independence - hofreps - 1970

Contexts in which the word independence was used in the House of Representatives during the 1970s

Does the Government intend to increase its aid contributions to Fiji having regard lo the likely granting of independence to Fiji later this year; if so, to what extent. [More…]
If so, will he make an early statement on precautions to be taken to prevent, or at least to assess, the costs and benefits of the Jervis Bay reactor plans as compared with alternative power projects including (a) the risks of a major plant accident (however unlikely) and radioactive ore transport leakage pollution, (b) radioactive waste disposal techniques and their long-term effectiveness, (c) environmental ecology, (d) the cost factor of safety provisions and (e) the independence of the Atomic Energy Authority from profitability motives or influence. [More…]
Have Australian passports been issued since the Unilateral Declaration of Independence to officials of the regime other than Mr O’Donnell, Lieutenant-Colonel Knox and Air Vice-Marshal Hawkins (Hansard, 27 August 1968, page 610, 16 April 1969, page 1137 and 22 May 1969, page 2228); if so, when, where to whom and by whom were the passports issued. [More…]
In view of the fact that presidential members of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission are appointed for life and Conciliation Commissioners are appointed until they attain the age of 65 years, will he give consideration to amending the Public Service Act in such a way as to give to all members of the Public Service Board the same tenure of office and opportunity for independence as is already enjoyed by Conciliation Commissioners. [More…]
The Association of Australian Slovaks celebrates 14lh March 1939 as the date of the Slovak independence. [More…]
On 14th March 1939, the Slovak Diet unanimously adopted a declaration of independence by which Slovakia denied its allegiance to the Central Government of the Czechoslovak Republic in Prague and declared itself a sovereign state. [More…]
What is the date and validity of Slovak independence which the Association of Australian Slovaks celebrates in March. [More…]
Various organisations in Australia celebrate 10th April 1941 asthe date of Croatian independence. [More…]
What is the (a) date and (b) validity of Croatian independence which various organisations in Australia celebrate in April. [More…]
Has Australia ever recognised the independence of Croatia. [More…]
Has Australia ever recognised the independence of Slovakia (Hansard, 7th April 1971, page 1650). [More…]
The Minister has picked up the point of the Australian Labor Party’s policy of independence for Papua New Guinea. [More…]
We are consistent and not inconsistent as the Minister suggests, because if you believe in the early independence of Papua New Guinea you also believe in the early selection of members of the Administrator’s Executive Council as a step on the way. [More…]
In other words, believing in early independence for Papua New Guinea, we do not want the Minister for External Territories to be choosing the inner ministry. [More…]
We are consistent in believing in early independence, and also in believing in early responsibility, that the 17 Ministers should choose their inner cabinet rather than the Administrator and the Minister. [More…]
You will have independence in 1975 and the decision will be made in Canberra, not in Port Moresby.’ [More…]
It is the duty of the Government - of any government - to ignore such people and to provide the defence forces necessary for the freedom and independence of our country. [More…]
Was it in accordance with Government policy for the then Minister for Immigration in April 1970 to attend a meeting celebrating the anniversary of Croatian independence. [More…]
Is it still the view of his Government (a) that the Croatian independence celebrated in April is the creation of a puppet Croatian state by the Germans on 10 April 1941, dominated by the Ustasha terrorist movement under Ante Pavelic and (b) that Australia does not recognise the independence of Croatia (Hansard, 28th April 1971, page 2211). [More…]
1 am advised that the then Minister for Immigration did not attend, in April 1970, a meeting celebrating the Anniversary of Croation Independence, nor has he ever done so. [More…]
3307 (Hansard, 18th August 1971), led to believe that their efforts to preserve their independence would be supported if necessary by allied forces. [More…]
Only last month, I notice, the publication ‘The Australian Liberal’ was referring to such matters as my Party has been advocating and which the Minister enunciates as ‘hasty and arbitrary independence for New Guinea’. [More…]
Will he also ensure that in appointing the third person, which is at his discretion under the provisions of the Electoral Act, he will choose a senior Commonwealth public servant, as was formerly done, in order clearly to establish complete independence from political parties of all the commissioners. [More…]
The question of independence for Papua New Guinea ls the concern of both the Australian and Papua New Guinea Governments. [More…]
It is also the concern of the United Nations which by General Assembly Resolution 2977 of 14th December 1972 called upon Austrafia to prepare, in consultation with the government of Papua New Guinea, a timetable for independence. [More…]
The Government’s policy regarding independence was stated in the Governor-General’s speech on February 27th in the following terms: [More…]
Will he publicly reject the possibility of a unilateral declaration of independence for Papua New Guinea by Australia before (a) 1974 (b) 1975 or (c) 1976. [More…]
Did Australia take any action concerning selfdetermination and independence for the New Hebrides (a) with the colonial powers; and (b) within the United Nations Organisation during the period 1970 to 1972 inclusive. [More…]
Did Australia take any action concerning selfdetermination and Independence for New Caledonia (a) with the colonial power; and (b) within the United Nations Organisation during the period 1970 to 1972 inclusive; if so, what action was taken; if not, why not? [More…]
What was the value of Australian aid to the Cook Islands from the date of independence to 31st December 1972. [More…]
Can he say what assistance these agencies have given to the Cook Islands from the date of independence to 31st December 1972. [More…]
What was the value of Australian aid to Tonga from the date of independence to 31st December 1972. [More…]
Can he say what assistance these agencies have given to Tonga from the date of independence to 31st December 1972. [More…]
What was the value of Australian aid to Western Samoa from the date of independence to 31st December 1972. [More…]
Can he say what assistance these agencies have given to Western Samoa from the date of independence to 31st December 1972. [More…]
What was the value of Australian aid to Fiji from the date of independence to 31st December 1972. [More…]
Can he say what assistance these agencies have given to Fiji from the date of independence to 31st December 1972. [More…]
2984 (xxvii) which, among other things, called for a time-table to be established for the self-determination and independence of the Cocos Islands. [More…]
Will the Minister fully investigate the desirability of giving the Commonwealth Film Unit independence by introducing a Bill to provide it with statutory status. [More…]
As I have stated previously, it is the policy of this Government to ensure that the Australian Broadcasting Commission has programming independence. [More…]
This legislation is, of course, part of the transfer of power from Australia to Papua New Guinea, firstly through selfgovernment and later through independence. [More…]
What action did Australia take to promote independence for (a) New Caledonia, (b) New Hebrides and (c) the Solomon Islands during 1973-74. [More…]
Forum members agreed that the Premier of the Cook Islands should inform the Congress of the requirements for attendance of observers at the Forum, namely that, observer status is accorded to leaders of Governments approaching full selfgovernment or independence, and request them in the light of this to advise the Government of Tonga, as the host of the next Forum, as to their possible attendance. [More…]
Has the Minister’s attention been drawn to reports that Mr Horta had previously visited Jakarta and was given a written assurance by the Indonesian Foreign Minister that Indonesia supports independence for Portuguese Timor. [More…]
If he had been in the House this morning, he would have realised that the main territory for which the Commonwealth was responsible, Papua New Guinea, moves to independence in less than a month’s time. [More…]
Before the debate is resumed on the Papua New Guinea Bill I suggest that it may suit the convenience of the House to have a general debate covering this Bill, the Papua New Guinea Independence Bill, the Papua New Guinea Loans Guarantee Bill, the Papua New Guinea (Staffing Assistance) Bill and the Social Services [More…]
That we, the members of the Australian House of Representatives in Parliament assembled, offer our warm congratulations to the National Parliament and people of Papua New Guinea on the achievement of independence and extend our best wishes for Papua New Guinea’s future progress and prosperity. [More…]
-As this will be the last occasion on which this House will be sitting before Papua New Guinea comes to independence, I seek leave of the House to move a motion conveying to the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea the congratulations of this House on the achievement of independence. [More…]
Because of its relevance to the consideration our two Governments have been giving to this question, I thought I should pass you the text in advance of my departure for the Papua New Guinea Independence Celebrations tomorrow. [More…]
The purpose of adding the words ‘with respect to matters of policy ‘ is to make it clear that we wish to ensure the independence of the Office. [More…]
I believe that such a scheme ensured that the senior citizens in nursing homes were not deprived of their dignity and sense of independence. [More…]
Does not this decision of the Government interfere with the independence of the 4 Commissions? [More…]
The ABC enjoys independence and integrity. [More…]
I further ask: Are there reports that the East Timor independence movement is still strong and that it will take Indonesia a very long time to subdue itthat is, to destroy that capacity of East Timor for national self-determination? [More…]
The Fraser Government’s threats to the independence of the Schools Commission. [More…]
Since the Foreign Minister before Christmas expressed concern at the establishment of what he called this ‘selfstyled Croatian Embassy’ which obviously could provide no consular or diplomatic services- I quote the Minister’s precise words- and since Australian governments have never recognised the independence of Croatia, I ask: What steps are being taken to bring an end to this misleading and provocative display? [More…]
Is it a fact that Australia has never recognised the independence of Croatia (Hansard, 28 April 1971, page 22 12 and 29 August 1972, page 858). [More…]
In Australia we are still developing towards our own independence. [More…]
The Administering Powers have pledged to bring the territory to independence by 1980 but a precise independence date has not been set. [More…]
(a)(b) Post independence arrangements in respect of services currently being provided by the Administering Powers have not been finalised. [More…]
My Government’s view is that the two Administering Powers have an obligation to make adequate financial arrangements to ensure a smooth transition to independence and political, economic and social stability in the post independence period. [More…]
If so, is he able to say whether (a) education in French language schools will be separately and entirely funded after independence by a special direct grant from the French Government thus relieving the New Hebridean Government of budgetary responsibility and assuring the future of French eucation; (b) education in English language schools will be the direct responsibility of the New Hebridean Government itself, which will not receive any special grant from the British Government apart from its continuing responsibility to pay a diminishing budgetary grant each year to cover all services and; (c) the equipment, pupil-teacher ratio, staff salaries and buildings in the English schools are already disadvantaged compared to the French schools in the New Hebrides. [More…]
I am not aware that the French Government has any plans to advance New Caledonia towards independence. [More…]
In the September 1977 elections for the Territorial Assembly approximately 36 per cent of electors voted for parties which favour immediate or eventual independence. [More…]
Is he able to say what is the current status of political movement towards independence. [More…]
The record was evident even theft, and the rape of Hungary stands as a monument to the fulfilment of that threat by the Soviet Union in the fifties- a monumental example of interference, invasion and the rape of another nation’s independence. [More…]
1 ) Has his attention been drawn to the plea by Prince Sihanouk for an international conference on Kampuchea and the reconvening of an International Control Commission to supervise free elections and a return to independence. [More…]
My Government will take steps to advance Papua and New Guinea further along the road to self-government and eventual independence. [More…]
My Government does not believe that an arbitrary date for independence of Papua and New Guinea should be set by it, even against the wishes of the people of the Territory and it will not do so. [More…]
We have found that in Papua-New Guinea self government has become a bad label, because the Government in its utterances has not made a clear distinction between self government and independence. [More…]
Of course, if the House of Assembly and a Cabinet had control over defence and foreign policy they would have complete independence. [More…]
The members of the House of Assembly are confused about self government and independence, and they are being kept that way. [More…]
It has to be allowed to make those mistakes in the period before independence, when some of the mistakes may not be so serious and when Australian can perhaps assist in rectifying the blunders. [More…]
It is not right to hold before the local people the idea that the coming of self government or independence means the abandonment of Australia’s interest in them. [More…]
If there is even the slightest reason to suspect the judicial independence of the Commission, this is very serious indeed. [More…]
He alleged that the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission, composed of three men who, under the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act, are entitled to the right, style and privilege of judges - who are regarded as judges in their actions, their responsibilities and their independence - was submissive to political pressure. [More…]
I was surprised that the honourable member should reiterate the allegation, for it is a practice of this House that the independence and integrity of the judiciary will always be protected. [More…]
Allegations of this kind are all the more apt to be mischievous when they are made about the administration of justice in an emerging nation - a nation we all want to see emerge to independence and full nationhood. [More…]
There is hardly any need for denial because the standing of the Commission, its independence and its judicial status go without the need of defence for anybody except somebody like the honourable member who is looking for a political vehicle. [More…]
But that in applying this assistance, the Government must have as its aim the long term strength, stability and independence of the rural community rather than attempt to deal with the present difficult conditions by measures prompted by the desire for political popularity. [More…]
They want to see Australia take a new independence and give a new leadership in this part of the world. [More…]
The Governor-General’s Address, like all official statements on New Guinea, implies that the question of self-government and independence for New Guinea can be settled without reference to any nations other than Australia and New Guinea. [More…]
The plain fact is that Australia would not have been permitted to remain in New Guinea as trustee had she not promised to prepare New Guinea for independence. [More…]
The Address repeats the trite and meaningless formula that the timing of self-government and independence is to be based solely on the wishes of the people of New Guinea. [More…]
The honourable member for Fremantle (Mr Beazley) verv accurately pointed out yesterday that the people of New Guinea, including its political leaders, are suffering verv grievously by confusion deliberately spread bv expatriates, including officials, as to the real meaning of terms like self-government and independence. [More…]
The member for Fremantle, the member for Oxley and I found throughout the Territory that one of our greatest difficulties was to reassure the people, even members of the House of Assembly, that neither selfgovernment nor independence meant the end of Australian aid. [More…]
The greatest single step towards the political education of New Guineans this Parliament itself could advance would be to make a formal declaration that Australian aid and Australian assistance will continue after independence. [More…]
when we boast of our independence and freedom in this country, we would hear a Minister stand up and say that a man had acted treasonably and that he would repeat the charge outside the House, yet still support a Ministry which will not prosecute that man whom the Minister has quite truthfully said in his mind is guilty of treason. [More…]
I have indicated that in the circumstances of the British withdrawal from our North, and of American re-appraisal, Australia will be required to put forth a greater effort embodying greater independence. [More…]
The United States constitution was forged on the anvil of a war of independence and it was hammered into shape by new concepts of democracy. [More…]
Their Constitution was framed at a time when they were fighting a war of independence; framed at a time when they were beginning a new concept in democracy. [More…]
There are words of fire in it and about it, but so far as we are concerned our independence was won at Yorktown by General Washington and in the House of Commons by Edmund Burke, because although his words were ignored at the time they were not forgotten. [More…]
That is where our independence was won. [More…]
You would expect an awareness of our problems and our perils, a consciousness of the challenges and the opportunities ineluctably ours, an upsurge of vigour and determination, a sense of sturdy independence, the independence of a proud people facing the world and confronting their destiny, confident and serene - this is what you would expect. [More…]
Throughout the journey the Leader of the Opposition and those who were with him tried to point out that the United Nations Organisation, that very year, had insisted by a vote of 112 to none that Australia should forthwith hand over Papua and New Guinea to independence. [More…]
For the first time there was no demand for a time table, and for the first time that this happens the Leader of the Opposition, the alternative Prime Minister, goes into the arena, and takes on Russia’s job for her and demands a time table for independence. [More…]
What I can say is that in recent days the United Kingdom Government has submitted a recommendation to the United Nations Security Council asking for confirmation that the unilateral declaration of independence is illegal and uncon stitutional. [More…]
Will the Minister give an assurance that the long recognised position of independence of the Tariff Board will not be jeopardised by such an inquiry? [More…]
That is the history of the proposal and, of course, there is nothing in the suggestion at all which would impair the traditional independence of the Tariff Board. [More…]
That the critical situation of the rural economy both requires and justifies urgent and substantial Government financial assistance, and in applying this assistance the Government must aim for longterm strength, stability and independence of the rural community rather than attempt to deal with the present conditions by measures prompted by the desire for political popularity. [More…]
The Government has clearly expressed its determination to take steps to advance the Territory along the road to self government and independence. [More…]
It was grossly unfair to a fine race of people to set an arbitrary date for their independence, regardless of the wishes of those people, and to put impossible pressures on a people struggling to enter this age. [More…]
The best we have ever extracted from the Minister for External Territories (Mr Barnes) was his statement on Sth March 1967 that independence for Papua and New Guinea will not be achieved for very many years, if at all. [More…]
However, the Parliamentary Draftsman, although still under the head of the Department in a formal sense, has come to occupy a position of some independence and, in practice, is now only nominally responsible to the head of the Department in relation to professional work. [More…]
The Government’s policy is summed up by my honourable friend the Minister for Defence and by the Prime Minister - this has consistently been the case - as being to strive for, to seek and to find those means in the world that will enable countries to have their independence, to maintain their national integrity, and to ensure that the inviolability of human rights is held in honour. [More…]
1 hope that the people of Australia and the members of this House will leave the people of the Territory in peace and will not force independence on them too quickly, as some of the other countries of the world have been suggesting. [More…]
The Bill before the House will materially help some handicapped children to engage fully in the life of the community; others will be prepared for sheltered employment or at least achieve a greater measure of personal independence than would otherwise have been possible. [More…]
The ones who were not prepared to use it - and the number of men and women was equally divided approximately between the two sexes - gave reasons of independence, pride, shyness or, in some cases, physical disabilities. [More…]
decided objective of restoring them to- a position of independence. [More…]
We are there - as we originally went there - in order to attempt to maintain the freedom and the independence of the people of South Vietnam. [More…]
This is a Board that occupies by force of statute of this Parliament a statutory independence. [More…]
What the honourable gentleman has before him and what I have before me is the decision of a board which has statutory independence - an independence that has been enjoyed by that board for many, many years. [More…]
Does Australia support any established government which suppresses popular independence movements. [More…]
What part have communist parties played in aligning published Australian policies towards independence movements in this area. [More…]
The Attorney-General referred to the deplorable demonstrations outside the American Consulate-General in Melbourne on Independence Day in 1968. [More…]
Then when the Vietnamese movement for national independence had become so strong that the French were forced to recognise it, they immediately began a campaign to undermine and destroy it. [More…]
But the Vietnamese won their battles against the French and for a short time they appeared to have won their independence. [More…]
We have had the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence. [More…]
South Vietnam snuffing out the hope of freedom and of democratic independence in that country and extending the areas of Communist control closer to their country. [More…]
There can be no doubt that the eventual aim for Papua and New Guinea must be political independence. [More…]
I feel certain that the Australian people will continue to be happy to provide grants in aid to Papua and New Guinea for many years to come on a scale comparable to our present efforts, but I do believe that it is in the interests of the people of Papua and New Guinea and the people of Australia that the moves towards, firstly, internal selfgovernment and, later, political independence should be accelerated. [More…]
Post-war years have brought independence to our neighbours - India. [More…]
Independence has not solved all the problems. [More…]
He always makes a worthwhile contribution, and as one of the newer members of this House I am highly impressed with his independence. [More…]
It went on to protest against the Agreement that had been made because it said it was contrary to the long term interests and the wishes of the people of South Vietnam who had a right to independence and freedom and did not want aggression within their own territory. [More…]
It was a violation of Czechoslovakian independence, and the subsequent effects were that the liberal regime - the Dubcek Smrkovsky regime - was in fact replaced, Dubcek was sent out of the country, all liberal reform ceased and NeoStalinism was once again resumed in that country. [More…]
Thirdly, does he think that Ministers can maintain a position of independence if they own an equity in any private concern which does business with government? [More…]
How will the financial interest of Qantas Airways Ltd in Fiji Airways be affected by independence? [More…]
Now that an announcement has been made regarding the date for the forthcoming independence of Fiji 1 am sure that the Government and the people of Australia extend best wishes to the new nation which will emerge after that date and express the hope that there will be a continuation of the very happy relationshi p that has existed in so many fields, particularly in the field of aviation. [More…]
I would assume that the present arrangement as far as the use of Nandi is concerned and also the agreement for operation there would continue after Fiji gains its independence. [More…]
The Leader of the Opposition must know that we in Australia will do whatever we can to assist Fiji in its bid for independence and I have gone out of my way to try to help the local sugar industry there achieve its goal of ensuring that South Pacific Sugar Mills will in fact mill sugar products over the course of the next few years. [More…]
The Indonesian Government has denied it and to the best of my knowledge no arms and equipment are being provided from this country and you, Sir, would not expect it to be as it is a neutral country and now has taken the initiative to call a conference to try to ensure the neutrality and the independence of Cambodia. [More…]
As to the first part of the honourable gentleman’s question, the Lon Nol Government did not ask for the assistance that was given by South Vietnam and the United States of America but yesterday the Premier himself, Mr Lon Nol, issued a statement in which he said that the liberation government of Cambodia recognised that the action by the United States and South Vietnam was taken in order to achieve the freedom, the independence and the realisation of the highest ideals of the people and the Government of Cambodia. [More…]
This Vietnam Moratorium Campaign is, 1 believe, a further attempt to brainwash the ordinary decent people of this country against the desire of the Government and the decent people of Australia to protect the independence of a sovereign state in South East Asia. [More…]
All Vietnam Moratorium efforts have been directed to weakening the morale of our people and the morale of those people who are setting out to try to preserve the independence of a non-Communist state in South East Asia. [More…]
In effect he is saying that Australia has been so remiss and ineffectual in fulfilling its clear obligations to prepare and educate the people of New Guinea for political independence that even the basic concept of Government and Opposition in a parliamentary democracy is not understood there. [More…]
The uncertainty we found was not about the question of the readiness of New Guinea for self-government and independence, not about the timetable that might be applied by this Government or by a Labor government, but about the role in terms of money and men that Australia would be willing to provide for a self-governing New Guinea and subsequently an independent New Guinea. [More…]
It is astonishing and disturbing how widespread is the impression that independence, self’government even, will mean an end to Australian help in money and men. [More…]
Whatever opinions may exist about the timing of independence, it has to be realised that any prolongation of our colonial rule is inherently artificial. [More…]
The onus of proof is not on New Guinea to show that it is ready for independence. [More…]
The second basic proposition is that the obligation we assumed to bring New Guinea to independence is one which we sought ourselves. [More…]
Australia would not have been permitted to remain in New Guinea as trustee had she not promised to prepare New Guinea for independence. [More…]
Because this is the crucial question, it is quite misleading for the Minister for External Territories to assert that the matters of self-government and independence for New Guinea are matters for New Guineans alone to decide. [More…]
Superficially the Minister’s reiterated statement that ‘independence is a matter for New Guineans alone to decide’ looks like a simple and straight-forward statement of the principle of self determination. [More…]
The rate of advance towards political independence is determined by that authority. [More…]
The decisions to establish the old Legislative Council, to enlarge it, to replace it with the House of Assembly, to draw up a common roll, to set up open and regional electorates, to create ministerial members, to establish local government councils - that is, all the decisions which the Government would claim as being designed to prepare New Guinea, for independence - were decisions of the Australian Government. [More…]
The refusal to lay down any framework at all for the timing of self government and independence is itself a recipe for uncertainty and confusion. [More…]
As the honourable member for Fremantle has frequently pointed out, the Government uses confusion and frequently promotes confusion about the practical meaning of self government and independence to delay self government and defer independence. [More…]
The fundamental divergence of opinion between the Government and the Opposition is at this point: The Government believes that the longer independence is deferred the better the prospects for good relations will be; we believe that the longer it is deferred the worse the prospects will be. [More…]
The next stage was the more formal invasion of South Vietnam by North Vietnamese forces, by North Vietnamese formations penetrating right into this country which was seeking to preserve ‘ its own independence, just adding to and accelerating the butchery, the terror, the dreadful impositions upon the peasantry in the villages and the poor people in this country. [More…]
We saw the mounting pressure on both these fronts and particularly on the fighting front in South Vietnam; the increasing terror and the reckless, relentless attacks with mortars, the ruthless murder of village headmen, the systematic murdering of schoolteachers and any people who could give a lead, and the introduction of larger military formations from the North led to the position where the South Vietnam Government, still seeking to protect the independence of its people, asked the United States to send military aid and asked Australia and other countries to send military aid. [More…]
The South Vietnamese who want their own independence have indicated that even without support they would fight as long as they could. [More…]
Given time I believe the tactics and purposes of fighting for the independence and the right of the Vietnamese to determine their own future will succeed. [More…]
When is the Labor Party prepared to make a stand and say that the independence of a small country, which has few people as Australia has few people, is something that is important to us just as our own independence would be important to us? [More…]
Or does the Australian Labor Party say that the independence of a small nation is precious only if that country is governed by a Communist Party? [More…]
The second attitude which could be an explanation of Labor’s policy is that it does not matter, that it is too far away, that it is not our concern and that the independence of a small country just does not matter. [More…]
When it concerns our own independence, or does it not matter even then? [More…]
I have had representations from many people in the Territory asking that the Prime Minister (Mr Gorton) go to the Territory and reassure the people that they will not be pushed into self-government and independence by 1976. [More…]
The Opposition’s present policy of pushing the Territory into self-government by 1972 if, of course, it gets into power - a big ‘if - and independence by 1976 represents a drastic change from the policy pursued by the right honourable member for Melbourne Our policy is 1 of political change sanctioned by the people of Papua and New Guinea through their elected House of Assembly. [More…]
We agree with the Australian Government’s policy that the timing of independence is a matter for the people of the Territory to decide for themselves. [More…]
The move for independence is being made by the Pangu Party, which has 10 members in the Assembly and claims to be a national party. [More…]
Its members who speak of independence have no experience of PapuaNew Guinea and have never ever worked with the people of Papua-New Guinea. [More…]
He went up there in 1964 and he said: ‘Independence by 1970’. [More…]
The Labor Party supports this policy of self-government by 1972 and independence by 1976. [More…]
As to our own purpose, we have made it clear on a number of occasions that what we want is freedom and independence and the right of these countries to determine their own future. [More…]
The most important item on the agenda is the independence and neutralisation of Cambodia. [More…]
Even the long and sometimes torrid period of colonialisation by the French, starting in 1847, cannot be identified as the beginning of the struggle for independence in Indo-China. [More…]
The ballot box was to be the new arsenal for independence, and its use was not conditional on any domino theory or subject to the consideration that one side or the other would win at the polls. [More…]
I wish to direct attention to the fact that although great fluctuations have occurred in the political, economic - and, for that matter - the sociological aspects of Indonesia and its development since independence, there has been truly a continuing interest by Australia. [More…]
So the figures at least cause us to ask: ‘Are we doing enough in trade with the great nation that is on our doorstep and to which we helped to bring independence?’ [More…]
All I ask for them is enough to live out their lives with dignity; enough to ensure that they can afford 3 meals a day; enough to know that they can meet their rent or rates without depriving themselves of food or clothes to do so; and enough so that they can maintain their self respect and independence. [More…]
Honourable members who were in the House at that time - I was not one of them but I remember the debate - will recollect that it was the Government’s argument that it wanted to give the Laboratories independence and put them on this viable commercial footing so that its existence would be self justifying. [More…]
Secondly, he must have a reputation for independence of thought and action. [More…]
Later on I hope to deal with protective devices that assure the independence of this Corporation and protect the Australian people from just what the honourable member for Chifley was talking about. [More…]
I can only hope that these great nations, representing - as they do - 250 million people of the Asian region will be able to bring their influence to bear on other countries, particularly the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, in an attempt to make some contribution towards the defence of freedom and of independence in South East Asia. [More…]
For an Australian company expansion too often means a loss of independence; a loss of Australian control. [More…]
For example, the communique issued at the 1966 Prime Ministers’ Conference in London included the following: ‘The British Government stands ready to give independence to territories that want it and can sustain it. [More…]
Has the right honourable gentleman given further consideration to my question a fortnight ago on Australian representation at the South Pacific Conference next September in Fiji on the eve of that country’s independence? [More…]
The Prime Minister at the time, Sir Robert Menzies, had said in Australia that independence must come sooner or later and he favoured it sooner rather than later; a bombshell through Papua-New Guinea. [More…]
1 want to say one thing quite clearly: We do not agree with the Government that it is real to say to the people of Papua and New Guinea that independence will come when they ask for it. [More…]
We strongly favour continuing a treaty for 15 years after independence: to continue providing economic, financial and technical ass stance to them. [More…]
As far as the Labor Party is concerned, it is not a matter of the only factor being what the House of Assembly decides and if somebody can organise the highlands bloc efficiently never to ask for it, independence never comes or does not come for 50 or 60 years. [More…]
That is nol the only factor in independence. [More…]
Then in 1976, after 4 years of discussion, assuming the Labor Party had power to decide these things, you would commence your discussion about independence, lt is not a matter of pushing them off the cliff but at that time the discussions on the subject of independence might take place. [More…]
But at some stage - we believe in 1976 - they have to start giving their minds to the question of full independence. [More…]
What is significant is nol that the United Nations as an assembly passes resolutions which are overwhelmingly in favour of independence: What is significant is that something like 100 governments of the world, having sat down and considered Papua and New Guinea, have instructed their delegates to urge the independence of Papua and New Guinea. [More…]
The tragedy of the select committee was that it got to Fiji, a country which is on the point of independence, when nearly all the crucial members of the Fijian Parliament had gone to London. [More…]
After all, Fiji has moved along the road to independence and will become independent in October. [More…]
The decision that investors should wait until they see what independence means is very intelligent on their part. [More…]
He has the training and the standing which give him the independence to do this. [More…]
Are the independence and autonomy of the Australian Broadcasting Commission impaired by the fact that all staff appointments are controlled by the Public Service Board, over which he exercises ministerial authority? [More…]
But eventually all countries recognised the need to support Cambodia in its desire for independence and neutrality. [More…]
It is essential that those handicapped physically or mentally are helped early in life to reach a level of independence and become self-respecting adults able to play a productive role in the community. [More…]
He is probably more mortified than anybody for having rushed in on this subject in a state of primeval innocence 3 months ago, but he may get the opportunity in the few months remaining before Papua-New Guinea gets independence to appoint magistrates in the Territory as well as judges as he does in the Australian Capital Territory. [More…]
no child or young person is in any way restricted by his or her capacity or independence as a citizen solely for the benefit of any other person or persons [More…]
If Australia is to acquire independence in the field of aviation it must have its own aircraft industry. [More…]
These were to make a constructive effort towards achieving peace in Cambodia and protecting its independence and neutrality. [More…]
The Administration needs a holiday from the affairs of the Gazelle Peninsula, lt looks as if its policy is forgetting that independence is coming, lt can mobilise the House of Assembly to vote that its actions, patently wrong, are right, just as it could mobilise the, House of Assembly to vote for tear gas and batons to enforce a policy in Bougainville which was later repudiated. [More…]
The thing that baffles me about all this is that alt we need is for half a dozen of the honourable members opposite who are always broken hearted and grumble and grieve about the late hour, to show enough strength of character and independence of spirit to stay out of the vote. [More…]
There is no doubt in my mind that the best, and indeed the only approach which will allow the wool growers to retain their independence and at the same time avoid the very real dangers of an open ended commitment for the taxpayer, is a reconstruction scheme on the lines broadly similar to the dairy industry reconstruction scheme recently passed by this House. [More…]
Is he also aware that engineers claim that the proposal to have engineers dependent on employers for renewal of licences for certain types of aircraft could lead to a loss of their independence and a clearing of aircraft when they doubt the safety of the aircraft if the aircraft engineers feel that their jobs could be at stake? [More…]
We would remind the Parliament that under the provisions of its establishing Act, your Joint Committee of Public Accounts does have very wide terms of reference, independence of action and the requirement to report directly to the Parliament itself. [More…]
Of course, the reign of Macquarie was from 1809 to 1821, and it took much training and agitation to give people in the countryside their independence. [More…]
I say that the chief credit for the change in thinking on tariffs goes, firstly, to the Vernon Committee, and secondly, to the Tariff Board for pointing out with courage and independence of mind the way we had to go and the way that all thinking people know we have to go. [More…]
The Tariff Board must certainly have a great degree of independence, but it must also be subject to review by the Parliament of the day. [More…]
A lot of people want independence and they want money as well and sometimes the two are a bit difficult to reconcile. [More…]
The Cambodian Prime Minister, in a report prepared on Prince Sihanouk’s instruction and published in October 1969, denounced the breach of faith by North Viet-Nam, which had undertaken to respect Cambodia’s neutrality, independence and territorial integrity and yet had proceeded with the military occupation of strategically advantageous zones’ in Cambodia. [More…]
Was it in accordance with the Government’s policy to issue Australian passports after the Southern Rhodesian Unilateral Declaration of Independence (a) on 23 June 1967 to Mr Stan O’Donnell, described by the Southern Rhodesian regime as its Secretary of External Affairs, (b) on 6 December 1967 to Lieutenant-Colonel William M.Knox, appointed by the regime as its diplomatic representative in Portugal and (c) on 13 August 1968 to Air Vice-Marshal Hawkins, serving as commander of the Southern Rhodesian Air Force. [More…]
Yet it is perhaps just as significant, as a key to the independence of his career, that the second half of his motion received scarcely any support, and none of it official. [More…]
I think it is useful to remember that in the course of achieving independence many countries throughout the Commonwealth have each been split into a number of smaller countries. [More…]
In the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association we have seen that the task is not to promote a splitting of countries but to try to see whether we cannot bring together in larger units some of the small countries that now exist as a result of independence movements that have taken place throughout the Commonwealth over the last 15 years. [More…]
As nations have been split through independence so there is a move now to make them realise that there are advantages in coming together again voluntarily in new forms of association and this could well be of importance to the new nations of the Pacific which are close to Australia’s sphere of influence. [More…]
I think it is useful at times when new countries come to independence and inherit the Westminster model that we should as an Association ask ourselves what is important in this whole parliamentary system. [More…]
As independence takes place a period of tension always develops between the new independent country and the former colonial power; but as one moves further away in time from that moment those tensions decrease and a new sense of understanding emerges. [More…]
I do not say that there are no economic problems in the larger countries, but in particular the smaller countries, many of which have received their independence in recent years and many of which are trying to find their place in the scheme of world economics, are confronted with economic problems. [More…]
I think the honourable gentlemen knows too that it is the wish of the Government that the neutrality and independence of Cambodia be maintained. [More…]
The composition of the Senate provides a visible demonstration of the independence and autonomy of the States, together forming an integral part of the federal union. [More…]
lt should be pleased to know that there is such independence in the Australian Country Party. [More…]
Australia has always been looked upon as a community of people who like to have their small plot of land - a quarter of an acre or whatever it may be - and on it have their own homes and so their independence. [More…]
This would cost it the last semblance of credibility or any capacity to act with decision and independence. [More…]
If the honourable member does not want the North Vietnamese to win is he prepared to work for the independence of South Vietnam? [More…]
In Cambodia, our objectives in accordance with the 1954 protocol were these: We wanted their independence and neutrality. [More…]
The North Vietnamese - the Communists themselves - had given an assurance at Geneva that they would respect the neutrality and the independence of those countries. [More…]
1 ask every person who has and welcomes the right of choice this question: Does he want the GortonM’cEwen Government, a Liberal-Country Party Government, which will play its part in the cause of freedom, or does he want a government formed by the Australian Labor Party which is consciously, determinedly, and persistently assisting our enemies and which is giving aid and comfort to those who are out to destroy freedom and who want a Communist regime to dominate that part of South East Asia that is of importance to us and of vital importance to the security, the future and the continued independence not only of Thailand and Cambodia but also, 1 believe in time, of Malaysia, Laos and Singapore. [More…]
I have spoken in this chamber on the need to preserve the complete independence of the Australian Broadcasting Commission and all other mass media. [More…]
They have paid the price for their economic independence. [More…]
This system will not last 10 minutes after independence. [More…]
They now desire to live in dignity and independence for the remainder of their days. [More…]
I believe that most members of the House will welcome the fact that Fiji will shortly become indepen dent and that independence celebrations will be held there. [More…]
We in the Government, of course, take very great pleasure in that fact as we take great pleasure in the fact that many other Pacific islands are also obtaining their independence. [More…]
As to the 2 ceremonies that have been mentioned by the honourable member, the Prime Minister has agreed that at both the independence day celebrations and the meeting of the South Pacific Conference 2 Cabinet Ministers will represent the Australian Government - the Minister for Primary Industry at the independence day celebrations and the Minister for Shipping and Transport at the meeting of the South Pacific Conference. [More…]
If that is to be taken to mean that one should not accelerate self government, that one should not push independence upon the people of this region before they want it, that we should seek to let them make the decision rather than make it for them arbitrarily, then I am sure the views which have been expressed to the honourable member are proper views and in the interests of all the people of Papua and New Guinea just as they are in the interests of the people of Australia and just as they evidence the Government’s own approach. [More…]
At the request of the South Vietnamese, the Australian Government agreed to join with the Americans in attempting to defend South Vietnam and to preserve the independence of that young country. [More…]
Here blatant outside aggression, coupled with insurgency, threatens the independence of 3 States - all the agreements and pious hopes formerly expressed notwithstanding. [More…]
In deciding to increase its help to Cambodia the Australian Government is acting in concert with other nations which want to preserve the independence and integrity of the Cambodian people. [More…]
Collectively, the 3 new provisions contained in the Bill will enable sheltered workshops to assume a more important role in catering for those people, who notwithstanding their physical and mental disadvantages, want to work lo the best of their ability; some to augment their invalid pensions, others with the objective of achieving full economic independence by entering or re-entering the normal work force. [More…]
It is in effect a budget support programme and we could forgive the people of Papua and New Guinea for believing that, when independence is received, we will no longer be responsible for providing aid. [More…]
In ‘Mandate for Change’ General Eisenhower has written of this period, when the people supported the Vietminh in their fight against the French and saw Ho Chi Minh as their hope for independence: [More…]
There was no doubt whatsoever that the French were a colonial power and the locals wanted national independence. [More…]
When some local organisation which offered independence came undoubtedly many people who were not Communists supported this uprising against the French. [More…]
When Pierre Mendes-France gave independence to Morocco and Tunis the Communists in the French Chamber of Deputies, although they ostensibly stood for the independence of Algeria, voted immediately with the ultra right to overturn the MendesFrance Government. [More…]
They ostensibly believed in the independence of Algeria but what, they wanted was a continuing war in which France would be bled white and a revolutionary situation would be developed in Paris. [More…]
The Chinese have not the slightest regret at the presence of American troops in Vietnam any more than the Communists in the French Chamber of Deputies had any regret when they voted with the ultra-right to overturn Mendes-France so that he would not give independence to Algeria. [More…]
This situation has of course arisen from the breakdown of independence that was granted to Cyprus in 1960 when it had a parliament of 35 members, the President being Archbishop Makarios. [More…]
In the years since the independence negotiations broke down there have been many murders on the island. [More…]
On the other hand, we believe that the independence and integrity of small countries like Cambodia and Laos are important to us because we, too, are a small country. [More…]
The Queensland Mines Nabarlek strike could threaten the Rio Tinto monopoly and Rio Tinto will now move to strangle the independence of the Queensland Mines operation. [More…]
In his 1968 Budget Speech the Prime Minister (Mr Gorton) said that pensions would be payable according to a philosophy which saw the Government allowing pensioners frugal independence*. [More…]
A great many of them could be helped back to a degree of independence and employment. [More…]
The Djakarta Conference initiative, in which we have participated actively since its inception, and which is something new in the region, was designed to help to secure, by peaceful means the continued independence and neutrality of Cambodia. [More…]
These were men of political independence and courage. [More…]
It has been claimed that the Tariff Board has lost its independence and has been induced by the Government by policy written into references, by reference back of reports and by public and private pressures to recommend higher tariffs than it would otherwise have done and to give up or modify stated intentions to simplify or reduce tariffs or to set an upper limit to tariffs. [More…]
New nations are rising to maturity and old nations are re-asserting their independence of mind. [More…]
Once an independent school, particularly of the type I have mentioned, the wealthy schools, begins to calculate its finances on that sort of basis, that is the thin edge of the wedge that is being driven into the independence of that school. [More…]
It is the first sapping of the independence of those schools; it could lead to a very substantial lessening of the independence of such schools. [More…]
He parroted the common cry: ‘An arbitrary dale for the independence of Papua-New Guinea should not be set’. [More…]
As usual he deliberately sets out to confuse a certain minority of New Guineans by ignoring the distinction between self-government and independence. [More…]
The major problem which the Government faces in its present administration of the Territory lies in the pressures which are being exerted for the definition of dates for home rule and for independence. [More…]
In principle, I think that the Government’s announced policy is a very correct one - that is, that it is the people themselves who must decide when they want home rule and when they want independence rather than having these things imposed upon them by the administering authority. [More…]
Immediate independence’. [More…]
Independence means different things to different people. [More…]
I wish to emphasise that there can be no true and full independence, whatever the political situation, without economic independence. [More…]
I hope that in the public debate on independence fundamental economic facts will not be ignored. [More…]
Only in economic independence will there be true independence. [More…]
To sum up, I would say that Australia’s position has to be that the people in Papua and New Guinea can have home rule and independence whenever they decide that they want it, secure in the knowledge that Australian assistance, in terms of money, advice and technical and administrative know-how - and we have built up expertise and experience in this less developed country - will continue for as long as the people want it and circumstances remain reasonable. [More…]
In developing the Territory of Papua and New Guinea towards eventual independence we must always keep in mind the hope that when independence finally does come Australia will have gained a friend and ally, one with whom we can continue close cooperation in our mutual interests. [More…]
The policy of this Government has been that independence should neither be hastened nor delayed, but rather that it should reflect the capacity and the desire of the community to accept greater responsibility. [More…]
It was also at Daru where he was reported to have said for the first time that New Guinea under a Labor government would have internal self-government in 1972 and complete independence in 1976, irrespective of whether the people of New Guinea wanted it or not. [More…]
In the Highlands he met the same type of political thinking that has nonplussed United Nations visiting missions - the fear of the coastal people developing too quickly and dominating the Highlanders, allied wim the suspicion chai once independence comes the Australians will go home taking their money with them. [More…]
Then he goes on to say that he will force us to accept complete independence by 1976. [More…]
I would like to make it clear that Australia’s main objective should be to bring about independence for the Territory as early as possible. [More…]
Education is the key to independence. [More…]
If these people are exploited now, I shudder to think what will happen to the Europeans when independence is granted. [More…]
Most of the indigenous people who were questioned at these meetings said that they are far from ready for independence. [More…]
Many an educated and sophisticated native has asked me where the Territory would get iiic money if ii received independence tomorrow. [More…]
1 would hope that, as it develops towards independence - and I believe that the parliamentary system is the way in which it will develop its independence - we will recognise that every time it makes a law which is not vetoed at a higher level, this is an exercise of selfgovernment, and that is the way it ought to go. [More…]
We must have people who believe in free enterprise if we are to maintain this nation of free enterprise and independence. [More…]
The Government’s impropriety in these matters has weakened the independence of the Commission and thus lessened respect for its findings. [More…]
But the national view might well be one which, at least from the point of view of this Government - and without necessarily endangering the independence or autonomy of the States - would at least subject them to a comparatively critical analysis in terms of what the States put forward. [More…]
This is the only thing which will give the Parliament power to protect Australia’s natural resources and guarantee Australian’ cor:porate independence. [More…]
The advantages are these: Firstly, national uranium fuel independence from overseas supplies; secondly, high plutonium production which can atd either a nuclear bomb project or the installation of fast breeder reactors; thirdly, partly proven design; fourthly, low fuel inventory and replacement, allowing a small interest burden on stockpiles if overseas fuel is used; fifthly, it is not necessary to reprocess fuel elements to extract unused uranium 235 to achieve good fuel economy. [More…]
Of course, Nauru and Tonga already have achieved independence and next week Fiji itself also is to achieve independence. [More…]
I know from the Prime Minister that the Minister’s Department acted in accordance with the Government’s policy in issuing Australian passports, since the unilateral declaration of independence, to 3 men who were born in Australia but who now serve the Rhodesian Department of External Affairs in Salisbury, Pretoria and Lisbon. [More…]
I wish to inform the House that the Minister for Primary Industry (Mr Anthony) left Australia on 7th October to represent Australia in Fiji at the independence celebrations. [More…]
This is a short Bill, the principal effect of which will be to permit the States to enact legislation requiring the licensing of premises used for processing fish for either domestic consumption or export.It also omits Nauru from the scope of the Fisheries Act following the granting of independence to that country. [More…]
Once that was established - 1 am glad it has not been - then any independence which the ABC possessed would be at an end. [More…]
I want to talk about the independence of the Australian Broadcasting Commission and the need to ensure that this great authority is not made subject to partisan control. [More…]
In view of these recent events and the widespread public disquiet which followed attempts to muzzle current affairs programmes, I believe that a declaration of independence for the ABC should be incorporated in the Broadcasting and Television Act as the main cornerstone of the controlling legislation. [More…]
The Prime Minister (Mr Gorton) in the speech referred to by the honourable gentleman explicitly confirmed - that confirmation is unnecessary - the statutory independence of that body. [More…]
That independence will be maintained. [More…]
The real fact of the situation is that the Government, having done nothing constructive in the area for so long, allows the Commission to develop its principles with the best will in the world and with the utmost skill it can muster - as common law courts have developed principles and law over the years in developing systems of common law - but the Government does not accord the Commission the independence it is entitled to and which it gives to the Government. [More…]
A Tory government that had ruled Malaysia since independence, which had exactly the same outlook in foreign affairs as this Government, turned round and said: ‘We will from now on be nonaligned. [More…]
Yet we have the stupid, asinine, childish situation of people who are supposed to be grown up trying, with no grounds based on commonsense at all at this time, to produce a situation whereby the people of South Vietnam will not be able to look after their own freedom and their own right of independence. [More…]
I have never heard so much nonsense as we hear from people who will not compare a United Nations decision to send troops into a small nation struggling for its independence, and the present position in Vietnam. [More…]
We should help people to their independence and when we think of aged people we should be helping them to realise the great potential that they have - not the potential in terms of dynamic achievements in the contemporary sense of their going out to forge a new enterprise, to start a new factory or a new farm but the potential in terms of the product of their great experience. [More…]
Another purpose of the Bill is to provide for the omission of Nauru from the scope of the Fisheries Act following the granting of independence to that country. [More…]
With regard to the system of special assistance, it seemed a pinnacle of success had been reached when Western Australia asserted its independence from the Grants Commission. [More…]
Now South Australia has chosen to relinquish its independence of the Commission and apply for assistance on the basis that its relative financial status has deteriorated. [More…]
We share the hope that the agreements will permit Cambodia, Laos and Viet-Namto play their part, in full, independence and sovereignty, in the peaceful community of nations, and will enable the peoples of that area to determine their own future. [More…]
But there seemed to be a general movement toward a common ideal - a general upgrading of the colleges of advanced education - that their purposes should be more technical and more professional and that there should be a movement of the universities perhaps in the same direction, coupled of course, with a desire on the part of colleges of advanced education to attain to the ideals of independence, free inquiry and research that are so often associated with universities but which traditionally have not been found in technical colleges, at least not to the same extent. [More…]
We live in changing times, and today even in our high schools, let alone in the colleges of advanced education, one gets a planting of these ideals of inquiry, independence and thinking things out for oneself which at one time we tended to associate almost exclusively with the university ideal. [More…]
means not only formal education but also the acquisition of experience and being exposed to experience in a setting, ideally, where there is a tradition of mutuality, independence, free inquiry and things of this sort. [More…]
We should try to attract to training institutions within the Canberra College of Advanced Education, and I hope to a Faculty of Education at the Australian National University, candidates for teacher training who would serve in the Commonwealth Territories - to serve in Papua and New Guinea in that country’s last gallop towards independence, when education will become even more important. [More…]
This is one of these terribly sad matters which hold out expectations to the people - ‘independence for New Guinea in 1972’, ‘free education at tertiary level’. [More…]
In how many cases has Qantas accepted Rhodesian passports since the Southern Rhodesian Unilateral Declaration of Independence. [More…]
Was his attention ever drawn to a press report of 14th October 1968 wherein the French Government, in a case where it had no power in law to prevent a share transaction, by an expression of disapproval effectively stopped a plan for the Fiat company of Italy to buy Michelin’s controlled shares in Citroen and so preserved the independence of the French firm. [More…]
Recalling the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14th December 1960 containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, [More…]
Having Considered the report of the Trusteeship Council covering the period from 20th June 1969 to 19th June 1970 and the relevant chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard lo the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, [More…]
Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea to self-determination and independence in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) and the Trusteeship Agreement of 13th December 1946; [More…]
Takes note of the arrangements made by the Trusteeship Council, in accordance with paragraph 5 of resolution 2590 (XXIV) and in consultation with the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, concerning the composition of its forthcoming periodic visiting mission to the Trust Territory of New Guinea in 1971; [More…]
Calls upon the administering Power to prescribe, in consultation with freely elected representatives of the people, a specific time-table for the free exercise by the people of Papua and the Trust Territory of New Guinea oftheir right to self- determination and independence, and to report to the Trusteeship Council and to the Special Committee on the action taken in that regard; [More…]
Recalling the request made to the Trusteeship Council by the General Assembly, in paragraph 5 of its resolution 2590 (XXIV) of 16th December 1969, to include non-members of the Trusteeship Council, in its periodic visiting missions to the Trust Territory of New Guinea, in consultation with the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and with the Administering Authority; in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, [More…]
The neutrality of Laos has been shattered not for a few months, not for one or two years but for nearly 10 years by the active participation and aggression of North Vietnam in that part of what was once Indo-China It was not South Vietnam and the United States of America which shattered the myth of neutrality in Cambodia, as the honourable member for Wills (Mr Bryant) well knows and as he reported courageously in view of the environment of his own colleagues; it was the blatant aggression by North Vietnam and the determination of the Cambodian people to stand up for their own independence that ended Sihanouk’s regime, placed the present Prime Minister in power and began their struggle for independence. [More…]
The Deputy Leader of the Opposition thinks that South Vietnam ought to have that opportunity but he thinks that the securing of the independence of a people is not sufficiently important for Australia to have any part of it. [More…]
Do not tell me that the Government and the Australian people in general go around looking for people to free from tyranny and to protect their independence. [More…]
Is it not possible that something can be done for the people to protect their independence and their neutrality? [More…]
The effort which has been made by this country to preserve the integrity and the independence of South Vietnam is not something that should draw shame from any person in this country, and neither is the superb effort which has been made by those serving in the fighting forces and those who are participating in the civic and civil aid programmes there. [More…]
Recently, as the honourable gentleman stated, the Japanese have taken the initiative, together with Indonesia and Malaysia, and have appealed to the co-chairmen - that is, Britain and the USSR - and to the 3 member countries of the International Control Commission, namely, India, Poland and Canada, to call a conference in order to achieve the neutrality and independence of Laos. [More…]
The land of French settlers had ceased to be a native grievance at the time of independence. [More…]
He set out to destroy his opponents in the Liberal Party, the independence of the Commonwealth Public Service and even the Westminster system of Parliament. [More…]
What we have done in Vietnam is to give the Communists a monopoly of the issues of nationalism, independence and unity. [More…]
Has it been decided that this is the best way to maintain independence of the Tariff Board whilst still avoiding problems of having to deal with any recommendations it may make for tariff reductions. [More…]
The Government has openly stated its intention to strip the Arbitration Commission of its independence and to convert it into a subservient government agency for implementing unpopular government policy. [More…]
His Government was going to provide for frugal self-respecting independence for pensioners, as distinct from its former philosphy of helping out the relatives and charities by means of pensions. [More…]
AH the items that I have mentioned, such as refrigerators, hot water services and sewerage and so on, are now included in most people’s ideas of what is a frugal and self-respecting independence, to use the term proclaimed by the recently retired Prime Minister. [More…]
In view of the high incidence of Army coups among newly independent nations, I ask: To what extent is the Australian Army increasing the number of indigenous commissioned officers in the Pacific Islands Regiment and what steps, if any, are being taken to ensure that the Regiment does not develop into an elite organisation which is capable of staging a coup when Papua and New Guinea gain independence. [More…]
It must be very difficult for the honourable member for Bendigo in that area because there is a very great spirit of independence in the apple industry there and people do not easily come to the party as regards any scheme of stabilisation or organisation. [More…]
The second principle is the independence of the judiciary. [More…]
The real safeguards for citizens of this country are the principle of equality before the law and the independence of the judiciary. [More…]
The general attitude of Australian sporting bodies on this question has been to insist on complete independence from government influence. [More…]
It is arguing that independence of the Government is essential in policy but not in finance. [More…]
The general attitude of Australian sporting bodies on this question has been to insist on complete independence from government influence. [More…]
people of East Pakistan nor, for thai, matter, any country which has obtained independence during the postwar period, but I do think that the people in Australia and western countries should not judge what is happening in these newly independent countries by their own standards, as we are far removed from what is actually happening. [More…]
It is a difficult job running any country and East Pakistan and many other countries that have obtained their independence really have done a remarkably good job in tackling the many difficulties associated with self-government. [More…]
Australia voted against 3 resolutions and abstained on another concerning the implementation of the 10-year old Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. [More…]
Speaker of the House of Assembly, Dr John Guise, for his wise and patriotic efforts in establishing, even before independence, healthy relations with Indonesia. [More…]
Independence for Papua and New Guinea will liberate our international activity. [More…]
The independence of Taiwan must be maintained. [More…]
The independence of Taiwan must be maintained. [More…]
The Tariff Board was established as an independent advisory body and governments have scrupulously maintained its independence since its foundation. [More…]
The independence of the Tariff Board will be preserved. [More…]
I congratulate the Minister and the Government on the statement, and in particular on the emphasis given to maintaining the complete independence of the Tariff Board. [More…]
They argue that if wage rates were increased now the economy of the Territory might survive, but come independence the country would not be able to support a higher wage rate. [More…]
This is an extraordinary statement from a member of the Australian Labor Party which has advocated self-government, independence and goodness knows what else. [More…]
These reports show quite clearly that, if there was any liar or scoundrel insofar as the negotiations were concerned, it was Smith, who had gone so far as to advise the then Prime Minister of Australia, Sir Robert Menzies, that he had not and could not meet the British Prime Minister over the matter of Rhodesia and independence when he had in fact done so. [More…]
It became apparent too that any new arrangements would need to be considered against the background of a quicker movement towards internal selfgovernment and independence. [More…]
Once people begin to think about independence it is not long before they demand it and then have it. [More…]
This had the very salutary effect of ending the sense of infinite leisure with which, in a world of very intense pressures, the whole approach was being made to the development of self-government and ultimately independence. [More…]
I believe that if Papua New Guinea goes into independence with the situation in the Gazelle as it is now, it will be a tragedy. [More…]
If they want to delay the processes of selfgovernment and independence - if they understand what is being talked about in self-government - that ought to count as important with us. [More…]
Therefore, in the intial stages of independence, I think that Papua New Guinea needs a strong central figure to be a focal point of loyalty. [More…]
We note that the Ministerial Members believe that independence may be accelerated and that the whole planning ought to be on the basis of accelerated independence - the faster it is done the better. [More…]
The extent of the distress which Labor policy has created is measured by a motion which passed through the House of Assembly by 36 votes to 11 and which stated that, if Labor won the next election in Australia and attempted to impose selfgovernment on Papua New Guinea without the consent of a majority of the people, the next House of Assembly should petition the United Nations to direct the Australian Government to act in accordance with the freely expressed will and desire of the people of Papua New Guinea, as guaranteed by the United Nations declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples, and by the policy of the present Australian Government. [More…]
I do not believe that independence is any more than an evolution of the parliamentary system. [More…]
Opposition has consistently told the people of Papua New Guinea: ‘You will have independence in 1972 or early 1973 should Labor come into power at the next Federal election in Australia’. [More…]
In other words, the Opposition has taken no notice of the majority view expressed in Papua New Guinea, except for tonight, that independence should be delayed. [More…]
You will have independence whether you want it or not, whether you are prepared for it or not, when we tell you’. [More…]
On the other hand the Government has consistently held the attitude that independence must be a matter of agreement between the people of Papua New Guinea and the Government of Australia. [More…]
It has held the view that independence would not be forced on the people against their will or withheld against their will. [More…]
This is not only a wholly responsible attitude but one which recognises the right of the indigenous people to have the major say in the decision when independence should be promulgated. [More…]
Here again I would like to stress my belief in the importance of experienced expatriate officers whom I see as providing an enormous stabilising force in the first difficult years of independence. [More…]
Whilst we have the principle of absolute equality of citizens before the law - with everyone, no matter what his station, subject to the law - whilst we have the independence of the judiciary and whilst we have the right of freedom of speech and assembly so long as the freedoms of other people are not infringed, the rights of individual citizens are protected. [More…]
I believe that this statement outlines another stage in the remarkable progress towards selfgovernment and eventual independence for Papua New Guinea. [More…]
Mr Ray Whitrod, the former Commissioner of Police in Papua New Guinea, with all the benefits of police intelligence, warns that independence and self-government for Papua New Guinea should not be delayed because of the worsening race relations there. [More…]
But I agree with the United Nations Mission, or some members of it, that there is far too much brain washing by expatriate interests suggesting that if Papua New Guinea is to have independence it has to have a lot of money. [More…]
The Leader of the Opposition made perfectly clear that with the coming of selfgovernment and independence he was prepared to continue the financial grants; he was prepared to continue the expatriate officers in a Department of Pacific Relations. [More…]
But I believe this: Solve the land problem in the Gazelle before independence. [More…]
The RAAF is unlikely to have as much independence in determining its aircraft and weapons systems in the years ahead. [More…]
Solomon Islands Protectorate on 16 November 1970 that a timetable of constitutional and economic development be drawn up leading to independence and did he note that the official members of the Council did not oppose or vote on the motion on the ground that the matter was one for Solomon Islanders to determine for themselves. [More…]
The independence of Laos and Cambodia were in precarious balance. [More…]
So we have this situation of the young men going off to join the independence army of Bangla Desh. [More…]
In each country there is a movement to autonomy; in fact in many cases to independence. [More…]
What a pity that the Tibetans did not see the real values of the incursion which wiped out a thousand years of independence and cultural and religious autonomy. [More…]
So the Government took this one industry that had been pointed to as a shining example of self-sufficiency, independence and stability and kicked it in the most hurtful place possible. [More…]
It means that if that were the law of this country, it would be an end to the impartiality of the judiciary, it would be an end to judges’ independence and it would be an end to the freedom which they now have to reach decisions based on the evidence and on the arguments that are put before them. [More…]
It believes that a ‘gradual solution’ will be possible when the Taiwanese have been able to get rid of Chiang and Taiwan reverts to the sort of society to which Peking could safely grant a semblance of independence as an ‘autonomous’ province of China. [More…]
It was the lack of support from foreign governments and, of course, the Government of West Pakistan, in coming to the assistance of the survivors which led to independence first becoming a real issue in East Pakistan. [More…]
I know because I was there during the elections, and it was at this stage that Sheik Mujibur Rahman pressed for independence, and the movement soon won popular support amongst the masses. [More…]
If so, will he, in view of the rapidly increasing tensions and rising pressures for self government and independence in Papua New Guinea, make an immediate and favourable decision on the request and so enable members of this Parliament to be better informed on the aspirations of the people of Papua New Guinea? [More…]
I hope that when I go I will be able to give them a message that will clearly indicate that we are anxious that they should have internal independence as soon as it is practicable. [More…]
It is the wish of this Government not only that they should have internal independence but also that we shall play our part in trying to ensure that their standards of living are continually improved. [More…]
He said when the people of Papua New Guinea should have independence. [More…]
At the same time we are preserving for ourselves the greatest possible scope for independence of action. [More…]
Nothing is any use unless a country has the spirit of independence and the morale to defend itself. [More…]
In the Mission’s opinion, however, the surest answer to separatist tendencies probably lies in steady progress towards full self-government and independence for the whole country. [More…]
I feel it is a pity the Government has not provided an incentive to encourage young people to maintain their parents in their own homes where they can uphold their dignity and independence. [More…]
If there is one thing a deserted wife needs it is to regain her self-respect and independence. [More…]
Many a child whose future looked bleak has been given new independence and a new outlook on life because of the training he has received in a sheltered workshop. [More…]
I hope that for once in a way we will see that Liberal independence whereby honourable members opposite can vote as they like - cross the floor and say anything - and nothing will happen to them. [More…]
One of the most important things is to preserve its independence. [More…]
It is a credit to all concerned - to the people who manage the ABC and to Parliament - that in general the ABC in both radio and television seems to preserve a fair amount of impartiality or independence. [More…]
But I took the view then, as I do today, that if selfgovernment and independence were to mean anything at all to the people of Papua New Guinea they must not be too dependent economically on Australia and other countries. [More…]
If there was a rationale for another independent inquiry, surely the independence of that inquiry might best be achieved by appointing reviewers from outside the Commonwealth Public Service. [More…]
Australians should never forget that this Government, which said that our security and future independence was challenged by the menace from the north - and Vietnam was cited as an example - saw fit to call up only a section of the 20-year olds of this country and place on them the full responsibility for the defence of this nation. [More…]
The Council for Aboriginal Affairs has indicated that for this goal to be achieved increasing emphasis must be given to measures to promote the greater economic independence of Aboriginal Australians as individuals and as groups - especially in the north and centre as communities - and to strengthen their capacity to manage their own affairs. [More…]
That Australia recognise in practice, the Indo-Chinese peoples’ right to national independence and self-determination. [More…]
It would increase the degree of independence of Australian delegations. [More…]
But I suggest that now he has found this courage and he has a burst of independence let him demonstrate his courage so that we can see where he stands on this -matter. [More…]
Since that time the concept that Australians should control the destiny and the natural resources of their own nation - I will not say that it has caught fire because I believe that in the hearts of most of our countrymen there has been a feeling that we should retain some semblance of independence - has created a tremendous response across the nation, indicating the desire of ordinary Australians and their children to have a continuing stake in their own country. [More…]
Also I refer to women who may not want to marry and who may want to retain their freedom and independence. [More…]
The Government’s policy of inaction in this area is destroying the chance for partnership during selfgovernment and after independence. [More…]
Even the most conservative views concede independence by the end of this decade, but the Government appears to he living in the past decade rather than planning for the next. [More…]
It is only within the last 3 years that the ultimatum was thrown down to the people in the Territory of self government by 1972 and independence by 1976. [More…]
With all the blandness possible the Leader of the Opposition said only this evening that even the most critical people would not deny that there must be independence by the end of this decade. [More…]
Do you think to get self-government we will have to raise our hands to heaven and that God will give us self-government and independence without war? [More…]
People in England fought for independence, Americans fought for independence and many other countries fought before getting independence. [More…]
His reference to their readiness to fight for independence should make us think. [More…]
The great danger is that when independence is achieved we may have created a master and servant relationship that will be regretted. [More…]
A lady in Madang said to me: ‘My houseboy said to me, “Independence means I get the house, the car and I get you as well” ‘. [More…]
Papua New Guinea and its progressive development towards internal selfgovernment and independence with freely expressed wishes of the people. [More…]
We are pouring into the Territory about Si 30m annually of Australian taxpayers’ money to help these people with the sole objective of helping them towards selfgovernment and eventual independence. [More…]
On the question - a very vexed question - of land, I believe action must be taken by the Administration to help overcome the great land shortage of the indigenous population before independence is granted. [More…]
Why cannot honourable members see the problems that this could raise after independence? [More…]
On the question of self government and independence, the Territory now virtually has self-government as Canberra is not using its right of veto. [More…]
If we insist on staying as a policeman, we will see great damage to our chances of influencing the policies and development of the country after independence, plus bloodshed, growth of racialism and hostile country as our nearest neighbour. [More…]
It is better to take chances on an early independence than face these inevitable happenings. [More…]
But it does seem to me, in listening to a succession of speakers, that they do the cause of Papua New Guinea’s self-government and independence some disservice in their highly selective criticism of what is in fact happening there. [More…]
While this has been true only to a limited extent, it is something which a country preparing for unity and independence cannot afford to tolerate. [More…]
If they are to be independent they must have a wage structure related to their own economy otherwise they will have a false independence and will have to depend on subsidies from outside sources. [More…]
We would be false in our attitude if we said that we would bring this country to independence but saddle it with a wage structure based on Australia’s economy. [More…]
Mention has been made of self government and independence. [More…]
The policy of this Government is to give self government and independence to the Territory whenever its people want them. [More…]
He has said that the people of the Territory will have self government by 1972, which is next year, and independence by 1975. [More…]
The Labor Party says: ‘It does not matter what they say about self government and independence; it is what we say’. [More…]
Belgium, Canada, Italy and Japan move in the United Nations for (a) reaffirmation of the principle that States shall refrain from use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State (b) the fullest possible use by parties to a legal dispute of (i) the World Court, (ii) the good offices of tbe Secretary-General, (iii) improved methods of fact-finding and conciliation, (iv) Security Council subsidiary organs for settling specific disputes and restraining the flow or arms towards tension areas, (c) equitably financed peace-keeping procedures and (d) total disarmament. [More…]
For this to be achieved a degree of cooperation will be required between India and Pakistan which has never been achieved in the 23 turbulent years of their history since their independence. [More…]
The statement was made by the group which has been operating since the Bangla Desh regime declared its independence. [More…]
I do not think the military will withdraw until there is complete independence. [More…]
I am not saying that the Australian Government should intervene and necessarily recognise the Government of Bangla Desh, but I do not think we should put anything in the way of complete independence eventually coming to the people of East Pakistan or East Bengal. [More…]
This country should not be placed in a position in which its capacity to assist can be enlisted and its independence can be affected by any person who may come along. [More…]
I believe that the ultimate purpose of our defence policy is to maintain Australia’s independence and, more than that, to seek to prevent or remove threats to our independence. [More…]
Israel, and in the area north of Australia when Indonesia was fighting for its independence. [More…]
Our Prime Minister should have advocated the establishment of an international commission to find ways of gaining independence for Bangla Desh. [More…]
It was the will of the people that the six-point plan which substantially represented a plan for self-government, sovereignty and independence, should prevail in Pakistan. [More…]
Recently when I attended the international conference on Bangla Desh in Delhi and subsequently visited the refugee camps around Calcutta I found people from many parts of the world who were intent on establishing an international force to help the people of East Pakistan regain independence. [More…]
The article continues, referring to the Pakistanis fighting for independence in Bangla Desh: [More…]
As you walk through the refugee camps you see thousands of people calling out the war cries of Bangla Desh, with their fists raised, calling for independence and sovereignty and for the release of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who, as honourable members know, has been detained without trial in Pakistan. [More…]
The nation has been built, but its sovereignty must be protected and its independence maintained. [More…]
The growing mutual dependence of nations today suggests finally that Canada’s foreign policy and global responsibilities can be made more effective by sustaining a healthy national independence. [More…]
The political party which advocated independence for East Pakistan and which the refugees supported swept the polls at recent elections, capturing 167 seats out of 169. [More…]
Because, in the main, of the maltreatment of the people by the military regime which controls East Pakistan and which will not give them their independence, almost 10 million refugees have fled from East Pakistan to India and the Indian Government has been burdened with a cost of almost $A3m a day to house, feed and provide for these unfortunate people. [More…]
If one looks at the changes in the status of territories which have occurred since the Second World War, one sees a history of accelerating progression towards independence throughout the region. [More…]
The point I am trying to make quite clearly is this: It is of no earthly use saying that we should send government armaments to help a country retain its independence against some form of aggression if we are not allowed to give those armaments to the troops of that country itself because, obviously there are no othertroops that can be referred to in this context. [More…]
However, the calls that are coming from the other side are for the independence of East Pakistan from its present militaristic rule. [More…]
I am not arguing that one way or the other but is it right that members of the Opposition should be arguing for the independence of East Pakistan when they could not care a hoot in hell about the independence of Cambodia and South Vietnam and when they seemingly have no concern for the independence of Taiwan? [More…]
The Opposition talks of independence in foreign affairs and defence matters, but the Government has been practising it. [More…]
I ask: Is this independence and is this a uniquely Australian foreign policy? [More…]
Is it independence for the Leader of the Opposition to talk in terms of Communist Chinese solutions to problems when we are talking in terms of our own solutions to these problems? [More…]
One other matter I would like to mention is the question of the independence of Australian foreign policy. [More…]
However, particularly following the High Court decision invalidating State receipts duties as they applied to certain types of transaction, it was clear that, notwithstanding these large increases in Commonwealth revenue assistance, it would be desirable for the States to have access to a new source of taxation to give them greater freedom and independence in revenue raising. [More…]
Therefore the maintenance of Indonesia’s strength and independence must be a high priority of our economic aid, and our foreign and defence policies. [More…]
To support this, we need to help Singapore and Malaysia to preserve and strengthen their independence. [More…]
Although this is proper in terms of status and prestige and from the point of view of its relationship to the Universities Commission, honour able members need to have it explained to them, as the honourable member for Denison (Dr Solomon) has pointed out, that the Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Advanced Education has for a large number of years operated with a good deal of independence and in precisely the same manner as it would have operated if it had had the independent statutory powers of a commission. [More…]
The last point I would like to make is that the Group of Five as they call themselves, who want to expand into a Group of Ten, of which Indonesia is one of the leading members, desires to have the Pacific theatre or the zone in which they live declared a zone of peace, neutrality and independence. [More…]
Australian judges have been invited to accept situations in Cyprus, Tonga and Nauru and, when Papua New Guinea achieves independence, they will undoubtedly be asked in many cases and for some years to accept appointments there, too. [More…]
It may well be that, come independence, and before independence, the Government ought to make a special earmarked grants to bring the Highlands into the general flow of development. [More…]
Basically the transition of New Guinea to stable independence is a question of race relations. [More…]
They believe it is necessary that they should reach a higher state of economic development before complete independence is achieved. [More…]
So far we have travelled successfully along the road to ultimate selfgovernment and independence. [More…]
While this has been true only to a limited extent, it is something which a country preparing for unity and independence cannot afford to tolerate. [More…]
It is up to the people themselves if later on, after independence or self-government, they want a change. [More…]
Will it be the same between ourselves and Papua New Guinea, which is advancing so rapidly towards independence? [More…]
Among other things Sir Robert Menzies said the Government had the firmest intention of preserving the full independence of the Tariff Board but he stressed that the Board was an advisory body and that tariff policy as such was the responsibility of the Government, that only Parliament can enact tariffs and that only the Government proposes tariff legislation to Parliament. [More…]
Considering that Papua New Guinea is moving towards independence more rapidly than most people imagine and the fact that this will increase the importance of localisation in all possible areas of responsibility, I ask the Minister for the Army: To what extent is the Army of Papua New Guinea localised? [More…]
Is he concerned that the Pacific Islands Regiment may develop into an elite in Papua New Guinea particularly in any post-independence situation? [More…]
It is an attack on the independence and integrity of the Tariff Board. [More…]
Money simultaneously represents ‘dependence’ and ‘independence’: dependence to the extent that one can rely on it for obtaining the commodities one needs, and independence because its ownership implies competence and self-reliance. [More…]
Within our society the position of economic independence in the light of what I am putting to the House from sources regarded as fairly powerful authorities in the field of welfare work emphasises that reasonable money resources play a dominant role and is essential to the mental welfare of people in our community. [More…]
The political independence of the Australian Broadcasting Commission should be secured by amendments to the Broadcasting and Television Act and by proper administrative arrangements, including finances provided on a long term basis. [More…]
Does that mean that it will go to an independent authority, a body having the integrity of independence but with which the Labor Party has fiddled around with according to its own political objectives? [More…]
The great difference between the paths taken by the 2 countries rests on how we use the tariff to promote our independence economically and to promote our industries and employment. [More…]
If a government wants certain goods its submits a request to a tender board which as an independent authority with all of the integrity of independence makes a judgment on the best deal that the government can obtain. [More…]
We would then rely on the independence and the integrity of the tender board to purchase those 1,000 motor vehicles for us. [More…]
We would then be respecting the independence of that board. [More…]
I would have thought that this would be undermining the independence of that independent tender board. [More…]
I mean meaningful services that will allow these people to retain accommodation in their homes and their self-respect, dignity and sense of independence, which is so important to them. [More…]
Elderly persons in their sixties could enter aged persons homes in a reasonable state of health and capable of considerable independence. [More…]
They have a sense of security and, above all, independence which is so essential to aged people. [More…]
Where is the independence? [More…]
It is very amusing that we are asked to enshrine such an outofdate provision in 1972 legislation, lt is asking rather much of the national Parliament of a country which is gradually moving towards some semblance of independence in law making. [More…]
TAA was debarred from submitting a proposal to the select committee of the Papua New Guinea House of Assembly inquiring into the future operations of airlines in that country after it achieves independence. [More…]
Our hope is that Papua New Guinea will advance in security and stability through the pre-independence period and through all the years which follow independence. [More…]
Most of those countries - Thailand, of course, is not one - are countries which have in comparatively recent years achieved their independence. [More…]
This has all happened because we contributed our small part to allow this small nation to preserve its freedom and independence. [More…]
If the oath is to have any meaning at all it must refer precisely to actions which will destroy the integrity and independence of the country. [More…]
There is a case for an oath which expresses some allegiance or respect to the country, its interests and its independence, and specifically in the case of certain occupations there is the need for the equivalent of the medical profession’s hippocratic oath. [More…]
These are issues of defence policy which will have enormous importance as the Territory moves towards independence. [More…]
It does not mean independence. [More…]
Nevertheless, South Korea had the right of independence and freedom from Communism and we were right to go to her assistance and help her to remain free. [More…]
It is a waste of time having non-party votes if supporters of the Liberal Party, despite their independence that we are told about are to be regimented, even on simple things like the Standing Orders of the Parliament. [More…]
He stated that my request to him involved the abdication of what is left of Australia’s independence after 22 years of Liberal-Country Party government. [More…]
Yet, on the evidence, we can see many aged people obviously living in poverty because of their independence on a pension level below the up-dated poverty level. [More…]
We must encourage the spirit of independence’. [More…]
How does this spirit of independence manifest itself? [More…]
Various organisations in Australia celebrate 10th April 1941 as the date of Croatian independence. [More…]
The victory of the Yugoslav Resistance in the war against Germany put an end to the so-called Independence State of Croatia. [More…]
must encourage their independence’. [More…]
We must encourage their independence.’ [More…]
It is not just mild Croatian independence to which the Prime Minister refers when he says their cause is good, because their cause includes overthrowing by force the Government of Yugoslavia and their cause includes standing over Yugoslavs in this country by force and by threat. [More…]
I preface my remarks by saying that Labor as a whole has more sympathy than the Government has for independence movements, whether they be independence movements in Ireland, in Scotland, in Yugoslavia or in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. [More…]
Yes, and for the independence of the South Vietnamese. [More…]
They want independence movements for countries and for peoples, as we do, who feel that they are being oppressed by the USSR or by the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia but they do not support independence movements in other countries. [More…]
They do not realise that there are people all over the world in all kind of countries who want independence and who want to have a say in their way of life. [More…]
The desire for national independence, the staunch expression of that desire, has enabled other non-communist countries in the region to become stronger, more stable and resilient and it has been Australia’s interest to help South Vietnam to survive. [More…]
It is very easy to say: ‘Well, you know, the North Vietnamese have inherited the tradition of the Vietminh, the independence movement of Vietnam’. [More…]
Perhaps if that country had been given independence at that time the outcome would have been different. [More…]
Honourable members opposite are governing one of the world’s wealthiest countries, one of the most powerful countries in this region, one that in the past has been able to influence international events and one which 25 years ago when it was much less significant internationally was able to get the independence of Indonesia guaranteed through United Nations action and also was able to launch Israel as an independent nation. [More…]
In the course of this announcement the Prime Minister said that Australia shared with her 3 neighbours similar views on independence, progress etcetera. [More…]
Australia’s association with Indonesia dates back to the first days of Indonesia’s independence. [More…]
To claim the honour for it at this stage seems a remarkable approach by the Prime Minister to Indonesia’s independence. [More…]
Let us see them use that independence of thought which they say they can use in their party councils and advise the Prime Minister against what I know will be an ill fated trip. [More…]
There is the need to preserve the statutory independence of the industrial tribunals. [More…]
Many developing countries, in particular, have aspired to own and operate national fleets on the grounds that large tonnages of their national products are carried by sea and that the possession of their own fleets will give them independence and, by saving foreign exchange, will contribute to their balance of payments. [More…]
Many governments have decided that the operation of a nationally owned fleet is fundamental to independence and defence. [More…]
Australia needs to expand its activities in scientific and technological research and development, and its scientists need greater independence from unnecessary cotrols. [More…]
In our view, the United States had done everything in its power to ensure a negotiated settlement and to maintain the independence of South Vietnam and not to abandon the people of that country. [More…]
The House of Assembly will decide the form of the constitution New Guinea is to have after independence. [More…]
In this sense it is true that the people of New Guinea will decide their own time-table for independence. [More…]
But stewards must have their independence guaranteed against managerial victimisation. [More…]
Extraordinary safeguards, therefore, must be taken to guarantee his absolute independence. [More…]
I think it is fair to say that on both sides of the House there is a realisation that Papua New Guinea must be moved forward to independence as fast as is practical. [More…]
We do not want to bequeath to that nation, on independence, a running sore which will poison and break down the goodwill that presently exists without considering the people of New Guinea. [More…]
The managements of these stations are fearful that because other media are not restricted there could be a loss of revenue of sufficient magnitude to end their independence. [More…]
Perhaps the honourable member for Isaacs will tell the Parliament whether he was courageous enough, in the face of that dominating Prime Minister (Mr McMahon), to move this amendment to the Bill in the Party room or whether he has brought it in here in a courageous display for his electorate of his independence in the Parliament of the country. [More…]
Noone in his right mind could seriously accuse the West of having territorial ambitions because history records that since the end of World War II both the United Kingdom and the United States have been giving independence to their former colonies. [More…]
In question are those policies that require considerable defence effort and involvement in military treaties or other defence arrangements, often at the expense of the nation’s international reputation for political and military independence. [More…]
The desire of people to obtain their own independence and to run their own affairs as the people of Indonesia, India and the Indian sub-continent, of Ceylon, Burma and many other places were able to do was denied to the people of Indo-China and, from that decision made by the French, all these things have followed through. [More…]
Heaven knows what independence is supposed to mean when the Australian Government still provides that country with something like Si 00m annually. [More…]
For good or ill we have embarked Papua New Guinea upon the hazardous kind of path of what is called self-determination or independence. [More…]
I also wish to inform the House that the PostmasterGeneral, Sir Alan Hulme, is leaving Australia today to represent the Australian Government at the Tenth Anniversary Independence Celebrations in Western Samoa. [More…]
I would say that in relation to timber we have to make sure that we are in a position of some independence and strength. [More…]
Could the PostmasterGeneral give some definition of the phrase the independence of the Australian Broadcasting Commission’? [More…]
The Government is progressively defining a long term programme of balanced force development which will ensure that in the changing circumstances of the future Australia will be able to act with the necessary measure of independence - both in peacetime and in war. [More…]
The Bill is a simple one, but it represents another step forward in Papua New Guinea’s movement to self government and independence, on terms determined by the people of Papua New Guinea themselves. [More…]
Let industry beware that if a Labor government is elected the autonomy, the independence, of the Tariff Board will be gone and gone forever. [More…]
The honourable member for Fremantle (Mr Beazley) raised the question of the present duality that exists in the transition towards self government and independence. [More…]
When one does that one also makes a distinction between self government as such - de jure self government - and independence. [More…]
It is very important that people understand the distinction between self government and independence, particularly when discussing Australia’s relationship with Papua New Guinea. [More…]
The watershed in Australia’s relations with Papua New Guinea will come at independence and not at self government, whether it be de jure or, indeed, de facto, because we have responsibilities to the United Nations. [More…]
This means that the agreement is not executed until the date of independence - the date of independence as distinct from any date for self government - and we maintain a role and are bound to do so under the terms of our agreement with the United Nations. [More…]
Having put that to the honourable member I say that it has been a view consistently stated by me that in regard to any functions prior to the attainment of self government and in regard to all functions still held by the Australian Government prior to the attainment of independence, I would seek the opinion of the Government of Papua New Guinea before exercising the power that was still residing with me. [More…]
It appears that as the economic trend of planning and so on is developing independence will come with expatriates owning about 90 per cent of secondary industry and indigenes owning about 10 per cent or less and expatriates owning 50 per cent of the value of agricultural production. [More…]
But we believe that this principle should be stated and we are anxious that in all possible arrangements the Commonwealth Government can make between now and independence it should do its utmost to develop an indigenous equity in investment in Papua New Guinea.’ [More…]
I think it is quite important that we, in our relationship with Papua New Guinea, should give the example when we are setting up a company, such as the one set out in the Bill, of ensuring that they have a decisive equity in that company because if they are to go into partnership with businessmen as astute as some of those operating around the world at the present time they may find that they will run into very serious trouble within a very few years of their independence. [More…]
This will remove the restraint previously placed upon students and allow them more independence in managing their own affairs. [More…]
The Government’s broad objectives in education are: Equality of opportunity; a healthy degree of independence for, and variety in, tertiary education institutions; assistance for deprived groups; freedom of schools from excessively centralised control; development of parental and local community interest in schools; freedom of choice for ‘consumers’ of education; and a continuing improvement in the facilities available to teachers and students at all levels, in the content of courses and in the teaching methods applied in those courses. [More…]
We have the resources and the power to become a very great nation - let us say one of the top dozen - and by striving we can obtain greater independence economically, socially and in other ways. [More…]
I said on a television interview on Sunday night that the Government did not believe in political interference with either the staffing or the programming of the Australian Broadcasting Commission which, I believe, should be in exactly the same position, with respect to its independence, as the universities should be with respect to theirs. [More…]
Many people in our midst are prone to verbosity on the subject of our independence, but apart from a brash defiance of others they never think out what independence actually entails outside words and xenophobia. [More…]
Implicit in that statement is the obvious fact that the Australian Labor Party, if it should become the government, would take away the independence of the Tariff Board, and it would be a Labor government that would be making judgments on levels of tariff protection in Australia. [More…]
These arrangements will not only remove from pensioners and their relatives the worry of meeting the costs of nursing home care but will also, I suggest, help to maintain the pensioners’ sense of personal independence and dignity. [More…]
These new nursing home and domiciliary care benefits, taken together with the other initiatives in the field of social welfare announced in the Budget, demonstrate the determination of the Government to correct imbalances of opportunity within the community and to assist those who need it to receive health care and comfort without loss of dignity or independence. [More…]
Honourable members will notice the disproportionate favouring of hostels where there is more independence and supportive care for an inmate. [More…]
The Government has encouraged the move of Papua New Guinea to self government and eventual independence. [More…]
I hope that the Minister for Civil Aviation (Senator Cotton) will look at this matter very closely when he is in the Territory so that these people can be part of the establishment when they get independence. [More…]
I hope that when independence is granted TAA will be given rights equal to those of ATI. [More…]
They are: The maintenance of national independence, the prevention or removal of possible threats to that independence, and a greater degree of self-reliance on the part of Australia’s armed forces. [More…]
All States have decided to give independence to the colleges which previously were run by the respective departments of education. [More…]
In foreign affairs members of the Opposition talk about independence when they mean isolation. [More…]
The military clauses of the 1962 Evian agreements, setting out the terms of Algerian independence, granted France the continued use of military installations in Algeria for nuclear testing until 1967. [More…]
Has the Government considered whether the attitude attributed to Dr El-Hafez on the inadmissibility, of intervention in the domestic affairs of states and the protection of their independence and sovereignty is contrary to the Declaration of the United Nations General Assembly, 1965, Article 2; if so, what view did he take. [More…]
To see at first hand the accommodation and comforts provided for the aged inmates and to see their independence and contentment gives a visitor an appreciation of the wonderful work being performed in this most important field. [More…]
Various organisations in Australia celebrate 10th April 1941 as the date of Croatian independence. [More…]
The preceding Foreign Minister said that Australia had never recognised the independence of Croatia. [More…]
They wanted independence for their nation. [More…]
My understanding is that honourable members opposite have been all for independence, but this does not work from the point of view of the Croats. [More…]
One country was a country to which we gave independence. [More…]
This is partly because industry leaders have developed a private enterprise philosophy which sees government as something to be used without obligation and partly because the Public Service philosophy is one of independence and is somewhat authoritarian. [More…]
It will be quite disastrous if our aid to Papua New Guinea tapers off at the point of self government and independence. [More…]
The Opposition believes that with the coming of self government and independence generous and substantial aid to Papua New Guinea, both financially and in personnel, should continue. [More…]
As the people who led the fight for the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan were mostly students, many of the maimed and limbless were the most skilled people in Bangladesh. [More…]
If he was not, I hope that he has it in mind that the achievement of the sorts of things that these days are symbols of independence, such as motor cars, may not necessarily be the best way to achieve independence and status and that more constructive things may be representative of what people may learn through education of one kind or another. [More…]
Whilst we have only 13 million people in Australia at present and 6 States with their own independence, in the future our population will be 100 million or 200 million. [More…]
In question are those policies that require considerable defence effort and involvement in military treaties or other defence arrangements, often at the expense of the nation’s international reputation for political and military independence. [More…]
He appeared to intend to hold his own election on 25lh November - the ultimate gesture of Country Party independence. [More…]
Australia’s formal obligations to Papua New Guinea under the United Nations Charter are not completed until that country’s independence. [More…]
1 also think that if the present Prime Minister (Mr McMahon) had been Prime Minister any earlier we may not have reached the situation in which we are today, because I think that the right honourable member for Higgins (Mr Gorton) was probably pushed by the Leader of the Opposition into coming out in favour- of early selfgovernment and independence - for Papua New Guinea. [More…]
I think this matter is of paramount importance because Papua New Guinea is our closest neighbour, because shortly, as I have said, it will achieve self-government and independence, because that independent country may have to face enormous economic and political problems and last but not least, because there are many Australian nationals who will be involved in any changeover that takes place. [More…]
We must still make a maximum effort to see that there is no interference by Australia in the internal affairs of Papua New Guinea after independence. [More…]
Crucial to this effort will be the Pacific Islands Regiment, or whatever it will be termed after independence. [More…]
How many times have we heard in the past criticism of the stupidity of Imperial Britain’s drawing artificial lines on the map and of the even greater stupidity of Britain’s interfering to maintain its boundaries after independence had been granted, such as happened in the conflict between Nigeria and Biafra? [More…]
In the short time left to me I would like to say that I think a very much greater commitment for civil aid to be given to Papua New Guinea after independence should be stated by the Government. [More…]
I am sure that much of the opposition to independence within Papua New Guinea has sprung from a fear amongst the people of that country that if it is given independence Australia will up stumps and leave Papua [More…]
some grounds for apprehension about independence. [More…]
It could move gradually towards incorporation within China or alternatively the Taiwanese - as opposed to the Chinese on Taiwan - could assert their independence and say that they have no particular wish 10 become absorbed within China and in fact could work towards becoming an independent nation. [More…]
This has happened in most of the countries of Africa which have achieved independence. [More…]
He created the catalyst through which so many good things have come in regard to the Territory’s development to selfgovernment and then later to independence. [More…]
Can he explain why the Gurindji people were eventually granted only 35 square miles in the area when it is the stated intention of the Government to encourage economic independence for Aboriginal people? [More…]
I have described in some detail in this chamber the extreme economic disadvantages faced by Tasmania because of its physical isolation and its almost total independence of shipping services. [More…]
The defence agreement under which they operate is based on the principle that friendly foreign troops can help a nation preserve its integrity and independence, until the host nation is strong enough to withstand foreign encroachment. [More…]
We would be better employed in making Australia a powerful country in the region in terms of independence in the manufacture of defence equipment and in its defence forces. [More…]
So we have to be self reliant and we must have national independence and ensure that we have security, that we have collective security with other friendly nations in the area. [More…]
A statutory corporation is seen to have more independence than a Commonwealth department. [More…]
But we cannot accept this because aged people are human beings and they have rights to self-respect and independence as human beings. [More…]
This relates to matters such as aviation engineering work for outside organisation, which has been referred to by the honourable member for Newcastle, the handling of Commonwealth contracts, the establishment and operation of hotels and other kinds of accommodation, the establishment and operation of road transport services, the acquisition of subsidiaries or shareholdings in companies or the establishment of subsidiaries for the purpose of the Australian National Airlines Act, aerial work and charter operations, and operations in Papua New Guinea after independence, if requested. [More…]
Neither the Board nor the planning department would be too inhibited by its interests nor too self righteous about its independence. [More…]
Papua New Guinea shortly will become a sovereign State and obtain independence. [More…]
Why has the Government failed to anticipate the independence of Papua New Guinea? [More…]
There was no lack of anticipation by the Leader of the Opposition (Mr Whitlam) about the coming independence. [More…]
Is it correct, as reported, that the Minister has stated that he has only noted this request, and is it correct that he will transfer this power only on certain conditions, one condition being that the transfer is revocable, in other words, that the power can be returned to the Australian Government at any time prior to Papua New Guinea gaining independence? [More…]
For the same reason the Prime Minister is pushing independence on Papua New Guinea before the Territory wants independence. [More…]
He would prefer to have a situation in which independence was forced upon Papua New Guinea before the people wanted it rather than to stand up to a little criticism from some who might still try to level a false colonial charge against Australia. [More…]
national interest and independence are jeopardised by the continuance of the agreements. [More…]
If the independent Papua New Guinea Government has to be established during the lifetime of this Parliament, it seems to me that the decision about the date of independence should be left to Mr Somare and his colleagues, for they must be best placed to analyse this fragmentation problem to which I have referred. [More…]
Others - and, I believe, a great majority - see it as a symbol of healthy independence. [More…]
We are told that the Government will move with all due speed to create an independent, united Papua New Guinea, lt can insist on the country’s independence but not on its unity. [More…]
The timetable for self-government is fixed but not the timetable for independence. [More…]
Our democratic way of life has allowed us to develop an independence of thought, speech and action. [More…]
My division is an area where there is an independence of the rural and city areas, each of which has a deep respect and appreciation of the other’s point of view. [More…]
Similarly, in foreign affairs, that self-interest and an assertive independence are not necessarily incompatible but can in fact be complementary. [More…]
Australia has been built on a great tradition of independence, self-reliance and hard work. [More…]
that the Australian national interest and independence are not jeopardised by the continuance of the agreements under which the installations remain in Australia, and [More…]
I refer to an out-of-hand declaration made by the Opposition that the Australian national interest and independence are not jeopardised by the continuance of the agreements under which United States defence installations remain in Australia. [More…]
It made it clear that the Australian national interest and independence were not jeopardised by the agreements under which these installations were allowed on Australian soil. [More…]
In his public declamation of the Board the Minister is seeking to convert that body - with its long-established history of independence - to a rubber stamp for union demands and to force the Board to become the pacesetter for wages and conditions throughout the community; this, in spite of a very clear interpretation of intention in the Act that the Public Service should not be used for purposes of political patronage by whatever government happens to be in power. [More…]
In relation to the immediate and unconditional self-determination of Papua and New Guinea, I want to say that the Opposition believes in the independence of Papua New Guinea, and it made this very clear when in office. [More…]
But the attitude of the Prime Minister is that big brother knows best and that the Territory will get its independence when he determines, whether the people of Papua New Guinea want it at that time or not. [More…]
It is clear that substantial sections of the population of Papua New Guinea would like to defer independence beyond December this year, but apparently their wishes are to be entirely disregarded and they will receive their independence when the Prime Minister determines, whether they are ready for it or not. [More…]
Alan’s wisdom, his independence and his constant consistent concern for the rights of the individual will be remembered by all. [More…]
I am confident that Thailand will continue the policies which for 100 years have ensured that, alone among the nations of South-East Asia, her identity and independence have remained unbroken. [More…]
Others who have established sound and understanding communication with their sons and daughters, will see in it the blossoming of independence and character of their children. [More…]
We believe that Government policy in this area should be designed to encourage and strengthen the capacity of Aborigines to manage their own affairs; to increase their economic independence; to reduce their handicaps in health, housing, education, training and employment; and to promote their enjoyment of civil liberties. [More…]
Tonight the Aboriginal people, emerging with a new pride and a new independence, may take satisfaction from the fact that this last piece of discrimination on the national statute book has been removed. [More…]
Papua New Guinea is about to gain independence and we cannot impose on Papua New Guinea a colonial boundary which will be a running sore for ail time. [More…]
In this, the 4-week affair’, the Board first had the principle of union favouritism foisted upon it and then had to face the blatant public attack upon its independence by the Minister for Labour (Mr Clyde Cameron) when the Board ruled that the extra week’s leave would be received only by those public servants who were members of a recognised union or association on 1st January this year. [More…]
The whole episode shows 3 things: Firstly, that the Minister has been cut down to size; secondly, the independence and integrity of the Public [More…]
Whilst the Opposition does not oppose the granting of 4 weeks annual leave to public servants, which will again put them in front of employees in private industry, it has a duty to expose the repudiation of an election promise; the attempted disruption of the independence of the Public Service Board; the erroneous propositions of the Prime Minister and the dangerous consequences of pacesetting by the Commonwealth for private industry at the expense of established industrial tribunals througout Australia. [More…]
Various organisations in Australia celebrate 10th April 1941 as the date of Croatian independence. [More…]
Australia has never recognised the independence of Croatia. [More…]
Australia had joined the South Pacific Forum relatively recently, demonstrating as a member, with the independence of Fiji in particular and the changes in this region, the direct interest of Australia. [More…]
Prior to the introduction of this Bill the Government, in the view of the Opposition, deliberately sought to dishonour an election promise; to introduce the concept and application of compulsory unionism into the Public Service; to interfere with the longstanding independence and integrity of the Public Service Board; to avoid parliamentary approval of its policy and to set in motion the beginning of its long term design to use the Public Service as a pace-setter in the achievement of the Australian Labor Party’s industrial objectives. [More…]
Nevertheless, he went on to say that the Government’s method of dishonouring that promise was to interfere with the independence and integrity of the Public Service Board. [More…]
Why are the Prime Minister and the Government flying in the face of popular opinion in Australia and Papua New Guinea by forcing that country into world markets and forcing independence on it, especially when it has previously accepted help, guidance, assistance and advice from previous Australian governments? [More…]
Self-government and independence are really a 2-phase operation. [More…]
The United Nations has laid down and has asked Australia to lay down a timetable for both self-government and independence for Papua New Guinea. [More…]
We are now required to lay down a timetable for independence for Papua New Guinea. [More…]
Firstly, where there is a shared responsibility under the Act, the Commissioner is given greater protection and greater independence from external pressures. [More…]
What is (a) date and (b) validity of Croatian independence which various organisations in Australia celebat in April? [More…]
Has Australia ever ‘recognised the independence of Croatia? [More…]
Various organisations in Australia celebrate 10th April 1941 as the date of Croatian independence. [More…]
The reply to the second part of the question - whether Australia ever recognised the independence of. [More…]
When the Minister visited the Northern Territory before the election he said that he saw future political independence in the Northern Territory as being part of its relationship with the Federal Parliament, but that this would only be defined after talks with local elected representatives if Labor won power. [More…]
He is the nominal head of a party whose own Senate group declares its independence of the Liberal Party in this House. [More…]
I believe I am correctly interpreting the words quoted as meaning ‘until independence’. [More…]
I am aware that the Treasurer in January this year gave an assurance that the Commonwealth guarantee will continue on all loans in existence at independence until they are repaid. [More…]
This means that the loan is also guaranteed by virtue of the statement of policy but the question arises whether loans negotiated after the date of independence as distinct from those existing at that date will receive any guarantee from the Commonwealth. [More…]
If there are to be changes in Australia’s aid pattern after independence these need to be considered and agreed to before then. [More…]
I believe that, above all countries with which we are associated, Papua New Guinea needs special consideration as it moves through selfgovernment, independence and beyond. [More…]
The fact that independence is coming will not mean an end to our assistance or indeed to our association. [More…]
Of course we had to provide guarantees, and the Australian Government has indicated that it will provide guarantees for all loans entered into on behalf of Papua New Guinea through to independence. [More…]
This is not only in advance of independence; it is also in advance of selfgovernment. [More…]
Each decision that we are now making in terms of self-government is being looked at from the point of view of the impact that it will have on Papua New Guinea in terms of independence. [More…]
By the time we come to self-government, which the previous Government decided would be granted on 1st December 1973 and which we fully supported, and before Papua New Guinea gains independence it will in fact have an international identity. [More…]
As Papua New Guinea approaches self-government and independence it is very necessary that the structuring of the budget - the budgetary practices - in Papua New Guinea be changed. [More…]
We regard this as one of the important objectives in bringing Papua New Guinea to independence smoothly. [More…]
It provides opportunities for the expression of independence, initiative, enterprise, the play of competition, the encouragement of special talents and technical skills and a counterbalance to the concentration of economic power. [More…]
If we are to maintain our independence, and if we are to maintain our economic advancement, we need a sound international monetary system which essentially provides for a multilateral rather than a regional or bilateral approach to world financial arrangements. [More…]
on the basis of comprehensive evidence, the military court in Sarajevo found horvat, keskic, vlasnovic and pavlovic guilty pf the following felonies: association against people and state, article 117., organization and infiltration of the group onto the territory of yugoslavia, article 111., endangering of the territorial unity and independence of the country, article 101. and the major felony of counter-revolutionary attack on the state and social system, article 122 following upon article 100 of the criminal code, and sentenced them for the above felonies to capital punishment, (more) statement - two - after considering the appeal of the accused and. [More…]
I do so because I recognise that the honourable member for Moreton has in the past had to depart from the views of his colleagues when matters touching Australia’s independence and Australian citizenship had to be dealt with. [More…]
The appropriate place to have raised such a matter in the United Nations would have been in the Special Committee on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration of the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (The Committee of Twenty-four). [More…]
It should be noted that New Caledonia is not included in the Committee’s list of territories to which General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV), relating to the right of self-determination and independence for territories that have not yet attained independence, is applicable. [More…]
The appropriate place to have raised such a matter in the United Nations would have been in the Special Committee on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (The Committee of Twenty-four). [More…]
My personal reaction was that the airline should not involve Australia’s 2 domestic operators as when independence was granted Papua New Guinea would become a foreign country. [More…]
As honourable members are aware, the Prime Minister (Mr Whitlam), the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence (Mr Barnard), the Minister for Works (Senator Cavanagh), the Minister for Transport (Mr Charles Jones), and I have, since this Government took office, had discussions with the Papua New Guinea Government, both in Australia and in Papua New Guinea, on the development of that country to self-government and independence. [More…]
The Government has reaffirmed the agreement reached by the previous government with the Papua New Guinea Government on the timing for self-government and has indicated that it will work with all due speed to independence for Papua New Guinea in the closest consultation with the Papua New Guinea Government and the House of Assembly. [More…]
Part of the process of development towards the goals of self-government and independence is the development of organs of government in Papua New Guinea to suit its particular circumstances. [More…]
As all constitutional and administrative decisions now made affecting Papua New Guinea must be decided in the light of the rapid approach of selfgovernment and independence the discussions were of value in helping to identify a number of matters requiring early resolution. [More…]
While matters such as defence and foreign affairs will not be transferred until independence for constitutional reasons, some other matters are under consideration by the Constitutional Planning Committee. [More…]
Thus by the time of independence Papua New Guinea will be familiar with and have experience in all areas of government. [More…]
For instance, although Australia will continue to be responsible for Papua New Guinea’s foreign affairs until independence, Papua New Guinea is beginning to assume a separate international identity. [More…]
As I have indicated, the Australian Government has every intention of seeing through the task which Australia undertook in Papua New Guinea not only in the period up to independence but beyond. [More…]
The handling of the movement towards self government and independence is most delicate. [More…]
We are now close to the stage where self government and then independence will occur. [More…]
The second step will be in the development of Australia and Papua New Guinean relations post-independence. [More…]
The watershed between Australia’s relations with Papua New Guinea will occur, after all, at independence and not at self government. [More…]
There ought not to be a sudden break on the day of independence. [More…]
Of course it is essential that the movement to self government and independence be as smooth and as orderly as possible. [More…]
[ trust albeit that the Australian Labor Party has a policy on independence for Papua New Guinea that the Government will not arbitrarily or unilaterally determine the date of independence. [More…]
I hope that the date of independence will be in response to the wishes of the people of Papua New Guinea. [More…]
That must be the cardinal motivating factor in relations between our countries and in the movement of self government and independence. [More…]
The Minister said in the earlier part of his statement that he and the Australian Government will work with all due speed toward independence for Papua New Guinea in the closest consultation with the Papua New Guinea Government and the House of Assembly. [More…]
The Minister made it clear during the debate on the Bill that the matters referred to were such things as aviation engineering work for outside organisations, the handling of Commonwealth contracts, the establishment and operation of hotels and other kinds of accommodation, the establishment and operation of road transport services, the acquisition of subsidiaries or shareholdings in companies or the establishment of subsidiaries for the purposes of the Australian National Airlines Commission, aerial work and charter operations, and operations in Papua New Guinea after independence. [More…]
But what a misguided exercise of Australian independence and national pride. [More…]
It ignores the concept of public interest, it ignores the responsibilities of the principal parties in industrial relations, it ignores the disabling and deleterious effect of industrial unrest, it ignores the economic implications of industrial legislation and particularly the inflationary effects of this legislation, it ignores the vital role of the Commonwealth Public Service in relation to movements in wages and salaries in the general community, and it ignores the manner in which the Government has sought to cut across the traditional independence of the Public Service Board. [More…]
It is a symbol of our independence and a guarantee of our nation’s continued dignity. [More…]
The reaction of the Australian Government fresh from receiving a strong mandate from the Australian people is to proclaim proudly our own independence and self-reliance. [More…]
I appeal to all members of the Parliament to build national unity, end discrimination and promote a proud independence for Australia. [More…]
Any planning authority needs independence in order to operate within the broad policy guidelines of the Government of the day. [More…]
We require a sense of independence and freedom for the planners. [More…]
Thirdly, I urge him to respect the independence of the Cities Commission and not to use it as a political tool of his Party or of the Government. [More…]
I understand that the guarantee will continue for the duration of the loan, that is, it will therefore continue after independence. [More…]
In this sense, it is akin to the guarantees given previously to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, but not to the Asian Development Bank which has never insisted on the condition that the loan continue until independence, as I understand the IBRD does. [More…]
That is all very well in the present circumstance where the currencies of Australia and Papua New Guinea are one and the same, but what happens after independence when the currencies may differ, if, for any reason, the parity between the currencies of the two countries differs, or in particular if, as so often happens with developing countries - I do not criticise them for so doing - it wants to devalue its currency? [More…]
I believe it is important that this policy should continue to be followed particularly before the independence of Papua New Guinea and while Australian officials are still present to assist the officials of both countries in their mutual dealings. [More…]
This is also a matter of concern to the States and the Territory of Papua New Guinea, especially as the granting of independence to Papua New Guinea is now being given earnest consideration. [More…]
Like the Tariff Board, the Tribunal will be concerned with the analysis of the performance and efficiency of firms and industries, and like the Tariff Board it will have need of its own research staff to facilitate its work and guarantee its independence. [More…]
No consideration has been given to independence for the Cocos Islands. [More…]
I do not think anybody seriously believes that independence would be appropriate- [More…]
Even when Britain gave a good deal of independence to its colonies in the nineteenth century, it recognised that the control of shipping and like matters required uniform control to be effective, efficient and successful. [More…]
After independence who knows what group of people from America, Japan, Canada, Russia, China or anywhere else will have a dominating say in the affairs of Papua New Guinea. [More…]
The letter deals with aviation, Commonwealth contracts, tourist accommodation, road transport services, subsidiaries, aerial work, charter operations, investment of moneys not immediately required, operations in Papua New Guinea after independence and amendments to the general financial arrangements. [More…]
The Minister for Transport and Minister for Civil Aviation went on to say that the additional powers that the previous Government was contemplating giving to TransAustralia Airlines were, firstly, in aviation engineering work for outside organisations; secondly, in Commonwealth contracts; thirdly, in the establishment and operation of hotels and other kinds of accommodation; fourthly, in the establishment and operation of road transport services; fifthly, iri the acquisition of shareholdings; sixthly, in the field of aerial work and charter operations; and, seventhly, in operations in Papua New Guinea after independence. [More…]
Sixthly, will TAA be able to operate internationally, for example in Papua New Guinea after independence, and if so will TAA be immune from taxation in Papua New Guinea under this Bill and did the Papua New Guinea Government agree to this? [More…]
The simple fact is that this Bill will, if passed by this Parliament, apply now so that when independence in the next few years comes, the Papua New Guinea Government will have to negotiate with established operations in that country served by TAA and started there without consultation with its Government and after the Minister for Territories has said it is in charge of its own transport policy. [More…]
This wording is an insult to the whole independence movement of Papua New Guinea. [More…]
The Government is forcing independence upon Papua New Guinea. [More…]
Firstly, they will remove the power of the Minister for External Territories under section 30 to appoint officers and engage persons on contract for the Public Service, thus enabling Papua New Guinea to legislate to develop its own national public service - an essential authority for a country approaching full selfgovernment and independence. [More…]
The Papua New Guinea Government has indicated that it wants to retain the services of many of these officers and that it sees a continuing need for staff from Australia for some years beyond independence. [More…]
for Papua New Guinea to be able to retain a solid core of experienced overseas permanent and contract officers until independence, and thereafter; [More…]
to provide overeas officers with just compensation for any loss of career or premature termination of services as a result of Papua New Guinea’s rapid progress towards selfgovernment and independence; [More…]
If Mr Simpson’s report had not been supported by the previous Government and endorsed by the present Government, I am certain that Papua New Guinea would have been totally unable to deal with emergency situations such as last year’s famine or with the extensive program for selfgovernment and independence. [More…]
Finally, I want to refer to the movement in Papua New Guinea to self-government and independence. [More…]
If local government is to develop attractively and flexibly it must have financial independence. [More…]
It might be thought and properly argued that local government has now reached an age and a measure of power, independence and influence sufficient to enable it to carry out its wider community responsibilities. [More…]
But power cannot be effectively exercised without financial independence. [More…]
One of the great erosions of the independence of the States was the transfer of their taxing powers to Canberra so that they became financial clients of the Federal Government. [More…]
This naturally gives them a much higher degree of independence. [More…]
The honourable member will be aware it is government policy to guarantee political and programming independence to the ABC However, I have brought the honourable member’s suggestion to the attention of the Chairman of the ABC for consideration by the Commission. [More…]
The legislation which will follow the Council’s final report will be designed not merely to improve the material conditions of those engaged in them and to widen the range of those who participate but to guarantee to the arts the independence without which they cannot flourish. [More…]
In any case, whether that distinction is accepted or not, the truth is that, on the authority of the Uniform Tax Cases, the independence of the States can be destroyed in a perfectly legal manner by a combination of the Commonwealth’s taxing power and grants power. [More…]
The rating system, until recently, provided an adequate and appropriate method of finance which has allowed them to preserve their financial autonomy and independence. [More…]
There is no intention on the part of this Government to delay independence for Papua New Guinea. [More…]
TAA is now able to engage in aviation engineering works for outside organisations, Commonwealth contracts, acquisition of shareholdings, aerial work and charter work and will be able to operate in Papua New Guinea after independence. [More…]
Our civil aid and defence policies will have a particular bearing on Australia’s future relationship with Papua New Guinea, whose independence will be achieved, I confidently expect, in the closest consultation with the Government and House of Assembly of Papua New Guinea by 1975. [More…]
In the period before independence the Government will do everything possible to meet Australia’s obligations under the Trusteeship Agreement and to ensure the smooth and amicable transfer of power to the government of a United Papua New Guinea. [More…]
We are also anxious that outstanding questions relating to Papua New Guinea’s borders should be settled at an early date so that, when independence is attained, Papua New Guinea’s relations with her near neighbours will not be plagued by the kind of territorial disputes which in other parts of the world have done so much to hinder the development of fruitful and mutually beneficial relations between close neighbours. [More…]
I regret that despite my Government’s best endeavours early progress towards agreement on the border between Australia and Papua New Guinea seems unlikely and final agreement may have to await Papua New Guinea’s independence. [More…]
Does he consider that the commissioning of independent research and survey work is essential to the continuing independence and objectivity of the Tariff Board? [More…]
Secondly, the Government has on a number of occasions sought to interfere with the traditional and long established independence of the Public Service Board. [More…]
It derives its independence from the belief that no government can operate without certain restraints. [More…]
I think that this is a wise provision, giving independence and with the appearance of independence as it does. [More…]
I believe that an agreement has been reached with the Chief Minister on this matter so that there will be no upset with its Public Service and police force when Papua New Guinea finally gains its independence. [More…]
The Minister for External Territories seems more in haste to obtain Australian independence from Papua New Guinea than he is in helping the Territory in a responsible way to attain its own independence. [More…]
Again, if Papua New Guinea after independence became fragmented and if, for example, Bougainville separated and approaches to Bougainville were made by some great power for the concession of a naval base in return for aid, this again could have implications for Australia. [More…]
But Australia must always assert its independence of decision and freedom of choice in foreign policy. [More…]
For the Liberal Party, independence of action and decision is, and always has been, the essential factor. [More…]
Independence must be a matter for the people of Papua New Guinea or their representatives to decide. [More…]
It was we who took the initiative in opposing our participation in the Vietnam conflict, in calling for more foreign aid, in proposing an end to racism in our international dealings, in co-operating with the movement of self government and independence for Papua New Guinea and in opening up normal relations with China. [More…]
Has the Department of Defence prepared adequate contingency plans to be ready to deploy forces in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, New Britain or Bougainville if any rebellion breaks out there after independence and proves too strong for the authorities at Port Moresby to deal with? [More…]
His view seems to be that our independence is to be asserted by abrasive and undiplomatic behaviour. [More…]
This independence is one of the tangible facets of the quality of life which must be fostered by the community. [More…]
The ASEAN governments have been discussing proposals for a ‘zone of peace, freedom and neutrality’ in South East Asia that would preserve their security and independence and allow them to pursue their national and regional development free from disruption by military confrontation in the region. [More…]
In Papua New Guinea there is now a clear movement towards final independence and we are closely involved with the Government there in discussions about the development of its defence force. [More…]
Neither the formal achievement of self-government nor independence will be marked by an abrupt step or a dramatic change. [More…]
This broadening of its authority reflects current practice agreed by the previous Government and this Government that when independence comes there will be no area of government in which Papua New Guinea will be unfamiliar or lack experience. [More…]
By agreement with Papua New Guinea, defence and foreign relations will remain reserved to Australia until Independence. [More…]
The creation of this portfolio and the appointment to it of a Papua New Guinea Minister will ensure that Papua New Guinea will have first hand involvement and experience in these key reserved areas, well before independence. [More…]
Clause 31 of the Bill makes clear that this guarantee will continue for the life of those loans which are raised before independence. [More…]
These Bills, the adoption of the constitution and subsequent amendment of the Papua New Guinea Act next year, and the final step of independence are all integral stages in the continuous development of Papua New Guinea from dependency to nationhood. [More…]
On the timing of independence, the Council noted Australia’s view that there are 2 elements involved in the determination of the question of independence: The view of Australia and the views of the people of Papua New Guinea as expressed through their elected representatives in the House of Assembly. [More…]
The Council noted that Australia expects independence to come by 1975 and that it should be achieved in the closest consultation with the Government and the House of Assembly of Papua New Guinea. [More…]
I remind the House that the United Nations General Assembly in 1972 asked Australia to fix a timetable for independence in consultation with Papua New Guinea. [More…]
The Council further noted that Australia did not disagree with the view of the House of Assembly that Papua New Guinea should experience a period of self-government before a date for independence is set. [More…]
One might have turned to those words not necessarily because they were superimposed above the monarch’s head on the coinage of the realm but because those words designated in their way an apparent protector of the independence of worship and an apparent recognition that there is within this realm an opportunity to practice or to adhere to whatever religions denomination or persuasion people might seek. [More…]
With effect from 10 July 1973, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas achieved independence and became known as the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. [More…]
I am making the point that we are happy to have recognised the independence of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. [More…]
We also know from that survey that there was confusion about the independence of Australia and the status of the Queen of Australia with a colonial status related to England. [More…]
I hope that we in this Parliament know and appreciate the difference here, but it is evident that some members even now have not grasped the significance of Australian independence or the status of the Queen of Australia which the monarch has expressly said she is attached to and which she prefers as a title for use in this country. [More…]
Clearly, then, any move that is going to enable the handicapped to achieve some measure of economic independence is going to be in the interests, not only of the handicapped people themselves, but of the whole community. [More…]
I approve of his firm restatements of Australia’s independence. [More…]
And in Papua New Guinea a blundering and abrasive Minister has done great harm to the prospects of that country’s peaceful progress to independence. [More…]
Independence, the livelihood of thousands of families, and quite a bit of old fashioned rugged freedom will be burnt in the process. [More…]
The independence of the bench was guaranteed in that Act. [More…]
The second enactment which operated to secure the dignity and independence of the bench was in 1760, Act 1, George III C.23, which provided further that judges’ commissions should continue notwithstanding the death of any particular monarch, and their salaries were secured to them during the continuance of their commissions. [More…]
We pride ourselves in this country on our independence of spirit. [More…]
They misunderstand the basic characteristic of the American people, which is a strong sense of independence. [More…]
They respect independence. [More…]
What sum has been granted to Bangladesh since it gained independence, for what purposes, and when were the respective decisions made. [More…]
In preparation for the eventual granting of independence to the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, the Bill provides that the Territory shall be treated as a foreign country for the purposes of the exchange of mails. [More…]
1 would like to ask him what would have happened to George Washington if America had lost the War of Independence? [More…]
Indeed, if one reads the case history of this country and elsewhere one could gain the impression that that is not at all the case and that those who argue that legal practitioners have sole responsibility for the reservoir of independence, integrity and impartiality are doomed to serious disappointment. [More…]
It is most important, however, that people recognise the fundamental distinction between self-government and independence. [More…]
When I continue my remarks tomorrow I will point out certain differences in approach between this government and the previous Government in relation to the post selfgovernment situation - in other words the preindpendence and then post-independence situation. [More…]
I did not necessarily subscribe to that view but in any case the Government has adopted the attitude - the Government has not put it to us but we have had to glean it from a number of remarks - that internal security and the power over internal security will pass to Papua New Guinea during the period from selfgovernment to independence or prior to 1 December. [More…]
In most former British dependencies the British Government, through the Governor, retained ultimate responsibility for internal security up until the time of independence itself, but whatever arrangements were arrived at prior to that date seem to have been based upon the particular situation in each dependency. [More…]
I referred to the need for study and consultations with and increased responsibility by Papua New Guinea authorities in defence matters right up to the time of independence. [More…]
We need to be advised of the concepts for the future role and deployment of the Papua New Guinea forces in a post-independence situation as it is seen by both the Papua New Guinea Government and the Australian Government. [More…]
We have heard little or nothing from the Minister for Defence about either the matters I have mentioned or the financial arrangements on defence between Papua New Guinea and Australia in the period of internal selfgovernment and at independence - that is, between 1 December and whatever date is agreed upon for independence. [More…]
That leads me to a couple of points of criticism that I make of the present Government relating to independence. [More…]
Honourable members are singularly uninformed on the date of independence. [More…]
All we have is statements about independence in the life of the Australian Parliament - that must have as much relevance to the progress of Papua New Guinea as has the life of the Norwegian Parliament - and statements earlier in the year by the Minister for External Territories (Mr Morrison) that independence would be reached some time in 1974. [More…]
That was contradicted, and properly so, by the Chief Minister who said that he wanted to experience a period of selfgovernment before determining the date of independence. [More…]
We have had statements by the Prime Minister (Mr Whitlam) that Australia will share equally in the determination of the date of independence. [More…]
The date of independence must be determined, at least in the practical sense, by consultation between Papua New Guinea and [More…]
We ought not to be imposing the date of independence on Papua New Guinea. [More…]
It seems to me to be placing stresses on Papua New Guinea instead of easing it along the road towards independence and continuing the smooth and orderly transition towards self-government which was being carried on under the previous Government’s administration of the Territory and, in fairness, under the moves towards selfgovernment by this Government. [More…]
As I said on Wednesday, we must distinguish between selfgovernment and independence. [More…]
A further criticism that I have regarding independence is that it is inconceivable to me that this Government should allow Papua New Guinea to be shortly approaching the stage of independence without determining what the basic relations between Australia and Papua New Guinea will be when that country reaches the stage of independence, or when the watershed actually occurs. [More…]
It will not occur on self-government; it will occur on independence. [More…]
To me it is the height of foolishness and crass stupidity, apart from maladministration, to be thinking that we can reach a date for independence and then determine relations as if we were pressing a computer button. [More…]
Between 1 December and independence Australia will be dealing with defence and foreign affairs matters on behalf of Papua New Guinea but in conjunction with it. [More…]
We are being given sparse information as to what relations between Papua New Guinea and Australia after independence are foreseen. [More…]
This has happened not only in relation to these talks and the talks on independence which 1 mentioned a little earlier in my speech, but also in the disagreement over the airport proposals and the disagreement over the nature of aid programs. [More…]
This does not affect the date on which selfgovernment will come into operation but it may jeopardise relations in a postselfgovernment pre-independence situation. [More…]
Therefore mutual discussion should be held now to determine the form which relations with other countries should take as well as with Papua New Guinea in a postindependence situation. [More…]
In working towards selfgovernment and later independence, we are discarding the former relationship of an administering authority and an administered country. [More…]
Some people would regard Papua New Guinea’s movement towards independence at the present moment as exciting. [More…]
The association between our 2 countries cannot end at independence. [More…]
We ought to be taking steps now to determine what our relations with Papua New Guinea will be after independence. [More…]
We must look beyond the stage of self-government and, as I stressed to the Government, beyond the date of independence itself. [More…]
I think that Australia can be proud of the role she has played in moving towards self-government and independence for Papua New Guinea but that does not mean that she should be looking for thanks from Papua New Guinea. [More…]
At the same time, on behalf of the Opposition - and I am sure that those honourable members who follow me in this debate will say the same - I wish well the Government of Papua New Guinea and the institution of the House of Assembly in their relations with this current Australian Government as they move towards independence. [More…]
Many still assume that unless Papua New Guinea is identical in form to Australia that country will not be ready for self-government and independence. [More…]
I believe they are possessed of enough talent, ability and skills to handle selfgovernment and independence. [More…]
The other thing is the problems of the highlanders who supposedly are opposed to self-government and independence. [More…]
I think there is much value in speeding to self-government and independence as soon as possible. [More…]
When they do get independence it has to be total independence. [More…]
However, I feel that the present Government is forcing Papua New Guinea into an international void by pushing it too fast towards independence. [More…]
But to force it into this international void of independence early next year - I believe this is the Government’s proposal - is certainly substantive. [More…]
I believe that this Government has acceded to that request and said: ‘We will make certain that Chief Minister Somare, his Ministers and his Government reach independence in 1974’. [More…]
Is self-government as envisaged by the Australian Government a means by which we can dictate our form of independence and our policies to the Government of Papua New Guinea? [More…]
But until and unless the Government of Papua New Guinea reaches the point where it asks for that advice, we should let it tread its steps first to self-government and ultimately to independence in its own way. [More…]
I feel certain that there is in Australia a rising feeling of opinion that the present Australian Government is forcing independence on Papua New Guinea. [More…]
Independence for Papua New Guinea would be little more than a tidying up exercise as independence flows on readily from self government. [More…]
This statement indicates not only to Australians but also to the people of Papua New Guinea that there is very little difference between self government and independence. [More…]
In a speech which he made on 9 May 1972 and which is reported in Hansard at page 2203 the Prime Minister, when talking about selfgovernment and independence for Papua New Guinea, said: [More…]
In this sense it is true that the people of New Guinea will decide their own timetable for independence. [More…]
In other words the people of Papua New Guinea would decide when they should reach independence, not the Minister or the Government in Australia. [More…]
You will have deduced from what I have said that the Australian Government does not favour a long interval between self-government and independence, . [More…]
I ask the Minister for External Territories: What are we doing to this country in forcing it quickly into independence when obviously the people are not ready for it? [More…]
However, the statement went on to say that Aus tralia would work towards independence early in 1974. [More…]
During the discussions the Chief Minister emphasised that until Papua New Guinea had progressed further towards self government his Government would be reluctant to enter into any firm commitment on a date for independence. [More…]
Independence is a word that, in a colony, should be a word of hope and promise. [More…]
As far as Mr Somare, his Ministers, the Parliament and the people of Papua New Guinea are concerned, independence should be a word of hope and promise. [More…]
To us independence is a new word and that in itself is sufficient to worry about. [More…]
They fear that all Australians will leave when independence comes, taking with them .their moneys, businesses and expertise. [More…]
All we have done has been to say that independence must come early in 1974. [More…]
There has been no discussion with the Government of Papua New Guinea in relation to the date of independence or in relation to the decision. [More…]
I would like to make it clear that these Bills are part of a consistent policy by both the former Government and the present Government in the move towards complete independence by Papua New Guinea. [More…]
I am well aware that many members of this House have paid many visits to Papua New Guinea and know a great deal more about it than I do; but I think it was important that the Australian Parliament was represented in this way as Papua New Guinea approaches very shortly self-government and finally independence. [More…]
Independence will come to Papua New Guinea when the people of Papua New Guinea decide that it is time for them to have it [More…]
I would like to mention briefly the local government situation and the feelings of trepidation that we , noted about the approach of independence. [More…]
I am quite sure that given that sort of assistance and assurances the move both to self-government and to independence will be a relatively smooth one. [More…]
Soon Papua New Guinea will achieve independence. [More…]
I know that the accusation has been made against those people who say ‘Hasten slowly’ that they desire to keep control of these people and do not want to give them independence. [More…]
I think we should also give some consideration to the fact that people who are stressing that they are anti-colonialist and want to give the people of Papua New Guinea independence are advocating something that is even more detrimental than colonialism, that is, pushing people or rushing people into independence before they are prepared for it. [More…]
In this circumstance, surely the people who should make the ultimate decision are those to whom we are giving independence. [More…]
The point was made by the honourable member for Balaclava that on the one hand the Government is saying: ‘We are going to give these people and this country independence on date X irrespective of whether they want it’, yet the moment those people say that they want to do something on their own, that they want to establish this airline and participate in it, this Government immediately steps in and says that they will not do it unless they do it the way the Government wants it done. [More…]
The fact remains that this Government has to be careful lest it create a problem in regard to independence rather than a partnership. [More…]
If this goodwill continues to be shown independence will occur to the advantage of the people of Papua New Guinea as well as the people of Australia. [More…]
But I hope, as I said, that independence will proceed to the advantage of both Australia and the people of Papua [More…]
By agreement with Papua New Guinea, defence and foreign relations will remain reserved to Australia until independence. [More…]
We in Australia ought to be able to avoid circumstances of that nature if we are prepared to enter into contractual arrangements with Papua New Guinea at the time of independence. [More…]
I believe that this will be something we will have to face up to and it will have to be done in the interests not only of the Territory for the first decade of its independence but also in the interests of the Commonwealth of Australia for that period. [More…]
I am not at all concerned about that situation because it encourages me to believe that the Government of Papua New Guinea, during the year or so prior to independence and in the years following independence, will be loath to spend money on military equipment and also to believe that the Australian people prefer to be in the position where they are able to recognise, in some way or another - perhaps by some mutual defence treaty or agreement - that we will be prepared to look after the external relations of Papua New Guinea conjointly in the future. [More…]
in reply - I believe that it has been encouraging for all of us to see the sense of responsibility with which this House has approached what is in fact an historic act in providing for the self-government and eventual independence of the Australian colony of Papua New Guinea. [More…]
We members of the Australian Labor Party, mindful of this experience, decided not this year but several years ago that our policy would be to bring Papua New Guinea to self-government and independence not through conflict but by the colonial power saying: ‘We believe that you have a right to make your decisions in your own way. [More…]
We will assist you in achieving independence. [More…]
We will not resist your movement to independence. [More…]
We will provide all the facilities for you to gain self-government and independence’. [More…]
We said then that Papua New Guinea was ready for self-government and that independence was not that far off. [More…]
United Nations pressure the possibility of selfgovernment and independence, treated it with no degree of urgency and provided no timetable for the achievement of either self-government or independence. [More…]
He campaigned, as the leader of the Pangu Party, for self-government and eventual independence. [More…]
I think that as Australians we can all be proud that we are bringing Papua New Guinea to independence not through conflict or violence but through constitutional procedures in this House and in the House of Assembly of Papua New Guinea. [More…]
Our policy is that the date for independence will be achieved in the closest consultation with the Government of Papua New Guinea. [More…]
The Special Committee endorses the view that the House of Assembly, as the duly elected representatives of the people of Papua New Guinea, in consultation with the administering Power, should decide the date for the attainment of independence of the Territory in the light of General Assembly resolution 2977 (XXVII) of 14 December 1972. [More…]
Pursuant to that resolution, the Special Committee calls upon the administering Power, in consultation with the Government of Papua New Guinea, to prepare a timetable for independence. [More…]
I speak of Sir Robert Menzies who, back in I960, I think, made the observation that if there is to be independence for Papua New Guinea it is better sooner rather than later. [More…]
The accusation has been made, somewhat lightly, I suppose, as there was not a great deal of sincerity in the viewpoint put by various speakers, that we are rushing into independence and that we are not providing sufficient opportunities and facilities for Papua New Guinea to play its part. [More…]
It has been our policy, it is our policy and it will continue to be our policy to give Papua New Guinea an international identity not only before independence but also before self government. [More…]
Other countries such as New Zealand, Germany and Japan are discussing with Papua New Guinea the establishment of representation in Papua New Guinea ahead of independence. [More…]
Throughout the whole range of our activities, we have been planning not just for self- government but for independence. [More…]
In fact in May 1973 the Papua New Guinea Government issued policy guidelines in proceeding with the defence arrangements after the achievment of independence. [More…]
It relates to the ministerial arrangements after 1 December 1973 as this is all part of the forward planning to ensure the smooth transfer from self-government through to independence and independence and beyond. [More…]
I believe these ministerial arrangements are a measure of the degree of forward planning for which this Government has been responsible in the approach to this very important matter of the independence of Papua New Guinea. [More…]
In this period between selfgovernment and independence there will be a Minister Assisting the Minister for Foreign Affairs in regard to matters affecting Papua New Guinea. [More…]
The Minister Assisting, in consultation with other Ministers who have a responsibility for particular subjects involved, will co-ordinate the negotiation of such agreements between Australia and Papua New Guinea as may be needed between now and independence. [More…]
The Minister Assisting will also coordinate the activities of the relevant Australian departments in regard to the final stages of the handing over of powers to the Papua New Guinea Government and the final steps to independence. [More…]
Although the main workload for specific functions will fall on relevant departments and the Australian Development Assistance Agency, the Minister Assisting will have a small unit to assist him in the interim period to independence. [More…]
During the period between 1968 and 1973 the Commonwealth Government has recognised that persons of Aboriginal descent experience a number of disabilities in comparison with the rest of the community and that special measures are needed to overcome their disabilities, lt has been said that programs have been evolved which are designed to encourage and strengthen the capacity of persons of Aboriginal descent to manage their own affairs as individuals, groups and local communities to increase their economic independence and to reduce social and other handicaps facing them in health, housing and education. [More…]
It enables these people to live their lives as a part of the community with the maximum of independence, freedom and comfort possible in old age. [More…]
Parliament would soon learn that it could not itself possibly deal with all aspects of employment, and it would establish authorities which would be given such independence in tenure as Parliament thought proper. [More…]
The provision of supporting domiciliary services regularly maintained can and should be the right of those able to retain their dignity and home independence for as long a period as possible. [More…]
The residents of the mainland Territories are just as much entitled to be represented in Houses of Parliament where laws affecting their welfare or levying taxes on them can be made as were the people of the United States of America at the time of their War of Independence. [More…]
This Government forced Papua New Guinea along the road to self-government and independence at a speed at which the people of that country did not want to travel. [More…]
Is he speeding them along the path to selfgovernment or to independence as we know it within the federal system? [More…]
Using a word that the Minister used so freely in his speech, I refer to the hypocrisy of the attitude of this Government when one sees what it is doing in Papua New Guinea by speeding it to selfgovernment and independence and compare that with the callous attitude of the Minister towards the people of these 2 Territories. [More…]
We know that responsible government means independence for the people so that their representatives are responsible to the people they represent for the government of the particular Territory. [More…]
At this time, when so much is being done to give a degree of independence to school communities and so much is being done to involve the parents in school councils or welfare clubs, assistance needs to be given in those deprived schools where there is this cultural gap to enable the school council, welfare club or parent group to ensure that people do not stay away because of a nervousness or fear that they will expose their lack of appreciation and understanding of the education process. [More…]
It was extraordinary to hear claims by Liberal Party speakers that if their local councils took money from the Commonwealth they would lose their financial independence. [More…]
The transfer of such responsibilities in this important area is essential for a country shortly to achieve self-government and moving towards independence. [More…]
It is suggested that there is a guarantee of independence in clause 13 (1) (a). [More…]
However, by and large I think that the magistracy does preserve a measure of independence and does bend over backwards on most occasions to try to make sure that the accused is given a fair trial and that police prosecutors do not railroad cases through. [More…]
He said, as the honourable member for Barker expressed earlier, that he would see our defence forces designed to ensure our security and independence. [More…]
Equally, we recognise that the independence of our national economy should be maintained. [More…]
I believe that our distinctiveness lies in four features: Our independence from government interference, our mandate to conduct our operations in anticipation of profit, our potential size and the fact that a mechanism exists for Government participation in the Corporation to be scaled down by the Directors to not more than 10 per cent at any time.’ [More…]
The loss of life must certainly be greater than at any time since the 1948 war of independence itself and as in 1948, while there is the remotest prospect of Israeli defeat the world, with the single exception of the United States stands by mute and paralytic. [More…]
There is no question that government becomes vulnerable once we establish a research group or fact finding group which has independence. [More…]
Originally the advocacy of protection was closely related to the view that national independence and the welfare of wage earners in this country would be promoted by the effect of tariffs in redistributing income from the owners of land to industrial labour and capital. [More…]
In their attempts to apply the same standards of dishonesty to assistance to certain sectors of secondary industry - usually those marked by monopoly, inefficiency, and foreign ownership - which they were accustomed to in the rural sector, the Country Party Ministers did their best, by way of loaded policy references and unofficial pressures placed upon the Public Service, to undermine the independence of the [More…]
The first requirement is for a Tariff Board member to have wisdom; the second is for him to have independence. [More…]
I know that my real, deep interest in the subject, particularly the question of the independence of the Board, does not give me any authority to speak about this Bill. [More…]
The first requirement is wisdom and the second requirement is independence. [More…]
Second, it can, because of its independence, be expected to provide advice on these policies which is ‘disinterested’. [More…]
Second, it can, because of its independence, be expected to provide advice on these policies which Is ‘disinterested’. [More…]
Obviously independence of action is essential to the foreign policy of any country, but that cannot be the independence of the rogue elephant. [More…]
Under the previous administration there was certainty that the Northern Territory was moving towards independence. [More…]
Erosion of State financial independence and authority has been gradual but inexorable. [More…]
However, the present financial relations are deficient in that the States’ constitutional powers and electoral responsibilities are not matched by financial independence and authority. [More…]
Both the loss of independence and dissipation of responsibility could be lessened if either the States passed over some of their powers or alternatively gained a new measure of independence. [More…]
Many people in Papua New Guinea had been wrongly led to believe that self-government and independence would mean that Australia would be getting out and leaving Papua New Guinea in the lurch. [More…]
A large item in our aid to Papua New Guinea is for emoluments of the Australians who were appointed to the Papua New Guinea Public Service by the Australian Government and whose services will be required after selfgovernment and independence until Papua New Guineans are ready to take their places. [More…]
It has always been Australia’s aim that Papua New Guinea should, as soon as possible, achieve a much greater degree of financial and economic viability than it now has, but the Australian Government has given the Papua New Guinea Government an assurance that, it is prepared to continue providing substantial aid not only up to independence but also beyond. [More…]
Rather we should value the interchange as an acknowledgment of our importance and that the leaders of the world now respect a government in Australia determined to explore every opportunity within the framework of national independence and regional and international flexibility. [More…]
The recent statement by the Minister for External Territories (Mr Morrison) regarding the independence timetable clearly shows that, despite our eagerness to give an early opportunity for self-government and independence in Papua New Guinea, we are keenly aware of the need to co-operate with those whose responsibility it will be to effect the completion of the task. [More…]
I find it interesting to ponder the expressions of members of the Australian Labor Party and to note the way in which they identify Australia’s independence as being manifested by some various form of international impertinence. [More…]
I point out that I regard the manifestation of this fear as a little more servile than that type of independence which was being referred to by the previous speaker, the honourable member for Holt (Mr Oldmeadow). [More…]
We are not drifting into anyone’s orbit and our approach and actions on some recent matters have reflected maturity more than independence. [More…]
The question asked there is: Why cannot Australia, after supporting the Vietnamese for so long, continue to support them in their struggle for independence? [More…]
It is called the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration of the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. [More…]
He explained that most of this increase would occur in relation to aid to Papua New Guinea and that it relates to that country’s movement towards self-government and independence. [More…]
But in regard to independence for Papua New Guinea I believe that Australia should not fix the date. [More…]
I am thus suggesting that Australia will need to face the preparation of both a general independence treaty and a defence agreement, the terms of which should be worked out with the Papua New Guinea government and publicised in both countries so that people can digest them. [More…]
But it seems to me that independence will demand this sort of operation, and that it should constitute the main task in the interval between full self-government and independence. [More…]
The Labor Party seems to think that by attacking the United States it is adopting a stance of independence which will command the admiration of the entire world and that by attacking the United States we might neutralise some of the suspicions that some countries have about Australia. [More…]
The quality of its work depends upon the independence which has been given to the workers within the BAE. [More…]
Because those workers do have an independence in their areas of operation and are able to publish their reports freely, the BAE has been able to attract a high quality of research worker - people who find great satisfaction from their work in this organisation. [More…]
The Committee of Twenty-Four is the short title for a committee of the United Nations - I again ask honourable members to bear in mind that today is United Nations day - which is the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of a Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. [More…]
I would like to give some examples of the ineffectiveness of this Committee, which was set up to deal with the new independence of former colonial countries and which is supposed to deplore any form of discrimination. [More…]
There was not a word from the Committee of TwentyFour which is supposed to be dealing with colonial matters and the independence of newly emerging nations. [More…]
The learned judge was correct when he said that the independence of the legal profession is a great safeguard of the liberties of the people. [More…]
I think it was Erskine who first said that when the independence of the Bar was gone the liberties of Englishmen would be imperilled. [More…]
Perhaps the most unacceptable alternative would be to allow our dependence on overseas supplies to increase, with a consequent loss of independence in foreign policy and a growing economic reliance on a politically unstable source of supply. [More…]
The private charitable hospitals will have their independence guaranteed. [More…]
Before independence, the Indian Government had a monopoly in salt. [More…]
The Commission is answerable through the Minister for the Media to this Parliament, but its independence is guaranteed by Act of Parliament. [More…]
Although in recent years it must be conceded that this independence has been challenged, and indeed on many occasions has been threatened, by some very curious and spurious suggestions, the first Minister for the Media, Senator Douglas McClelland, has made it clear that the independence of the Commission will be guaranteed. [More…]
He made it perfectly clear that ‘a 6- year term of the Senator is one of the strengths from which he derives his independence. [More…]
Having in mind the considerations which constrained the States, particularly the less populated States, to demand as the price of federation an Upper House with powers to exercise independent judgment in order to protect the interests of the States, it is inconceivable that those same States would agree to weaken the Senate by destroying its independence. [More…]
This proposal is dangerous because it will mean that the independence of the Senate and therefore its ability to play its proper role in a 2-chamber system will be impaired. [More…]
To tie the Senate to the House of Representatives in the manner proposed by the Bill will tend to make it such a replica and therefore weaken its independence. [More…]
It is dangerous because in weakening the independence of the Senate and reducing its effectiveness it would tend to make the Senate redundant. [More…]
A 6-year term gives a senator a measure of independence which a relationship between his term of office and a House of Representatives election would deny him. [More…]
I believe that a case can be set out for the retention of that independence, related alone to the fact that when elections for the Senate and the House of Representatives are out of phase people register a more meaningful vote for their senators. [More…]
Second, recognition that the ability to work and to be self-supporting is absolutely crucial to adult independence, to happiness, and to self-respect, and to gaining the respect of others. [More…]
Handicapped education must always aim at this independence and at this capacity for self support. [More…]
It is interesting to note that Sir Owen Dixon has referred to the Constitution providing for the ‘Independence from Federal control of the State in the discharge of its functions’. [More…]
Labor Party which identified the legitimate claims by the people of Papua New Guinea to self government and independence. [More…]
Today occasionally one sees a flash of independence and a return to the role originally cast upon the Senate, but that is the exception; it certainly is not the rule. [More…]
Let it take responsibility and if there are enough people who still care about independence the Government will suffer at the polls. [More…]
If these people have been wiped out and matter no longer, if independence matters no longer and if looking after yourself is of no consequence in the future, then of course the present Government will stay in office. [More…]
Firstly, I think there is no greater fallacy than that which has been perpetrated by the Prime Minister (Mr Whitlam), namely, that the initiative of a new sense of independence in foreign policy, a new sense of Australian identity, is seen to be Labor in origin and motivated largely during the term of his own occupancy of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. [More…]
I see this as a form of decentralisation, as a breakdown in the excessive bureaucratisation of education and as placing upon the adminstrators of teachers colleges a greater responsibility because they will be independent organisations more so than at any stage in the past and therefore have not only the right but also the responsibility to live up to the independence with which they are to be provided. [More…]
Perhaps the most unacceptable alternative would be to allow our dependence on overseas supplies to increase, with a consequent loss of independence in foreign policy, and a growing economic reliance on a politically unstable source of supply. [More…]
But less than 4 years ago the then Australian Government regarded self-government and independence as a remote possibility. [More…]
His proposal for early self-government and independence was met with official hostility and public dismay. [More…]
Papua New Guinea has attained self-government and is moving to independence by orderly constitutional procedures. [More…]
Australia will, as the Prime Minister has stated publicly and unequivocally, continue to provide assistance to Papua New Guinea up to independence and beyond. [More…]
The date of the next step- that of independence - has become a subject of some controversy. [More…]
On this I merely wish to say today that the prime determinant of the date of independence must be the desire of the people of Papua New Guinea as expressed by the leadership group. [More…]
Independence should not represent a sudden break from one status to another. [More…]
Australia has long held the view that there should be a smooth and orderly transition which establishes Papua New Guinea by the time of independence as a state able to manage its own affairs with a government responsive to the wishes of the people. [More…]
There is a need to plan ahead to avoid the hangover that so often follows the intoxication of emotional independence celebration. [More…]
From this Saturday, 1 December, in the period between self government and independence the Government of Papua New Guinea will be responsible for all domestic matters. [More…]
Between 1 December and independence Australia will be dealing with defence and foreign affairs matters on behalf of the Papua New Guinea Government and its people but also in conjunction wim them. [More…]
The terms of this relationship will, I hope, be planned and some elements of it negotiated before the actual date of independence. [More…]
We should be remiss if we found ourselves completing the independence of Papua New Guinea without adequate preparation for the post-independence world. [More…]
The need to look beyond Papua New Guinea’s independence to the future relationship and to the form of the future relationship between the 2 countries is urgent. [More…]
In both these international forums it is expected that Papua New Guinea, on the attainment of independence will take its rightful place as a sovereign nation. [More…]
However, I believe that it is important that, Papua New Guinea having attained selfgovernment, the good will that has been in existence between our 2 countries is preserved during this next transition stage in the move towards independence and in the period thereafter. [More…]
One would hope that in this transition to independence a capacity is developed within the people of Papua New Guinea which will enable them to accept the greater responsibilities which the final step will involve. [More…]
I hope that Western Australia will be able to retain its position of monetary independence without the need to apply again to the Grants Commission. [More…]
Part IV of the Bill provides independence for the Authority in the employment of its staff and in the determination of conditions of service, in accordance with the usual practice of the Government in relation to authorities which are primarily engaged in business. [More…]
The United States colonies used it in one form or another before independence. [More…]
Therefore we reject the motion because there is no substance in it, there is no general support for it in the community and, above all, it is merely another device to deny Australia a badge of independence. [More…]
The United States of America national anthem evolved as a song during that country’s struggle for independence; it was not as a result of a competition. [More…]
Hayden’s scheme will become bogged down with a dispirited corps of doctors who are trained to be independent in their practice management, but who will be denied that independence under these proposals. [More…]
The heavy hand of hospital controllers and the lack of independence have led to high staff resignations and staff going south. [More…]
The proposals for private hospitals will not diminish their independence. [More…]
This is an attack on the independence of station 7HO to carry out its normal commercial business function. [More…]
The expression ‘Southern Rhodesia’ refers to the British Colony whose unilateral declaration of independence in 1965 has never been recognised either by the British Government or by any member of the United Nations. [More…]
Above all my Government believes in those abiding virtues in Australian society which have given us a distinctive nationhood, the belief in fraternity and independence, the instinct for fair play, justice and freedom that Eureka signifies. [More…]
It is those virtues which Australia’s foreign policies have sought to embody over the last year; it is that independence which my Government has celebrated and revived. [More…]
My Government will seek a timetable for independence for Papua New Guinea in consultation and agreement with the Papua New Guinea Government and subject to the endorsement of the Papua New Guinea House of Assembly. [More…]
Tying the Senate to the House of Representatives in the manner proposed by the Bill would weaken its independence. [More…]
And as should have been well known, Tun Razak, the Prime Minister of Malaysia, who so recently duchessed the Prime Minister in Kuala Lumpur, and not so long ago duchessed me as well, the author of the idea of a zone of peace, freedom and neutrality, has stated over and over again that his proposals are for the distant future and will require the guarantees of security, territorial integrity and independence by the super powers, the United States of America and the People’s Republic of China. [More…]
History has proven that encouragement of the individual to feel free and equal and to stand on his own feet and not depend entirely on big brother goes hand in hand with a proper sense of independence and pride in oneself and in one’s country. [More…]
The whole purpose of this Government is to undermine the independence and responsibility of the States. [More…]
The State governments must maintain their independence, and we as a government will ensure that they do. [More…]
Papua New Guinea is on the tracks to independence and it is being financially supported by this Government so that it can achieve its ends. [More…]
I ask the Prime Minister: In view of the Chief Minister foreshadowing an independence date for Papua New Guinea, what are the Prime Minister’s intentions for the non-self governing territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands? [More…]
The Prime Minister will recall directing the Australian representatives at the United Nations to support a General Assembly resolution which called for the selfdetermination and independence for the Cocos Islands. [More…]
He may also recall contradicting this intention when he said in this House last year - I agree with him - that nobody seriously believed that independence would be appropriate for the Cocos Islands. [More…]
As the United Nations Special Committee of Twenty-four is soon to visit the Cocos Islands - the nature of that committee’s work is well known - what advice will be given to it by Australia about independence or not? [More…]
Honourable members will be aware that the Chief Minister of Papua New Guinea, Mr Somare, announced in the House of Assembly on 12 March that it was the intention of his Government to move in the April sittings of the House for independence for Papua New Guinea on 1 December 1974. [More…]
The United Nations in its resolution of 12 December 1973 noted that ‘the House of Assembly has affirmed its right as the duly elected Parliament of the People of Papua New Guinea to decide when independence is to come and that the administering power accepts that the House of Assembly represents the wishes of the people on the question of independence’. [More…]
In foreshadowing his intention to seek independence on 1 December 1974, Mr Somare stated that the step to independence was a small one. [More…]
Transition to independence flows readily from self-government. [More…]
The increasing recognition of Papua New Guinea’s international status is indicated by the number of foreign consulates that have already, ahead of independence, been established in Port Moresby. [More…]
Short of independence Australia must retain authority in these fields, but it has been the Australian Government’s policy to devolve steadily increasing responsibility to Papua New Guinea, with the concurrence of the Papua New Guinea Government and consistently with the retention of ultimate authority. [More…]
We believe that the experience which Papua New Guinea has gained in the exercise of these responsibilities will stand the country in good stead in the years after independence. [More…]
Australia is backing Papua New Guinea’s potential by giving positive manpower and financial support to underpin Papua New Guinea’s improvement program and to assist in the early years of independence. [More…]
The purpose of the commitment is to underpin the Papua New Guinea Government’s new improvement program and to assist Papua New Guinea in the early years after independence. [More…]
Mr Somare in referring to the proposed independence date on 1 December has stated that it will give the House ample time to debate fully and to enact a Papua New Guinea home grown Constitution to guide it after independence. [More…]
It would seem appropriate that a Papua New Guinea home grown Constitution should come into effect at independence. [More…]
I can assure this House and the Australian people that the Australian Government will devote itself to ensuring that the final steps to independence will be achieved smoothly and in a spirit of goodwill. [More…]
Firstly, the final arbiters regarding the decision of a date for independence should be the members of the House of Assembly in Papua New Guinea. [More…]
Throughout our period in Opposition I have consistently pointed to the consistent policy of the Liberal Party when in Government that the decision on the date for independence must not rest with this Parliament but with the Parliament in Papua New Guinea. [More…]
Secondly, on ‘behalf of the Liberal Party since we have been in Opposition and following the viewpoints that I expressed when previously I was Minister for External Territories, I said that not only did we have a duty to ensure the smooth and orderly transition through self-government to independence in Papua New Guinea, but also we had a basic duty to ensure that both Papua New Guinea and Australia fully understood the nature of the relationship in a post-independence situation; that it would not be good enough to arrive at a date for independence and pass through it and then start discussions on the nature of the relationship between the then independent country of Papua New Guinea and Australia. [More…]
The first is the Minister for Defence (Mr Barnard) who is culpable to the Australian nation for not advising this Parliament and the Australian people of what steps have been taken to determine the size, structure and role of the Papua New Guinea defence forces during this period of self-government prior to independence when I would remind honourable members that we are still internationally responsible and answerable to the United Nations for matters of internal security but particularly of defence security. [More…]
Australian servicemen are involved in the Pacific Islands Regiment and they will continue to be involved after independence. [More…]
He has a duty to do it prior to independence and he has not executed that duty in any way. [More…]
I warmly endorse and was a party to the motivation towards self-government and the move towards independence. [More…]
We will now have to wait until after independence for the matter to be resolved. [More…]
Take note that there will be some in the independent country of Papua New Guinea - if they decide that 1 December is to be their date for independence - who will not tolerate dogmatic views that this Government with a stroke of a pen can change these boundaries. [More…]
It can be resolved only by negotiation and I wish the Government would pull its head out of the sand and recognise what it will have to face after 1 December if it does not discuss these 2 specific areas plus others in the nature of post-independence relations. [More…]
When Papua New Guinea’s independence does come, it will signify the last step in a long process. [More…]
The Opposition believes that the actual movement towards independence will contribute greatly to the post-independence period, if there are discussions on matters such as I have mentioned and others. [More…]
When we were in government we hoped to arrive at a situation prior to independence where, because of the progressive involvement of Papua New Guinea leaders in the whole range of government activities and responsibilities there would be no sphere in which the newly independent country would find itself unfamiliar or lacking experience. [More…]
the Papua New Guinea Act that we will have to ensure that there is an orderly legislative movement towards independence. [More…]
When independence does come it will come I trust with a great deal of goodwill on both sides, notwithstanding what I said before which had to be said. [More…]
I understand that both the Liberal Party and the Country Party will do all in their power to ensure that the unique and special relationship between Australia and Papua New Guinea continues irrespective of the manner in which the movement is taken towards independence. [More…]
The timing of the transition from self government to independence is a matter for the House of Assembly and the people of Papua New Guinea. [More…]
Governments, and parties on both sides of this House, however, have rightly seen the necessity for the transition of Papua New Guinea as soon as possible to independence, the date for which has been proclaimed. [More…]
It is hard for us sitting here perhaps to make a judgment about the capacity of the country to meet the traumas of independence. [More…]
Unfortunately the unhappy circumstances of the movement into independence by other former colonial countries throughout the world has led many people to be apprehensive. [More…]
The first that worries me is the degree to which there have been between the Government of Australia and the now self governing body that controls Papua New Guinea discussions about the way in which relations in the areas remaining to be resolved could be concluded before independence is achieved. [More…]
The first area is the role of the Regiment which operates in Papua New Guinea and which was initially entirely under Australian control and command but which has a progression through the ranks of indigenous Papuans and New Guineans and which until independence will still remain the responsibility of the Government of this country. [More…]
I must say that I agree completely with the concern expressed by my colleague the honourable member for Kooyong about the failure of this Government to enter into meaningful discussions which might reasonably have been concluded by whatever date - be it 1 December or any other date - is finally accepted by the House of Assembly as the date for independence. [More…]
I hope that these deficiences will be recognised by the Government of Papua New Guinea and that there will be an insurance that, in the development of educational facilities in this about to be independent country, there will not be the ill consequences that seem to have befallen so many other countries moving into independence. [More…]
One hopes that it is possible that there be maintained a very strong fraternal relationship in the evolution of foreign policy which, passing as it will from the date of independence to the Government of Papua New Guinea, can still involve a measure of consultation which will ensure that Australia can assist Papua New Guinea in the formulation of the new relationships which one hopes can lead to the achievement of the objectives about which I have just spoken. [More…]
The ethnic divisions that exist in Papua New Guinea, the problems of communication, the divisions that are unfortunately apparent between the people of Papua and those of New Guinea and the concern that many people in several areas of Papua New Guinea feel about the move into independence are problems that today will and henceforth be the responsibility of the Government of Papua New Guinea. [More…]
I would like to compliment Mr Michael Somare, the Chief Minister of Papua New Guinea, for the way in which and by which he has been able to unite these different factions and differing ethnic peoples in this transition today into self-government and tomorrow into independence. [More…]
I believe that this fraternal relationship at a personal level is imperative at a stage where, regrettably, there is still a weakness in the infrastructures of Papua New Guinea as it moves in this final step to independence. [More…]
On each occasion it has been made clear to us that the responsibility for internal security in Papua New Guinea after independence will be the responsibility of those authorities. [More…]
However, in addition, we discussed the continuing aid to be provided by the Australian Department of Defence to Papua New Guinea after independence, particularly in terms of essential equipment that would be required by that country. [More…]
So, in this respect, there have been meaningful discussions on the role of the police force in Papua New Guinea after independence and, again, assistance will be provided to that country. [More…]
I conclude by pointing out to the honourable member for Kooyong that it would not be possible for one to make any statement in the House on what are very important matters for the Papua New Guinea Government, particularly in relation to defence and our aid program for defence to Papua New Guinea after independence which, as I have said, will continue, until these discussions with the responsible Ministers in Papua New Guinea have been concluded. [More…]
We are within months of the date of independence and the Minister still cannot tell us what has been determined for Australian servicemen in that area. [More…]
when Whitlam finally passed through Australia’s neighbourhood it was after visits to London and Washington, notwithstanding the promised degree of greater independence from the former imperialists. [More…]
I think we can elaborate on this independence when we look at our behaviour in the United Nations Organisation, which is a body in which the Australian Government passionately believes, where recently I believe the World Association of World Federalists put Australia, New Zealand and Cyprus highest on the scale they had set up in terms of the 20 most important issues discussed before the United Nations in 1973. [More…]
The Prime Minister talks of independence as if he had just invented it or we had just achieved it, and his colleague the Minister for Defence (Mr Barnard) busily destroys one of the fundamental requirements of effective independence. [More…]
Without this amendment, during the period between self-government and independence, Papua New Guinea boats would continue to be subject to Australian jurisdiction while in Australian proclaimed waters. [More…]
Let him challenge the statistics released by the Library, whose integrity and independence I do not think he would query. [More…]
As Deputy Chairman of the Public Works Committee and as a former Minister for Works he spoke of the damage done to the independence of the Committee. [More…]
The honourable member for Wakefield was especially concerned about the independence of the activities of the Public Works Committee. [More…]
That independence should not be trammelled by any political motivation. [More…]
It is that independence which he seeks to uphold in this debate tonight, and rightfully so because it seems that for the Minister, who is at the table, principles are principles only when they suit him and his political purposes. [More…]
The majority of Australia’s aid will continue to be directed to Papua New Guinea for which we have a special responsibility which will not cease when it attains independence on 1 December 1974. lt is anticipated that our aid to Papua New Guinea will be at least $500m over the next 3 years and this must absorb much of our attention. [More…]
The Prime Minister’s announcement only a week or so ago that the Government has undertaken to provide for Papua New Guinea, which is about to become independent, a sum of approximately $A500m over the next 3 years indicates one of the ways by which bilateral aid can give to a country - in this instance one so close to Australia - a feeling of economic confidence which I am sure was material in Papua New Guinea being able to set a date for independence. [More…]
Even if we had been ideologically attracted to capitalism, in our circumstances this would not be compatible with the kind of development necessary in Tanzania, or with our national independence. [More…]
Our first aim is the defence and extension of our independence. [More…]
But if one sets up a separate agency one likes to think that that agency will have an independence, an objectivity and a capacity to report to the Parliament and to express its views on the new dimension in aid policies. [More…]
Since they gained independence the Indonesian people have endured nearly all the problems and setbacks associated with developing countries. [More…]
The development of tourism in certain areas also could be of real benefit to Aboriginal Australians by creating worthwhile employment opportunities and thereby greater economic independence. [More…]
The mandate of the Committee of 24 (properly called-, the Special Committee on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples) as stated in UNGA Resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 extends only to assisting the movement for independence in Trust and Non.SelfGoverning Territories or other territories which have not yet attained independence. [More…]
It was pointed out by the Minister in his second reading speech that, without amendment, during the period between selfgovernment and independence, Papua New Guinea boats would continue to be subject to Australian jurisdiction while in Australian proclaimed waters. [More…]
Without this amendment, during the period between selfgovernment and independence, Papua New Guinea boats would continue to be subject to Australian jurisdiction while in Australian proclaimed waters. [More…]
Without this amendment during the period between selfgovernment and Independence, Papua New Guinea boats would continue to be subject to Australian jurisdiction while in Australian proclaimed waters. [More…]
My argument with this Government is not at the root of independence and transfer of power - [More…]
Without this amendment, during the period between self-government and independence, Papua New Guinea boats would continue to be subject to Australian jurisdiction while in Australian proclaimed waters. [More…]
So I wanted to develop the case that this procrastination will find its way into the councils of the United Nations after independence. [More…]
Certainly in the earlier days of independence Papua New Guinea will have difficulty finding the research funds which will be necessary to determine all that needs to be known about its fishing grounds, the types of fish available, their habits and so on. [More…]
Many of these matters are vital to the wellbeing of the community and critical to the economic independence of the nation. [More…]
The increase would certainly ensure the position of those hospitals- The independence of private hospitals in any possible conflict of religious and medical practice was absolutely guaranteed in the final form of the scheme. [More…]
Yet the very product of the Australian defence effort is to lessen that ability and tragically the result even of this defence re-equipment program is that in the 1980s, our defence forces are to be less efficient and less competent to assert that independence than they have ever been before. [More…]
Even there in this supposed assertion of Australian nationalism the very substance of this defence statement denies Australia’s ability to pursue or to implement anything of the defence independence that we should be able to implement. [More…]
It is not intended, however, to operate in the areas and to the degree to which Australia’s defence independence and defence posture may require it. [More…]
Numbers of Asian, African and European residents have departed from Tanzania, since that country’s Independence. [More…]
Mr Clerk, all parties and all members in the national Parliament have a right to expect objectivity, fairness and independence from the Speaker of this House. [More…]
My Government is committed by the clearest pledges to continue substantial aid to a united Papua New Guinea before and after independence. [More…]
Pending the final decision of the House of Assembly to declare independence for Papua New Guinea, the Australian Government will conduct its relations with the Government of Papua New Guinea as a government of an independent nation to which Australia has certain special and inescapable obligations. [More…]
1 have no doubt that he possesses in ample measure those qualities of impartiality, firmness and independence which ought properly to characterise any one occupying the position of Chairman of Committees of this important House. [More…]
This requirement will ensure that the basic statutory independence of the Commission is not eroded by secret directions. [More…]
We have taken the first steps along a path for a new deal for handicapped people where self-respect, personal dignity and independence will be the touchstones for what we do. [More…]
Approves the chapters of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to the Territories of American Samoa, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Guam, New Hebrides, Pitcairn, St. Helena, Seychelles and Solomon Islands; [More…]
Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of those Territories to self-determination and independence in accordance with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples; [More…]
Calls upon the administering Powers concerned to take all the necessary steps, without further delay, to ensure the full and speedy attainment of the goals set forth in the Declaration with respect to the Territories and, in that regard, to establish, in consultation with the freely elected representatives of the people, a specific time-table for the free exercise by the peoples of the Territories of their right to selfdetermination and independence; [More…]
That situation can lead only to a loss of self-respect and independence. [More…]
The only real steps in advancing the constitutional independence of the Territory were provided by our Government. [More…]
You cannot build character and courage by taking away man’s initiative and independence. [More…]
The Government is voting in New York at the UN for independence for Cocos Island but when it is questioned about it back here it says that no one in his right mind would believe in independence. [More…]
There is no way by which the private hospital system can maintain its independence and the service it has been able to give. [More…]
In the field of energy resources we are naturally looking to our own needs first, particularly to ensure full independence in liquid hydro-carbons, and their equivalents. [More…]
Australia will be held to ransom in the international oil market and to that extent its economic independence will be forfeited in consequence. [More…]
Did Australia vote in support of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2984 (xxvii), on 14 December 1972, which inter alia called for a time-table to be established for the self-determination and independence of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. [More…]
Did the Prime Minister say in the House of Representatives on 17 May 1973, in answer to a question addressed to him by me, that no consideration had been given to independence for the Cocos Islands and that he did not think anybody seriously considered that independence would be appropriate. [More…]
the ongoing function of dealing with constitutional and related aspects of the advancement of Papua New Guinea to independence for which the Papua New Guinea Office was set up from 1 December 1973; [More…]
I refer the Honourable Member to the full text of the Prime Minister’s answer to his question about the selfdetermination and independence of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands on 17 May 1973. [More…]
It will not, prior to independence, introduce legislation purporting to regulate off-shore mining in areas beyond the outer limits of the continental shelf within the meaning of the 1958 Convention on the Continental Shelf nor will it act inconsistently with any international convention relating to the law of the sea to which Australia is a party; [More…]
The Bills I am introducing are a further step in the devolution of authority to Papua New Guinea so that when independence comes there will not be one aspect of government with which Papua New Guinea will not be familiar and experienced. [More…]
They form part of the movement towards independence for Papua New Guinea. [More…]
It is not merely the .sensitive issue of the movement of Papua New Guinea towards independence but the sensitive issue of the border between Papua New Guinea and Queensland. [More…]
I have said that the Opposition does not oppose the legislation because it is part of the transition towards self government and independence. [More…]
The distinction between self government and independence is broadly that when an administered area reaches self government it is responsible for all the domestic legislation and control of its own affairs within its own borders at that date, but there are certain powers that devolve and remain existent in the metropolitan or controlling power- the administering authority, if you like- and that is the Government of Australia. [More…]
But some powers were not transferred on the date of independence, and we are dealing with one of them now. [More…]
I thought that we would have heard more of the negotiations between the Government of Australia and the Government of Papua New Guinea in regard to these 2 specific areas of foreign affairs and defence before any likely date of independence was announced. [More…]
This Government, of course, has been accused by the Constitutional Planning Committee of Papua New Guinea of forcing the pace of independence. [More…]
I think that overall the Government has responded to the wishes of Papua New Guinea, but it seems to me that it would have been wise to settle all areas prior to independence so that on independence the Papua New Guinea Government would not just in fact be governing in all areas but would be doing so at law. [More…]
I am concerned at what will happen when Papua New Guinea achieves independence, whether it be April or May of next year or whatever date the Government of Papua New Guinea has in mind. [More…]
I just wanted to flag the fact that I am concerned that for almost 20 months now I have been standing here asking for information about the defence arrangements between Papua New Guinea and Australia, and I ask for it again in the course of this debate because the Minister himself has said in his own speech that this legislation is part of the movement towards independence. [More…]
I am concerned that we will reach independence and we will not know clearly what the role of Australian forces seconded to the Papuan New Guinea defence force will be. [More…]
Equally, too, am I concerned that we may reach the date of independence some time next year, with our blessing, at the request of the Government of Papua New Guinea, without resolving the dispute over the border between Papua and Queensland. [More…]
It seems to me to be totally wrong both to deny the constitutional provisions of this country and to seek to act unilaterally, to find that you are bashing your head against a brick wall because the State Government of Queensland is vested with the right of an exercise of power in this area and to do little or nothing about this matter so soon before independence. [More…]
I have warned previously in this Parliament that it is one of those issues that I feel, after independence, will be raised within the United Nations if the Commonwealth Government has not acted fairly in consultation with the Government of Queensland and the Government of Papua New Guinea. [More…]
The other delicate matter is the actual transition to independence. [More…]
Members of both sides of the House have spoken of the gradual movement towards self-government and independence. [More…]
I would hope that this is so, but the transition to independence is at a delicate stage and it is a stage where we should be ensuring that the utmost assistance is forthcoming when it is requested from Papua New Guinea. [More…]
So it appears that this is, as the Minister has said, a further step on the way towards self-government and independence. [More…]
I have said and the Minister himself said in his second reading speech that this is all part of the process of gradual independence. [More…]
When we were in government we hoped that there would be a gradual move towards independence, gradual in the sense that - [More…]
I was saying that we had hoped that the process of independence would be gradual- not gradual in the sense that it necessarily would be slow but that it would be smooth and not a sudden break from one status and set of reponsibilities to another, which are words that will be familiar to some in this House- so that when Papua New Guinea’s independence came it would signify the last step in a long process that had been taken and that a whole series of changes would not be occurring overnight. [More…]
I had hoped that if we had had our way the gradual movement and actual movement towards independence would contribute greatly to the post-independence period by establishing a government that was practised in governing and a government that could call on the resources, human and otherwise, that are a necessary part of an orderly and developing nation. [More…]
Subject to those caveats and those questions that I have raised this evening- hopefully they will be answered- we do not oppose the legislation as it is part of the transition towards independence which has our blessing. [More…]
The honourable member also got on to his favourite hobby horse in regard to independence. [More…]
It is curious that we are being attacked for pushing the pace of independence. [More…]
Each time the honourable member rises he is pushing us faster and faster into the negotiations for independence. [More…]
-We are talking about the transfer of powers and the movement of Papua New Guinea to independence. [More…]
With reference to the second part of the amendment of the honourable member for New England I think it was the desire of the farmers themselves to have some commitment to the industry, apart from government commitment, to give them more independence. [More…]
It is designed to preserve the independence of our Parliament. [More…]
He is remembered by the people of his electorate for his independence of spirit, his devotion to their welfare and the great kindliness and friendliness with which he performed his duties. [More…]
To the extent careful management of their affairs during their working lives has enabled then to provide personally for that retirement and, thereby, avoid claims for Government support, they have achieved a measure of independence that many others have not deemed it important to achieve. [More…]
Surely it was not intended that the Budget should penalise those aged and older people, and people approaching retirement, for whom the only means of minimising the effects of inflation now and in the future, and of meeting costs occasioned by the inevitable decline of faculties and capacity for independence, lie in maximising the earning capacity of their assets. [More…]
It is a very robust and old-fashioned view regarding the independence of universities, and I hope he will long be spared to maintain that view, be it on the Government side of this chamber or in the near future on the Opposition side. [More…]
External authorities are exercising more and more authority over higher education, and institutional independence has been declining. [More…]
This Bill seeks the approval of Parliament to the provision of contractual guarantees by the Australian Government for overseas borrowings by the Papua New Guinea Government in foreign currencies not exceeding the equivalent of $20m prior to achievement of independence in 1974-75. [More…]
It is proposed that arrangements for the borrowings for which this Bill provides contractual guarantees will be concluded prior to the achievement of independence by Papua New Guinea. [More…]
Such assistance is usually eschewed by farmer organisations so as to preserve their independence and avoid any suggestion of governmental influence on their attitudes. [More…]
He will not let his independence be whittled away. [More…]
He will fight for his family’s freedom and independence. [More…]
Retention of eligibility for repatriation benefits which are available only to residents in Australia and its Territories will be proposed in respect of Australian veterans and their dependants who are resident in Papua New Guinea prior to that country gaining independence, and who continue to reside there. [More…]
Australians Resident in Papua New Guinea after Independence [More…]
The Government proposes to allow persons resident in Papua New Guinea prior to that country gaining its Independence, and who continue to reside there after Independence, to be then considered still resident in Australia or its Territories for repatriation purposes. [More…]
The Papua New Guinea Loans Guarantee Bill 1974 seeks parliamentary approval for the provision of contractual guarantees by the Australian Government for overseas, foreign currency borrowings of the Papua New Guinea Government, made prior to the date of independence in 1974-1975. [More…]
The Opposition Parties fully support the Government in the passage of this enabling legislation, which we view to be of particularly high priority, given the imminence of Papua New Guinea independence. [More…]
I believe that the party system of election robs the Chair of the atmosphere of impartiality and independence which is so eminently desirable. [More…]
I believe that the Minister should be devoting much more attention to the area of co-operative housing which can provide a very attractive and less financially burdensome way for young people to attain some independence without committing themselves to some of the burdens of the traditional suburban home. [More…]
So, such persons residing in Papua New Guinea immediately before independence will be deemed to be resident in Australia for repatriation purposes. [More…]
It will be recalled that during his speech he referred, among other things, to the ‘inalienable rights of all people to freedom and independence’. [More…]
He should tell that to the Latvians; he should tell that to the Lithuanians; he might also tell it to the Estonians, whose aspirations for independence the Government has denied with the stroke of a pen when recognising the incorporation of those states into the Soviet Union. [More…]
The same Government is the first one to stand up and say that it stands for the rights of the individual, that it is a government which believes that all nations must base their policies on the principle of independence, and that it is a government which says that all nations must be free and equal; yet when one man had the courage to come forward and ask for its help the Government turned him away at the door. [More…]
The 2 main parties- the Democratic Union and the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor- have independence as their objective. [More…]
The first of these parties, however, favours an interim period of some form of association with Portugal while the second, which is more radical in its outlook, favours full independence after a minimum period of decolonisation. [More…]
Finally, it is indeed rare in recent political history for a territory which has existed in virtual isolation for so long to deny itself the prospects of independence and the prizes of office in favour of a more or less anonymous existence as part of another state. [More…]
But we are traditional supporters of the principle of selfdetermination, as set out again today by the Minister for Science (Mr Morrison), who is at the table, and the right of nations, even small nations, to independence. [More…]
In that program he aimed to provide for as much self respect, personal dignity and sense of independence for these people as could be provided. [More…]
I am in total agreement with him that the home environment is undoubtedly the ideal one, but with so many families now in small homes and so many parents working it is not feasible for a large number of elderly people to live with their relatives, and therefore we desperately need homes for the aged where they can retain independence and nursing homes for those who are no longer able to care for themselves. [More…]
It sounds perhaps a small thing but it will give a tremendous feeling of independence to handicapped people. [More…]
But what really concerns me and creates an area of potential threat to Australia is the announcement by this Government that all of our defence forces will be withdrawn from Papua New Guinea after independence. [More…]
When a country has self-government and is approaching independence it is very difficult to spell out in precise terms some of the things that can be negotiated only at the time of independence. [More…]
The Grants Commission provides a form of assistance by way of untied nondirected grants to local government, which is a financial topping up exercise to add further finance to local government’s coffers as long as they demonstrate a fair degree of independence and of striving to get their own finance. [More…]
However, the Senate Opposition sought the deletion of the Minister’s general power of direction, ostensibly for the noble purpose of ensuring the complete and absolute independence of the Commission. [More…]
The Australian Broadcasting Commission has independence which has been confirmed and guaranteed by the Government, but such independance is to be taken away from the private sector of the industry. [More…]
It was Talleyrand, a diplomat, if I may term him in that way, of another nation and of another day who said that no nation had the right to traffic in the independence of small nations. [More…]
But it is a fact that no great.power has the right to traffic in the independence of small nations. [More…]
It seems to me that this might be an appropriate way of giving the Institute its own independence so that it can provide a proper atmosphere in which research workers can work to the benefit of this nation. [More…]
Not one word has been given to the Parliament about the date for independence, about what is transpiring in Papua New Guinea, about the continued transfer of administrative and legislative functions from Australia to that country, or about the post-independence relations between Papua New Guinea and Australia. [More…]
There is no doubt that that country will achieve independence next year. [More…]
We ought to be ensuring that the relations between the 2 countries are well worked out before independence. [More…]
That special relationship between Australia and Papua New Guinea, which we hope will continue in the post-independence scene, is not being guaranteed. [More…]
I was discussing the lack of information that had flowed from the Australian Government in relation to post-independence relations between Papua New Guinea and Australia and other factors leading up to the independence of Papua New Guinea. [More…]
The Government, in the United Nations in December 1972, shortly after assuming office, voted for the independence of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. [More…]
Yet in 1973 the Prime Minister (Mr Whitlam) indicated that independence would not be granted to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. [More…]
He also knows very well that discussions are continuing with the Papua New Guinea Government on the arrangements for devolution of powers arrangements for independence at a time which both Australia and Papua New Guinea decide upon and also for post-independence arrangements. [More…]
There is only one cure for this problem in the short term and that is for the Government to make a strenuous effort to make available some finance, but not in the nature of a grant The industry does not ask for it It has been proud of the independence it has demonstrated over the years but in this situation where it has fallen victim to circumstances far beyond its control it has a moral entitlement to look to the Government to provide financial means to bridge this period of disaster. [More…]
In summary, the policies of the Australian Government in respect of Aboriginal people might be described as seeking: to encourage and strengthen the capacity of Aboriginals to manage their own affairs and to increase their economic independence; to enable Aboriginals to have a real freedom of choice about their life style and the extent to which, particularly in the more remote communities, they maintain their traditional customs and culture- a freedom which can be exercised to the extent that communities have local authority, in particular through land ownership; to make equality a reality for Aboriginal Australians by working to overcome those handicaps which generally face them in fields such as housing, health, education, employment and civil liberties; in doing this, to help Aboriginals themselves to provide services designed to overcome handicapsfor instance through Aboriginal housing societies, medical services and legal services; and to act in the closest consultation with Aboriginal communities and individuals at both the national and the local levels. [More…]
Although those schools are now being totally financed- some would argue that this ought to happen in regard to all non-government schools- their independence is in no way infringed. [More…]
This is in line with Australia’s policy of ensuring that Papua New Guinea exercises final responsibility in all matters of government before assuming full independence. [More…]
It is also in line with a recent statement by the Opposition spokesman on Papua New Guinea matters, the honourable member for Kooyong (Mr Peacock) who argued that it would be wise ‘To settle all areas prior to independence so that on independence the Papua New Guinea Government would not just be governing in all areas but would be doing so at law.’ [More…]
The exercise of responsibility by the Government of Papua New Guinea in the areas of defence and foreign relations until formal independence must be subject to Australia’s treaty obligations and responsibilities in international law and to the United Nations under the Charter and the Trusteeship Agreement. [More…]
As I have said, Australian policy is to enable Papua New Guinea to exercise authority in all matters of government before the formal step to independence, and these amendments are designed to give effect to this. [More…]
It would be more becoming the stature of a commission of this nature to have its independence put in a position where it can, on its own judgment, respond to a request from the Minister. [More…]
Mr Speaker, I do not believe that the present Labor leaders could ever free themselves completely from the myths of their own creation, certainly not sufficiently to make policies based on a real understanding of the value of manufacturing industry to Australia in terms of technology, independence of spirit and initiative, or its contribution to our standard of living. [More…]
Whatever reservations we may have about methods employed in asserting those rights to self-determination and a recognised place in their original homeland- there is clearly a new and vigorous spirit, a new sense of destiny among the leaders of the displaced Arabs, a new confidence in their rights to selfdetermination and independence within a Palestine state of their own. [More…]
It accords also with the Australian Government’s attachment to the principle of the right of peoples to self-determination and independence if this is what they desire. [More…]
Mr President, my Government is also firmly attached to a second principle- that of respect for the sovereignty and independence of states and the duty of all states to do nothing to threaten or undermine the right of any other state to exist and to enter into normal and peaceful relations with its neighbours. [More…]
The extent to which it will rely on State environment authorities will depend on the confidence it has in those authorities, on its judgment of their independence and on the significance of the proposals from the national viewpoint. [More…]
We have heard the Minister for Labor and Immigration (Mr Clyde Cameron) say that commissioners will be appointed for fixed terms, taking away the independence that they ought to have, the independence that has traditionally been part of this kind of operation so that governments could not lean on individuals. [More…]
We commend the provisions dealing with the lower courts, the House of Assembly, electoral matters and trie repeal of appeals to the High Court of Australia, just as we commend the smooth and early transition of Papua New Guinea to independence. [More…]
If that is the case, I should have thought that, if not the Minister for Science, at least the man who ran away from the responsibility of answering for both the administration of defence services in Papua New Guinea and more importantly the arrangements between Australia and Papua New Guinea in a postindependence scene ought to have been prepared to tell us in this Parliament what the arrangements will be either after this Bill is passed and in due course is proclaimed or after independence what the relations between Australia and Papua New Guinea will be in the defence sphere. [More…]
The watershed in relations between the 2 countries will occur at independence. [More…]
At present it appears to me that we are prejudging the manner of independence by placing a resolution before the General Assembly of the United Nations. [More…]
At independence Australia’s United Nations obligations will be discharged and a new set of relations between Australia and Papua New Guinea will need to be developed. [More…]
What is the situation going to be in the postindependence scene? [More…]
What are the postindependence relations in a wide variety of fields to be? [More…]
But this Parliament has been largely ignored- I was nearly going to say misinformed- in regard to this important sphere in a post-independence scene. [More…]
Whilst I was the Minister for External Territories the Government of which I was a member agreed that we would discuss well before independence what the relations after independence would be, on the very axiomatic point that this takes some time to develop, that it would not be in Australia’s national interest or indeed in Papua New Guinea’s interest to wait until the date is reached and then look at one another, as it were, and determine how we are going to go about things. [More…]
We wanted certainty and order not merely in the transition to independence but certainly in the relations in the post-independence scene. [More…]
I trust that the Minister when he comes round to replying in this debate will inject some certainty for those who are concerned about post-independence relations between Papua New Guinea and will advise us. [More…]
It is important because after this piece of legislation apart from, as I understand it, certain Australian defence legislation that applies equally to Papua New Guinea and will have to be eradicated so that it applies only to Australia, there will be an independence Bill and the final obliteration of the remnants of the Papua New Guinea Act which is being amended by this Bill, and little else. [More…]
I would say that if we examine the relationship between metropolitan powers and administered entities- whether it be with African countries, whether it be Fiji and the United Kingdom or what other entity one chooses- we would see that there has probably not been an administered area which was as close to the metropolitan power, not geographically but in the way it moved towards its independence- as Papua New Guinea used to be to us. [More…]
What is more important is the fact that I was mentioning earlier about post-independence relations. [More…]
But it seems to me that we have to keep an eye on relations after independence now as much as we do in the smooth and orderly transfer of functions to the independent State itself. [More…]
requests the administering power to notify the Secretary-General of the date on which Papua New Guinea will accede to independence and on which the Trusteeship Agreement shall cease to be in force. [More…]
Australian servicemen integrated in the force will be reduced to a figure of about 430 by the end of December next year, months after the date of independence proferred by the Chief Minister of Papua New Guinea. [More…]
We will still have responsibility until the esteemed Prime Minister (Mr Whitlam) writes his note to the Secretary-General of the United Nations telling him that independence has occurred and that we are no longer responsible. [More…]
When the Government introduces legislation providing for the areas of defence and foreign affairs to be withdrawn from the Papua New Guinea Act in order that Papua New Guinea can rightly introduce its own legislation- I understand that it has a defence Bill before the House of Assembly now- the Minister ought to tell us what the Government is doing about foreign relations between Australia and Papua New Guinea, not only in the lead up to independence but also in the post-independence period when these matters will be beyond our control. [More…]
I am suggesting that the arrangements between the 2 countries should be such that there is no uncertainty between us when we reach independence. [More…]
Many problems are associated with the independence of Papua New Guinea. [More…]
I believe we in this Parliament must give more attention than we are giving at the moment to this post-independence period. [More…]
I do not believe that we can abdicate our responsibility merely by saying: ‘They have their independence; it is their responsibility. [More…]
While the 2 measures we are debating may merely be machinery matters, I think that they emphasise that not sufficient attention has been given by the Government to many of the problems that will be associated with Papua New Guinea obtaining independence and going into the future as an independent nation. [More…]
I would like to follow on from the point of order that I made to elaborate a little on the thinking of this Government and also of the Government of Papua New Guinea and the House of Assembly of Papua New Guinea in relation to the movement from self-government to independence for Papua New Guinea. [More…]
The first is: … the period between self government and independence, was one that the western powers would not have inflicted upon their territories if they had experienced it themselves. [More…]
Those who argue that there should be a long gap between self-government and independence are more than anything else mis-informed about the essential character of each concept. [More…]
Self-government means independence of action on all domestic matters. [More…]
You will have deduced from what I have said that the Australian Government does not favour a long interval between self-government and independence. [More…]
What we are dealing with here is not a question of pressure; it is a very sensitive stage of the development of one country into nationhood and independence. [More…]
I believe that Papua New Guinea will be moving towards independence certainly before the end of 1975. [More…]
He wants to be able to transfer money from the reserves of the funds- again a naked assault on the reserves of health funds so as to impugn their independence. [More…]
There are snared goals, security, and maintenance of national independence. [More…]
For example, let me refer to Australia’s independence. [More…]
They scream for independence. [More…]
They talk and prattle away about independence. [More…]
How much more independence we will have once our energy resources are properly developed and are not being frittered away and when incentives that ought to be given for those resources are not being retracted. [More…]
In the Moscow communique the Prime Minister, having come back to Australia, said he believed it important that the independence of Israel as a state should be accepted. [More…]
It is a fact of life that in marriage the longer it lasts the women’s independence, and particularly her economic ability to fend for herself, become less. [More…]
It was a war for the independence of those countries from the colonial occupation established by the French in 1847 and continued by the United States of America after 1954. [More…]
Is anyone in this House prepared to stand up and say that if the Houses came into line again as a result of an election for the House of Representatives between 1 July next and 1 July 1976 this would be a blow to the Senate, would create a situation in which the Senate’s independence would be destroyed or would prevent the Senate from functioning properly? [More…]
It wants to topple the sovereignty and independence of the Senate, the House of State rights. [More…]
The independence of the Senate is guaranteed by the Constitution. [More…]
I am sure that the Attorney-General and the Prime Minister would acknowledge that this is an unsatisfactory way to seek to assert national independence and to seek to encourage an acceptance of national institutions. [More…]
It seems to me quite paradoxial indeed that the Prime Minister and members of the Governmentwho have asserted their independence of the United Kingdom, who have suggested that in some way we on this side of the House were acting against the best interests of the Australian community in maintaining defence ties and close and meaningful ties in so many other forms with the United Kingdom and with other countries of the Western world, and who have denied the right and the meaningfulness of those associationsshould introduce into this Parliament and seek our approval of a piece of legislation which is so reminiscent of the days of the complete colonial subservience of this country to the Government of Westminster. [More…]
So much for the independence which he seeks from courts outside Australia; so much for his severing of the old ties of the Commonwealth; and so much for his assertion that really he is not severing his connections with the United Kingdom but is re-establishing them. [More…]
Yet how little it seems to fit with the assertion of independence which the Prime Minister has stated is necessary in his reference to us of this Privy Council Appeals Abolition Bill. [More…]
I find it rather strange, indeed irreconcilable, that we should on the one hand accept the jurisdiction of the International Court and on the other hand say to the States which are fighting hard to preserve their independence: ‘You cannot have the ultimate right Of appeal to the Privy Council.’ [More…]
For those 3 reasons- the fact that the States have a right and responsibility to maintain their independence to the maximum; the degree to which this Bill seeks through reference to the Statute of Westminster and not by the forms provided in the Constitution to change the Constitution itself; and the fact that the Prime Minister only the other day stated that Australia accepts without reservation the judgments of the International Court- this Bill should be totally rejected. [More…]
Now we are told that this independence allows the AIDC to operate without proper control and responsibility. [More…]
The AIDC needs to have that degree of independence so as to make its own decisions free of what would be called political and other influences. [More…]
I regret that the Australian Film Commission does not have the independence that we in the Opposition believe a statutory corporation ought to have. [More…]
But there is still not the independence and flexibility that we would like. [More…]
The Opposition, throughout debate in the Senate and in the House has maintained that a statutory authority such as the Film Commission should enjoy much greater independence from ministerial direction and approvals than the Government has in fact allowed. [More…]
There also is a close relationship between this question and the degree of independence which these committees must be given under their democratically elected chairmen because, as with any large organisation of this nature, we are running a real risk of the octopus syndrome- the heart hes in the middle, the tentacles go out in all directions to the various areas of the arts, but ultimately they are all directed back towards the centre and the administrative section of the centre grows and grows in accordance with the best Parkinsonian principles. [More…]
As I understand it there are 2 major parties, Fretilin and the UDT, which is the Democratic Union of Timor, which have come together and formed a common program for independence which, in effect, brings the political forces with a following suggested to be as high as 95 per cent of politically concerned Timorese under one leadership. [More…]
The new leadership has apparently been pressing Portugal for an early declaration that it intends to support independence for East Timor. [More…]
Coalition Fretilinudt holding over 95 per cent Timors population call your support independence East Timor. [More…]
We have established a new independence in attitude’. [More…]
The Indonesian attitude to the colony at that stage was said to be that independence for east Timor was not a practical option. [More…]
This is the gentleman from the Austraiian Broadcasting Commission- to say whether Australia accepted the Indonesian argument that independence was not a practical solution, the Minister replied that this was a matter for the people themselves to decide. [More…]
This provision will make a further contribution towards ensuring the Bureau’s objectivity and independence while at the same time making the Statistician and the Council publicly accountable. [More…]
The Corporation could assist and encourage people to obtain essential independence and security by owning their own home. [More…]
One answer may be that the wife’s independence lasts only until she becomes a mother, for then she usually loses the ability to fend for herself, except at her children’s expense, and becomes again dependent on her husband and in need of protection. [More…]
It requires the degree of independence for its day to day operations, which would be impossible for a government department. [More…]
The various government housing commissions, housing trusts, home finance trusts and housing commissioners all have a separate indentity and a degree of financial independence. [More…]
When the girl interviewing him quizzed him about his mock indignation about the scheme and asked what is his objection he said that if the doctors carried out bulk billing and were paid by Medibank directly they would be de facto Commonwealth employees; there would be creeping socialism and the doctors would lose their independence. [More…]
But because there happens to be direct billing instead of going via the back door as it is now- the Government contribution is 50 per centthrough the private funds, because the private part has been eliminated from the scheme and the scheme is to be funded completely by the Government the doctors say that they are de facto Commonwealth employees, their independence is taken away, that the British health scheme is upon us with all the inherent problems. [More…]
I shall not go into other features of the Bill here; I believe that altogether they will ensure the proper control and accountability of one of the nation’s important cultural institutions, while at the same time providing the vital elements of independence and flexibility which the institution requires to achieve the greatest measure of effectiveness. [More…]
I suggest that the House examine the determination relating to the parliamentary First Division officers in the light of its clear responsibility to assert once more the rights, the independence and something that we have been talking about a great deal- the dignity of the Parliament. [More…]
The same Mr Bhutto was the apologist in the United Nations Security Council for the action of the Pakistan Government in suppressing the independence movement, the national liberation movement- mark the words the national liberation movement’- in Pakistan during the Pakistan civil war in 1 97 1 . [More…]
In this they will enjoy a degree of independence. [More…]
The provisions of clause 14 of the Bill are intended to give the members of the Tribunal a proper independence from the executive Government. [More…]
This war originated when a group of so-called agrarian reformers fought in a nationalist cause against the French to reassert a nationalist independence. [More…]
But when those simple agrarian reformers divided themselves into the Communist Party and the true nationalists the divisions in Vietnam began, and what was merely a war against the French became also a war within Vietnam between those who wanted a true independence and those who wanted a Communist subjection. [More…]
The Government speaks a great deal about independence in defence but does not realise that there is a cost for independence in defence and that if you can have allies standing with you the total defence cost is less than if you stand alone. [More…]
In any case there can be no real independence in defence, because in this interdependent world we are all much too much dependent upon each other. [More…]
Where is the much vaunted independence of the Labor Government? [More…]
Where is this much vaunted independence? [More…]
It is all very well for professional women or women with a vocation; they have a degree of independence which gives them some immunity from the damage caused by this legislation. [More…]
If it had been made in 1775, just a year before the Declaration of Independence and other things that flowed from that, including the rights of man and so on, it might well have been in tune. [More…]
With increased Government aid for nongovernment schools- something which we are still waiting to see- a changed relationship between the 2 educational sectors should result and they would probably be drawn closer together and this would be based, hopefully, on the greater interdependence of government schools and not on the loss of independence of nongovernment schools. [More…]
Furthermore, under the terms of the present Act savings held with any bank in Papua New Guinea would cease to be acceptable for purposes of the home savings grant scheme on and after the date of independence. [More…]
The Opposition is equally aware that there are substantial numbers of employees within the Bureau, and for that reason as well there could be merit in streamlining administration if it were given the independence and autonomy that go with a statutory authority. [More…]
It is good because it gives the Statistician independence. [More…]
The ruggedly established independence of the Australian character would be sadly deprived if this same opportunity to reach commercial success, to work hard and establish an efficient company or service, were in any way denied by academics who are far too prone to theorise, or governments such as the present one ideologically committed to extending the domain of the public sector. [More…]
Firstly, there is the straightforward language of the Bill and, secondly, the insidious and implied threats to our privacy and independence which will become a reality when the net is finally cast and the catch unloaded. [More…]
It means that we must now look to handle our defence affairs with greater independence and be more self-reliant in our defence effort. [More…]
Our policy ought to be to maintain the independence of that grouping and to see that it does not come under the domination of any major power. [More…]
Depending upon the future alliance of the North Vietnamese regime or its degree of independence from Russia or China, there is a potential for adding to that feeling of encirclement. [More…]
The Minister, the Government and the Prime Minister has spoken of independence in defence. [More…]
They do not realise that independence in defence requires a greater effort, not a lesser effort; that if we have like-minded allies standing with us, our total defence requirement is less than if we have no allies. [More…]
Certainly it weakens the reliance the Court should be able to place on the independence of persons representative of the diverse interests involved. [More…]
In these last moments of their independence when, to use a phrase, the wolf is knocking at the door, they have called out to us as have their nationals who are among us as Colombo Plan students and as private students and have received so little in return. [More…]
There were many people still hoping that South Vietnam could maintain its independence and viability. [More…]
The homes savings grant scheme is consistent with the Liberal-National Country Party philosophies of encouraging independence and self-reliance among Australian people. [More…]
This Bill establishes a tribunal with independence to deal with appeals against administrative decisions and it could be termed as being consistent with the ombudsman legislation. [More…]
I must admit that if an administrative appeals tribunal is to be effective in correcting any faults in administrative acts it must have a measure of independence. [More…]
In foreign affairs language, unilateral declaration of independence is a dirty expression but in the case of families a unilateral declaration of independence can be made under this Bill by either spouse whether either or neither of them is guilty. [More…]
If in international relations the expression ‘unilateral declaration of independence’ can be considered so dirty, surely that same attitude must apply to a contract of marriage. [More…]
One of the good reasons is that they know that it is a good, fair redistribution that has been carried out by men of integrity and independence. [More…]
Campbell-Kennedy, who is the SurveyorGeneral for the State of South Australia, somebody completely apolitical and outside any political party and a man of integrity and independence. [More…]
I do not appreciate that to any great extent but it has been done by men of independence, by men of integrity, and the umpires’ rulings should be followed. [More…]
Their independence and integrity have been attacked by the Opposition and also by people commenting on the first draft of the redistribution. [More…]
One of the more important exceptions is a form of double tax relief to apply after independence. [More…]
It is proposed to retain this system in Australia after independence but, as the Treasurer (Dr J. F. Cairns) announced recently, the salary or wages of Australians working in Papua New Guinea will be exempted from Australian tax where Papua New Guinea taxes the income. [More…]
We propose however to continue it in Papua New Guinea’s case after independence. [More…]
The Bill generally requires the changes I have described to be synchronised with Papua New Guinea’s independence. [More…]
The Bill also contains some other measures related to Papua New Guinea’s independence. [More…]
The honourable members for Moreton (Mr Killen), Darling Downs (Mr McVeigh) and Bennelong (Mr Howard), who spoke for the Opposition on the Bill earlier this year, claimed that they opposed it because simultaneous elections would disturb the relationship between the 2 Houses, damage the independence of the Senate and alter its role. [More…]
The independence of the Senate was not founded on elections being held for the 2 Houses at different times. [More…]
In short, the rights and independence of the Senate will in no way be abrogated by this Bill. [More…]
The Commissions, with their independence from the Public Service Board, will be empowered to perform within their services various functions many of which are now the responsibility of the Public Service Board in relation to the PostmasterGeneral’s Department. [More…]
The people who fill the positions will need to be professional people of great dedication and independence and the Commission should have the right to employ its own staff and be completely independent in a real sense so that it can give objective and dispassionate views and advice to the Government. [More…]
We feel that to create 2 powerful, monopolistic authorities with a large degree of independence from Government control necessitates the fixing in far more definite terms of the objectives which the Commissions should be seeking to attain. [More…]
OTC failed to appreciate the policies of the present Government and the former Liberal-Country Party Government that Papua New Guinea should enjoy a special relationship in line with its promised independence. [More…]
It is a relationship of considerable independence. [More…]
The Prime Minister says that it will in no way damage the independence of the Senate nor will it alter the Senate’s present role. [More…]
Continued independence by retention of the Overseas Telecommunications Act is essential if the Government’s professed intention of ensuring that the capability built up by OTC is not destroyed is to have any meaning. [More…]
-The Income Tax Assessment Bill seeks to amend the Income Tax Assessment Act to permit Papua New Guinea to be treated for tax purposes as a separate country on its independence. [More…]
Nevertheless, I take this opportunity to place on record the Opposition’s view that it would be desirable for the Government to have as an objective the negotiation of a comprehensive double taxation agreement with the post- independence Government of Papua New Guinea. [More…]
It is concerned, first of aU, with Papua New Guinea and sets in legislative form the taxation arrangements which are to apply as Papua New Guinea moves towards independence. [More…]
The parts of this Bill which I particularly wish to discuss are not those which are ostensibly the purpose for the Bill, namely, those alterations which become necessary to our taxation law because of Papua New Guinea’s projected independence. [More…]
While it is true that specifically the ombudsman has no power to change a decision, the mere fact that one man, given the independence and the statutory protection of a special Act of Parliament, will be given power to go behind the exterior of government to investigate complaints and to talk to Ministers and to departmental heads, indicates that he will be a very significant person in the Administrative processes of our nation. [More…]
It expressly requires that the Office should be conducted so as to ensure that its activities do not prejudice the independence of the legal profession. [More…]
The Commission has been established as a separate body from the Office on the view that the function of research and policy advising is quite distinct from the function of providing legal aid; that only a separate advisory body can give independent and objective advice to the Australian Government upon the roles of respective services and Federal grants to them; that the advisory body would be m a conflict of interest situation if it also administered the Australian Legal Aid Office; and that the wide role of the Commission as adviser to State governments and other bodies and as a body endeavouring to coordinate legal aid schemes throughout Australia requires demonstrable independence. [More…]
Precise details remain to be worked out but, so far as this is practicable and consistent with the foregoing comments, efforts will be made to avoid unnecessary adminstrative costs or undue interference in the execution of the projects in question lest this tend to undermine the voluntary character and independence of the private organisations undertaking them. [More…]
If we are to emphasise the independence, which many people in Australia would emphasise, is this a reasonable way in which we should do it? [More…]
If it is argued that we should have the High Court as the final court of appeal to establish law because of our independent status, is there anybody in this House who would support the Attorney-General (Mr Enderby) and the Government by saying that the way in which to do it is to establish our lack of independence; to establish clearly by an act of this House and the Senate that we do not have the full constitutional independence? [More…]
But I am not prepared to participate in any way in a method which emphasises the dependence of Australia instead of its independence and creates a precedent for further request and consent legislation which can seriously imperil the constitutional status of the 6 constituent members of our federation. [More…]
This would emphasise our independence. [More…]
What we will have if we achieve this by referendum is a determination according to the Constitution and not by reverting to some anachronistic procedure which is fraught with peril and which stands as a direct threat to the independence of the constituent States which make up the Commonwealth of Australia. [More…]
How colonial can you possibly get to resort to a statute the very purpose of which was to emphasise the legal independence of the then dominion countries of the British Commonwealth? [More…]
1 ) The Government’s policy is to guarantee political and programming independence to the ABC. [More…]
One is driven back to this thought: If we have the right Ombudsman- we will certainly try hard to have the right person in that position- we have to give him a great degree of independence. [More…]
It should never be forgotten that in making our own former colony independent, we as Australians enhance our own independence. [More…]
The legislation includes 4 Bills which are associated in various ways with Papua New Guinea’s move to independence. [More…]
The Bill provides for the islands to be brought within the territorial scope of Papua New Guinea, so that at independence that country will exercise full sovereignty over the islands. [More…]
The Papua New Guinea Loans Guarantee Bill 1975 seeks the approval of Parliament to the continuation of the Australian Government guarantee, provided for in section 75a of the Papua New Guinea Act 1949-1975, in respect of loans raised by the Papua New Guinea Government from Australian and PNG sources prior to independence until such time as the loans in question have matured and been repaid. [More…]
Independence is real. [More…]
But to confine the limits of assistance to that which Austrafia alone shall give would be to confine the limits of independence of Papua New Guinea itself. [More…]
By these Bills we intend to give Papua New Guinea genuine independence- not a phoney independence. [More…]
and (2) The Australian Government is working with the Aboriginal community at Wreck Bay to help it to overcome handicaps facing it, and to develop its capacity to manage its own affairs and increase its independence. [More…]
We have no national obligations or interest in getting rein.volved in colonial or post-colonial affairs in Portuguese Timor at the very time when Papua New Guinea’s imminent independence is leading to the ending of our colonial role there. [More…]
After all the brave words about initiatives, after all the brave words about independence, when an ugly and dangerous situation erupts on our own doorstep this Government can do no more than courageously and independently wash its hands of the whole question. [More…]
Our policy is tangible evidence of our longterm objective to return a greater degree of choice and independence to individuals and to families. [More…]
To the extent that it increasingly intrudes into Australian households it will derogate from the independence of those households. [More…]
It is ridiculous to say that it is, in some way, terribly good for private enterprise and for the independence of the head of the household to spend money by paying it to medical benefits funds but if it goes into taxation to pay for Medibank there is something terrible about it. [More…]
The reality is that the first really effective steps towards self-government and independence were taken in 1970. [More…]
Certainly the steps taken by the right honourable member for Higgins ought to be seen in the proper perspective of the proper hastening of moves in a smooth and orderly manner towards self-government and independence. [More…]
I think I can say that my speeches throughout 1972 constantly reiterated the positive goal of independence. [More…]
The amount of development that occurred was tremendous and it was brought about in a manner that permitted us to discuss in a proper and detached manner the move towards independence today. [More…]
There are few, if any, examples of administered areas moving towards independence which have reached the stage of independence on such close terms with the administering authority. [More…]
But taken overall, the resultant transfer towards independence is, in my view, something of which Australian governments can be proud and not something to be sneered at on this historic occasion. [More…]
With the possible exception of the relationship between Britain and Fiji- I do not think even that is pertinent to this case- I would think that there are no other countries in the world that can say that they were on such close terms, following such earnest preparedness for independence, as Australia as the administering authority and Papua New Guinea as the territory. [More…]
-I should like to quote from one paragraph of that speech to underline further not merely the concern that we had that there should be Australian attention to the move towards self-government and independence but that as far back as 1972 I was aware that there ought to be proper and adequate planning for the post-independence situation. [More…]
The Papua New Guinea Independence BUI basically repeals the Papua New Guinea Act. [More…]
Thirdly, the Papua New Guinea Loans Guarantee Bill provides the guarantees for loans entered into by Papua New Guinea prior to the date of independence- guarantees from the Aus.tralian Government until the maturity of such loans. [More…]
Throughout the constitutional process toward independence I have stressed that both the move to self government, which was agreed during our period in government, and this last step to independence were primarily motivated by decisions of the political leadership of Papua New Guinea and responded to by ourselves. [More…]
I have constantly reiterated in this House that there ought to have been more planning of those post-independence relations, that the move to independence ought not to have been a sudden break, that we should not have reached the date when suddenly both governments look at one another and say ‘How are we to relate with one another’, and that there should at least have been more evidence of the planning of this post-independence relationship between [More…]
I concede that in many instances it may be wise not to enter into a formal arrangement regarding those post-independence relations. [More…]
It might be wiser to wait until Papua New Guinea is independent and executes her agreement to those relations or to whatever formal arrangements are to be entered into as an independent country so that there can be no accusation that she was coerced into those agreements before independence was reached. [More…]
I would have hoped that the long term aid arrangements would also have been determined prior to independence. [More…]
In law they are providing legislation in this House today for that independence; so in law it may be so but in fact it was a movement established and planned by us. [More…]
Without Australian public servants and members of the Administration in Papua New Guinea and without the ability particularly of the Papua New Guinea leadership- the Papua New Guinea people supporting that leadership- we would not be viewing the satisfactory solution in this movement towards independence that we are today. [More…]
With all my reservations about the lack of preparedness for the post independence relations I wish nevertheless to conclude with congratulations to the Government of Papua New Guinea for the way in which it has received the powers that have been transferred. [More…]
For those with a sense of history the Papua New Guinea Independence Bill, is an historic event. [More…]
As the Papua New Guinea Independence Bill simply states: [More…]
On the expiration of the day preceding Independence Day, Australia ceases to have any sovereignty, sovereign rights or rights of administration in respect of or appertaining to the whole or any part of Papua New Guinea. [More…]
I suppose that this is one of the occasions on which those of us who have been associated with the movement of Papua New Guinea through self-government and on to independence may reflect on the things that have happened to us in our administration. [More…]
You will recall that our discussions were held in the context of assurances which I had given on several occasions during 1973 as to the continuance of Australian aid to Papua New Guinea in the period after independence. [More…]
At our talks you referred to the importance of these assurances to Papua New Guinea in the early years after independence. [More…]
I wish to confirm that from independence a united Papua New Guinea will continue to have first call on Australia’s expanding external aid program in future and, in particular, that Papua New Guinea can count on continuing to receive substantial amounts of aid from Australia over the next three years to underpin its new Improvement Program and to assist Papua New Guinea in the early years after independence. [More…]
In view of the imminence of independence I am writing now, on behalf of the Australian Government, to inform you that on the basis of present indications a united Papua New Guinea can proceed on the assumption that Australia will provide a total of at least $500m of expenditure on economic and social aid in one form or another over the three year period commencing in 1974-75. [More…]
I think that I can say on behalf of both the Government and Opposition that we thank them for their contribution to the vitality and viability of a Papua New Guinea entering into independence. [More…]
Australia has done a great deal for Papua New Guinea in the short time available to bring it to independence. [More…]
As Australia’s grant includes $49m for the employment security scheme for expatriate Australian public servants who are losing their jobs because of Papua New Guinea’s independence, it is even less than it appears. [More…]
I commend the governments of Australia, both present and past, for what has been achieved in bringing Papua New Guinea to nationhood and independence. [More…]
This was a major factor in the peaceful transition to self-government and then to independence. [More…]
I recall very vividly living and working in Papua New Guinea in 1965 when the then Deputy Leader of the Opposition, the present Prime Minister (Mr Whitlam), went to a seminar at Goroka and was highly provocative as far as the people of Papua New Guinea were concerned when he said that he would be shocked if Papua New Guinea did not have independence by 1970. [More…]
It was the prime motivation for expediting the program for self-government and independence rather than any thoughts of the welfare of Papua New Guinea. [More…]
The destiny of Papua and New Guinea is to become a selfgoverning country developed for independence if and when it is clearly demonstrated by the majority of the indigenous population that this is what they wish. [More…]
Our responsibility for the welfare of the new nation changes after independence on 16 September. [More…]
On the eve of independence, the Government of Michael Somare says it is stung by a sense of betrayal. [More…]
We totally endorse these measures but we are concerned at the irresponsibility of the Ministers in the present Government at a time when Papua New Guinea is going into independence. [More…]
With the very real uncertainty of future events in East Timor, with the Prime Minister washing his hands of all concern for what might happen there and with Papua New Guinea going into independence with assertions being made by the Chief Minister about the implications of the cutback in Australian budgetary allocations for what is now the Territory but will shortly not be a territory, then of course, any Australian must be concerned for the future. [More…]
Admittedly there is a taxation rebate of $540 for every taxpayer whether or not he or she attempts to make a personal effort towards independence by life assurance, education, medical benefits and other self-help activities. [More…]
The first principle is to provide security and wellbeing for all citizens and to acknowledge the importance of the independence and dignity of those people. [More…]
The appeal is to individual selfishness, to individual greed and to individual independence. [More…]
As Independence Day for Papua New Guinea is scheduled for 16 September, I feel that it is appropriate to produce to the House some important and relevant information which has been furnished to me by a constituent of mine who is very well qualified to speak of activities and possibilities in our coastal waters. [More…]
The fact that our predecessors were prepared to condone this situation for all those years since the middle 1950s- 1955- when the Menzies Government accepted the Cocos (Keeling) Islands from Great Britain at the time when Singapore was being given independence is no reason why we should continue to condone it. [More…]
Can the Minister give an assurance that the integrity and the independence of the Australian Information Service will not be interfered with in this way? [More…]
Honourable members will remember that Mr Morrison was pushed out of Science into Defence in June, at the time when there was a massive attack upon the independence and the totality of the CSIRO. [More…]
The Prime Minister, aided and abetted by the Minister for Minerals and Energy (Mr Connor),that great empire builder, decided to transfer the minerals research and the solar studies sections out of the CSIRO and into the Public Service, taking away their independence, breaking down the strength of the CSIRO which, of course, very much is concerned with its totality. [More…]
As honourable members would know, this book readily became a capitalist declaration of independence from the remaining shackles of feudalism and helped to launch an economic revolution that has produced far more wealth than man had amassed in all previous history. [More…]
I join with the Minister for Defence in offering the Opposition’s warmest congratulations to the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea and also to the people on the achievement of their independence. [More…]
The members of the National Country Party of Australia wish Michael Somare as Chief Minister, and members of his Government well in their country’s independence. [More…]
Despite these handicaps the Minister for Minerals and Energy feels that we can pursue a pOliCY of total independence and to hell with the rest of the world. [More…]
The Opposition makes clear its belief that it is necessary to restore integrity, dignity and independence to the Public Service- an instrument for providing efficient and impartial administration of government. [More…]
I suggest that here again we have not advice which is independent and responsible, and I suggest that the attitude of an Attorney-General in a government and before this Parliament has to be one of independence and responsibility. [More…]
I am prompted to do so for 2 reasons: Firstly, because like you, Mr Speaker, I was in Papua New Guinea during the independence celebrations and, secondly, because of some of the reporting in the Australian media since the independence celebrations which has given in my opinion an unfair picture of the problems facing the Papua New Guinea Government. [More…]
I will therefore content myself with presenting my view of the significance of the independence celebrations and independence and the nature of the problems now being faced by that Government. [More…]
I think one of the most impressive aspects of the independence celebrations was the fact that there was neither euphoria nor hysteria. [More…]
There were no extravagant gestures or speeches; there was merely a calm acceptance of the reality of independence. [More…]
This must rank as a rare independence celebration indeed. [More…]
The independence celebrations were highly successful. [More…]
A wide range of T-shirts and posters proclaim both independence and unity with slogans such as ‘Our country’s future is in our hands’. [More…]
The situation would, of course, become complicated if a foreign power were to recognise the unilateral declaration of independence by Bougainville. [More…]
Not only are Indonesian pressures being applied to discourage the option of independence, but also there are disturbing reports that similar pressures are coming from Malaya and Singapore. [More…]
It is an untenable view when, by all accounts, the majority of the politically conscious in East Timor favour independence. [More…]
Of course, the ideal is for aged people to live in their own homes for as long as possible and retain their independence. [More…]
-The biggest allocation, about $ 120m, is for the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, an honoured body with a world reputation and one whose strength depends on its independence and its totality. [More…]
I know that the Minister for Science and Consumer Affairs has gone on record about the independence of the CSIRO. [More…]
It was this Government that for the first time gave local government independence in revenue raising opportunities and decision making. [More…]
We look in vain in the Liberal Party policy for the same sense of independence being given to local government. [More…]
Once this Bill passes into law the deficiencies of it will be entrenched in the facilities which it sets up to provide legal aid, and much of the duplication, much of the additional costs, much of the lack of independence from bureaucratic control which concerns the Opposition will then be allowed to go on unhindered. [More…]
There has been criticism of the lack of independence of the Australian Legal Aid Office from the Government. [More…]
The implementation of a national program of legal aid should be the responsibility of a Commission established by statute and enjoying independence from Government. [More…]
We are certainly very concerned, as others are, at the lack of independence of the ALAO from the Government and also the lack of real power and teeth which has been given to the Legal Aid Commission. [More…]
Another matter which is of vital importance is the question of independence, which I have already mentioned. [More…]
Once the independence of the legal profession is dealt a blow, that will deal a blow to this country and to our basic rights. [More…]
Whatever one says about lawyers and their fees, say nothing about the independence of the legal profession. [More…]
If we bureaucratise legal aid and keep out the legal profession we will find not only will a blow have been struck at the independence of the profession but also the community will be deprived of the practice and expertise of the profession. [More…]
The independence of Government-created bodies from the influence of the Government, its policies and personalities, has been a most consistent theme of the Opposition throughout the Labor Government ‘s term of office. [More…]
Apart from the setting up of the Offices after much discussion and consultation with the private legal profession, which I have already related, a number of clauses in the BUI relate to the independence of the Office. [More…]
It states that the Office shall act consistently and without prejudice with the independence of the private legal profession. [More…]
Until now I have been talking of the independence of the Office and of its procedures for providing assistance. [More…]
I repudiate the suggestion from some sections of the legal profession that the independence, integrity or even the existence, which is what some say, of the private profession is threatened by this Bill. [More…]
The need for an agreed definition of that boundary was an inevitable consequence of the policy of independence for Papua New Guinea. [More…]
While there have been differences in judgment about timing between my Government and its predecessors, there has not, I believe, been any difference on the issue that Papua New Guinea independence had to be achieved. [More…]
I remind the Prime Minister (Mr Whitlam) that on numerous occasions I indicated to him that if this matter was not settled prior to independence it would go beyond this Parliament into the International Court of Justice and to the United Nations. [More…]
If honourable members want to talk about maintaining good relations with Papua New Guinea, I just remind them that the reason independence was accepted on 16 September, supported earlier by the overwhelming majority of the members of the House of Assembly, was that the present Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, the former Chief Minister, accepted implicitly and frequently the Prime Minister’s constant undertakings to grant increased aid at the time of independence. [More…]
The Prime Minister revoked that promise shortly prior to independence just as he is revoking his knowledge of the background here. [More…]
Almost every time I have pleaded with both the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Senator Willesee and the Minister for Defence (Mr Morrison) to have regard to post independence relations. [More…]
Do not tell me that within less than 4 weeks of the independence of that country the Prime Minister can come in here and ascribe aU blame to the Queensland Government. [More…]
What I do say is that if the Prime Minister had sought to bring people together, if he had recognised that after independence this would be a festering problem, it could have been solved. [More…]
The profession is not altogether content at the proposed independence of the Legal Aid Commission which will be established under this Bill. [More…]
The independence of the Commission, directing the legal aid program, would serve to correct and mollify this rivalry, one would hope. [More…]
The profession’s second concern arises from its apprehension of the impact of the Australian Legal Aid Office upon its independence of government influence. [More…]
Beyond all the cant about the independence of the legal profession, beyond all the nit-picking of the carping critics, stands the central fact that for 23 years the Tories opposite turned a blind eye to the legal needs of the disadvantaged. [More…]
It was seriously expected by many observers that thousands of political internees who were not to be tried would be amnested on the 30th anniversary of Indonesian independence on 17 August 1975. [More…]
In spite of the relatively recent independence of that position, it is clearly not the right avenue. [More…]
They alone have the aura of impartiality which would allow the people to see true independence. [More…]
Our way would mean that a person with professional independence was appointed. [More…]
It was in large measure responsible to act in accordance with directions of the Minister although in a number of areas it had a degree of autonomy and independence. [More…]
This autonomy and independence largely came through an advisory committee that was established to advise the authority. [More…]
It involves a recognition of the autonomy and independence of the several forms of government in this country. [More…]
It is an independence that must be preserved through co-operation not an independence that is to be destroyed as a consequence of alleged cooperation. [More…]
This is happening at a crucial stage in the historic development of that nation, at the time when it has stepped across the threshold to independence. [More…]
The Bill embodies the following fundamental principles: A salaried legal service is a necessary component of a comprehensive legal aid scheme; the service should be staffed by fully qualified lawyers whose professional independence is guaranteed; the private legal profession is also a necessary component of an adequate schemethe profession should be involved in the general direction of the Office but should not dominate or control it; the Government should have a general policy role in relation to the Office, but not in any way at all related to individual matters; there should be an independent body, the members of which are drawn from all relevant areas of activity in the field to advise the Government on general policy and on grants of financial assistance- that is the Commission, the investigative body about which the honourable member for Stirling talked; there should be as much community involvement in the work of the Office as possible consistent with the professional responsibilities of its lawyers; and there should be co-operation not competition between the Office and other legal aid schemes. [More…]
It begins with the proposition that the Office, employing solicitors and bringing into being a solicitor and client relationship between the solicitor or the lawyer employed in the Office and client, with complete independence, should at the same time, consistent with proper democratic principles, I would have thought, be accountable ultimately to the Parliament. [More…]
It is desired to give the National Capital Development Commission complete independence in relation to the building, construction and planning of the city of Canberra. [More…]
For example, if the board were given complete independence it might want to locate all the offices in, say - [More…]
Obviously, if a board with complete independence located it somewhere else, the Government would rightly be criticised. [More…]
The independence of the profession is basic. [More…]
If a board is constituted which does not know whether the policy which it determines for the spending of money appropriated to it will be overturned tomorrow by the government what independence of action does that board have? [More…]
When the Government tables documents relating to interim defence arrangements between Australia and Papua New Guinea it should’ not sweep aside the reality that for 2Vi years it was warned that upon Papua New Guinea’s independence it ought to have firm arrangements to determine the relationships between the 2 countries and should not wait until after independence. [More…]
In the same way in which Queensland, which got its separation and independence in 1859, had a more democratic constitution than New South Wales, which attained its constitution in 1852, so it was that the Australian Constitution does not precisely enshrine the principle of the exclusive responsibility of the Lower House in the way in which that principle subsequently developed in Great Britain. [More…]
We need to strengthen the financial independence of the States. [More…]
This strengthened financial independence will have a direct relevance to local government. [More…]
At the same time, they will have very much greater independence of action. [More…]
The ABC is a government instrumentality albeit it has statutory independence. [More…]
Those things are done by the Australian Government Statistician who is a statutory officer with complete independence in these matters. [More…]
As the present assistance to local authorities is in the form of untied general purpose assistance it is difficult to see how the Opposition’s proposals could provide even greater independence so far as the opportunity of local government is concerned to allocate funds according to its own priorities. [More…]
The Assembly took the view that the United Nations, having terminated South Africia’s mandate to administer the Territory and having itself assumed direct responsibility for Namibia until independence, had incurred an obligation to assist and prepare the people of the Territory for independence and that to this end the United Nations should provide them with comprehensive assistance. [More…]
The Australian Government supports the aims and objectives of the Fund, believing that it has provided and will continue to provide valuable economic and technical assistance to the people of Namibia, which will help prepare them for independence. [More…]
Nevertheless, I wish to dispel any belief that I regard the Medical Journal of Australia or similar journals as lacking in scientific objectivity or editorial independence. [More…]
We have tried to shield tertiary education institutions from the impact of inflation and I believe the proposed Tertiary Education Commission will be an instrument for maintaining their independence, for following the States’ determination of universities and colleges and for producing a better system. [More…]
Once a government discovers that it can govern without parliamentary approval in the full sense either in the traditional Westminster terms or in the manner of a United States Congressional independence, then in the long term democracy is indeed in danger. [More…]
The Prime Minister has destroyed the independence of the Public Service by politicising it, which is something that we have always tried to avoid in this country. [More…]
It is to encourage the development of an Australia in which people have- maximum freedom and independence to achieve their own goals in life, in ways which they decide. [More…]
The disadvantaged must be helped in ways which leave them the maximum independence. [More…]
He held high administrative posts in Malaya’s preindependence period while seeking Malaya’s national independence. [More…]
It was one of those countries that moved from an old regime to a proper and dignified independence through co-operation, common sense and reason. [More…]
In 1957, on Malayan independence, Tun Razak became Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence and National Security. [More…]
He had devoted his whole adult life to equipping his nation for selfgovernment and asserting its independence. [More…]
Malaysia is not the easiest country to rule- constitutionally, ethnically, culturally- yet he brought it together, he helped to bring it to independence, he preserved its independence and he gave it a leadership role in the region, not least in ASEAN, such as no other person could have done so well. [More…]
But the judiciary, as is its custom, has shown its independence in recent weeks. [More…]
We saw something of that independence in the Senate on Tuesday last. [More…]
The long term objective is ‘to encourage the development of an Australia in which people have maximum freedom and independence to achieve their own goals in life, in ways which they decide ‘. [More…]
It is an essential part of freedom and independence for a person to have the ability, whatever level of industry or commerce he might find himself in, to choose meaningful employment, and having chosen that form of employment, he must then thave the capacity to influence his work environment and gain satisfaction from what he is doing. [More…]
It is to encourage the development of an Australia in which people have maximum freedom and independence to achieve their own goals in life, in ways which they decide. [More…]
Hundreds of ABC employees now face dismissal not for reasons related to economy but because this Government is exacting retribution from the ABC for its accuracy and independence in news coverage over the past few years. [More…]
The disadvantaged must be helped in ways which leave them the maximum independence. [More…]
There are many references in the Governor-General’s Speech to excessive Government intervention and the necessity to protect the independence of the individual in the State. [More…]
is to encourage the development of an Australia in which people have maximum freedom and independence to achieve thenown goals in life, in ways which they decide. [More…]
It is to encourage the development of an Australia in which people have maximum freedom and independence to achieve their goals in life, in ways in which they decide. [More…]
The disadvantaged must be helped in ways which leave them the maximum independence. [More…]
I believe that this Government, in consultation with the Queensland Government, should re-think its policies to encourage both independence and the involvement of these people in all decision making which affects them. [More…]
Independence from direct political control is vital for the Director-General of security. [More…]
It is important that this independence be preserved. [More…]
On the whole we have to rely on the integrity and independence of a Director-General of ASIO. [More…]
His independence is or should be guaranteed by the Act which sets out his independence in the clearest possible terms. [More…]
I would like an assurance from the Attorney-General (Mr Ellicott) that this independence so clearly laid down by this House will not be abridged by secret terms and conditions of appointment because the independence of the Director-General of ASIO isperhaps paradoxically- the key to our individual rights and liberty. [More…]
In the legislation the independence of the organisation is, I think, guaranteed. [More…]
The reason Sir Robert Menzies said: ‘It is clearly impossible, and in any event undesirable, for a Minister to exercise in this field the same degree of supervision and authority that he exercises in his own department’, is no doubt in part attributable to the fact that the DirectorGeneral’s independence is guaranteed by the Act itself. [More…]
I personally do not see it as a measure which intrudes upon the independence of the organisation or which offends in the respect in which the honourable member for Isaacs indicated. [More…]
I think I have dealt with the independence of the office as he was asserting it. [More…]
He also said that controls should be bipartisan and that it is essential to rely on the independence of the office. [More…]
But one thing is essential, and that is that the Government have control of and be responsible for its own Security Organisation because it alone can guarantee what other honourable members and I have referred to as the necessary element, namely, the independence of the Organisation. [More…]
But above all they made the judgment because they felt that there was that obligation to provide jobs for Australians who wanted to work, who were willing to work, who were not psychologically unprepared to work and who wanted to have the independence of people able to support themselves. [More…]
The disadvantaged must be helped in ways which leave them the maximum independence. [More…]
It is to encourage the development of an Australia in which people have maximum freedom and independence to achieve their goals in life, in ways which they decide. [More…]
The word ‘ liberal ‘ is spelt with a small ‘1 ‘- and humane society- to demonstrate that independence and freedom are not only compatible with action to assist the disadvantaged but inseparable from it. [More…]
It refers to the Government’s setting out to help the disadvantaged by leaving him a maximum of independence. [More…]
The pensioners will be pleased that their newly restated independence is slowly eroding their living standards as food prices gallop ahead. [More…]
This is also a novel way of justifying the cutting of deferred mortgage repayment schemes for housing loans for the low income families who are already struggling to exercise their independence. [More…]
A government which values the independence and capacity of Australians to make as they wish the important decisions of their lives will not pre-empt too large a proportion of people’s incomes for government programs. [More…]
It would be an Australia in which governments recognise that they cannot presume to live other people’s lives for them, that recognising the dignity of people means valuing the independence of people to take the important decisions of their lives for themselves. [More…]
We all seek to uphold that even though we may sometimes differ as to how it reflects its independence. [More…]
I stressed that I believed that resolution 242 of the Security Council should be observed- in other words, that there should be termination of all claims, states of belligerency, and respect for sovereignty and territorial independence. [More…]
It very properly displayed that independence of the present Government which sought, without any rational reason whatsoever, to cut by half the amount that should have been given in accordance with the consumer price index.- The Commission rejected the Government’s proposition. [More…]
I intend firmly to defend their independence and to encourage their growth. [More…]
The AttorneyGeneral is no different from us unless he has information which he can put before the police so that they, of their own initiative and exercising their own independence, can make an investigation. [More…]
The dignity and capacity for self-help of those in need is preserved by government helping them in ways that least impinge on their independence. [More…]
The interviewer goes on to proclaim that an Attorney-General needs a special sense of independence and perhaps isolation from his colleagues. [More…]
The day before yesterday, in answer to a series of questions, far from snowing independence and isolation from his colleagues, he demonstrated beyond doubt that he is prepared to use his high office for the most blatant political purposes. [More…]
I believe that there is already a yawning gap in the Attorney-General’s claim to independence, isolation from his colleagues, frankness and honesty, judging by his actions, which are those of a very shoddy politician. [More…]
I venture to suggest that if the honourable member for Kalgoorlie (Mr Cotter) chose to declare unilateral independence, he could set himself up as a sheik with the wealth that he has in his electorate and could even buy himself a harem. [More…]
You cannot build character and courage by taking away man’s initiative and independence. [More…]
I also welcome His Excellency’s statement that the Government’s aim is to encourage the development of an Australia in which the people have maximum freedom and independence to achieve their goals in life in ways in which they decide and the recognition that the disadvantaged must be helped in ways which leave them the maximum independence. [More…]
Every country with a Marxist independence movement must shiver in its boots. [More…]
Mr Speaker, I believe the theme of the GovernorGeneral’s address and the Government’s overall philosophical concept was summed up in the statement that the Government’s long term objective was to encourage a development of an Australia in which people have maximum freedom and independence to achieve their own goals in life. [More…]
In order to resolve this matter I ask the AttorneyGeneral: Will he call for all papers concerning the Commonwealth Police investigation of organisations concerned with the Portuguese East Timor Independence Movement? [More…]
The honourable gentleman will be aware of the support by Commonwealth Heads of Government over the last 10 years for sanctions against Rhodesia in an effort to bring about independence on the basis of majority rule and of their unanimous support at their meeting in Jamaica last May for providing financial assistance to the new government of Mozambique in applying sanctions. [More…]
While I accept that matters may well be referred to the Committee by the responsible Minister or by resolution of the House, I believe such committees ought to have this degree of flexibility and independence in choosing some of the subjects that they wish to have before them. [More…]
Together with the Government’s continuing silence on the future of ethnic radio, its actions constitute an unprecedented threat to the independence and the integrity of public broadcasting in Australia. [More…]
Liberal Ministers have long feared and resented the ABC’s political independence. [More…]
It is not good enough for the Prime Minister to say that the ABC’s independence will be protected. [More…]
A letter was published in this morning’s Press from 10 prominent Australians defending the financial and political independence of the ABC. [More…]
We stand with the millions of loyal ABC viewers and listeners in every State who value the independence, fairness, integrity and efficiency of one of the great public enterprises in Australian life. [More…]
What evidence does the Leader of the Opposition have that the Government is threatening the independence of the Australian Broadcasting Commission? [More…]
I would say that whatever changes could be made, if any are made, to the organisation and structure of the ABC insofar as I am concerned, the absolute independence of the ABC in reporting particularly political events will remain. [More…]
As the responsible Minister, I have given no indication at all that there is any desire on the Government’s part to threaten the independence of the ABC. [More…]
Indeed, as evidence of our attitude to protect its independence, I cite the specific example of recent industrial disputes which the Commission has been undergoing. [More…]
I say in clear terms that the Government’s attitude on the independence of the Australian Broadcasting Commission is quite clear. [More…]
There are many ways in which one can state quite clearly, as the Minister did, that the Government intends to uphold the independence of the ABC. [More…]
There are many backdoor ways by which that independence can be destroyed, as I will outline further as I speak this afternoon. [More…]
If one studies the small print in that statement one sees that it contains an inference that if the Minister is satisfied or if he can convince the public that advertising will not destroy the independence of the ABC perhaps he will introduce advertising on the ABC. [More…]
In other words, it is an overt way of destroying the independence of the ABC. [More…]
These are the motives of people who today wish to emasculate the ABC and to destroy its independence. [More…]
It is no use the Minister saying that he will not destroy the independence of the ABC if the introduction of the types of measures I have mentioned means that the ABC will be forced to impose censorship on its own activities for fear of further reaction against it by the Government, by the Minister himself, and particularly by the Prime Minister. [More…]
The Leader of the Opposition went on to talk at some length about the suggested attitudes of the Liberal Party towards the independence of the ABC. [More…]
I have been in this Parliament for 7 years now and I remember very clearly suggestions being made during my first period here between 1969 and 1972 when we were in government that we intended somehow to interfere with the independence of the ABC. [More…]
I remember the then Postmaster-General getting up in this Parliament time after time and defending absolutely the independence of the ABC. [More…]
The independence of the ABC was guaranteed by previous LiberalNational Country Party governments and it will be guaranteed by the present Liberal-National Country Party Government. [More…]
The Minister for Post and Telecommunications (Mr EricRobinson) who spoke previously made it very clear that- I quote him- there is no threat to the independence of the ABC. [More…]
I do not think any evidence can be adduced to suggest that the independence of the Australian Broadcasting Commission is under threat at the moment. [More…]
I feel that if we are to have the value of the ABC in the sphere of television and broadcasting, to retain its independence it should be funded from the Government. [More…]
He said that the Government’s long term objective is ‘to encourage the development of an Australia in which people have maximum freedom and independence to achieve their own goals in life, in ways which they decide. ‘ [More…]
Government; it is the underlying philosophy which the Government made clear in its expressed intention to encourage the development of an Australia in which people have maximum freedom and independence to achieve their own goals in life in the way they decide. [More…]
The Fretilin is simply not a nationalist body with the support of most East Timorese aimed at East Timorese independence. [More…]
The East Timor moratorium is simply not a spontaneous rising up of concerned Australians anxious to support a genuine independence movement in a small nation. [More…]
Fretilin declared unilateral independence for East Timor, which it calls the Democratic Republic of East Timor, on 28 November. [More…]
Does the honourable gentleman recall receiving a letter sent to him on 13 February by the representative of the Cyprian community of Melbourne and Victoria, the Pan Hellenic Committee for the Relief and Independence of Cyprus and the Federation of Cyprian Communities of Australia, seeking an appointment with him either in Melbourne or in Canberra in order to discuss the invitation to Archbishop Makarios? [More…]
In my speech in the House I specifically commended Dr Hackett for resisting the threats to the independence and integrity of the Commission. [More…]
In other words, there are two important points to be noted in this: Firstly, it is an interference with the independence of the various education commissions in making recommendations; secondly, it goes much further than that in that the Government is doing it very quietly, in a secretive manner, with very strict instructions to the various commissions that they should not give publicity to the Treasury guidelines- or government guidelines, if one wants to call them that, although they are actually guidelines recommended by Treasury- because it will show that there is governmental interference with the activities of the various commissions. [More…]
Its independence, the very reason for its existence, is under the heaviest attack in its 44-year history. [More…]
The fact is that it is extremely important to the people of Australia that we preserve the independence and role of the ABC as they are. [More…]
We should be told clearly and unequivocally that the Government disagrees with the view put by Senator Withers and that the independence of the Australian Broadcasting Commission is fundamental. [More…]
Is he aware that the Chief Executive Officer of the Graziers Association of New South Wales in a note to the newspapers flowing from the speech the Minister made to the Royal Exchange has criticised any attempt to destroy the independence of the IAC? [More…]
My information is that although there is some communist infiltration into Fretilin it is, basically, a strong nationalistic movement comprising people who are determined to gain their independence in an ordinary democratic way. [More…]
It is to encourage the development of an Australia in which people have maximum freedom and independence to achieve their own goals in life, in ways which they decide. [More…]
I find it very sad that an elected member of this House, representing the independent democratic people of Australia, should deny that same independence, that some democratic right, to our neighbours in Portuguese East Timor, which is only 300 miles from Darwin. [More…]
He wants to deny them their independence. [More…]
Independence is all right for the honourable member for Swan but not for them. [More…]
They are not communists; they are nationalist people who want their independence, and that is what it is all about.’ [More…]
The honourable member denies them the right to run their own affairs and the right to independence. [More…]
Yet these are the people whom the honourable member denies the right of independence, and he had the audacity to support a fascist aggression, with no justificanon whatsoever, against the poor defenceless half-starved people. [More…]
Naturally the Government would deeply regret any loss of independence in foreign policy which would be a derogation from the fundamental principle of national sovereignty by any country anywhere. [More…]
Under our administration local government need have no fear concerning its own independence and the support that may be provided to it. [More…]
Our historic plan to reform the federal system by increasing the financial independence of State and local government arises out of our deep concern at the growing centralisation of power in the Federal Government. [More…]
I know that the private sector of education is genuinely fearful that if the education commissions, particularly the Schools Commission, do not retain their independence and authority they will suffer. [More…]
If they do an administrative task, thenown independence will be suspect and they will have to defend past decisions, past policies and staff. [More…]
I think that the best of the alternatives is charging the Commission with the task of bringing in a table of priorities so that governments, if they deviate from them, can be seen to deviate from them, but the integrity and the independence of the advice of the Commission will not be prejudiced. [More…]
He did so with independence, not as a Commonwealth employee instructed in the sense that Laurie Sheers could be instructed by his Minister in Victoria in the directions of the findings that he would make. [More…]
Obviously, that is the State Education Minister’s charter of independence from the State Treasurer and all the Education Ministers liked it. [More…]
They represent a continued hangover from the days when an overobsession with nationalism, a fervent desire for ever-increased independence at any cost and a vague distrust of multinationals and foreign capital were allowed to cloud our thinking, almost to the point of over-saturation. [More…]
I agree with Mr D. J. McGarry Chairman of the Australian Petroleum Exploration Association, that the type of independence about which we should be thinking is independence from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries. [More…]
It was to return to the States their sacred autonomy, their cherished independence, their due sovereignty. [More…]
The nature of the discretions available to the Minister administering the Trade Practices Act also emphasises the desirability of the Act being administered by a Minister in one of the great departments of state with a strong tradition of independence, such as the Attorney-General. [More…]
If that represents ministerial interference, if that represents a situation where there is a conflict of interest, if that means that in some way I am interfering with the independence of the Commission, I think ordinary English words have lost their plain meaning. [More…]
A lot is said about the independence of this body. [More…]
I submit that in no way is it an impairment of the independence of the LAC. [More…]
We hear a lot about the independence and autonomy of statutory commissions. [More…]
This is no attack on the independence of the IAC. [More…]
In addressing that letter and in making that statement, the Government in no way detracts from the independence of the body. [More…]
These very same people are strong supporters of the Fretilin and other independence fighters who have moved into the mountains to escape the Indonesian invaders. [More…]
I cannot accept the proposition that Australia’s relationship with the Indonesian people will be destroyed if we make a moral stand on the rights of the East Timorese people for independence. [More…]
After all, the basis of our bond to all Indonesians is our support for them during their own independence struggle. [More…]
The only basis for long term relationships in the region is one of honour and integrity, not devious compliance with a situation that has already produced suffering of horrifying proportion and that is likely to lead to further wholesale violence over a protracted period of struggle by the East Timor independence forces. [More…]
Fretilin, like most other political parties in East Timor except Apodeti and one other small party, has a basic policy of independence for East Timor and is opposed to integration with Indonesia. [More…]
The destruction of those people, and their loss of any possibility of independence under Indonesia, was a strange policy from a government which was so happy to wax eloquent about other people’s independence and their right to self-determination, in this chamber and elsewhere including discussion with Indonesia. [More…]
A lot of people in this world cannot read and write but that does not mean they are stupid or they do not understand what independence and self-determination are all about. [More…]
How can his own Ministers and Government members feel confident that their independence has not been compromised? [More…]
It is sheer fantasy for the Premier to assert that his claim to independence is based on his Loan Council membership. [More…]
The Queensland Premier is seriously deluded if he thinks he goes to Canberra to Loan Council meetings, there to enjoy splendid independence from his colleagues. [More…]
Furthermore, the independence and impartiality of the Queensland Public Service have been seriously sullied by the behaviour of the Queensland Premier. [More…]
He has degraded the institution of Parliament and the proper principles of Cabinet government, compromised the impartiality and independence of the State Public Service and brought himself into deserved contempt. [More…]
The honourable member will appreciate, as I know all honourable members do, that the ABC has a real level of independence. [More…]
Up until recently one State maintained a significant independence in this area, and I do not know whether Victoria still has its own State statist. [More…]
The pride and independence of owning one’s car, the thrill of keeping up with the model, and possibly the Jones family, is accepted as part of modern living. [More…]
This, however, is a consequence of the speed with which events have moved in Papua New Guinea ‘s attainment of independence. [More…]
The Australian Staffing Assistance Group was devised as a mechanism to provide the Papua New Guinea Government with the professional, technical and high level administrative expertise which it needed, particularly in the period between selfgovernment and independence. [More…]
It is a move in favour of the independence of women. [More…]
It has given it the illusion of greater freedom and independence from its new federal partners. [More…]
Quite clearly it is aimed at removing the independence of the ABC to plan its programs. [More…]
It will create a degree of independence from the normal Public Service regulations and the dead hand of the Treasury in a business operation. [More…]
We have recognised the special position and the degree of independence needed to help women in the community. [More…]
I congratulate the honourable member for Perth (Mr McLean) on his support for Polish democracy and Polish independence just as enthusiastically as I condemn the honourable member for Adelaide (Mr Hurford) for quoting last evening an editorial written by Father Wilkinson, the editor of the Adelaide Southern Cross. [More…]
It is a massive increase in general purpose funds and reflects this Government’s desire to give local government a real measure of independence and flexibility, and to make it a genuine partner in our overall federal system. [More…]
As a result of the greater independence given to schools in this new scheme, a considerable reduction of Regular Army support will be possible. [More…]
I also believe that social welfare programs such as the Australian Assistance Plan must be pruned to realistic levels before the Australian people lose their initiative and independence altogether and settle for a way of life based on handouts, as they were encouraged to do by our predecessors. [More…]
This action creates extreme embarrassment and makes the functioning of the Public Service- its impartiality, independence and forthrightnessdifficult to maintain if anything but that total confidentiality is to be maintained. [More…]
He will also visit migration centres in the United Kingdom and Europe and represent the Government at independence celebrations in the Seychelles. [More…]
1 ask: Is he aware that his action already is causing considerable unease in the Public Service, many members of which feel that their independence and distance from political conflict will be difficult to maintain in the light of his action? [More…]
The degree to which the new federalist proposals will succeed in providing greater independence and greater opportunity for State governments depends largely upon the ability of the Federal Government to contain inflation and upon its success in its overall economic program. [More…]
If the Government answered honestly it would publicly say that the real and financial independence of local government is a myth. [More…]
I was turning to the tensions and conflicts which have troubled the Indian sub-continent since independence and which have come to absorb so much of its energies and to cause it to assume a rather self-absorbed, closed character. [More…]
We cannot accept the proposition that Australia’s relationship with the Indonesian people will be destroyed if we take a moral stand on the rights of the people of East Timor to independence and seek the truth about the death of these S young men. [More…]
The Indonesian people remember our support for their struggle for national independence. [More…]
I point out that it was our Government that gave great support to the Indonesian people for independence and self-determination. [More…]
They would understand our support for national independence for the Timorese people. [More…]
That body, with its independence, is free to recruit people with all the necessary expertise and skills, free of the cumbersome mediocrity of the public service system. [More…]
The Authority was a national body capable of being awed and respected, a body which the States eventually would greatly appreciate as they came to learn the advantages of unity and now a body deprived of its independence, back in the bureaucracy where it will be choked and stultified by the whim and fancy of the Minister and financially crippled by his colleague the Treasurer (Mr Lynch). [More…]
But I fear also that it is about to lose its independence and to be returned to the octopus-like embrace of the Department of Transport. [More…]
I want to say for the record that, by and large, media people work with dedication and independence. [More…]
I hope to see in the future a steady growth, particularly in the investment area, for it is extremely important for us to play a role in seeing that the under-developed countries reach thenown economic independence. [More…]
Where was his compassion and where was his concern for the dignity and independence of the pensioners in nursing homes? [More…]
The strength of the Ombudsman’s work lies in the independence and impartiality of his investigation. [More…]
The Ombudsman and the deputies are given security of tenure in office akin to that accorded to judges, so that there is little likelihood of an ombudsman’s independence of operation being influenced by the executive Government. [More…]
What is the proposed timetable for independence for the Cocos Islands. [More…]
The Australian Government has not established a timetable for independence for the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. [More…]
Again, let me reiterate that the Labor Party sees as a singularly important role for Australia, assistance towards the economic independence of the countries to the north of us. [More…]
I believe it is important for the sake of the appearance of the independence of the Ombudsman that Parliament be directly associated with both his appointment and his operations. [More…]
Unless there is an appearance of independence they will believe, I think unfortunately, that they have been subjected to bureaucratic pressure. [More…]
Matters such as this throw into question the entire issue of the independence of the Corporation. [More…]
However, it involves funds which go directly to Aboriginal families and gives them an independence and capacity to spend those funds as they believe best in their own interests. [More…]
I was most impressed and heartened by the sturdy independence of the beef producers to whom I spoke. [More…]
I can well remember everybody in this House stressing the importance of its independence. [More…]
The Bill seeks to repeal section 32, thus recognising the independence of Papua New Guinea and the fact that there is no Minister for External Territories. [More…]
All are calling for independence and for non-alignment. [More…]
It is as if independence and non-alignment cannot be run together as if they were the same thing. [More…]
Not only can a country maintain its independence within an alliance, but an alliance often provides the best guarantee of its continued independence. [More…]
If the present Opposition was sincere when it was in office about the establishment of the Postal Commission and the Telecommunications Commission, if it was sincere in its determination to have independence, what is wrong with the Commission raising its own funds? [More…]
But the fact of the matter is that people do want independence. [More…]
What happened on 17 August 1976 showed that the Fraser Administration was determined not to follow the lead of the Whitlamites of robbing the working man of his financial independence and his hopes. [More…]
-The 18 September is the 166th anniversary of the founding of the independence of the Republic of Chile. [More…]
Finally, I repeat what the Prime Minister has said and I have said on a number of occasions, that is, that the integrity and the independence of the ABC are not under threat, that they are not at risk. [More…]
The body will be distinctly bipartisan and the Government wishes to make sure that its independence is preserved. [More…]
(a) that the independence of the Australian Bureau of Statistics should be demonstrated by making it responsible to a Minister other than the Treasurer; [More…]
The apparent independence of the Bureau has been reduced by the Fraser Government’s decision to place it under the Treasury. [More…]
One recommendation in chapter 1 1 is that of giving independence to the Bureau of Statistics. [More…]
The assertion that the Treasurer is compromising the independence of the Statistician is not backed by fact. [More…]
The Commission was allowed a lot of independence. [More…]
Unfortunately the commitment this Government has given makes no assurances on either independence or capacity, and in fact the national State consultative committees which were to be the basis of the Government’s approach have not as yet been announced. [More…]
It was established as a statutory body to give it the independence necessary for this role. [More…]
At that time no-one expected independence to come about in Papua New Guinea as early as it did. [More…]
One might well question just what were the genuine reactions of people like Michael Somare when that independence was almost thrust upon them. [More…]
There was one thought that he never failed to express and that was that should independence come about he would hope that in matters of defence and foreign affairs we would still be considerably involved in that country. [More…]
We supported their struggle for national independence just as we support the East Timorese in achieving self-determination and independence. [More…]
In 1945 I was in Indonesia with the Australian forces and I can remember the appeals on the radio by the people for support for their independence. [More…]
In visits to Indonesia in subsequent years one was touched by the gratitude they expressed for the fact that the Australian Government at the time- and it was a Labor government- gave them adequate support in their fight for independence. [More…]
I am firm in the conviction that while we were in office the pressures that we kept up, inadequate as they were in their total public expression, retained a reasonable independence for the people there and kept the Indonesian forces from overt action. [More…]
Having been fortunate enough to have served in the Papua New Guinea Administration for 2 years during the fascinating period immediately prior to self-government and independence, I can assure the Committee that our continuing assistance to Papua New Guinea undoubtedly is one of the most significant and useful aspects of our foreign aid program. [More…]
This dated from the election of the first House of Assembly in 1964, through various stages of increased local responsibility, until the final granting of independence in late 1975. [More…]
This systematic approach compares markedly with the performance of some of the colonial powers, who let the local leadership out of gaol shortly before independence and then expected them to set up a parliamentary government and all it involves at 9 a.m. on the first day of independence. [More…]
It is worth noting that faith in Papua New Guinea’s future is obviously shared by that nation’s white population as the vast majority of the permanent residents of that section of the population have remained there since self-government and independence and seem to be content to remain for the years to come. [More…]
The ADAA was established by Labor in order to provide development assistance with some degree of independence from considerations of day to day diplomacy and foreign policy decisions, and in order to create an opportunity for public servants concerned about developments to make a career in it rather than leaving aid to be administered in an ad hoc manner by diplomats for whom aid was not necessarily their main interest. [More…]
He has the right to independence and dignity. [More…]
In the field of employment and enterprisesother areas subjected to the closest scrutinyadditional funds will be made available to help alleviate the serious employment problems amongst Aboriginals and to support and stimulate realistic Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander enterprises which can lead to economic independence and self-reliance. [More…]
As the Prime Minister (Mr Malcolm Fraser) pointed out to the House on 25 August the family allowance scheme involves funds which go directly to Aboriginal families and gives them an independence and capacity to spend those funds as they believe best in their own interests. [More…]
There is a very big difference between wheeling in a building company with its own architects and laying down streets of houses for Aboriginal people, and allowing Aboriginal people to develop independence, autonomy and self-sufficiency by building the houses themselves. [More…]
Its sense of independence and integrity will be maintained and I expect, as would the honourable member, that the ABC will carry out its functions in a proper manner. [More…]
I point out that no one challenges the independence and integrity of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, nor do I imply or seek any political interference with the ABC. [More…]
This was a deliberate attempt to cut off the independence movement in East Timor from the outside world and to scuttle the visit of the United Nations representative, Mr WinspeareGiucciardi, to East Timor. [More…]
In my view it is to prevent the United Nations from hearing the voices of independence from East Timor and to make it easier for the Prime Minister to recognise the incorporation of East Timor into Indonesia. [More…]
There we spoke to 150 West Irians who had advocated independence in West Irian and as a result were subjected to maltreatment. [More…]
We listened to an impassioned appeal from the free Indonesian forces for assistance in their claim to become a free country and win independence from Holland. [More…]
Indonesia received its freedom and its independence at the response of the people of Australia over the following two or three years. [More…]
We in Australia must start to apply ourselves to the whole question of independence, freedom and selfgovernment in this area. [More…]
Honourable members will recall that Nauru, formerly a Trust Territory administered by Australia for many years, gained its independence in 1968. [More…]
This Parliament, in the enactment of the Nauru Independence Act 1 967, made provision for the final moves of the Nauruan people to the adoption of their own constitution. [More…]
In the course of negotiations that preceded the independence of Nauru, the Nauruan leaders expressed a wish that provision be made for appeals to the High Court from certain judgments of the Supreme Court of Nauru that was to be established under that constitution. [More…]
This Bill makes provision for a number of social security programs which give effect to the Government’s desire to assist people to overcome hardship and insecurity in ways which ensure that they retain the maximum scope for independence and achievement. [More…]
The Government’s long term objective is to encourage the development of an Australia in which people can have maximum freedom and independence so they can achieve their own goals in life in ways they themselves desire. [More…]
What we have in this country is a pseudo-federalism- a system which multiplies governments and bureaucracies without promoting the local autonomy and regional independence which true federalism is meant to confer. [More…]
He is determined to deny local government any independence whatever. [More…]
Mr Bjelke Petersen is not the only Premier who is paranoid at the prospect of local government gaining financial independence. [More…]
Until it is guaranteed reasonable autonomy, reasonable financial independence and reasonable access to the nation’s financial resources all the Grants Commissions and any advisory councils will achieve nothing. [More…]
He failed to tell the House that the manner in which he handed out that money to both the State governments and local governments was designed to take away their independence and autonomy. [More…]
The Leader of the Opposition has sought to gloss over that difference by pretending that he would have in mind giving local government greater independence and autonomy. [More…]
Our aim, therefore, is to strengthen the independence of the State and local governments and to do this they must be given an adequate capacity to act as they believe best and the political responsibility of raising the funds they spend. [More…]
It is time that the State governments gave greater independence to local government and that the States raised directly the taxes that they need to carry on their services and enable local government to have the rate base available to it together with other revenue sources to spend directly on the responsibilities that belong to local government. [More…]
The time has now come for local government in each of the States to seek and be given its own charter of independence and autonomy. [More…]
He can assert his independence by refusing to co-operate with the Council, but this toothless paper tiger will not be able to do too much. [More…]
They will be responsible men, men who always surface as the men of great public stature and independence, but who also happen to run companies that contribute hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Liberal and National Country Parties. [More…]
The State governments have no independence then. [More…]
We set about revitalising the institutions giving help to the arts and removing them from any possibility of political interference by ensuring their independence of the Government. [More…]
There are common interests- a common interest in maintaining the independence and territorial integrity of both our countries, in advancing the prosperity and the further development of conditions in which our peoples can build a decent life for themselves and in keeping great power competition out of the region. [More…]
It is evident that he believes that the activities of the East Timorese independence movement in Australia is causing ‘disruption’. [More…]
They should remain independent because, they want independence and their background is different from that of other Indonesian people. [More…]
Mr Clark also claimed Australia co operated with Indonesian officials at the United Nations to make sure a series of appeals sent to the United Nations by the Fretilin Independence Movement were shelved. [More…]
It is just about time that this sort of controversy ceased so that confidence in the independence of the Commission could be re-established, or established, and that all people could be confident that the Commission is not being subject to forms of political direction. [More…]
Whilst this interference is denied by the Minister for Post and Telecommunications (Mr Eric Robinson), it will be a sorry day if and when the ABC loses that independence that has characterised its operations in the past. [More…]
I again want to saythis is repetitive and I do not know how often I have to say it for it to sink into some minds- that the integrity and the independence of the ABC is not at risk. [More…]
The ABC can be reassured of its independence. [More…]
I believe the judiciary in this country is independent and that it will retain its independence. [More…]
It is totally at variance with the independence of the judiciary which has been sustained and supported over many years of constitutional endeavour. [More…]
The century of untold sufferings from colonial aggression, oppression and plunder ended in the proclamation of independence last September. [More…]
The United States is not running away from the fact that it can get ships built elsewhere, but it is retaining its independence. [More…]
Informed people do not doubt their independence and the independence of the ABC. [More…]
The ABC has a high tradition of independence. [More…]
This Bill protects the long service leave rights of persons who were in public employment in Papua New Guinea prior to independence, who worked for the independent state of Papua New Guinea after independence and who then entered, or in the future will enter, Commonwealth employment. [More…]
Clause 3 of the Bill amends section 47E of the Public Service Act to protect the sick leave rights of persons who were in public employment in Papua New Guinea prior to independence, remain there after independence and then enter Commonwealth employment. [More…]
On a recent visit to Africa I was in a small state which was about to get its independence. [More…]
Following independence they believed that the only way to catch up with the West was to compete on the basis of technology and secondary industry, and consequently we are facing even in Australia the problem of a large textile industry in the Philippines, for example, which wishes to export to markets like ours which they believe should be open to their products. [More…]
In making that statement I point out that the Opposition is mindful of the fact that Nauru was originally a mandated territory and was granted independence in 1968. [More…]
While we understand that the High Court has its rights as well, we also applaud the fact that Nauruan independence is in no way affected. [More…]
To try to make political capital out of matters which are presently before the judiciary is, of course, in keeping with the total lack of knowledge of the constitutional independence of the judiciary of this country which honourable members opposite display. [More…]
Persistent bouts of independence of view can guarantee that employment for a journalist is difficult to come by. [More…]
Had (the Whitlam Government not been dismissed) it is probable that the stage might have been reached where, as Chief Justice Latham had said in the first uniform tax case, the States would have lost, if not their political independence, a large measure of their capacity to initiate their own policies. [More…]
Through our policies political independence of the States and local governments will be strengthened. [More…]
It wants to see local government have greater autonomy and independence and I draw the attention of the House to a resolution supported by all parties and all governments at the recent Constitutional Convention. [More…]
I hope that as a result of the legislation we will see a strengthening of the independence of all 3 spheres of government, and an end to the coercion of any sphere of government. [More…]
The second Bill gives effect to the local government policy of this Government, which indicates that it has a very deep and genuine desire to give local government a real measure of independence and flexibility and to make it a genuine partner in our overall federal system. [More…]
At the same time, the independence and integrity of the Australian Broadcasting Commission will be maintained. [More…]
I trust that the commitment by the Minister to preserve the integrity and independence of the Australian Broadcasting Commission will be honoured. [More…]
The Memorandum, which was signed in December 1973, was intended to cover trade relations between Australia and Papua New Guinea in the period between self-government and independence. [More…]
It was extended in April 1975 to cover the period between independence and the conclusion of a more permanent trade and commercial relations agreement between the 2 countries. [More…]
It is the ABC alone whose independence and integrity are challenged. [More…]
Weaken the ABC, undermine the ABC, destroy the independence of the ABC, and the delicate fabric of public trust and respect for the ABC will disappear. [More…]
It is not necessary for the Government actually to take over the Commission; it is sufficient merely that it can do so if it wishes, that people are ready to believe that the Commission can be stacked with Liberal supporters and its independence compromised. [More…]
Above all we strengthened and upheld the independence of the ABC in accordance with the ideals on which it was founded. [More…]
The intent of the Australian Broadcasting Act is to create a position of special independence of judgment and action for the national broadcasting instrumentality. [More…]
This peculiar function calls for an undoubted measure of independence for the controlling body of the national broadcasting instrumentality . [More…]
The most serious misrepresentation concerns the future independence of the ABC. [More…]
The Leader of the Opposition continues to claim that there is some threat to the independence of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, despite the fact that time and time again the Prime Minister (Mr Malcolm Fraser) and I have indicated clearly that the integrity and independence of the ABC are not at risk and are not under any threat at all. [More…]
Their independence has not been hit one iota. [More…]
Those young people who wished to express their individuality and independence were overwhelmed by the sheer size of the Public Service and left disillusioned and bored in many cases. [More…]
Is the intention of the Govenment to guarantee the political independence of the ABC? [More…]
He has made it clear, and it is the Government’s policy, that Aboriginal legal aid will maintain its independence. [More…]
Some critics apparently see it as having authority to take decisions affecting the ABC and lessening the present powers and independence of the Commission. [More…]
Had there not been a change of government 12 months ago it is probable that the stage might have been reached where, as Chief Justice Latham had said in the first uniform taxation case, the States would have lost if not their political independence a large measure of their capacity to initiate their own policies. [More…]
We have no objection at all to encouraging this discretion to be used in order to see that the economic independence of Papua New Guinea may be assisted. [More…]
-The Government is determined to guarantee the independence of the Australian Broadcasting Commission and to establish circumstances in which governments are less able to control what happens in broadcasting than has ever been the case in the past. [More…]
If the U.S. is to achieve a capability for energy independence at any time during the remainder of this century we will require vastly increased contributions from both. [More…]
When tenders for items valued at $13,000 or more are received from both local and overseas suppliers, a Committee of Ministers will consider whether purchase from Australian sources would assist a depressed industry or area within Australia, or enable the establishment, development or retention of industrial or technological capabilities required for reasons of national security or independence. [More…]
I said previously in an interview on radio with the Australian Broadcasting Commission that I considered the reputation of Radio Australia to be excellent, and much of that reputation was derived from its very independence. [More…]
The extension will permit deductions for exploration expenditure incurred up to 30 June 1978 in pursuance of exploration rights held at the time of Papua New Guinea ‘s independence. [More…]
We are transferring the ownership of this land to the Aboriginal people in the same sense as we transferred the ownership of Papua New Guinea to the people of Papua New Guinea at independence. [More…]
I have been a member of this Parliament for enough years to know that if a person is to have independence he ought to be prepared to pursue his own career to the extent which is consistent with the full discharge of his duties. [More…]
The long service leave Bills contain provisions to ensure that persons in public employment in Papua New Guinea prior to Independence who worked for the independent state of Papua New Guinea after Independence and who then entered or who in the future may enter Commonwealth employment will get entitlements. [More…]
There is no doubt that the prime motive was to destroy the independence and compromise the integrity of the ABC. [More…]
Even that pretence of independence has gone now. [More…]
In 2 unguarded but revealing outbursts the Government exposed the sham, the falsity and the deceit behind its hollow protestations about the independence and integrity of the ABC. [More…]
Many people doubt whether Sir Henry is the ideal Chairman of the ABC but no one with the slightest concern for the Commission’s independence could have accepted the patronising and dictatorial attitudes, the naked threat implicit in the Prime Minister’s remarks. [More…]
In view of his repeated affirmation of the Commission’s independence I was greatly surprised by his comments . [More…]
Faced with the Chairman’s rebuff the Prime Minister issued a statement on Thursday evening brazenly declaring that: … the Government is committed as it has ever been to the continued independence of the ABC. [More…]
The Government has never been committed to the independence of the ABC and it is not committed to its independence now. [More…]
The Minister, who believes in freedom of expression, in free comment and in the independence of the ABC had this to say about a program that embarrassed the Fraser Government: [More…]
The Minister’s comments on the economy carry as much conviction as his comments on the independence of the ABC. [More…]
ABC about the appointees, the fact that the appointees were the Minister’s would be seen by the public as an intrusion on the political independence of the ABC. [More…]
Adjustments to the personal income tan system which ostensibly gives individuals greater ‘ independence ‘ in spending power to meet their own needs do nothing to assist those who are not wage earners and those whose income (be it wages or a pension) is inadequate to enable them to live decently and disguises the fact that important welfare and human services are either not available or become effectively inaccessible to the public who need them. [More…]
In fact they have been exercising a most commendable independence of mind in expressing constructive nuances on the economic strategy of the Government. [More…]
I wish to place on record in this debate that I and this Government are totally committed to the absolute independence of the ABC. [More…]
Staff will achieve involvement in management practices not by one great leap which brings the workforce onto the management board but by a gradual process of the acceptance of the philosophy of the independence of that body. [More…]
The Committee will consider whether purchase from Australian sources would assist a depressed industry or area within Australia, or enable the establishment, development or retention of industrial or technological capabilities required for reasons of national security or independence. [More…]
Will he adhere to his publicly stated views about the independence of the Meat Board and non-interference in its recommendations? [More…]
I can assure the right honourable gentleman that in any event there is no intervention, nor will there be, in the independence of the Australian Meat Board. [More…]
The school leavers who have been added to the number of unemployed people are not only being denied a job but also are being denied any sort of economic independence. [More…]
Thus, students who travel whilst living off savings may not count such periods towards their claim for establishing independence. [More…]
Since Mozambique gained independence on 25 June 1975, Australia has contributed an amount of $US 100,000 to a special fund established under the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation for technical assistance to Mozambique. [More…]
In 1931 he joined the Indian National Congress which was then engaged in the quest for independence. [More…]
He was arrested twice for political activities before Indian independence. [More…]
At the Bar, in the struggle for independence, in state and federal politics, the fifth President had given long and distinguished service to his countrymen. [More…]
Acts Nos 94 to 103 in respect of which I understand Senator James McClelland gave a certificate in September 1975 related to such things as the independence of Papua New Guinea. [More…]
This is what it said about the political independence of the Public Service: [More…]
That is, the appointments to which I have just referred- is the political independence of the Service which has always been held in the past to be beyond reproach. [More…]
The question now being asked by sections of the Press and by the public is whether the political independence of the Public Service is being subordinated. [More…]
Traditionally of course, for aU sorts of reasons- many of which I think are irrelevant now- we have attempted to create greater areas of independence in the Public Service, in its appointments and in its administration, because in the past we had the kind of politics where interference created what we might call ‘corruption’. [More…]
But what the Public Service Act has done in the past and still does and what this legislation is doing and amplifying is to give a permanent head a greater area of independence. [More…]
More importantly, however, it will help to secure the independence of the federal judiciary, notwithstanding the existence of a procedure for fixing retiring ages. [More…]
This will remain the formal ultimate guarantee for the independence of the federal judiciary. [More…]
It will provide for federal judges to retire at an appropriate age without in any way interfering with the independence of the judiciary. [More…]
There is no suggestion that in any way the independence of the judiciary is being threatened by this question but a more rational and generally acceptable age of retirement is being set. [More…]
It has a tradition of producing independence and to enshrine political parties in any way might tend to militate against its traditional production of independent members. [More…]
The honourable member for Corio (Mr Scholes) mentioned before the suspension of the sitting that one of the arrangements put forward was that this legislation would take away some of the independence of the Senate. [More…]
If we get a tribunal presided over by a judge to go along with the Government with that kind of reprehensible behaviour I do not suppose we can expect a higher standard of independence from a commission headed by a man who was a civil servant. [More…]
Honourable members will note that they closely follow the arrangements in force during the interim period since Papua New Guinea independence, as set out in documents tabled by my predecessor in the previous Government on 9 October 1975. [More…]
This Parliament may look with pleasure and with no little pride upon the fact that in this new era of Papua New Guinea’s independence and national sovereignty it has joined with Australia to re-affirm a clear and mutual interest in close co-operation and consultation in defence matters. [More…]
The proposal to require that no division- I repeat ‘no division’- in a State not having an area of 5000 square kilometres may be smaller than any division which has more than 5000 square kilometres, the larger being deemed large electorates, is, I think, an ill-thought out compromise which creates conditions under which the independence of the Redistribution Commissioners to carry out their job is denied. [More…]
There can then be a sense of complete independence about it. [More…]
Similarly, with judicial appointments, complete independence would seem to have been achieved. [More…]
The participating States will respect each other’s sovereign equality and individuality as well as all the rights inherent in and encompassed by its sovereignty, including in particular the right of every State to juridical equality, to territorial integrity and to freedom and political independence. [More…]
Where is our independence, our initiative, our capacity for tightening our belts and working our way out of our economic difficulties? [More…]
Some reference was made to the need for change and I am pleased to say independence of spirit. [More…]
If such reports are provided, to what extent are they affected by the restriction on the independence of the amalgamated Bureau in comparison with the independence which was enjoyed by the former Bureau of Roads? [More…]
As to the question of independence, the Bureau of Transport Economics was never a statutory authority, and I do not think any of its reports, all of which have been tabled in this House, have been challenged as to integrity, nor has the volume or the value of the work done by the Bureau of Transport Economics been challenged. [More…]
I do not hold with the view that change will result in terms of independence because of the amalgamation of the two bodies. [More…]
The fact is that nearly all members of what used to be called the British Empire on obtaining independence have chosen to remain in the Commonwealth. [More…]
The Statute of Westminster is no longer an instrument of Canadian and Australian independence but an impediment to it. [More…]
It was under Australian auspices that Papua New Guinea was brought to independence and nationhood. [More…]
Australia as a nation depends on creating the conditions which foster the strength, independence and creativity of its people. [More…]
We must remember the words of Her Majesty about economic conditions which foster the strength, independence and creativity of the people. [More…]
We must get back to a situation, as Her Majesty said, in which Australia as a nation depends on creating the conditions which foster the strength, independence and creativity of its people. [More…]
What I am trying to impress upon honourable members is that these traditions indicate the independence and freedom of members of the House of Representatives or, in the situation to which I referred, members of the House of Commons. [More…]
I am amazed by some of the groups today that keep talking about independence. [More…]
Yet those same people who talk about independence and who want it so much are the people who literally ask: ‘Why did the Crown not intervene?’ [More…]
Many people talk about independence. [More…]
There is not much Australian independence shown in that respect. [More…]
There is not a great deal of independence shown by some of the members of the unions with which those 2 gentlemen are associated. [More…]
We will provide a sound basis of financial independence and responsibility for the States and local government with the most significant reform of the Federal system since Federation. [More…]
the progress of Australia as a nation depends on creating the conditions which foster the strength, independence and creativity of its people. [More…]
Every attempt at independence was seen as a communist plot and the more they supported the oppressors and exploiters the more they made certain the self-fulfilling prophecy of communist domination. [More…]
We were told then, as we were told about the independence of Papua New Guinea, that with the removal of the Australian and other armed men from the area bloodshed and wholehearted slaughter would take place between the people who lived in those countries. [More…]
We were told that we could not take any steps towards giving Papua New Guinea its independence; that we must keep it as one of our colonies. [More…]
It told the Papua New Guinean people that a timetable would be set for them to have their independence, and the timetable was adhered to. [More…]
I hope that the Timorese or Fretilin will achieve independence for Timor in the immediate future. [More…]
For centuries they were under neo-fascist Portugese rule and, when it looked as though they would gain independence for the first time in history, they were dominated by the military junta of Indonesia. [More…]
In recent months a number of people have said that the people of Rhodesia should be given their independence, that they should be given their freedom and that they should be allowed to rule and control the country themselves. [More…]
Perhaps the major question that could be asked in regard to that is: Which group is to be given the independence? [More…]
The problems will not be solved merely by turning around and saying ‘That is your independence, you control everything’, and walk away and leave them. [More…]
One man said to me once: ‘Yes, but they want their independence’. [More…]
There was not much value in independence for the thousands of people who had been massacred in both those countries. [More…]
I wonder how the relatives of the people whom Idi Amin has massacred feel about the independence that was given to them. [More…]
Though some of the recommendations we make may temporarily require increased expenditure, the end result will be to bring a return in increased independence of Aboriginal communities and individuals within a comparatively short period. [More…]
The monarch has independence and inspiration which would be hard to acquire from any other system. [More…]
If the IAC or any other advisory body such as the Schools Commission is given a departmentlike role- in other words, it is given an executive function- it then will have its own policies of yesterday to protect, it will lose its independence and it will not serve the purely evaluative role that it should as a servant of this Parliament rather than of the government. [More…]
The Government’s long term objective is to encourage the development of an Australia in which people have maximum freedom and independence to achieve their own goals in life, in ways which they decide. [More…]
This day commemorates their independence which was achieved on 16 February 1918 when Lithuanian freedom fighters, after the First World War, declared their independence. [More…]
The independence was recognised by all nations including Bolshevik Russia. [More…]
The independence of Lithuania lasted only 22 years until 1941 when Hitler and Stalin agreed to partition Poland and Lithuania. [More…]
In relation to the other matter, I understand that a question did arise in the Magistrates Court yesterday about the independence of the magistracy. [More…]
What happened was that some of the magistrates themselves raised questions about the terms of the ordinance and the nature of their own independence under the ordinance. [More…]
Any questions relating to the independence of the magistracy will then be resolved. [More…]
Finally, an Australian government must attempt to maintain a degree of balance in manufacturing industry so that shifts in technology and terms of trade allow Australian industry to take up market opportunities and to maintain a measure of national independence through the capacity to supply the defence forces in times of bad international relations. [More…]
It is probably more difficult today for a government to be economically responsible than it was in any of the other 77 years of our independence. [More…]
The BTE has no less and no more independence in this regard than the Bureau of Roads. [More…]
The independence of the BTE’s advice and its Director’s free access to me as Minister are established facts. [More…]
More importantly, neither the integrity nor independence of its operation has ever been challenged. [More…]
As I have already said, no one has ever questioned the integrity or the independence of the BTE. [More…]
It has recently gained its independence and it is to this country that the bulk of the money should go. [More…]
All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purpose of the United Nations. [More…]
It was an argument which was the basis of our representation over 100 years ago in Australia- in the 1840s and in the 1850s- when we secured a measure of selfgovernment and, of course, the question was behind the great struggle in America for independence. [More…]
An illustration of how small-minded we are in the administration of these courts is that we have a situation in Sydney where the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, in order to preserve the dignity of his Court and its independence, has instructed the chief executive officer of the Supreme Court of New South Wales to lock and to bar a door between the glassed entrances to the Federal courts and the State courts. [More…]
Attributes like independence from departmental and political influence are important. [More…]
The Bureau of Roads has had its own financial independence and its own division in the Appropriation Bills. [More…]
If I thought that this Bill to repeal the Bureau of Roads and to amalgamate it into a new organisation was going to mean that the professionalism, expertise and independence of the Bureau would be lost to Australia then I would oppose the Bill. [More…]
So far as the first 2 points are concerned, as I understand it, the main reason for local government requests was to ensure the independence of the new bureau in its research and advisory capacities. [More…]
It is technically not necessary for the new organisations to be effected by legislation in order to obtain this independence. [More…]
As the Minister said, neither its integrity nor its independence of operation has ever been challenged. [More…]
In many cases it has given women in the Australian community a degree of financial independence which they never had before. [More…]
For various reasons, no doubt now lost in the various files of the Public Service Board and other places, it was decided to add to the original organisation virtually the entire staff of the then Department of External Territories because nobody knew what to do with them as Papua New Guinea approached independence. [More…]
The low foreign exchange earnings of those nations and the huge foreign debts which they have regrettably had to run up since independence will continue to remain a major difficulty in their overall economic welfare. [More…]
They are now emerging to or have reached independence. [More…]
As they reach independence Australia, as the major country in this part of the world, under this Government will most certainly be prepared to accept its full responsibilities in that regard. [More…]
But those who indulged in what I refer to as cant and hypocrisy and wearing flowers and hearts on their sleeves today proclaiming the importance of aid programs would do well to recall that under the aegis of a special relationship with Papua New Guinea, it was Labor that slashed aid programs to that country, and not just in any year but in the very year in which independence was to be reached by Papua New Guinea- the most sensitive period of her development towards nationhood. [More…]
But this will in no way compromise the independence of ASTEC. [More…]
The independence which its statutory role gave to the Bureau of Roads appears also to have been unwelcome to the proponents of a wider ranging transport research bureau. [More…]
The independence of the BTE’s advice and its Director’s free access to me as Minister are established facts. [More…]
As I have already said, no one has ever questioned the integrity or the independence of the BTE. [More…]
However, I would respectfully request the Minister to ensure a continual and persistent monitoring of the operation of the new Bureau to make certain that its independence is maintained and the quality of its advice is not reduced by virtue of its position within the Department of Transport. [More…]
I conclude by reiterating that the Bureau of Transport Economics will be of value to this Government and to those who will seek its advice and assistance only if it retains its independence. [More…]
Let it be made perfectly clear that we on this side of the House do not oppose the concept of amalgamating the 2 bodies but we are concerned that as a result of the legislation the independence and impartiality of the new body will be at serious risk. [More…]
They have placed a value on the independence which flows from being part of a statutory body, set up under its own legislation and reporting directly to the Minister. [More…]
Clearly that independence, that zeal, is worth preserving and could easily be preserved if the Government modifies its thinking to effect the amalgamation by separate legislation. [More…]
Throughout the post-war period Premiers of all political persuasions have been adamant that the uniform taxation system would ultimately, in conjunction with the growing use of section 96 grants, destroy the independence of the States. [More…]
Once this happens the States will lose any independence they might have in regard to a separate income tax. [More…]
In order to increase the budgetary independence, responsibility and flexibility of the States, it is proposed that as soon as possible each State Government will have discretion to impose a surcharge or allow a rebate on the total personal income tax of that State. [More…]
He was also concerned whether the new amalgamated Bureau of Transport Economics would have the independence which was such an attractive feature of the Bureau of Roads. [More…]
The BTE has no less and no more independence in this regard than the Bureau of Roads. [More…]
The independence of the Bureau of Transport Economics receives administrative support from the Department of Transport. [More…]
The independence of the BTE’s advice and its Director’s free access to me as Minister are established facts. [More…]
In answer to the honourable member for Melbourne, who had grave apprehensions about the independence and powers of the proposed organisation, I quoted from the Minister’s second reading speech. [More…]
The Minister left no doubt in anyone’s mind about the independence of the proposed Bureau of Transport Economics. [More…]
As I read the present organisational structure of the Department of Environment, Housing and Community Development, the Bureau has been absorbed totally into the Department and there is no trace of its old independence. [More…]
It has been loosely attached to the Department of Transport and seemingly its independence has been respected. [More…]
I accept the Minister’s pledge that he intends to preserve the independence of the new Bureau of Transport Economics once it is attached to his Department. [More…]
It will be only a matter of time before the Bureau is shorn of its independence and integrity. [More…]
There are important areas of public policy and public spending where a high degree of independence is needed, and the Bureau of Roads is a prime example of that. [More…]
No one has ever questioned the integrity or the independence of the Bureau of Transport Economics. [More…]
Council is convinced that the future of road funding in South Australia and in the rest of Australia may well be dependent on having a body of the independence that is suggested above. [More…]
One of the reservations that was expressed to me by local councils was that the independence of those officers working with the Bureau of Roads should not in any way be impaired. [More…]
The Bureau of Transport Economics, into which the Bureau of Roads is being amalgamated, has no less and no more independence in this regard than the Bureau of Roads presently has. [More…]
The independence of the advice of the Bureau of Transport Economics and its Director’s access to the Minister are established facts. [More…]
As I have said already, no one has ever questioned the integrity or independence of the Bureau of Transport Economics. [More…]
People value their independence. [More…]
But independence can create problems, as well as save governments money. [More…]
In opposition, federalism was said to mean State co-operation and State independence. [More…]
The States are finding out that independence has only one meaning, that they pick up the tabs for those things for which the Commonwealth decides it does not want to pay or for which it does not support continuation. [More…]
that the incorporation of Timor into Indonesia was preferable to its independence. [More…]
I ask the Prime Minister whether he will give an assurance to the Parliament that he does not intend in any way to question the complete constitutional independence of the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission nor does he intend to treat it as another government department? [More…]
The manipulation of unions, the financing of political parties, the deception over the CIA and the activities of foreign installations on our soil all affect Australia’s independence and sovereignty. [More…]
Independence of the Public Service [More…]
That this House censures the honourable members for Hawker and Scullin for participation in subversion of the independence of the Public Service by use of material prepared by a public servant for purposes designed to discredit the Government or a member of the Government parties. [More…]
On that question, central to our freedom, our independence and our national sovereignty, the Prime Minister was silent. [More…]
Mr Agee told the Australian Broadcasting Commission that he had no doubt that an Australian social democratic government ‘which shows a certain independence’ would be undermined by the CIA. [More…]
It reacted to the plight of displaced persons in Europe immediately after World War II and to the consequences of various events in Eastern Europe, of which the most notable were the Soviet repression of movements towards national independence in Hungary in 1956 and in Czechoslovakia in 1968. [More…]
This has seriously weakened the independence and integrity of our role in overseas aid. [More…]
This was recognised, following that country’s independence, in the negotiation of a trade and commercial relations agreement. [More…]
Australia has played a part in trying to see that the developing countries not only have political independence but also are able to achieve economic independence. [More…]
The more we can do to assist by giving tariff preferences to their goods coming into this country, the more quickly they will reach the economic independence which is an integral pan of a proper and lasting political independence. [More…]
As I say, that does not seem to me to be a more attractive offer than the previous legislation contained as far as the independence of the Trade Practices Commission is concerned. [More…]
Has the Government considered the establishment of a body similar to the American Federal Legal Services Corporation to provide legal aid in Australia, as proposed by Attorney-General Enderby, which is both well founded and has independence from the Government service instead of establishing legal commissions in each State. [More…]
Whilst I appreciate the work done by nursing homes and other institutions, it saddens me greatly when I visit nursing homes- we all do as politicians- and am told with tear in eye: ‘I wish I were home and I wish I could get my independence back’. [More…]
The Government’s legislation to remove the independence of the Bureau of Roads was further evidence of its designs to downgrade the priority of road planning and road funding in the national accounts. [More…]
Concommitant with that would have to be a handing over of the very jealously guarded powers of the States concerning their technical education systems so that we can have some local control and some real autonomy and independence, financially, philosophically and academically, of the technical and further education sector. [More…]
The last item in the resolution concerns leaving untampered the independence of the Schools and TAFE commissions. [More…]
The Government also must continue to provide direct assistance without impinging upon the independence of such schools. [More…]
I do not know for the life of me why the Government wants the Bureau to be independent unless the Government intends to appoint someone who through his independence will be able to continue to follow Liberal Party philosophy after the Liberal Party loses the next election. [More…]
If it is, it has no moral right to say that it will give the Bureau complete independence so that when the honourable member for Gellibrand becomes the Minister for Labor he will not have the power to direct the Bureau to implement government policy in respect of industrial relations. [More…]
To insist upon giving independence to the Director of the Bureau is a very serious breach of the agreement and cannot be said to be in conformity with existing processes. [More…]
Unfortunately, the Minister is misusing the Queen’s English when he talks about independence. [More…]
I inform the House that the Minister for Industry and Commerce (Senator Cotton) left Australia yesterday to represent the Government at Western Samoa’s independence celebrations. [More…]
The other important recommendation so far as the Islanders are concerned, I believe, is that the Island should have much more independence and that it should have a greater say in its own destiny. [More…]
Has any statutory commission protested in such blunt terms against an encroachment on its independence? [More…]
As the activities of the Committee proceed, it is becoming more and more apparent that the final authority on road safety matters, whether it be statutory or otherwise, must have independence, must have muscle and must be able to demand the respect and cooperation of the States. [More…]
However, in view of the Commission’s position as the first appellate body above the boards, such oversight could be seen to weaken the independence of the boards as initial determining bodies. [More…]
The object of these provisions is to obtain better co-ordination among boards, to ensure the attainment of a high standard by boards in the discharge of their duties, as suggested by Mr Justice Toose, but without reducing the independence of each board in the exercise of its determining power under the Act in respect of individual cases. [More…]
A Public Service inquiry by senior public servants, irrespective of their association with the case concerned and /or their association with the department concerned, is still a Public Service inquiry where the senior officers’ peers are inquiring into their activities and the activities of an extremely junior operative in the field who is arguing for some independence of action in the face of direct orders from his superiors. [More…]
The safeguards involved in Australia ‘s system of representative and responsible government, the independence of the judiciary and the procedures adopted by our courts, the freedom of the Press and the possibility of parliamentary or ministerial investigation or other inquiry are important factors in the maintenance of human rights in this country. [More…]
But let there be no nonsense about this question of independence insofar as the Opposition is concerned because it had its chance in 1975 and the production was a miserable one from the point of view of having an independent commission. [More…]
I have dealt with the subject of independence and I have dealt with the subject of the amount of funds being provided. [More…]
But he made some reference to the fact that the previous legislation was not in accordance with what he would regard as independence of a commission. [More…]
In regard to the independence being preserved, I take note of the fact that there was to be a board of management which was to be free and unfettered. [More…]
I know that the board of management certainly would be likely to assert its independence because of the professional independence of the lawyers who were appointed by the Governor-General. [More…]
The independence of the Office is safeguarded in the following ways: The board of management comprises persons who are likely to insist on freedom from improper pressure; its top management consists of lawyers appointed for a fixed term; its lawyers are confirmed in their professional status and are subject to the jurisdiction of courts in relation to their professional conduct. [More…]
If the Government is going to run legal aid but restrict it to a Treasury allocation, there is not the independence which we seek. [More…]
We get the independence and we get the funding. [More…]
Honourable members can see that the amendment we have moved to clause 6 gives an independence to this Commission. [More…]
There is general agreement that visible and effective independence from government at all levels is essential if legal aid services are to guarantee full and effective representation to all citizens whose rights are infringed or whose interests are threatened and if salaried lawyers are to be protected against any suggestion of improper pressure or interference in their activities. [More…]
In our view the most satisfactory method of promoting the independence of the Australian Legal Aid Office is to vest the basic responsibility for the formulation of policy affecting the Office in a broadly based Commission. [More…]
This Bill establishes a Commission and gives the Commission functions, but it gives no guarantee of independence and it certainly gives no guarantee of funding. [More…]
But we should guarantee the independence of the Commission, we should guarantee the permanence of the existing structure and, above all, we should guarantee the provision of sufficient funding for all the needs. [More…]
He said that he was concerned about the independence of the profession. [More…]
However, there are no guarantees in this legislation about the independence of the profession or about the way in which State commissions have to be organised. [More…]
A further threat to independence is created if service in a salaried legal aid office is a stepping-stone to promotion in other departments of government. [More…]
It was that in view of the Commission’s positions as the first appellant body above boards, such oversight by the Commission could be seen to weaken the independence of the board as initial determining bodies. [More…]
The essential point is that most countries look upon nuclear power as the only route to energy and independence. [More…]
For those countries which do not have large deposits of uranium this independence will come only with the breeder reactor. [More…]
Japan would say quite categorically that it is necessary for her own independence from the disruption that can be caused to sources of overseas supply of raw materials for her to have a nuclear generating capacity to supply a reasonable proportion of her electricity requirements. [More…]
It increases independence from fossil fuels of a rival group of, say, totalitarian nations over democratic nations. [More…]
They have lost a statesman of great eminence who had long personified his people’s quest for identity and independence. [More…]
President Makarios represented the new political independence of Cyprus; but he also embodied its ancient spiritual independence, for when Michael Mouskos, son of a peasant, became Archbishop and thus Ethnarch in 1950, at the age of 37, he assumed the imperial prerogatives which were accorded the head of the Orthodox Church in Cyprus when it was made autocephalous just 1 500 years ago. [More…]
We have to recognise that although many newly independent countries have achieved political independence they certainly have not achieved economic independence. [More…]
The Lebanon could revert to the pre-war situation of complete independence. [More…]
The proper course for the friends of Israel and for the Government of Australiathe Foreign Minister (Mr Peacock) has acknowledged that this Government follows the policy established by my Government- is to urge and encourage all the parties towards negotiations based on a mutual recognition of the rights of both Israel and the Palestinian people to their independence, their sovereignty and their self-determination. [More…]
So when we speak of whether Israel should withdraw from the West Bank, from Sinai, or from the Gollan Heights, we should also consider that since the first war of independence in 1 948 this problem has remained. [More…]
He understood the principles concerning the independence of that office. [More…]
Broad principle has been dispensed with in favour of particular directions to a Schools Commission which could once boast independence and needs based allocation. [More…]
What about the independence of the Schools Commission? [More…]
We have already seen how its independence has been reduced to an administrative wing of the conservatives by guidelines, thinly disguised directions to assist the richest schools in the land. [More…]
Will the Liberal-National Country Party Government now set about destroying the independence of the Schools Commission by hand-picking the teacher and parent representatives on that Commission? [More…]
So far as I know, it has made none and it probably will not make any, such is its cynical attitude to independence and need. [More…]
The Indonesian Government was reminded late last year by several members of the Australian Labor Party when they were in Indonesia and when the Australian trade union movement was being criticised by the heads of the Indonesian Government, that the Australian trade union movement employed similar embargoes and fought just as tenaciously for the Indonesians when they were fighting for independence against the more or less harsh Dutch colonialists. [More…]
If so, does the fact that the Government has now given direct instructions on overall financial guidelines in considerable detail throw a new light on the independence of the Commission. [More…]
We will provide a sound basis of financial independence and responsibility for the States and Local Governments with the most significant reform of the federal system since Federation. [More…]
This process should be part of the independence of Parliament. [More…]
I commend the Commission for its courage and independence in saying to the Government what it thought of those guidelines. [More…]
I can say that the Labor Party will continue to oppose these decisions in the strongest possible terms and will seek to maintain the independence of schools and university commissions established by the Labor Prime Minister, Mr Whitlam. [More…]
Can he also say whether the United Kingdom legislation provides (a) for the establishment of an Insurance Brokers’ Registration Council which decides whether or not applicants should be registered, (b) that the Council will consist of 17 members, 12 of whom will be nominated by the insurance broking industry and five, one of whom shall be a lawyer and one an accountant, to be nominated by the Government, (c) that the Council will evaluate applicants’ qualifications, experience, their financial backing and their independence from insurance underwriters and (d) that the Council will require members to submit to a code of ethical behaviour to be set down and to maintain proper accounting and financial reporting standards. [More…]
The Commission recommended that the efficient and objective performance by the Office of its functions required that it be established under what the Commission called a charter of independence. [More…]
The Prime Minister was at great pains in both of his statements- that of 5 May which was made when he tabled Mr Justice Hope’s abridged report, and his second reading speech when introducing this Bill- to talk about the independence of the Office of National Assessments. [More…]
Nevertheless, the Bill certainly embodies the three major principles of creating independence, centralising the role of the National Assessments Office and giving it a wider role, particularly in the economic held. [More…]
Perhaps that is commendable independence but not, therefore, Labor policy. [More…]
As well the Government has acted in an extremely harsh way to harass the East Timorese independence movement in this country. [More…]
In 1974 in the General Assembly a resolution was carried which welcomed Portugal’s acceptance of the principle of self-determination and independence for its colonial territories. [More…]
It called on Indonesia to withdraw its armed forces from East Timor to enable the people of the Territory freely to exercise their right to self-determination and independence. [More…]
In the same way we now support the struggle of the East Timorese to establish their independence as a nation. [More…]
The road to independence for the democratic Republic of East Timor will be long and hard. [More…]
This was at the time the Dutch and the Indonesians were fighting over the question of whether Indonesia had the right to its independence. [More…]
What is the difference between the life or death of an Indonesian soldier killed in Timor and the rights of a citizen of Timor to fight for his independence? [More…]
Beyond that, and to speak about less tangible but perhaps fundamentally more important aspects, small business fosters a spirit of independence and initiative, so important in our liberal, democratic society. [More…]
But as a member of Parliament, whose electorate adjoins the electorate of the honourable member for Canberra, I can say only that his independence and his non-party politics in favour of those people whom he represents in this place have been, as was the case when the Territory was represented by the late Jim Fraser, of great benefit to the people of the Territory. [More…]
Two things are happening: The independence of the Schools Commission is being undermined, and the personal prejudices of the present Prime Minister (Mr Malcolm Fraser), against the whole concept of the Schools Commission and its basic approach to Australian educational needs, are being imposed on Australian society. [More…]
The real seriousness of this threat to the independence of the Commission becomes apparent when we consider the present Prime Minister’s long record of unrelenting hostility to the very concept of the Schools Commission. [More…]
And clearly, the first step is to undermine the independence of the Schools Commission; destroy that and then it is only another short step to destroying the Commission itself and to destroying the concept of national responsibility for the needs of all our schools, government and non-government alike, on which the Commission is based and on which it acts. [More…]
It is clear that the independence of the Schools Commission stands in the way; therefore its independence must be destroyed. [More…]
Clearly, the independence of the Schools Commission stands in the Prime Minister’s way; therefore he seeks to undermine the Commission’s independence. [More…]
By undermining the independence of the Schools Commission the present Prime Minister is acting true to form as the most divisive Prime Minister in modern times- the divider of his party, the divider of his country. [More…]
If in fact the independence of the Schools Commission was under some threat a case for bringing forward a matter of public importance could be made and would be a suitable subject for debate. [More…]
But this independence clearly is not under any threat. [More…]
The independence of the Schools Commission was not in any way affected by those guidelines. [More…]
The independence of the Schools Commission depends on its ability to report on those aspects that it sees fit to report on irrespective of whatever other parameters it must take into account in any report that it makes. [More…]
Its independence also depends on its ability to put down its version of the best breakups of education funding. [More…]
That is the guarantee of its independence. [More…]
Those are the tests and guarantees of the independence of the Schools Commission, or for that matter of any other advisory commission of this Government. [More…]
It has demonstrated its independence. [More…]
The Schools Commission has demonstrated its independence. [More…]
The Opposition makes the point that the independence of the Schools Commission has been affected in all aspects of education but most importantly in what is called financial resource allocation. [More…]
So, there is this basic problem of the Schools Commission losing its independence and virtually fighting for its life because it says - [More…]
-It is somewhat ironic that the terms of this discussion of matter of public importance refer to the Government ‘s threats to the independence of the Schools Commission. [More…]
Honourable members should recall very clearly that the previous Government did not threaten; it actually attacked the independence of the Schools Commission without consultation. [More…]
Now we are told that this Government has abandoned the principle of the independence of the Schools Commission and has imposed guidelines which we can now see were already imposed by the previous Government and accepted by the Schools Commission. [More…]
It is most unwelcome that what should be an independent organisation, the ABC as a result of perhaps prejudice, perhaps feebleness, perhaps unsureness as to its own standing and independence, should take this sort of decision. [More…]
It is in dramatic contrast with the independence which is displayed by the commercial television channels in Brisbane and the rest of the State. [More…]
I emphasise that the changes will not compromise the independence of the Commission, or its role in advising the Government on the nature and levels of assistance which should be afforded particular industries. [More…]
I realise that the pride of independence of owning one’s car and the thrill of keeping up with the models and possibly with the Jones family are allimportant out we must realise too that it is a national responsibility to reduce the toll on Australia’s roads today. [More…]
This organisation is strongly opposed by many groups in Australia, including the East Timor Association, the Aboriginal land rights groups, the Campaign Against Racial Exploitation, the Australian independence movement and the Australian Union of Students. [More…]
It was the action of his Party when in government in 1975 which led to the most disjointed and disappointed series of talks on the side of Papua New Guinea on aid questions shortly prior to or shortly after the date for independence when Papua New Guinea was seeking to determine its budgetary allocation for the period immediately after independence. [More…]
Priority will also be given to those cases where the breadwinner’s employment status is being affected because of the demands of caring for a disabled spouse living at home and who could be afforded more independence through appropriate rehabilitation measures. [More…]
They have lost their independence of being able to advise on the basis of need. [More…]
We already have discussed, as a matter of urgency, the question of the independence of the Schools Commission but the tertiary field also is suffering a number of growing pains. [More…]
I am not impugning the independence or the fairness of the journalists employed there. [More…]
The federalism policy has provided a sound basis of financial independence and responsibility for State and local governments. [More…]
The disadvantaged must be helped in ways which leave them the maximum independence. [More…]
We then would get the independence of the people and the opportunity to give advice to the Government on the specific issue that people have a need in a legal area. [More…]
In the national sector, the ABC, this Government has already shown by financially squeezing the ABC, and by attacks by prominent Ministers that it is prepared to interfere with the independence of that sector. [More…]
This Government has shown by its performance that it is prepared to cut funds for any broadcasting service which has a degree of independence. [More…]
There can be no independence for ethnic broadcasting, either financial or political, under the proposed structure of the special broadcasting service. [More…]
The main lessons to be learnt from the experience of ethnic broadcasting to date is the need for financial autonomy and program independence. [More…]
This amendment significantly alters the spirit of the section which was designed to ensure the independence of members of the Tribunal. [More…]
The integrity and the independence of these tribunals should at all times be maintained and people with a pecuniary interest should not under any circumstances be appointed to the Tribunal. [More…]
I would like the Minister in his reply to tell us why the Government is now amending its own legislation, softening up its own legislation in a way which gets away from the independence about which we on this side of the House are so concerned. [More…]
Had he been the Minister responsible for broadcasting and television with these powers over the service which he was criticising, he could have prescribed regulations to take away totally the independence of that service. [More…]
The BUI ought to be cast in a manner which will permit the independence of the Special Broadcasting Service and which will not under any circumstances allow a Minister to take action which would even give any hint of being a direction on program material and content. [More…]
1 5 ) In view of the Government ‘s decision not to establish an oil industry agency, what action does the Government propose in the following areas where the Royal Commission suggested that attention was required: (a) the monitoring of landed costs and transfer prices, (b) the establishment of a program of crude oil conservation, (c) a restructuring of the pricing system, (d) regulation of dealer-company relationships, (e) the standardisation of lease agreements between oil companies and their dealers, and the establishment of a suitable degree of contractural independence for dealers and ( f) the determination of prices of all petroleum products. [More…]
A number of countries have, under the impact of the oil crisis, adopted objectives of energy ‘self-reliance’, ‘energy independence’, or ‘greater self-sufficiency’ in energy. [More…]
The conversion of coal to liquid fuel can provide Australia with a level of independence in ‘portable’ energy at a time when the world will feel the impact of diminishing crude oil supplies. [More…]
The Government recognises the importance of maintaining the traditional independence of that office. [More…]
That all words after ‘That’ be omitted with a view to substituting the following words: ‘whilst not opposing the provisions of the Bill, the House (a) is of opinion that the Government is neglecting the real needs of schools in Australia, and (b) condemns the Government’s interference with the independence of the Schools Commission and, specifically, the Government directing funds into the wealthy private schools against the Commission ‘s recommendations ‘. [More…]
Much has been said about the continuing independence of the Schools Commission. [More…]
Some local control and independence are essential. [More…]
I think there is a tendency now for too much intervention against the independence of the commissions. [More…]
I am satisfied that the conduct of Messrs Perriman and Temme while visiting the MV Vishna Kalyan was quite proper, and has not in any way compromised the independence of the inquiry. [More…]
Vishna Kalyan was quite proper, and has not in any way compromised the independence of the inquiry. [More…]
He has reflected a vitality of interest in this institution and, more importantly, he has shown an independence of judgment in discharging his responsibilities to the Parliament on those occasions when he has occupied the Speaker’s chair. [More…]
I want to dwell for a few seconds on the very important point of that independence. [More…]
I hope that in the course of this Parliament the right honourable member for Bruce, if he is elected as Speaker, will display that thoroughgoing independence which would be the quality displayed by the honourable member for Scullin if he were to occupy the Chair. [More…]
That independence on the part of the Speaker is absolutely essential if the rights of the members of this Parliament are to be protected and, more importantly, if there is to be respect for the independence and the importance of this institution within our democratic system. [More…]
I hope that it is a term of the Parliament in which you seek to bed in very firmly the principle of independence and those other very fine and important qualities of which the honourable member for Diamond Valley (Mr N. A. [More…]
One of the things that I hope will occur in those three years is that you will bring the Speakership to a level of independence where the Speaker is vested with far more discretion than the Parliament has seen fit to give up until now. [More…]
I regret that the honourable gentleman does not have the same understanding as I do of the independence of the Chair. [More…]
In the meantime I believe that the person occupying this Chair must maintain his independence from the Executive and from any threat from the Opposition. [More…]
The status of that Chair determines what our status is, and the independence of this Parliament over the Executive is determined by the extent to which the Chair is independent of the Executive. [More…]
The fifth priority among the Government’s priorities listed on page 2 of the Governorgeneral’s Speech is to promote independence and self respect for the disadvantaged. [More…]
This has been done to preserve the independence and immunity of the judiciary. [More…]
My Government introduced the GovernorGeneral Act in 1974- the then Opposition supported it in both Houses- so that the GovernorGeneral, like a judge, could have the same immunity and independence, so that he should be seen to have the same immunity and independence, after he ceased to hold office, as he enjoyed while he was in office. [More…]
I emphasise that the changes will not compromise the independence of the Commission, or its role in advising the Government on the nature and levels of assistance which should be afforded particular industries. [More…]
I agree with the remarks that have been made from time to time in relation to the importance of the Parliament having a greater degree of independence from the Executive in some areas. [More…]
How can any fair-minded person take seriously the Government’s foreign policy when it holds the view that the Baltic states should be given independence from the Soviet Union while East Timor is accepted as being incorporated into Indonesia? [More…]
-I am aware of the difficulties facing both the political parties and the people of the New Hebrides as they move on the path towards independence. [More…]
We welcome the determination of the administering powers of the New Hebrides- that is, Britain and France- to advance the territory to independence by 1 980. [More…]
However, the Australian Government has been disappointed to note that the peaceful transition of the New Hebrides to independence currently appears threatened by the failure of the parties concerned to reach full agreement. [More…]
We cannot have confidence in the security and independence of democratic institutions of government if there is to be this unbounded power which presumably can be infected in its use by certain blandishments and approaches. [More…]
I would like to talk in the time afforded to me about the Government’s priorities, particularly the priority to provide effective assistance to the disadvantaged in ways that promote independence and self-respect. [More…]
I think that they yearn for happiness and for independence. [More…]
that the elected Parliament is a weak and weakening institution; that the Executive Government is the principal beneficiary of the Parliament’s decline; and that the Judiciary is tending to compete with the Executive Government in exploiting the Parliament’s weakness but it is having its own independence undermined through the initiatives of the Executive Government. [More…]
I hope that this momentum will be kept up so that this Parliament, and in particular this chamber, can become once again a properly functioning chamber, so that we can have independence and so that we can have the strength that is meant to be ours in the parliamentary system of democracy that we enjoy. [More…]
The Governor-General’s Speech included pious statements about ‘choice’ and ‘freedom’; about ‘expanding job opportunities’; about the ‘independence and self-respect’ of the growing body of people now dependent on social security because the economic masters- both in government and in the corporate sector- cannot and will not operate the economy in a way that will provide jobs and preserve the living standards of the work force of this country. [More…]
I point out that very early in the life of the previous Parliament we had discussions with the Minister for Transport (Mr Nixon) who gave an assurance to the Committee that, although the statutory authority would not be created, there would be vested in this group of people the necessary authority and independence to give effect to our recommendations. [More…]
in threatening the basic independence of the Industries Assistance Commission, by its emphasis upon narrow and variable guidelines, and by its consistent failure to appreciate the advisory role intended for the Industries Assistance Commission.’ [More…]
I hope that there will be some support for the sentiments of the amendment from the Government side of the House, from some honourable members who have been very energetic in ensuring the independence of the IAC. [More…]
It was argued that the IAC’s independence served two vital purposes. [More…]
First, the Commission, because of its independence, could- and I quote from Sir John Crawford ‘s report: . [More…]
Secondly, I note that Sir John recognised with regard to the important element of independence that the Commission could: . [More…]
Therefore, weakening of the independence of the IAC within broad guidelines will cast doubts on the quality and purpose of government decision making. [More…]
Hence independence, in the sense defined, is a precondition for the acceptable functioning of the IAC. [More…]
L11UL 111 If independence of the *4 111 VS w placed in jeopardy by the actions of the present Government. [More…]
I repeat that under this legislation that independence is likely to be eroded. [More…]
But the opportunity is now given to the Government to react unwisely to lobbying and therefore to erode the independence of the advice coming from the IAC. [More…]
As I have said, its independence will be placed in jeopardy. [More…]
The second reason for our fear that the Government’s action will jeopardise the IAC’s independence is the Government’s persistent misunderstanding of the advisory role of the IAC. [More…]
It is particularly disappointing that the Opposition, in its amendment, and sections of the Press have tried to represent the Bill as one which is designed to undermine, to hobble, the Industries Assistance Commission, and to threaten its independence. [More…]
In that proposal lies the charge which the Opposition makes of the attack on the independence of the IAC- that is, its independence to make a rational and intelligent assessment of the problems which confront an industry which is under its notice. [More…]
I contend that that will influence greatly the independence of that body. [More…]
I emphasise that the changes will not compromise the independence of the Commission. [More…]
The changes will not compromise the independence of the Commission. [More…]
They do not change the independence of the Commission. [More…]
It would compromise the independence of the Commission if the Government were to say that the Commission would not report on a certain matter. [More…]
That is the element, the nature and the requirement of its independence. [More…]
I believe that such an objective is entirely reasonable and necessary provided- it is a major proviso- that the independence of the IAC is fully maintained and in no way compromised. [More…]
For that reason I cannot comprehend the second part of the amendment moved by the honourable member for Adelaide (Mr Hurford), which suggests that the Government’s action in this Bill is threatening the basic independence of the Industries Assistance Commission. [More…]
As I have stated at another stage of this debate, we have supported the Industries Assistance Commission and its independence with all the vehemence that we can muster. [More…]
In the meantime I believe that the person occupying this Chair must maintain his independence from the Executive and from any threat from the Opposition. [More…]
The four major aims of the Yooralla pre-employment program are: First, to provide work experience and information; secondly, to endeavour to equalise the socialisation opportunities for disabled young people with those of their ablebodied peers; thirdly, to increase the independence of disabled people so that as much as possible they may lead a life style independent of financial support systems; and fourthly, education of the public, both generally through the interaction of the able-bodied and disabled people in the program and with employers involved in the unit. [More…]
It is felt that the Yooralla pre-employment program offers a positive environment in which independence can be not only encouraged but also shared. [More…]
The Governor-General also spoke of the need to provide effective assistance to the disadvantaged within the community in ways that promote their independence and their self-respect. [More…]
We will have to rely on imports, with all the havoc that will wreak not only upon our balance of payments but also upon our own independence in energy. [More…]
They would provide for Australia much greater energy independence than we have at present. [More…]
The North West Shelf is a prospective area and we could improve Australia’s energy independence because of it. [More…]
It is only in this way that we will be able to provide effective assistance to the disadvantaged in ways that promote their independence and self-respect. [More…]
In that answer I pointed out that the Commonwealth is concerned to ensure that policies of self-management are pursued throughout Australia because through those policies Aboriginals, wherever they are, are enabled to live in freedom and to have independence in a way in which they can manage and control their own affairs like any other citizen of Australia. [More…]
The standardisation of the lease agreements between oil companies and their dealers, and the establishment of a suitable degree of contractual independence for dealers. [More…]
This lack of energy independence and the cost to our balance of payments and the parity of our currency will be very severe indeed for this country. [More…]
The doctors fight for the retention of private medical practice on a fee-for-service basis not only because that is the best way to preserve their authority, independence, status and income. [More…]
Yugoslavia acceded to independence in the context of the post-World War I settlement, to which Australia was a party. [More…]
They spoke to me of their wish to have their councils control expenditure on community services in the islands which are at present provided by the Queensland Department, as one step towards independence in the management of their own affairs. [More…]
It is quite clear that the Queensland Government’s policy of assimilation and of seeking to submerge, dilute and, if possible, breathe out the main cultural influence of the Aboriginal people encourages it to be opposed to any sorts of policies which will allow dignity, selfexpression, independence and the strengthening of that sense of Aboriginal cultural identity. [More…]
Accordingly, the Queensland Government resents movements to provide more independence and influence for the Aboriginal people in the community to give more strength to their cultural form of expression. [More…]
Its degree of independence has been effectively destroyed by his intrusion into its affairs. [More…]
The classic case is that of East Timor where there is a de jure government on the other side of the world in Portugal apparently not taking much continuing interest in the situation, a de facto rule right on the doorstep in Indonesia and an active group of independence workers who want self-government for this area which is so close to Australia. [More…]
An authority on the Queensland legislation has pointed out ‘that the administration of reserves has created not independence but a repressive and demoralised dependence’. [More…]
They are the policies- policies of assimilation, policies of restriction and policies designed to prevent the Aboriginal people from establishing a clearer sense of cultural identity and the achievement of land rights, freedom and independence; those things which importantly go with acquisition of land and land rights, but more importantly for Aboriginals. [More…]
This gave them some degree of dignity and independence, particularly in purchasing personal needs. [More…]
On the one hand they were saying, ‘Thanks for protecting the independence of the ABC, and on the other hand they were saying, albeit in not such blunt terms, ‘Please use your political influence to bring about a particular program change within the ABC. [More…]
Western governments generally see Yugoslavia’s independence and integrity as an important factor for stability in Europe. [More…]
425 of the Security Council referred to by the honourable member called for, among other things, strict respect for the territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence of Lebanon within its internationally recognised boundaries. [More…]
Further, is it the Government’s view, in line with section 1, sub-section (ii) of resolution 242 which calls for ‘acknowledgment of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of every State in the area’, that any new Palestinian State created as part of a peace settlement should be an independent entity rather than a province within either Israel or Jordan? [More…]
The Council will report to the Prime Minister- an administrative arrangement reflecting both the status and independence of ASTEC. [More…]
Thirdly, provisions are made for the independence of the Council to enable it to undertake its functions effectively. [More…]
The third important purpose of this legislation is the provision of necessary independence for the Council in its actions, so that its advice can be provided to government freely and without unwarranted influence. [More…]
Another important area where independence is ensured is in the staffing of ASTEC. [More…]
Another provision designed to secure the independence of the Council is clause 25 of the Bill, which exempts the Council and those working for it from legal action in relation to any act done in good faith and in accordance with ASTEC’s powers and functions. [More…]
The spirit of independence and initiative fostered by small business is an essential element of our democratic society. [More…]
1 ) Does Australia give, as President Carter stated on 9 March 1978 that the United States gives, continuing support for the independence, territorial integrity and unity of Yugoslavia. [More…]
Does Australia still not recognise the independence of Croatia (Hansard, 28 April 1971, page 2212 and 29 August 1972, page 858). [More…]
Major objectives of that policy are to give the States and local government greater independence and flexibility to determine their expenditure priorities together with a concomitant increase in their financial capacity and flexibility. [More…]
For example, we are not satisfied that the supervising scientist has enough independence from the Government. [More…]
Territory gains its independence, obviously they will have to be involved. [More…]
If the Government wants to include them it should introduce an amendment to do so on the day after the Northern Territory gains its independence. [More…]
We recognise the personal role of the Foreign Minister over the years, particularly in relation to Papua-New Guinea, the proximity of his views to our own, and the support he gave to our moving PapuaNew Guinea to independence. [More…]
Let us make it clear at this stage that it was a Labor Government which activated that move to independence. [More…]
If that had not happened we very much doubt whether independence would have been achieved by this time. [More…]
The fundamental aim of the complex would be to care for each patient in accordance with individual needs while maintaining personal dignity and sense of identity, independence, involvement with and contribution to society and security, freedom from fear and loneliness. [More…]
That sentence is in these terms: ‘That Australia calls upon all parties to respect the political independence and the territorial integrity of all states in the area, of their right to live in peace, and of the aims, the resolutions and the principles of the United Nations Charter.’ [More…]
In order to increase the budgetary independence, responsibility and flexibility of the States it is proposed that as soon as possible each State government - [More…]
Honourable members will know that Australia and Papua New Guinea have been engaged in these negotiations over a period of years, beginning before Papua New Guinea moved to independence in 1975. [More…]
After the Second World War that Territory was administered in union with the Territory of New Guinea and, as the third schedule to the Papua New Guinea Act 1949, as amended up to the time of Papua New Guinea’s independence, makes clear, islands within the Torres Strait that were not part of the State of Queensland continued to be within the bounds of Papua New Guinea immediately prior to Papua New Guinea’s independence. [More…]
Whilst making the point about the statutory authority one would have to say that the Bill before the House gives the Commonwealth Employment Service very little independence at all. [More…]
I now come to the question of the National Director of the Commonwealth Employment Service who will have, as is pointed out in the legislation and in the second reading speech, a considerable degree of independence in administering and implementing the CES functions. [More…]
Has Australian ever recognised the independence of Slovenia (Hansard, 28 April 1 97 1 , page 2211, questions nos 32 19 and 3218). [More…]
The Indonesian Government has stated as firm policy its support for the independence and sovereignty of Papua New Guinea. [More…]
Firstly, is it in keeping with the independence of the judiciary for judges to be seen to accept such government appointments while retaining their judicial status and privileges? [More…]
Thirdly, can it lend a false image of judicial independence and impartiality to matters that are politically controversial and partisan in nature? [More…]
I hope that members of the judiciary will also be careful not to accept positions which appear to compromise their independence. [More…]
We propose that this new department would also take over ministerial responsibility for the three independent advisory regulatory bodies to Government, that is, the Industries Assistance Commission, the Prices Justification Tribunal and the Trade Practices Commission but they would retain their present degree of independence. [More…]
Before proceeding to speak about the treaty elements, I wish to recall that Australia and Papua New Guinea have been engaged in these negotiations over a period of years, beginning before Papua New Guinea moved to independence. [More…]
I think that has been helped by the fact that the Opposition when in power was anxious to promote the independence of that country. [More…]
However, New Guinea, prior to independence, was a Trust Territory and as such was subject to scrutiny and report by a visiting UN Mission in 1971, which declared the desirability of a border change. [More…]
In the run up to independence this matter was in fact raised in the Australian Parliament in 1971 and the Papua New Guinea Parliament in 1969 and 1971. [More…]
At independence, Papua New Guinea assumed the rights and obligations conferred upon it as a sovereign state. [More…]
Those initiatives led to the independence of Papua New Guinea and the laying of the foundation for this agreement which I trust will be a lasting and very sound agreement between both countries. [More…]
We hope that when the Australian Science and Technology Council is finally established with the permanence, independence and status the passage of this Bill will provide, the Council will see itself free to give rather more substantial, helpful and daring information and advice than its report on energy research and development contains. [More…]
All through the history of this body there has been the intent to provide independence for the council and to obtain overview reports. [More…]
The Government’s determination to provide this independence is shown in many clauses of the Bill but principally in clauses 8, 19,20 and 25. [More…]
In further pursuit of full independence for the Council there is clause 25. [More…]
So, we see that much of the Bill is related to the independence of the Council. [More…]
I have given the history leading to the present ASTEC I have shown how the Government has provided independence for ASTEC. [More…]
In my speech I made it very clear that one of the efforts behind the wording of this Bill was to have independence, which we tried to achieve through a number of the clauses. [More…]
I was a bit surprised at the assertion of the honourable member for Hotham that we would cripple the independence of the council if we put members of this Parliament on it. [More…]
The honourable member said that it would cripple the independence of this council to put members of the Parliament on it. [More…]
If a family owns a house the members of the family virtually have some independence, some little castle, as it were, to which they can retire secure in the knowledge that no one can knock on the door and throw them out in the street. [More…]
I also inform the House that the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (Mr Viner) left Australia yesterday to represent the Government at the Western Samoa independence celebrations. [More…]
We do not want to see that advisory body lose its independence in any way. [More…]
I remind the honourable member for Brisbane that it was a Labor Government which established the IAC- and established it with a very high degree of independence. [More…]
Independence is something which the current Prime Minister (Mr Malcolm Fraser) absolutely fails to understand. [More…]
For it to function efficiently and effectively it must remain an independent advisory body, and while I am Minister and while this Government is in office we will ensure that its independence is maintained. [More…]
The independence of TUTA, far from being preserved is now threatened. [More…]
It was put forward by the then Opposition as representing a philosophical approach based on the desirability of decentralising government, giving greater freedom to lower tiers of government and increasing their budgetary independence and responsibility. [More…]
Since Federation in 1 90 1 , the States have experienced successive reductions in their financial independence. [More…]
The present Commonwealth Government is now making an explicit effort to reverse this trend and restore to the States a greater measure of independence in the raising and disposal of their revenues. [More…]
The quotation I have just given refers to successive reductions in the financial independence of the State. [More…]
There is no great acceleration in those successive reductions in independence than occurred in the years 1972 to 1975, during the Whitlam era. [More…]
But I put it to the House that that would cause a political confrontation of the nature of the confrontations that arose when the colonies of Great Britain were themselves seeking either full independence or self-government. [More…]
That is correct in a strictly legal sense but as we advance down the path towards statehood or perhaps even a branch track to independence there could come a time when the conventions and political arrangements between the two entities are such that the Territory could have the legislative capacity to pass laws that were contradictory to the laws of the United Kingdom, just as South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria have. [More…]
The honourable member has earned a reputation in this House of being an independent Liberal, a man with a degree of conscience, a man who stood up and raised his voice about the barbaric treatment by the Indonesians of the little East Timorese, who are still fighting for their independence. [More…]
How does a man feel when his hard-earned life savings and his independence suddenly disappear and there is nothing that he can do about it? [More…]
The 26 signatories to the declaration of the United Nations made on 1 January 1942 expressed their commitment that complete victory over their enemies was essential to defend life, liberty, independence and religious freedom, and to preserve human rights and justice in their own lands as well as in other lands. [More…]
The grants are intended as a supplement to Council revenues to assist Councils in forward budgeting and to provide for their greater independence of action. [More…]
The Resolution affirms that the establishment of a just and lasting peace in the Middle East should be based inter aiia on the principle of the termination of all claims of states of belligerency and respect for and acknowledgement of the sovereignity, territorial integrity and political independence of every State in the area and their right to live in peace within secure and recognised boundaries free from threats or acts of force. [More…]
Home care services which can be subsidised under the legislation include home visiting, laundry and shopping services, home handyman and related home maintenance schemes, housekeeper and other services which complement health or welfare programs designed to enhance the independence of aged and infirm people living at home. [More…]
It is prepared to send a whole generation of young Australians to the social scrapheap- a generation unable to achieve financial independence in their lifetimes, forced to be outcasts in what should be and can be an affluent, growing society. [More…]
History has proved also that the trade union movement was right in its stand in opposing shipments of pig iron to Japan, in its support of independence for Indonesia and in its stand in opposing the phoney war in Vietnam. [More…]
The Secretary-General’s report will be heavily influenced by the finding of his Special Representative, Mr Ahtisaari of Finland, who is currently in Namibia to assess the political situation on the ground and the prospects for an orderly transition to independence. [More…]
In the proposals of the ‘five’, the central task of the UN force would be to ensure that conditions are established to allow an impartial electoral process leading to free and fair elections and independence. [More…]
These talks were aimed at achieving an early and peaceful transition from colonial status to majority rule and independence, through free elections under UN supervision. [More…]
In Namibia, through an initiative inspired and carried through by the Western powers, and substantially assisted by the presidents of the socalled front line states- Angola, Zambia, Tanzania, Mozambique and Botswana- the situation has reached the stage where there is now a real opportunity to reach a satisfactory and internationally acceptable transition to independence and majority rule. [More…]
Then there is the problem of a small nation struggling for independence, having the support and encouragement of well intentioned people but nevertheless facing the fundamental problems faced by many developing countries, of having no real infrastructure in health, housing and education matters and having no political capacity to control in a normal way the usual problems of a small nation. [More…]
Welcome as it is, desirable as it must be and needing all the support we can give it, the proposal of the five western members of the Security Council is to ensure that conditions are established to allow an impartial electoral process leading to free and fair elections and independence. [More…]
We could point to other examples in the world to illustrate that they could be brought up to the position of independence, and brought up in a peaceful way. [More…]
While such misrepresentation may plunge the hand of pity deeper into the pockets of donors, it is destructive to the dignity and independence of the blind person, and dangerous to the state of mind of any person who subsequently finds himself confronted with the loss or impairment of his own sight. [More…]
The Optaconoptical, tactile conversion- is looked upon by Queensland educators of the totally blind as having such potential and value to the independence and practical lifestyle of the blind individual that, along with Braille reading, it has become an essential part of the schooling of every totally blind child with the manipulative ability to use it. [More…]
Like everyone else, they will have difficulty finding markets for their products and so are far more likely to buy capital goods in order to build up their own industrial capacity and independence rather than spend what valuable foreign exchange they are able to earn on meat or many other of our potential exports to either of those countries. [More…]
For many it will destroy incentive and independence. [More…]
I also inform the House that the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Mr Peacock) will be leaving Australia tomorrow to attend the Tuvalu Independence Day celebrations, to attend the United Nations General Assembly and to have discussions in Europe. [More…]
As will be recalled, the purpose of this force was to implement the Western proposals for a settlement, including internationally supervised free and fair elections leading to independence for Namibia. [More…]
If South Africa goes ahead, its decision can only lead to a form of independence which would not be accepted internationally and to an intensification, unquestionably, of conflict in the area. [More…]
Should that happen I suggest that we may not be able to maintain the independence of this country; and that is a rather serious thing to say on this particular night of this particular year. [More…]
I suspect that if we do not make the substantial progress with this bloc that we should, the United States, Europe, Japan and ASEAN will probably give us away and, if that happens, we could be in very serious trouble in maintaining the independence of this country and keeping Australia a free and democratic nation in this part of the world. [More…]
Worse than that, he imposed the most enormous problems on Papua New Guinea in its very first year of independence. [More…]
In that fragile period of September 1975 when that country entered into independence, it had its aid program slashed. [More…]
The year in which it was entering into independence was hardly the year in which to commence the slashing of aid programs to Papua New Guinea. [More…]
The element of independence must be interelated more and more with that of economic policy. [More…]
I want, in the short time that is available to me, to confine my remarks to the struggle of the people of Vietnam for independence and freedom. [More…]
We know that for 30 years that nation struggled for its independence and freedom, that it fought first against the French, then the Japanese and then the Americans. [More…]
Vietnam is a country which is striving to maintain its independence and freedom from all sides whether it be China or the Soviet Union on the one hand or the United States on the other. [More…]
The better the understanding that the members of the Parliament have of that and the more we can assist the Government in understanding the problems of reconstruction in Vietnam, and in recognising our moral obligation to try to assist that country back to a state of greater dignity and independence and to assist in its reconstruction the better it will be for this region of the world. [More…]
The Commonwealth Government through its federalism policies over the last three years has made a very significant step forward in generating sufficient funds for State governments to ensure that they have the degree of independence which we believe sovereign States should have. [More…]
It would ensure them of work in a higher wage bracket which could help some Aboriginal communities to achieve financial independence, improve public works and amenities and help the country’s economy. [More…]
That peacekeeping force has been suggested after his delegate, Mr Athissari, toured Namibia for a fortnight- 15 or 16 days- and it is designed to supervise elections and the transition of that nation to independence. [More…]
-I direct to the Prime Minister a question which concerns the United Nations Security Council proposal to station 7,500 United Nations troops in Namibia during that country’s transition to independence. [More…]
In order to further the aims of attaining a workable and reasonable compromise during Namibia’s transition to independence, will the Government suggest to the Secretary-General of the United Nations or to the United Nations itself that there could be reasonably a very substantial reduction in the number of troops proposed for that country? [More…]
Is he further aware that the latest newsletter of the Housing Industry Association in Victoria claims that this proposal will lead to the total collapse of the building industry as we know it today, and that to have pay-as-you-earn tax deducted for sub-contractors in the building industry would add vast sums to the cost of building and would destroy the independence and the existence of sub-contractors? [More…]
This provision will ensure that, notwithstanding its statutory independence to arrive at its own findings in particular cases, the PJT’s operations will be placed within the framework of Government policy. [More…]
I believe that the Northern Territory Administration would readily co-operate because I think this could well be the real answer to absorbing the Vietnamese refugees, giving them a feeling of independence and removing them from social services. [More…]
As honourable members will be aware, from Independence in 1943 Lebanese politics rested on a delicately balanced compromise or ‘National Covenant’ between Moslems and Christians. [More…]
This resolution called on all those involved in hostilities in Lebanon to put an end to acts of violence, to observe scrupulously an immediate and effective ceasefire so that internal peace and national reconciliation might be restored, based on the preservation of Lebanese unity, territorial integrity, independence and national sovereignty. [More…]
I do not want to see anything happen through the amendments proposed by this Bill- in particular in relation to the introduction of efficiency audits and the way in which they are to be handled by the AuditorGeneral whereby the Auditor-General will lose any of that independence from the Public Service as we traditionally know. [More…]
He ought to be guaranteed an independence and a maintenance of an independence vis-a-vis the Executive, the structure of the Public Service and the bureaucracy as it relates to the Executive. [More…]
We would like to know whether the Agency will have any independence in raising loan funds and negotiating borrowings, comparable to the independence of State governments, local governments or semi-government institutions. [More…]
The Public Service Board hand too often has killed Aboriginal selfmanagement, Aboriginal self-confidence, the development of their independence and the restoration of their dignity and self-respect. [More…]
There are all sorts of groups including the Australian Independence Movement, the AntiUranium Movement, the Campaign for Independent East Timor. [More…]
However, last Saturday a young man from the Australian Independence Movement stall was arrested after being questioned as to whether he had a hawkers licence. [More…]
My researches have indicated that although originally the inability of members of the judiciary to sit in this place was related to the matter of parliamentary privilege, of more recent times in the House of Commons it has been made quite clear that it was in order to retain the independence of the judiciary and the position of the judiciary as being quite free from party political controversy. [More…]
It will be argued that the Primary Industry Bank has some independence. [More…]
Obviously the Transport Workers Union bosses fear the independence of small businessmen and contractors who are prepared to work and to continue working to keep their own businesses afloat and the lifeblood of the economy flowing. [More…]
The CSIRO is in many ways the envy of the world in that, as a single statutory body largely financed by government, it has with the necessary degree of independence been able to embark on major research programs and major research efforts that have in general been most applicable to the industries that the CSIRO has served. [More…]
I would like to conclude my speech by saying that I am delighted to see that independence of the CSIRO is being guaranteed. [More…]
The report was written by Alan Gill, who was the first foreign news man to enter Remexio, which had previously been one of the main headquarters of the East Timor independence movement. [More…]
Out of my own sense of concern for the independence of the office of Speaker, I feel that these are matters that should be yours for decision. [More…]
But they were not successful and the Indonesian independence movement won. [More…]
Today Australian governments sometimes point out to the Indonesians the beneficial effect that the Australian bans in 1946 had on their struggle for independence. [More…]
He went on to condemn the South African policies of racism and colonialism and expressed India’s support for Namibian independence. [More…]
-I can assure the House that the Government’s very proper policies of financial restraint in the difficult circumstances with which Australia is faced have not in any way amounted to a campaign of attrition against the Australian Broadcasting Commission, nor have they in any way amounted to an attempt to infringe the independence of the ABC. [More…]
Incidental changes, contained in the Schedule to the Bill, are merely those designed to bring the Act up to date in the light of changed circumstances since the original Act was passed, such as the Independence of Papua New Guinea. [More…]
In response to a recent approach from Kampuchea to enter into diplomatic relations the Kampuchean Ambassador in Peking was told that Australia attached importance to the maintenance of Kampuchea’s independence and territorial integrity, that we did not rule out the possibility of establishing diplomatic relations in the future and that we wanted to continue to maintain contact through our Embassies in Peking The matter continues to be kept under careful review. [More…]
Concerted United Nations efforts towards achieving self-determination and independence for Namibia began in 1972. [More…]
Following this advice discussions were initiated between the Five’ and South Africa on how to achieve early and peaceful independence for Namibia through an internationally acceptable settlement. [More…]
The plan, and proposals by the United Nations Secretary-General for its implementation, were later accepted by the United Nations Security Council as a basis for an internationally acceptable settlement that would give Namibia independence. [More…]
Elections are scheduled to be held some seven months after UNTAG ‘s deployment, and independence following about five months later. [More…]
Australia should not shirk its responsibility to the international order of nations and most of all it should make its fair contribution to international agencies such as the United Nations where the role of such an agency is designed to protect the independence and sovereignty of a nation or to establish that independence and sovereignty where it properly belongs. [More…]
It needs to intervene to ensure that there is a smooth transition to independence. [More…]
To many people a car is an external support to their own sense of identity- an extension of personality or home, preserving a sense of independence, of privacy, while others see the car as a hobby and driving as a form of recreation rather than a transport mode. [More…]
The United Nations Security Council decided on 29 September to establish the United Nations Transitional Assistance Group (UNTAG) to assist in the implementation of the plan adopted by the Security Council for the early independence of Namibia, through free and fair elections. [More…]
In Namibia, the transition to independence on a peaceful basis depends very much on the supervision of that country’s elections for its first government by a generally acceptable international force. [More…]
As honourable members know Vietnam was driven to join the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance to maintain economic aid and at the same time to maintain its independence. [More…]
We can only hinder a resolution if we isolate the countries genuinely striving for independence. [More…]
Thirdly, we should propose that the independence and sovereignty of Kampuchea should be guaranteed by international agreement and that the Kampuchean people be left to resolve their internal problems free of interference from China, Vietnam or any other outside forces. [More…]
China became the champion of anti-imperialist Cambodian independence in a way clearly reflecting China’s desire to contain Vietnam. [More…]
I have to admit that the prospect of getting these countries to agree to negotiate to ensure peace and independence in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos is remote. [More…]
Unfortunately, this has tended to remove from the Vietnamese regime any chance it had of independence from one of the major communist powers. [More…]
It was wrong to oppose the independence of Vietnam then and it was wrong to withdraw the reconstruction aid that was being provided to Vietnam, even though that aid was a miserable pittance compared with what it should have been. [More…]
Instead it suggests a mischievous interpretation of the conflicts, an interpretation that ignores history, an interpretation that denies the struggle of the Vietnamese and Kampuchean people to maintain independence, an interpretation that excuses the America atrocities and consequent responsibilities in the region, an interpretation that alleges the innocence of the United States and the innocence of Australia, an interpretation that reduces the conflict to a rivalry between the communists super powers. [More…]
Let us remember that the Chinese people fought in a similar struggle to seek their independence. [More…]
If the Minister for Foreign Affairs now says that he understands the conflict in terms of Vietnam and Kampuchea acting as clients of other nations, he has not understood what that 30 years of war for Vietnamese independence was all about. [More…]
Why did Australia withdraw the pittance of aid it had made available at this time of the critical struggle by the Vietnamese people for independence? [More…]
Why did Australia work with the United States to force Vietnam into COMECON-the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance- and into a close dependence on the Soviet Union against Vietnam’s wishes against its independence and against its integration into the region? [More…]
They knew how hard the Vietnamese were working for a true independence. [More…]
Australia’s responsible role in the region at this time would be to support the independence of Vietnam, Kampuchea and Laos. [More…]
This provision will ensure that, notwithstanding its statutory independence to arrive at its own findings in particular cases, the Tribunal’s operations will be placed within the framework of Government policy. [More…]
The British, the French and, more importantly, the New Hebrides Government do not recognise the claimed independence for which he is working for this particular island or his authority to speak for anyone other than members of his own party. [More…]
I will not go behind the backs of elected representatives, particularly at sensitive times in the development of communities in the South Pacific as they move towards independence, and listen to those who, firstly, would seek to divide the nation and secondly, are clearly operating against the express wishes of the Government of that country. [More…]
Such Appeal Tribunals should have the independence, powers and status proposed for the projected Administrative Appeals Tribunal and, ideally, should be constituted as a Repatriation and Defence Division within that Tribunal. [More…]
The honourable member knows that when Labor was in government, and before and since, the independence of those statutory authorities was and has been preserved. [More…]
Their independence has been preserved at all times. [More…]
In looking at the complex problems of bringing true independence to Namibia and Zimbabwe let us not under-estimate the difficulties that need to be resolved before such independence can be achieved. [More…]
We must be aware that peace and independence will be achieved only when the international power blocs let the local people make their own decisions. [More…]
In a certain sense, there is something we have in common which we recognise and which accounts for a special flavour in our relationship; that is that we both are aware of the fact that we gained our independence through armed struggle. [More…]
I have had many conversations with their leaders, and I am aware of their pride and their fears since independence. [More…]
But the dispute is not simply over the islands; China claims the seabed over a vast area south of the Spratly Islands where oil deposits hold out the prospect of economic independence for Vietnam. [More…]
then one will, of course, unite with the United States and other imperialists, will of course line up with the imperialists, will of course line up with the imperialist camp, will of course fail to achieve national liberation, will never accomplish anything in the cause of socialism, will of course make one’s own nation prey to the deception and aggression of the United States and other imperialists, with the result that one’s own nation will lose its independence and become a colony of the imperialists. [More…]
It was therefore necessary for him to put forward a onesided view of the world that sees the Soviet bloc as being responsible for most of the evil in the world and ignore the points that might be made by power theorists enjoying the independence of university chairs who can talk about the various sides of the equation. [More…]
The struggle of countries in this region to achieve effective independence goes back for centuries, but in recent history the failure of European imperialistic powers to recognise the importance and significance of indigenous movements must represent a major cause of the present conflict. [More…]
I agree with the people on the Opposition benches who say that our main desire is to be certain that Vietnam can again reassert her independence. [More…]
It is perfectly all right for Austrafia to stand to one side and refuse to recognise in any way at all the legitimate claims of the Timorese people for their own independence’. [More…]
Australians celebrate our national day on 26 January in the same way that Americans celebrate theirs on Independence Day or the French on Bastille Day or the Indians on their national day, which happens to coincide with ours. [More…]
4 ) by greatly increasing the power of the Minister to direct and restrict the Tribunal, it destroys its independence and renders the Tribunal subject to considerable political influence and control in its day to day operations’. [More…]
The effects of the decision to increase ministerial supervision of the PJT’s operations will further limit the independence and effectiveness of the Tribunal. [More…]
This provision will ensure that, notwithstanding its statutory independence to arrive at its own findings in particular cases, the Tribunal’s operations will be placed within the framework of Government policy. [More…]
After flirting with the idea of abolition, the Government, in the words of our amendment: ‘Seeks to direct and restrict the Tribunal, destroy its independence and render it subject to governmental influence and control’. [More…]
The Tribunal loses its statutory independence. [More…]
In Mr Long’s case, independence and tenacity have been repaid with retrenchment. [More…]
Its independence has gone the same way as that of the Industries Assistance Commission and the Temporary Assistance Authority is going. [More…]
We do not have today to go over the racist claims that were made about what would happen if many of the African countries received their independence. [More…]
One of the main reasons I joined the Liberal Party was my very strong opposition to the concentration of power in Canberra as the Whitlam Government set out deliberately to subvert and destroy the independence of the States. [More…]
I question the assumption about the independence of the foetus. [More…]
These actions totally contradict the Government’s arguments that the centre point of its new federalism is increased State independence. [More…]
We were not told that federalism was all about giving the States more independence. [More…]
Where is that independence now? [More…]
It will not suprise me if many of the wealthy blow-ins who are now extolling the virtues of that beautiful little island and stirring the possum over independence leave quick smart, with nary a second glance back, when their cosy little tax haven is threatened. [More…]
Concomitant with that is all the responsibilities which attach to total independence. [More…]
If the Australian Government took the line of least resistance and cut that bond which unquestionably binds Norfolk Island with the mainland of Australia, whilst the Norfolk Islanders might experience the heady delight of independence, on the morning after would come the sober realisation that in many respects they had severed themselves from the sort of aid which the Australian Government can make available to them under a more mutually benign arrangement. [More…]
Publications: The Myth of Independence, 1968; The Great Tragedy, 1971. [More…]
The Myth of Independence 69, The Great Tragedy 71, The Third World: New Directions, c/o Military Council, Islamabad, Pakistan. [More…]
Calls on all states to respect the independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and the non-alignment of Cyprus; [More…]
My own list includes the role of committees, research and administrative support for members, the organisation and functions of the parliamentary departments, a parliamentary budget, the financial procedures of the House, especially in relation to the Budget, programming of business, debating time for the Opposition and private members, parliamentary privilege, televising of Parliament and the independence, authority and powers of the Speakership. [More…]
He talks about such things as the need to increase our energy independence- things which are just trite expressions and come very easily. [More…]
Such an arrangement will confer an appropriate degree of independence and flexibility so that the Authority can cope with changing requirements during the next decade. [More…]
There is nobody inside the whole of Australia who has self-government if we mean total, absolute, unqualified autonomy or independence. [More…]
The tax sharing arrangements which this Government has put into place over the past three years and which give to the States a percentage of income tax revenue and flexibility within that percentage to spend the money on what they wish have, I think, contributed enormously to the financial independence of various State governments and have enabled individual State governments to make very significant revenue concessions. [More…]
The Federal Government believes that what the Victorian Government has done over the past three years has demonstrated a prudent use of this greater financial flexibility and has illustrated the extent to which the new financial sharing arrangements give State governments capacity, independence and flexibility to make revenue concessions of their own choice according to the needs and aspirations of their own people. [More…]
This is a repetition of the exact style of dictatorial assault on the independence of States that was such an offensive part of the Labor Government- a style which was described as ‘Connerism’- the former export controls. [More…]
I believe it is necessary to have that independence if there is going to be proper objective assessing of the market. [More…]
Gilbert Islands) Independence Bill, at present before the British Parliament, for the Banabans to retain their freedom of access to Ocean Island. [More…]
If we encourage the provision of that aid we will be making a far greater contribution to stability in the area and the independence of Vietnam. [More…]
The communique envisages that the island will be demilitarised and that its independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and non-alignment will be guaranteed. [More…]
This would restore Australia’s sovereignty over the bases, would give Australia greater independence, make it a more equal partner in the activities and improve the health of the Australian/American alliance. [More…]
Those clauses specifically, but generally the Bill, put a cost on fearlessness and a penalty on independence within the Public Service. [More…]
Perhaps we can be reassured, but on our experience with this Government, one cannot help but harbour massive doubts about the way in which this sort of legislation will be administered, more especially when one recalls the way in which a similar authority was abused by the Nixon Administration to undermine the independence and political neutrality of the Public Service in the United States of America. [More…]
It diminishes the authority and independence of the Public Service. [More…]
It is totally inappropriate legislation for any government which should claim to have a concern for the independence and the impartiality of the Public Service. [More…]
It does not touch the independence of the Public Service. [More…]
The United States, the leader of the Western capitalism growth stakes, was profoundly wounded by the Vietnam war, in which billions of dollars were absorbed in destroying a country which had won its independence in 1 94S and was forced to fight for another 30 years to secure that independence from European and American interests, not Vietnamese interests, as is so often asserted. [More…]
Despite erratic and inadequate notification of rights to claimants, coupled with an appeals body that lacks independence and may have its decisions reversed by the Director-General of Social Security, more than 50 per cent of those unemployment beneficiaries who appeal against termination of benefit are found to have been unjustly penalised. [More…]
It destroyed the independence of people by breeding the view that they had only to ask something of governments and governments could provide. [More…]
The task of this Government has been to rebuild the strength and independence of this nation, to reassert the fundamental principle that governments can establish the circumstances, the opportunities for people to achieve and create and that ultimately it is only an independent, self-reliant society that can develop Australia. [More…]
It means more power and independence for the States but it also means more responsibility for the States. [More…]
The beef industry’s independence and the fact that it has not needed government assistance until the 1970s are very much due to its structure. [More…]
Questions can arise from time to time about the degree of independence of State police forces from the Crown. [More…]
The motion that there should be complete police independence from the Government is one which we reject. [More…]
In addition to the establishment of an A- 10 style branch, the Commission on both occasions has recommended two additional elements necessary to ensure independence and impartiality in the investigation and determination of complaints against police. [More…]
What appears to be the traditional British view on the relationship between Government and the police, of total independence from the elected government, is rejected in Australia. [More…]
He maintains his independence by proclaiming it on every occasion. [More…]
I think it is of the greatest importance that chiefs of police should have that independence. [More…]
We, on this side of the House, believe that the total independence of the police force from the Government of the day and, in particular, the need to answer to, and inform that Government, is very dangerous. [More…]
It involves the use of three instruments to infuse elements of independence which police themselves recognise to be important in the receipt, handling, investigation and determination of complaints against police. [More…]
Whilst reserving to the police force most investigations of complaints, experience teaches that a separate section of this kind achieves greater efficiency and independence in fearlessly investigating complaints, internal and external. [More…]
It is asserted that to provide indemnity will attack the independence of individual police officers, further abridging their special relationship to the Crown. [More…]
(There was a general election earlier in 1962 prior to independence which saw Dr Milton Obote ‘s Uganda People’s Congress/Kabaka Yekka alliance elected to power. [More…]
Have reports from myself and others indicated to the Minister and his predecessors the lack of effective selfmanagement, self-determination, cultural independence, religious tolerance and of Aboriginal beliefs, respect for traditional ritual relations with the land and civil rights in State-administered settlements in Queensland. [More…]
One of the aims of the Government’s federalism policy is that State governments and local authorities should have maximum independence and flexibility in determining their priorities and carrying out their functions. [More…]
My criticism is directed to the senior management of the ABC in Perth who I think represent an entrenched clique of people who are no longer able to comprehend the basic tenets of the ABC, that is independence and objectivity. [More…]
I will tell that inquiry that the entrenched clique which controls the ABC in Western Australia has failed to carry out its basic responsibility of political independence and political objectivity. [More…]
I hope that, as a result of the revelations that have been made over this current issue and as a result of the forthcoming inquiry, the standard of the Commission’s independence and political objectivity will be increased. [More…]
Mrs Thatcher also accepted the responsibility of the British Government to bring the country to legal independence on a basis which the Commonwealth and the international community as a whole will find acceptable. [More…]
Confirmed that they were wholly committed to genuine black majority rule for the people of Zimbabwe; recognised, in this context, that the internal settlement constitution is defective in certain important respects; fully accepted that it is the constitutional responsibility of the British Government to grant legal independence to Zimbabwe on the basis of majority rule; recognised that the search for a lasting settlement must involve all parties to the conflict; were deeply conscious of the urgent need to achieve such a settlement and bring peace to the people of Zimbabwe and their neighbours; accepted that independence on the basis of majority rule requires the adoption of a democratic constitution including appropriate safeguards for minorities; acknowledged that the government formed under such an independent constitution must be chosen through free and fair elections, properly supervised under British Government authority, and with Commonwealth observers; and welcomed the British Government’s indication that an appropriate procedure for advancing towards these objectives would be for it to call a constitutional conference to which all parties would be invited. [More…]
The front line states and others will find it far more difficult to maintain their valuable and valued independence of super power politics. [More…]
There is no point in Mr Speaker’s talking about the independence of the Speaker if the chamber itself abrogates its right of independent action in fixing the procedures under which it will conduct its business. [More…]
Perhaps because he was a military commander, and a most distinguished one, he also knew and understood the yearning of people for independence, the yearning of people for peace- being able to lead their own lives in their own way. [More…]
After the war he shouldered the task of bringing India to independence. [More…]
I want you to regard me not as the last Viceroy winding up the British raj, but as the first to lead the way to a new independence. [More…]
As a tribute to his period in the viceroyship of India and to the way in which India was brought to independence under that viceroyship, he was asked by the Indian constituent assembly to become the first Governor-General under an independent India. [More…]
1 ) Until independence in 1973, Angola was an ‘overseas province’ of Portugal. [More…]
There have been no general elections held in Angola since independence. [More…]
Until independence in 1975, Mozambique was an overseas province’ of Portugal. [More…]
Since independence, general elections have been held in Mozambique on one occasion, December 1 977. [More…]
So his sycophantic editor in South Australia runs this vendetta against Labor at this election time, bowing meekly to his boss’s wishes and at the same time degrading the so-called independence of the Press, if ever we had it. [More…]
Above all, they want a chance for their sons and daughters to enjoy the independence and dignity that they could have under an honest and responsible government with policies directed towards equality and national interest. [More…]
In formulating the role and functions of the Uranium Advisory Council, the Government was conscious of the suggestion of the Ranger inquiry that the Council should have a substantial degree of independence and be able to undertake periodic reviews of Government policy. [More…]
That would remove the hurdles to innovative fares and allow genuine independence of action and competition between the two major airlines in respect of time-tables, flight frequencies, stopping places, aircraft type, capacity, freight, loading and so forth. [More…]
Clearly the development of such an expert staff calls for flexibility and a measure of independence. [More…]
For example, are we to believe a statement that the decision to hasten independence in Papua New Guinea occurred in the 1960s? [More…]
There is no reference to the problems that the Labor Opposition faced at the time it spoke about independence in 1970. [More…]
The Special Broadcasting Service has no independence. [More…]
Under the Act the Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs controls the Special Broadcasting Service in a way which is in flagrant conflict with any notion of independence for that Service. [More…]
Incredibly there is no independence for this organisation. [More…]
We have also, through this independent authority called the Special Broadcasting Service, which operates at arm ‘s length from government, which operates with independence in its day to day operations under an Act of Parliament- unlike anything which was done by the Labor Government- and the Labor Party has the hypocrisy to talk about political control - [More…]
The balance within the Bill between having some government control but yet retaining the independence of the Organisation from outside, and particularly from political influence, is extremely important and it is also exceptionally delicate. [More…]
The Labor Party’s tied vote in the 197 1 Launceston Conference on a motion to reject ASIO shows the necessity for independence. [More…]
Certainly, such a raid reveals the necessity for ASIO’s independence. [More…]
The 1968 elections were contested by the United National Independence Party and the African National Congress. [More…]
The subsequent 1973 and 1978 elections were contested by Zambia’s solelegal political party, the United National Independence Party. [More…]
This is because South Africa has yet to accept the plan sponsored by the Western Five (Canada, France, Germany, UK and US) for a Namibian independence settlement under UN auspices. [More…]
The Government parties stand for independence, enterprise and freedom. [More…]
The Australian Labor Party and the unions oppose independence, freedom and small business. [More…]
Yet we see that the policies of the Government are determined to destroy that capacity, that opportunity for self-respect and independence. [More…]
Those moral imperatives are being forgotten at present The fundamental one is a respect for the rights of people, a regard for their rights of access to experiences which will give them independence and allow them to preserve dignity and self-respect. [More…]
Some comment has been made already on the example of the independence of action which was shown by Commissioner Deverall in the making of the Transport Workers (Airline) Award in 1978. [More…]
Has such a consensus been twice demonstrated by over two-thirds of the resident electors of Yarrabah electing Councillors on a platform of independence from the State Aboriginal Act. [More…]
Australia has sold out its long term friendship with the people of East Timor and has acted to prevent those people from achieving selfdetermination and independence. [More…]
-I am very anxious to see in this national Parliament the adoption of the Westminster convention in relation to the independence of the Speaker. [More…]
One of the aims of the Government’s Federalism policy is that State governments and local authorities should have maximum independence and flexibility in determining their priorities and carrying out their functions. [More…]
How can they possibly have maximum independence when the funds made available to them are so sharply reduced? [More…]
One of the aims of the Government’s federalism policy is that State governments and local authorities should have maximum independence and flexibility in determining their priorities and carrying out their functions. [More…]
One of the aims of the Government’s federalism policy- I will come back to that matter in a moment- is for State governments and local authorities to have maximum independence and flexibility in determining their priorities and carrying out their functions. [More…]
The point that I find depressing, having been to South Africa this year and having talked to so many people, and looking at the history of Rhodesia, is that it is now apparent that the Rhodesian Front of Ian Smith is prepared to accept conditions which it would have thought intolerable at the time of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence. [More…]
The Government must, therefore, do something or take some action to interfere with that independence. [More…]
In the Bill that is to come before the Senate- it is going to be steamrolled through the Senate according to the Prime Minister; it will be law in the next week or so- or in regard to the national wage cases, this Government is not prepared to see the traditional independence of the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission maintained. [More…]
We on this side of the House overwhelmingly want to see the independence of the Commission maintained, as do the people involved in industrial relations throughout Australia. [More…]
The danger is to the rule of law and to the independence of the judiciary and quasi-judicial authorities and administrative bodies like the Commission. [More…]
In fact, Mr R. J. Hawke in July last year, in one of the most outrageous attacks on the impartiality, independence and integrity of the judiciary, accused the High Court of raping the Australian people through its decisions on tax matters. [More…]
We are talking about the rule of law, we are talking about the independence of the judiciary and members of the Commission. [More…]
I shall recommend that this view should be adhered to in the future, and that any statutory independence of the Director-General should not preclude the Prime Minister from giving ASIO general policy directions and guidance. [More…]
Nothing is more calculated to strike at the independence and authority of any member of the Commission than that he be under threat of becoming disentitled to act if he does not please. [More…]
It was not my purpose to act against my colleague’s stature, rather to uphold his and mine and the independence of the Commission. [More…]
This amendment strikes at the concept of judicial independence. [More…]
independence of news and cultural content. [More…]
In fact, the most serious difficulty so far encountered arose last week over Lord Carrington’s understandable ruling that the parties had to accept the British constitutional proposal before going on to the second stage of the conference, to discuss arrangements for the interim period before independence. [More…]
Honourable members will be aware that this accords fully with the Lusaka agreement, which provided for Commonwealth observers to witness the election of the government which would take Zimbabwe into independence. [More…]
Each is independent and each represents organisations which have a great deal at stake in terms of their independence. [More…]
The lack of independence and power of the proposed Commission contrasts with the position of the SEC in regard to the rules and regulation making powers. [More…]
Perhaps one of the reasons for that is that Australia has 70 per cent independence with its own oil reserves. [More…]
The occasion for the transfer has been taken to accord to the High Court a measure of independence from departmental control that reflects the special position accorded the Court by the Constitution. [More…]
Mr Deputy Chairman, I have to support the view you expressed earlier in the debate; that it is a pity the Government has seen fit once again to interfere with the independence of the Remuneration Tribunal. [More…]
I believe that we ought to have a little more understanding about how the Tribunal feels to be told that it is an independent tribunal and then to have its independence stripped away as it has been stripped away on this occasion. [More…]
We ought to be a little more sensitive to the feelings of people who ought to be in a position of complete and absolute independence. [More…]
Australia, so that its industrial base will have an adequate gas supply and give it a level of energy independence which will be almost unparalleled in the world. [More…]
That cannot be jeopardised by any plans by any corporate group to export a level of gas at an earlier stage rather than a later stage, which would happen to put that independence in jeopardy. [More…]
I submit that all special legislative and administrative measures affecting Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders should be based on respect for individual dignity and human rights and should be designed to develop selfrespect, independence, self-management and self-sufficiency of Aboriginals and Islanders. [More…]
Councils are legally able to carry out many of the functions provided by the Public Service administration and establish a greater degree of independence and selfmanagement by raising their own revenues, receiving other public moneys and accepting responsibility for provision of services. [More…]
The Bureau does not have the independence, standing or authority at law or in common practice of a police force. [More…]
The balance that the spokesman for the Opposition seems to be seeking to achieve is one that places an emphasis on the independence of the cultural identities and traditions, whereas the Bill sets out to make the point, in a rather deliberate fashion, that the independent cultural traditions of various ethnic groups have great value, that they are important, and that they must be promoted, and there is an emphasis on ensuring that those conditions contribute to the total Australian community. [More…]
Liberty has long been dependent upon the independence of the functions that each of the areas of government have in our system and their effective separation. [More…]
The legislative scheme is to effect the transfer of the seat of the High Court, the judicial arm of power under our Constitution, to Canberra and to perfect its independence from departmenttal control. [More…]
On the part of the judiciary in particular, it is dependent upon separation, upon independence and upon impartiality, and particularly impartiality. [More…]
The winning of independence by the judiciary is generally accepted to have occurred when the Act of Settlement of 1702 altered the tenure of judges. [More…]
In the Australian Constitution, the provision in section 72 that a judge’s honorarium may not be diminished during his term of office may be seen as an additional protection of that independence of the judiciary. [More…]
Another rule designed to protect the independence of the judiciary is the protection from legal process for acts done by judges in their judicial capacity. [More…]
This provision of the law is not for the protection or benefit of a malicious or corrupt judge, but for the benefit of the public, whose interest it is that the judges should be at liberty to exercise their powers with independence and without fear of consequence. [More…]
There are many factors which commentators on the subject of the separation doctrine concede led to the concept of judicial independence. [More…]
Such matters as these, in my view, do not detract from the independence of the judiciary. [More…]
These matters having been examined briefly, independence of the judiciary means two things. [More…]
The traditional view ofthe gaining of independence by the judiciary supports this functional approach even if historically the developments were based on functions which were less clearly defined and even if other factors were also involved. [More…]
Court of Australia Bill 1979, which we are now discussing, ensuring a greater degree of administrative independence for the High Court, are a good example of a practical approach towards this end. [More…]
Thus, independence is not only a right but also a duty if the system is to function properly. [More…]
The making of public statements concerning matters on which other branches are engaged must therefore be avoided if the judiciary’s own independence is to be respected. [More…]
The discussion of independence from the Executive and Parliament may suggest that these are the only threats to judicial independence and that public confidence can be maintained where the judiciary engages in political activity or public comment as long as the activity is seen to be a sign of independence from the government of the day. [More…]
Thus, partisan activity can lead to a weakening of independence when governments change. [More…]
The independence of the judiciary and the respect which is accorded to it in the community is not intended for the benefit of the judiciary but for the benefit of the public. [More…]
Any loss of independence on the part of the judiciary will lead to a corresponding loss of respect in the community and the ultimate failure of our legal system. [More…]
The purpose of the Bill now before the House is to provide the High Court with a measure of independence from departmental control that reflects the special position accorded the Court by the Australian Constitution. [More…]
I question how much independence the Court is accorded from those people with wealth who make substantial gifts to it. [More…]
Not only has the Government reneged on its promises with regard to the nitrogenous fertiliser bounty, but it has also, I believe, been less than frank in its policy in relation to another major input of the sugar industry in determining its predictability and its independence from the vagaries of the weather^ I refer to the Bundaberg irrigation scheme. [More…]
It was our policy, I believe correctly, that since the Northern Territory in particular is rapidly proceeding towards full independence- it has a new constitution and the same rights as other States of the Commonwealth- therefore it would not be proper for a committee of the Federal Parliament to involve itself in its activities. [More…]
Unfortunately, at this stage that is not possible or practical, but it is an area in which we should aim to achieve some independence from the Executive. [More…]
In addition to accounting for almost 40 per cent of total private employment, small firms provide a productive outlet for the energies of a larger group of enterprising people who seek independence rather than working for large organisations. [More…]
Not only has the political face of Africa changed but with it significant economic and social opportunities have opened up to the people of that continent since their independence. [More…]
It is heartening to see that the present Government at least has come to realise the contribution that natural gas can make to Australia’s energy independence and also the importance of having a well-planned gas grid connecting the major demand and supply centres of Australia. [More…]
The Opposition believes that if natural gas is to make a significant contribution to Australia’s energy independence- and we believe this to be so- a well-planned, co-ordinated approach to development must be adopted. [More…]
It would give us a level of energy independence which would be quite luxurious. [More…]
The unilateral declaration of independence by the administration of Mr Ian Smith in 1965 sowed the seeds of a political struggle in Rhodesia between black nationalists and white settler parties that a few years later erupted into a bloody civil war. [More…]
Agreement has now been reached on an independence constitution, and on arrangements for the transitional period leading to the holding of free and fully democratic elections in Rhodesia. [More…]
I also wish to state the Government’s position on the removal of the sanctions that have been in force against Rhodesia since the unilateral declaration of independence in 1965. [More…]
It seems clear to the Government, however, that when all the Rhodesian parties concerned and the British Government have freely agreed to an independence Constitution, freely agreed on arrangements for the holding of elections and the implementation of that Constitution, and when British authority has been re-established in Rhodesia for the purpose of instituting those arrangements, then the objectives for which sanctions were originally imposed will have been achieved. [More…]
For Australia, however, as we are likely to have Australian military and civilian personnel and an Australian liaison office in Rhodesia during the period leading up to independence and as we will, in the circumstances I have described, be satisfied that the objectives for which sanctions were imposed have been achieved, the Government considers- I believe all Members of the House will agree with this-that it would be inappropriate for it to maintain sanctions during that time. [More…]
I reiterate to the honourable member, however, that there is no good reason why this matter should have been raised with me as the ABC is responsible for decisions taken about programming matters, and this is not an area in which I wish to interfere with the Commission ‘s independence. [More…]
What feasibility studies have been conducted by the Department of Aboriginal Affairs into the viability of projects which will guarantee financial independence and selfdetermination for the Aboriginal people of the Framlingham Reserve. [More…]
Action has been taken to upgrade the Unit in name and status, and give it more independence. [More…]