5087. vant, of a statistical nature, have the approval of the Speaker and have been pro- It is the sole prerogative of the Chair duced to the Speaker before the request was whom he shall call, 4775. made, 4548. Mr Acting-Speaker expressed concern Report in Hamard of certain Parliament- about the degree of respect paid by members ary proceedings, 4769. to the Chair while they were contributing to a debate. However, the Acting-Speaker did Interjections and Interruptions: There was not have authority to make members face too much audible conversation and noise, the Chair all the time, 4769. 913, 917, 918, 1172, 1175, 1951, 2042, 2131, 2947, 3248, 4089, 4197, 4200, 4589, 4651, The Acting-Speaker would take severe 4657, 4928, 5082, 5187, 5188, 5190. action against the next member who spoke while the Acting-Speaker was on his feet. The Acting-Speaker would take effective He regarded this as the grossest act of dis- action to avoid a scene of the nature that order in the House, and he did not intend to had developed recently in another place, let it happen again, 5201. 4657. It was gross disorder for a member to The Acting-Speaker wanted a standard of reflect on the Chair, and if the member virtually absolute silence maintained in the continued in that vein the Chairman would House, 4821.