australian citizens - senate - 1970

Contexts in which the phrase australian citizens was used in the Senate during the 1970s

What are the names of Australian citizens who have either had their passports refused or confiscated since1950 and what were the circumstances of each case. [More…]
Minister for Immigration indicate what action has been taken to accelerate the processing of applications from Australian wives of non-Australian husbands who desire their offspring to be registered as Australian citizens under clause 7 of the Citizenship Act 1969? [More…]
I ask: Is the Leader of the Government aware that the United States of America is to allow persons from outside that country, including prominent Australian citizens and members of this Parliament, to go there and speak against the war in Vietnam? [More…]
That, in accordance with the findings of the Australian gallup poll, published in the Melbourne Herald’, 14th November 1969, the majority of Australian citizens want censorship either maintained or increased. [More…]
In spite of the fact that what I said in my previous question may be a reflection on an overseas individual or an overseas airline, does he not consider the safety of Australian citizens to be sufficient cause to take immediate action to ensure that inexperienced personnel employed by overseas airlines do not land at any Australian airport? [More…]
Is the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs aware that a publication known as Polish Weekly’ which is edited in Melbourne has served Australian citizens of Polish origin for 20 years and that the publication has its own editorial policy and carries advertising? [More…]
I ask the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs: In view of last year’s incident when an Australian girl languished for a lengthy period in a prison cell in the Canary Islands before the Spanish authorities brought her to trial, and in view of a further current incident involving Miss Randall pf Sydney who has been in gaol in Italy for 6 months awaiting trial, what action is the Department of Foreign Affairs taking to obtain speedier trials for Australian citizens abroad who face these predicaments? [More…]
That they believe that the Aborigines in common with all other Australian citizens, have a right to assemble in any peaceful manner of their own choice. [More…]
Whilst strongly condemning such damage irrespective of who caused it, I ask the Minister whether he can give the Senate any information about recent treatment of Australian citizens in Yugoslavia. [More…]
I wish to ask a question of the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration, ls the Minister aware of the concern that has been expressed and is being expressed by Australian citizens that individuals with criminal records have been admitted to Australia? [More…]
It will mean that the Government is not willing to inquire into what has lead to a state of terrorism in Australia where innocent Australian citizens may be injured in the streets of Sydney. [More…]
Why has the Australian Government failed to adopt Convention 87 which should ensure the democratic rights of Australian citizens. [More…]
I ask the Minister to consider this question and to verify that our authorities do have the right to intercede on behalf of Australian citizens in spite of the fact that those citizens may be claimed as nationals by another country. [More…]
In the light of bias shown against Australian citizens holding valid Australian passports seeking to enter the United Kingdom by certain British immigration officials, will the Prime Minister obtain a guarantee from the British Prime Minister that incidents, such as that involving Mr Taylor, will not be repeated. [More…]
Does the Labor Government pose as being deeply concerned about the rights of Australian citizens? [More…]
I ask the Special Minister of State: When, where and in what circumstances were the 3 Australian citizens - Horvat, Keskic and Vlashnovic - arrested in Yugoslavia? [More…]
That Australian citizens place great value on the sanctity of human life and the physical, mental and social welfare of mothers and children. [More…]
Is it a fact that the Yugoslav Government has now replied to the protest made by the Prime Minister on 13th April about the execution of 3 Australian citizens? [More…]
That Australian citizens place great value on the sanctity of human life and the physical, mental and social welfare of mothers and children. [More…]
It has been said that this is unacceptable, but it is unacceptable to this country that we should have supposed citizens of Australia, or people who wish to become Australian citizens, who still feel in their own minds that they hold an allegiance to the country in which they were nurtured as infants or the country from which they proceeded to Australia. [More…]
Until this Bill is in fact passed, British citizens will be able to become Australian citizens within one year, as is the situation at the present time. [More…]
I ask: When will the Government stand up for Australian citizens and condemn a communist government? [More…]
That Australian citizens place great value on their freedom to choose their own doctor in all aspects of medical care. [More…]
1 ) Will the Minister indicate the statistics relating to the number of people, month by month, who have become Australian citizens since November 1971. [More…]
1 ) That Australian citizens place great value on their freedom to choose their own doctor in all aspects of medical care. [More…]
I remind the Minister representing the Minister for Civil Aviation that 2 weeks ago I asked him whether he would find out why Australian citizens were penalised to the extent of about 20 per cent in paying for exactly the same service from Sydney to London and return as do other nationals. [More…]
1 ) That Australian citizens place great value on their freedom to choose their own doctor in all aspects of medical care. [More…]
1 ) That Australian citizens place great value on their freedom to choose their own doctor in all aspects of medical care. [More…]
And whereas the Australian Government has endorsed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights but has, to date, failed to implement Article 20, Sections1 and 2 of the said Declaration and therefore denied Australian Citizens the rights inherent in that Declaration. [More…]
1 ) Why are Australian citizens who give their place of origin as Croatia refused Australian passports unless they substitute the word, Yugoslavia, which they find objectionable. [More…]
Why are certain Australian citizens of Croatian origin who have never been charged or convicted of any crime refused Australian passports. [More…]
-I ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs: Is it not a fact that Australian citizens of Czechoslovakian origin cannot obtain a visa to visit their former country of birth unless they forfeit their Australian citizenship? [More…]
Will the Government have discussions with the Czechoslovakian Government to abolish this discrimination and to protect the rights of these Australian citizens? [More…]
and (2) The Australian High Commission in London has had approaches from about 60 Australian citizens about the collapse of Pacesetter Travel. [More…]
Some Australian citizens were on tour when the company collapsed and those requiring assistance were helped by Australian offices. [More…]
-The situation regarding work permits is that there is no right of appeal by Australian citizens against a decision to refuse work permits. [More…]
-I ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs whether it is true that Australian citizens of Greek origin visiting Greece were at one stage, after the coup in Cyprus, subject to military call-up by the Greek Government. [More…]
Because of our attitude on dual nationality we were on the point of taking this matter up with the Greek Government in respect of Australian citizens of Greek origin but the Government in Greece changed and I understand that the exit points which were closed are now open and there is no difficulty in Greek/Australians leaving Greece. [More…]
By this hasty act, taken without consultation with the groups of Australian citizens concerned, the Australian Government has seemingly recognised the Soviet claim that the Baltic immigrants, upon their arrival in Australia, were really citizens of the U.S.S.R., and as such are not entitled to assume the protection of Australian citizenship until released from the citizenship of the Soviet Union. [More…]
Human Rights and civil liberties and are therefore unable to express their will, we the undersigned Australian citizens of Baltic origin humbly petition the Senate to express its moral support to the rights of the Baltic States to freedom and self-determination. [More…]
That the Australian Government’s diplomatic action to recognise officially the incorporation of the Baltic States into the Soviet Union has been taken contrary to the Prime Minister’s assurances to Australian citizens of Baltic origin given as recently as 1 7 May 1974. [More…]
1 ) Are Australian citizens on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands entitled to vote at Federal elections: if not, why not. [More…]
Are all Australian citizens in all Australian territories in the same position: if not, why not. [More…]
If the answers to (1 ) and (2) are in the negative, what steps are being taken to rectify this matter so that all Australian citizens in all Australian territories are able to vote at Federal elections. [More…]
Should the Court Government pass this Bill and at some future date invoke its fascist provisions could any action be taken by the Australian Government to protect the civil liberties of Western Australian citizens and the existence of parliamentary democracy in the State? [More…]
Has there been a change in the rights of Australian citizens of Baltic origin in regard either to the carrying of their national flags in Australia or showing Estonia, Lithuania or Latvia as their country of birth when applying for Australian passports or visas to visit other countries. [More…]
Can he inform the Senate whether there is a policy ensuring that employees of sensitive defence and security establishments are Australian citizens? [More…]
-I would not be able to answer the question except to say that obviously the Australian Government would be concerned if any Australian citizens were involved or their lives were endangered as a result of the fighting which is going on in Phnom Penh. [More…]
Is the Minister representing the Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs in a position to state how many Australian citizens are living in the besieged Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, and whether any arrangements have been made to evacuate them in the event of the city falling to Communist forces? [More…]
How many Australian citizens have had their passports withdrawn during the same period. [More…]
Your petitioners are impelled by these facts to call upon all Honourable Senators to forthwith determine as a matter of urgency that approval of the Bills for Supply be no longer delayed in order that the Government shall continue to adequately provide for the welfare rights of Australian citizens. [More…]
Your petitioners are impelled by these facts to call upon all Honourable Senators to forthwith determine as a matter ofurgency that approval of the Bills for Supply be no longer delayed in order that the Government shall continue to adequately provide for the welfare rights of Australian citizens. [More…]
In view of the continuing problems of civil strife in Beirut, can the Minister provide any furtherinformation on the welfare of Australian citizens in Lebanon? [More…]
The Australian Government does not approve of Australian citizens serving as mercenaries in other countries and disapproves the recruitment of Australians for this purpose in Australia or elsewhere. [More…]
The Attorney-General has supplied the following answer to the honourable senator’s question: (1), (2) and (3) The Government does not approve the service of Australian citizens as mercenaries in other countries. [More…]
He and his staff visit Uganda as required for the transaction of official business, including the protection of Australian citizens in that country. [More…]
Is the Minister aware of the considerable concern of a large number of Australian citizens over the trial of Archbishop Lamont in Rhodesia? [More…]
On the concluding stages of this Bill I beg that honourable senators do not now draw distinctions between Australian citizens in an objectionable way. [More…]
I believe that the amendments to which the Government has agreed make a considerable improvement to the Bill and protect the civil liberties of Australian citizens. [More…]
To ensure a pension for all on retirement, and a guarantee that all Australian citizens will retire with dignity. [More…]
In view of the threat of organised demonstrations against the Australian Embassy in Jakarta made by the Indonesian Foreign Minister, Mr Malik, does the Minister consider that advice regarding risk should be given to Australian citizens now travelling in Indonesia or to those intending to travel to Indonesia? [More…]
The legislation before us has as its objective the elimination of action by Australian citizens and residents in conflicts in overseas countries. [More…]
In relation to the entitlement to vote, am I correct in saying that, in addition to the Governor-General, persons who cannot vote in federal elections and referenda are persons under 1 8 years of age, persons who are not Australian citizens, certain persons who are in prison or in mental institutions, and Antarctic expeditioners serving in the Australian Antarctic and sub-Antarctic bases? [More…]
1 ) Although Stephanie and Stellina Wangke were born in Australia they are not Australian citizens, as their father was entitled to privileges and immunities under the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1967. [More…]
The Australian Citizenship Act precludes the children of such persons from acquiring Australian citizenship by birth here. [More…]
Is it right that Australian citizens should first find out about the establishment of such a satellite communications system by reference to a United States congressional committee rather than from a statement made in the Australian Parliament? [More…]
To ensure a pension for all on retirement, and a guarantee that all Australian citizens will retire with dignity. [More…]
The widespread criticisms I have received from Australian citizens at your Government’s cynical dismissal of the Aurukun and Mornington Island Councils, and your repeated attempts to deny decent self-management to the Aboriginal inhabitants has had and will have my constant attention. [More…]
To ensure a pension for all on retirement and a guarantee that all Australian citizens will retire with dignity. [More…]
That: Many Australian citizens suffer considerable distress and financial hardship as a result of inaccurate charges and accounts for the use of telephone, telegraph and other related services. [More…]
1 ) Does the Australian Government automatically cancel the passports of all Australian citizens convicted of drug smuggling. [More…]
to (5) The Government has taken all necessary steps to ensure that Aboriginals as well as all other Australian citizens, working in employment to which its industrial legislation applies, are employed at wage rates and under conditions which are prescribed in the relevant awards and determinations. [More…]
I ask the Minister for Education (Senator Carrick) to have the Government take up this matter with the Yugoslavian Embassy because the Government must recognise that now in Australia a large number of Australian citizens refuse to recognise the current Yugoslavian Government as the Government of their country. [More…]
They are Australian citizens with Australian rights. [More…]
I ask simply that the Government take up this matter with the Yugoslavian Embassy as a matter of urgency to try to protect the rights of those Australian citizens. [More…]
In effect, will the people with resident status or Australian citizens who are alleging that there have been immigration injustices have access to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, whereas the illegal migrant or the person who has overstayed will have to go to the Ombudsman? [More…]
Are the thousands of Australian citizens of Polish and Czech origin to regard their homelands and the inhabitants as cannon fodder for an exercise in nuclear roulette? [More…]
It records the rights they enjoy and the obligations they undertake in common with Australian citizens and other migrants. [More…]
I have received representations from a number of Australian citizens who have expressed concern, because of the nature of the Government of Yugoslavia, as to whether this Agreement will be operated in such a way that the right to exit will depend upon all the considerations that Australia would want it to depend on rather than upon political considerations. [More…]
Our policy states that Australian citizens shall not cease to receive pensions because of residence abroad, and 1 believe that this is a matter to which this Government has to give attention. [More…]
Under the Nationality and Citizenship Act 1948-66, all Aborigines are British subjects and Australian citizens. [More…]
Will the Government advise the Broadcasting Control Board that Australian citizens are entitled to be fully and widely informed on all aspects of international and national events and that it has no right to impose its form of censorship on any news programme? [More…]
Is the Minister representing the Attorney-General aware that a meeting arranged by a Moratorium committee on Monday evening last in Sydney and attended by 450 decent Australian citizens was organised by a Mr Bill Weekes who, for 3 campaigns, was the campaign director for the State Liberal member for the electorate of Earlwood and who, for 9 years, was President of the Earlwood Liberal Party State Electorate Conference? [More…]
As one who has lent his name in support of the Moratorium Campaign which is about to be embarked upon by a very great number of Australian citizens, I take this opportunity in this debate to explain some simple facts of life to Government supporters who appear to have lost all sense of realism and all sense of humanity. [More…]
Why should I, as an Australian parent of young Australian children who in 4 or 5 years time will be eligible to take part in this war in Vietnam, not be so concerned about the situation as many thousands of Australian citizens are? [More…]
Why should we not, as Australian citizens, be concerned about the role that this Government is asking these young men to play in Vietnam? [More…]
Cause unwarranted inconvenience to Australian citizens by the call to strike; and for these reasons that the participation in the Moratorium of Members of Parliament should be forthrightly condemned. [More…]
Cause unwarranted inconvenience to Australian citizens by the call to strike, and for these reasons that the participation in the Moratorium of Members of Parliament should be forthrightly condemned. [More…]
I again draw attention to the terms, lt is stated in the first instance that the Moratorium is designed to weaken the resolution of the Australian people; secondly, that it is designed to give moral support to North Vietnam; thirdly, that it is designed to promote disorder; and, fourthly, that it is designed to cause unwarranted inconvenience to Australian citizens. [More…]
cause unwarranted inconvenience to Australian citizens by the call to strike. [More…]
Cause unwarranted inconvenience to Australian citizens by the call to strike; and for these reasons that the participation in the Moratorium of Members of Parliament should be forthrightly condemned. [More…]
Cause unwarranted inconvenience to Australian citizens by the call to strike and for these reasons the expression by the Senate of its belief that the participation in the Moratorium of Members of Parliament is to be forthrightly condemned.” [More…]
In view of the fact that on 8th, 9th and 10th May many thousands of Australian citizens took part in Moratorium demonstrations throughout Australia which were conducted in a peaceful atmosphere despite many provocations offered to those taking part, will the Government apologise to the organisers of the Moratorium for the slanders which, before the demonstrations took place, were heaped on the heads of the people taking part in the movement? [More…]
I should have liked to see a Bill that went further and dealt with other areas of estate duty because, as I said earlier, estate duty does not affect only the area of primary industry; it affects all the citizens of this country, and I would hope that one of these days Australian citizens will not be burdened with the fear that some time in the future they will become the subject of estate duties which will place a very heavy burden upon their dependants. [More…]
Since the log jam has been broken in regard to section 7 of the Citizenship Act, which permits Australian mothers married overseas to non-Australians to have their children registered as Australian citizens. [More…]
Was his attention directed to and his interest generated in a recent statement by a Dr Harry Lander who advocated that, as with airline pilots who hold responsibility for the safekeeping of the lives of Australian citizens, there should be regular medical and psychiatric examination of those who in other occupations hold similar responsibility? [More…]
The gap between fees charged by medical practitioners and the refunds paid to contributors had widened to such an extent that for many Australian citizens it meant the difference between obtaining treatment from a doctor and effecting a home cure. [More…]
I am unable to contemplate a national scheme which provides benefits that differ on a geographical basis as to Australian citizens. [More…]
They are outstanding Australian citizens. [More…]
I believe that Senator McClelland has been outstanding in raising questions concerning the importation of film, the establishment of a real indigenous Australian television industry and the employment of Australian citizens within the industry. [More…]
If they knew that they were to do this then for months they have been guilty of what I earlier called a constructive deception which has cost Australian citizens some $40m to $5 Om. [More…]
That, in accordance with the findings of the Australian gallup poll, published in the Melbourne Herald’, 14th November 1969, the majority of Australian citizens want censorship either maintained or increased. [More…]
That, in accordance with the findings of the Australian gallup poll, published in the Melbourne Herald’, 14th November 1969, the majority of Australian citizens want censorship either maintained or increased. [More…]
They were people in the 25 to 35-year old age group who, as Australian citizens, had served in the Citizen Military Forces. [More…]
We believe that a constructive amendment demands reference to the means test which today penalises unfairly thousands of reputable Australian citizens who have sought to prepare for their own future. [More…]
How is it that the great United States of America can allow men like Mr Gregory to speak freely against the war in Vietnam7 How is it that Australian citizens, including members of this Parliament, can go across to the United States and speak against the war? [More…]
It must cause concern - I know that it does - to millions of Australian citizens. [More…]
Information obtained from the British authorities is set out in the following table to show the number of work vouchers issued by the British Government during the years 1967, 1968 and 1969 to Commonwealth citizens and Australian citizens: [More…]
It will affect all Australian citizens. [More…]
The fundamental fact is that purchasing power under the governments that have existed in the last 20 years in Australia has passed from a small area of taxpayers into- an area in which the mass of Australian citizens are now the owners of purchasing power. [More…]
That, in accordance with the findings of the Australian Gallup Poll, published in the Melbourne Herald 14th November 1969, the majority of Australian citizens want censorship either maintained or increased - [More…]
That, in accordance with the findings of the Australian gallup poll, published in the Melbourne Herald’ 14th November, 1969, the majority of Australian citizens want censorship either maintained or increased. [More…]
Australian Gallup Poll, published in the Mel bourne Herald 14th November 1969, the majority of Australian citizens want censorship either maintained or increased - [More…]
That, in accordance with the findings of the Australian Gallup Poll, published in the Melbourne Herald 14th November, 1969, the majority of Australian citizens want censorship cither maintained or increased - [More…]
As at 31 December of each of the years 1961 to 1969 inclusive the number of persons of non-European descent- excluding Australian citizens, students and short term visitors- in Australia was: [More…]
We believe that it is completely unfair and unjust having regard to a number of circumstances which could arise in regard to individual Australian citizens. [More…]
Persons born in Papua became Australian citizens under the Nationality and Citizenship Act 1948 which represented Australia’s part in a scheme of nationality law agreed upon between the Commonwealth countries. [More…]
For these reasons Papuans became Australian citizens on the commencement of the citizenship legislation on 26th January 1949. [More…]
Persons born in New Guinea are not Australian citizens. [More…]
It describes the facilities for settlement of Maltese citizens, lt records the rights they enjoy and the obligations they undertake in common with Australian citizens .and other citizens; it affirms that Maltese citizens resident in Australia will receive social service and health benefits which Australia provides to Australian citizens, and that both Governments will make efforts towards reaching areement on reciprocity in payment of each other’s corresponding social security benefits. [More…]
I urge the Minister to call together his departmental experts, whoever those experts might be - I understand that the Minister for this purpose relies on the knowledge of Commonwealth Police officers - and representatives of the Firearms Traders Association to ensure that real, practical and effective guidelines are laid down for the proper protection of Australian citizens. [More…]
The question of enrolment of Australian citizens who may be absent from the Commonwealth in the service of the Crown is receiving consideration together with several other proposed amendments to the Commonwealth Electoral Act. [More…]
The existence Of this keen interest gives promise that with proper stimulus, support and encouragement the nation may rely on a great body of Australian citizens willing and anxious to lend their aid to a programme of conservation, and pollution abatement. [More…]
ls the safety of Australian citizens considered as sufficient cause for action to be taken to ensure that inexperienced flight crews employed by overseas airlines do not operate aircraft in Australia. [More…]
The safety of Australian citizens has always been considered of paramount importance and as sufficient cause for action to be taken to ensure that inexperienced flight crews employed by overseas airlines do nol operate in Australia. [More…]
Notwithstanding a very comprehensive reply I received from the Prime Minister outlining the Commonwealth Government’s interpretation of the status of Australian citizens under the new United Kingdom Immigration Bill, will the Minister now say that the recent action of Enoch Powell in having a British parliamentary committee delete the patrial clause makes much of the Prime Minister’s advice null and void? [More…]
But because they are unnecessary it does not follow that they are harmless and that we should not worry about them, for terms are smuggled into these clauses which, though quite unnecessary for the protection of diplomatic personnel, can be construed by a court in such a way as to impose intolerable burdens on Australian citizens expressing their disapproval or abhorrence of the policies of foreign governments. [More…]
affirm the right of Australian citizens to demonstrate, provided they obey the law. [More…]
We affirm the right of Australian citizens and organisations to protection of their persons, their property and their civil rights from interference by alleged demonstrators. [More…]
Now the Government parties are endeavouring to create in the minds of Australian citizens the fear that they will have no security unless additional legislation is passed to ensure security, and that only this Government can formulate that legislation. [More…]
I do not think there is any comparison between such a case and the case of people who are Australian citizens who are being trained in England and who are not under contract. [More…]
In relation to her claim that there are security agents in Australia who are operating to the detriment of Australian citizens and Australian lives, I have no responsibility to prove the case. [More…]
I am able to inform him, in regard to this defendant on a drug charge in Italy, that the Australian Government is not in a position to insist on other governments giving priority to cases involving Australian citizens. [More…]
They should apply not only to the indigenous people of Australia but also to those who come under our control as a result of our having the trusteeship of the Territory of Papua New Guinea, and to those Australian citizens who live in the Territory of Papua New Guinea. [More…]
Is not permission to take photographs in these precincts refused to other visitors, including Australian citizens? [More…]
We have had the constant sight of Greek vessels being denied the services which ought to be given to them because they are trading with Australia and bringing Australian citizens back from overseas. [More…]
I ask them to give it the best judgment which they may bring to bear upon it so that what I think is a fundamental injustice done to 2 Australian citizens may be discarded and destroyed by this Australian Senate by a resolution rescinding the motion for the adoption of the report of the Committee of Privileges, insofar as it applied to punishment, and revoking the sentence of reprimand imposed by the Senate. [More…]
As I understand Senator Mulvihill he is seeking to establish a proposition that there ought to be equality amongst Australian citizens. [More…]
Has the New Zealand Government agreed to extend to all Australian citizens, regardless of ethnic origin, the right to enter New Zealand without a visa, providing that they can satisfythe authorities of their Australian citizenship? [More…]
The New Zealand Government announced on 30th July 1971 that all Australian citizens normally resident in Australia, irrespective of their ethnic origin, will be permitted to enter New Zealand either as visitors or as residents upon their satisfying the authorities at the point of arrival of their Australian citizenship. [More…]
His children are Australian citizens and his wife has been accepted as an Australian citizen. [More…]
Are thousands of Australian citizens spending millions of dollars overseas every year in order to reduce their savings to a minimum and thus avoid death duty. [More…]
1 think this is a matter in which there should not be any repudiation or delay and in which the Australian Government has a responsibility, as these women are wives, of Australian citizens, to see that they receive the same satisfaction as is often received when there is some . [More…]
In introducing this matter for discussion this afternoon, Senator Murphy undoubtedly did endeavour to create a feeling of panic in the minds of many thousands of Australian citizens who of necessity are covered by insurance of one form or another. [More…]
There is in the hands of Australian citizens a vast sum of capital resources available for commitment if we can do two things. [More…]
aware of the demand by those people and businessmen who live and trade beyond the great metropolitan areas of this country that the communications network which is provided by the Commonwealth be provided to all Australian citizens at the same cost rate? [More…]
the countries of origin of the 7,750 persons who were registered as Australian citizens? [More…]
and (c) The Annual Return to Parliament of persons granted Australian citizenship during 1970-71 by virtue of the grant of certificates of citizenship under Sections 15 and 12 of the Citizenship Act, 1948-1969, provides both a breakdown on a nationality basis of the 27,343 persons naturalised, and the countries of origin of the 7,750 persons who were registered as Australian citizens. [More…]
1 approve of the fact that no distinction is drawn between the eligibility for houses of Australians and migrants who have become Australian citizens. [More…]
1 think they automatically become Australian citizens. [More…]
As British citizens they do not have to take out Australian citizenship in order to become eligible for such benefits, but other migrants have to take out Australian citizenship. [More…]
I cannot give the exact figures, but 1 think that most of them do choose to become Australian citizens. [More…]
1592 that I have placed on the notice paper which seeks clarification of the statues of Australian citizens in the United Kingdom following the enactment of new immigration legislation in that country. [More…]
I would prefer to see that $17m spent on Australian citizens - those who really need it. [More…]
I think I hat one matter which should be examined is the fact that 200,000 people, according to the statement of the Minister for Immigration (Dr Forbes) last week, who are eligible to become Australian citizens have not applied to accept that responsibility. [More…]
They have migrated here, have sought to enter the country on a permanent basis and, in many cases, have made a firm decision not lo accept Australian citizenship. [More…]
I think the matter should be examined in depth so that wc can ascertain the reasons why many thousands of people, not just half a dozen, have come to this country and have decided not to accept Australian citizenship. [More…]
The selection of migrants under a Labor government in the immediate future will be based on the numbers we need, with first preference of selection going to those nominated by Australian citizens. [More…]
As the Minister for the Environment, Aborigines and the Arts (Mr Howson) said in his second reading speech on the States Grants (Aboriginal Advancement) Bill last October, governments throughout Australia are spending some $44m this year on behalf of 140,000 Aborigines and, in addition, as Australian citizens, they also receive social services and other similar benefits. [More…]
Sir, 1 am very concerned that this type of treatment should be meted out to Australian citizens, especially on Christmas Day. [More…]
Tonight we have heard the attitudes of various Opposition senators, and particularly the attitude of Senator Cavanagh, in criticising good Australian citizens who are carrying out their duty for this Parliament and for this Commonwealth. [More…]
Australian citizens who are destitute may be advanced up to $60 without reference to Canberra. [More…]
1 suppose that we reach the stage where in Bills presented to the Parliament we ought to be seeing references, if they are desirable, to Australian citizens. [More…]
Migrants who had been here not long enough to become Australian citizens felt that, being employed in the PostmasterGeneral’s Department and being ready and willing to accept Australian citizenship, they could find themselves in a cleft stick If there happened to be a contraction of the work force. [More…]
Australian citizens who were just as good telephone customers as any other customers not singled out by the union were denied repair service to their telephones, They were denied service and their businesses were disrupted. [More…]
We were able, with the skills and ability of Australian citizens, to develop that industry and we were forced to rely very heavily on it in the course of the Second World War and in subsequent years. [More…]
In general my view has been - and I have expressed it - that there should be an opportunity in Australia at certain points of time to make concession arrangements for group travel within Australia not only for overseas people who want to proceed past capital cities to see Australian tourist attractions and other places, but equally for Australian citizens who may wish to see their own country and who could afford to do so if there were a concession for group travel. [More…]
Will the Commonwealth Government take some action, by extensive publicity or by other means, to warn Australian citizens against unscrupulous travel agencies which are fleecing many hundreds of our citizens by offering false promises of cheap overseas holidays - promises which border on the fraudulent? [More…]
The Commonwealth today through allowing that taxation deduction is subsidising the tobacco companies in the promotion of their product which is damaging the lives of Australian citizens. [More…]
1 said that I thought it was appropriate and proper that the Executive Government of Australia should turn its attention to building a parliament house of which Australian citizens could be equally as proud as members of Parliament. [More…]
As in other countries, the courts situated in the seat of government will be the courts in which, for various procedural reasons, many of the rights of Australian citizens will be protected and pursued by proceedings initiated in those courts. [More…]
Will the Government take action to prevent the embarrassment and humiliation to which Australian citizens of Greek descent are being subjected by the conduct of officials of the [More…]
I emphasise that the Tasmanians are as entitled to an intrastate aerial service’ as other Australian citizens. [More…]
Tasmanians are just as entitled to be able to fly to their north-western and western regions as other Australian citizens in any other State in the Commonwealth are able to fly to remote areas in their States. [More…]
In view of the recent misunderstanding that occurred over a French army call-up notice served on French-born naturalised Australian Mr Thomas Gable, can the Minister supply a list of nations who can or do make such a claim on people born in such countries, but who are now Australian citizens. [More…]
Dual Greek/Australian citizens born in Australia, or those born in Greece, but who departed for Australia legally before the age of 11 years, may enter and remain in Greece for up to one year without incurring any obligation for military sevice; (b) Dual Greek/ Australian citizens bornin Greece may stay in that country for up to 3 months only without incurring any such obligation. [More…]
Does the Prime Minister agree that the provisions of the Ireland Act 1949, enacted by the British Parliament, is an excellent precedent to quote to the British Government in support of Australian citizens’ status when Britain gains Common Market membership. [More…]
It would be appropriate to mention at this point that the Convention makes special provision regarding members of the consular post who are either Australian citizens or who are permanently resident in Australia. [More…]
Under the existing legislation private servants other than those serving the Head of Mission may be subject to the jurisdiction of the Australian courts in respect of acts performed in the course of their duties if they are foreign nationals or foreign residents but immune if they are Australian citizens or residents. [More…]
I ask the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration: Is it a fact that 5 Australian citizens, McLeod, Van Moorst, Lehane and 2 others recently visited Hanoi? [More…]
On the question whether the position of these 5 persons who visited North Vietnam is to be equated to the position of the 3 Australian citizens who have been denied passports because they are significant persons in the employ of the Rhodesian Government, the simple answer to that point is that Australia has been seeking to act in accordance with its international obligations in the case of persons employed by the Rhodesian Government. [More…]
Consular employees of a consular post of an overseas country who are Australian citizens or are ordinarily resident in Australia or in a Territory of the Commonwealth not forming part of the Commonwealth are entitled to immunity from jurisdiction in respect of official acts performed in the exercise of their functions. [More…]
How much expenditure was incurred by the Government recently in assisting Australian citizens who were stranded in Singapore by Travel House of Australia [More…]
Does not the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs think that the attitude of the Greek Government to the military service obligations in that country of Greek born Australian citizens visiting their homeland, coupled with the hard line attitude of the Greek monetary commission in relation to the right of Greek residents in Australia to share in legacies emanating from Greece, justifies an early confrontation between the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs and his Greek counterpart, particularly as Australia has been very liberal as regards remittances from Australia to Greece? [More…]
Other countries which require military service by Australian citizens who hold dual nationality include France and Italy. [More…]
Will the Minister, in order to qualify his statement on the Greek Government which he made earlier during question time in answer to a question which was not asked of him, admit that Australian citizens of Greek descent or of Greek origin have been and are being conscripted into the Greek Army if and when they return to Greece? [More…]
Can he explain the Australian Government’s reluctance to protect Australian citizens against this imposition? [More…]
Will the Government at least pay the outrageous financial penalty which the Greek Government imposes upon Australian citizens who wish to avoid this army service? [More…]
When this is linked with statements by representatives of the Government in Yugoslavia making allegations or repeating allegations which are unsustained and when it is linked with the treatment which is accorded to Australian citizens who have recently been to Yugoslavia, it is a matter which ought to concern all Australians. [More…]
Of course many persons who have committed offences against Australian laws have been deported but the deportations which have occurred are of persons who are not Australian citizens. [More…]
There is a power in respect of certain offences under the Crimes Act whereby persons who may be Australian citizens although they were not born in Australia may be deported. [More…]
I have a number of statutory declarations which testify to treatment of Australian citizens in Yugoslavia which goes beyond the bounds of any treatment we would expect to be accorded to visitors to Australia or to Australian citizens. [More…]
I think that honourable senators in the past have expressed concern about deprivations which Australian citizens have experienced when they have gone to various parts of the world. [More…]
No matter that Australian citizens have gone back to Yugoslavia, they are entitled to the protection of the Australian Government. [More…]
They should be given the option of becoming decent Australian citizens or they should be sent home. [More…]
That the New Australian Council of the Party be made aware of the oath of allegiance sworn by new Australian citizens when being naturalised that I will faithfully observe the laws of Australia and fulfil my duties as an Australian citizen’; [More…]
That as Australian citizens they must accept what is recognised by the Commonwealth Government. [More…]
Senator Mulvihill has asked me on many occasions whether we will amend that provision of the Crimes Act which allows Australian citizens to be deported. [More…]
ls it a fact that 5 other naturalised Australians are at present missing in Yugoslavia, pressure having been exerted upon them to renounce their Australian citizenship? [More…]
Will the Government have the courage to tell the Government of Yugoslavia that it demands that Australian passports be honoured and demands information on these missing Australian citizens? [More…]
I can assure the honourable senator that the Government takes this matter very seriously, but it must inquire into the allegations that are made before it can take any steps which the result of those investigations may necessitate in the national interest and in the protection of the rights of Australian citizens. [More…]
I believe that all Australian citizens should be particularly proud of this action which has been taken by the Government on their behalf. [More…]
Are Australian citizens resident in the Territory of Papua New Guinea, who are members of recognised medical and hospital funds, precluded from receiving Commonwealth benefits on claims made on the funds; if so, will the Acting Minister take whatever action is necessary to ensure that this anomalous situation is rectified. [More…]
1 ask the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs: What is the position of Australian citizens now living in Uganda? [More…]
Great numbers of Australian citizens in recent years have gone to European countries. [More…]
There has been very little trouble of this kind but when it occurs it is up to us to take the strongest of stands on the rights of people to whom we have granted Australian citizenship. [More…]
The number of occasions upon which Australian citizens are losing their freedom in visiting Yugoslavia is becoming far too numerous to be allowed to pass unnoticed or as some vague hoary allegation that they are members of some terrorist outfit. [More…]
My Department is currently examining further measures that may be taken to assist Australian citizens in this difficult area. [More…]
Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs undertake Minister-to-Minister discussions with the Government of Greece about the continued press gang tactics applied to Australian citizens of Greek origin who visit their homeland? [More…]
In view of the new immigration rules published in Britain which have the effect of treating Australian citizens in the same way as aliens, does the Government intend to alter its treatment of British citizens who come to Australia? [More…]
At naturalisation ceremonies migrants are told that they have become Australian citizens and have the rights and privileges of every other Australian. [More…]
I think we have all experienced in recent times the problems of Australian citizens who have gone to such countries. [More…]
But what we are doing here will ensure the protection of Australian citizens and the nation. [More…]
That the action of certain unions in prohibiting tha export of Australian produce is harmful to Australia’s economic health; will create loss of goodwill with customers important to exporters and will eventually lead to loss of income and job opportunities for Australian citizens and, in addition, lower returns to producers, many of whom have suffered great losses owing to seasonal conditions, and that it is of urgent necessity to examine the disparity between farm gate price for meat and the retail price to the public. [More…]
Firstly, on behalf of the Government I congratulate Senator Negus from Western Australia upon his recent marriage.In reply to the honourable gentleman, I am aware that many Australian citizens have been complaining for a long time about the manner in which their telephone accounts have been assessed.Indeed, they have been complaining since long before this Government was elected to office. [More…]
As the custodian of the rights of Australian citizens will it demand an explanation and/ or apology and reparation? [More…]
We acknowledge also that the rights and the wishes of those people who are presently Australian citizens living in the Torres Strait islands have to be considered and they are one of the most important factors to be considered. [More…]
The Australian public ought not be subjected to terrible outrages such as were suffered in Sydney when bombs were used and innocent Australian citizens were injured. [More…]
Australian citizens who wish to ascertain in advance whether they are eligible for admission to the United Kingdom are advised to apply to the British High Commission or its offices in the States for the issue of an entry certificate. [More…]
But what is rejected and what is answered are the Minister’s unjust allegations against the previous administrations whose records stand investigation in such matters as the modification of the means test, broadening of the basis of eligibility for pensions and continuous endeavours to improve the welfare of all Australian citizens. [More…]
Six were Australian citizens and 3 others had previously lived in Australia. [More…]
As though the evidence I have already supplied were not enough to convict the last Government, through its Attorney-General, of misleading the Parliament and the nation, of deceiving a friendly foreign power, of imperilling the lives of Australian citizens by shutting its eyes to the evidence of organised terrorism, there is yet another, perhaps more glaring example of the existence of a dangerous, violent Croatian revolutionary terrorist organisation in Australia. [More…]
I ask the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs whether the Australian Government contem plates discussions with those European countries which seek to impose national service obligations on certain categories of Australian citizens who visit the countries in question. [More…]
It was the duty of the AttorneyGeneral to examine every possible source of information in his endeavour to ensure not only the safety of visiting dignitaries but also the safety of Australian citizens. [More…]
In view of the Attorney-General’s concern - a concern share’s by the Opposition - that the Australian community should not be subjected to terrorism or even the threat of it, will he advise why he has released the film ‘Skyjacked* which deals with the hijacking of aircraft and which could place the lives of Australian citizens in jeopardy, if the showing of the film Flight to Doomsday’ is any guide? [More…]
Is the AttorneyGeneral aware that some Australian citizens are worried about the fact that the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation will now be isolated from security information from many quarters of the world due to the recent visit, raid or call it what you will, on ASIO headquarters by the Attorney-General? [More…]
In taking the action which he did to protect the safety of prominent Australian citizens, including the Prime Minister, and a visiting dignitary of State, did he have in mind the threats of bombings and the actual bombings which occurred previously in the heart of Sydney last September? [More…]
As a number of Australian citizens and others have been attacked or charged in these documents, what arrangements can be made for the persons who have been attacked to obtain copies of the allegations made against them and to whom should they apply for such copies? [More…]
We are concerned to protect the safety of all decent Australian citizens. [More…]
What I am saying, in effect, is that if the Senate disallows these rules, then the Senate in my view can be legitimately charged with negating its responsibilities to thousands of Australian citizens who are personally affected by the rules. [More…]
I repeat that over 30,000 Australian citizens - and how many children none of us would know - are affected directly by the proposal which is before the Senate today. [More…]
Were these people associated with terrorist activities against a friendly nation, namely Yugoslavia, former citizens of that country now domiciled in Australia, and prominent Australian citizens? [More…]
Last week I asked the Attorney-General to investigate cases I mentioned of searches of homes of Australian citizens at night and without search warrants by Commonwealth police who, in 2 instances, possibly were accompanied by Yugoslav secret police. [More…]
If there is none he has monstrously maligned and condemned a group of Australian citizens who have no redress and who will long bear the scars of his action. [More…]
For the 23 years that’ the present Opposition was in government it was prepared to deport Australian citizens. [More…]
Yet the Opposition comes in here and says that we are the people who want to deport Australian citizens. [More…]
We intend to stop it, not by breaching civil liberties or by breaking the law but in the spirit of the actions which we have taken this very day in seeing that naturalised Australian citizens shall not be deported under sections 30a and 30c of the Crimes Act. [More…]
Is this responsible action on the part of a government, an Attorney-General or a department in protecting the lives of Australian citizens? [More…]
As though the evidence I have already supplied were noi enough to convict the last Government, through its Attorney-General, of misleading the Parliament and the nation, of deceiving a friendly foreign power, of imperilling the lives of Australian citizens . [More…]
The life of a terrorist was insignificant in comparison with the lives of Australian citizens going about their normal duty. [More…]
But what was the decision of the man who was the guardian of the safety of Australian citizens? [More…]
Therefore, admitting that he was dangerous and that he was a danger to the safety of Australia, Senator Greenwood’s concern was the consideration of the terrorist, not the safety of Australian citizens. [More…]
The whole question is that the then Attorney-General, who acknowledged the existence of terrorist organisations in Australia, while saying ‘We leave it to the Department of Immigration’, was making an appeal to the Department of Immigration to protect this individual - whether he is in gaol or not - despite the danger to the safety of Australian citizens. [More…]
Let him answer this: There is an accusation about Senator Greenwood’s support in protecting a dangerous terrorist who remained in Australia at a time when Senator Greenwood acknowledged he was in danger to Australian citizens and when Senator Greenwood admitted there was a possibility of danger. [More…]
There has been a frank submission - despite the threat to the safety of Australian citizens - that honourable senators want such a man here. [More…]
Australian citizens have been accused publicly in this Parliament of crimes of violence without being able to defend themselves. [More…]
But I have heard disturbing accounts from Australian citizens who have come from Croatia many years ago. [More…]
They have come to Australia to be good Australian citizens. [More…]
What a blight on the Australian community it is when the chief law officer of this country names Australian citizens against whom one charge has never been laid. [More…]
He also had the duty to protect the lives and welfare of Australian citizens. [More…]
Had he not done what he did he would have been guilty of dereliction of duty because of the threat to the life of a visiting dignitary and to the lives of Australian citizens. [More…]
The simple fact of life is that on the evidence presented to this Government we had to take action to protect the life of a visiting Prime Minister and,indeed, the lives of Australian citizens. [More…]
I believe that instead of the Senate having to consider this motion of want of confidence in the Attorney-General, this Australian Parliament, having regard to the interests and welfare of the Australian people, should be lauding the activities of the Attorney-General, and I believe that no matter what our friends in the Opposition do, the Australian people will applaud him for the -action he took to protect the lives and welfare of Australian citizens and visiting dignitary to this country. [More…]
But we have to realise that what has happened - the allegations of terrorism and other allegations which have been made - has inspired in the minds of many Australian citizens and Australian residents of overseas origin a fear that they may be sent back to their country of origin. [More…]
But I believe that it is necessary to point out that the mere mention of extradition or deportation at the present time puts many Australian citizens of overseas origin and many Australian residents of overseas origin into a state of panic. [More…]
This limitation applies to Australian residents as well as to Australian citizens. [More…]
Now they want to drag more blood out of a man who did something which he believed had to be done to protect the life of a visiting dignitary, to protect the life of the Australian Prime Minister (Mr Whitlam), to protect the lives of Ministers of this country and indeed to protect the lives of decent Australian citizens. [More…]
How many trials must a man go through because he has taken the attitude that there are in the Australian community elements which rely on assault, extortion, violence and thuggery, which have secretive possession of dangerous and harmful weapons and explosives and which should be dealt with efficiently and quickly to protect the lives of Australian citizens, including many of those who have come to Australia from Croatia? [More…]
But, when it comes to a matter that was literally one of life or death, when it comes to a matter of the Attorney-General taking firm action to protect the lives and welfare of Australian citizens and action to protect sections of the Australian community from bombings, honourable senators opposite react as though we were as bad as the people who commit these atrocious acts. [More…]
The Council for Civil Liberties, which is in no way involved with the DLP and which nobody would accuse of operating on a political basis, as reported in this week’s edition of the ‘Bulletin’ gave an interview to one of that journal’s reporters in which the gravest concern was expressed about the procedures adopted in the case of the raids on a number of Australian citizens and residents. [More…]
As an example of the need for an inquiry in the interests of the civil rights of Australian citizens, I wish to read a sworn declaration. [More…]
We do not find it horrifying that these people might have this romantic belief in an independent Croatia but we say: You are not going to be allowed, under this Government, to pursue these romantic dreams with gelignite and rifles at the expense of your fellow countrymen, most of whom are not interested in these romantic dreams, and especially to the danger of Australian citizens who may happen to be walking around when one of your bombs goes off. [More…]
Is the Treasurer aware that a large number of Australian citizens are becoming worried by the amount of Government spending that has been promised since the Labor Government came into office; if so, (a) what is the anticipated extra expenditure in this financial year, and (b) what is the anticipated deficit for this financial year. [More…]
Australian citizens were executed in Yugoslavia, was the day after the day - or, on Senator Murphy’s explanation today, 2 days after the day - on which the dawn raids were made on the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation headquarters in Melbourne? [More…]
Some of these were raised by the Minister for Foreign Affairs with the Yugoslav Government after this announcement was made, and include the right of the Australian Government to be informed and to be able to take action in respect of persons who, although Yugoslav citizens, are also Australian citizens. [More…]
Yes, we are very concerned about the rights of Australian citizens. [More…]
My question, which I direct to the Special Minister of State, refers to the 3 Australian citizens who were executed in a foreign country. [More…]
I refer to the conviction and execution of 3 Australian citizens in Yugoslavia, and ask the Minister assisting the Prime Minister: Has the Commonwealth Government sought to obtain a transcript of the evidence of the trials and of subsequent appeals in this matter? [More…]
Do the records of the Department of Foreign Affairs indicate that the then Australian Ambassador to Yugoslavia made any representations whatever to the Yugoslav Government seeking information regarding the arrest of Australian citizens, which became public knowledge soon after the Bosnian incursion? [More…]
If no such representations were made, was this not an indication that the then Minister for Foreign Affairs was completely disinterested in the incident and the fate of those Australian citizens? [More…]
-I ask the Special Minister of State in his capacity as Minister assisting the Minister for Foreign Affairs whether the- Prime Minister, the Special Minister of State or any other Australian Minister or official questioned the Yugoslav Prime Minister, Mr Bijedic, or any other member of his party during their Australian visit in regard to the detention or execution of any Australian citizens or residents by the Yugoslav Government? [More…]
What specific evidence is in the possession of the Australian Government which has linked each or any of the- 4 Australian citizens executed or imprisoned ‘in Yugoslavia with .any alleged Croatian terrorist activities in Australia? [More…]
In view of the deep national concern regarding the execution of Australian citizens in Yugoslavia and the concern expressed in this chamber, as well as the multiplicity of questions addressed to him over various areas of this whole matter, will he consider laying down, for the information of the Senate, the Parliament and the nation, a statement on the whole of the information in the hands of the Government relating to the Bosnian raid and the execution of these citizens so that the whole matter may then be displayed for the information of Australia and this chamber? [More…]
My question, which is directed to the Special Minister of State in his capacity as Minister Assisting the Prime Minister, refers to the execution of Australian citizens in Yugoslavia and in particular to reports that some persons who did not take part in the so-called Bosnian incident were arrested while visiting relatives. [More…]
I ask: Was there any discussion during the visit to Australia of the Yugoslav Prime Minister of the rights of holders of Australian passports, particularly Australian citizens born in Yugoslavia who are visiting Yugoslavia? [More…]
I ask: Was he personally aware at the time when the Yugoslav Prime Minister visited Australia of the detailed records available in the Department of Foreign Affairs of numerous Australian citizens not connected with any alleged Bosnian raid being imprisoned and, in at least 2 cases, killed while visiting Yugoslavia? [More…]
I ask, in view of the obviously private nature of the discussions which took place between himself and the Yugoslav Ambassador on 9th April, whether the Attorney-General has sought to ascertain who was responsible for making public to the Press the substance of what the Yugoslav Ambassador told him about the execution of 3 Australian citizens in Yugoslavia. [More…]
Earlier today he stated that the Australian Labor Government had lodged a protest with the Yugoslav Government at the execution of the 3 Australian citizens. [More…]
It is anomalous and archaic for Australian citizens to litigate their differences in another country before judges appointed by the government of that other country. [More…]
Under the Christmas Island Act 1958, adults who were British subjects and ordinarily resident on the Island on 1st October 1958 could opt for Australian citizenship within 2 years of that date. [More…]
Those who were not 21 years on that date could opt for Australian citizenship on turning 21 years and up to 2 years thereafter. [More…]
People born on Christmas Island on or after 1st October 1958 are Australian citizens by birth. [More…]
At 30th June 1972, 497 Asian residents of Christmas Island were Australian citizens by birth or exercise of an option. [More…]
The remainder have Australian citizenship - about 500 - or undetermined citizenship - about 90. [More…]
Those Asian residents who are not contract or fixed term workers and who are Australian citizens will be entitled to residence in Australia on application. [More…]
Those Asian residents who are not contract or fixed term workers and who are not Australian citizens will be accepted for residence in Australia on application subject to availability of employment and accommodation and to health and character checks where deemed necessary. [More…]
The Christmas Island Acf will also be amended to enable young people on the Island who may now under that Act opt for Australian citizenship at 21 years, to opt from 16 years with parents’ consent. [More…]
This would bring Christmas Island into line with Australia, where young migrants may become Australian citizens at 16 years with parents’ consent. [More…]
That Australian citizens place great value on the sanctity of human life and the physical mental and social welfare of mothers and children. [More…]
I refer to the 3 Australian citizens Nikola Raspudic, Ante Melicevic and Stevan Coly who were arrested 8 or 9 months ago while holidaying in Yugoslavia and have not since been released. [More…]
refers to the execution of Australian citizens in Yugoslavia and in particular to reports that some persons who did not take part in the so-called Bosnian incident were arrested while visiting relatives. [More…]
When, where and in what circumstances were the 3 Australian citizens - Horvat, Keskic and Vlashnovic - arrested in Yugoslavia? [More…]
What specific evidence is in the possession of the Australian Government which has linked each or any of the 4 Australian citizens executed or imprisoned in Yugoslavia with any alleged Croatian terrorist activities in Australia? [More…]
Although he refused yesterday to give the details of the conversation with the Ambassador on matters other than this, will he give to the Senate candidly and fully the substance of the conversation which he had with the Ambassador when the Ambassador told him that 3 Australian citizens had been shot, having regard to the fact that that information was contrary to all information that his Government had on the subject up to that minute? [More…]
Was the date of the execution of the 3 Australian citizens in Yugoslavia - 17th March 1973 - 3 days prior to the visit to Australia of the Yugoslav Prime Minister, Mr Bijedic? [More…]
Does not this calendar of events emphasise further the strong possibility that the 3 Australian citizens were innocent to insurgent activities? [More…]
If not, for what reasons were massive security precautions maintained by the Yugoslav Government during the trials, appeals and imprisonment over 9 months of these 3 Australian citizens? [More…]
In view of the fact that the Prime Minister has seen fit to confer with the Chief Minister for Papua New Guinea, Mr Somare, on the Torres Strait Islands border issue, and considering the statement attributed to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs recently in the Press, has the Prime Minister taken any steps to confer with -the leaders of the Torres Strait Islands people and the Queensland Government on a matter which is of great importance in the lives of many Australian citizens? [More…]
The Senate has heard about the false facts that were given to this Government and the previous Government by Yugoslavia in regard to the execution and murder of 3 Australian citizens in Yugoslavia. [More…]
That Australian citizens place great value on the sanctity of human life and the physical, mental and social welfare of mothers and children. [More…]
Is it true that the Federal Labor Government is concerned to preserve the civil rights of Australian citizens? [More…]
Is it a fact that several of the citizens mentioned by the Attorney-General in his statement to the Senate some weeks ago on the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and Croatian terrorism by inference asserted that certain Australian citizens were terrorists? [More…]
Why did the present Government not seek information from the Yugoslav Government on the fate and/ or the whereabouts of the 10 Australian citizens allegedly still missing in Yugoslavia and referred to by the Prime Minister yesterday, until 19th April this year - that is about 5 days after the Prime Minister informed us that he was aware that 3 Australian citizens had been executed? [More…]
While we are granting a benefit to individuals which will be paid for by the hard work of Australian citizens, some honourable senators say: ‘Please use moderation in what you are doing’. [More…]
That Australian citizens place great value on the sanctity of human life and the physical, mental and social welfare of mothers and children. [More…]
These people are now Australian citizens who have come from other countries, from Europe - and their names are mentioned. [More…]
It is the matter of the protection of Australian citizens in this country, lt is as vital as. [More…]
if not more vital than, the protection of Australian citizens from atomic fallout or anything else. [More…]
This is the protection of Australian citizens from trespass by their own people in this country at the instance of forces which cannot be accepted, much less tolerated in Australia. [More…]
The purpose of this Bill is to repeal those provisions of the Crimes Act 1914-1966 which permit Australian citizens to be deported from Australia. [More…]
The Government has in recent weeks given a number of assurances that Australian citizens will not be deported. [More…]
Accordingly, subclause 7(2) of the Bill applies to offences committed by Australian citizens anywhere in the world and to offences involving either Australian Government or visiting government aircraft. [More…]
An attempt is being made to’ draw a red herring across the trail with respect to what this Government is trying to do to protect Australian citizens from this’ type of activity. [More…]
It was the Attorney-General who failed to tell the Government of the day the key fact that he had been told by the Yugoslavs that 3 Australian citizens had been executed - and the evidence how suggests that they were murdered. [More…]
Will the Minister examine the situation carefully with a view to withdrawing the offer and using the money saved to make grants to Australian States in an endeavour to reduce death taxes on Australian citizens by lifting the exemption to $50,000 before tax is applied. [More…]
That Australian citizens place great value on the rights of individuals; [More…]
That Australian citizens believe that abortion should be a matter for individual decision; [More…]
do not mind if there are in Australia secret agents of the Yugoslav Government; we do not mind if in fact it is true that they are intimidating Australian citizens who do not hold - they are quite entitled not to do so - to a belief in the present Yugoslav regime’? [More…]
Does the Australian Government and the Attorney-General, who is singularly inattentive, not regard seriously the fact that the Yugoslav Government falsely represented to the Australian Government the circumstances of the arerst and ultimate death of 3 Australian citizens? [More…]
Surely a government, if it is responsible for its Australian citizens, would say: ‘We will put on query the circumstances of these men.’ [More…]
I claim that people like these 2 persons have no desire to become Australian citizens. [More…]
That Australian citizens place great value on the sanctity of human life and the physical, mental and social welfare of mothers and children. [More…]
Government in the Senate and Attorney-General, and which requested information as to which of those Australian citizens named by him as terrorists had been charged and convicted of any crime in Australia? [More…]
I refer to my earlier question as to whether any explanation was offered by the Yugoslav Government as to why successive Australian Governments were misled by the Yugoslav Government about the execution of 3 Australian citizens. [More…]
What steps, if any, are being taken by the Australian Government to protect Australian citizens overseas and to have Australian citizenship recognised by such governments as that in Yugoslavia? [More…]
With respect to each of the persons who had been in Australia at some time (a) which of them (naming them) were naturalised Australian citizens, (b) how long had each of them (naming them) been in Australia, (c) when had each such person (naming them) left Australia, (d) in respect of each such person (at the time when he last left Australia) did he have (i) an Australian passport, (ii) a Yugoslav passport, (iii) any other passport, and (iv) a re-entry permit. [More…]
However, a formal protest has since been made about the executions and an assurance has been sought that Australian Government officials will be granted consular access to any other Australian citizens being held in Yugoslavia. [More…]
Australian citizens have been fortunate over many years in having had this 20 per cent tolerance. [More…]
The guiding principle for the Government in the vitally important matter of the grant of Australian citizenship is that there should not be discrimination between different groups of settlers seeking to join the family of the nation. [More…]
Wherever they were born, whatever their nationality, whatever the colour of their complexion, they should all be able to become Australian citizens under just the same conditions. [More…]
People from any of the Commonwealth countries - now numbering no less than 31 - have in the past been in a distinctive, and in the Government’s view, an anomalous position in regard to the conditions under which they could become Australian citizens. [More…]
It is important to end the confusion which has been permitted to continue since the Citizenship Act of 1949 and the use of terminology which has given many Australian the mistaken impression they are not only Australian citizens but also citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. [More…]
Australian citizens have, however, the additional right and description of possessing the common nationality of the Commonwealth of Nations, called in some [More…]
At this point let me make it perfectly clear that the Bill does not change the situation whereby citizens <>f the 31 Commonwealth countries, whether they become Australian citizens or not, continue to have the status of British or Commonwealth of Nations subjects and as such have privileges such as the vote and eligibility to be appointed to public services under other Acts of Parliament. [More…]
It is, however, recognised that citizens of these countries who have settled in Australia should be able to keep their present status under our law for a transitional period of 2 years during which they will be encouraged to become Australian citizens. [More…]
Does the Acting Leader of the Government recall the concern of the Senate when Senator Murphy, the AttorneyGeneral, in his statement to the Senate on Croatian organisations, asserted that certain Australian citizens whom he named were terrorists? [More…]
I ask the Minister assisting the Minister for foreign Affairs whether it is a fact that the Government still has received no explanation of why successive Australian governments were misled by the Yugoslav Government about the execution of 3 Australian citizens? [More…]
What steps has the Government taken to assist the unfortunate Australian citizens who are the victims of a defiance of the Prime Minister’s requests by trade unions which have taken control of the institution of government? [More…]
I refer the Minister to the bans and boycotts imposed by the Australian Council of Trade Unions, and unions subject to its dictates, on trade and communications with France, the recripocal action reported to have been taken by France against Qantas Airways Ltd, the refusal by French authorities to handle mail to Australia and the stranding of numerous Australian citizens in New Caledonia. [More…]
It is anolomous and offensive to suggest that some Australian citizens who are not natural born may be deported at the discretion of the Attorney-General and we welcome therefore the opportunity when it is presented to us to indicate our complete support of the Government in the repeal of these provisions. [More…]
We support the Bill because there is clearly a need to allay the fears which this Government has created amongst a lot of people that naturalised Australian citizens will not be deported and there is no law which will enable them to be deported. [More…]
Attitudes have changed and the Government and the Opposition are as one in maintaining that there is an absolute equality of treatment which must be accorded to all Australian citizens irrespective of whether they be natural born or naturalised and that Australian’s who are not natural born Australians should not be deported. [More…]
That Australian citizens place great value on the sanctity of human life and the physical, mental and social welfare of mothers and children. [More…]
With Senator Murphy presenting a case to the International Court of Justice in The Hague on French nuclear tests and the rights and protection of humanity, can the Minister say whether the AttorneyGeneral will be returning home via Yugoslavia in order to have discussions with the heads of Government in that country on the rights and protection of Australian citizens in Yugoslavia and, further, to ascertain whether any Australians are being held in custody there? [More…]
Has the Australian Government yet received information from the Yugoslav Government about the fate and whereabouts of the 9 Australian citizens missing in Yugoslavia since about the middle of last year? [More…]
Earlier today I addressed a question to the Minister assisting the Prime Minister and referred to the possibility of Senator Murphy coming home via Yugoslavia so that he could look into various aspects of the human right1: of Australian citizens in that country. [More…]
Is the Minister aware that Australian citizens who are selected as members of the State police forces to serve abroad in the United Nations peace keeping forces are not covered by repatriation benefits while others fulfilling a similar role in a military sense are covered? [More…]
In view of the Government’s deep commitment to supporting and upholding the principles of the United Nations, will he take steps to correct this anomaly so that all Australian citizens who serve abroad in peace keeping forces under the sponsorship of the United Nations will receive full repatriation cover? [More…]
It is the policy of the Government that the dual system of national and commercial radio and television shall continue to operate and be available to as many Australian citizens as is possible. [More…]
Will the Commonwealth Government take action to obtain possession of these coins and thus preserve them intact for the benefit of all Australian citizens? [More…]
The major effect of this mode of payment has been to enable Aboriginal recipients of social service benefits to exercise the same control over their use as other Australian citizens. [More…]
Australia, because of its size, is one of the most air minded nations in the world and consequently most Australian citizens at some time or another travel on its domestic airlines. [More…]
Early in his speech the Minister said that settlers ‘should all be able to become Australian citizens under just the same conditions’. [More…]
If they do not make this registration, after 5 years all they have to do is notify the Department of Immigration and by the act of notification they automatically become Australian citizens. [More…]
The present process of registration as Australian citizens, to which I have just referred, is taken away from them. [More…]
The only road to Australian citizenship is via 3 years residency and then a naturalisation or citizenship ceremony. [More…]
As all honourable senators know, Australian citizens cannot retain Australian nationality after they have voluntarily acquired citizenship or nationality in another country. [More…]
I point out that we as a country should be very wary of any possible implication flowing from the removal of the renunciation provisions of the oath that Australia tolerates any other nation interfering with the liberties of Australian citizens. [More…]
By removing the renunciation there is an implication that we tolerate other nations interfering with the liberties of Australian citizens. [More…]
So, we certainly wish that new term well as it is designed to improve the quality of Australian citizens. [More…]
Those factors at the same time provide for and allow a selective process whereby the quality of Australian citizens can be maintained. [More…]
I for one cannot see why British citizens cannot obtain Australian citizenship earlier than 3 years after their arrival here. [More…]
In most cases no language barriers arise between British migrants and Australians; people from British countries are able to fit immediately into our society and, if they so desire, after being here 12 months may become Australian citizens. [More…]
The responsibility of Australian citizenship should not be taken lightly. [More…]
It seems to me that by deleting the section of the Act relating to renunciation of a migrant’s previous nationality, this Bill will give to those people most of the rights of Australian citizenship without p’acing on them the responsibilities of that citizenship. [More…]
Australian citizens may not agree with the conditions that now operate in their former countries. [More…]
I do not see why persons seeking to become Australian citizens should not similarly take oaths or affirmations in which the monarchy is mentioned. [More…]
Australia extends citizenship to all those who marry Australian citizens. [More…]
These things are expressed, of course, in this Australian Citizenship Bill. [More…]
This is even more important than wanting them to join us as Australian citizens. [More…]
Has the Government any information of any description which confirms, or tends to confirm, the statement of the Yugoslav Government that the execution of three Australian citizens was carried out by firing squad on 17 March 1973. [More…]
Docs the Government consider that Australian citizens are not mature enough to form their own judgments on where they should travel and the nature of the regimes of such countries? [More…]
Are the 2 men Australian citizens? [More…]
If they are Australian citizens, why was the Australian Embassy in Yugoslavia not informed of their detention and trial? [More…]
I am told that there are some Press reports about a trial in Yugoslavia of persons who the honourable senator says - I accept what he says - may be Australian citizens and who may well be citizens of Yugoslavia also. [More…]
I do know that the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs has already indicated in this chamber that certain information has been sought about events in Yugoslavia concerning Australian citizens who may be of Yugoslav nationality. [More…]
Seven claimed to be naturalised Australian citizens. [More…]
(2) (3) and (4) The actions of Australian citizens and organisations have to be understood in the light of the situation that has been created by the carrying out by the French Government of atmospheric nuclear tests in open disregard of a ruling of the world’s highest judicial tribunal, the International Court of Justice. [More…]
Can the Minister representing the Minister for Defence say whether there has been a change of procedure with respect of recruitment of naturalised Australian citizens wishing to undertake officer training courses at Australian naval colleges? [More…]
Also it draws to the attention of Australian citizens who happen to be present on such an occasion that this declaration is something of the greatest importance. [More…]
The renunciation segment of the ceremony reminds Australian citizens that citizenship is costly and must be taken very seriously. [More…]
Another argument in favour of retention also relates to section 1 7 of the Australian Citizenship Act. [More…]
The inclusion of the renunciation says to all Australian citizens that once voluntarily accepting a new citizenship they have lost their Australian citizenship. [More…]
The present Australian position shows the seriousness with which Australia considers and expects any citizen to treat Australian citizenship. [More…]
I welcome persons who come to Australia and I am hopeful that they will become Australian citizens but I believe that acceptance of Australian citizenship carries with it some fundamental obligations. [More…]
Of course dual nationality is something which an act of renunciation on the part of a person taking out Australian citizenship will not in any way overcome. [More…]
If Italy, Greece or Yugoslavia- to mention 3 countries in relation to which dual nationality problems have arisenasserts a claim or seeks to exact an obligation from one of the native born citizens of those countries then the fact that those persons have become Australian citizens and have formally renounced the citizenship of their country of birth will not persuade those countries to take any other attitude. [More…]
It is a problem which is at the very root of the problems of dual nationality which, unfortunately, an increasing number of Australian citizens have been experiencing in recent times. [More…]
Put in that bold form, it means that there is a significant number of Australian citizens in respect of whom the Australian Government is binding itself to say nothing, to do nothing and to assert nothing when they are in trouble. [More…]
I think that Australian citizenship requires something more from the Government of Australia than an attitude which I believe is as weak as that. [More…]
We evolved through a pattern of being simply British subjects to a stage where we were British subjects and Australian citizens. [More…]
I would have thought that today we are proud to be Australian citizens and that the British connection is part of our history, of our sentiment and of our culture for a large number of people in this country. [More…]
I believe, notwithstanding that there are some migrant Australians who may object to the fact that they have to renounce an allegiance, that we should insist and continue to insist that migrants accept Australian citizenship and renounce all other citizenships, and that that be the test and measure of becoming an Australian citizen. [More…]
But in terms of formal constitutional relationships and the obligations which the law imposes, I think we should insist, as far as we are able, upon Australian citizenship. [More…]
The Government, in considering this amendment to the oath of allegiance, was mindful of public reaction to its first proposal which would require prospective Australian citizens to swear to uphold the Australian Constitution. [More…]
The Minister surely would recognise that in the community today 700,000 people or more- a considerable part of the migrant community- have felt fit to become Australian citizens and have not been concerned about the fact that they had to renounce all other allegiance. [More…]
They have come willingly and been prepared to say what their stand is by becoming Australian citizens and by identifying themselves with us. [More…]
Senator Davidson made a point about some 700,000 people having come from far distant lands and deciding to become Australian citizens and who have renounced their allegiance to their original homelands. [More…]
Many of these one million people have not become naturalised Australian citizens because, whatever be the reason- emotional or for some other reasonthey have not been able to say publicly that they renounce the citizenship of their original homeland. [More…]
We believe that by the removal of that renunciation principle, which was a unanimous recommendation of the citizenship committee to the Minister in January of this year, we are acting on the unanimous advice of that committee and on the advice of the Department in accordance with the wishes of the Australian people and in accordance with the wishes of many people who would become naturalised Australian citizens but for the fact that they have to renounce the citizenship of their original homeland. [More…]
What has happened is this: The Senate, recognising what was contained in a Bill which the Government itself had introduced about the royal style and titles of the sovereign, inserted in the oath of allegiance to be subscribed to by prospective Australian citizens the following words: [More…]
The humble Petition of undersigned citizens of Australia respectfully showeth: that the proposed ‘Free’ National Health Scheme is not free at all and will cost four out of five Australians more than the present scheme: that the proposed scheme is discriminatory and a further erosion of the civil liberties of Australian citizens, particularly working wives and single persons: that the proposed scheme is in fact a plan for nationalised medicine which will lead to gross waste and inefficiencies in medical services and will ultimately remove an individual ‘s right to choose his/her own doctor. [More…]
That the proposed scheme is discriminatory and a further erosion of the civil liberties of Australian citizens, particularly working wives and single persons: [More…]
But there is no general restriction on private travel to Taiwan by Australian citizens travelling on ordinary passports and, in the case of others, in their civilian capacity. [More…]
(a) (b) (c) and (d): Although the Australian Government deplores recent events in Uganda, the internal affairs of that country are not the direct concern of the Australian Government, especially as no Australian citizens have been involved. [More…]
The actions of Australian citizens or organisations in protesting against the carrying out by the French Government of atmospheric nuclear tests in the Pacific have to be understood in the light of the open disregard by France of the ruling of the International Court of Justice and the relative effects on the Australian environment of fall-out from French and Chinese tests (see the answer given in the Senate on IS May 1973 to Question No. [More…]
Since 1 949 many hundreds of thousands of people have come to this country as migrants and are now Australian citizens. [More…]
Can the Minister give to the Senate any information concerning the position of relatives in Chile of Australian citizens? [More…]
Now the position will continue indefinitely where those second class Australian citizens have to hang up their telephones a little after sundown and not use them again until after breakfast the next morning. [More…]
That the proposed scheme is discriminatory and a further erosion of the civil liberties of Australian citizens, particularly working wives and single persons; [More…]
That petition contained the signatures of 346 Australian citizens. [More…]
1 ) That Australian citizens place great value on their freedom to choose their own doctor in all aspects of medical care. [More…]
Australian citizens are not being asked in this plan to leave it to the Government. [More…]
I would hope that legislation could be introduced to deal with such actions which, if carried out extensively, would seriously diminish the dignity of Australian citizens. [More…]
They are not Australian citizens. [More…]
Honourable senators will be pleased to know that an understanding in principle was reached between the 2 sides on travel from China to Australia by relatives of Australian citizens of Chinese descent and Chinese citizens residing in Australia. [More…]
I support these 2 very important Bills which are designed to assist Australian citizens who have a handicap of some nature. [More…]
A large proportion of migrants claim that, whether or not they become Australian citizens, they will always be thought of as migrants. [More…]
1 ) That Australian citizens place great value on their freedom to choose their own doctor in all aspects of medical care. [More…]
That the proposed scheme is discriminatory and a further erosion of the civil liberties of Australian citizens, particularly working wives and single persons; [More…]
It is designed to remove the anomaly that Australian citizens in our mainland Territories have no voice or vote in constitutional referendums. [More…]
There are 264,000 Australian citizens in the 2 Territories- the Australian Capital Territory, including Jervis Bay, and the Northern Territory- of whom 130,700 are voters. [More…]
1 ) That Australian citizens place great value on their freedom to choose their own doctor in all aspects of medical care. [More…]
But I point out to the honourable senator that clauses 7, 10 and 14 of the Bill provide that recipients of assistance must be Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia. [More…]
that the parents of the prescribed person are Australian citizens; [More…]
that the parents of the prescribed person are Australian citizens; [More…]
1 ) That Australian citizens place great value on their freedom to choose their own doctor in all aspects of medical care. [More…]
Is it arbitrary or excessive power to amend the Crimes Act and the Immigration Act so that no longer naturalised Australian citizens will be eligible for deportation from this country? [More…]
1 ) That Australian citizens place great value on their freedom to choose their own doctor in all aspects of medical care. [More…]
Can the Minister explain why the Prime Minister accepts this foreign knighthood while at the same time he rejects knighthoods being conferred upon Australian citizens by the Queen of Australia? [More…]
1 ) That Australian citizens place great value on their freedom to choose their own doctor in all aspects of medical care. [More…]
1 ) That Australian citizens place great value on their freedom to choose their own doctor in all aspects of medical care. [More…]
Is the Minister aware of the financial burden placed on Australian citizens, particularly those who live in less densely populated areas, who attempt to provide funds for homes for the aged, a policy which is encouraged by all policital parties? [More…]
1 ) That Australian citizens place great value on their freedom to choose their own doctor in all aspects of medical care. [More…]
Are Australian citizens described as ‘Australian citizens with the status of British subjects’? [More…]
Can the Minister give me some information on the position relating to the United Kingdom and Commonwealth country migrants as far as Australian citizenship is concerned? [More…]
That Australian citizens place great value on their freedom to choose their own doctor in all aspects of medical care. [More…]
During the recess I have had numerous letters from Australian citizens who have had the misfortune to become ill overseas. [More…]
That Australian citizens place great value on their freedom to choose their own doctor in all aspects of medical care. [More…]
Does the forced acceptance of a Yugoslav passport place such Australian citizens under the civil and military laws of Yugoslavia, including the right of the Yugoslav Government to withdraw the passports and actually to hold the people in the country? [More…]
Minister realise the real dangers to life and liberty of Australian citizens arising out of such coercion? [More…]
Will the Government, in order to assert the full civil liberties of all Australian citizens, take steps to ensure that an Australian passport alone is necessary for the protection of Australian citizens when travelling abroad? [More…]
-The Treasurer announced in the presentation of his Budget in the Parliament last August that the Government, in accordance with its policies of open government and in genuine endeavour to inform the Australian people, would be undertaking an extensive advertising campaign in order to inform the Australian people of the responsibilities of Parliament, the executive and government generally and also to inform the Australian community about the rights and privileges of Australian citizens. [More…]
There is a great deal in this Bill about Parliament being elected directly by the people, with a vote being guaranteed for everybody over the age of 18 years, including Australian citizens who have had a reasonable period of residence in an electorate. [More…]
The first principle is that in future, although the vote is being guaranteed to all Australian citizens over the age of 18 years, electorates are to be drawn up in such a way that all the people, including children- presumably even babies- unnaturalised Australians and others who do not enrol, will be included. [More…]
This is from Opposition senators who, when in power, were prepared to gaol young men for their convictions about the war in Vietnam, to deny Australian citizens the right to travel outside their own country, and to implement a whole number of issues which denied the normal democratic liberties which we defend in this country and regard as an inalienable right. [More…]
Average Australian citizens, without any hesitation, would say ‘Oh yes, we believe that the Australian people should own their own resources’, until they start to think further. [More…]
That Australian citizens place great value on their freedom to choose their own doctor in all aspects of medical care. [More…]
And whereas the Australian Government has endorsed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights but has, to date, failed to implement Article 20, Sections 1 and 2 of the said Declaration and therefore denied Australian Citizens the rights inherent in that Declaration. [More…]
While much is said about freedom, after 18 months of Labor Government not many people can really point the finger and say that this Government has in any way detracted from the civil liberties of Australian citizens. [More…]
Can the Minister explain to the Senate where a benefit will occur to the Australian economy or to Australian citizens in general by an increase in the interest rates paid by those who have existing home loans? [More…]
Is the Minister aware that many Australian citizens believe that this could form a base for terrorist activities in Australia? [More…]
Aboriginals as Australian citizens are met and about the ways in which Government expenditure in Aboriginal affairs is managed and the extent to which Aboriginals can and should control this expenditure. [More…]
I do not believe that it was ever the intention of the founding fathers to place some Australian citizens in a different position from other Australian citizens. [More…]
Daniels nor the others involved are Australian citizens. [More…]
The Labor Party could not care less about the democratic rights of Australian citizens to enjoy equality of representation in this Parliament. [More…]
We of the Australian Country Party would be failing in our duty if we did not fight with all our power to protect the limited rights of country people and to fight to secure for country people something approaching the equality of representation to which they, as Australian citizens, are entitled. [More…]
The people of Norfolk Island, who are also Australian citizens, are going to petition the United Nations because of the Government’s maladministration. [More…]
But the real importance and significance of the National Investment Fund to the Australian people is that it will enable not only foreign investors and Australian financial institutions but also Australian citizens- be they wealthy or relatively poor- who wish to invest in the expansion of the Australian economy to have a slice of the cake, as it were, and to invest through the National Investment Fund in great national enterprises. [More…]
There are other occasions upon which Australian citizens have journeyed overseas in the service of their country and would not have been allowed to leave the service of their country. [More…]
Whereas the six million people of the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, occupied and unlawfully annexed by the Soviet Union, have been deprived of freedom, Human Rights and civil liberties and are therefore unable to express their will, we the undersigned Australian citizens of Baltic origin humbly petition the Senate to express its moral support to the rights of the Baltic States to freedom and self-determination. [More…]
Whereas the six million people of the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, occupied and unlawfully annexed by the Soviet Union, have been deprived of freedom, Human Rights and civil liberties and are therefore unable to express their will, we the undersigned Australian citizens of Baltic origin humbly petition the Senate to express its moral support to the rights of the Baltic States to freedom and self-determination. [More…]
That the Australian Government’s diplomatic action to recognize officially the incorporation of the Baltic States into the Soviet Union has been taken contrary to the Prime Minister’s assurances to Australian citizens of Baltic origin given as recently as the 17th May 1974. [More…]
It is not proposed to change the ‘status quo’ concerning the enrolment and voting entitlement of Australian citizens permanently domiciled in external territories. [More…]
Whereas the six million people of the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, occupied and unlawfully annexed by the Soviet Union, have been deprived of freedom, human rights and civil liberties and are therefore unable to express their will, we the undersigned Australian citizens of Baltic origin humbly petition the Senate to express its moral support to the rights of the Baltic States to freedom and self-determination. [More…]
That Australian citizens place great value on their freedom to choose their own doctor in all aspects of medical care. [More…]
Whereas the six million people of the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, occupied and unlawfully annexed by the Soviet Union, have been deprived of freedom, Human Rights and civil liberties and are therefore unable to express their will, we the undersigned Australian citizens of Baltic origin humbly petition the Senate to express its moral support to the rights of the Baltic States to freedom and self-determination. [More…]
Whereas the six million people of the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, occupied and unlawfully annexed by the Soviet Union, have been deprived of freedom, human rights and civil liberties and are therefore unable to express their will, we the undersigned Australian citizens of Baltic origin humbly petition the Senate to express its moral support to the rights of the Baltic States to freedom and self-determination. [More…]
That the Australian Government’s diplomatic action to recognize officially the incorporation of the Baltic States into the Soviet Union has been taken contrary to the Prime Minister’s assurances to Australian citizens of Baltic origin given as recently as the 1 7th May 1 974. [More…]
Almost all of them are Australian citizens. [More…]
They travel to the U.S.S.R. as Australian citizens. [More…]
They are good Australian citizens. [More…]
Has there been a change in the rights of Australian citizens of Baltic origin in regard either to the carrying of their national flags in Australia or showing Estonia, Lithuania or Latvia as their country of birth when applying for Australian passports or visas to visit other countries? [More…]
Will he have an explanatory statement produced so as to alert all Australian citizens to the incidence of the new tax? [More…]
Just as it was necessary to take remedial action last year to rectify complaints in the housing field, some action will be taken if the position becomes acute and there is danger in regard to the housing of Australian citizens. [More…]
The Labor Government could not or would not send its Australian representatives to visit Australian citizens who were held in gaol for 6 months and then executed. [More…]
Some time after assuming office as Attorney-General I directed that the policy be pursued that all officers be Australian citizens. [More…]
The table excludes, as far as possible, expenditure on services to which Aboriginals are entitled as Australian citizens, for example, social security benefits. [[More…]](https://historichansard.net/senate/1974/19741016_senate_29_s61/#debate-38)
I say that because I am concerned, as I am sure many people in Australia are, that Australian citizens should develop some conception of their country. [More…]
I certainly recognise that the Bill is an extremely important measure which potentially can affect a significant number of Australian citizens. [More…]
The Australian Government’s consular officer on Cyprus is also tracing and checking the welfare of Australian citizens. [More…]
Is it not realised that the doubling of fuel costs to international air services will increase the cost of air travel, which will have harmful effects upon our tourist industry, and will be an increased cost to Australian citizens desiring to travel overseas? [More…]
I ask the Leader of the Government in the Senate: In view of the general understanding that Federal reimbursement payments to the States, and the operation of the Grants Commission, should provide the basis for a comparable living standard for Australian citizens in all Australian States, will the Government use its negotiating influence with the South Australian Government to have the Dunstan administration refrain from levying land tax on land used for primary production, thereby bringing South Australia in line with all the mainland States in this regard, and raising the standard of living of South Australian rural producers up to the standard enjoyed by those living in States governed by non-Labor administrations? [More…]
Honourable senators may recall that I raised the issue of the double standards that were being applied by the Australian Government and consequently we, as Australian citizens, were being carried along with them. [More…]
And whereas the present Australian Government, by recognition de jure of the Soviet Union ‘s aggression and occupation of the independent States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, imposed on Australian Citizens of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian origin and on all their descendants a foreign citizenship of the aggressor country the USSR, [More…]
The abolition of this act forcing on the Australian Citizens a foreign citizenship, [More…]
These include: optional preferential marking of ballot papers; printing of party affiliations of candidates on ballot papers; registration of political parties for purposes of indentification and printing of affiliations on ballot papers; introduction of mobile polling booths at hospitals and similar institutions; drawing for positions of candidates on House of Representatives ballot papers; closing of the polls at 6 p.m. rather than 8 p.m.; requiring a candidate changing his name within 12 months prior to nominations to declare the change, and providing for the former name to be included on the ballot paper; prevention of persons enrolling or nominating for election under changed names in certain circumstances; an earlier deadline for the return of postal votes and for the return of postal votes direct to respective Returning Officer; restricting postal vote application forms to be used at an election or referendum to those specified by notice in the Gazette; prohibiting the listing of names of persons who apply for postal votes, except in certain specified circumstances; providing postal voting facilities for prisoners who have retained their franchise entitlements; increasing the amount of deposit required with nomination and varying the conditions under which deposits may be saved; preservation of the voting entitlement of Australian citizens posted overseas in the service of the Crown, and retention on the roll of the name of an elector temporarily absent from his address; precluding nomination for election to the Australian Parliament of a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory or the Australian Capital Territory; prevention of a person from nominating as a candidate for more than one Federal election held on the same day; protection of candidates against the issue of misleading how-to-vote cards; change in qualifications for enrolment, voting and candidature from ‘British Subject’ to status of a British Subject’; eliminating the need to state the address of author in the case of broadcasting or telecasting of political matters; the manner of announcing the name of an author of political matter on radio or television; responsibility for publication of matter or comment of a political nature in the Press between issue of the writ and the close of the poll; removal of the restriction on exhibition of electoral posters within a hall or room being used for political party meetings; provision of support staff for Distribution Commissioners; authority for alterations to the roll when a street is renamed or renumbered; lowering the permissible age of Presiding Officers or Assistant Presiding Officers to 18 years; appointment of substitute Assistant Returning Officer at places outside Australia in certain circumstances; increases in penalties for failure to enrol; the provision of fines as an alternative to imprisonment where relevant; amounts of monetary penalties to match imprisonment terms; amendment of questions to be put to voters by Presiding Officers; conversion of distances to metric measurements; use of ‘given names’ in lieu of ‘Christian names’: candidates making gifts, donations etc. [More…]
And whereas the present Australian Government, by recognition de jure ofthe Soviet Union’s aggression and occupation of the independent States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, imposed on Australian citizens of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian origin and on all their descendants a foreign citizenship ofthe aggressor country the U.S.S.R. [More…]
The abolition.of this act forcing on the Australian citizens a foreign citizenship. [More…]
The federal platform of the Liberal Party, as approved by the Federal Council in October 1974, includes proposals for the implementation and enforcement of legislation to promote equality of rights between all Australian citizens and to remove any form of discrimination against Aborigines. [More…]
It does not believe that any group of Australian citizens should be subject to laws that are inconsistent with fundamental rights. [More…]
Certainly the results of the experiment will be watched very closely not only by the ABC but also by the Government in the hope that this form of access can be made available to a much wider spectrum of Australian citizens. [More…]
Accepting that there is that gateway that will enable exceptional cases to be covered, why should not the general proposition be that the Public Service is open to natural born or naturalised Australian citizens, people who are prepared to take the oath of allegiance? [More…]
They may desire to reside here, make this their home and become Australian citizens. [More…]
But to become Australian citizens we require them to take an oath or affirmation of allegiance. [More…]
That is the humanitarian approach of the Opposition and of the great Neville Bonner, the champion of the Aboriginal people of Queensland, who wants to bring the Aborigines down to the level of South African negroes and not up to the level of Australian citizens. [More…]
Never has there been a government in the history of Australia which has done so much in such a short time to make sure that Australian citizens shall not be deprived and shall not suffer hardship. [More…]
Those of us who have been concerned in the past with the problems of the Australian coastline with its isolated areas and potential for the smuggling of goods and drugs would recognise that this is an extension of the Australian jurisdiction and an extension of Australia’s power to control these matters- not only fishing- and will do nothing but good for the Australian citizens. [More…]
This Bill therefore purports to take away a right which is conferred upon Australian citizens by an [More…]
But as a national Parliament surely we are concerned not with that but with the rights of Australian citizens, and in 1975 we ought to be concerned with that above everything else. [More…]
It is the concern of this Government and the Parliament that disputes between Australian citizens should still be capable of being heard by a court of another country. [More…]
But he and Senator Greenwood would allow jurisdiction to a foreign court, to a court of the mother country, if he wants to call it that, in matters concerning Australian citizens which should be of no concern to any other court. [More…]
-Earlier Senator DrakeBrockman asked me a question concerning the position of Australian citizens in Phnom Penh. [More…]
Our charge d’affaires in Phnom Penh has sent a preliminary warning letter to the 20-odd non-official Australian citizens in Cambodia, suggesting that it might be wise to consider leaving while normal travel facilities are available unless they plan to stay in Phnom Penh regardless of developments. [More…]
The Australian Government has emerged, even before December 1972, as the initiator of a large body of legislation which has a paramount effect on the lives of Australian citizens. [More…]
Fifthly, it will take all Australian citizens- I emphasise that we are all citizens of Australia- along a path of even-handed justice. [More…]
It simply provides for a national fund to which Australian citizens who want to help the development of their own country may freely contribute. [More…]
It creates 2 classes of Australian citizens- first class and second class. [More…]
Will the Minister inform the Senate as to whether there is a policy to ensure that employees of sensitive defence and security establishments are Australian citizens. [More…]
These practices have, first, robbed Australian citizens, as the select committee’s report proves. [More…]
The urgency of this question is added to by information this morning that one Vietnamese resident, who had approval to enter Australia and was being sponsored by Vietnamese-born Australian citizens, has been found decapitated after falling into the hands of the Vietcong. [More…]
Another matter that was pointed out in the second reading speech is the preservation of the voting entitlement of Australian citizens posted overseas in the service of the Crown, and retention on the role of the name of an elector temporarily absent from his address. [More…]
The provisions are important as they apply to the right of Australian citizens to nominate, to take part in elections and to get the kind of result which the community wants. [More…]
Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs confirm or deny reports from Bangkok that Australian citizens were among foreigners executed by communist forces in Cambodia? [More…]
The first comprises close relations of Australian citizens who were formerly Vietnamese but are now naturalised Australian citizens. [More…]
He was subjected, as were countless other Australian citizens of Croatian birth when the Prime Minister of Yugoslavia visited this country, to a type of treatment never before or since fortunately meted out to people in this country. [More…]
Will the Government permit them to remain if they so apply and will the Government allow them, provided they meet the normal criteria, to become Australian citizens in due course? [More…]
On 22 April the Minister answered a question relating to policy conditions for non-white, non-Europeans applying for insurance with the Prudential Assurance Co. Ltd. What action can the Minister take to eliminate these types of practices especially in view of the fact that the Prudential Assurance Co. Ltd is not the only company to discriminate against Australian citizens in this way? [More…]
To my mind the Racial Discrimination Bill 1975 that is before us is, in its present form, in many aspects of the over-government type and is restrictive of the freedom of Australian citizens to express their opinions freely and to conduct their own affairs in accordance with the dictates of their consciences. [More…]
The Opposition proposes these amendments to clause 41 to eliminate the restriction contained in the clause which states that officers who are appointed to the Commission must be Australian citizens. [More…]
It is very difficult to see why there should be a restriction on the appointment of persons who are not Australian citizens to such positions. [More…]
The situation is not the same as it is perhaps in the Public Service generally where it would be proper that people in very high advisory positions to the Government be Australian citizens and even take an oath of allegiance. [More…]
We think it is very restrictive and very unfair to many migrants who have not become Australian citizens but who would make admirable employees of these commissions if we applied restrictions on the people to be employed as permanent officers in these very large commissions. [More…]
We have particular regard to migrants from the British Isles who, under this Government’s legislation, must go through all sorts of rigmarole to become Australian citizens. [More…]
Many of these migrants are not prepared to become Australian citizens and have not done so. [More…]
It would be very unfair to them if they could not be employed as permanent officers of the commission because they have not become Australian citizens. [More…]
We put the argument on the very broad basis that it is discriminatory against migrants who may be very well qualified and who would be performing work which, by no stretch of the imagination, could be said to be work in relation to which the Government should be relying only on special advice from people who have become Australian citizens. [More…]
We think that service with an employer of the size of this Commission should not be restricted simply to Australian citizens. [More…]
We believe that there may well be many migrants to Australia who have not become Australian citizens but who nevertheless could be highly qualified to work for the Commission, as they may have varieties of qualifications. [More…]
They should not be excluded from permanent appointment merely because they have not yet become Australian citizens. [More…]
The provision also is extremely restrictive in relation to migrants from the British Isles who, although they are British subjects, have not yet sought to take out and may not really intend to take out Australian citizenship in accordance with the laws that this Government has passed recently in that regard. [More…]
Is it a fact that the direct relations, that is parents, brothers and sisters and so forth, of Australian citizens who were formerly Vietnamese cannot be brought to Australia by the Australian citizens from Guam and other refugee camps? [More…]
I have always wondered whether our approach may not be better if we were not to emphasise racial discrimination as though it were the only form of discrimination that mattered but rather to concentrate on ensuring the human rights of all Australian citizens in relation to racial discrimination or any other form of discrimination. [More…]
I hope that when this organisation is established those who are responsible for its day-to-day administration will bear in mind that they are not only distributing facts and figures but also that the facts and figures which they distribute will be closely related to the total and everyday lives of the Australian citizens. [More…]
In my speech on the motion for the second reading of the Bill I pointed out the influence and control that the increasing number of bureaus, commissions and committees were having over the lives of Australian citizens. [More…]
I referred also to the influence that a sophisticated collection of statistics was having upon the lives of Australian citizens. [More…]
Despite that, however, petitions are still rolling in from Australian citizens asking that the Bill be either deferred, set aside, or defeated. [More…]
Specialist medical services which at present are not available, except in limited circumstances, will be available to pensioners, as they will be available to all Australian citizens. [More…]
Is the Minister aware of the many complaints by Australian citizens who are fed up with the continued repeat showings- some as many as 5 times- of secondrate American-made television programs on Australian television channels? [More…]
Is the low excursion air fare available to Australian citizens to re-visit their former homelands in the Middle East, including Israel, to be discontinued by the airlines from December 1974; if so, will this impose hardship and expense on citizens who wish to make short journeys to such countries. [More…]
I think that Australian citizens have as much right as Australian public servants. [More…]
Arrangements have been made to evacuate last night and today Australian citizens in the territory who wish to leave. [More…]
It seems to me that the evidence is, as the Minister acknowledges, that a substantial number of Australian citizens- a majority- are against the proposal. [More…]
The Government believes it is an important step towards the goal of improving the enjoyment of civil liberties by Australian citizens and towards better administration in Australia. [More…]
The obligation to comply with this Act extends to all natural persons, whether resident in Australia or not and whether Australian citizens or not, and to all corporations, whether incorporated or carrying on business in Australia or not. [More…]
-I think Senator Georges can be satisfied that the general run of criticisms that he has made about foreign corporations has, to a degree, lessened the work opportunities of Australian citizens. [More…]
The Government was denying that it was going to have any sort of effect on the availability of housing in the form of rental properties for Australian citizens. [More…]
But just a week or so before this Budget came out the new Minister for Housing and Construction (Mr Riordan) found it necessary to say at a conference in Sydney that there was a desperate shortage of rental accommodation for Australian citizens today, a shortage exacerbated by the fact that there is an even more disparate drop in the rate of home ownership in Australia today. [More…]
We can be thankful that the Government at least has decided to do away with this policy after only 12 months of its disastrous effect on Australian citizens. [More…]
It is the thing that Australian citizens in years to come, and governments and oppositions in years to come, will look back on. [More…]
Can the Minister tell the Senate what the effect of these conflicting proposals would be on Medibank and on the medical services available generally to Australian citizens? [More…]
The Papua New Guinea (Staffing Assistance) Bill is a Bill which conveniently transfers to Australia the responsibility which has been existing for the past 2 years and under which Australian citizens in Papua New Guinea have been working within the control and under the direction of the local Government. [More…]
The Social Services Bill, of course, is a Bill under which those Australian citizens who have resided in the Territory and who now come to Australia will have their period of service in the Territory counted as a qualifying period for the receipt of social security payments in Australia. [More…]
I ask the Minister representing the Acting Treasurer whether it is a fact that income tax refund payments to Australian citizens are substantially delayed this year. [More…]
I point out that all members of the Cocos community who have been born since Australia assumed sovereignty in 1955 are in fact Australian Citizens. [More…]
The Government believes that the decisions which have now been taken will provide the basis for developments which will bring the Cocos community to the stage where they will be able to comprehend and enjoy the rights normally enjoyed by Australian citizens. [More…]
It will only, as I suggested earlier, bring success to a socialist government which wishes to chase away from our shores and indeed internally any private enterprise, any entrepreneurial action by Australian citizens, and instead to bring about a situation in which there is a demand such as we see currently in England that the Government do everything. [More…]
I must say that that verified the feeling gained from my experience over the past two or three years, that we have a Department of Foreign Affairs which has treated Croatian born Australian citizens as second rate Australian citizens. [More…]
We have demonstrated far more concern for Australian citizens of Yugoslav extraction than it did. [More…]
Why does this Government regard the denial of human rights of Australian citizens held without trial and without charges being laid against them in communist countries as of secondary importance and the need to avoid giving offence to communist governments as of paramount importance? [More…]
-Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs confirm that over the last 2 years large numbers of Australian citizens have been imprisoned in Yugoslavia, either without charges being laid against them or on trumped up charges of anti-State activities consisting of membership of bodies such as soccer clubs in Australia. [More…]
In reply, the Australian Golf Union was informed by the Foreign Minister that, in keeping with its strong opposition to the apartheid system, the Australian Government will not permit South African sporting teams and organisations, which are organised on the principles of apartheid, to enter or transit Australia and that, conversely, although Australian citizens are free to play sport wherever they choose, visits by sporting teams to South Africa are officially discouraged. [More…]
Are not Australian citizens entitled to better activity from this Government than they have been receiving? [More…]
I think that these ethnic minorities, whether or not they happen to be Australian citizens, should realise the contempt with which they are regarded by Senator Carrick and presumably by his party. [More…]
As far as my Department is aware, over the last 2 years- that is, since October 1973- a total of 13 Australian citizens, of whom 10 were dual nationals, have been in Yugoslav prisons. [More…]
In all cases of Australian citizens imprisoned in Yugoslavia, we have sought information about them, and in a number of cases consular access as well. [More…]
The Government is making every effort to protect the interests of Australian citizens who might face charges in Yugoslavia. [More…]
I think it should be understood that the type of offences for which so many of these people whom Senator Willesee declares in his statement today to be dual nationals- they are Australian citizens but he calls them dual nationals- are charged are the alleged crimes of membership of organisations in Australia. [More…]
I think it is totally unsatisfactory that Australian citizens should be left to languish and for the Australian Government apparently to wash its hands of people and to say that nothing can be done. [More…]
Accepting the Government’s statement that it is entitled to that view, why is it not consistent and why is it not at least prepared to be active on behalf of Australian citizens when, as the Minister said this morning, some 13 of them have been imprisoned in Yugoslavia over the last 2 years? [More…]
I am just wondering how many people in this country would have been aware of the fact that that number of Australian citizens had been imprisoned in a communist country if I had not asked the question? [More…]
-AU of the persons about whom I have asked have been Australian citizens. [More…]
I believe that the case which can be then made against the Yugoslav Government on behalf of Australian citizens will be all the stronger. [More…]
It is a great pity also that the Australian Press cannot be relied on to be as outspoken on behalf of Australian citizens as apparently the Canadian Press was outspoken on behalf of Canadian citizens when their freedom and their rights were denied to them in another country. [More…]
It would make a tremendous difference if the Press of this country were concerned about the rights of people that are denied in other countries and were prepared to emblazon that fact in its pages, but one finds that there is virtually no information currently in the Australian Press about Australian citizens who are imprisoned overseas. [More…]
I wish that the Minister would give some further particulars as to how asking questions about Australian citizens imprisoned overseas will exacerbate troubles. [More…]
It is not an exacerbating of those troubles to pinpoint the fact that Australian citizens are imprisoned. [More…]
If we were not prepared to raise our voice on these matters, how many other Australian citizens would be imprisoned? [More…]
I assure the Minister that until some clear indication is given by the Government that it is prepared to act on behalf of Australian citizens and to ensure that they get protection overseas I will continue to raise this matter. [More…]
The British, when they were responsible for maintenance of law and order and justice in large parts of the world in the 18th and certainly 19th century, would never allow a British citizen to be treated in the way in which Australian citizens are treated in various parts of the world. [More…]
One thing with which I want to dispense immediately- it amazes me that it has been raised by Senator Georges, Senator Greenwood and Senator Sir Magnus Cormack- is the contention that Australian embassies do not care about what happens to Australian citizens overseas. [More…]
If Australian citizens break the law overseas there is nothing we can do to prevent their suffering the penalties of the law. [More…]
-I ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to reports that Australian citizens are supplying arms to Fretilin forces and are helping Fretilin forces on the ground in Portuguese Timor? [More…]
In fact, the borrowing was to be over a period of 20 years, which would have meant that Australian citizens would have had an obligation to repay somewhere in the vicinity of $17,000m. [More…]
I can well recall how he endeavoured in 1951 to take away the fundamental rights of Australian citizens- he tried to establish the principle that a man was guilty and had to prove he was not guilty. [More…]
Our Embassy in Beirut is now suggesting to Australian citizens in Lebanon who seek the Embassy’s advice that they should consider leaving Beirut unless they have overriding reasons for remaining. [More…]
I hope that Australian citizens in Lebanon will heed the Embassy’s advice. [More…]
While the Embassy will do what it can to assist Australian citizens in whatever circumstances may develop- we have been looking at possible arrangements for some time- it is clearly better for Australians to make their own plans in good time and while circumstances allow. [More…]
Your petitioners are impelled by these facts to call upon all Honourable Senators to forthwith determine as a matter of urgency that approval of the Bills for Supply be no longer delayed in order that the Government shall continue to adequately provide for the welfare rights of Australian citizens. [More…]
I ask the Minister: In view of the apparent success of the latest moves to bring about a cessation of fighting in Beirut, can he provide any additional information concerning the welfare of Australian citizens in Lebanon? [More…]
Is he able to give any sort of assurance which would allay the fears and apprehensions of former Lebanese citizens, now Australian citizens, who have families in that country? [More…]
When will the Labor Government begin to protect Australian citizens who travel in socialist countries? [More…]
I wish to assure the Senate that in spite of the difficulties of recent weeks, the Committee has continued its work of scrutinising delegated legislation to safeguard the rights and liberties of Australian citizens. [More…]
During last week I had unfortunately to decline donating to a charitable organisation because its sponsor is a man who does not have the respect of a large number of Australian citizens. [More…]
Last Saturday night I was at a gathering of respected Australian citizens who have great faith in the Labor movement and in the functions of the Australian Labor Party. [More…]
The other daughter and her husband are naturalized Australian citizens. [More…]
Secondly, I hope we will review the whole question of the benefits made available to Australian citizens under the scheme and of how these benefits can be extended and protected. [More…]
It has even been suggested to me that we ought to invite experts from other countries to become Australian citizens and to lecture to fishermen and potential fishermen in our own land. [More…]
I hope that when the Government does get around to selling Fawnmac- I hope that that happens fairly soon- it does all it can to see that at least the bulk of the ownership remains in the hands of Australian citizens. [More…]
Is it a fact that some migrants, after becoming Australian citizens and qualifying for age pension benefits, return to their country of origin and are subsequently paid these welfare benefits for the rest of their lives? [More…]
Such comments are deliberate and calculated efforts to create friction between Australian citizens. [More…]
Surely nobody wants to condemn some Australian citizens to a lifetime of secondclass citizenship. [More…]
Protection of Australian citizens [More…]
In the event, the Department was able to evacuate Australian citizens from Dili in December (and, earlier, from Dili, Baucau and Same at the end of August) but it was clearly not able to assist in areas as remote from Dili, and as close to the fighting, as Balibo. [More…]
Two of the five newsmen were, of course, not Australian citizens and so, strictly, their protection abroad was not the primary responsibility of the Australian Government. [More…]
In my own State of Western Australia, where all people are equal, but some are 16 times as equal as others because they have a vote in the Legislative Council of Western Australia which is worth 16 votes of other Western Australian citizens, quite massive income taxes can be and may be applied by a Parliament which is elected on a basis which is democratic to the extent of a ratio of 16 to one. [More…]
I point out, as I pointed out last September, that those who have been born on that island since 1955- and they are the great bulk of the 500 Cocos Malays- are, in fact, Australian citizens. [More…]
Unless those Australian citizens receive some form of assistance from the Clunies Ross estate, they have no hope whatever of ever getting to Australia. [More…]
To endeavour and encourage a continuous voluntary association of residents of Doonside and those of neighbourhood either Australian Citizens by birth or naturalisation or citizens to be, and to promote thereby a realistic process of integration based upon pursuit of mutual interests, direct social relations without discrimination resulting from origin, race, religion or political beliefs. ‘ [More…]
Benefits under the Tertiary Education Assistance Scheme are available to students who are Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia and who are undertaking full-time study in approved courses at tertiary institutions in Australia. [More…]
The Government does not approve the recruitment of Australian citizens as mercenaries for service in other countries. [More…]
In 1930, at the time of the Scullin Government, the Australian Citizens League, later to be known as the All Australia League, was formed. [More…]
I have recollectionsthis was about the time of my entry into politics- of the Australian Citizens League having armed forces on the wharves at Port Adelaide at the time of an industrial dispute involving the waterside industry throughout Australia. [More…]
Many Australian citizens have been interviewed on television in the last few years, and particularly in the last few months, regarding their attitude to Medibank. [More…]
The freedom of choice which is being offered by the Government in this legislation is the freedom of choice of the private health funds to rip it off Australian citizens. [More…]
No honourable senator opposite can really tell us what genuine freedom of choice is being offered to Australian citizens by the changes which will be made to Medibank. [More…]
During these discussions the Minister conveyed to the Islanders the assurances given by the Prime Minister that all inhabited islands and the territorial sea around them will remain part of Australia and that the Islanders will remain Australian citizens. [More…]
It is not known whether any male Australian citizens under 35 years have obtained passports with the intention of travelling to Rhodesia. [More…]
How many Australian citizens had their passports withdrawn during the same period. [More…]
3 ) How many of the persons referred to in ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) are Australian citizens? [More…]
88 of the persons referred to in ( I ) and (2) are Australian citizens. [More…]
That Medibank has proved to be the cheapest and most efficient means of bringing health care to Australian citizens and that the citizens of Australia have received Medibank as a great and valued social reform. [More…]
Having learned of the unjust and harsh incarceration in Vladimir prison by the Soviet Authorities of a prisoner of conscience of Latvian nationality Gunars Rode, we the undersigned Australian citizens respectfully petition the Australian Senate and through it the Australian Government to use all its diplomatic resources and influence to secure the release of the said prisoner of conscience in order that he may enjoy the human rights as set out in the United Nations Charter, and as agreed to by all signatories of the European Security and Co-operation Conference in Helsinki. [More…]
That Medibank has proved to be the cheapest and most efficient means of bringing health care to Australian citizens and that the citizens of Australia have received Medibank as a great and valued social reform. [More…]
That Medibank has proved to be the cheapest and most efficient means of bringing health care to Australian citizens and that the citizens of Australia have received Medibank as a great and valued social reform. [More…]
Because of that attitude the Senate, through its Regulations and Ordinances Committee, has protected the freedoms and the rights of all Australian citizens for a long time. [More…]
Nevertheless people on the Islands born since 1955 are Australian citizens. [More…]
People on the Islands of 22 years of age are Australian citizens but are still living under a feudal system. [More…]
All the school children on the Islands are Australian citizens. [More…]
That Australian passports have been denied to some Australian citizens of Croatian origin without explanation or possibility of appeal. [More…]
That Australian passports have been denied to some Australian citizens of Croatian origin without explanation or possibility of appeal. [More…]
That Australian passports have been denied to some Australian citizens of Croatian origin without explanation or possibility of appeal. [More…]
That Australian passports have been denied to some Australian citizens of Croatian origin without explanation or possibility of appeal. [More…]
That Australian passports have been denied to some Australian citizens of Croatian origin without explanation or possibility of appeal. [More…]
That Medibank, as set up in July 1973, has proved to be the cheapest and most efficient means of bringing health care to Australian citizens and that the citizens of Australia have received Medibank as a great and valued social reform. [More…]
The effect on the South Australian citizens who have made their home at Whyalla is greatly to be deplored. [More…]
That Australian passports have been denied to some Australian citizens of Croatian origin without explanation or possibility of appeal. [More…]
That Medibank has proved to be the cheapest and most efficient means of bringing health care to Australian citizens and that the citizens of Australia have received Medibank as a great and valued social reform. [More…]
I would point out that 41 7 of these long term residents are Australian citizens already. [More…]
The others are eligible to apply for Australian citizenship. [More…]
That Australian passports have been denied to some Australian citizens of Croatian origin without explanation or possibility of appeal. [More…]
-Can the Minister for Social Security advise the Senate whether family allowances are in some cases payable to Australian citizens who, together with their families, are temporarily overseas? [More…]
Can he confirm or deny that Australian citizens of Asian descent working on Christmas Island are receiving wages up to 300 per cent less than the equivalent Australian rates? [More…]
I ask the Minister: Has this shortage of Commonwealth Police, which is so detrimental to the safety and well-being of Australian citizens, been brought about by the decision to provide an extensive personal Commonwealth Police guard for the present Governor-General to protect him against the continuous and widespread expressions of public disapproval of his actions last November and subsequently? [More…]
At this stage we have legislation which will lock Australian citizens into one or other health insurance scheme. [More…]
The truth is that there will be a significant number of Australian citizens who will make no contribution to the levy at all. [More…]
The Minister may be aware of the growing incidence of Australian citizens serving sentences in foreign gaols for drug offences detected while on overseas travel. [More…]
Being mindful of the number of refugees from various countries who have come to Australia for safety and who would like to remain, and taking into consideration also many migrants who have permanent resident status and many Australian citizens who are unemployed and unable to gain employment and who are consistently being called dole bludgers by supporters of the Government, I ask: What action will be taken against Miss Santangelo, who was refused migration to Australia on the basis that she does not have a skilled trade? [More…]
Having learned of the unjust and harsh incarceration in Vladimir prison by the Soviet Authorities of a prisoner of conscience of Latvian nationality Gunars Rode, we the undersigned Australian citizens respectfully petition the Australian Senate and through it the Australian Government to use all its diplomatic resources and influence to secure the release of the said prisoner of conscience in order that he may enjoy the human rights as set out in the United Nations Charter, and as agreed to by all signatories of the European Security and Co-operation Conference in Helsinki. [More…]
I refer to the question that I asked on 23 September 1976 which dealt with the considerable concern of a large number of Australian citizens over the trial of Bishop Lamont in Rhodesia and also the matter of former Rhodesian nationals wishing to migrate to Australia. [More…]
The size of the sponges which was noted seemed to me to be commonplace in the Great Barrier Reef and other areas the wonders of which we as Australian citizens are most anxious to see. [More…]
Of the Cocos (Keeling) Islanders who might take up residence in Australia those who are not already Australian citizens will be given resident status and will be entitled to engage in employment and enjoy the same amenities as any other settler. [More…]
Under the provisions of the Australian Citizenship Act 1948 anyone born on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands since the islands became Australian territory on 23 November 1955 is an Austraian citizen by birth. [More…]
Additionally section 14 of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955 provided for British subjects ordinarily resident on the islands immediately before 23 November 1955 to become Australian citizens by a simple process of making a declaration and having it registered. [More…]
Any long term residents of the islands who have not become Australian citizens by either of the means mentioned would almost certainly have the status of British subjects as the islands were pan of the United Kingdom and colonies before they became Australian territory. [More…]
His parents are most worthy Australian citizens and fine people whom I numbered among my friends. [More…]
It is in the light of all these experiences and the failure of the Government to put forward any rational plan to stabilise the beef industry that the Opposition has put before the Senate a motion for the purpose of at least having some debate about the grievous plight besetting so many thousands of Australian citizens involved in beef production. [More…]
That Medibank, as set up in July, 1975, has proved to be the cheapest and most efficient means of bringing health care to Australian citizens and that the citizens of Australia have received Medibank as a great and valued social reform. [More…]
The Minister has already said in his second reading speech that 417 of the 1300 long term residents of Christmas Island are already Australian citizens. [More…]
It is not known whether any male Australian citizens under 35 years have obtained passports with the intention of travelling to Rhodesia. [More…]
Has the shortage of Commonwealth Police, which is so detrimental to the safety and well-being of Australian citizens, been brought about by the decision to provide an extensive personal Commonwealth Police Force guard for the present Governor-General to protect him against the continuous and widespread expressions of public disapproval of his actions last November and subsequently. [More…]
The Minister may be aware of the growing incidence of Australian citizens serving sentences in foreign gaols for drug offences detected while on overseas travel. [More…]
To ensure a pension for all on retirement, and a guarantee that all Australian citizens will retire with dignity. [More…]
Whilst we appreciate the Queensland Government’s position- it perhaps does not have the means to provide this accommodation- we believe that the Federal Government should make available a subsidy or the kind of finance which will provide that facility for a group of people who are proudly Australian citizens. [More…]
And whereas we Australian citizens of Ukrainian descent are dedicated to the Ukrainian Autocephalic Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand protest and condemn the constant harassment and violation by U.S.S.R. authorities particularly of our devotees and clergy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. [More…]
To ensure a pension for all on retirement, and a guarantee that all Australian citizens will retire with dignity. [More…]
To ensure a pension for all on retirement, and a guarantee that all Australian citizens will retire with dignity. [More…]
One can understand from that sort of example the very great problem which Australia faces and which Australian citizens face. [More…]
To ensure a pension for all on retirement, and a guarantee that all Australian citizens will retire with dignity. [More…]
Having learned of the unjust and harsh incarceration in Vladimir prison by the Soviet Authorities of a Prisoner of Conscience of Latvian nationality Gunars Rode, we the undersigned Australian citizens respectfully petition the Australian Senate and through it the Australian Government to use all its diplomatic resources and influence to secure the release of the said Prisoner of Conscience in order that he may enjoy the Human Rights as set out in the United Nations Charter, and as agreed to by all signatories of the European Security and Co-operation Conference in Helsinki. [More…]
The present Greek law permits those persons who became naturalised Australian citizens prior to 3 1 December 1975 to buy their way out of military service. [More…]
Persons of Greek descent who become Australian citizens through a period of residence or are born in Australia do not normally lose their claim to Greek citizenship. [More…]
The Labor Opposition says that this is a real chance for the present Government to do something tangible to uplift the social conditions and the rates of pay of these people, the great bulk of whom, after all, are Australian citizens. [More…]
Australian citizens or persons ordinarily resident within Australia. [More…]
The provisions of the Bill are directed at the protection of documents that are located in this country and with the conduct, in certain circumstances, of persons who are Australian citizens or residents. [More…]
-We do not oppose the Bill because we realise the need, in the circumstances, for some provision which would enable Australian citizens and Australian companies to be protected from laws, decisions or inquiries in other countries. [More…]
1 do not know how much control you can have over even Australian citizens outside Australia. [More…]
But I think the honourable senator would agree that when such a serious question as that arises- either a breach of international law affects Australian citizens or the Australian national interest in at stake- discretion would almost inevitably be exercised by the AttorneyGeneral only as a result of Cabinet consideration and decision. [More…]
It goes to emphasise the importance of Committee deliberations on a Bill of this nature where the civil liberties of Australian citizens can well be in the balance. [More…]
To be eligible for a grant, each of the applicants must be Australian citizens, or have permanent resident status. [More…]
Is the Australian Government prepared to make representations to the U.S.S.R. authorities in support of the representations of so many Australian citizens who are concerned with the treatment of Dr Shtern, in breach of basic human rights? [More…]
When Senator Cavanagh tries to draw distinctions between 2 peoples-the native people who originally occupied this country and those who now occupy it- it is a dissent from the concept which is embraced by most Australians, namely, that all people who live in this country are Australian citizens. [More…]
It will apply to acts done by Australian citizens outside Australia and the external territories, as dealt with in clause S. Clause 6 provides that the Act binds the Crown in right of the Commonwealth or of a State. [More…]
I believe it is high time that some persons in this country- 1 can think of no better personnel than a committee of honourable senators- sat down and analysed just what has gone on in East Timor over the last 12 or 18 months and tried to come to some conclusions about how Australian citizens died in the holocaust that was brought down on Dili in those early days. [More…]
The overwhelming bulk of them are fine, honourable and decent Australian citizens. [More…]
It is a great coincidence and a great pity that on the very eve of his passing he should have seen this Order conferred on so many worthy Australian citizens and should have received it himself. [More…]
My question is directed to the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister in Federal Affairs and refers to Polish born Australian citizens who fought for freedom during the last war and, in particular, those Polish ex-servicemen who fought side-by-side with Commonwealth forces and were awarded British campaign medals. [More…]
For instance, not all ex-members of the Polish Army who are now Australian citizens and who migrated to Australia after the last war would qualify in fact as having fought under British command. [More…]
I do not believe it is a correct state of affairs that the Indonesian Government should attempt to intimidate Australian citizens by saying that if they speak up or belong to some organisation- I have already said that this couple did not belong to the organisation- or take a view on the position in East Timor they will be subject to this sort of discrimination, that they will not be allowed to go for a tourist trip to Bali or to pass through Indonesia as a tourist. [More…]
What a great many Australians will find strange and unacceptable in this context is that neither the Jakarta Government nor the Australian Foreign Minister see fit to refer to the crux of the matter, which is the brutal murder of five Australian citizens during the Indonesian occupation of East Timor. [More…]
They are honourable, hard working South Australian citizens. [More…]
Without using wilder language or calling for other things, I call on the Minister to apologise unreservedly to those South Australian citizens whom I have mentioned in this protest. [More…]
This is something which is happening on our very borders and something which has directly influenced Australian citizens because Australian citizens were murdered there by somebody. [More…]
But Australian citizens were murdered there and that warrants some investigation. [More…]
This clause will apply to Australian citizens, persons ordinarily resident in Australia and persons who at any time during the period of one year immediately preceding the commission of the offence were present in Australia for a purpose connected with the offence. [More…]
It is in accordance with those general principles that this Bill makes a very considerable distinction between some vague and general prohibition of mercenaries and certain restrictions confined specifically to Australian citizens involved in incursions by going abroad and taking certain steps in another country which are detailed in the Bill. [More…]
The Bill is not limited to Australian citizens but covers people who have been here within our jurisdiction, enjoying the hospitality of Australia, and go from here to engage in a hostile activity against another government. [More…]
It seeks to prohibit Australians who are denned in clause 6- in a way which I think is a good dragnet, that is, they are either Australian citizens or, not being Australian citizens, they are ordinarily resident in Australia or at any time during the period of a year immediately preceding the doing of the act which it is sought to prohibit they were present in Australia for a purpose connected with the act. [More…]
Australian citizens would wish to take part in warlike activities in other countries which would not necessarily offend against our policies on terrorism or against our policies of friendship and comity with nations with whose governments we have diplomatic relations. [More…]
It is the Government’s view that any action taken under clause 9 (2 ) must be read with and subject to the prohibitions of clause 6 which prevents Australian citizens- I refer to the extended definition which I have mentioned earlier- from entering a foreign country and engaging in a foreign country in hostile activity against the government of that country. [More…]
The point I am making, and I think it follows from the point that Senator Wright initially was making, is that there is no provision for any form of self defensive action to be taken by Australian citizens against the actions of some foreign government. [More…]
I believe that through most of these accounts relating to journalists from Australia- three of whom were Australian citizens- an element of consistency exists, including the report of Mr Dunn. [More…]
The Australian Government must seek more detailed information once again from the Indonesian Government on this matter of very obvious direct concern to Australia and Australian citizens. [More…]
1 ) How many Polish ex-servicemen who are Australian citizens are estimated to be eligible for pensions and treatment through the Department of Veterans ‘ Affairs if they are given the same status as their Australian counterparts. [More…]
How many ex-servicemen from other Allied countries who are now Australian citizens have no repatriation rights in either their own country or Australia. [More…]
To ensure a pension for all on retirement, and a guarantee that all Australian citizens will retire with dignity. [More…]
It refers to representations made to him for the extension of repatriation benefits to those naturalised Australian citizens, mostly Polish, who fought with allied forces under British command. [More…]
As these Polish exservicemen, for the most part, have been living in Australia for some 3 decades now, during which time many of them have raised families and have worked in this community, does not Australia have some moral responsibility to provide benefits to these persons, most of whom are now Australian citizens, who served in the allied cause and whose case was under consideration by the Labor Government before its dismissal from office? [More…]
To ensure a pension for all on retirement, and a guarantee that all Australian citizens will retire with dignity. [More…]
If it is funded by loans subscribed by Australian citizens it has no effect on the money supply at all and consequently no effect on the rate of inflation via its effect on the money supply. [More…]
A great number of those people on Home Island, though of Cocos-Malay origin, are Australian citizens. [More…]
Frankly, I think it is a national scandal that Australian citizens are being paid in plastic tokens for a day’s honest work. [More…]
The Government will continue to use its best endeavours to raise the standard of living on the islands so that the people who are natural born Australian citizens- and there is a greater number each year- are considered. [More…]
We are concerned also about the fact that there could be an uneven level of delivery of legal aid services to Australian citizens because of the input, if one can put it in those terms, of State governments into their respective legal aid commissions. [More…]
Does the Joint Defence Facility at Pine Gap employ both American and Australian citizens. [More…]
It concerns those Polish born Australian citizens who served under British command during World War II and were awarded British campaign medals. [More…]
-Australian citizens and people having resident status in Australia may apply to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of decisions made by the Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs under section 12, 13 or 48 of the Migration Act 1958. [More…]
If any of the companies are owned outside Australia, what is the proportion of shares held in each company by other than Australian citizens and who are the ten largest shareholders in each company. [More…]
Mr Justice Fox agreed that uranium mining would be highly profitable and that there would be benefits to the Australian shareholders and to the Australian citizens through the taxes that would be paid. [More…]
Since the proposals made by the entrepreneur seem to extend the free market and the choice for cricketers, can the Minister assure the Senate that adequate protection will be afforded to those Australian citizens who are professional cricketers and who wish to make their living playing cricket in a free market? [More…]
What about all the Australian citizens who were stranded overseas for 2 weeks without any means of getting back? [More…]
However, what concerns me is that the Green Paper draws attention to the fact that between 1 966 and 1 976 approximately 330,000 Australian citizens left this country to settle permanently overseas. [More…]
To ensure a pension for all on retirement, and a guarantee that all Australian citizens will retire with dignity. [More…]
To ensure a pension for all on retirement, and a guarantee that all Australian citizens will retire with dignity. [More…]
Does the guest list to functions at Australian Consulates and Embassies on Australia Day usually include at least some of the Australian citizens known to be resident in the city in which the functions are to be held? [More…]
They are not held primarily to entertain Australian citizens. [More…]
However, some Australian citizens resident in the city where the function is held are usually invited. [More…]
To ensure a pension for all on retirement, and a guarantee that all Australian citizens will retire with dignity. [More…]
Can the Minister for Education inform the Senate whether there have been any recent incidents which limit the capacity of Australian citizens or others to express views freely in this country to audiences anxious to hear them? [More…]
Of course, all members of the Cocos community who have been born on the island since Australia assumed sovereignty in 1955 are Australian citizens. [More…]
That we in Australia should tolerate the sort of feudal system that has been operating for so long on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands to the distinct disadvantage of Australian citizens strikes me as a terrible indictment of Australia. [More…]
Now that Senator Jessop has interjected, I ask him whether he condones this sort of system and whether he agrees to these sorts of wages being paid to Australian citizens working on the construction of an Australian Government establishment, namely, the ^ animal quarantine station. [More…]
Migrants who have become Australian citizens are not liable to deportation and it is not intended to introduce legislation to change this situation. [More…]
Others admitted for residence, and who have not become Australian citizens, may be deported only on certain defined grounds. [More…]
Specifically, the Queensland Aborigines Act 1971-1975 and the Torres Strait Islanders Act 1971-1975 and associated regulations limit the rights and freedoms of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Queensland in comparison with those enjoyed by other Australian citizens. [More…]
After reading the Minister’s Press release of June this year, I believe that certain things have to be stated for the benefit of the Australian community and for the benefit of the people of the Cocos-Malay community, the great bulk of whom are Australian citizens. [More…]
The policies that are being pursued by this Government have produced great social and economic implications for many unfortunate Australian citizens who are victims of the Government’s policies, particularly the youth of our nation. [More…]
Whilst it is understood that the standard of medical care in many parts of Indonesia is substantially lower than that found in Australia there is no reason to believe that the medical standards accorded to Australian citizens are any lower than these afforded to Indonesian nationals. [More…]
In view of the continuation of disturbing reports from Uganda to the effect that the murder of political detainees is still routine- the lastest example being the apparent battering to death of a British-born businessman, Mr Robert Scanlen- will the Minister indicate whether the Government is currently aware of the whereabouts of any Australian citizens residing in Uganda and whether such persons are still at liberty and safe? [More…]
We made all university education free for Australian citizens irrespective of where they came from, irrespective of their place in society. [More…]
We established the great Medibank scheme in order to give fair and equitable health insurance to all Australian citizens. [More…]
I hope at the same time that the Queensland Government will recognise that we are making this assistance available as Australian citizens and that it will respect the rights of all Australian citizens during this election period. [More…]
They are all Australian citizens. [More…]
The work test being applied on Aboriginal community settlements is the same test applied to all other unemployed Australian citizens. [More…]
I say that because I think that what the Premier of Queensland is really saying is: ‘If the Federal Parliament regards it as the right of every Australian citizen to contest Federal elections- to vote in them but, more importantly, to contest them- as far as certain Australians are concerned, I shall take it upon myself to qualify those individual political rights which are accorded to all Australians and the qualifications will be that the right to stand for Parliament is extended to all Australian citizens except teachers employed in Queensland ‘. [More…]
What has been the response of the Australian Government under Mr Malcolm Fraser to that sort of problem which I hope the Parliament will recognise is a real problem in terms of the civil liberty of Australian citizens? [More…]
Three distinguished Australian citizens- Justice Evatt, an archbishop of my own church, and a leading public figure- spent a long time preparing the report. [More…]
Their decisions are ones of far-reaching importance to many Australian citizens, but they are beyond the control of Parliament and at times they act as though they believe they are beyond the questioning of Parliament. [More…]
In this debate much has been said about the civil liberties and rights of Australian citizens, but there is one paramount right that must be restored. [More…]
I refer to the denial of fringe benefits in the service pension area to ex-members of the Commonwealth forces who are now Australian citizens. [More…]
This clause will apply to Australian citizens, persons ordinarily resident in Australia and persons who at any time during the period of one year immediately preceding the commission of the offence were present in Australia for a purpose connected with the offence. [More…]
This Bill endeavours to do that, at least, insofar as it can with regard to Australian citizens. [More…]
I commend the Government for taking what I believe is at least a step in that direction- a quite important step as far as the activities of Australian citizens are concerned. [More…]
Is the Minister aware that Major Castleton is monitoring Australian citizens in Alice Springs who express even a slight interest in military bases in that area? [More…]
Is the Minister also aware that Major Castleton is endeavouring to obtain photographs of Australian citizens for dossier purposes? [More…]
If this is not the case, will the Minister take appropriate steps to have the surveillance of Australian citizens by Army personnel brought to an end? [More…]
A number of breaches of laws off-shore are perpetuated by Australian citizens. [More…]
We have seen confusion in this country because there is no clear demarcation of the functions of each government and no clear demarcation of the functions of each security force to the total detriment of the civil liberties of Australian citizens. [More…]
I asked the Minister whether he was aware that Major Castleton was monitoring Australian citizens in Alice Springs who expressed even a slight interest in military bases in the area. [More…]
I also asked him whether he was aware that Major Castleton was endeavouring to obtain photographs of Australian citizens for a dossier purposes. [More…]
If this was not the case, I asked the Minister to take appropriate steps to have the surveillance of Australian citizens by Army personnel brought to an end. [More…]
Finally, when does the Government intend taking action in its own right to end the feudal system operating for Australian citizens of Cocos-Malay origin in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands? [More…]
Aboriginals have the same right as other Australian citizens to determine what is best for them. [More…]
Aboriginals have the same rights as other Australian citizens to determine what is best for them. [More…]
Not only does it provide both the States and local government with more revenue but probably more importantly in the long term it gives to Australian citizens, the local people who know the local conditions, the right to set priorities, autonomy and discretion in the spending of funds. [More…]
The point I make is this: We are talking about Australian citizens of Greek origin; we are talking about Australian citizens of Croatian origin and we are talking about Australian citizens of Italian origin. [More…]
The whole point is that unless the media takes the responsibility it ought to take to present the facts as they are and realises that it is dealing with Australian citizens, regardless of their origin, then we will have further examples of what is happening how in this country. [More…]
There is a possibility that Australian citizens will have to compete, for land surrounding this resort at Yeppoon, against the power of the yen, which is considerably stronger than that of the Australian dollar and, for that matter, the United States dollar. [More…]
What action will he take to see that the Commonwealth Government ensures that the right and privileges of Queenslanders as Australian citizens are protected? [More…]
Is the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs aware that difficulties are being experienced in extraditing Australian citizens who go to Israel and apply for and are granted Israeli citizenship? [More…]
It is a great tragedy that we have to go outside this country to achieve justice for our own Australian citizens. [More…]
Is he aware that some consulates representing countries which allow dual nationality for Australian citizens positively discourage such former residents of those countries from renouncing their former nationality? [More…]
Will the Minister request his colleague to make representations to those representatives of such countries to ensure that the proper intention and wishes of Australian citizens who approach consulates for this purpose are given practical effect? [More…]
It is a concept which is deeply embedded in some European countries and quite often has most unfortunate results for people who, believing they have become totally Australian citizens, go abroad and seek to return home. [More…]
The Torres Strait Islanders will, of course, remain Australian citizens. [More…]
Broadly speaking, they fall into two parts: the provision of notarial and documentation services, and the protection of Australian citizens. [More…]
An important consular duty is to ensure that Australian citizens arrested overseas are treated with due process in accordance with the laws of the state where the offence may have occurred and that they receive the same benefits of the law which the foreign state affords to its own subjects. [More…]
This assistance includes: enquiries relating to the welfare and whereabouts of Australians; repatriation and financial relief of distressed Australians in the form of a repayable loan as already mentioned; welfare visits to persons in gaol, hospital or in an asylum; assistance in natural disasters or emergencies; and making available to Australian citizens who have been arrested a list of local lawyers who may be able to assist them. [More…]
We must have the means to respond to an anxious parent in search of a missing child, to a pensioner whose social security benefits have been erroneously held up or in the aftermath of a disaster involving Australian citizens overseas. [More…]
In the light of these figures, can the Minister say how much was spent on health care insurance directly out of the pockets of Australian citizens last year? [More…]
As to the Commonwealth Government’s view of the alienation of land, I take the honourable senator to mean the freehold ownership of land by other than Australian citizens. [More…]
I feel certain that within the foreign investment guidelines the Government’s view on the capacity of nonAustralian citizens to purchase land within Australia is spelt out. [More…]
In this situation the Australian Government has a responsibility to Australian citizens to listen to their views and opposition’, Mr Harris said. [More…]
Above all, it would be a straight affront to the 99 per cent of Australian citizens who pay their taxes as they are assessed, perhaps with complaints and perhaps with resentment, but without hesitation as a social duty. [More…]
amendment of its articles of association to provide for a board a majority of which are Australian citizens; and [More…]
That the majority of Australian citizens formerly of Yugoslavia are greatly disturbed by the much talked about proposal of terminating landing rights in Australia for the Yugoslav Airline JAT which would, if eventuated, greatly disturb present convenient and easy travel between Australia and Yugoslavia. [More…]
That the Australian Government consults with the Government of the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia and arranges an agreement between Qantas and JAT which will, as at present, not be to the detriment of the Australian Airline and will further assist Australian citizens of Yugoslav origin in retaining a direct air link between Australia and the country of their origin. [More…]
What action has been taken to date to simplify the provision of Australian citizenship to all residents of Home Island in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands who wish to become Australian citizens, as announced by the Minister for Administrative Services on 16 June 1977. [More…]
That the majority of Australian Citizens formerly of Yugoslavia are greatly disturbed by the much talked about proposal of terminating landing rights in Australia for the Yugoslav Airline J.A.T. [More…]
which will, as at present, not be to the detriment of the Australian Airline and will further assist Australian Citizens of Yugoslav Origin in retaining a direct air link between Australia and Country of their Origin. [More…]
Aboriginals have the same right as other Australian citizens to determine what is best for them. [More…]
It has been said before and, no doubt, will be said again during this debate that those Croats who have come to Australia and accepted Australian citizenship have made a contribution to our community. [More…]
We welcome that, and we welcome those people as Australian citizens. [More…]
We want those people to come to this country and live as Australian citizens. [More…]
We, loyal Australian citizens of Yugoslav-Croatian origin with other Yugoslavs, are disturbed and concerned that a very small but noisy element of so-called “Croats” has tarnished the good name of the overwhelming majority of honest, law-abiding, hard-working Croatians in this country. [More…]
The Government has found it necessary on several occasions to warn Australian citizens and Yugoslav citizens resident in Australia not to seek consular assistance from the ‘Croation Embassy’. [More…]
They have a great opportunity here to start a new life and to bring up their children as Australian citizens with the same common purpose that all Australians have. [More…]
However, some segments of the debate have degenerated into unwarranted and indiscriminate attacks upon a large number of Australian citizens of Croatian origin. [More…]
It is asked: Why do the Croatian people not realise that they are in Australia and forget where they came from and be Australian citizens? [More…]
In practical terms, this means that it is impossible for an immigrant from Yugoslavia or his children to renounce their Yugoslav citizenship despite the fact that they become Australian citizens. [More…]
What is most astonishing, is to find Australian citizens of Yugoslav origins who have re-entered, through visa, their homeland undergoing police examinations and being harrassed by the Yugoslav secret police, being imprisoned, and some of them even executed, whilst the Australian Government looked the other way. [More…]
Members of our community are deeply concerned that they have been discriminated against as Australian citizens, in Australia and when abroad, by the simple fact that they find it impossible to free themselves of being citizens of the Yugoslav regime. [More…]
Clause 7 is not limited to Australian citizens and applies in relation to acts committed on the high seas on or from a foreign ship in the course of a voyage to a place in Australia or an external Territory, or which is fishing or is licensed to fish in the Australian fishing zone. [More…]
Clause 1 1 enables the application of criminal laws to other acts by Australian citizens or residents in off-shore areas outside the territorial sea, for example, within the 200-mile zone. [More…]
That the majority of Australian citizens formerly of Yugoslavia are greatly disturbed by the much talked about proposal of terminating landing rights in Australia for the Yugoslav airline J.A.T. [More…]
which will, as at present, not be to the detriment of the Australian airline and will further assist Australian citizens of Yugoslav origin in retaining a direct air link between Australia and the country of their origin. [More…]
But who wants young people or single people with families- this is a situation which is growing now- as Australian citizens to pay for the sins of the last few years when inflation got out of control to such an extent that it was one of the highest rates in the developed countries. [More…]
If either of these allegations is substantiated will you, as co-chairman of the Joint House Committee, make a report to the Parliament on whether such conduct is highly provocative and objectionable to all Australian citizens? [More…]
To ensure a pension for all on retirement, and a guarantee that All Australian Citizens will retire with dignity. [More…]
However I am sure that this would not apply to Australian citizens who did not formerly come from Yugoslavia. [More…]
Certain parts of clause 5 would seem to enable the Australian Archives to collect private and personal papers relating to Australian citizens and organisations. [More…]
Australian Citizens of Polish origin, wish to bring to the Honourable Senators attention, the promise made by the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable J. M. Frazer,, in his election policy speech on November 21st 1977, when he said: [More…]
I hope that all senators will agree with me that the principle at issue is the right of all Australian citizens to democratic government and that a Minister who has given publicly an undertaking in the way that the Minister for Health has done should keep that undertaking. [More…]
The majority of people for whom claims are made are said to be dependent parents and parents-in-law and are not Australian citizens. [More…]
The fact of the matter is that it did nothing to introduce tax indexation which would have reduced the increase of taxes on Australian citizens. [More…]
The Government was appalled to read the story in the Press and expresses the abhorrence, I think, of all Australians if in fact there is discrimination against any citizens, whether Australian citizens or not, on the ground of religion or other discrimination. [More…]
Can the Minister tell the Senate whether any Australian citizens are temporarily or permanently resident in Vietnam or Cambodia and, if so, how many? [More…]
As far as we are aware, there are no Australian citizens in Kampuchea. [More…]
Should the Australian Government not take all necessary action to protect Australian citizens and legitimate travellers from brutal intimidation and prejudice which flout the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? [More…]
We now find that some of the people who are being discriminated against are in fact Australian citizens. [More…]
I think it is a most disgusting state of affairs that Australian citizens and residents or any other persons should be placed in this position by a national airline. [More…]
The national carrier which bears our flag and shows our face to the world has chosen, in pursuit of commercial advantage, to agree to quite intolerable conditions which include a religious test to be applied to Australian citizens who may wish to be passengers on its aircraft. [More…]
It is a matter of Qantas, a statutory authority which it is important to note was established by this Parliament, contravening a fundamental right of Australian citizens and for that matter any other citizens who happen to be Jewish, because they want to fly via Damascus. [More…]
We have always believed that priority should be given to Australian citizens in need. [More…]
In conclusion, we Australian citizens of Slovenian birth would like recognition of the fact that Slovenia exists, that we are ethnically nothing else but Slovenes, and that we do not want to be immersed, ignored or forgotten just because a journalist dismissed the Slovenian nation with a two-word headline. [More…]
I hope that all senators will agree with me that the principal at issue is the right of all Australian citizens to democratic government and that a Minister who has given publicly an undertaking in the way that the Minister for Health has done should keep that undertaking. [More…]
But there are people who are unwilling to accept that our society is a pluralistic society, that the contrary view to their view is held just as sincerely and strongly by many Australian citizens. [More…]
In effect Australian citizens will not now be able to find out the level of foreign participation in Australia. [More…]
Such a span will leave a big gap in the information available to Australian citizens about foreign participation in this country. [More…]
In my opinion and in the opinion of many people the real purpose for not carrying out these surveys is that the Government is trying to cover up, from Australia at large, what countries and companies are investing in Australia and buying our natural resources which, in whole truth, belong to Australian citizens. [More…]
1 ) Are foreign embassies or their diplomatic staff entitled to import motor vehicles under more favourable conditions than Australian citizens. [More…]
That the Senate notes with concern the lack of action by the Australian Government to relieve Australian citizens of the disadvantages of dual nationality, particularly as experienced in visiting former homelands, and urges the Government speedily to implement the recommendations contained in the report of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence on dual nationality, tabled in the Senate on 14 October 1976. [More…]
However, the Government does not approve of Australian citizens serving abroad as mercenaries. [More…]
Is the Minister concerned about reports that approximately 200 Australian citizens are fighting for the Rhodesian Army and that the recruiting campaign is going on all the time in Sydney and Brisbane? [More…]
It simply represents more clearly the failure of the Government, which is being imposed nationally on all Australian citizens. [More…]
They are Australian citizens and cover about 1 1 nationalities. [More…]
The subject, as the Minister and others know, is the large number of people, mostly Australian citizens of Greek descent, who have been charged with conspiracy to defraud the Commonwealth through the social security system. [More…]
At the moment considerable concern is felt by Australian citizens that in that area crimes may be committed on ships, very often foreign ships, where damage is done to that area and where things are being taken that are part of the national and international heritage of the world in relation to that particular area. [More…]
The Privy Council eventually decided that because they were naturalised Australian citizens and British subjects and owners of the vessel, the vessel was a British ship within the meaning of an imperial statute of, I think, 1799 and that the criminal law of England- in this case the Theft Act- applied. [More…]
In other words, in relation to an offence committed off the Western Australian coast by naturalised Australian citizens on board a fishing vessel normally operating out of Fremantle and licensed to do so under Western Australian law the ordinary jurisdiction of the Western Australian courts was not applicable and Western Australian criminal law could not be applied. [More…]
I believe that that situation is intolerable to any Australian, but particularly to those of us who believe that our national status demands that Australian citizens be subject only to legal rules devised by Australian courts or by Australian parliaments and not by bodies in the United Kingdom, in particular. [More…]
Persons born in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands after 23 November 1955 are automatically Australian citizens. [More…]
From remarks that the Minister for Home Affairs (Mr Ellicott) made in another place in replying to the debate that took place there last Tuesday night I note that the Cocos-Malay population on Home Island in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands is now down to about 270, of whom 140 will become eligible under these proposed provisions to become Australian citizens. [More…]
They have not yet become Australian citizens but they also will be eligible to take out Australian citizenship. [More…]
I trust that all those people- the 140 left on Home Island and the 180 in Western Australia and on Christmas Island- will be encouraged by the Government to take advantage of the provisions of this Bill and become Australian citizens. [More…]
Most of the Cocos Malay community are in fact Australian citizens. [More…]
They are the sons and daughters of post-war migrants, largely of Italian stock, and they are Australian citizens. [More…]
During the adjournment debate Senator Mulvihill raised the question of entry into Italy of Australian citizens who are of Italian extraction. [More…]
Does the Minister agree that this is blatant discrimination of a sexist nature to disfranchise these Australian citizens? [More…]
A fortnight ago I asked Senator Chaney who represents the Minister for Administrative Services in this place whether Australian citizens of Greek descent had been photographed with the words Greek’ or ‘Greece’ appended to them, whether certain information had been withheld from the Minister for Social Security (Senator Guilfoyle) and whether, because that information had been withheld, she was not able to report those facts to the Australian Parliament. [More…]
That was a fortnight ago The rights of Australian citizens were involved. [More…]
That: Many Australian citizens suffer considerable distress and financial hardship as a result of inaccurate charges and accounts for the use of telephone, telegraph and other related services. [More…]
To ensure a pension for all on retirement, and a guarantee that all Australian citizens will retire with dignity. [More…]
He referred to the irresistible tendency which the Australian media seems to have in reporting criminal cases, of describing Australian citizens by their ethnic background, even if they are born in Australia, if that background happens to be other than Anglo-Saxon. [More…]
I think it is important to understand that although relationships with Great Britain or the United States might be an important and significant part of the work of ASIO they are in fact subsidiary to the protection of Australian interests and the extent to which one gets information from overseas or the extent to which one provides information to people overseas can be judged only by the criteria of what is necessary in the defence of Australia and in the defence of Australian citizens. [More…]
I wish now to deal with a very serious question I asked without notice on 2 1 February concerning the arrest of Australian citizens. [More…]
That many Australian citizens suffer considerable distress and financial hardship as a result of inaccurate charges and accounts for the use of telephone, telegraph and other related services. [More…]
The Opposition is also aware and very concerned that ASIO has in the past demonstrated a disregard for the civil liberties of Australian citizens. [More…]
We in this Parliament will necessarily be calling on Australian citizens to work hard, to be more frugal and to accept sacrifices in the national interest. [More…]
That the Senate notes with concern the lack of action by the Australian Government to relieve Australian citizens of the disadvantages of dual nationality, particularly as experienced in visiting former homelands, and urges the Government speedily to implement the recommendations contained in the Report of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence on Dual Nationality, tabled in the Senate on 14 October 1976. [More…]
The fact is that for very many Australian citizens dual nationality is extremely serious and even fatal in one sense. [More…]
All honourable senators will be aware that in the mid 1970s- around 1975- this matter was brought dramatically to the attention of the Australian community by the Yugoslav Government’s refusal to allow Australian diplomats access to Australian citizens held in detention for several months. [More…]
That Government even executed Australian citizens who held Yugoslav nationality. [More…]
Luckily, I think that incident is unique in the sense that to my knowledge executions without the Australian Government being informed have not occurred in any other nation of former nationality of any Australian citizens. [More…]
That curse is still operative and affecting the lives of many Australian citizens. [More…]
Those articles are only three of a very thick file of newspaper clippings which reveal that the problem of dual nationality is one which seriously affects Australian citizens when they return to their former homelands. [More…]
A split infinitive in the cause of Australian citizens is forgiveable. [More…]
Is there any evidence that this Government is seeking to conclude like arrangements with the USSR or its Eastern European allies in respect to Australian citizens who could be expected not to exercise the choice of nationality of their former homeland? [More…]
All one would need to have is a vigorous program by the Australian Government, a diplomatic offensive, to see that that technique is afforded to Australian citizens who have a former homeland in the USSR or Eastern Europe. [More…]
In respect of the Western European democracies, we have a perfectly accessible means of assuring that the problems of dual nationality do not attach to Australian citizens who come from those European democracies. [More…]
The Department of Foreign Affairs is not aware of any significant instances in recent rimes of harassment in Australia of dual national Australian citizens by representatives of their former country. [More…]
6 is very relevant and extremely important to Australian citizens who were born in another country. [More…]
I did have discussions with Yugoslav Ministers during a visit to Yugoslavia just prior to Christmas and I did raise the question of the problems experienced by Australian citizens of Yugoslav origin. [More…]
It is a fact that, despite taking out Australian citizenship, people from Yugoslavia do not automatically relinquish their Yugoslav citizenship and all that that entails, including the obligation to undertake military service. [More…]
As I have already mentioned, this is a problem for Australian citizens of Yugoslav origin visiting that country. [More…]
I raised with Ministers in Yugoslavia the question of Australian citizens who were undergoing military service. [More…]
I am very pleased to be able to say that three Australian citizens who were undergoing military service have had that obligation reviewed and at the very highest level two have had their obligations set aside. [More…]
I am very pleased that the discussions with the Yugoslav Government have resulted in this understanding of Australian citizens’ points of view and I am very hopeful that the discussions which will continue with the Yugoslav Government, relating to the question of dual nationality, will have a mutually acceptable result. [More…]
I am delighted with that statement by the Minister because I feel that it indicates that the first step has been made in negotiating a bilateral agreement with one of the countries from which a large number of Australian citizens have migrated. [More…]
I really feel that a multilateral agreement would be too complicated in the present situation, with so many people from different countries now being Australian citizens. [More…]
Australian citizens suffer from many complexities. [More…]
It related to the difficulties experienced by Australian citizens of Yugoslavian birth when they visited that country and the difficulties that they experienced in this country by reason of their dual nationality. [More…]
In practical terms, this means that it is impossible for an immigrant from Yugoslavia or his children to renounce their Yugoslav citizenship despite the fact that they become Australian citizens. [More…]
Members of our community are deeply concerned that they have been discriminated against as Australian citizens, in Australia and when abroad, by the simple fact that they find it impossible to free themselves of being citizens of the Yugoslav regime. [More…]
As a shorter term objective, high priority should be accorded to entering into bilateral agreements between Australia and those countries whose nationality laws cause Australian citizens to be dual nationals and who suffer disadvantage because of this circumstance. [More…]
The recommendation was for the Government to attempt to achieve a shorter term objective by establishing a high priority to be accorded to the making of bilateral arrangements between Australia and those countries whose nationality laws cause Australian citizens to be dual nationals. [More…]
The recommendation indicated that these negotiations should take place with those countries whose nationality laws cause Australian citizens to be dual nationals and who suffer disadvantage because of this circumstance. [More…]
I hope that the Government will bring down a report in the Parliament in the near future on this important question which affects a large number of Australian citizens. [More…]
When they run into these problems in those countries, they find that although they are Australian citizens, the Australian consulate or embassy cannot help them. [More…]
It seems that over the years Greek Australian citizens have been raising this matter with Foreign Ministers of various governments and the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the present Government, but nothing has been done. [More…]
We did have the problem in the Second World War of Australian citizens being interned for the first two or three years of the War, as they were also during the First World War, and then being called up when the Japanese came into the War and sent to fight against the Japanese. [More…]
It is up to this Government and future Australian governments to recognise those difficulties and to defend very vigorously the rights of Australian citizens, whether other people think they have dual citizenship or not, and to come to agreement both with those conglomerations of nations which have reached some agreement on this and with individual nations whose former citizens are now citizens of Australia. [More…]
We are talking about a proposal of the Government to permit an organisation which will not be answerable to the Parliament to put Australian citizens under surveillance. [More…]
The fact is that the words ‘likely to’ give to the Organisation a very wide discretion in putting under surveillance the activities of Australian citizens. [More…]
Mr Virgo, the Minister for Transport in South Australia, said that the health of Australian citizens was more important than the expense to this country of motor vehicle emission control. [More…]
So fuel consumption is the main thing and the health of Australian citizens is a secondary consideration. [More…]
Arc there agreements between Qantas and any other nation which prohibit entry to Australian citizens on the grounds of race or creed. [More…]
The Australian Government therefore makes no arrangements for Australian citizens to obtain visas to enter Rhodesia. [More…]
If it seems to cast an onerous obligation on the Attorney-General, so be it, because he is the principal law officer of this country and he should discharge that obligation in the interests of Australian citizens who are threatened in any way by the provisions of this legislation. [More…]
But because of the Government’s rejection of our accountability proposals, because of the Government’s rejection of our suggestion for the tightening of the definition of subversive activity, the Opposition feels obliged to say to the Attorney-General that when warrants are issued to carry out a search of premises of Australian citizens who are not guilty of offences, to open their mail and to intercept telephonic communications, the Attorney ought to satisfy himself that every alternative legal and practicable step has been taken to obtain the information which is sought. [More…]
That many Australian citizens suffer considerable distress and financial hardship as a result of inaccurate charges and accounts for the use of telephone, telegraph and other related services. [More…]
I have given a great deal of thought to the question whether I should recommend that a right of appeal should be given to the Australian citizens or residents concerning whom security intelligence is thus collected or communicated. [More…]
I am therefore thrown back very largely on the sort of situation to which Senator Button referred- I think with some degree of disquiet- that is, that to a large extent the rights, reputation, liberty and perhaps even the future career prospects of individual Australian citizens will be in large part determined by the personal attitude of whoever happens to be the Attorney-General. [More…]
That: Many Australian citizens suffer considerable distress and financial hardship as a result of inaccurate charges and accounts for the use of telephone, telegraph and other related services. [More…]
Insofar as certain minimum standards of justice, social welfare and income guarantees are applicable to Australian citizens, in our view they should also be applicable to the people of Norfolk Island. [More…]
that Norfolk Island be incorporated into an appropriate electoral division of the Commonwealth of Australia, and that Australian citizens resident on the island be enrolled in that electoral division”. [More…]
The statement we have just heard is a disaster for the health standards of Australian citizens, lt completes the destruction ofthe universal health insurance system to which the Labor Government was committed and lo which on many occasions we had been led to believe that the Fraser Government was also committed. [More…]
He said: ‘Over 90 per cent of our trade, even though the statistics show that the passengers are Australian citizens, in fact is migrant trade. [More…]
They are people who came here from Yugoslavia, who have become Australian citizens and who are now going back to Yugoslavia for a period and then returning to Australia. [More…]
A pension for all on retirement, and a guarantee that all Australian citizens will retire with dignity is considered a right, and not a charity. [More…]
That many Australian citizens surfer considerable distress and financial hardship as a result of inaccurate charges and accounts for the use of telephone, telegraph and other related services. [More…]
Does she endorse the value of social interventions which reduce death and injury to Australian citizens- often innocent citizens in the case of drink drivingand does she know whether there is any intention to introduce such a program into areas where the Commonwealth has an executive function? [More…]
This involves a serious dispute between the West German tourist industry and Qantas over Qantas seeking to get part of the backload from Germany to Australia as it takes Australian citizens into that part of Europe. [More…]
I emphasise for the information of honourable senators that Australian citizens travelling on Australian passports will not require visas or return endorsements. [More…]
I know of instances where Australian citizens of Greek descent who have married in Greece have serious difficulties to bring their wives back here. [More…]
How many Australian citizens are affected by a law of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics which became effective on 1 July and which stipulates that anyone with two parents born in countries that now comprise the USSR will be deemed to be Soviet citizens? [More…]
Does the Soviet law have special implications for Australian citizens who come under its provisions and who may wish to visit the Soviet Union? [More…]
Australian citizens do not lose their citizenship should they automatically acquire the citizenship of another country under the laws of that country, whether they are residing in Australia or elsewhere. [More…]
Consequently, no Australian citizen will lose Australian citizenship because of the automatic acquisition of citizenship of the USSR as a result of the laws of that country. [More…]
Australian citizens then fully realised what this Government was doing- taking by stealth increased tax from the pay packets of workers. [More…]
Can the Minister inform the Senate whether those soldiers were recruited in Australia, whether they were Australian citizens and, if so, whether they were there with the knowledge of the Australian Government? [More…]
The Government has made it clear that it can give no approval to Australian citizens serving in the armed forces of other countries except where such service is in accordance with agreed arrangements. [More…]
The citizenship provisions of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act were amended to extend Australian citizenship to any person (not already an Australian citizen) who was ordinarily resident in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands immediately before their transfer to Australia and who is now resident in Australia or an external Territory and who wishes to take up Australian citizenship. [More…]
With few exceptions, all Cocos Malays residents in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands are now Australian citizens. [More…]
Is it a fact that at the Blackburn North Baptist Church on 1 1 August and again at the Robert Blackwood Hall at Monash University on 12 August this year, Australian citizens protesting against the Indonesian invasion and continuing presence in East Timor were kicked and punched by staff attached to the Indonesian Embassy, resulting in injuries to these citizens? [More…]
Can the Minister state whether diplomatic immunity extends to this point or have these Australian citizens some recourse to law? [More…]
166-167), parts of which we undersigned consider to be offensive to us, without ground in truth and denigrating to many Australian citizens of Slovenian origin. [More…]
We regret sincerely that you have been perhaps unable to make someeffort to ascertain the true facts, because if you would have done so, you would have surely discovered that the parallel organisation named Slovene Society Karantania has been established by the independent will of Australian citizens like you, by people of differing but independent religious or political views. [More…]
We are and have been, since we arrived, loyal Australian citizens with no political claims on the old homeland, beyond the claim of free travel to visit our relatives and friends still living there. [More…]
We have discovered no evidence that Australian citizens of Slovenian origin have been imprisoned, tortured or killed when they visited the old homeland, especially not so in the last several years. [More…]
The main reason why I quoted from the roneoed document which was sent to all senators and which was the property of all senators was to support the argument, which I think is supported by all honourable senators, that no disadvantages should be incurred by Australian citizens by reason of dual nationality. [More…]
In its political guerrilla war against the Labor Government of the day, it dragged decent Australian citizens and senior public servants to the Bar of this Senate to answer questions on loan raisings. [More…]
As I have mentioned already, each year about a million Australian citizens travel overseas. [More…]
That seems to me to suggest some attempt to question the right of Australian citizens to decide what information they will put on the passport when the Australian Government has made it quite clear that a town or city of birth is adequate. [More…]
I suggest that in that context it is the responsibility of any Australian government to attempt to deal with these matters bilaterally; to reach an agreement which, whilst meeting the requirements of other governments, also meets the interests and concerns of Australian citizens. [More…]
If we are to accept the responsibility, which we must accept, of as far as practicable looking after Australian citizens, there is a great need not only to improve the standard of the consular service but also to expand it. [More…]
A matter which requires special attention regarding Australian citizens of Baltic origin travelling abroad is the information contained in Australian passports issued to such travellers. [More…]
In this capital of Australia we have a situation in which certain governments say to Australian citizens: ‘We will tell you what you must put on your Australian passport’. [More…]
Are we discussing with these countries on a governmenttogovernment bilateral basis to try to meet what are to be fairly considered the legitimate interests of many Australian citizens? [More…]
Of course, but what Senator Tate is putting is that we as Australian citizens should not be required by the domestic requirements of other states to put the place of birth in the passport. [More…]
The charges will be mainly incurred by people who are not Australian citizens and will place those persons resident in Australia in a position similar to Australian citizens who must pay for passports in order to travel overseas. [More…]
Exemptions from the language requirement are granted to the wives or husbands of Australian citizens or anyone over 60. [More…]
There are known to be 143 Australian citizens imprisoned or detained overseas. [More…]
That the National Capital Development Commission has plans at an advanced stage to auction off for medium density development Fisher Place Park (Section 3 1 ) Ainslie, a unique natural parkland bounded by Hassall, Duffy and Ebden Streets and Herbert Crescent, Ainslie in the Australian Capital Territory, contrary to the wishes of the residents and other Australian citizens. [More…]
The difficulties that arise for Australian citizens from their dual nationality are however of continuing concern to the Government. [More…]
Whilst speaking about this question of dual nationality I should mention that the Government is keenly aware of the concern felt by certain Australian citizens about the new Soviet Law on Citizenship which came into force on 1 July this year. [More…]
In the meantime I can give an assurance that nobody will lose Australian citizenship through the operation of a law of another country. [More…]
In view of the decision of the High Court in the Communist Party case, I should have thought that any Attorney-General would have to do a lot of explaining to this Senate to show why Australian citizens and Australian organisations should be stripped of their rights- indeed, completely extinguished- by the dictates of Cabinet without reference to any criteria argued before an independent tribunal. [More…]
They will not be required to be Australian citizens. [More…]
For instance, Australian citizens visiting Britain can obtain permission to work, and certain categories of visitors from Britain are accorded a similar concession in Australia. [More…]
Senator Evans referred to what he termed as an anomaly in the Migration Act, which allows the deportation from Australia of Australian citizens. [More…]
We have already had a crisis situation in Lebanon when Australian citizens and people who have been residents of this country for a long time wanted to bring out their relatives from a very difficult situation. [More…]
That could not basically be regarded as an unfair charge because it will place persons travelling on a foreign passport in the same position as Australian citizens, who pay $25 for their passports. [More…]
Many, if not most, of the people who will pay the re-entry endorsement charge could avoid doing so by taking out Australian citizenship, for which they would be eligible. [More…]
1 ) Were Australian citizens who were protesting against the Indonesia invasion of, and continuing presence in, East Timor, kicked and punched by staff attached to the Indonesian Embassy, resulting in injuries, at the Blackburn North Baptist Church on 1 1 August 1979 and at the Robert Blackwood Hall at Monash University on 12 August 1979. [More…]
Are the Indonesian staff members concerned protected by diplomatic immunity to this point, or do these Australian citizens have some recourse under the law. [More…]
The Bill spells out by way of legislation the determination of this Government to bring the work force to its knees and to force decent Australian citizens to be subservient to the capitalistic system which this Government represents. [More…]
If the records are a bit dicey in the case of the elector in Hume, I am curious as to how we will arbitrate on cases involving people of Yugoslav origin who are Australian citizens and who have been here for more than 10 years. [More…]
I believe that any alternative government, such as the Opposition may aspire to be, ought to have an accountable and reasonable approach to the actual cost of the programs that we afford, not only to overseas persons in Australia but also to our own Australian citizens. [More…]
The privacy exemption in clause 30 should be retained in its present form but the Bill should be amended to include a right of correction, by Australian citizens and permanent residents, of misleading or inaccurate personal information relating to them; [More…]
How many Australian citizens continue to live and work in Iran? [More…]
Frankly, I am not impressed with the idea of making the fundamental human rights of Australian citizens dependent upon what the judiciary says will vary from time to time, as time unfolds, and as circumstances and conditions alter because I do not want human rights in Australia to be dependent upon time and circumstance. [More…]
However, we find that a member of the Australian Broadcasting Commission not only ignored Mr Carter’s appeal but also ran the risk of jeopardising the security of Australian citizens in Iran on Monday by ringing the United States Embassy there and speaking to one of the Iranian students, causing emotional irritation, the consequence of which was completely unpredictable. [More…]
Representations have been made to the Prime Minister by Australian citizens of Hungarian origin that the Government of Romania is committing genocide against the three million strong Hungarian minority living in Romania by killing members of that group, by causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of that group and by deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part. [More…]
As the Aboriginal population of Australia becomes progressively more and more educated and articulate it will find more and more that it is subject to acts of discrimination and that it is the object of positive prejudice by other Australian citizens and by governments. [More…]
The executive is dealing with it on the basis that Aboriginal people are Australian citizens with respect to whom the Commonwealth Government plays a very important role. [More…]
The public is entitled to speculate on the collective mentality of a government that can allow large exports of avgas to overseas countries like Fiji and, of all places, the United Arab Emirates and then to penalise Australian citizens by expecting them to pay more in fuel levies and to accept rationing of avgas. [More…]
Is the Government aware of any Australian citizens in Islamabad orin Pakistan being at risk? [More…]
I have not been able to get a brief about the situation and therefore I cannot answer whether Australian citizens are at risk. [More…]
The Department is seeking full details about the incident and inquiries are being made to see whether any Australian citizens are involved. [More…]
How many research workers are on the staff of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, and how many are Australian citizens. [More…]
The Government has made it clear that it can give no approval to Australian citizens serving in the armed forces of other countries except where such service is in accordance with agreed arrangements. [More…]
How many of those Australian citizens imprisoned overseas on: (a) drug related charges: and (b) other charges, are imprisoned: (i) pending, or in the course of, court proceedings; and (ii) as the result of a conviction that has been recorded. [More…]
1 ) Why is it that more than one-third of the Australian citizens imprisoned overseas on ‘drug related charges’ are in ASEAN countries, and what measures are being taken, with each of the countries involved, to overcome this situation. [More…]
1 ) In which overseas countries where Australian citizens are imprisoned does Australia not have formal diplomatic or other representation. [More…]
How are representations from, or the interests of, the Australian citizens involved dealt with in each of those countries. [More…]
Interests of Australian citizens imprisoned in Hungary and Nepal are respectively the responsibility of the Australian Embassy Vienna and the Australian High Commission New Delhi. [More…]
1 ) Did the Government of the USSR make a diplomatic protest to the Government of Sweden concerning the holding of a Latvian song festival on the Swedish island of Gotland which was attended by some 3S0 Australian citizens injune 1979. [More…]