powers - senate - 1970

Contexts in which the word powers was used in the Senate during the 1970s

Also, the Minister says that the provisions of the Convention regarding the powers and duties of an aircraft commander are wider than those in the Crimes (Aircraft) Act. [More…]
The Government has said that it does not have adequate powers to deal with a situation such as that existing at present in waters adjacent to our shores. [More…]
I did not hear the Minister say in his summing up whether the powers entrusted to the Minister include power to stipulate the type of detergent to be used in the dispersal of oil spillages? [More…]
Why cannot the Department of Health be given full powers by making proposed new section 9b read: “The Minister may provide, or arrange for the provision of vaccine for the purpose of immunising persons’? [More…]
This Bill provides for the establishment of such an Institute, to be known as the Australian Institute of Marine Science, and makes formal provision for the detailed planning of its functions and powers. [More…]
Honourable senators will note that the Bill provides for the appointment of an Interim Council to make recommendations on the functions and powers of the Institute and it is the intention of the Minister for Education and Science (Mr N. H. Bowen) to appoint Dr M. F. Day of CSIRO as Chairman and the following scientists as members of the Interim Council: Professor C. Burdon-Jones of the University College of Townsville; Dr N. H. Fisher of the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources: Professor Dorothy Hill, Department of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Queensland; Mr Walter Ives, Secretary of the Department of Primary Industry: Dr D. F. McMichael, Director of the National Parks and Wildlife Service in the State of New South Wales; and Professor R. J. Walsh, representing the Australian Academy of Science. [More…]
As soon as the Interim Council has completed its work, the Minister for education and Science will place its recommendations before the Government so that a further Bill may be introduced prescribing in detail the functions and powers of the Institute and its constitution. [More…]
The powers as they appear in clause 7 (1.) [More…]
In fact, they are very much proscribed by the powers following in clause 7 (2. [More…]
), that is to say, the powers to borrow moneys and to lend moneys. [More…]
In any event, the Corporation has only powers to do things in the performance of its functions. [More…]
Without limiting the generality of the last preceding sub-section but subject to the succeeding provisions of this section, the powers of the Corporation referred to in that sub-section include power . [More…]
The powers of the Corporation are then set out in paragraphs (a) to (k) in which specific matters are mentioned. [More…]
that the presence of three members of the committee shall be necessary to constitute a meeting of the committee for the exercise of its powers; [More…]
As to the powers of the Minister to direct an Australian flag ship to be repaired and maintained by Australian repair facilities I am not able to say, but .1 shall certainly find out for die honourable senator because I understand this is a matter of concern in Queensland. [More…]
(g) he will see that one of the functions and powers of the Commission is as follows: to make arrangements for the sale, otherwise than at auction, of wool received by a broker for sale at auction that the Commission considers cannot advantageously be offered for sale at auction and for the processing of any such wool before sale; [More…]
I think that many of the matters that are mentioned in partIII, with which I shall deal later, are beyond the powers of the Commission, because the powers of the Commission are set out in another clause further on in the Bill. [More…]
The Commission shall not perform its functions or exercise its powers except for the purpose of achieving the object specified in the last preceding sub-section or for another purpose in respect of which the Parliament has power to make laws. [More…]
I give credit to the present Minister-in-Charge of Aboriginal Affairs (Mr Wentworth) who does not happen to be of the same political persuasion as myself but who is recognised to be doing a very worthwhile job within the limits of the powers that he has. [More…]
The Commonweatlh has surrendered none of ils powers and none of ils control over land in the ACT. [More…]
is to give to the Auditor-General the same powers as he has in respect of any of his normal Public Service audits. [More…]
Will the Minister representing the Attorney-General examine the legal powers of the Government in regard to company law to see what protection small stockholders have from runaway boards of directors like that of Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers (Aust.) [More…]
Committee in Darwin comprising the harbourmaster and oil company representatives (vide Northern Territory Newsletter, December 1970, pages 3-4), what powers will the harbourmaster have to ensure that the individual views of an offending oil company will not necessarily decide which dispersed or detergent is used to combat a spillage. [More…]
I assure the honourable senator that the Commonwealth will consult the States with regard to any future legislation resulting from an exercise of the powers which the High Court has declared the Commonwealth has and may exercise. [More…]
I ask: Prior to the introduction of any future legislation which might be contemplated at any time, based on the apparently substantially increased powers now available to the Commonwealth, will the Government give earnest consideration to full consultation with the States so that the States can be fully informed and their advice sought in these matters and so that the full spirit of co-operative federalism will be implemented? [More…]
Is the Attorney-General aware of a judgment given yesterday in the Northern Territory by Mr Justice Forster relating to the constitutional powers of parliamentary committees? [More…]
I ask: Has he now had an opportunity to read the judgment that was given by Mr Justice Forster in the Northern Territory Supreme Court last Monday relating to an interpretation of the powers of the Northern Territory Legislative Council? [More…]
As I recall, the answer which I gave to the Senate on Tuesday was that, on the information then available to me, the nature of the judgment distinguished between the inquisitorial powers which are traditional to the Houses of Parliament of Westminster and the investigatory powers which are in aid of legislation. [More…]
The powers under clause 5 - they are very slender indeed - would be exercised only to ensure that relatively small amounts of money would not lie idle. [More…]
May the Senate be assured that the Government is actively considering the use of ali the legislative powers at the disposition of the Commonwealth to ensure that the restraint which is being called for in wage and salary increases will be applied to those in receipt of high incomes as well as the wage earners at the bottom of the scale? [More…]
I do not want to rake over the old question as to whether our Party should be involved on the Joint Committee but we have in the Senate an all-party committee on foreign affairs and defence which has wider powers. [More…]
The powers of the Commonwealth are under examination in that respect. [More…]
Would the Minister for Immigration be prepared to use his discretionary powers to assist the affected members to obtain job security by granting them permanency? [More…]
I ask the Minister: Was there an agreement in principle at the April meeting of Commonwealth and State Ministers to ‘provide uniform powers to combat this sort of problem’? [More…]
title add ‘and under certain other laws in relation to which the powers of the Parliament extend. [More…]
Is it a fact that the report released yesterday by the Australian Wool Industry Conference seeking full powers of wool clip acquisition makes no reference to the possible cost of the scheme to the taxpayers? [More…]
It needs no unusual powers of perception, or knowledge of economics (a grasp of simple arithmetic will suffice) to see that this is the main immediate cause. [More…]
Has the Commonwealth any powers in this matter? [More…]
Should I take it from his earlier reply to my question about replays of football programmes on Sunday mornings that, while the Government delays in introducing legislation to clarify the existing powers of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board, the Board is quite powerless to act against any programme shown by commercial licensees in that time period and that therefore commercial licensees are completely free to show any programme at all between the hours of 6 a.m. and 12 noon on Sundays? [More…]
There has been a lot of conflict inside the Government coalition as to the date when independence shall begin, as to when self government shall begin and as to the powers that ministers shall have. [More…]
I do not think that anyone will argue with the contention that ministers have had considerably limited powers over a long period. [More…]
Education in Australia traditionally has been regarded as primarily a responsibility of State governments, but it is true also that ample powers exist under the Constitution for the Commonwealth to make financial contributions in a number of fields, including education. [More…]
Under which powers and for what reasons has the Attorney-General’s Department declined to proclaim and recognise the Autocephalic Greek Orthodox Church in Australia. [More…]
Although the person charged signed a statement confessing that he had bombed the Communist Party headquarters in Brisbane, he was set free by the legal powers in that land. [More…]
The powers of the Commonwealth are very limited in this regard and there is nothing we can do if the facts are as stated. [More…]
I ask: Is the Government aware of its clear legal powers to act in the national interest when there is a ban or boycott on overseas trade or the conveyance of passengers overseas? [More…]
However, I ask the Minister for Primary Industry (Senator Wriedt) who is now in charge of it whether he can ascertain from the departmental officers whether there are other provisions which will enable these powers to be exercised if there is an order for deportation made under the Migration Act. [More…]
Earlier I said there would be no reduction in the powers of the Legislative Council. [More…]
Senator Hannan has discovered so belated in his term in this House, let him get up at some stage and go through the whole ambit of what is happening in the world in relation to the great powers- and not isolated to one great power only. [More…]
Could the Leader of the Government in the Senate please reconcile for the benefit of honourable senators the following conflicting statements: Firstly, the assurance of the Leader of the Government in the Senate that the decision to site Sydney’s second airport at Galston was not final and the Prime Minister’s statement at the Baulkham Hills Shire Council chambers last Friday that you are getting Galston’; secondly, the Prime Minister’s statement on 9 September that all interest rates would rise and the Prime Minister’s subsequent statement a few days later that home interest loans would be exempted from higher rates; and thirdly the Prime Minister’s statement to the House of Representatives yesterday that he had been promised trade union co-operation in restraining wages and incomes if the Government obtained powers to control prices, and Mr Hawke ‘s denial of the promise this morning. [More…]
The reactionary capitalist forces of the world had built up Hitler and he in turn was able to suborn others of his ilk like Mussolini and the powers in Japan in order to form a triumvirate or a troika, or whatever one likes to call the trio that challenged the rights of man to live in freedom on this earth. [More…]
-Can the Minister for Primary Industry indicate the powers which the Commonwealth Government can exercise, or the guidance which it can give, to avoid the over-use of pesticides in aerial spraying to combat locusts in the western division of New South Wales? [More…]
Is the Senate going to surrender any participation in responsibility in this matter of war and peace in the Middle East, which it is suggested involves great powers, by the expression of a point of view after purposeful discussion? [More…]
-I ask the Leader of the Government in the Senate: Now that the people of Australia have shown their overwhelming distrust of this Federal Government’s search for power and, in effect, have told the Government to use the powers it already has, will the Leader of the Government tell the Senate when the Government will decide on and announce a plan to stem and reduce the alarming rate of inflation which it, and it alone, has created in this country? [More…]
That standing order 242 be suspended to enable the third reading or the Constitution Alteration (Inter-change of Powers) Bill 1974 to be passed without a call of the Senate. [More…]
And whereas our existing Australian Flag and our national anthem, ‘God Save The Queen’, are perpetual reminders of these hard-won freedoms and of the wise British principle of the division of power, so well reflected in our own Australian Constitution with its careful separation of powers as between the Crown and Commonwealth Parliament, the Senate, the State Parliaments, the GovernorGeneral and State Governors, and the Independent Courts of Justice, [More…]
The Constitution Alteration (Inter-change of Powers) Bill 1974. [More…]
The Constitution Alteration (Inter-change of Powers) Bill 1974. [More…]
-I propose to respond to the motion for the second reading of the Constitution Alteration (Interchange of Powers) Bill 1974; but, with the leave of the Senate, I ask this question: What is the Government’s intention with regard to the sittings of the Senate today? [More…]
Looking to the future, the Australian Government considers that the most effective way of moving, with the littoral states, towards the long-term objective for the Indian Ocean would be for both great powers to agree to exercise mutual restraint there. [More…]
1 ) There is no provision in the Constitution providing for rights of appeal from exercise of discretionary powers conferred by statute. [More…]
1 ) Is there any provision in the Constitution, or in any Act, that where there are discretionary powers under an Act or Regulation there has to be a right of appeal; if so, where is it so provided, and does it so provide for an appeal to an independent tribunal. [More…]
-Will the AttorneyGeneral examine the extent of Australian Government powers with a view towards overriding the action of the Askin Government in New South Wales in permitting massive coal waste dumps on the Illawarra escarpment and so allay the fears of the residents who visualise another Aberfan coal disaster similar to that which happened in Wales? [More…]
That this Senate resolves that it be a rule and order of the Senate that, at a joint sitting with the House of Representatives, the proceedings are proceedings in Parliament, and that the powers, privileges and immunities of senators shall, mutatis mutandis, be those relating to a sitting of the Senate. [More…]
-On 11 July 1974, Senator Cotton asked me a question, without notice, concerning the willingness of the State Premiers to co-operate with the Australian Government and refer powers to it for the purpose of controlling inflation. [More…]
The Premiers did not, at their meeting of 10 July 1974, undertake to refer powers to the Australian Government. [More…]
It was recognised that consideration might need to be given to a reference of powers in some areas or to complementary legislation but there were no decisions reached at this stage either in regard to prices and incomes or other matters. [More…]
Has the Australian Government any powers to ban the Bally Poker Machine Company from operating in Australia, as expressed by Mr Justice Moffitt in his Royal Commission report on crime in clubs? [More…]
that Pensioners transport be made free within the Federation where the Government has constitutional powers, to make all Government and Private transport free within the Federation to Pensioners and all other underpriviledged members of the community. [More…]
If clause 8 is linked with clause 5 and one sees the consequences of the directions and the approval which may be exerted by the Minister, we feel that clause 8, which gives power to the Minister to give directions to the Commission with regard to the exercise of its powers, should not have the support of the Opposition. [More…]
If so, what are the exceptions made to the Board’s powers, rights, functions, liabilities and duties conferred or imposed on it by any, and if so what, State Act. [More…]
Chief Judge’ means the Chief Judge of the Court, and includes a Senior Judge for the time being performing the duties and exercising the powers of the Chief Judge: [More…]
Act to put beyond doubt the powers of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board to police effectively the sort of thing about which the Australian Children’s Television Action Committee is now complaining. [More…]
As a result of the Senate defeating that legislation the powers of the Board in this area clearly are the subject of some legal doubt. [More…]
I certainly will be having discussions about the general situation with the Attorney-General and the Board and it may well be that if this sort of thing is going on I will have to exercise my powers under section 1 8 of the Act and order a public inquiry into the matter. [More…]
I have looked at the proposed expanded powers of the Australian Wool Corporation and I have seen a number of factors which I would like to see attended to in Committee. [More…]
When it was debated in the other place the Government expressed in the strongest terms that it did not intend to use these powers. [More…]
I would have thought this was a useful amendment in clarifying the powers and in making it clear that the intention was not to exercise powers like this which would not be in the real interests of conservation but which would rather lead to a competition between 2 governments. [More…]
-I would not undertake to answer a question involving the constitutional powers of the States. [More…]
In sub-clause (3), leave out ‘Commission may commence to perform its functions and exercise its powers when the Chairman, the General Manager or an Acting General Manager, and 2 other members have been appointed and the ‘. [More…]
The Commission is a body corporate and its powers, functions and obligations are defined in the Act. [More…]
If he says that we should supersede the powers and authorities of States then I say it is a very poor show indeed. [More…]
In the performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers, the Corporation shall have regard to the relevant responsibilities of authorities of Australia, the States and [More…]
That proposed new clause gives the Minister wider powers of direction to the Commission and I am rather surprised that the Government should propose an amendment in such wide terms, in view of its stated claims that it is seeking to set up this independent Commission. [More…]
10) Subject to sub-sections (5) and (7), before the Commission exercises any of its powers under this section in relation to land, the Commission shall give notice in writing to the owner and occupier of the land of its intention to enter upon the land and of the purpose for which it intends to enter upon the land. [More…]
No action or claim for compensation shall lie against the Commission, its officers, employees, servants or agents by reason of the reasonable exercise of the powers contained in this section. [More…]
I ask specifically whether the Commonwealth Parliament has the power to establish such a commission with the functions and powers set out in this Bill. [More…]
It would be helpful if legislation of this nature were perhaps to begin with the words ‘pursuant to the powers conferred by section’- then would appear the relevant section ‘of the Constitution’. [More…]
My advice is that it is being established under the same powers as applied to the Child Care Act which was passed by the Liberal-Country Party Government in 1972. [More…]
capable of advancing and developing knowledge and skills in fields connected with the powers and functions of trade unions or the powers, functions and duties of officers or officials of trade unions; [More…]
capable of advancing and developing knowledge and skills in fields connected with the powers and functions of trade unions or the powers, functions and duties of officers . [More…]
That to my mind suggests that the powers would be extensively used. [More…]
Is the Australian Government prepared to exercise its legal powers as far as possible in an endeavour to negotiate an end to the strike and thus reduce the hardship and inconvenience to eastern shore residents caused by delay in repairing the Bridge? [More…]
He has given a full and proper account of the powers that he has and his predecessor had under the Act, and he exercised those powers in accordance with the Act. [More…]
I ask the Minister, as the Minister for Police and Customs exercising wide powers of intrusion into the affairs of private individuals under Acts of Parliament for which he is responsible, what protection have individuals who deal with the Government if a Minister wants to use details of their dealings for political defamation? [More…]
that the Australian Government uses its constitutional powers to prohibit the export of any mineral sands from Fraser Island, and [More…]
That the Australian Government uses its constitutional powers to prohibit the export of any mineral sands from Fraser Island, and [More…]
That the Australian Government uses its constitutional powers to prohibit the export of any mineral sands from Fraser Island, and [More…]
that the Australian Government uses its constitutional powers to prohibit the export of any mineral sands from Fraser Island; and [More…]
The existing definition, which includes within the jurisdiction of the Australian Wheat Board commodities ‘produced mainly from wheat or other wheat products’, has been found in the light of experience to be potentially deficient in that the Board may not be able to exercise its powers and functions in relation to exports of certain commodities produced partly from wheat or wheat products, in particular stockfeed and petfeed preparations. [More…]
In co-operation with State Governments, the Commonwealth Government will, within the limits of its powers, take appropriate action to prevent unlawful activities of this nature. [More…]
-While my powers of recollection are strong, they are not all that strong. [More…]
I am not aware of the identity of the two foreign powers concerned. [More…]
Is the Minister aware of the identity of the two foreign powers concerned; if so, will he identify them. [More…]
If the commissioner wants to see what powers he has he looks at section 35 and section 36a, which are contradictory. [More…]
Paragraph 3 of the second section of that explanatory memorandum, which deals with the expanded powers of the Industrial Court, states: [More…]
-Could the Minister for Education indicate to the Senate any areas where, during the term of this Government, Federal powers in education have been transferred to the States? [More…]
In fact, I think every honourable senator would probably find agreement with Senator Cavanagh ‘s sentiments in relation to delegation of powers. [More…]
We cannot get even a guarantee that the Minister for Health will use his regulatory powers. [More…]
I assume that the Minister is saying that he will support in every way the recommendation that the Minister use his regulatory powers to ensure that the health funds do not abuse the situation. [More…]
I suppose that if I obtained a copy of the Act relating to this Organisation I would see whether the AuditorGeneral has certain powers. [More…]
In most of the Acts setting up independent authorities the AuditorGeneral is given specific powers. [More…]
The Federalism policy is concerned with the equitable distribution of powers and functions between the three areas of government and the development of financial arrangements consistent with that distribution. [More…]
Does the Government, in the exercise of powers conferred by the Financial Corporations Act, intend to move on a national level to prevent such abuses of the laws relating to consumer credit. [More…]
It would seem to me that the Defence Service Homes Act, the parent Act, confers certain powers on the Corporation. [More…]
This Bill does not seem to contain any mention of the powers of the Corporation. [More…]
We assume that the Corporation has only whatever powers are conferred by the Defence Service Homes Act. [More…]
That Act outlines the powers, functions and policies of the defence service homes scheme which in future will be conducted by the Defence Service Homes Corporation created by clause 8 of the Bill that we are now considering. [More…]
So the answer is that one has to look at the Defence Service Homes Act to find all the powers, functions, policies and so on which are going to be administered by the new Corporation. [More…]
I cannot understand why the Government has decided to maintain the structure of the Corporation, but has vested all the powers of the Corporation in the Secretary, the permanent head, of the Department of Veterans ‘ Affairs. [More…]
Subclause ( 1 ) repeals Parts II, III, IV and V of the original Australian Housing Corporation Act which dealt with the functions and powers of the Corporation, the composition of the Corporation, the General Manager and the provision of finance for housing. [More…]
But this Bill makes it clear that the nature, functions and powers of the new corporation are fundamentally different. [More…]
Will the Corporation continue to have functions and powers? [More…]
Briefly by way of explanation, Part II of the Bill deals with the establishment, functions, powers and duties of the Ombudsman. [More…]
a ) The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights Legislation from Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines, the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on needs as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
d ) The restoration of all powers vested in Land Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1973 Land Rights Bill. [More…]
This amendment has absolutely nothing to do with the powers related to a double dissolution. [More…]
What further powers does the Federal Government envisage transferring to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in the period 1977-78? [More…]
I have expressed already the view of the Government as to the powers of the Minister in this respect. [More…]
This is an important statement which involves the responsibilities and powers of the Joint House Committee. [More…]
We may not have properly understood the powers of that Committee. [More…]
On examination it does not provide reserve or latent powers to the Commonwealth to do these things but there is not in any way any conflict with the federalism policy. [More…]
But I am bound to say that those powers, while they are latent powers or reserve powers, are fully competent within the federalism policy to get the fullest possible cooperation. [More…]
I simply say that I am not very clear whether Senator Cavanagh is exhorting me to go further in federalism or whether in fact he has some sadness in leaving the centralised powers in the Bill. [More…]
1 ) Has the Department of Social Security taken steps to establish a Social Welfare Unit for Aborigines within the Department; if so, is this Social Welfare Unit to have comparable powers to the Social Welfare Units in the Departments of Health and Education. [More…]
What will be the role, particular responsibilities, and powers of this unit. [More…]
I make the briefest comment: Our objective is to get a law, within the constitutional powers we have, to enable selfmanagement of these Queensland reserves to take effect. [More…]
As to the specific question of what action, if any, the Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs can take, although I have some doubts about whether anything can be done by him at this stage under his existing powers, I shall refer the question to him and endeavour to obtain a further answer. [More…]
That the Federal Government assume responsibility for Aboriginal Affairs under the powers given it by the Referendum 1967. [More…]
I ) The Council shall perform its functions and exercise its powers as it sees fit and shall act upon any directions given to it by the Minister in writing. [More…]
I have circulated on behalf of the Opposition an amendment which is intended only to make the powers under this Act much more specific. [More…]
It follows, therefore, that the purposes for which the CSIRO might exercise its commercial powers must be bona fide and relate to encouraging the adoption of the research and results. [More…]
As long as the primary purpose is technology transfer it would not be beyond the powers of the Organisation to enter into a relationship with a commercial partner. [More…]
In exercising its powers under sub-section (4), the Board shall specify the information it requires in such a manner as is reasonable to enable the claimant to comply with the request.’. [More…]
What powers within the Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December 1 975. [More…]
I am not clear on the date and full circumstances of the incident referred to, but I can assure Senator Coleman that Commonwealth police security powers at Parliament House have not been extended beyond those which have been operating since September 1978. [More…]
If the Director-General has knowledge that the Minister has issued a warrant or has refused to issue a warrant, he cannot exercise these emergency powers. [More…]
It does not limit the application of these powers to urgency situations, as the Minister just intimated, but rather leaves it entirely open for such powers to be exercised for other reasons which remain obscure. [More…]
Clause 27 (Legislative powers of the Governor-General ). [More…]
In the implementation of monetary policy pursuant to its powers under the Banking Act, the Reserve Bank has, with the approval of the Treasurer, made provision for the control of certain rates of interest payable by all trading and savings banks, including the Savings Bank of Tasmania, which are subject to that Act, in the course of banking business carried on by them. [More…]
What powers within the Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December 1 975. [More…]
What powers within the Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December 1973. [More…]
Prime Minister: Transfer of powers to the States (Question No. [More…]
What powers within the Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December 1975. [More…]
Business and Consumer Affairs: Transfer of Powers to the States (Question No. [More…]
What powers within the Prime Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December 1975. [More…]
Post and Telecommunications: Transfer of Powers to the States (Question No. [More…]
What powers within the Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December 1975. [More…]
Administrative Services: Transfer of Powers to the States (Question No. [More…]
What powers within the Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December 1 975. [More…]
What powers within the Attorney-General’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December I97S. [More…]
As Senator Evans has said, the issue raised here has already been the subject of discussion in the debate on the Australian Security Intelligence Organization Bill in regard to the implementation of those powers in relation to listening devices. [More…]
It is only in most exceptional cases that the Director-General would be likely to exercise these powers. [More…]
What powers within the Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December 1975. [More…]
What powers within the Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December 1 975. [More…]
What powers within the Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December 1975? [More…]
What powers within the Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December 1 975. [More…]
Science and the Environment: Transfer of Powers to States (Question No. [More…]
What powers within the Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December 1 97S. [More…]
His own Department has no statutory powers or responsibilities in such circumstances. [More…]
What powers within the Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December 1975. [More…]
What powers within the Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December 1 975. [More…]
What powers within the Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December 1975. [More…]
What powers within the Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December 1 975. [More…]
What powers within the Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December I97S. [More…]
What powers within the Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December 1975. [More…]
What powers within the Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December1 975. [More…]
What powers within the Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December 1 975. [More…]
What powers within the Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December 1975. [More…]
With the establishment in Darwin by the Federal Government of the Lionel Rose Laboratory, which with the subsequent transfer of powers to the Northern Territory Government is under the control of that government, what role is now envisaged for the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in animal health research and surveillance in the north? [More…]
The appeal would be in the Commonwealth Employees Compensation Tribunal, which under the Act has powers to deal with these matters. [More…]
What powers within the Treasurer’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December 1975. [More…]
What powers within the Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December 1975. [More…]
What powers within the Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December 1975. [More…]
There has to be a full hearing by the Commission and it has to be satisfied of certain conditions before any powers of deregistration may be exercised by the Governor-General. [More…]
I suggest that it is quite wrong, particularly when no penalties are to be provided, to have in any Act such a broad sub-section which gives the Government wide powers to restrict people’s activities in the country. [More…]
I also noted that at the same time Mr Hayden was reiterating the intention of the Australia Labor Party to reduce the powers of the Senate. [More…]
While the Minister is away the acting Minister has the full powers of the Minister and he will proceed whether the actual Minister is here or not. [More…]
I remind him again of the letter that he wrote, I assume, in 1977 to Liberal and National Country Party senators and members when in the course of resisting a suggestion that the Commonwealth use its powers to influence the control and conduct of student organisations- he is welcome to look at the document to see the passage I am referring to- he said: [More…]
That is, governmental use of money and other powers to control student organisations- as a precedent for imposing limitations upon genuine academic freedom. [More…]
-Is the AttorneyGeneral aware of any reason why he, as Attorney-General, should not use those legal powers available to him so that those people who may have obtained Federal funds by fraud are brought to justice? [More…]
In consequence of the Government’s decision to implement in substance the recommendations contained in the interim report of the Australian Royal Commission of Inquiry into Drugs and to give the Australian Federal Police all necessary powers for narcotics inquiries, certain consequential amendments need to be made to the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979. [More…]
As much as I am reluctant not to limit the powers of the Queensland Government- this is an opportunity so to do- we would very much support the principle enunciated by Senator Chaney. [More…]
The Opposition believes that it is inappropriate that powers as significant as powers involved in the use of listening devices should be exercised by Commonwealth officers pursuant to State laws. [More…]
If it were accepted, it would limit the powers available to the Australian Federal Police in investigations of offences other than narcotics offences. [More…]
A copy is attached to the Bill, but its main provisions may be summarised as follows: (I) it requires contracting states to provide for their criminal law to apply aboard their aircraft - for example a flag law - on international flights and it specifies when contracting states may exercise jurisdiction over offences committed on board aircraft; (II) it defines the powers and responsibilities of the aircraft commander who finds that a person has committed, or is about to commit, a serious offence against the flag law of the aircraft, or an act on board likely to endanger the safety of other persons on the aircraft; (III) it also defines the powers and duties of contracting states in relation to offenders on board aircraft - including taking them into custody, making preliminary enquiries, deportation etc; and (IV) contracting states are required in cases of illegal seizure of aircraft to take all appropriate steps to restore control of the aircraft by its lawful commander. [More…]
I refer particularly to the Crimes (Aircraft) Act 1963, which contains a number of provisions which have already given effect to some of the requirements of the Tokyo Convention, especially those relating to flag law for Australian aircraft and the aircraft commander’s powers. [More…]
The provisions of the Convention regarding powers and duties of the aircraft commander are wider than those in the Act, and these would become effective as between the parties to the Convention for foreign aircraft in Australia and for Australian aircraft operating overseas. [More…]
The duties and powers of Commonwealth authorities in relation to offenders disembarked from foreign aircraft would also be expanded to those specified in the Convention. [More…]
Other provisions of the Bill deal with incidental matters, including the powers of magistrates in relation to the remanding of offenders and their release from custody, evidence, application of stare laws and territory laws in respect of persons in custody, arrangements with the States for the services of magistrates, the making of regulations to give effect to the Act, and the publication of notices as to the contracting states which have ratified or denounced the Convention. [More…]
As I have mentioned from time to time, we have bedevilled ourselves in attempting to maintain equality with another place in terms of powers which we have no right to possess. [More…]
by leave - In harmony with the Government’s approach indicated in the Governor-General’s Speech the Government intends to introduce some immediate changes within the provisions of the present Papua and New Guinea Act which will give Ministerial Members drawn from the Papua and New Guinea House of Assembly increased powers both individually in relation to the functions of their departments and collectively as members of the Administrator’s Executive Council. [More…]
The Government looks to officials who may now hold statutory powers by delegation or otherwise to exercise these with the concurrence of the Ministerial Member in the spirit of these arrangements. [More…]
It is not to be measured in terms of specific powers, individual acts of administration or areas of policy or increased financial delegations but it will be apparent by the degree to which the Administrator’s Executive Council in future influences the Government’s attitude on important issues. [More…]
We believe also that there should be an extension of the local government system with enlarged powers and increased finance by subvention from public funds and contribution by States, and an expansion of elected municipal councils. [More…]
1 assure them that United States Presidents, whether they were Trueman or Kennedy, from time to time had to exercise their presidential powers to curb big business in the United States. [More…]
Nobody knows what will happen in the next decade, but at least we know that there is a better chance in having the existing atomic powers joined in even some loose federation than by drifting out into the unknown while fearing that at any time China might achieve nuclear parity. [More…]
What is the attitude of the Australian Government to the new policy presented to the NATO defence Ministers at their meeting in Brussels on 3rd December which stated that in an emergency situation between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Western powers nuclear weapons would be fired into Polish and Czechoslovakia airports and supply depots? [More…]
The Commonwealth has its external affairs power and there are other powers that could bc utilised. [More…]
Nothing that the Opposition can say either in Parliament or out on the hustings can alter the fact that the western world is involved in one of the most deadly and historical problems which have beset it since time immemorial; that is the rise of new powers armed by new ideologies who do not believe that the ideology shall be maintained by the basis of argument or discussion but shall be sustained and supported by armed force. [More…]
But that goes hand in hand in that country, in the European Economic Community, with the position where the powers- that- be in that Community are subsidising farmers not to produce. [More…]
The Communist powers devour with equal avidity viable, progressive, advanced and cultured countries like Czechoslovakia. [More…]
It is time that the Commonwealth assumed the powers which were given to it by the people of Australia to override the discriminations in the State laws. [More…]
The provisions of the Convention regarding the powers and duties of an aircraft commander are wider than the provisions of the Crimes (Aircraft) Act, which applies to flights within Australia and overseas flights emanating from or terminating in Australia. [More…]
The duties and powers of Commonwealth authorities are also outlined in the Minister’s second reading speech. [More…]
The important thing is that some of the powers in the Tokyo Convention are far wider than the powers under the present Commonwealth legislation. [More…]
The real significance of the Bill is that the wider powers under the Tokyo Convention will become effective as between the parties ratifying the Convention for foreign aircraft in Australia and Australian aircraft operating overseas, which is of particular importance to Qantas Airways Ltd. [More…]
The first is the question of the powers and responsibilities of an aircraft commander, which are very clearly defined and are far wider than the powers and responsibilities of an aircraft commander under the Australian legislation. [More…]
The powers and duties of contracting states in relation to offenders on board aircraft are also defined. [More…]
As I read the Bill and in accordance with the Minister’s second reading speech, we have to realise that we abandon to some extent authorities and powers that we have already under the Act described as the Crimes (Aircraft) Act 1963. [More…]
I take it that it means that, if a person was on an aircraft and was attempting to flee a country for political considerations and that was a breach of the penal law but not of the penal law that provided for the safety of aircraft, it would not be within the powers of the commander to operate the powers conferred under this Convention and to handle such a person merely to obtain compliance with or submission to the penal law not being the penal law affecting the safety of the aircraft or the vulnerability of the security of the passengers. [More…]
The provisions of the Convention regarding powers and duties of the aircraft commander are wider than those in the Act . [More…]
Secondly, it defines the powers and responsibilities of an aircraft commander. [More…]
Thirdly, it defines the powers and duties of contracting states. [More…]
The question of defining the powers of an aircraft commander and making quite sure that the powers are adequate becomes of increasing importance with the increase in size of aircraft and the increase in number of passengers that aircraft are carrying. [More…]
One related to South Australia and the other related to the comment in the second reading speech that the provisions of the Convention regarding powers and duties of the aircraft commander are wider than those in the Bill. [More…]
In answer to the honourable senator’s comment on the powers of the aircraft commander, the passing of the Bill will give the pilot in command of the aircraft the benefit of the powers conferred by the Convention in cases to which it applies and will give protection against actions for damages given by Articles 10 and 25 of the schedule to the Crimes (Aircraft) Act, which articles give commanders adequate powers in Australia. [More…]
The Minister may give directions to the Board concerning the performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers, and the Board shall comply with those directions. [More…]
The need for the Commonwealth to exercise the powers granted to it by the Aboriginal Affairs Referendum of 1967 to uplift the Aboriginal people and to protect their culture and their interests. [More…]
That the Senate, al its rising, adjourn till tomorrow at 10 a.m. 1 do not suppose that any honourable senator has a great deal of pleasure in having to move the adjournment of the Senate for the purpose of discussing a matter of urgency, but I believe that, because of the neglect of Aboriginals in many fields, the apparent inability of the Government to implement powers granted by the people in the Aboriginal Affairs Referendum of 1967 in the spirit in which the referendum proposal was supported by the people of Australia and many other reasons, it is necessary that such a matter of extreme urgency be debated now. [More…]
The Commonwealth gained certain powers as a result of the carry in <> of the referendum proposal. [More…]
Either it does not have a great deal of power or, if it has powers, its powers are apparently not being exercised by the Minister-in-Charge of Aboriginal Affairs (Mr Wentworth). [More…]
Honourable senators should remember that the powers obtained constitutionally by the Commonwealth Government as a result of the 1967 referendum are additional to the powers inherent in a State. [More…]
It has demonstrated the need to provide the Minister with powers to take urgent and effective action to ensure there is no delay in the removal of a potential hazard. [More…]
The Government was aware that incidents such as the ‘Oceanic Grandeur’ spillage might occur from the experiences of other countries and it ought to have taken steps long before this to anticipate such an incident and provide itself with the necessary powers to cope with the situation. [More…]
The Government says that it needs these powers. [More…]
It has demonstrated the need to provide the Minister with powers to take urgent and effective action to ensure there is no delay in the removal of a potential hazard. [More…]
Finally, the powers of the Minister in the case of non-compliance with the notice are set out in the Bill. [More…]
J should like the Minister to give a further explanation of proposed section 329f in relation to the powers of the Minister for Shipping and Transport in taking ‘such action in relation to the ship or ils cargo, or the ship and its cargo, as is specified in the notice’. [More…]
I hope that when the Senate has given the Bill a speedy passage the Minister for Shipping and Transport will be able to exercise his powers so as to prevent the pollution of the coast; but at the same time there are some questions relating to the Bill and the Minister’s second reading speech on which I would like further information. [More…]
He could take a chance on salvage or other circumstances and just go on until the Government stepped in under the other powers of the legislation and took remedial steps to remove the danger or to discharge the oil. [More…]
In far too many fields the Australian Government wants to know what Britain and the United States of America, or some other major maritime powers, are doing. [More…]
We are prepared to give to the Government for 6 months the powers set out in this legislation. [More…]
The point I want to make is that it is necessary to give powers to the Minister so that he can act very effectively and quickly, if necessary, because this ship is not sitting in an area of safety. [More…]
The Minister did not have the powers to do these things before, hence the legislation was passed in the other place today and it is here for us to pass tonight. [More…]
Tonight this legislation is giving protection to our coastal areas as far as we are capable and able to go in giving protection because within this Bill the Minister has powers to do these things which some honourable senators have suggested this Bill does not empower him to do. [More…]
If one goes on further one sees the further powers the Minister has. [More…]
He questioned the penalties but he did not question the powers of the Minister. [More…]
The effectiveness conies in with the powers which the Minister has to do the things in his capacity as Minister to give the utmost protection in the event of a leak or the possibility of a leak. [More…]
On this occasion 1 have made the point that this Bill gives the Minister full powers to act. [More…]
This is a question of Commonwealth and State powers, and you can imagine the argument that could take place on a question such as that. [More…]
It is necessary for the Commonwealth to lf>.ve with expedition the powers sought. [More…]
I also point out to Senator Cavanagh that some control over foreign tankers outside as well as inside territorial waters was originally envisaged, but the Convention on the High Seas and general international law prevent any wider application of our powers than as now drafted. [More…]
True, he would be liable to a penalty of $2,000 only, but the Minister would still have residual powers. [More…]
The agenda, as one would expect, was a comprehensive one and covered such questions as the role and responsibilities of medium and small powers in the maintenance of international peace, social progress as a factor and condition of economic development, prospects for agreement on the control of armaments, the role of parliament in the protection of the human environment and the conservation of nataral resources for future generations, relations between parliament and local authorities and cultural exchanges as a means of increasing understanding between countries. [More…]
It is the duty of the Parliament to keep a check on the subordinate legislation which is made pursuant to powers granted to outside bodies by Acts of Parliament. [More…]
It is true that the Parliament may delegate its legislative powers to other persons - official or even private - and it frequently does so. [More…]
But it is important that this chamber as well as the other chamber should keep a check on the exercise of these powers. [More…]
It is important that the powers which are provided in this regard be exercised and that they be exercised in a salutary fashion so that whoever is responsible for framing the regulations will ensure that they keep within the limits provided by the Parliament. [More…]
The Bills we are considering contain provisions that make it very clear to me that the Director-General of Social Services will delegate his powers to officers in charge of branch offices throughout the Commonwealth. [More…]
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into and report upon the desirability and feasibility of establishing a securities and exchange commission by the Commonwealth either alone or in co-operation with the States and the powers and functions necessary for such a commission to enable it to act speedily and efficiently against manipulation of prices, insider trading and such other improper or injurious practices as the Committee finds have occurred or may occur in relation to shares and other securities of public companies, and to recommend generally in regard to the foregoing such legislative and administrative measures by the Commonwealth as will, having regard to the constitutional division of legislative power in Australia, enable the utmost protection of members of the public and the national interest. [More…]
We must assume that the stock exchanges used all the powers at their disposal, all their facilities and resources, in connection with this affair. [More…]
Whatever the powers of a supervisory body there should be 1 body and not 6 or 7. [More…]
It should have wide discretionary powers which can be used to prevent improper practices as well as to ensure that they are punished. [More…]
The proposal here is for the committee to investigate and report upon whether such a commission is feasible and whether it is desirable and, if so, what powers it should have to act speedily and efficiently. [More…]
The committee will consider the constitutional and legislative powers of the Commonwealth. [More…]
The powers in point here are primarily those over foreign corporations and trading or financial corporations formed within the limits of the Commonwealth; and trade and commerce with other countries and among the States, as well as other powers over banking, insurance, taxation and incidental matters, lt will consider also ways in which Commonwealth and State co-operation can be achieved. [More…]
As 1 have said, the Commission had wide powers of investigation for the purpose of determining whether any breach of the Securities Act had been or was about to be committed. [More…]
to provide for the constitution of a Corporate Affairs Commission and to define its powers, authorities, duties and functions; [More…]
But as far as the lawyers are concerned it has always been regarded as a matter of uncertainty as to how far those powers extend. [More…]
If a securities and exchange commission is to be appointed it must depend upon either of those two powers, or maybe a combination of both of them, to which I have referred. [More…]
I do not doubt that the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth and the Attorneys-General of the States will take heed of a considered report of this committee on what might be the legal powers of the Commonwealth. [More…]
1 certainly am not a person who would seek to take away from the States powers which legitimately and properly are theirs, but I do feel that if there is a problem which is Australia-wide in its complexities and which has no significant differences which might arise from State to State, that constitutes a situation in which the Commonwealth should be prepared to exercise on a Commonwealth basis such powers as it has. [More…]
The new Securities Industry Bill, which I imagine has been introduced not only in Victoria but also in most of the other States, will deal with the manipulation of shares on the market, the spreading of false rumours, the creating of a false impression of the market, the setting up of compensation funds to take care of clients in certain circumstances, the establishment of trust accounts and their maintenance in those States in which trust accounts presently exist, the powers of the legislature to disallow new rules that the stock exchanges may introduce and the licensing of share dealers. [More…]
The second set of powers intrusted to the Commissioner are those which will enable him to build in anticipation of the receipt of applications. [More…]
It authorises accession by Australia to the Tokyo Convention and confers powers for giving effect to the provisions of the Bill in Australia - for example, for restoration of a hijacked aircraft to its commander, for the holding of a preliminary inquiry for the purposes of the Convention and for taking into custody persons who are delivered by the aircraft commander. [More…]
These are the only powers conferred by the Bill in relation to the arrest and punishment of persons. [More…]
When an issue is announced everyone should be given a chance to apply, even if the powers that be may have already decided who is going to get the issue. [More…]
For example, the Senate in Washington moves into the area of presidential powers by the constitutional propriety which it has to observe with its power over the appointments of ambassadors. [More…]
Also it has powers over the appointment of commanders. [More…]
However, I do not want to embark on an enlargement of the United States congressional powers in this context. [More…]
Successive governments of that time refused to enlarge the powers of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Commonwealth Parliament, as a result of which Australia suffered because for many years there was no Opposition representation on the Committee. [More…]
Their mental powers which are fading in any case and which are being eroded by time itself, become still further weakened by a diet which is not sufficient to maintain them as it should. [More…]
In harmony with the Government’s approach indicated in the Governor-General’s Speech the Government intends to introduce some immediate changes within the provisions of the present Papua and New Guinea Act which will give Ministerial Members drawn from the Papua and New Guinea House of Assembly increased powers both individually in relation to the functions of their departments and collectively as members of the Administrator’s Executive Council. [More…]
The House will be aware that, following on the talks which your Committee sought with representatives of the Commonwealth Government in February last, there have been announcements in the Governor-General’s Speech and by the Minister for External Territories in the House of Representatives of steps that the Commonwealth Government intends to take immediately to give increased powers to ministerial members. [More…]
calls upon the administering power to take all necessary steps to transfer full powers in the executive and legislative branches of government to elected representatives of the people, in accordance with the freely expressed wishes of the peoples. [More…]
Would not he agree that we have the skills; that having spent $300ni on the Fill we surely have the money; and that with the great powers about to quit South East Asia the need for an Australian aircraft industry was never greater? [More…]
Laws have been made by this Government not only in this field but in other fields where it has taken unto itself, and blatantly so, what is feels are the powers of the Almighty. [More…]
During his period in this chamber he has stood up to a lot of abuse and a lot of attacks, but tonight it was beyond his powers of endurance to listen in silence to Dr Evatt being attacked, and he said: ‘I will not have the old doc attacked’. [More…]
An extremely dangerous tendency has arisen for Cabinet to use Executive powers to override the will of Parliament. [More…]
The first amendment was designed to take away all the control and power of the River Murray Commission because it was proposed, basically, to vest all the powers in a national water conservation and constructing authority. [More…]
That the matter of the extension of the powers of the Printing Committee be referred to the Standing Orders Committee with a request that the Committee recommend an amendment to standing order 36 to give effect to recommendation 67 of the Joint Select Committee on Parliamentary and Government Publications. [More…]
It pointed out that the existing Printing Committees of both Houses could not undertake the task as they were severely restricted in their powers, ft went on to recommend, therefore, that a joint committee should be appointed with power not only to review the printing and publication of both parliamentary and government publications but also to undertake the function of the existing Printing Committees. [More…]
You have suggested that the new Standing Order for each House might be framed in such a way as to enable each House, independently, through its Committee, to continue to exercise the existing Printing Committee function of considering which petitions and papers presented to that House should be printed whilst providing that when sitting together as a joint committee, the intended additional responsibilities and powers may be exercised. [More…]
It is also proposed - in relation to estates generally - to remove some limitations on the powers of the Commissioner of Taxation to allow extended time for the payment of duty. [More…]
In addition, the Office will have a staff appointed or employed under the Public Service Act, and the Bill provides for the First Parliamentary Counsel to have, in relation to the officers in that staff, the powers of a Permanent Head of a Department under the Public Service Act. [More…]
When I listened to that statement I thought: Here is one classic case where one form of totalitarianism was successfully resisted by a country without the need to have western powers stationed there.’ [More…]
To go a little bit further, I note that in the statement reference is made to the very progressive and realistic Indonesian Foreign Minister who seems to adopt a reasonable approach to all the various powers. [More…]
At least we have some agreement with the present atomic powers which gives us a basis for negotiation. [More…]
Whether we like it or not, in the past Australia and Canada had to be the little Sir Echo of the other major powers. [More…]
I am not unmindful of the fact that sometimes powers, whether they be large or small, provoke other nations, but it has always been a source of wonderment to me that previous arguments advanced by the Government to attack the Opposition are discounted by present Ministers. [More…]
Grand strategy, as I define it, represents the national interest, not according to the accepted historical concept that strategy is the function of the armed forces but according to the enlarged concept which under the pressure of Communist powers in the world has had to be developed. [More…]
The strategy of Communist powers - I do not identify them - is to extend the national interest by all means at their disposal. [More…]
The Communist powers extend the national interest by all means at their disposal by internal subversion, limited wars, nuclear blackmail, armed intervention and the creation of subversive elements inside the countries they wish to reduce. [More…]
It is simply because these 2 countries seem attractive to the Communist powers because if they can effect a takeover of those countries they can put Thailand under pressure. [More…]
Article 5 of Chapter III of the Treaty of Peace with Japan signed at San Francisco on 8th September, 1951 stated that the Allied Powers recognise that Japan, as a sovereign nation, possesses the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence referred to in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations. [More…]
One does not normally state in the Parliament what goes on in private audiences with Ministers, shippers and other people; but we senators and members on both sides of both Houses of the Parliament, throughout this period of introduction of the system of container shipping, have been busy putting Tasmania’s case to the Minister and the powers that be. [More…]
What is the policy of the Government in relation to the erection of such statues, even when the person so commemorated may not have always been allied with the Western Powers in World War II. [More…]
Since nearly all South East Asia’s Communists are inspired and helped from outside the area, and since the United States and other Western powers have tried to counter their progress, South East Asia– as we all know - has become one of the world’s major theatres of the cold war - indeed the area, above all others, Where the cold war, in reality, has been ‘hot’. [More…]
It is said that the Parliament should be able to provide the brains and the wherewithal and it could be said that a committee of Parliament has great powers to draw evidence. [More…]
At page 133, in paragraph 979, we see the heading “Economic Powers’ and the sub-heading Recommendations of the Committee’. [More…]
); ‘International Politics in the Atomic Age’ (1959); co-author; ‘Major Foreign Powers’ (latest ed., 1967); ‘Government and Politics in the Twentieth Century’ (latest ed., 1965). [More…]
One could have a defeating of the powers of the chambers given under the Acts Interpretation Act if this method were adopted that when some objection was taken to a regulation or ordinance instead of the Senate being able to proceed on its notice a simple amendment were made to an ordinance or regulation. [More…]
Indeed, I think it was expressed on an earlier occasion that on the face of it this could be regarded as tending to undermine the powers of the Senate. [More…]
The Australian Agricultural Council has no powers vested in it but it provides a forum for the States and the Commonwealth on all matters pertaining to agriculture. [More…]
The Commonwealth Department of Health has certain powers over health and medical benefit funds, but I think it is fair to comment that it appears to be reluctant to use these powers. [More…]
I think the funds have gambled on the fact that the Department of Health has not been prepared to use the ultimate powers it has. [More…]
I hope that the Department of Health will not hesitate to use its powers to control the expenditure of funds, including, as the last resort, its ultimate power of suspension. [More…]
However 1 think he would be wise to accept the register as determined by the States because after ali it is within their powers to determine the role of medical practitioners within their own boundaries. [More…]
Whatever difficulties may have led to the delay in promulgating these regulations, the Senate ought not to countenance such a fundamental denial of the powers of the Parliament as is embodied in these regulations. [More…]
In that respect 1 would ask Senator Lawrie in particular, in view of his last remarks, to listen to the point of view that once legislation is passed that approves the appointment of a special tribunal, it would be a matter of grave concern if anybody suggested the deferment of the exercise of that tribunal and its powers just because there had been an administrative hitch with regard to gazetting the remuneration. [More…]
I contend that if the Commonwealth has those powers it has power to ensure that the people on Moa or Banks Island receive the justice to which they are rightly entitled. [More…]
To implement these objectives the Corporation must be given the necessary powers. [More…]
Clause 7 expresses these in terms of powers to borrow, lend, invest, participate in the formation of companies, etc. [More…]
Without these powers the Corporation could not achieve its objectives. [More…]
Honourable senators will agree that a very good balance is struck between the wide objectives, functions and powers on the one hand and the restrictions on powers and the firm policy directives on the other. [More…]
To ensure, however, that the Government’s powers are only exercised in exceptional circumstances, the reasons for the recommendation by the Government must be laid before the Parliament. [More…]
In that event, and to ensure that the Government uses its powers responsibly, and openly, the reasons for the Government’s action must be laid before the Parliament. [More…]
In connection with the forthcoming visit to Australia of the Soviet Minister for Agriculture, is it known whether he will endeavour to use his possible powers of persuasion on members of the Australian Labor Party and the Democratic Labor Party to urge them to cease their objection to the partial lifting of the ban on the export of merino rams? [More…]
1 would not like anyone to think that 1 am not as jealous of the exercise of discretionary powers in statutes as any other honourable senator, or that 1 am less solicitous of individual or group rights. [More…]
Apart from the matter of the manner of administration of the health insurance funds, the Wedgwood Committee at paragraph 161 of its report had this to say about Commonwealth powers: [More…]
With respect lo organisations within health insurance, the National Health Act contains certain provisions relating to these organisations (see sections 30, 74, 7 J, 76, 78, 79 and 82), but the Committee is concerned that the principal powers, to cancel or suspend the registration nf an organisation, have not been used. [More…]
For instance, the information sought in the amendment would not appear to be relevant in respect of friendly societies whose financial transactions, reserve investments, etc., are closely supervised under the powers conferred by State friendly societies legislation. [More…]
These provisions will give the Minister very wide powers in relation to supervision of the funds and their investments. [More…]
Senator ANDERSON (New South Wales - Minister for Supply) [4.351 - Actually, the Minister has tremendous powers. [More…]
In the opinion of the Opposition, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee has very wide powers, in that it makes recommendations to the Minister as to the type of drug that will or will not be made available to the public under the pharmaceutical benefits scheme. [More…]
The exercise or performance of the powers or functions of the Committee is not affected by reason only of there being a vacancy or vacancies in the membership of the Committee. “ [More…]
Accordingly, those who are so recognised in a State have that statutory protection, but in accordance with the views that I expressed earlier, and as I understand the views expressed by Senator Murphy, it is appropriate when powers such as these are imposed - and it is a desirable course which should commend itself to the Committee - that the decisions of the committees should be acted upon and given effect to. [More…]
If any person who has been appointed to one of these bodies were dismissed by some whim of the Minister in accordance with the powers that he could exercise, I suggest that these bodies in themselves would be sufficient protection for the professional standing of the people on these bodies. [More…]
For those reasons I think that to circumscribe the powers of the Minister except for good and sufficient reason would be imprudent at this stage. [More…]
Clause 7 (Powers of the Corporation). [More…]
As I. understood the Minister, the answer he gave was that this provision is desirable because if the Corporationborrows money overseas it is necessary that the lender be assured in some way that the borrowing by the Corporation is within its charter or powers, andthat insome way this is required in order to give a business efficacy to the transaction. [More…]
As I understood the Minister, it is as if the Corporation could not borrow unless this provision were in the Bill.I know that that, on the face of it, sounds like an argumentof tremendous weight, but I suggest to him that it is possibly not as weighty as it would appear to be, because the Corporation is a corporation which is set up by statute and which in clause 7 is given the widest possible powers to do anything that it considers necessary or convenient to be done for the performance of its functions. [More…]
If its purpose is to validate something that may be outside the powers granted to the Corporation by this clause, it obviously means that those powers are being overridden, and that is the validating effect that sub-clause (7.) [More…]
In the exercise of ils powers the Corporation is not subject to direction by or on behalf of the Commonwealth. [More…]
I think the clause is a usurpation of the powers of the Parliament. [More…]
The exercise of any powers by the Corporation is not valid, and shall not be called into question, by reason of any failure of the Corporation to comply wilh any of its obligations under this section. [More…]
Every power that a standing committee would have, that is, the power to call’ witnesses, the power to call for documents and the power to do any of these things, all of these powers reside in the Senate and in the Committees of the Senate but because of our numbers it would be cumbrous to do that. [More…]
It does not mean greater powers. [More…]
This committee system has wide powers. [More…]
They have particularly wide powers, I understand, to amend legislation. [More…]
The Minister may, by instrument in writing, authorise the Board to exercise, subject to and in accordance with his directions, any of his powers under the latt preceding section. [More…]
This may amount to the conferring upon the Board of the wide powers which the Minister has. [More…]
to make recommendations to the Minister wilh respect to the exercise by the Minister of his powers under section 6 of this Act; [More…]
It appears to me that there is no limit to the steps which may be taken, the arrangements which may be made and the agreements which may bc entered into, lt also imposes powers which very directly enter into the field of State laws. [More…]
In doing so, I should refer also to clause 7, which entitles the Minister to authorise the Board to carry out any of the powers granted to him under clause 6. [More…]
Clause 22 provides that the functions of the Board are, in addition to the making of recommendations to the Minister with regard to the exercise of his powers, to exercise any power delegated to it and to carry out such other functions related to the attainment of the object of this legislation as the Minister determines. [More…]
Therefore, I suggest to the Senate that it would be a great mistake to have the Board’s powers limited in such a way that attainment of the objective of the legislation, which is the overall conversion to a metric system of weights and measures as the exclusive method of measuring physical quantities, is restricted in any way. [More…]
This is a blot on the Queensland Government and on this Commonwealth Government with its concurrent Federal powers which should be protecting these people. [More…]
The matter of constitutional authority has also received attention and evidence submitted to the Committee tended to establish that the Commonwealth has, through a coalescence of powers in the fields of taxation, defence, external affairs and other areas, sufficient legislative competence to establish a national approach. [More…]
Is the Minister satisfied that the powers are there for the Minister to protect the Australian taxpayer? [More…]
Fifteen or so years ago Australia was in large measure sheltered, in her national position, national development and national aspirations, behind the strength and presence of great powers. [More…]
It is a preliminary measure designed to set up what is termed an interim council to investigate and report upon the powers and functions of an establishment which will come into being in the future. [More…]
the functions and powers of the Institute; [More…]
Will the Minister advise the Senate whether Directors of the Department of Social Services in each State are clothed with discretionary powers enabling them to grant monetary aid to persons in urgent need for the provision of food, clothes and shelter in cases where such needs have not been satisfied by the already overtaxed resources of church and other charaitable organisations? [More…]
Senator Webster raised Ihe question of the wide powers which are given to the DirectorGenera! [More…]
I investigated these claims and assured the honourable member that the Commanding Officer had acted within his powers. [More…]
Last year, the Government took a number of detailed decisions on the powers and functions of the proposed Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation. [More…]
In addition, other amendments are proposed which are designed mainly to widen the borrowing powers of the Australian Wool Board in order that the Wool Board can rebuild and renovate the wool stores which are at present placed under its control and to construct and equip integrated wool selling complexes, if this is required by the industry. [More…]
Finally I turn to the provisions of the Bill intended to widen the borrowing powers of the Wool Board to permit the Board to borrow money for the rebuilding and renovation of its existing wool stores and for the possible establishment of integrated wool selling centres, as well as to pledge its assets for such borrowings. [More…]
In relation to the proposed borrowing powers for the reconstruction of the existing wool stores and for the establishment of integrated wool selling complexes, any borrowings under this power will require the approval of the Minister for Primary Industry with the concurrent of the Treasurer. [More…]
Opportunity has also been taken to bring the existing borrowing powers of the Board in relation to the Australian Wool Testing Authority into line with those for wool stores and complexes. [More…]
He will have all the powers and carry out all the functions of the present tripartite Authority. [More…]
In view of the encouragement and support given by some members of the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party to the North Vietnamese, Vietcong and aggressive Communist imperialism, and acknowledging that China and Romania have purchased rams and that the Soviet Union has expressed interest in purchasing rams, will the Minister draw the attention of trade unions to the fact that the ban is opposed to the principle of solidarity of Communist powers expressed by some members of the Australian Labor Party and sections of the Australian trade union movement? [More…]
In light of the repeal of the Industrial Court’s powers under section 109 in relation to breaches of awards the Bill repeals section 109a of the Act. [More…]
I will illustrate my point in this way: Let us suppose that the Regulations and Ordinances Committee reported that regulations should be disallowed because in its opinion it was beyond the powers of the Act to make the regulations, purely on the basis of legality. [More…]
I remind the honourabie senator that the States have price fixing powers. [More…]
The Commonwealth’s powers in regard to price fixing apply only in respect of domestic prices in its Territories. [More…]
I intend to stick pretty closely to the objections of the Australian Labor Party and briefly to outline the powers of the new Corporation. [More…]
My first comment refers to the extraordinarily wide discretionary powers, regarding the acceptance of work by the Corporation, given to the Minister. [More…]
The Snowy Mountains Authority was set up originally under Australian defence powers for one purpose. [More…]
of the Bill sets out the functions and powers of the Corporation. [More…]
As I pointed out in my speech on the second reading, the reason for this amendment is that in this clause we establish the functions and powers of the Corporation. [More…]
Will the Minister give an assurance that the penal powers of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act will not be applied against the Australian Workers Union and the station hands if action is taken to create the necessary serious unrest in the industry apparently vital to convince the Commission that the standard hours set by the court 22 years ago should not be denied to workers in the pastoral industry? [More…]
Is it not time the Department of Immigration refrained from using discretionary powers to make decisions of this nature that ought to be made by the courts nf the land which are the guardians of the children? [More…]
limits the functions and powers of the Corporation’s functions aud powers should not be restricted. [More…]
It has fairly wide powers. [More…]
There are no limitations on the Senate in the use of its constitutional powers, except the limitations imposed by discretion and reason. [More…]
When the Commonwealth took over the taxing powers from the States - that is, the whole of the income taxation power - and uniform taxation was introduced, I do not suppose there was any consideration whatever of whether there was uniformity in income taxation amongst the States. [More…]
He is on public record as having stated Labor’s belief that Senate powers on financial matters should be only those of consultation. [More…]
He went on to show how income tax powers could be returned to the States. [More…]
We must remember of course that Sir Henry Bolte was the first of the Premiers of this country to implement additional taxing powers. [More…]
While the intention of the Government is to establish such a system and to change sections of the Act to do so, and while it lakes certain penal powers out of the Act, it restores the ability of the Commission to apply the bans clauses. [More…]
Massive penalties have been imposed on the trade union movement under the present powers of the arbitration system. [More…]
When the legislation was introduced the Government indicated that the use of these contempt powers would be rare. [More…]
Some of the cases were quite disgraceful because of the abuse of these powers, and even the Government has come to realise that the law cannot stand as it is at present. [More…]
We know the practices which were part of the abuse of these powers where proceedings were brought in respect of stoppages at every separate establishment even though there was a general stoppage which, in any man’s language, ought to have been treated as one breach. [More…]
If what was happening was wrong, if there was abuse - that seems to be generally conceded - and if these orders were made in the course of that abuse of these powers, which even in the Government’s view were intended to be used sparingly and in exceptional cases, in that the powers in fact were used as a most common means instead of conciliation and arbitration being used and resort was had constantly and abusively to these exceptional powers, why should the fines and costs that were imposed stand? [More…]
Well, we are discussing the powers of the Court. [More…]
The powers of that Court, over the period of history that we know, have been built up on a different set of standards. [More…]
1 am referring again to the powers of the Court. [More…]
The same people who exploit this country are using the Court and its powers to discipline the people who have the best commodity of all - the capacity to produce. [More…]
The powers of the Court make it legal for the owners of industry to force the working man to receive less and less of what he produces, ls it any wonder that everyone on this side of the chamber wants lo oppose this clause? [More…]
These are the things that are in the soul of the ordinary working man and the powers of the court are the things that are restraining him. [More…]
If there is to be conciliation, if there is to be industrial peace and if we are to accept the Government’s proposition that it wants to have industrial peace - I do not believe that it wants industrial peace at all; I bel’ieve that it wants to have penal powers to impose on the unions whether that will produce peace or not - then surely one of the essential requirements of industrial peace is conciliation. [More…]
The avoidance of disruption in industrial affairs is far too important to be left to this playing of politics and listening to the Metal Trades Employers’ Association, which is, 1 suppose, the organisation which has been guilty of the most abuse of the powers given under the Act by unnecessarily instituting court actions. [More…]
Indeed, employers used the penal powers quite capriciously in an endeavour finally to break the trade union movement - not only the craft unions but also the professional unions. [More…]
Section 111 of the Act provides the contempt of court powers. [More…]
No matter what persuasive powers are used, no-one can persuade a group of people to act against their interests and support another point of view. [More…]
Possibly during the Committee stage we shall be able to amend it so that it will have greater effect than the present penal powers. [More…]
In the result, no State enacted complementary legislation, but Tasmania, by the Commonwealth Powers (Trade Practices) Act 1966, made a reference to the Commonwealth, and an unsuccessful attempt to pass similar legislation was made in South Australia in 1967. [More…]
What powers does he possess in granting charter flight rights between Australia and Europe, to ensure that the passengers involved have adequate meals en route and are not forced to follow a policy of bringing along a cut lunch? [More…]
The old regulation 112 gave the Board substantial discretionary powers, although it did refer to objective criteria in part. [More…]
The Board was set up by statute as an independent body for the purpose of exercising discretionary powers and making administrative decisions which must be exercised and made by some authority. [More…]
The point I want to make is that if it is necessary to have these powers they should be conferred by the legislative process of passing legislation through the Parliament rather than through the medium of a regulation. [More…]
That is the reason why there is a need for discretionary powers in relation to descriptions of qualifications. [More…]
It is a question of the powers of the Parliament as against the powers of the Executive. [More…]
We are dealing with discretionary powers because someone may gain out of the operation of the Act. [More…]
As the Minister said so many times, when there are discretionary powers in existence someone may be treated unjustly, no matter how innocent the action may be, and therefore there has to be a right of appeal to a higher authority. [More…]
It is said: ‘Although you have the power and you have the duty to act in accordance with your lights under the Acts Interpretation Act and in accordance with the principles that the Senate has established, you should not exercise the powers that have been conferred upon this chamber and you should not perform your duty because by doing so you will cause some confusion’. [More…]
The Senate ought resolutely to exercise its powers and cany out its duties to deter that kind of conduct on the part of people who ought to have more regard for the standards that have clearly been set out by the Senate’s Regulations and Ordinances Committee over the years. [More…]
I have long been an advocate for a National Drought Authority whereby the Commonwealth and States can get together on a permanent basis to take all possible steps under their joint powers to plan ahead to meet the problem of major droughts. [More…]
This is a fear shared with Russia by the Western powers. [More…]
We must also consider how our policies should be devised to safeguard our own national interests and those of friendly powers. [More…]
We would not do this alone but in conjunction wilh other powers such as the United Kingdom and France, which has some interest in the Indian Ocean area, and perhaps the United States, which is showing an interest in the area although not a very strong one. [More…]
I referred to the Treaty on the NonProliferation of Nuclear Weapons and said that I would like to feel that when the chips were down we had an alliance of some sort between the nuclear powers - Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union. [More…]
I make no apology for my belief that the Arab powers would do a lot better if they tried to lift the standard of living of their people. [More…]
Perhaps the powers that be in the various parties who have communications with their colleagues in the House of Representatives heard that the House was to discuss this matter and that it was to be discussed by the Senate and perhaps they could have tipped us the wink before the decision was made. [More…]
I imagine that many suggestions on it could be made because it deals wilh the powers of chairmen, the functions of chairmen, the mode of reporting and the form of reports; and, unless all these matters are concluded on Thursday afternoon so that the Estimates then stand ready for reference to the committees on resolution of the Senate, no machinery will be operating. [More…]
I sincerely believe that a committee of this Senate with all its powers will reveal to all Australians the problems confronting the blind, the deaf and the dumb, the cerebral palsy cases, the mentally and physically handicapped, the crippled, the spastics and the quadraplegics, their needs and their requirements. [More…]
We are entitled to and we will continue to speak against this involvement and to speak against the Government when it uses improperly its powers to exclude persons such as Mr Gregory entering the country. [More…]
Why is this Government entitled to abuse the powers which have been given to it for certain purposes in order to deny freedom of speech in Australia? [More…]
I am reminded that at the time of the referendum our powers to deal with subversive bodies a Polish member of the Communist Party named Gerhardt Eisler was involved in a problem in the United States. [More…]
The commission, therefore, has been given a very considerable degree of autonomy and the powers of the Minister are, generally speaking, limited to a power of approval on a relatively few matters of policy. [More…]
Predicting longer strikes and total stoppages, Mr Mundey says that tactics in strikes particularly since 1949 have been so tailored as to give a high priority to the penal powers threat and thus the need to ‘get them back to work’ to avoid fines. [More…]
With the removal of some of the teeth from the penal powers in May 1969, longer strikes including general strikes are likely to become the order of the day.’ [More…]
Another matter to which 1 refer - I am not referring to unionists here - is the complete contempt shown for our judiciary and the powers and functions given to the judiciary by the Parliament. [More…]
If the community condones such contempt, this will be an attack on the institution of Parliament from which judicial powers stem and which we have long regarded as being part of our democratic way of life. [More…]
All I say to Senator Bull who talked about the effrontery shown by the trade union movement towards the arbitration court is that everybody knows that this Government admits that the present penal powers are not appropriate and that they ought to be modified. [More…]
So we have a situation in which the Party to which Senator Bull belongs has proposed a modification of the penal powers of the arbitration court in order to make them more consistent with the aims of ordinary arbitration. [More…]
The States collected it in good faith until the High Court declared that it was ultra vires their powers. [More…]
We find on all sides rh difficulties which are brought about because of a division of powers and the lack of a financial structure which will permit a responsibility in government in the States and an autonomy which will enable the States to enact what they consider to be best for their local area. [More…]
It is something which has developed over the years as a result of wartime exigencies, decisions of the High Court of Australia and ingenious and unintended applications of powers by the Commonwealth Government. [More…]
In these circumstances, as I see the position, there is a need for the powers which are exercised by the Commonwealth Government and the powers which are exercised by the State governments to be considered wilh a view to determining whether they are the appropriate heads of power in 1970. [More…]
I would have thought that without anything else there could be at least an inquiry, an investigation in some depth, with a view to determining whether some of the powers of the States should not be properly transferred to the Commonwealth and. [More…]
indeed, whether some of the powers of the Commonwealth could not be properly exercised by the States. [More…]
In February of this year the Premiers Conference at which the States had expected to have their State income tax powers restored to them, or at least where they made an appeal for those powers to be restored to them, was concluded with an assurance by the Prime Minister (Mr Gorton) that consultations between State and Commonwealth Treasury officials would provide some means of resolving this position by the time the June conference of Premiers took place. [More…]
That Act, amongst other things, provided powers covering the establishment of new lights and the maintenance and improvement of coastal lighthouses and other marine marks that were being taken over from the States. [More…]
It is impossible with the great expansion of Commonwealth activities in this field for the Minister to be personally involved in the exercise of all the powers under the section. [More…]
It is thus proposed that the powers set out in this section should be exercised in the ordinary way by Commonwealth officers, with the Minister having the overriding responsibility, as must always be the case. [More…]
Therefore they regard the Australian presence as an indication of our participation in their security and as a guarantee that there is an interest in the preservation of the integrity of those new nations who do not wish to be subverted so early in the history of their independence from the colonial powers. [More…]
powers, as is said in physics of ^ nature, abhor a vacuum. [More…]
We say to other powers who believe that nobody is interested to go in there that we are interested because we regard ourselves as part of this area and the security of this part of the world is part of our national concern. [More…]
That the proposed Pollution Control Authority should be vested with executive powers to ensure effective control of all forms of pollution, the policing of all regulations, and the prosecution of offenders, [More…]
The powers and resources to undertake a continuous programme of research and education on environmental problems. [More…]
With the Regulations and Ordinance Committee moving to disallow the many discretionary powers which are given to the Executive, we have nearly eliminated this discretion from regulations and ordinances. [More…]
It may be that we should not complain about this if the operation of the Act has been in accordance with what Parliament decided or in accordance with what would be an entitlement if discretionary powers were not given to individuals. [More…]
Do the Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act and Regulations, under which the Australian Stevedoring Industry Authority exercises certain powers and functions, cease to operate on 1st July 1970. [More…]
I raised this matter earlier only to criticise the discretionary powers which are vested in the Director-General. [More…]
Are his discretionary powers to be limited to a maximum of $2 a week? [More…]
I am against discretionary powers. [More…]
Powers should be spelt out in the legislation. [More…]
This is the reason why great care must be taken when discretionary powers are given to the heads of departments. [More…]
No central government with the financial powers that exist in the Parliament in Canberra today could ever hand the decision on social services to a tribunal. [More…]
1 can remember on one occasion in Western Australia when the C series index indicated that there should be a rise in the basic wage, the president of the State Arbitration Court, under the powers that he claimed he had, and which he undoubtedly did have, said that he would not increase the basic wage. [More…]
However, the Senate, although it is within its own powers to do so, has not yet taken any formal action to establish the committee. [More…]
What are the powers of the Commonwealth Government to prevent such anarchy and subversive actions from taking place and disrupting the every-day lives of the people? [More…]
And whereas the Governments of the Commonwealth and of the States have decided, in the national interest, that, ‘ without raising questions concerning, and without derogating ‘ from, their respective constitutional powers, they should cooperate for the purpose of ensuring the legal effectiveness of authorities to explore for or to exploit the petroleum resources of those submerged lands. [More…]
It cannot be said in the terms of the legal advice which was open to both the States and the Commonwealth in 1962 to 1964 that there was any derogation of the constitutional powers of the Commonwealth and the States in the course they followed. [More…]
Equally, the problems of the States in maintaining their claims were not of such little consequence that they could be ignored and, as the States themselves conceded, the amplitude of their claim to powers was such that they required for their complete exercise complementary action by the. [More…]
Both the States and the Commonwealth, by proceeding independently and expecting a legal challenge and decision in the High Court, were open to the risk that such claims as they made as to their powers would be wholly or partly rejected. [More…]
Powerful considerations of self-interest would be expected to operate to enable both Commonwealth and States to retain what powers they believed they had. [More…]
There being no further speakers, let me say that it is fairly clear that, whilst I had powers prior to the moving of the motion of dissent from my ruling and I was watching those powers very carefully, as my ruling has been dissented from I cannot see that I can join very much in the proceedings that follow, because if I were to do so it would appear that I was only protecting myself. [More…]
The provisions of the offshore petroleum legislation are such as to enable a Designated Authority to require a licensee to disclose to him information about sale prices and other information relevant to the ascertainment of well-head value and the calculation of royalty.I am assured that the Designated Authority for Victoria has exercised bis powers to obtain this information in relation to liquid petroleum gas from the Bass Strait fields. [More…]
The 2 principal factors with which the Bill is concerned are the widening of the terminology of the Act to include modern navigational aids, electronic aids and other radio aids which have come into existence in recent years, and also the delegation of powers of the Minister for Shipping and Transport (Mr Sinclair) to some of the officers in his Department. [More…]
It will be apparent to honourable senators from my second reading speech that the Government is drawing to its side additional constitutional powers. [More…]
Private owners have no such powers and must rely on Regulation 92 of the Air Navigation Regulations. [More…]
I feel the Treasurer could have answered that because there are powers under which the Commissioner of Taxation can make an investigation and can charge company tax where he feels that company tax has been evaded by a company selling at below cost to its parent company overseas. [More…]
There is no point in pursuing this proposal if the Government, with all its powers, will not cooperate. [More…]
In regard to Aboriginal advancement the Commonwealth Government does not have exclusive powers or responsibilities but, as in other matters provided under section 51 of the Constitution, it shares these with the States, subject, of course, to the proviso that in case of conflict of Federal and State laws, it is the Federal taw which prevails. [More…]
This promise will, of course, be kept but I know that the Senate will share my desire that in keeping it we should to the greatest possible extent cooperate with the States rather than use the overriding powers of Commonwealth legislation. [More…]
1 shall explain them to the Parliament because I think there is the possibility of abuse of such wide powers as we are giving to the Governor-General. [More…]
If we look at the principal Act we see that the Governor-General had certain powers. [More…]
Section 51 of the Constitution gives us ample power to introduce legislation without giving the Governor-General these extensive powers. [More…]
Senator Greenwood observed that the States have the capacity to pass laws having extra-territorial effect, but that there are certain sensible limitations, i would rather think that the authority for that and for whatever the States do comes not from the Imperial law but from sections 106 and 107 of our Constitution, which preserve the State constitutions and the powers of the State parliaments. [More…]
The main point he, made is that the Governor-General has very great powers to make ordinances which can apply for lengthy periods before either House of the Parliament has a chance to disallow them. [More…]
However, I think his argument is all the stronger if one considers them as law making powers, irrespective of whether they operate in the Territory or, in some special circumstances, outside of the Territory. [More…]
Provisions similar to that about which misgivings and the abuses of much wider powers were expressed exist in the Northern Territory (Administration) Act, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act, Christmas Island Act and Norfolk Island Act. [More…]
Further, Parliament can oversee through its disallowance powers. [More…]
If I may say so, I thought he was very interesting, particularly on the proposition that we should make certain that in the Senate we have adequate power and that it is in no way weaker than State powers. [More…]
The Department of Customs and Excise has no powers that would enable it to destroy surplus stocks of drugs legally held in the possession of wholesalers and retailers againstthe wishes of the owners of the goods. [More…]
The classic or ideal time to impose price control was during the war years when the country was in a state of national emergency and the Commonwealth Government had far greater powers without legal and constitutional barriers to overcome. [More…]
The need for establishing a statutory wool marketing authority with powers relating to the whole clip was argued in some detail in Sir John Crawford’s report which has been made public. [More…]
For a body to perform this role it mast have the necessary powers and standing and be backed with adequate financial resources. [More…]
The functions and powers of the Commission are dealt with in Part III of the Bill. [More…]
The Commission is to be given the following additional functions and powers under the Bill: [More…]
The outline of the authority drawn up by the Advisory Committee and which was endorsed by the industry and put to the Government clearly did not envisage a single body with monopoly powers to buy and sell the whole Australian wool clip., which the term ‘single’ implies. [More…]
What was put to the Government was a body which should be given certain powers relating to the whole clip but working within the existing marketing arrangements in which a number of private firms carry out the physical task of selling wool. [More…]
It gives the Association very limited and circumscribed powers. [More…]
1 believe that the purposes of the Committee in examining regulations and ordinances are, first, to see that there is no arbitrary exercise of discretion by the Executive - that undue discretionary powers are not given to it; secondly, to see that the rights and liberties of the subject are not unnecessarily interfered with; thirdly, that matters which should properly be dealt with by legislation are not included in regulations and ordinances; fourthly - I believe this is a very important point which does attract the attention of the Committee - that if there are circumstances where the Commit tee believes that any of these matters have arisen, they should be of sufficient substance to warrant a resolution from the Committee that the regulation or ordinance not be accepted by the Senate. [More…]
Regulations which give discretionary powers to Ministers are not desirable although I believe that in this case there may be some argument for the exercise of those discretionary powers. [More…]
I know that the United States Coast Guard service has certain powers to enforce the use of a particular detergent or dispersant.I do not know whether this applies here. [More…]
It seems to me that if this provision is approved as it stands it will be ultra vires the Constitution without reference of powers by the States to the Commonwealth. [More…]
The outline of the authority drawn up by the Advisory’ Committee and which was endorsed by the industry and put to the Government clearly did not envisage a single body with monopoly powers to buy and sell the whole Australian wool clip, which the term ‘single’ implies. [More…]
What was put to the Government was a body which should be given certain powers relating to the whole clip but working within the existing marketing arrangements in which a number of private firms carry out the physical task of selling wool. [More…]
It seems to me to be a shame that we have had to linger on until 1970 to bring about these dramatic and important changes but I must say also - I am sure you will agree with me, Mr Acting Deputy President - that the powers of inertia are strong. [More…]
The Commission will have widespread statutory powers over the handling and sale of wool. [More…]
At least Senator Douglas Scott and 1 find some common ground when he says that the process and the powers of inertia are strong. [More…]
I interpolate by saying that the powers of inertia are strong and that is evidenced clearly under conservative governments which have been in office in Australia for a considerable number of years. [More…]
The reason for setting up the Commission, its powers and functions, are stated clearly in the Bill and have been elaborated in the Minister’s second reading speech. [More…]
The Commission shall not perform its functions or exercise its powers except for the purpose of achieving the object specified in the last preceding sub-section . [More…]
In the exercise of the powers of the Commission, I would think that the last phrase in clause 18 (1.) [More…]
Clause 21 sets out the Commission’s powers. [More…]
The purpose of the clause is to put right at the forefront of the statute a statement of the objects of this Parliament so as to make the general Act and its objectives conform to the constitutional powers of this Parliament. [More…]
Clause 4, therefore, is an expression introduced by the Draftsman as to the objects of the Act so as to ensure that the courts will not interpret the Act as an attempt to go beyond the proper constitutional powers that this Parliament has, those powers not enabling us in any way to regulate, prohibit or promote the manufacture of wool within Australia, but being limited to trade and commerce in wool among the Slates and overseas. [More…]
He did not want any boards to have any powers. [More…]
when acting as Chairman, all the powers, functions and duties conferred by this Act on the Chairman. [More…]
The Deputy Chairman or the member appointed to act as Chairman under the last preceding sub-section has, when acting as Chairman, all the powers, functions and duties conferred by this Act on the Chairman. [More…]
Where a State makes an arrangement, its authorities will be given powers, functions and duties under the applied provisions just as if they were still State laws. [More…]
We have a responsibility to understand what is happening to a great segment of our community and to take whatever steps are within our powers to deal with it. [More…]
He has explained to them the intention of the legislation and the functions and powers of the Australian Wool Commission. [More…]
There would not have been so much objection to the inclusion of this provision if it had referred only to an approved bank because the money would have been kept within the banking system and, because of the powers of the Reserve Bank, we would have had some control over the interest rates charged on the money borrowed. [More…]
This article states: lj) the general introductory note, the Mover of the Bill gives it die appearance of being a mere General revision’ of police powers, to ‘keep pace with developments’ and to ‘keep pace with change in the law’ in other countries. [More…]
(hat the present police powers are oldfashioned and inadequate, and that other democratic countries have found this to be so. [More…]
Later in his second reading speech, the Secretary for Law spoke of the existing common law powers and the discussions in the Territory which bad led to the circulation of some Administration amendments to the original Bill. [More…]
Mr Speaker I suspect thatmany who have complained that the Bill gives greatly increased powers to the police have in fact been unaware how extensive are the powers that the police have at common law. [More…]
These powers have existed in Australia and in England for hundreds of years. [More…]
Now, for the first time in this Territory we are setting some of those powers down in written form. [More…]
this project of setting down police powers in statutory form, the committee of the International Commission of Jurists had this to say: The Committee, whilst feeling compelled to be critical of certain provisions of the proposedBill accepts none the less the wisdom of attempting to embody in a single Ordinance the legislative provisions relating to the maintenance of public order. [More…]
It appreciates also the endeavour to clarify and codify the provisions relating to the powers of the police in relation thereto. [More…]
The law will have many powers over a man who has who has been named as a ‘trouble maker’. [More…]
Their powers should not be based on expediency to make their work much easier. [More…]
This brings to my mind a situation in Port Moresby when police officers co-operated with customs officers and used the powers of the Department of Customs to raid houses in Port Moresby in areas to which the Customs Act did not apply in order to gain evidence which would lead to a conviction. [More…]
It is unfortunate if an impression is created that it is using its powers and its representation in order to have foisted on the Territory provisions which are objectionable and which ought not to be tolerated in a community in which we are seeking to establish a set of laws and a constitution which will observe at least a minimum of the basic human rights. [More…]
Mr P. Johnson of Angoram, member of the UNDP Party - not the Pangu Party - said that the Administration was trying to salvage enough powers ‘tailor made’ for political situations. [More…]
Mr Percy Chatterton, a white member of the House of Assembly, said that the more powerful the powers of the police, the more powerful the checks on these powers should be. [More…]
I want to be quite brief, but I think I should point out that Senator Murphy graced himself by saying that it is unfortunate that powers of such an objectionable character have been foisted upon the people of Papua and New Guinea. [More…]
When it introduced the present national service scheme the Government acted in accordance with the powers conferred on it by the Constitution and it did so after an exhaustive review of defence policy and several years experience had indicated it was the only way to increase the strength of the Regular Army to the extent necessary. [More…]
To enable this assistance to be given we on this side feel that these Acts in Queensland and in Western Australia should be repealed or that the Commonwealth should use its powers to transcend State powers. [More…]
Would you want the Government to have these powers over you? [More…]
Government has all of these powers over Aborigines and Islanders on Reserves. [More…]
Within the preliminary to the 1965 act, Parliament specified that all existing reserves were to continue as such (S.4 (11)).It is important to examine the extent and generality of the powers assigned to the Manager and to the department. [More…]
The most general powers are contained in Regulations 10-13 and apply to ‘every resident on or visitor to’ the reserve. [More…]
The wide scope of these powers is easily susceptible to misuse and gives to the manager almost absolute power over the actions of all on the reserve. [More…]
Other powers include passing By-laws to determine ‘the direction, administration and control of the working and business of the local government of the Reserve’. [More…]
Despite the apparently wide powers assigned to it, the Council is continually subject to the Director. [More…]
The scope of the powers allotted to the manager give him a considerable degree of control over such convictions and thus over who is eligible to stand for election. [More…]
The department can take complete control of the financial affairs of an assisted Aborigine, exercising all powers which he himself would otherwise have (S.38). [More…]
The list below gives powers the department can exercise over the assisted Aborigine that no official has over the white community without court intervention. [More…]
The ordinances and the regulations under the Quensland Act allow the manager of a reserve virtually uncontrolled powers of discipline. [More…]
I want to know, with all due respect to the legislation, in view of the fact that we live adjacent to Japan and other maritime powers are there any other equivalent consultative bodies as distinct from this NATO group through which we can discuss with Japan and other countries the elimination of certain oil tanker practices? [More…]
Under the Constitution, we have our rights and powers. [More…]
It is also known - it is a regrettable fact of life - that Australia is handicapped in its presentation of views on other international affairs because of its fear that if it opens its mouth on any subject at all the other nations will hammer into Australia because it is one of the colonial powers. [More…]
calls upon the administering power to take all necessary steps to ‘ transfer full powers in the executive’ and legislative branches of government to elected representatives of the people, in accordance with the freely expressed wishes of the peoples. [More…]
The Australian Government should not continue to tarnish our international reputation by having us branded as one of the last colonial powers on earth. [More…]
Their argument always is that the Territory is not ready for self-government, but that is an attitude typical of colonial powers and it smacks very much of racial superiority. [More…]
The Government has also approved that changes be made to the ‘ Act to give the University more precise powers to control traffic. [More…]
Because of the present section 40 of the Act, which provides that the Commission may delegate its powers, except that of delegation itself, only to a Commissioner or the General Manager, administrative difficulties have arisen. [More…]
The Bill amends section 40 so that the Commission’s powers may be delegated to any person in the employ of the Commission. [More…]
What the States choose to do is the responsibility of the States, acting within their own budgetary obligations and in accordance with their sovereign powers. [More…]
However, the use of the powers set out in the Bill will prevent any hitches in what must, of necessity, be a tightly-scheduled and close-knit operation, if the 10-year mapping programme is to be completed on time. [More…]
The amendment dealing with the administration of the Australian Broadcasting Commission relate to the delegation powers of the Commission, and new financial and banking provisions, and repeal a section which limited compensation to a member of the Commission or to an officer or employee of the Commission to a mere $500 unless ministerial approval for a higher amount was authorised. [More…]
I think that the delegation powers regarding appointment of permanent officers could well be further extended than they have been by this legislation. [More…]
Section 41 of the Act authorises the Commission to delegate to a commissioner or to an officer of the Commission all or any powers of the Commission except the power to appoint officers of the Commission and, of course, to delegate the power of delegation itself. [More…]
Surely the whole question of advertising could be looked at under the powers of the Commissioner of Taxation. [More…]
Hence the Board’s powers over licensees are either too great, that is, it can cancel a licence, or too little, that is, it can deliver a reprimand. [More…]
Provision is made also for a change relating to the delegation of duty by the Commission, lt appears to me that there are some wide powers of delegation. [More…]
He has been forbidden by the Director or by those to whom the powers of the Director have been delegated. [More…]
These powers are provided in this Act which is being applied so rigidly on every reserve in Queensland. [More…]
This relates to the powers of delegation of the Australian Broadcasting Commission. [More…]
The Commission may, by instrument in writing under its common seal, delegate to a Commissioner or to an officer of, or other person employed by the Commission, either generally or otherwise as provided by the instrument of delegation, all or any of the powers of the Commission under this Act except - [More…]
The Commission may, by instrument in writing under its common seal, delegate to a Commissioner or to an officer of, or other person employed by, the Commission, either generally or otherwise as provided by the instrument of delegation, all or any of the powers of the Commission under this Act except - [More…]
The Bill amends section 40 so that the Commission’s powers may be delegated lo any person in the employ of the Commission. [More…]
I could well imagine that the Commission could be quite busy and that some delegation of powers is necessary. [More…]
I hope that the Minister can give a satisfactory explanation, but 1 have some objection to the powers of the Commission being given to any person employed by the Commission. [More…]
That appears to me to be delegating the powers, of. [More…]
The Commission may, by writing under its seal, but subject to the approval of the Minister, delegate lo a Commissioner or to the general manager of the Commission all or any of the powers of the Commission under this Act. [More…]
(5.34) - Clause 7 of the Bill seeks to amend section 40 of the Act to provide, inter alia, that the Australian Broadcasting Commission may delegate any of its powers, except the power of delegation and the power to appoint permanent staff, to any person employed by the Commission. [More…]
The existing legislation limits the delegation of powers of the Commission to a Commissioner or the General Manager but this limitation has been found to be virtually unworkable in an organisation such as the Commission which is represented in all States of the Commonwealth. [More…]
The Commission needs to be able to delegate certain powers quite freely. [More…]
Limiting powers to a Commissioner or the General Manager created an untenable position and in fact the Commission has had to resort to the device of issuing authorisations’ to enable persons down the line lo exercise the powers they needed to exercise. [More…]
I sense that there ought to be some investigation with a view to having some changes made in the procedures of the rule-making and by-law-making powers of the University under the statutes. [More…]
I thought today as we discussed the Australian University Bill, on the question of powers under university statutes, that that matter could appropriately be referred to such a standing committee. [More…]
Where powers arc not adequate, action is being taken to determine the nature and extent of the measures necessary to ensure proper control. [More…]
When they do that honourable senators from those States might consider whether this should be a State function, whether it should be undertaken by the States assisted by the Commonwealth, or whether the Commonwealth ought to usurp all their powers. [More…]
Adequate constitutional powers for such an effort are already available to the States and the Commonwealth. [More…]
We submitted that, on the evidence that was presented to the Committee, the Commonwealth, through a coalescence of powers in a number of fields, had sufficient legislative competence to establish a national approach. [More…]
The arrests were made under the emergency powers granted to the President of Brazil under the Fifth Institutional Act of 13th December 1968. [More…]
The Attorney-General of Western Australia and the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Committee of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Australia agree that this action is without prejudice to the powers of the Senate. [More…]
I ask the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs whether the Government is aware that one condition of Communist China’s entry to the United Nations on which Peking has indicated it would insist is that it receive the same right of veto as certain major powers. [More…]
Powers were given to search premises. [More…]
There is some worry as to whether he was not even treasonable during the war because, although he gave lip service to being on the side of the Western powers and the Chinese troops had their base in Chungking, they very rarely fought Japanese troops; they were far more interested in attacking Mao’s troops. [More…]
When a coup occurs in a country and there is a change of government, perhaps by revolution, generally the great powers of the world recognise the incoming government because it is in complete control. [More…]
The Minister went on then to refer to the establishment of a strong bargaining position with the 2 super powers, the United States of America and the USSR, and the rejection of their influence wherever possible. [More…]
The only significant thing that the People’s Republic of China has attempted to do is to establish a strong bargaining position with the 2 super powers. [More…]
If she is to establish a strong bargaining position with the 2 super powers, what are the ways in which she can seek diplomatically to do so? [More…]
For many years the western powers had recognised China’s claim that Tibet is a province of China, Whatever the present government in Peking has done in Tibet is no different to what preceding Chinese governments have done and what the government of Chiang Kai-shek himself would do if he were in power. [More…]
Without entering into the correctness of any particular allegation, will the Leader of the Government agree that the Senate will use its powers to the full to protect all senators, witnesses and others connected with that Committee or other business of this Senate against any kind of improper pressure? [More…]
The honourable senator asked what powers the DirectorGeneral has to mediate in disputes. [More…]
But we do not see the same anxiety on behalf of the Government to bring in supplementary legislation to enlarge the powers of the Trade Practices Act. [More…]
We need an Act with great powers, as this Bill provides, only on those occasions on which there are Acts of Parliament which large numbers of citizens disregard and say are not fair Acts. [More…]
But when the opposition to a law can attract the support that the Moratorium and the opposition to the penal powers have attracted, we know that that law is not for the benefit of Australia. [More…]
Those demonstrators who do not share the sergeant’s opinion or powers of prediction and who do not disperse within IS minutes face a fine of $500 or 6 months’ gaol or both. [More…]
It is sufficient for me to repeat that the Public Service Board acts independently in exercising the powers and responsibilities conferred upon it by the Public Service Act which, I think, goes back to 1922. [More…]
I believe that all he said could well be true, but I am wondering whether it is within the responsibility of the Commonwealth Department of Shipping and Transport or whether it lies within the licensing and regulatory powers of the States. [More…]
It is just a request that, if we are to continue with the Estimates committees, the powers that be in this Parliament and the Government give some attention to providing the Hansard staff with all the necessary facilities to enable it to give us a daily Hansard, if possible the day after the meeting of the committees. [More…]
The Bill also seeks to repeal section 6 of the Air Navigation Act 1920-1966, which was inserted in 1960 to confer legal capacity on ICAO in Australia and to confer on it the privileges and immunities necessary for the independent exercise of its powers and performance of its functions in Australian territory. [More…]
28 gave the Publications Committee broad powers of inquiry. [More…]
I do not have much confidence in the fact that the Government will not be inclined to use these additional powers to blunt some of the genuine crusades. [More…]
A direction must be given before those powers in the rest of the clause are. [More…]
I cannot see what is added in the terms of our international obligations or our obligations to protect the -persons of the representatives of foreign powers or international agencies by using the word ‘insulting’ in addition to the word ‘offensive’. [More…]
If clause 22 were defeated section 8a of the Crimes Act would cover the position to enable the powers of arrest to be as they have always been. [More…]
I ask the Minister whether it is correct, as Senator Rae has pointed out, that in the situation he referred to a constable would have the power to arrest - in effect, to exercise the power of the court, to penalise or to have injunctive powers, if I might call them that - to prevent a breach of the peace. [More…]
Therefore, the policemen have to be given some powers to remove the wrongdoer when that person is engaged in or is likely to engage in a repetition of the offence as soon as he is removed from his particular position. [More…]
Indeed, it has always been recognised that, within any 5-yearly period of their operation, the financial assistance grants ‘ arrangements are not designed to meet either significant changes in the States powers and responsibilities or severe financial difficulties that arise due to abnormal factors beyond the States control. ‘ [More…]
Another is that the Commissioner will no longer have any nonappealable powers when determining liability. [More…]
The Commissioner will have to maintain a register of delegations in force, the register being open for public inspection and delegates of the Commissioner will be required to make an oath or affirmation before proceeding to exercise the powers delegated. [More…]
We have seen a number- of Bills go through this place which contain extraordinary powers of ‘ invasion of premises in order to get documents. [More…]
We think that if the Commonwealth has these powers - and we are not objecting to it having them - and there is a dispute between the Commonwealth and the citizen as to whether money is owed the Commonwealth should prove it and should not simply be able to say that he owes it and that is the end of it. [More…]
at all times maintain its right to carry on operations and shall, except as the Bank shall otherwise agree, take all steps necessary to acquire, maintain and renew all rights, powers, privileges and franchises which are necessary or useful in the conduct of its business; [More…]
The powers of the Minister in this field are, to say the least, sketchy. [More…]
There is no indication of where his powers will end. [More…]
One would have imagined that in bringing down a proposal to increase the number of Ministers the Government would have outlined clearly the powers of the Office of the Environment. [More…]
Navy, the Army and Air be amalgamated under one Minister, a Minister for Defence, allowing these Departments to function with autonomous powers and independent of each other but brought together under one head? [More…]
We have an untramelled uncontrolled power in the House of Representatives which is not subject to any control except by electoral devices and, with some constitutional powers, it is able to control the electoral devices. [More…]
A person who is appointed an assistant Minister is not sworn in and does not have the powers of a Minister. [More…]
We continue to find major weaknesses in the present regulatory system - in the concepts of what the various regulatory bodies are trying to do; in the powers of these various bodies; in their reporting and policing functions, and in the provision of adequate information to the investor rather than to the insider. [More…]
Whilst those employed by the Atomic Energy Agency have been in Australia for many years it has been only as a result of the publication of questions and answers that we found that no immunity had been given to those working for foreign powers within Australia if they breach our laws. [More…]
There was conflict between the Soviet Union and the Western Powers. [More…]
- At the cessation* of hostilities the Western ‘ powers began to disarm. [More…]
Russia called the Warsaw Conference of satellite powers and formed a military bloc known as the Cominform. [More…]
It questioned whether this Committee is acting within its powers or stepping outside its powers. [More…]
Aborigines and the Arts the matters which have been raised by the honourable senator; but I will do so stating now for the information of the honourable senator that the executive role of the Commonwealth in this area is limited very much by its constitutional powers. [More…]
In the exercise of its powers the Corporation is not subject to direction by or on behalf of the Commonwealth. [More…]
They go further still; they amount, in fact, to a usurpation of powers specifically entrusted by the Commonwealth Constitution to the Commonwealth Parliament, and to it alone. [More…]
Clearly, then, political stoppages and bans of the kind I mentioned amount to trade unions and their officials attempting to ursurp or impede the constitutional powers of this Parliament. [More…]
There exists already on our statute book an Act of Parliament designed to prevent union usurpation of the Commonwealth defence powers. [More…]
I also want to know whether it is within the powers of the Federal Minister to assist in the tracing of the people who have disappeared with the money owing to the large number of customers who in some instances have lost the whole of their life savings. [More…]
The Board derives some of its powers from State legislation. [More…]
When our inquiry commenced the Commission had not tested fully the scope of the powers conferred upon it. [More…]
We believe that the Commission should explore the extent of its existing powers and, if need be, discuss with the Minister at the earliest opportunity any variations that it considers should be made to those powers to increase its effectiveness, particularly if it is to become actively involved in the development of tourist facilities in Australia. [More…]
When one considers the position of the law and the powers to make laws in the Australian Capital Territory one notes that section 122 of the Constitution gives comprehensive law-making power to the Commonwealth to make laws for the Australian Capital Territory. [More…]
I omitted to say that this Ordinance had been submitted to the Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory, which welcomed it and has not suggested to the Senate in any way that it ought to exercise its powers to disallow this Ordinance as the Society has done with regard to other substantive pieces of legislation such as the Legal Practitioners Ordinance which came into force eventually not so long ago. [More…]
We would have a similar requirement imposed for Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and all the other areas for which the Commonwealth has powers to enact legislation by ordinance. [More…]
The Honourable senator will recall that the statute to which he refers provided for the setting up of an interim council whose functions were to make recommendations to the Minister with regard to matters related to the establishment of the Institute and on subject matters which included the functions and powers of the Institute, the constitution of the council, the site and seat df the Institute and co-operation of the Institute with the university that is to be known as the James Cook University of North Queensland, and to furnish to the Minister estimates of the capital and recurrent costs of the Institute- I am able to inform the honourable senator that the interim council so set up has made its report which was received by the Minister on 7th July. [More…]
It is virtually a challenge to the Senate not to exercise its powers of disallowance. [More…]
I know your powers. [More…]
In any case, if the Senate is to bow to the suggestion that certain regulations or ordinances should not be disallowed because of administrative or other difficulties it will waive its powers of disallowance altogether. [More…]
This was recognised in the Manchester Legal Aid Committee case (1952) by the Divisional Court of the Queen’s Bench Division, which observed that the duty might arise ‘in widely different circumstances which it would be impossible, and, indeed, inadvisable, to attempt to define exhaustively,’, in that case the committee, purporting to exercise its powers under the Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949, had awarded a civil aid certificate to a trustee in bankruptcy to continue a bankrupt’s claim against a company, but had exceeded its jurisdiction by making its award on the basis of the bankrupt’s means, which were irrelevant. [More…]
The powers, privileges and immunities of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, and of the members and the committees of each House, shall be such as are declared by the Parliament, and until declared shall be those of the Commons House of Parliament of the United Kingdom, and of its members and committees, at the establishment of the Commonwealth. [More…]
The mode in which its powers, privileges, and immunities may be exercised and upheld; (ii.) [More…]
When dealings with these journalists this Parliament was not acting as a court of law; it was acting as a legislative body in defence of its privileges in accordance with the powers conferred on it by the Constitution. [More…]
Now it may be argued that this Parliament has not with sufficient precision defined the powers, privileges and immunities which it exercises under this section of the Constitution. [More…]
I suggest that it has been accepted by the Parliament, largely in the light of what happened here in this particular case, that we need to do a lot more work to spell out just what those powers, privileges and immunities are. [More…]
The consideration we have already mentioned is of necessity an answer to this contention, namely, that in unequivocal terms the powers of the House of Commons have been bestowed upon the House of Representatives. [More…]
Because of the provisions of the Constitution the powers of the House of Commons vested in the House of Representatives are also vested in this Senate. [More…]
It should be added to that very simple statement that throughout the- course of English history there has been a tendency to regard those powers as . [More…]
This is not the occasion to discuss the historical grounds upon which these powers and privileges attached to the House of Commons. [More…]
But our decision is based upon the ground that a general view of the Constitution and the separation of powers is not a sufficient reason for giving to those words, which appear to us to be so clear, a restrictive or secondary meaning which they do not properly bear. [More…]
When one examines tribunals which are not exercising judicial powers one should postulate that above all they should have regard to their responsibilities, to the rights of individuals and act fairly by everybody. [More…]
However, the Court held that, due to the way in which the Trade Practices Act sought to utilise all the powers believed to be available to sustain the legislation, it was open to legal objection. [More…]
The Government is satisfied that legislation thus based entirely on the corporations power will cover the vast majority of significant restrictive practices that could be covered by Commonwealth legislation if reliance were placed on all available powers. [More…]
Indeed, to my mind one of the fundamental errors into which the Court was led by the reserved powers doctrine when deciding Huddart Parker v. Moorehead (supra) was the endeavour to do that very thing rather than merely to decide whether the law which it had before it was a law with respect to the topic of granted power. [More…]
I do not think it is a good thing that such powers should be left to reside in the High Court due to the failure of the other constitutional processes to operate and give viability to the Constitution. [More…]
In relation to the agreement that New Zealand made with the 7 powers, as there are now, he said: [More…]
The Commonwealth Council for National Fitness, in conjunction with the State councils, promotes national fitness activities in accordance with the powers given to it under the Act, with the limited funds that it has at its disposal. [More…]
I think it is a provision by which an attempt might be made to go beyond the powers of the Commonwealth. [More…]
In mid-June, 1971 the Soviet Union advised the other four nuclear weapon states - the United States, Britain, France and the People’s Republic of China - that it ‘proposed to convene at the earliest time a conference of the Five Powers possessing nuclear weapons.’ [More…]
They expressed the view that the proposal would otherwise have merited serious consideration, but that such a conference would require the participation of all five nuclear powers to make it. [More…]
What powers and/or liaison exists with State mining authorities to ensure that all forms of mining require adequate environmental rehabilitation when mining operations cease? [More…]
If government leads to enrich the lives of its people, and if government recognises that it has the powers which are freely given by a democratic society, then I hope that government will become more deeply committed to measures which give life a new dimension. [More…]
The second aspect of the Labor Party’s policy which one extracts from other clauses from its platform is that it would clothe the Commonwealth Parliament with plenary powers to achieve national planning objectives and the Party’s economic and social objectives. [More…]
1 am aware that a decision was given in the Northern Territory Supreme Court yesterday by Mr Justice Forster in regard to an action which was brought by the Attorney-General against certain members of the Legislative Council of the Northern Territory who had purported by resolution to appoint persons with what might be described as ombudsman-like powers. [More…]
The issue which was litigated before the Supreme Court did not relate to Commonwealth constitutional power but to the powers of the Northern Territory Legislative Council. [More…]
In my understanding of the matter, based upon a rough outline of the case and the Press reports, no question arose in that case which affects the powers of Senate committees, insofar as those committees are aids to the exercise of a legislative function. [More…]
Because the balance which exists between the major powers and which depends upon terror, one side is not prepared to unleash its resources because it knows that retaliation will come from the other side. [More…]
It does seem that this is an extremely serious matter which involves the rights of the individual, the rights of the public as television interviewers and those concerned with freedom of speech, and the proper execution of powers under the Broadcasting and Television Act. [More…]
Without going into its technicalities, the Broadcasting and Television Act gives certain powers to the Postmaster-General which, of course, are subject to the control of the Parliament. [More…]
The question arises as to whether juries ought to be given some powers to recommend in these cases. [More…]
I return to my reference to the fact that a higher standard of education, wider knowledge and a deeper understanding of the whole purpose of living and of life gives more people within our community greater powers of discrimination and wiser judgment. [More…]
There has been much reference to the powers of Senate committees. [More…]
I have told many of the conservation groups that if I am not given further information in the next fortnight the only logical way for me to get it will be by using the powers of one of the Senate committees to subpoena people. [More…]
Failing that, and although it might test the validity of the powers of Senate committees, I shall raise the matter with the appropriate Estimates Committee when it is dealing with the Prime Minister’s Department. [More…]
What powers does the Minister possess to control this situation? [More…]
Is it not a fact that by his direction the discretionary powers of the Commonwealth Police Force have been removed or severely limited? [More…]
We feel that it is quite wrong for taxing powers of this nature - income tax and payroll tax - to be in the hands of 6 separate authorities representing the States and of a Federal authority which, by the operation of the Pay-roll Tax (Territories) Assessment Bill and the Pay-roll Tax (Territories) Bill, will still have some control in certain areas. [More…]
lt has been stated already that the States agreed on a different rate from that which had been levied by the Commonwealth, tut, of course, this is one of the powers that the States had and they agreed to do this. [More…]
The first Bill relates to the termination of the Commonwealth taxing powers and the other 2 Bills relate to the introduction of the taxing powers and the levying of payroll tax in the Commonwealth Territories. [More…]
The Commonwealth agreement arose from a desire by the Commonwealth to grant to the States a growth tax which was constitutionally possible for them to levy and one which would give them a degree of growth and some taxing powers to enable them to apply their own priorities to some of their expenditure. [More…]
This new Bill introduces the powers for taxing in the Commonwealth Territories. [More…]
Broadly stated, these powers will enable the Commonwealth in its Territories to impose payroll tax at the same rate of 2i per cent, which was the rate under the previous Act. [More…]
His conclusion is that a serious threat from any major power would bring other major powers to Australia’s support, and he added: [More…]
Therefore we are participating in this hunger fast to draw attention to the plight of the refugees and we respectfully urge you to remember, your humanity and to do all in your powers to press for more aid. [More…]
The great powers are setting out to divide the people of the world. [More…]
These powers are too great to give anybody at any time. [More…]
In respect of (a) the Australian Apple and Pear Board can and does control such forward sales by the powers given it already under the Apple and Pear Organization Act 1938-1966. [More…]
Clause 18 of the present Bill provides that the Board, in exercising its powers in this regard under the Organization Act, shall comply with any direction of the Minister in making any minimum price determinations in respect of forward sales. [More…]
There is also another provision in the Judiciary Act under which a question which involves the powers, inter se, of the Commonwealth and the States will automatically be referred to the High Court when that issue arises before the court which is hearing the matter. [More…]
AH I wish to say at this stage is that if a matter does arise in the courts of Western Australia as to the limits, inter se, of the powers of the Commonwealth and the States ! [More…]
Here again I am being asked to comment on policy matters which involve the administration of various funds, the powers that they may have to administer their affairs and the powers that the Commonwealth may have to oversee them. [More…]
The Commonwealth Government, except in time of war or national emergency, has no powers to control prices. [More…]
A single national marketing authority would have those powers. [More…]
The Government believes that these 2 immediate decisions relating to the report of the Commonwealth Administrative Review Committee will be taken as a tangible demonstration of the significance it attaches to the protection of the rights of individuals at a time when governments excise extensive powers on their behalf. [More…]
This is the first report of the Joint Committee on Publications operating under the powers granted to it by Senate standing order 36 and House of Representatives standing order 28 which came into force last year. [More…]
In my statement of 7 th September I pointed out that the High Court had held that, due to the way in which the Trade Practices Act sought to use all the constitutional powers believed to be available to sustain the legislation, it was open to legal objection. [More…]
The legislative requirements and powers of the Commissioner of Trade Practices with respect to examinable agreements and examinable practices and the provisions relating to collusive bidding and collusive tendering have not been able to be enforced or excercised. [More…]
The Bill accordingly provides for the repeal of the existing Act and for re-enactment of provisions that are similar except that, apart from the shipping provisions, they are founded on the corporations powers alone. [More…]
The shipping provisions remain founded on the overseas and interstate trade and commerce power but the other provisions of the Bill do not draw upon that power or upon other powers such as the power with respect to the Commonwealth’s Territories. [More…]
As I indicated in my statement on 7th September 1971, the Government is satisfied that legislation thus based entirely on the corporations power will cover the vast majority of significant restrictive practices that could be covered by Commonwealth legislation if reliance were placed on all available powers. [More…]
For many years it has been the practice in several States for some judicial powers under the Matrimonial Causes Act to be exercised by officers of (he Supreme Courts, such as registrars in divorce and masters, instead of by judges. [More…]
Mr Chairman, an important matter has arisen in relation to the regulation making powers to be conferred by this legislation. [More…]
As far as statutory powers are concerned, there is no general provision for the control of mergers. [More…]
The Courts in Australian have discretionary powers concerning penalties for drug addicts and the offender may not necessarily be imprisoned. [More…]
Had there been, as Senator Murphy has suggested, the speedy introduction of legislation - one way of doing that might have ben to increase the deposit requirement or, as he suggested, to give wider powers to an investigator - the risk would have been that there would be a crop of failures which would undermine public confidence and cause a run on other insurance companies. [More…]
The major economic powers and the major donors of aid to India, like the United States and Britain, are making the largest contribution to the international relief effort [More…]
It shows that in a letter to the Board on 30th March 1971 the secretary of Television Corpora- tion Ltd, which holds the licence for TCN Sydney and controls GTV Melbourne, challenged on counsel’s opinion the powers of the Board in respect of its determination of 10th November 1970 on revised requirements for Australian content in television programmes. [More…]
While an answer to a question without notice is not the occasion on which to express an opinion on legal or constitutional issues, it does appear to me that the honourable senator’s suggestion of a lower rate of duty on aviation fuel used on flights to and from Tasmania would constitute discrimination between the States on a law relating to taxation, lt would therefore be beyond the Commonwealth’s powers. [More…]
This has been found necessary for legal reasons since the Commonwealth’s powers could not extend to interests in shares of a company incorporated overseas. [More…]
Did the defendant plead guilty to the charge and did the magistrate, in accordance with his powers under section 19 of the Crimes Act, dismiss the charge as trivial? [More…]
Under the United States Shipping Act of 1916, the Commission has certain powers to act in regard to freight rates in trades serving the United States. [More…]
The first amendment effected by clause 8 relates to the exercise by the court of disciplinary powers over legal practitioners. [More…]
It is quite possible that the whole confrontation of the great powers may be passing from the European mainland to the basin of the Pacific, which may well be the cockpit in which the great powers will confront one another in years to come. [More…]
Britain and the United States are withdrawing, but if confrontation of these great powers should occur in this part of the world, and it seems to be a real strategic possibility, Australia will find herself in the very eye of the cyclone. [More…]
In a world of growing super powers, if we were to assume that these 4 countries are super powers, Europe will be a fifth super power. [More…]
Senator Keeffe could well ask how we would become involved in that clash between 2 major powers, armed to the teeth as they are. [More…]
My leader, Senator Gair, went on a television programme the other night and pointed out the necessity for it, with 2 major powers armed to the teeth as Russia and China are in the Pacific area. [More…]
If we are sensible we are inevitably led to the fact, whatever the consequences are, that Japan, which is a free agent, which has a population of 100 million people and which is the greatest economic power in the area, has to take steps to arm itself - unless we go there and prevent the Japanese from rearming - to compete with those major powers that are not friendly towards it and which are so close to its shores [More…]
If all these major powers in the area become involved in even a disputation among themselves the mineral wealth of this country, the mineral prospects of New Guinea and -the wealth of nickel in new Caledonia will become involved [More…]
Let nobody think that the emergence of China on the public scene is being accepted with unadulterated glee by the great super powers of this world. [More…]
The same situation applies to Russia in relation to these matters, because Australia is geographically situated under an arc of 4 great powers - America, Russia, Japan and China. [More…]
I conclude with this thought: Australia has a major role to play here because, apart from the 5 great super powers, there are some 250 million sometimes forgotten people. [More…]
But alongside America I believe that Australia has an individual and unique role to play, moving around South East Asia, collecting the viewpoints of the peoples of Asia and communicating them to the big powers. [More…]
I ask the AttorneyGeneral: What powers does the Commonwealth Government have in relation to compulsory unionism and the protection of the rights of individuals who do not wish to join a union? [More…]
1 ask the Attorney-General whether his attention has been drawn to the annual report of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board which indicates that the Secretary of Television Corporation Ltd which holds the licence for TCN Sydney and which controls GTV in Melbourne has challenged the powers of the Australian [More…]
In that industry there is a statutory marketing authority which has specific powers. [More…]
If the Senate were to express the opinion that there should be complementary legislation to establish a single statutory marketing authority to acquire, appraise and market the entire wool clip it would mean that that authority would have to be armed with statutory powers to limit production and so on, especially if it were made responsible for the absorption of the entire crop, as happens in the sugar industry in Queensland. [More…]
I realise that the Secretary of the Department of the Primary Industry is provided under the Bill with discretionary powers to recognise these people, but I believe that it would have been much simpler if the wording had been changed in the manner that I have suggested. [More…]
That would not be possible without the introduction of this legislation as the Commissioner would be left without effective persuasive powers to handle industry. [More…]
As a result of the concrete pipes case the judges of the High Court now say that the decision given in 1909 in respect of Commonwealth powers over trade and industry was wrong in several points. [More…]
If they are entitled to rights or the ability to exercise powers, they should know what those rights and those powers are. [More…]
This seems to me to touch upon the question of whether there is a true separation of powers. [More…]
I know that this provision exists in some other legislation but it one starts to look at the substance of the doctrine that there should be a separation of powers, it seems to me - looking at the matter broadly - that if a person is appointed to be a judge under some legislation and under some other legislation is appointed to cany out administrative duties then we are breaking down the separation of powers. [More…]
If this practice is to become more common it will in relation to the separation of powers certainly be a different picture, from that which we had envisaged after the boilermakers case. [More…]
But on the other hand, his definition is simply: monopoly powers’ means the power to fix, or influence substantially, the market price of any kind of goods or services, or to prevent persons entering or expanding businesses. [More…]
the ability of our own factories to perform work of this kind - but because wc should reduce considerably our need to place reliance on other powers for major equipment. [More…]
What is now needed is a new code of family law created by a combined effort of the States and Commonwealth so that within the constitutional powers of the latter, a new divorce and marriage code may be created, drafted in the context of the new provisions on the subjects within the State sphere, which could be enacted as uniform legislation by the several States. [More…]
However, the Parliament can establish, by the marriage and divorce and matrimonial causes powers, by force of legislation, by a legislative declaration, the rights, liabilities, obligations and status that the parties would have had if the purported decrees had been valid. [More…]
It is provided that the disciplinary powers which the court traditionally exercises over members of the legal profession shall be standardised, so that a court of not less than 3 judges will henceforth deal with disciplinary matters. [More…]
The honourable senator knows, because he is probably one of the best informed people in this chamber on what are the powers and the statutory duties of the Commission, that it is an independent Commission.I have a copy of the Broadcasting and Television Act with me. [More…]
Institute of Public Administration conference at which a speaker called lor a reassessment of what he described as the archaic’ distribution of local and Stale powers and further suggested a compulsory periodical review of fundamental components of administration which take into account changes in hoth urban and rural growth. [More…]
I a?k: In view of the many changed demands made on local authorities and the changes in urban and rural growth, will the Minister give consideration to initiating some inquiry at Commonwealth and State levels into the distribution of local and State powers so that local authorities upon which increasing demands are being made will be able to function more effectively? [More…]
It was natural that as the head of a recently formed government 1 should welcome the opportunity for discussions with the leaders of 2 major powers who are traditionally close friends and allies of this country. [More…]
During its 6 years of existence the Advisory Committee has been serviced by the Department of Education and Science, and the Government believes that the time has now come to establish its advisory authority on advanced education as a statutory advisory body with powers and status more appropriate to the task it is called upon to perform. [More…]
The staff of the Commission will be employed under the Public Service Act and for this purpose the Chairman will have the powers of a permanent head of a Public Service department. [More…]
I think the Commonwealth should adequately take care of our indigenous people as an entirely separate entity under the special powers granted to it by referendum. [More…]
It is a further indication of the way in which the Commonwealth Parliament - and I use that term in its broadest sense - is using its powers to gradually take over many of the responsibilities of the States. [More…]
I also pointed out that the course of action taken by the board of directors of the university union was the correct one in the light of the circumstances and the powers available to it. [More…]
There have been circumstances which have led the universities to suspend individual students in accordance with the disciplinary powers available to them. [More…]
Parliament passed an Act this year redefining the responsibilities of demonstrators and the powers available to the police in order to give greater protection to people’s rights and property during demonstrations. [More…]
31 and 36, against all successors in title to the original purchaser or borrower to the same extent that he may have exercised those powers against that purchaser or borrower. [More…]
Clause 10 provides for the insertion of a new section in the Aci (section 48n), which will empower the Director to advance money on mortgage to an ineligible person for the purpose of effecting a sale when exercising the powers of sale conferred by section 36’, section 48 and section 48c of the Act. [More…]
While the usual practice of the Director is to sell properties under the powers conferred in these sections to eligible persons, it is sometimes necessary to effect a sale to an ineligible person, Where, for example, the properly is no longer suitable for sale to an eligible person, or where an eligible person is not available to purchase the property. [More…]
Therefore the Governor-General’s powers are related only to section 5 of the Act. [More…]
The Act contains other provisions which spell out the powers of the AuditorGeneral. [More…]
That section sets out the powers and functions of the Commission. [More…]
Section 16 of the Act sets out the powers and functions of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board. [More…]
Indeed it is, because it involves an examination of the language of the Broadcasting and Television Act, the obligations of the Commission and, to some extent, the rights and powers of the Senate and the powers of -the Estimates committees which have been constituted. [More…]
It gives to the Postmaster-General certain powers which he could exercise and for which he would undoubtedly be responsible to the Parliament. [More…]
The Auditor-General had very wide and far-reaching powers as to how and where he could investigate. [More…]
The matter has to be treated with some care because if the Parliament, by an Act, has established a corporation and has delineated the powers and functions of that corporation, I would think the Parliament would respect the rights of persons to act under that charter given by the Parliament. [More…]
for example, the commissioners - or the General Manager - of the Australian Broadcasting Commission believe that they are acting in accordance with the law, in accordance with an Act of Parliament, they may question whether there are any express or implied powers for one House of the Parliament to interfere with that which the law has accorded them. [More…]
The General Manager of the ABC has no powers except those delegated to him by the Commission. [More…]
It was thought that by co-ordination and by calling upon all the available powers or fragments of power under many of the place ta of the Constitution, this would be effected. [More…]
In starting may I say that, in terms of the environment as a subject matter of constitutional power, the Commonwealth has no direct legislative powers whatsoever. [More…]
I acknowledge his authority in that area but 1 say again to the AttorneyGeneral, as he knows I have said lo him on many occasions during the course of directing questions to him, that our Committee had a considerable amount of advice which led us quite firmly to put down on paper that we believed and we felt that there was a sufficient coalescence of powers for the Commonwealth at least to take a more active, a more leading and a more positive role than in my view it is taking at the moment. [More…]
I ask the Leader of the Government in the Senate: Will the Prime Minister indicate whether the Governement proposes to make an attempt to bring to an end the tragic war between the Asian” powers India and . [More…]
Has the Postmaster-General’s attention been drawn to the annual report of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board which indicates that the Secretary of Television Corporation Ltd, which holds the licence for TCN Sydney and controls GTV Melbourne, has challenged the powers of the Control Board in determining revised requirements for Australian content in television programmes? [More…]
Thewhole matter of the Board’s powers is at present under consideration. [More…]
Would the Commonwealth Government seek reimbursement under its legislative powers or would it use the avenues of TOVALOP and CRISTAL in the event of a major oil spillaga in Australian waters. [More…]
Would TOVALOP and CRISTAL have provided aggregate damages comparable with those achieved under Commonwealth legislative powers in the case of the ‘Oceanic Grandeur’ oil spillage. [More…]
A meeting of Foreign Ministers of member countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations - Thailand, The Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia - which took place in Kuala Lumpur on 26th-27th November 1971 adopted a declaration stating that they would seek to secure recognition of, and respect for, SouthEast Asia as a zone of peace, freedom and neutrality, free from any form or manner of interference by outside powers. [More…]
What we should do before we make any decision on any of these things, if the Commonwealth Parliament has not the power - I do not think it has under the Constitution - to impose, a moratorium on all high incomes, is to get together collectively in the interests of the Australian people and devise ways and means, by referendum if need be, to give the Commonwealth Parliament powers to impose restrictions on the earning of high incomes. [More…]
exercise certain powers. [More…]
The sort of powers that are referred to are to erect a dwelling house, to purchase land, to purchase a dwelling house, to complete a partially erected dwelling house, to enlarge a dwelling house and to discharge any mortgage. [More…]
I do not think anybody would wish to intrude into those cases the custodial powers that are provided for in section 29aa. [More…]
It is satisfied that the interests of this nation’s economy, growth and welfare, as well as the interests of all those persons and corporations, both within and without Australia, who are involved in the Australian securities industry require that the Commonwealth Government exercise the powers given to it at federation to legislate with respect to the securities industry. [More…]
They took with them Sir William’s seven terms of reference, which featured acquisition of the wool clip, production controls, amalgamation of the board and the Commission, and new powers for the IWS. [More…]
But this plan involves the study of the following courses of action: The amalgamation of the Australian Wool Board and the Australian Wool Commission and the composition, powers and functions of the new body. [More…]
Rectification of the unemployment that is being caused in Western Australia is beyond the powers of the Western Australian Government without some assistance from the Commonwealth Government. [More…]
ThereforeI think it could be said that there has been an accord as to the terms of reference and also as to the formal parts of the motion dealing with the staff and personnel of the Committee as well as its rights and powers. [More…]
The Commonwealth has constitutional authority under its foreign affairs powers to control the movement of materials which are the basis of international agreements. [More…]
The exceptional penal powers that the Department of Customs and Excise is seeking will inflict hardships upon people, young people in particular, and in turn upon the whole of society. [More…]
Senator Georges referred to the powers of Customs officers. [More…]
But we do find one area in which Western powers do exercise strong influence, and (hat is in Africa. [More…]
I think also it is even more incorrect to look on the problems which have to be resolved if we are to have peaceful relations with our neighbours in the Indian Ocean as being solely the result of the intervention of major powers, whether they be Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union or China. [More…]
The proposition 1 wish to put to the Senate, and I do not wish to speak at great length on it, is that it is time we forgot about the stories of gunboats of foreign powers coming into the Indian Ocean; that it is time we had a look at the peoples of the Indian Ocean themselves; that it is time we had a look at our immigration policy; that it is time we had a look at our aid programme; that it is time we had a look at the policies we adopt on colonialism in South Africa, Rhodesia and the Portuguese colonies; that it is time we ceased to find in reports of the United Nations General Assembly or in conferences which take place elsewhere that there is a hard core of three or four countries such as South Africa, Portugal and Australia supporting the position of the South Africans and the Portuguese. [More…]
lt is interesting to note - I will conclude by making some observations about this matter - that Australia has again been placed in a ludicrous position as a result of the present visit to China by President Nixon because, although I have already said that 1 believe the problems of the Indian Ocean area will be in the main resolved by the people who live in that area, there cannot be any doubt but that the relationships between the major powers are going to play a very important role. [More…]
Lest it be thought that I am rattling a sword and picking out permanent enemies let me make this perfectly clear: I sought merely to establish the existing mili’ary strengths of various nations, various world powers, operative in the Indian Ocean. [More…]
But to put these things in perspective and against the background that one hopes that President Nixon will achieve great steps towards world peace, it would be wrong if we did not understand the nature of the powers involved. [More…]
I think it is important, with all the goodwill in the world, that we recognise the nature of the powers involved in this part of the world, particularly as China is building its own military presence. [More…]
Although it is nol possible to predict with certainty that all the great powers will maintain ‘ their interest in the area indefinitely, it does not seem likely that the countries in the region, whatever their views, will be able to prevent une Indian Ocean developing into an area of great power influence a:,.d involvement. [More…]
That the facilities at Cockburn Sound should be made available to friendly powers under mutually agreed arrangements. [More…]
Other powers will want to patrol the oceans of the world and we will not be able to throw out a challenge to them. [More…]
They arc the major British withdrawal of forces cast of the Suez, extension of the Russian naval and economic influence in the Indian Ocean and its surrounds, the uncertainty of the intentions of the United States in the area, an anticipated large increase in exports of minerals from Western Australia, and the extension in the ocean of the influence of great powers whose policies and ideologies differ from our own. [More…]
Recommendation 12 states that the facilities at Cockburn Sound should be made available to friendly powers under mutually agreed arrangements. [More…]
The Committee has also recommended that these facilities should be made available to friendly powers under mutually agreed arrangements. [More…]
The purpose of this is to isolate the South Africans, to make them pariahs and ensure that as a result of a break in relations the use of the Simonstown naval base is denied to the Western powers. [More…]
Naturally the report deals to a very great extent with the problems which the Committee believes result from the intervention of various major powers in the Indian Ocean. [More…]
Senate, in debating the situation in the Indian Ocean region, were merely to look at.it from the point of view of the interests of various major powers and were to consider only what will happen as a result of Britain’s withdrawal, what will happen as a result of the Soviet allegedly coming and what the United States or China might do in this part of the world. [More…]
Pakistan, a new country which came into existence only in 1947 - it is still less than one quarter of a century old - has split apart and the majority of the inhabitants of the former East Pakistan have constituted a new state known as Bangla Desh which is recognised already by a number of world powers. [More…]
1 do Dot believe that we should look on the peoples of the Indian Ocean, as we have done so frequently in the past, as being minions or pawns to be pushed around by great powers. [More…]
What is becoming increasingly evident is that the people of the various countries in the whole Indian Ocean area are struggling for their independence and obtaining their independence, and they are exercising their own policies without direction from foreign powers. [More…]
:tce when Dr Sukarno was replaced as President by General Suharto and although it could noi be denied that there were major powers that were very concerned about what was happening and were doing their best to exercise influence in Indonesia, what happened in Indonesia was an internal Indonesian conflict which was resolved, correctly or incorrectly, by Indonesians. [More…]
It has had to expand in depth into Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary and the other buffer countries and exercise its influence there because of the fear that the United States Central Intelligence Agency and that country’s other instrumentalities which are practically extra-governmental would undermine the people’s governments there and establish reactionary governments which would allow the Western powers, with its fanatical objection to people having their own form of government, to make attacks through these bordering countries. [More…]
As to the African continent, we are not really friendly with any of the African countries because we are looked upon as a reactionary country aligned to the powers of the past. [More…]
The British blockade of 1914-18 was a most powerful and effective weapon in destroying the ability of the Central powers to fight, by destroying what. [More…]
a military and an economic sense throughout the world in competition with the United States and other Western powers; and [More…]
Russia, as one of 2 or 3 super powers, is in competition with some other super powers, notably with the United States, Japan and China. [More…]
To interfere with these is to confront the major maritime powers, whose navies control the waters in which the Soviet merchant fleet (second largest in numbers of ships, sixth largest in tonnage) sails. [More…]
The remainder of the States have appointed a few permanent officers with powers ranging from overriding responsibility in the event of a disaster or attacks upon the civil population, but these people have little more than training and advisory func tion. [More…]
One of the features about the New South Wales civil defence organisation is that in the event of nuclear attack it is intended that wide powers be given to the Director. [More…]
But if it is passed, broadly it will give the Director full powers of operational control and co-ordination of activities in time of emergency. [More…]
Queensland also has adopted the principle that immediately a disaster occurs a senior Cabinet Minister will be sent to the spot with powers to expend funds and seek other assistance as may be required. [More…]
The powers which the Commonwealth has in our nation are powers which were given to it by the States. [More…]
Those powers are limited under the Constitution and the residual powers remain with the States. [More…]
Their’s may be similar in certain respects but the powers held by the States in this country make it difficult for the Commonwealth to have full control. [More…]
The Minister for the Interior, the honourable member for Gwydir (Mr Hunt), in his maiden speech in the House of Representatives on 21st August 1969, suggested that a national drought authority should be established whereby the Commonwealth and States could get together on a permanent basis to take all possible steps under their joint powers to plan ahead to meet the problem of major droughts. [More…]
If that organisation had the powers that organisations in some overseas countries have, it could order the armed Services to take action in a disaster. [More…]
The report states that there has been an extension of interest and participation by the major powers in the Indian Ocean, but interestingly enough the Committee said at page 15 of the report: [More…]
The non-aligned states seek to develop profitable links with external powers of all political persuasions, while preserving their independence and sovereignty. [More…]
In other words, the nations in that region have encouraged the participation of the major powers in their region. [More…]
The United States of America is one of the world’s super powers. [More…]
Whilst there would be many people who would like to see the Indian Ocean free from the influence of the major powers, the fact is that if it is the prerogative of the United States it is also the prerogative of the other major powers to become involved in that region. [More…]
The achievement and the maintenance of a strategic balance with the United States; the extension of Soviet influence both in a military and an economic sense throughout the world in competition with the United States and other Western powers; and the curtailment, as far as possible, of the influence of the PRC. [More…]
One has to take the view that what is regarded by the major powers as normal international behaviour should not be regarded in Australia as abnormal or as something that needs to worry the Australian people, lt seems to me that this is tho theme that runs through the whole document when one looks at it objectively, free from the fears that so often have been expressed in debates in this chamber and in the other place. [More…]
While the Admiral expressed some concern about the Soviet presence in this region he nevertheless came to the conclusion that it was normal international behaviour and that it related to the general security of the Soviet Union in the global conflict which we all agree still exists between some of the major powers. [More…]
The countries concerned engage from time to time in international conferences at the United Nations and other places and have suggested that the Indian Ocean should be declared a zone of peace: that the major powers should, as far as practicable, leaving aside their own national interests, be encouraged to leave it well alone. [More…]
The 2 major powers have recognised that they must put aside certain weapons of mass destruction if civilisation is to survive. [More…]
Apart from the presence of the Russian licet in the Indian Ocean there obviously will be growing interest and activity in the region on the part of other great powers. [More…]
We are concerned about the growing interests of many great powers in the region. [More…]
The Commonwealth’s direct powers in the control of wages are, of course, limited. [More…]
But broad though I believe our approach has been, it cannot be gainsaid that we have placed particular emphasis upon resisting, to the extent of our powers to do so, excessive rises in wage and salary rates. [More…]
The purpose of this Bill is to amend the Dairy Produce Export Control Act 1924- 1966 to clarify the existing investment provisions to ensure that the Australian Dairy Produce Board is provided with investment powers related to its present day needs and circumstances. [More…]
This decision opens up for the Commonwealth Parliament new vistas of control of these fringe banking institutions, and a future Labor government will not hesitate to use to the full all the constitutional powers at its disposal to bring these fringe banking institutions under the supervision which is necessary in the interests of Australia. [More…]
No doubt in due course the matter will be examined, but I am assured by my advisers from the Treasury that it is by no means clear to what extent the recent judgment of the High Court in the concrete pipes case has clarified Commonwealth constitutional powers to control financial corporations. [More…]
By virtue of his office he is the legal adviser of the Crown in right of the Commonwealth and the proper person to conduct or defend legal proceedings on behalf of the Crown in that right, and, apart from the powers inherent in the office he is . [More…]
They are given certain powers in terms of a warrant to take steps to apprehend him. [More…]
As our society developed, as the personal powers of the King or the Queen diminished and as the Parliament and the Executive, which with the King or the Queen exercised the powers of the land, grew so the Attorney-General ceased to be the personal adviser to the monarch and became the law officer of the institution known as the government. [More…]
lt has been decided to clarify the investment powers of the Board under the Dairy Produce Export Control Act to enable it to carry on its milk plan’ operations in the manner that it has been doing under the provisions relating to the Dairy Industry Stabilisation Fund. [More…]
As has been quite rightly pointed out during the course of the debate, the Indian Ocean area is very vital to the big powers. [More…]
The global powers have begun to make their presence more clearly felt in the area. [More…]
Like the littoral countries, the world’s major trading and shipping nations, and the global powers, we have our share of interests in and around the Ocean to be projected, protected and reconciled with the reasonable interests of others. [More…]
The next matter discussed was ‘Direct Taxes in Relation to the Division of Fiscal Powers’. [More…]
I argued, just for myself, that one of the ways in which this problem could be handled would be to give the Commonwealth Grants Commission a higher status, to revive the Federal Co-ordinator of Public Works, to pick up the constitutional powers of the Inter-State Commission and to look at managing the situation better, in the resource allocation sense. [More…]
In so doing they decided upon a federal system in which the centre or the Commonwealth should have limited powers, quite unlike the British Constitution, that the powers should be defined in writing and that we would be bound by those here in the centre of government whereas the Slates would then have residual powers. [More…]
powers that were not specified for the centre. [More…]
Incredibly there emerged, not only out of the uniform taxing power of the defence power granted by the war but also a ruling of the High Court to the effect that the Commonwealth had parallel but not superior powers on taxes. [More…]
Into the Constitution was written section 96 which undoubtedly was meant to give the Commonwealth powers in exceptional circumstances to intervene. [More…]
The ruling that the Commonwealth has specific powers over corporations can cause, I have no doubt, a complete widening of the frontiers of power, for better or worse, of the Commonwealth. [More…]
There has been a discovery that the powers which lie within the Commonwealth Constitution are much larger than and quite different from what the founding fathers envisaged. [More…]
Whether or not power can be worked out and written down in words - we know the difficulty of lawyers in that regard - one thing we do know is that it is well nigh impossible in (his country to alter the Constitution by referendum unless we are removing powers from the centre or are giving social welfare powers to the centre. [More…]
I believe, personally, that thai will happen only if income taxing powers are returned to the States. [More…]
The Commonwealth itself must have centralised powers for defence and for the security of this country. [More…]
It must have powers to maintain the economy and the stability of the country. [More…]
It must have powers, I think, to ensure the conservation and orderly development of our resources because that does not necessarily flow through decentralised States. [More…]
Direct taxation in the hands of the States will not take from the Commonwealth its powers over the economy. [More…]
The real powers over the economy today come from fiscal policies that are far and away greater than income taxing powers. [More…]
All these powers are far greater than taxing powers and all are outside this argument. [More…]
Senator Cavanagh asked me whether the States want their taxing powers back. [More…]
I examine that question in this way: Very great problems would be involved for the small States as merely to give them back income taxing powers would be a wrong thing. [More…]
Clearly, any kind of return of taxing powers to the States must have with it some kind of Grants Commission formula that gives to the small States a balance no worse than that which they receive now. [More…]
Therefore, I would say this to the Senate: In the present situation at least 4 of the States, I would think, would not want the return of their taxing powers. [More…]
Our complaint against this Government is that it has repeatedly and consistently failed to arm itself with the powers which are necessary and desirable to overcome the adverse effects of inflation and to see that the economy is run reasonably in the interests of the people as a whole. [More…]
It has allowed itself to become a cripple because it would not assume the powers and it would not seek the legislation which would enable it to deal with the economy as it should. [More…]
There was one significant example of a need for legislation, a need for the Government to arm itself by asking Parliament to give it the powers to deal with such restrictive practices. [More…]
We believe that there are ample Constitutional powers which might be drawn upon and from which the Government under appropriate legislation could arm itself to deal with the adverse effects of inflation. [More…]
Those powers include obviously the corporations power under the new doctrine enunciated by the High Court in the ‘Concrete Pipes case’. [More…]
They include the trade and commerce powers. [More…]
Also there are taxation powers and other forms of revenue legislative powers such as subsidies, tariffs and so forth. [More…]
In recent times a number of persons have made comments about the Commonwealth’s powers. [More…]
We should be looking to see whether the constitutional powers enable us to set up proper machinery in order to deal wilh a real social problem which affects every person as a consumer, which affects every person as a ratepayer or taxpayer and which affects every person who has an interest in the efficiency and the prosperity of all industry and commerce. [More…]
The Opposition is asking the Australian people to give the Senate the powers of a price fixing authority, whatever else members of the Opposition may like to call it and despite Senator Murphy giving me his assurances that that is not what is meant. [More…]
I suggest that we should let this Parliament, and especially the Senate, indicate to the people, that it is not merely wringing its hands about inflation but, within its constitutional powers, is examining the problem seriously in an attempt to find an answer. [More…]
Is not an adjudicator a person with no power or right to enforce his decision, whereas an arbitrator has these powers of enforcement by prior agreement? [More…]
Is the AttorneyGeneral aware of a reported statement by the Commonwealth Police Commissioner, Mr Jack Davis, that a stipendiary magistrate refused to issue a warrant but told police that they had ample powers to arrest an offender? [More…]
The Central Promotions Appeal Committees will have the same powers of determination as State Committees. [More…]
Subject to the next succeeding sub-section, this Act applies in relation to, and in relation to offences under, the laws of the Commonwealth and of the Territories of the Commonwealth, and, to the extent to which the powers of the Parliament permit, in relation to, and in relation to offences under, Imperial Acts. [More…]
applies in relation to, and in relation to offences under the laws of the Commonwealth and the Territories of the Commonwealth, and, to the extent to which the powers of the Parliament permit, in relation to, and in relation to offences under, Imperial Acts. [More…]
because to the extent to which the powers of the Parliament permit, this law is to apply to offences under Imperial Acts. [More…]
I will vote for the abolition of capital punishment because in fact in time of full war when conditions are so precipitant that it is necessary for the Department of Defence to use capital punishment, the Government of the day has the powers so to implement. [More…]
In peace time I am opposed to the use of such powers. [More…]
To do all such things as may be incidental to or conducive to the promotion or carrying out of these objects or any one of them, and to exercise all such powers as are contained in the Third Schedule of the New South Wales Companies Act 1961. [More…]
It is only a question on the basis of law as to what are the powers involved. [More…]
We know that notwithstanding the separation of powers in this community we have incidental administration and judicial powers. [More…]
If the Standing Orders Committee is to embark upon a delineation of its powers and a reconsideration of the Standing Orders, we should ensure that the body which carries out that function will be as representative as possible. [More…]
There was nothing to be said that was in any way to be regarded as inhibiting the rights of witnesses, or to set aside anybody’s powers or not to give anyone a fair trial. [More…]
It can only use its privileges powers to punish the person who has misused the evidence, but it may very well be that by then damage has been done. [More…]
Honourable senators will be well aware that the Constitution does not mention education as an area in which the Commonwealth has particular powers or responsibilities. [More…]
Those powers and responsibilities reside specifically with the States. [More…]
The Commonwealth has made increasing use of those powers, as the Constitution has allowed it to do, and has provided a growing measure of assistance to the States for the purposes of education. [More…]
I rest my presidential opinion on the basis that over the last 2 years or so the Senate has adopted the practice of expressing an opinion and I regard the Senate as being entitled to express an opinion irrespective of whether the ambit of the relevant Bill comes within the financial powers of the Senate. [More…]
conduct institutions for the care and maintenance of young people placed in the care of the Director of Child Welfare; (0 exercise powers and responsibilities under the following Ordinances - [More…]
It is also clear, I suggest, that we should not found our defence policy, or our willingness to engage ourselves to assist others, on a simple faith in the success of diplomatic efforts of mighty powers or on the benign intentions of rivals for ideological supremacy among communist powers. [More…]
At the same time global military and economic power is being redistributed among the great military powers. [More…]
One may well hope that the development of the dialogue will open the way to understanding and trust which take us further away from the flash point of conflct over issues vital to great powers leading possibly to the utter disaster of global war. [More…]
But we must also, in calculating how to defend Australia’s interests, allow for possible developments at some time in the future in which there may be acceptance of situations which, in effect, represent a change in the balance among these great powers and which are not all beneficial to the confidence of countries in South East Asia and the South West Pacific. [More…]
It is accordingly a matter of regret to the Australian Government that, with the ink barely dried on the agreements pertaining to the presence of the forces - international arrangements which are explicitly linked to the communique of the Five Powers issued in London last April - attempts have been made to sow in the world new doubts and uncertainties about Australia’s intentions as a nation. [More…]
To lay stress on dangerous contingencies against which Australian defence efforts must steadily prepare over the longer term is not inconsistent with the hopes entertained by the President of the United States of progressively negotiating understandings which will reduce tensions among the 4 great powers: The Soviet Union, the People’s Republic of China, the United States and Japan - and particularly among the 3 great military powers in this group. [More…]
What seems evident from the diplomacy exercised by all these powers over recent months is that there is a new fluidity in which new relations may be formed, and if old security dangers recede some new ones will take their place. [More…]
But it is, I believe, an essential ingredient of Australian diplomacy that Australia should be understood to be a country whose security interests are growing; whose population and wealth are growing; and whose determination to take some part in shaping the environment in which we live is more lively than ever now that the great western powers have served notice that their involvement in lesser situations is not to be taken for granted. [More…]
It is, of course, no part of Australian defence policy to prepare for massive defence by ourselves - whether by conventional or nuclear means - against an onslaught by one of the great military powers. [More…]
The Chinese nuclear armoury is already substantial enough to be taken into account by both of the super powers. [More…]
It provides powers under which the Commissioner will have considerable flexibility to develop the Teaching Service so as to meet, in the most effective way possible, the needs of the Commonwealth and of the school systems that will draw on the Commonwealth Teaching Service for staff. [More…]
Clause 16 of the Bill sets out the functions, duties and powers of the Commissioner. [More…]
), empowers the Commissioner to enter into reciprocal arrangements with the States. [More…]
Clause 17 gives the Commissioner powers of delegation. [More…]
We expect the Commissioner to delegate certain of his powers, not only to members of his own staff but also to officers in the authorities running Commonwealth school systems, with a consequential increase in flexibility and efficiency of administration. [More…]
Clauses 25 and 26 set out the powers of the Commissioner with respect to the creation, abolition and classification of positions in the service. [More…]
These powers will not have to be exercised in such a way as to impose uniformity of organisation on the school systems concerned. [More…]
Division 7 of Part III sets out the powers and functions of the [More…]
It is considered that this would allow a satisfactory check to be kept on the position as there would not be enough incentive for any producer to go to this trouble to alter the whole nature of his business operation in order to create additional voting powers. [More…]
He has very broad powers to do these kinds of things if necessary in order to upgrade the quality of teacher training. [More…]
It sets out powers, principles and general guidelines and very largely relies on regulations and the broad powers of the Commissioner to carry out its work. [More…]
The Commissioner has clear powers, by stimulus and by incentive, to encourage this. [More…]
I would say it gives the Commissioner more power because throughout the Bill the powers of the Commissioner are extraordinarily wide. [More…]
Consistent with that, the Commissioner will have enormous powers to upgrade the quality of his staff. [More…]
the beginning of chapter .1 the Committee pointed out that the Commonwealth has statutory responsibility for education in the Territories and that under several sections of the Constitution it can exercise powers and responsibilities in a limited area throughout the Commonwealth. [More…]
The Ustashi ceased to exist with the defeat of the Axis powers in 1945. [More…]
After the defeat of the Axis powers the Croatians were subjected to a great deal of travail in Yugoslavia. [More…]
It is not an easy matter and we would not want to facilitate police activities by giving them powers which we would regard as unwarranted in this country. [More…]
We hope that no situation will ever arise in this country in which more extensive powers which impinge upon or infringe in some way the traditional rights of individuals will be given to police. [More…]
I am conscious of the fact that an unsuccessful attempt was made in the House of Representatives to obtain approval for the appointment of a judicial inquiry into this projected takeover of Ansett Transport Industries Ltd by Thomas Nationwide Transport Ltd. To follow that process here would not have advantaged us to any extent so, as fur as I could see, the only alternative left to us was to refer this matter to an appropriate Senate committee for investigation and inquiry, that committee having the usual powers which are enjoyed by similar parliamentary committees in the matter of obtaining evidence. [More…]
I particularly do not feel in any sense that the Parliament is trespassing in any way, if ‘trespassing’ is at all the right word, on the powers or authority of the Executive Government. [More…]
I hope that the investigatory powers of the Committee will enable it to inquire into that aspect. [More…]
Removal of limitations of powers on positions of Deputy Public Service Arbitrator by abolishing those positions and creating additional positions of Public Service Arbitrator. [More…]
An answer would seem to be to extend the Public Service Arbitrator’s jurisdiction by tha insertion of powers similar to those contained in sections 28 and 29 of the C. and A. [More…]
Under that clause the arbitrator forthwith occasions a conference and then he takes such arbitrary powers and such a close action in relation to whatever he wants to do. [More…]
In this world today how can there be such arbitrary powers and such a close connection between the Minister and Government policy. [More…]
We will oppose, not only in the Parliament but wherever possible, the unfair and summary powers which are granted under the Bill. [More…]
I predict now that, if a change of government occurred, whichever party replaced the present Government would find the necessity to use the powers of this legislation and similar legislation if the philosophy of the unbridled right to strike continued to be pursued in the manner in which it is being pursued today. [More…]
I have not been able to read all those Public Service regulations in the period available to me, but basically I do not share the view that it is the intention of the present Government, or would be the intention of any future government, to misuse these powers, to take advantage of a set of circumstances and to force a stand-down of innocent people who, but for the stoppage of work by others, would be gainfully employed. [More…]
But I do wish to say this much about that particular action: We had a situation in which the Postal Department and the Government in that period of some 7 or 8 weeks were put under real challenge as to their effective powers and, in effect, to leadership by the Government. [More…]
It was only when I discovered how limited the powers of the Government were that I could understand why the Government did not take stronger action at the time. [More…]
If the honourable senator looked at the powers that were available to the Government under the Public Service Act he would find that all it could do would be to initiate procedures which would have involved the suspension and ultimately the probable dismissal of the employees. [More…]
This measure has been attacked in the Senate on the ground that it gives very wide powers to deal with certain circumstances. [More…]
I think it was Senator Bishop who dwelt on the severe effect that some of these powers could have. [More…]
All the powers that he is to be given already exist and have been exercised in the industrial sphere of arbitration for years. [More…]
They are powers to make various orders, such as orders for standing down employees or directing the cessation of the type of limitation that has been imposed. [More…]
The Amalgamated Postal Workers’ Union of Australia has received telegrams from Unions all over the world representing 20 million Public Service and Post Office employees protesting against the McMahon Government’s Bill amending the Public Service Arbitration Act to provide for greater penal powers. [More…]
When because of inequalities, which there always will be, frustrations and things that they are induced to believe are not conducive to their advancement or betterment, people are impatient with industrial actions, or the actions of persons whose role is to act as umpire in regard to these matters, and when as a result they propose to sabotage an essential service in this country - the mail service - by proposing to cut one of the economic arteries of the country because they are not satisfied with the conditions imposed by the persons whose function is to arbitrate in these matters, is it not reasonable to expect that the powers that be at long last must be forced to take some concrete action? [More…]
With the removal of some of the teeth from the penal powers in May, 1969, longer strikes including general strikes are likely to become the order of the day. [More…]
I say that, except in very exceptional circumstances, a strike merely to better terms and conditions of employment is morally unjustifiable in any way, shape or form, if for no other reason than it inflicts hardship and penalties not upon the powers that be but, in the main, upon people who have nothing at all to do with the dispute. [More…]
The elements of a dispute may be such that it is possible to go to both the Commission and the Arbitrator, as public servants are subject to the powers of both the Commission and the Arbitrator. [More…]
Our commercial and trade policy has meant that we have been beholden to many major powers, and the result has flowed down through our defence line of command. [More…]
Whilst we deal today with the super powers, many of the African and Asian nations are delighted to deal on a contract basis with countries that are not super powers. [More…]
It gives the Public Service Arbitrator far-reaching powers to order a return to work, the lifting of bans, the cessation of regulation strikes, and so on. [More…]
Is the Government to take to itself such powers that although a judge may act impartially when some serious question arises in a dispute the Government can impose its will upon certain employees for the purpose of creating a dispute whenever it wants to do so? [More…]
I was also asked - I think by Senator Cavanagh - where it was provided in the Bill that the Arbitrator’s powers in relation to industrial situations were restricted to dealing with industrial situations involving the Public Service. [More…]
As I understand the effect of this new section, the powers conferred by proposed new sections 12c to 12e relate only to industrial situations where those situations involve the Public Service. [More…]
There has to be an Act that will go beyond the operation of the public service employees, an Act providing more powers, an Act which is not concerned so much with settling a dispute. [More…]
Therefore, powers conferred by section 28 and section 29 of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act are not applicable in relation to the Public Service. [More…]
Moreover, even if this view is wrong and a conciliation commissioner purported to exercise powers under those sections to conciliate in relation to an industrial dispute in the Public Service, he could not make any follow-up orders. [More…]
The Opposition had asked where it is provided in the Bill that the Arbitrator’s powers in relation to industrial situations were restricted to dealing with industrial situations involving the Public Service. [More…]
The answer is to be found in proposed section 1 2 (b), the effect of which is that the powers conferred by sections 12(c) to 12(e) relate only to industrial situations to the extent that they involve the Public Service. [More…]
He has special powers in relation to public servants to make an order for payments exceeding those provided for in awards. [More…]
He is given powers in respect of disputes. [More…]
As Senator Bishop has stated, they are not identical powers to those of the Public Service Arbitrator. [More…]
But now more severe powers must be introduced in relation to the Commonwealth Public Service. [More…]
It has taken a long time but now I think that we have it clear that as a result of the powers proposed by this Bill this special section is to be treated more severely than other workers generally are. [More…]
In defending that sort of prescription the Minister argued that the powers available under the present Conciliation and Arbitration Act were not available to the Public Service Board or to unions representing employees in the Commonwealth Public Service. [More…]
The information I have on proposed new section 12c is as follows: Sub-section (l.) gives power to a Minister, the Public Service Board, a Commonwealth authority or an organisation to notify the Arbitrator in writing of an industrial situation that exists or is likely to occur and to make application to him to use the powers given to him under these new provisions. [More…]
A restriction on the powers of the Arbitrator should be spelt out. [More…]
If the powers are as wide as the unions say, there ought to be some restrictions in the legislation. [More…]
We are concerned that paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section I 2d gives much wider powers to the Arbitrator and Deputy Arbitrator and that the Bill fails to provide adequate safeguards. [More…]
The Arbitrator’s powers set out in proposed new section 12d(I) are exercisable only after he has heard the submissions of all parties. [More…]
Secondly, will the Government make a statement, for the information of the Senate and of the public, of the implications for Australia of the new sweeping powers over currency just taken by the Japanese Government and the implications of an upward revaluation by Japan? [More…]
I now ask: In view of suggestions that the present powers over the precincts of Parliament are not as adequate as they should be, can you give any information about any proposals to improve the control of this Parliament over its precincts, particularly in view of an incident that happened in the Victorian Parliament within recent weeks? [More…]
Will the AttorneyGeneral peruse any proposed legislation by the Victorian Government on the question of Thomas Nationwide Transport Ltd and Ansett Transport Industries Ltd share transactions to ensure that such legislation does not transgress Commonwealth corporations legislation or powers? [More…]
Any question of whether Commonwealth powers - there are many Commonwealth powers, some of which might be relevant in this area and others which I imagine would not be relevant - should at any stage be exercised by the Parliament is essentially a matter for the Government and Government policy. [More…]
Of course, the Senate will be aware of the view of the major powers with regard to this matter which will have a considerable bearing upon the ultimate issue at the conference referred to. [More…]
I think I should inform honourable senators that, although the precincts of Parliament House have never been defined in the Commonwealth jurisdiction or the Commonwealth Parliament as they have, for example, by the Parliament in Victoria, to which Senator McManus referred, honourable senators are aware that under section 49 of the Constitution, the powers, immunities and priviledges of the Houses of Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia are the powers, immmunities and priviledges of the House of Commons. [More…]
Clause 6 provides the regulation-making powers that are necessary to enable Commonwealth tonnage measurement regulations to be made in place of the British tonnage measurement provisions. [More…]
provides specific regulation-making powers to ensure that there is no doubt that regulations may be made in respect of the matters mentioned in each of its paragraphs. [More…]
The powers contained in most of those paragraphs would seem to be selfexplanatory, but there are two which I should explain. [More…]
It was commenced in good faith and was being carried on in good faith into a matter which was relevant to our powers as a part of the Federal legislature; and it was undertaken by the common consent of every political party represented in this chamber. [More…]
New concepts are continually arising in relation to the extent of our obligations, responsibilities and powers and particularly the operation of the various committees of the Senate, but to my knowledge we have never come back and justified our judgments. [More…]
I refer to the federal level, the States in the exercise of their sovereign powers, and the hundreds of local government instrumentalities throughout Australia. [More…]
Having regard to the provisions of clause (ii) of section 51 of the Constitution which deals with the taxation powers of the Commonwealth there have been occasions when people have turned their minds to a consideration of whether the decision of the Chifley Government to institute these relief areas was ultra vires the Constitution. [More…]
Malta obtained a better deal from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation powers and, on top of that, gained a bonus from continental China. [More…]
We must examine whether the Government is whittling away the powers of Parliament by reducing debating time in open public forum. [More…]
The idea behind this has its origins in the early part of the Second World War when powers over certain areas of taxation were referred to the Commonwealth. [More…]
As to the powers of the Minister for the Interior, I have not the slightest doubt that this mining company and others will be putting pressure on the Minister for National Development. [More…]
Immediately call upon the Hydro-Electric Commission of Tasmania or use whatever powers are available, to halt the flooding of Lake Pedder until at least a decision is made whether or not to appoint a Select Committee. [More…]
I draw particular attention to the words ‘in the national interest’ - that, without raising questions concerning, and without derogating from, their respective constitutional powers, they should co-operate for the purpose of ensuring the legal effectiveness of authorities to explore for or to exploit the petroleum resources of those submerged lands: [More…]
Once the Commonwealth and the States agreed to include in the Preamble that paragraph to set aside but not to derogate from the powers of either the Commonwealth or the States in this off-shore area, they created a shambles. [More…]
First of all, they created an impossible position for a draftsman seeking to draft legislation that would fit into this extraordinary position of one group of governments with almost absolute powers and another government governed by a written constitution. [More…]
As the powers of Commonwealth Parliament with respect to industrial relations are limited to a dispute extending beyond the boundaries of a State the Conciliation Commissioner could not find the existence of a dispute within these terms and therefore he was unable to settle the dispute which had been referred to him. [More…]
I do not believe that the new amendment will cure all the ills because the Commonwealth cannot legislate beyond its constitutional powers. [More…]
There are also other regulation making powers, and I want to refer particularly to subsections (4.) [More…]
The draftsman was trying to do something which he did not have adequate powers to do. [More…]
This dilemma was created by the powers that be. [More…]
The State Ministers who will make all the crucial decisions are in no way answerable to the Commonwealth Parliament, whose legislation provides the main basis of their powers. [More…]
The Commonwealth Government has it within its powers to assist this industry by quickly acceding to the request, not just of the company itself but also of a committee representing all sections of the community in Benalla, for consideration of the imposition of quantitative restrictions on cheap imports from overseas. [More…]
To my knowledge we have no organisations or authorities with legislative powers to deal with this matter. [More…]
Should I take it from his earlier reply to my question about replays of football programmes on Sunday mornings that, while the Government delays in introducing legislation to clarify the existing powers of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board, the Board is quite powerless to act against any programme shown by commercial licensees in that time period and that therefore commercial licensees are completely free to show any programme at all between the hours of 6 a.m. and 12 noon on Sundays? [More…]
Over the years the Commonwealth has taken over many of the taxing powers and means of raising revenue that were formerly under the jurisdiction of the States. [More…]
The Board sought the advice of the Attorney-General’s Department and as a result of the Department’s advice and a decision by the Government, it was decided that a full examination of the Board’s powers should be undertaken. [More…]
As the honourable senator is aware, the Acting Postmaster-General announced on 28th April 1972, that the Government proposes to introduce legislation to clarify the Board’s powers in this regard. [More…]
The Australian Minister for Immigration, acting under the powers granted by the Australian legislation, cancelled the passport and arranged for Mr Rover to have a document of identity which would enable him to return to Australia. [More…]
The Government was extremely concerned that these patients were not receiving the full measure of protection desired by the Government and was determined to take proper steps within its powers to restore in New South Wales the effective protection which a majority of patients in that State had received when the common fee scheme was first brought in and which, generally speaking, patients in other States were continuing to receive. [More…]
There are in the Bill proposed amendments to section 125 of the Act to strengthen the powers of Arbitration inspectors. [More…]
That passport was cancelled on the authority of the Minister for Immigration under the powers vested in him. [More…]
I merely record our formal opposition and indicate that this is one of the clauses on which we intended to divide and on which we want our opposition recorded on the grounds that I think have already been fairly fully canvassed, namely, that the introduction of a system of secret ballots when industrial disputes occur or are threatening will be ineffective; that it flies in the face of international experience of the fruitfulness of such provisions and flies in the face of the Donovan report in England, which fully considered this matter; that such powers have been in the Act since 1928 but the Commonwealth has chosen to avail itself of those powers on only 3 occasions; and that the only effect we can see of the introduction or the actual implemention of such provisions would be to exacerbate industrial relations, prolong strikes and make their settlement more difficult. [More…]
Instead, the Standing Committee decided that necessary dispensing powers should be vested in the Registrars of Companies - or Commissioners for Corporate Affairs, where established - with statutory directions that those officers should consult with each other. [More…]
That Act also provided for the appointment of an Interim Council, which was to examine the matter of the establishment of the Institute and to make recommendations with respect to the functions and powers of the Institute, the constitution of its governing Council, the site of the seat of the Institute and the nature of the co-operation with the James Cook University of North Queensland. [More…]
The Institute is given the necessary powers to fulfil its functions. [More…]
We have had raised the experience in regard to the powers of arrest, the averment provisions and now the limitation upon prosecution. [More…]
Opposition strongly opposed, extraordinary powers were given to the Government and its Ministers to stand down all classes of public servants. [More…]
In 1969 and 1970 the Government accepted the overtures of the Australian Council of Trade Unions and white collar organisations to relax penal powers. [More…]
In conclusion, i say that many experts have condemned the use of penal powers within the arbitration machinery. [More…]
Excessively rising wages have been highlighted, correctly, as contributing greatly to the inflationary trend and the Government has acted, within its powers, to try to alert community consciousness to the problem and to persuade wage-fixing tribunals and employers to act responsibly when confronted by excessive wage demands. [More…]
The Government’s consideration of the provisions to be included in this strengthening legislation has, of course, taken account of the Commonwealth’s constitutional powers as disclosed in the concrete pipes decision. [More…]
If, because of some agreement, increased wages are granted and this causes increased prices of commodities, the Government can overcome the effects of any such increase granted by arbitration by means of its taxation powers. [More…]
My purpose, therefore, is to emphasise the Commonwealth Government’s deep interest in the problems of the environment and our determination to do what we can, within our powers, to help solve those problems. [More…]
It brought in emergency powers. [More…]
What did the workers say of those emergency powers? [More…]
Clauses 33 and 34 extend the powers of inspectors in terms of the rights of entry to premises outside ordinary working hours. [More…]
Does anyone doubt that the inspectors should have these powers or that this will help the workers? [More…]
Whatever way we approach this situation, if the Greek Government replies that we should not interfere in its affairs I think the Australian Government has an obligation to suggest to it that we might have to do the same as some of the NATO powers have to do at times, notably in the case of the Scandinavian countries. [More…]
This was the case when the powers of arrest were introduced into various rural bills. [More…]
He announced a strategy which culminated in the O’Shea incident over penal powers. [More…]
It does not utilise the powers that lie within its functions as far as other corporations are concerned. [More…]
Even the draconic measures - which have been taken by various American presidents, in particular by President Nixon just recently in relation to the agreement between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union, are mild indeed compared with the draconic powers possessed by the Australian Government under the industrial arbitration laws of this country. [More…]
I think that insofar as some blueprint for action in Australia is to be found in what happens in the United States of America, it should be recognised that in this field the powers of the Federal Government in the United States are vastly greater than are the powers of the Commonwealth Government in Australia. [More…]
The Commonwealth says it does not have the powers to fix prices. [More…]
Surely there ‘must be some understanding of the powers of the legislation under which they work. [More…]
the powers of the Commission with respect to conciliation shall be exercised by Conciliation Commissioners; and [More…]
the powers of the Commission with respect to arbitration shall be exercised by Presidential Members and Arbitration Commissioners. [More…]
Then we get to the powers of a party and the right of appeal. [More…]
A total of 97,680 breaches of federal awards have been detected by Commonwealth Arbitration Inspectors and State Inspectors exercising the powers of Commonwealth Inspectors between 1st January 1957, and 30th June 1971. [More…]
We had the upheaval around the metal trades award towards the end of 1968 which led to the spate of strikes in 1969, in which the employers raced to the Commonwealth Industrial Court in case after case under old sections 109 and 111 - the contempt powers - ‘and automatically had fines imposed on the unions with costs added. [More…]
This is narrowing his powers a great deal compared to the discretion he had under section 32a. [More…]
It is notorious that far fewer fines have been imposed under section 32a than under the old automatic contempt powers. [More…]
Can anybody seriously maintain that tightening the sanctions powers in this Act will do anything to effect more industrial peace? [More…]
I do not know whether it is to be regarded as criticism that the presidential member has been given the powers. [More…]
of the National Service Act, Mr Cuthill declined to issue warrants as he considered that the police had ample powers of arrest under section 8a of the Commonwealth Crimes Act. [More…]
Since no decision has yet been made by the Government on the wool industry’s recommendations, any comment on the proposed authority’s powers would at this time be pure speculation. [More…]
The Committee’s powers do not, however, extend to its undertaking the kind of activity referred to in part (b) of the question. [More…]
Section 33 of the principal Act deals with powers of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission to make awards and to certify agreements. [More…]
He said that the book is rubbish, that his legal powers to ban it are inadequate and that the less publicity it receives the better. [More…]
There are other powers. [More…]
There is the interstate trade and commerce power, the power relating to trade and commerce with other countries and, in various special areas, the legislative powers which provide the basis for the operation of the industrial jurisdiction. [More…]
It is possible that other powers will be used in the future that will go beyond the limitations involved in the use of the conciliation and arbitration power. [More…]
I do not know what was contained in that reply but if it was that there was some doubt about the powers of the Board to enforce its regulation the Government has had nearly 18 months in which to deal with the matter. [More…]
The Board sought the advice of the Attorney-General’s Department and as a result of the Department’s advice and a decision by the Government, it was decided that a full examination of the Board’s powers should be undertaken. [More…]
That was Senator Cotton - announced on 28th April 1972, that the Government proposed to introduce legislation to clarify the Board’s powers in this regard. [More…]
The Government will be asked to consider an amendment to the legislation to clarify the powers of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board to regulate programmes on Sunday morning. [More…]
The Government will legislate to make clear the powers of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board with regard to Sunday morning television programmes. [More…]
the Government had considered the situation which had arisen as a result of the challenge to the powers of the Board by station GTV in Melbourne. [More…]
What also concerns me is that I read in March 1971 that the secretaries of TCN 9 Sydney and GTV 9 Melbourne challenged the Board’s powers to lay down requirements for Australian content on Australian commercial television. [More…]
In regard to Senator Douglas McClelland’s comments in relation to football replays, the Government has announced that it will introduce legislation to clarify the powers of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board in regard to Sunday morning programming on television. [More…]
Federation of Commercial Television Stations on Sunday morning programming led to a detailed examination of the Board’s powers generally. [More…]
The challenge by TCN on the Australian content requirements was part of a general examination of the Board’s powers. [More…]
Under Clause 10 of the same Agreement, the Commonwealth undertakes not to exercise any of its powers, under or by virtue of an Act or Regulation, so as to discriminate against the Company, and to accord substantially equal treatment to both airlines in relation to the grant of import licences and allocation of airport facilities. [More…]
There is a similar provision in Section 15 of the Airlines Equipment Act 1958 which requires the Minister, in the exercise of his powers under that Act, not to discriminate in favour of either airline as against the other. [More…]
Will the Minister conduct an urgent investigation to ascertain whether some of these powers have been withdrawn since the return of the Liberal-Country Party Government in Queensland last Saturday? [More…]
The Institute is not limited, in the performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers, to Australia and the territorial waters of Australia and this Act applies both within and outside Australia and extends to all the Territories of the Commonwealth not forming part of the Commonwealth. [More…]
But more particularly in Australia, where we operate under a written Constitution, where we have this great problem of the separation of State and Commonwealth powers, the impact of the judiciary in determining the course of this nation has been immense and the influence of the late Sir Owen Dixon perhaps had no equal in the effect it had on the interpretation of the Constitution and in acquitting that Constitution to the modern Australia and to the movement of Australia into the modern world. [More…]
Does the AttorneyGeneral intend to exercise his powers of arrest and does he intend to deport these people as undsirable aliens? [More…]
The Minister for External Territories also remarks that, in view of the substantial powers now exercised by Ministers of the House of Assembly, including those of internal finance, it is not correct to say that the Australian Government still has almost complete control of the economy of Papua New Guinea. [More…]
This very straightforward Bill provides for a further step in Government’s progressive transfer of powers to Papua New Guinea. [More…]
We recognise that relations between the major powers will be the predominant influence on Australia’s future strategic environment. [More…]
As Senator O’Byrne said, it provides for a simple transfer of part of the Commonwealth Government’s powers to the Administration of Papua New Guinea. [More…]
Evidently the powers that be - possibly the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission or some official body with some say in the matter - said that there would not be the dining-room service, that there would be more passengers with fewer stewards. [More…]
Honourable senators will recall that the Public Service Arbitration Act was amended this year to give certain powers which enabled the Arbitrator to take that action. [More…]
As” private organisations they do not have:’ the powers compulsorily to acquire land ‘necessary for their expansion. [More…]
I indicated that the Public Service Arbitrator, acting under powers conferred upon him recently by the Public Service Arbitration Act, had made an order which required members of the Professional Radio Employees Institute of Australasia and members employed by the Overseas Telecommunications Commission to desist from conduct which would prevent the Olympic Games being televised. [More…]
Can he tell the Senate whether in fact the Government intends to make use of its powers under the Nabarlek legislation of 16th March to compel the resale of the excess foreign holdings in Nabarlek to Australian buyers, up to and including the Commonwealth Government? [More…]
The Board acts independently in the exercise of its statutory powers and is not subject to political direction. [More…]
The legal position regarding the powers of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board to control Sunday morning programming is not clear. [More…]
Adequate constitutional powers for such an effort are already available to the States and the Commonwealth. [More…]
- Powers and Functions of the Commission. [More…]
I emphasise those words ‘but subject to the approval of the Minister’ - delegate to a Commissioner or to the general manager of the Commission all or any of the powers of the Commission under this Act (except this power of delegation) and a power so delegated may be exercised by the delegate accordingly. [More…]
If land is to be acquired for housing in the States it can be done only under State powers, unless the Commonwealth, acting within one of its specific powers, such as its defence powers, wants to acquire land. [More…]
In those circumstances, and because I personally regard this as a discourteous and unnecessary misuse of the Senate’s powers, I move: [More…]
Except so far as is expressly provided, these Standing Orders shall in no way restrict the mode in which the Senate may exercise and uphold its powers, privileges, and immunities. [More…]
to inquire into and report upon the desirability and feasibility of establishing a securities and exchange commission either alone or in cooperation with the States and the powers and functions necessary for such a commission to enable it to act speedily and efficiently against manipulation of prices, insider trading and such other improper or injurious practices as the Committee finds have occurred or may occur . [More…]
They involve the Committee not only in reporting a yes or no answer to the fundamental question but in going on to say what are the powers and functions necessary for such a commission to enable it to act speedily and efficiently against a variety of practices and abuses which may have been taking place in the securities industry in Australia. [More…]
But I ask: How is the Government to legislate in relation to such a comprehensive area and such an important area, if it has no report covering the detail of what are the practices, functions and powers of the commission? [More…]
When it was taken to the Privy Council, the Privy Council ruled that the powers of the Arbitration Court and the Arbitration Commission must be separated. [More…]
I know of no instance in which a legislature created by the British Parliament has been held to have overstepped its powers by making legislation retroactive. [More…]
do anything which is incidental to any of its powers. [More…]
The reaction of the Minister, apart from the completely unnecessary clashes which took place, has been to bring down a new ordinance - one which is unnecessary, as Mr Justice Fox pointed out, because of the already existing powers of the Commonwealth, but one in which significant changes in the law were made and made in a particlar direction to which all parties represented on the Senate committee which examines regulations and ordinances have always taken exception, namely, the procedure set out in section 8c (1.) [More…]
The separation of powers will be established and the rights of the individual will be protected. [More…]
In the end, when the axis powers had been defeated, Tito and his forces turned on the Chetniks and on Mihailovic. [More…]
But the fact of the matter is that we live in a pragmatic world and, whenever it -has been good enough for the Western powers and the United States of America to make certain agreements with Yugoslavia and Romania as a buffer to some of the other Cominform nations, Australia has been very happy to fall in with the idea. [More…]
I remember that on one occasion when Senator Gorton, as he then was, was the representative in this chamber of the Minister for Foreign Affairs he drew a very good distinction between the territorial expansions of the super communist powers, China and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and those of Romania and Yugoslavia, which he put in a different category. [More…]
I know what the Americans would think about it and I know what the British and the rest of the NATO powers would think about it because they went into a flap over the situation in Malta. [More…]
Whether we like it or not we are in the period of the super powers, the A-bomb, the H-bomb and many other ways of warfare. [More…]
In the first place there is doubt as to how far a Press council could effectively” ‘ use its powers. [More…]
Apparently I had no sooner left than the police, for some reason or other, decided to use the powers of the newly gazetted Ordinance to remove the 2 tents and the few people who were there. [More…]
I refer to the statement made by Mr Laurence Short, National Secretary of the Australian Federated Ironworkers Association, calling upon the Federal Government to use its powers to require the Australian Gaslight Company to use in the Moomba-Sydney pipeline as much Australian steel and pipes as can be produced in the time specified. [More…]
Are any of these matters within Commonwealth jurisdiction arising out of the Commonwealth’s arbitration or other powers? [More…]
As to whether this matter is within Commonwealth jurisdiction because the organisation is registered under the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act, I think it is fair to say that certain powers may be exercised with regard to registered organisations. [More…]
1 shall take up this matter with the Minister for Trade and Industry, although 1 wonder whether it does not more appropriately belong in the province of the various State governments which have certain powers of inspection. [More…]
The Commonwealth has a corporation power and a whole host of other powers, leaving aside such powers as the defence power. [More…]
When one is dealing with the prospective energy requirements of a nation, of which natural gas will be a important part, I do not think it is useful to divert this argument into what the constitutional powers may be because this is a subject which is fundamental to this nation. [More…]
I am disappointed in relation to the report of the Select Committee on Water Pollution, which contemplated the creation, in cooperation with the States, of a national body projecting the concept of cooperative federalism and not using the overriding powers that the Commonwealth might be able to aggregate under the various heads of power in the Constitution. [More…]
The Commonwealth has no power to enforce the construction of interstate pipelines, but can only exert its powers to control such pipelines if and when they are built. [More…]
The Committee then goes on to recommend the use of the constitutional machinery of an Interstate Commission which, it says, it might be desirable to set up with powers in this regard. [More…]
We know that under the present constitutional arrangements the States are very jealous of the powers they have in this regard. [More…]
What we as practical men should be debating tonight is the situation of the South Australia-Sydney pipeline and not debate on the assumption that the States will agree to surrender powers or that by some referendum the Commonwealth powers will be enhanced. [More…]
When Japan has such a favourable balance of trade with many of the great trading powers she is not concerned about an unfavourable trade balance which she realises that she must maintain with a country so numerically small as Australia. [More…]
I wish to inform the Senate that approval of the GovernorGeneral in Council has been given to the signing of the convention, that full powers have been sent to London and that the convention will be signed in the next few days. [More…]
Having in mind further acts of sabotage such as the blowing up of an electricity tower near Gladstone causing so much disruption to large areas of Queensland, I ask: What powers has the Commonwealth Government to deal with those acts of sabotage? [More…]
Will the Commonwealth Government use what powers it has to deal harshly with such persons? [More…]
It is this: Because of the tremendous powers under the Constitution of the Senate, and because it has the total power of veto of the lower House - it has been said that the Senate is the most powerful second chamber in the world - an increase in the membership of the House of Representatives without an increase in the membership of the Senate would result in an increasing concentration of power, particularly the power of veto, in a House whose numbers were diminishing relative to those of the people’s House. [More…]
It is my belief that if we are to give 18-year olds a vote we also have to give them the right to enter into legal contracts, to buy and sell legally, and to have other powers a.id responsibilities. [More…]
Our youth should be given all these powers. [More…]
I conclude my speech by saying that when all powers now given at the age of 21 years are given at 18 years I will support the right of 18 to 20 year olds to vote. [More…]
Will the Minister conduct an urgent investigation to ascertain if some of these powers have been withdrawn since the return of the Government in Queensland on 27th May 1972. [More…]
Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Affairs Act 1965-67’, will give added powers to an Aboriginal or Islander Council, particularly where access to reserve areas is concerned. [More…]
No powers have been withdrawn since 27th May 1972. [More…]
Such a conference would require adequate preparation, should have objectives and an agenda which commanded general acceptance, and should include the live nuclearweapons powers and other States of significant military and political importance. [More…]
The powers and duties of each forest service include not only the management of forest areas for the production of wood but also the management, protection and use of forests for non-wood benefits; for example, soil conservation, aesthetics, water catchments, provision of habitats for native fauna and public recreation: The use of public land comes under the scrutiny not only of the forest services but also of other government departments and bodies concerned with land use. [More…]
Therefore, in our approach to it we would say that we wish to eliminate it as far as we can in the Federal sphere under constitutional powers. [More…]
Finally, I point out that clause 4 provides for the Act to draw upon constitutional powers in addition to the corporations power which at present is the source of constitutional power for the existing legislation. [More…]
In addition the Conference recommended that the new body should be equipped with wide powers including the power compulsorily to acquire the total Australian wool clip. [More…]
Part II provides for the establishment of the Australian Wool Corporation, its principal functions and powers, staff and finances. [More…]
In brief, the functions and powers of the new Australian Wool Corporation will include those which are now performed by the Australian Wool Board and the Australian Wool Commission. [More…]
It is proposed that the Corporation be given wide investigatory powers in regard to wool marketing and be empowered to recommend to the Government and the Australian Wool Industry Conference any changes considered necessary in marketing arrangements. [More…]
His Excellency for many years had so expressed himself on moral Issues that there was no doubt how he would use bis discretionary powers, if allowed to do so. [More…]
As this is the first time that an Attorney-General has used his powers under the recent amendments to the Companies Act. [More…]
We must not repeat all the mistakes that were made by other countries on the pretext that private enterprise is involved and that this matter has nothing to do with the Commonwealth or that the Commonwealth has not constitutional powers. [More…]
A committee - even a subcommittee - of the Senate Standing Committee on Industry and Trade would be ideally situated to look at this problem and to advise quickly on the steps that should be taken by the Commonwealth so that the Commonwealth can use the powers that are available to it to face up to the obvious need and to look through the evidence that would be available from an investigation by the Senate Select Committee. [More…]
I believe that only a committee of this Senate has the necessary powers to clear up these areas of doubt so that we know precisely what is being proposed before we act upon it. [More…]
So the powers responsible in the Queensland Government decided that they would make this division greater by creating 2 Acts, the Torres Strait Islanders Act 1971 and the Aborigines Act 1971. [More…]
Only a minority exercises these powers incorrectly. [More…]
If all these matters came under the umbrella of a Commonwealth Minister or if the Commonwealth Minister, even with his current powers, were prepared to do something about this there would be a vast amount of difference in this field. [More…]
I am asking the Treasurer too to investigate the ramification of Commonwealth powers in relation to the Companies Acts. [More…]
However clause 4 provides for the Act to draw on other available constitutional powers as well. [More…]
Next, there was a cloud in that the High Court had made a restrictive interpretation of the constitutional powers of this Parliament which had given rise to doubts as to whether effective action could be taken by the Parliament. [More…]
will permit the appointment of deputies, who will be able to attend negotiations in his stead and exercise the powers of the designated officer in relation to that particular set of negotiations. [More…]
The Government is satisfied that the designation of the Australian Shippers’ Council, by extending negotiations under the Act to all export trades and providing a single research and negotiating body, will substantially strengthen the collective bargaining powers of shippers. [More…]
In addition the Conference recommended that the new body should be equipped with wide powers including the power compulsorily to acquire the total Australian wool clip. [More…]
In March of this year the Australian Wool Industry Conference submitted to the Government proposals recommending this action, In addition the Conference recommended that the new body should be equipped with wide powers including the power compulsorily to acquire the total Australian wool clip. [More…]
The industry said that such a plan should involve the studying of the amalgamation of the Australian Wool Board and the Australian Wool Commission and the composition of the powers and functions of the new body. [More…]
He said that probably not all the powers recommended for the. [More…]
Some powers would need supporting legislation by the States. [More…]
He said that the use when granted would still be subject to ministerial approval as would certain others; nevertheless it was considered prudent for the legislation to include at the outset all powers intended for the Authority whether or not they would be exercised immediately. [More…]
What Senator McLaren did not tell the Senate is that under its constitutional powers the Commonwealth cannot legislate alone to grant the power of compulsory acquisition to the Australian Wool Corporation. [More…]
The question arises as to whether the court would have power to make a corporation, which an Act of Parliament would seem to exempt from the powers of the arbitration tribunal, a named respondent. [More…]
there is a paragraph (k) which gives the Corporation various powers. [More…]
of section 20 of this Act, the powers of the Corporation include the power- [More…]
The Bland Committee’s terms of reference require that it should determine whether some review should be provided in respect of administrative decisions taken under discretionary powers conferred by legislation in the administration of the Department of Social Services. [More…]
In order to remove any doubts that may exist regarding TAA’s powers to implement the Government’s decisions, certain changes in the Australian National Airlines Act may be desirable, but the limited time available has precluded the drawing up of the necessary amending legislation. [More…]
It is the intention of this Government, therefore, to introduce in the first sittings of the new Parliament a Bill amending the Act so that there is no question about TAA having the powers enabling it to engage in activities closely related to airline operation and to give effect to the Government’s decisions. [More…]
Ancillary provisions, such as the powers of a collector to enforce payment of the levy, are also similar to the relevant provisions in respect of light dues.I commend the Bill to the Senate. [More…]
The document relates to powers over and protection offered to witnesses who appear before parliamentary committees. [More…]
It is entitled ‘Powers Over and Protection Offered to Witnesses Before Parliamentary Committees’. [More…]
To this clause I shall be moving the last amendment which has been circulated in my name and which deals with the powers of the Corporation. [More…]
Those powers are set out in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of the clause. [More…]
The powers are comprehensive, but they do not authorise the Corporation to operate, if required, as an authority handling the acquisition of the Australian wool clip. [More…]
We cannot seem to place it in its proper context in this category because this clause deals with the powers of the Corporation, lt seems to us that it is more intended - this is particularly so from what Senator Wilkinson said - to be a matter of inquiry rather than of actual operation. [More…]
That is the subclause with which we have just dealt, lt is suggested now that we place amongst the Corporation’s powers an added power that does not appear in thi Bill at the moment to make arrangements for the operation of an approved marketing scheme to acquire and/or market the Australian wool clip. [More…]
We think that the powers that the Corporation is granted in clause 40 of this proposed Act of Parliament are very wide powers to do almost anything in the interests of the objectives that have already been granted to it. [More…]
They include the power to buy wool, to sell wool, to lease or purchase the property, to employ labour, to demolish or remove buildings and many other powers. [More…]
Clause 40 deals with the specific powers of the Corporation. [More…]
Specific powers of Corporation in relation to wool marketing. [More…]
If we look at the powers we see, as I said in introducing my amendment, that there are these ones to inspect and appraise wool, to buy wool at auction or otherwise, to sell wool the property of the Corporation and other powers included in subclauses (a) to (g). [More…]
These are the powers that the Corporation is being given. [More…]
As Senator Little says, under clause 38(l.)(o) the Corporation has all sorts of powers to investigate, and make recommendations in regard to other matters. [More…]
The powers under the Bill to prevent foreign take-overs that are against the national interest will be exercisable by the Government, acting through the Minister administering the Act. [More…]
In exercising these powers, however, the Government will in practice act on advice from the departmental officials I have mentioned. [More…]
The Senate can be assured that the Government will not hesitate to use its powers to the full to ensure compliance with the controls. [More…]
Two main powers are provided in the Bill. [More…]
If the Minister is satisfied that having regard to all the circumstances an acquisition would not give a significant degree of foreign control over the conduct of the company in question, the powers of the Bill will not apply. [More…]
In exercising these powers, however, the Court will be required to satisfy itself, as far as it reasonably can do so, that any order it proposes to make will not unfairly prejudice any person. [More…]
The Court’s powers are limited where the breach in question was due to inadvertence and excusable. [More…]
The Government has, however, decided that the investment powers relating to this fund and the superannuation fund should be widened so that up to 25 per cent of each fund can be invested in shares, debentures, real property, and in loans to building societies. [More…]
I do not know, because it will not enable them to go on to the appellant jurisdiction in relation to these matters in any other superior court where they would be able to draw on the experience that they have gained in exercising these new powers ;n these new jurisdictions. [More…]
President Marcos stated that Martial Law had been proclaimed in accordance with the powers vested in the President under Article 7, Section 10, paragraph 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines as the Republic was threatened by communist insurgency and subversion. [More…]
The United States of America has a very strong legislative and regulatory body - the Federal Maritime Commission - which is given wide powers in exercising jurisdiction over those conferences. [More…]
It is interesting to consider for a moment how strongly those powers are expressed in the United States Shipping Act of 1916. [More…]
These are the sorts of powers that are necessary if the enormous commercial power of the conference system is to be combated. [More…]
The Prime Minister has been advisedby the Public Service Board that, in accordance with section 9 of the Public Service Act, the normal functions and powers of the Board, in relation to the staff of the parliamentary departments, are exercised by the Presiding Officers. [More…]
I took the reply of the Attorney-General (Senator Greenwood) to mean that he did not know the position but that he thought we had the power under the social service powers in placitum 51 (XXi iA) of the Constitution. [More…]
It would be thought that in introducing this legislation the Commonwealth would be more sure of its powers and the use of its moneys to implement this scheme. [More…]
I think that the answer I received and the common wording of the social service powers outlined in the Constitution leave beyond doubt that there is no substance in that claim. [More…]
Perhaps the best illustration that can be given is the alibi that this Government has used over many years about the true meaning of the corporation powers. [More…]
That, or perhaps another agency with similar but somewhat widened powers, could set out vigorously to mobilise money, to endeavour to exploit our resources in the interests of our own people and to secure into Australia’s hands those resources, industries and parts of commerce which already have gone into the hands of others. [More…]
That section sets out the powers and functions of the Austraiian National Airlines Commission - that is, TAA. [More…]
In order to remove any doubts that may exist regarding TAA’s powers to implement the Government’s decisions, certain changes in the Australian National Airlines Act may be desirable, but the limited time available has precluded the drawing up of the necessary amending legislation. [More…]
Leave out all words after ‘That’, insert ‘the Government be condemned for seeking to usurp the powers and functions of future Parliaments by extending an agreement which does not expire until 1977 through to 1982 and for the reason that it discriminates against Trans-Australia Airlines and does not provide for even-handed competition between the 2 airlines’. [More…]
amendment moved by Senator Wriedt is concerned, the DLP finds itself in the position that it cannot accept the amendment which in part reads: the Government be condemned for seeking to usurp the powers and functions of future parliaments by extending an agreement . [More…]
I cannot see that any grounds exist for a proper charge that there has been a usurpation of powers. [More…]
In view of the long range planning which necessarily must accompany the economic planning of the airline industry I cannot see that there is any attempt to usurp the powers of Parliament. [More…]
The amendment states in part: the Government be condemned for seeking to usurp the powers and functions of future Parliaments. [More…]
I am sure that he will give sympathetic consideration to it and take whatever action his powers enable him to take. [More…]
That leave be given to introduce a Bill for an Act to abolish capital punishment under the laws of the Commonwealth and under certain other laws in relation to which the powers of the Parliament extend. [More…]
Canada and Australia have much in common - modest populations and vast areas, much of them arid and unsettled, and are medium powers within the context of power blocs and multi-national associations. [More…]
The Government will respect all classified information shared between us and the United States, as well as with Britain, New Zealand and other powers, including our friends in Asia. [More…]
Equally, since the referendum of June 1967, this Parliament possesses at least concurrent powers in relation to persons descended from the original inhabitants of the continent and islands forming part of the Commonwealth. [More…]
It is a problem which this Government has inherited from the demarcations by colonial powers of Asian, Pacific and the. [More…]
In the philosophy to which I have always subscribed as a Labor man, nobody has ever been sufficiently pure to be entrusted with powers placing him above the law, with powers to deny to his fellow human beings something that is their right because of their employment. [More…]
That a select committee be appointed to inquire into -.mil report upon the desirability and feasibility of establishing a Securities and Exchange Commission by the Commonwealth either alone or in co-operation with the States and the powers and functions necessary for such a commission to enable it to act speedily and efficiently, against manipulation of prices, insider trading and such other improper or injurious practices as the committee finds have occurred or may occur in relation to shares and other securities of public companies, and to recommend generally in regard to the foregoing such legislative and administrative measures by the Commonwealth as will, having regard to the constitutional division of legislative power in Australia, enable the utmost protection of members of the public and the national interest. [More…]
That the presence of three members of the committee shall be necessary to constitute a meeting of the committee for the exercise of its powers. [More…]
Evidence tendered to the Committee established that the Commonwealth has through a coalescence of powers– [More…]
These powers are listed on page 142 of the report - [More…]
But I do say that to the limits of the powers that are available to me and to the. [More…]
limits of the powers that I can induce the Australian Parliament to exercise, I will do whatever I can to see that these oppressive costs are removed and that divorce is made simpler and more dignified for the people of Australia. [More…]
When it became apparent that the device which the Labor Party Government was using to give effect to the policy was a device which attracted the disallowance powers of the Senate, I think it was only in accordance with the traditions which the Senate has recognised over the years that it should be prepared to move to disallow that determination. [More…]
It relates to the concern of the Senate Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances with regard to the discretionary powers in the regulation and the eligibility of honey producers to be enrolled. [More…]
I did not want to speak at length on some items, but I do want to say that the State Parliaments still have their sovereign powers and it is important for the national Parliament and equally important for the States to realise that we must co-operate heartily with one another if the national programs for development which we envisage are to be carried out. [More…]
We all know it is unfortunate that the Commonwealth Parliament has not been able to reach the zenith of its powers. [More…]
I should at this stage make some mention of the powers and function of the Parliament. [More…]
I believe that the powers and function of the Parliament should transcend any Party political considerations. [More…]
It is dangerous to tell the people that a parliament will exceed its constitutional powers. [More…]
These powers have been conferred upon the Parliament; they have not been conferred on any Party political organisation. [More…]
Let us also remember that the Senate was deliberately set up by the founding fathers with its enormous powers to act as a check and a balance to protect the interests of the smaller States from the excesses of the larger. [More…]
Because of the temporary electoral insanity of the 2 most populous Australian States, the Senate may well be called upon to protect the national interest by exercising its undoubted constitutional rights and powers. [More…]
Neither the present Government nor the previous government or any other government in Australia is obliged to make available to the community in general full and complete information which might be used by foreign powers at a later date to the detriment of our defences. [More…]
I indict all the European powers for their failure in IndoChina; the French were equally at fault as the rest, no matter whether those in power were socialists, radicals or even conservatives. [More…]
The Government will respect all classified information shared between us and the United Stales, as well as with Britain, New Zealand and other powers, including our friends in Asia. [More…]
That the presence of 3 members of the Committee shall be necessary to constitute a meeting of the Committee for the exercise of its powers. [More…]
He informed me that a committee under the chairmanship of, I think, Sir Henry Bland was examining what is described as the discretionary powers under the various statutes. [More…]
I do not question the powers of the Senate; they are such that the Senate may proceed with an inquiry notwithstanding any other action taken outside this chamber. [More…]
The Corporation’s statutory powers have since been progressively extended and now include the authority to provide guarantees to commercial lending institutions supplying finance for deferred payment export transactions. [More…]
We have had the situation in the Royal Family for the last 500 or 600 years where the King or Queen could become of age at the age of 18 and exercise all powers of the monarchy, so I suppose it is only right that at last the peasantry or the lower orders or non-royalty should reach equality with the Royal Family. [More…]
They are still living in the cold war period when the 2 giants, the 2 super-powers, were glaring at each other across the globe. [More…]
None of them are great powers. [More…]
Most of them are very small powers. [More…]
These countries are a combination of small powers. [More…]
They know perfectly well that if a world war were to break out and the great powers were to move on them they would be annihilated. [More…]
The amount of our aid is not great when it is compared with the aid given by the great powers. [More…]
I will also propose legislation to supplement the powers already possessed by the Australian Government to prevent the entry into Australia of terrorists or persons associated with organised crime. [More…]
In 1945, on the downfall of the Axis powers, Rover went to refugee camps in Italy and Austria and in the next few years was involved in several guerrilla terrorist raids into Yugoslavia. [More…]
Will the Minister use his persuasive powers to request the Australian Broadcasting Commission to come to a reasonable arrangement with the Rugby League to ensure that the greatest game of all is telecast for the benefit of Australian audiences? [More…]
The Canberra Times’ said: ‘ASIO’s powers to be stripped’. [More…]
The Australian’ said: ‘Murphy wants Cabinet to curb ASIO powers’. [More…]
Implementation of important changes through the exercise of rule making powers deprives the community of the opportunity for discussion, evaluation and perhaps amendment of proposals before they are actually adopted. [More…]
What I am saying to the Senate, in effect, on behalf of the people who have made representations to me to represent them in this place is simply that I am not convinced thai these rules impinge upon the legislative powers of this chamber and the other chamber. [More…]
Parliament, having fought in relation to the right of certain members of the Public Service to fix their salaries, should always retain within itself certain powers in relation to its own affairs. [More…]
It is stated in the Constitution that the powers of the Senate shall be the same as the powers of the House of Representatives but the limitations, in the nature of things, of a second House, are quite severe. [More…]
There is not one of us here who is deserving of his salt who does not think that we should retain the authorities and powers that we inherited, unqualified, by our presence here, so that those who come after us will not be in a position to say that we have disparaged our inheritence [More…]
In fact, some of the constitutional treatises go so far as to say that the other powers and authorities of the individual back bencher have been so eroded that perhaps this is the only effective parliamentary exercise that is still left to the back bencher. [More…]
We shall utilise the powers that We have to ask questions with a view to getting information. [More…]
Many of these regulations confer discretionary powers upon the Director-General. [More…]
The proposed increase of $250m is the result of past escalation of business and extra business because of extensions of statutory powers to include authority to provide guarantees to commercial lending institutions supplying finance for deferred payment export transactions which will last for less than 2 years. [More…]
I emphasise that the proposed committee has wide powers of reference. [More…]
These powers very deliberately have been drawn widely. [More…]
I think it would be foolish to try to draw narrow lines at this stage because the committee’s powers always can be amended in the future in the light of experience if the committee and this Parliament so think. [More…]
And I attribute to honourable senators, if I may, with respect, a higher capacity in this field than is possessed by some other people because this Senate has developed some inspectorial, inquisitorial and understanding powers of public finance. [More…]
The aim is that the committee should consist of 10 members drawn from both Houses of the Parliament with a majority of Government members and that very considerable powers should be given to the committee to summon people, papers and records. [More…]
Then the Government will make a great appeal by way of referendum to the public and will say: ‘If you had only given us the powers we would have succeeded.’ [More…]
In the case of Yugoslavia, Senator Wright, in reply to my question, said that it would be regarded as bad for the present relative peace and power balance between the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the Warsaw powers if Yugoslavia fragmented. [More…]
Senator Greenwood admitted in his statement that he had the power to invoke the Immigration Act, which this Government cannot use because of its total opposition to the use of those powers. [More…]
The previous Government could have used its powers because it introduced certain clauses for the purpose of deporting Walsh and Johnston because of their activities concerned with the Seamens Union of Australia. [More…]
I will not go into details what happened after the war, but it will be recalled that the Croatian army sided with the Axis powers, and that after their defeat it surrendered about 300,000 men to the British Army at Beiberg in the south of Austria. [More…]
We protest most categorically and repudiate the decisions made by the representatives of the three Great Powers at Yalta in February 194S . [More…]
This celebrates the Nazi victory after the Fas cist powers of Germany and Italy invaded Yugoslavia in 1941 and set up a quisling government. [More…]
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into and report upon the desirability and feasibility of establishing a Securities and Exchange Commission by the Commonwealth either alone or in co-operation with the States and the powers and functions necessary -for such: a commission to enable it to act speedily and efficiently against manipulation of prices, insider trading and such other improper or injurious practices as the Committee finds have occurred or may occur in relation to shares and other securities of public companies, and to recommend generally in regard to the foregoing such legislative and administrative measures by the Commonwealth as will, having regard to the constitutional division of legislative power in Australia, enable the utmost protection of members of the public and the national interest [More…]
That the presence of 3 members of the Committee shall be necessary to constitute a meeting of the Committee for the exercise of its powers. [More…]
In this Bill which is before us, which is for an Act to abolish capital punishment under the laws of the Commonwealth and under certain other laws to which the powers of this Parliament are extended, one finds in clause 4 a summation of this measure: [More…]
Is it not a fact that because of the terrific spurt in inflation over the past 2 or 3 months itis proposed to implement a prices and incomes freeze by what must be an unwieldy application of joint Commonwealth and State powers? [More…]
I have said publicly to Croatians that they are entitled to their nostalgic feelings about a free state, but in this era of the A bomb and the H bomb we cannot have little powers upsetting the balance of power between the NATO powers and the Warsaw powers. [More…]
But in the prosposal which has been advanced by the Opposition it has been left to the 3 leaders of the minority groups which are, in fact, the Opposition of the country to contest the role and powers of the Government. [More…]
We are not seeking to take any powers away from the House of Representatives. [More…]
‘It is easy and tempting for the authorities to abuse their powers in situations of this kind,’ said one Council for Civil Liberties barrister, ‘and they should therefore as police correspondingly be particularly careful that the proper forms are observed.’ [More…]
The Bill will draw upon all powers available to the Australian Parliament under the Statute of Westminster and under the Constitution. [More…]
This leaves aside questions as to the limits Inter se of the constitutional powers of the Commonwealth and the States. [More…]
This Bill will not in any way disturb the balance of powers between the Commonwealth and the States. [More…]
But we could take the position a little further and adopt this attitude: Have the Western Powers always to have armed forces in an Asian countries for them to avoid a takeover? [More…]
My advisers will not hesitate to use these full constitutional powers granted by the Australian people in asserting and establishing the national will on this matter. [More…]
Certainly it is not independent as far as communist powers are concerned. [More…]
They were utilised by the Western powers to oppose Japanese expansion. [More…]
Senator Gair always advances the theory of backing the colonial powers. [More…]
Other parts of Indo-China had been cut up between the great colonial powers, including the old United Kingdom, the great empire of yesteryear. [More…]
We have hitched ourselves on to one of the big powers and then become a suppliant to that power. [More…]
With the alleged dichotomy of constitutional powers, there is a lack of effective supervision and co-operation. [More…]
Secondly, he will take from the Senate the powers and stature which it has. [More…]
But I think that the Senate in its new-found significance in the democratic parliamentary society of Australia and with the public interest and attention that has been focussed on it should not be prepared to surrender authorities and powers now resting within it. [More…]
), this Act applies in relation to, and in relation to offences under, the laws of the Commonwealth and of the Territories, and, to the extent to which the powers of the Parliament permit, in relation to, and in relation to offences under, Imperial Acts. [More…]
), omit ‘and, to the extent to which the powers of the Parliament permit, in relation to, and in relation to offences under, Imperial Acts’. [More…]
That the presence of three members of the Committee shall be necessary to constitute a meeting of the Committee for the exercise of its powers. [More…]
Would the Attorney-General agree with me that surely the nation wants to know whether the Government agrees with the powers of the Court before it makes an application to the Court? [More…]
We are still elected by the people to the authorities which are within the powers of this chamber. [More…]
My authority as Minister for Customs and Excise is limited to controls which might be applied in the imports and exports in accordance with the powers vested in me by various provisions of the Customs Act. [More…]
The present Minister for Foreign Affairs has enlarged the powers of the new Committee substantially in comparison with those which were laid down by the previous Government. [More…]
Over the years the Australian Labor Party was able to have those powers enlarged, but not to its satisfaction. [More…]
In view of the planned vandalism of the New South Wales Transport Commission in proposing to surrender certain Hawkesbury River bushland frontages to developers, can the Minister for Defence consider invoking the defence powers in order to take over the land in dispute and retain it in a virtual state of conservation limbo until the New South Wales Premier halts this desecration of an outstanding tourist area? [More…]
As unions and employers become better organised, as their research facilities grow, as they become more aware of the advantages of negotiation and the disadvantages of remaining passive clients of an arbitration commission, so will the acceptability of the Commission’s penal powers diminish and the area of its influence as an arbitral body contract. [More…]
Honourable senators should remember the position in respect of delegated State powers. [More…]
The State parliaments will lose all their powers except those delegated to them. [More…]
As the Commonwealth has no powers, traditionally it has not interfered in this area. [More…]
It is for ever looking at the powers it has on the statute books of this country. [More…]
As presently framed, the Stevedoring Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act does not have application to non-continuous ports, and places some limitations on the powers of the Governor-General to make regulations in relation to permanent and continuous ports. [More…]
It is, therefore, proposed to extend the regulationmaking powers to cover non-continuous ports, and to remove existing limitations in relation to other ports to the extent necessary to ensure that any transitional arrangements for permanent employment of a different nature to that in existing permanent ports can be introduced by regulation pending .the framing of permanent legislation. [More…]
Every time a law enforcement officer associated with the Commonwealth is alleged to have stepped outside his normal powers to search, arrest or something of that nature, are we going to turn round and set up a Senate committee to inquire into that situation. [More…]
That the presence of 3 members of the Committee shall be necessary to constitute a meeting of the Committee for the exercise of its powers. [More…]
It is simple and has the clear and definite purpose to set up an authority with adequate powers to construct and operate a major public utility having the responsibility of making one of our greatest natural resouces available to the Australian people. [More…]
Other matters raised by Professor Pollard, such as children’s and orphans’ benefits, investment powers and actuarial investigations of the Superannuation [More…]
If this convention is to be held with the maximum goodwill and if it is to achieve a proper constitutional reconciliation and a proper constitutional division of powers, that can only be accomplished in an atmosphere of mutual goodwill. [More…]
It is no wonder that the Government feels it is necessary to introduce a Bill such as this, in effect, to curb Senator Murphy’s powers. [More…]
There are monopoly powers over the purchase of all forms of hydrocarbons, including coal. [More…]
I could not agree more that private mining companies have sometimes abused the powers that they have under the mining Acts. [More…]
It is simple and has the clear and definite purpose to set up an authority’ with adequate powers to construct and operate a major public utility having the responsibility of making one of our greatest natural resources available to the Australian people. [More…]
The proposed Authority is being established with very wide powers. [More…]
One needs only to look at the powers of the Authority as they are. [More…]
I refer to clause 16 of the Bill, which deals with particular powers of the Authority; clause 17, which deals with the power to enter land and take levels; and clause 18, which deals with the power to enter and occupy land. [More…]
To add support to my argument,I refer to the powers of the proposed Authority. [More…]
Clause 15 deals with the general powers of the Authority. [More…]
The Authority may perform its functions to the extent that they are not in excess of the functions that may be conferred on the Authority by virtue of any of the legislative powers of the Commonwealth, including the power of the Parliament to make laws with respect to trading corporations formed within the limits of the Commonwealth and, in particular, may perform its functions - [More…]
The Bill then goes on to set out the duties of the Authority, which are not limited in any way with respect to the development of the powers conferred upon it. [More…]
The particular powers of the Authority are set out in clause 16, which states: [More…]
to do anything incidental to any of its powers. [More…]
I have mentioned the great powers which this pipeline authority is given. [More…]
The simple purpose of this measure is to set up an authority with adequate powers to construct and operate a major public utility having the responsibility of making one of our greatest natural resources available to the Australian people. [More…]
Although some clauses of the Bill seem to give extreme powers to the Pipeline Authority, one can visualise that in many circumstances it should be clothed with such powers so long as they are not applied dictatorially. [More…]
They are entitled, within all the limits of our democracy, to seek to change the view of the legislature in which the powers are vested by the people to make decisions on behalf of all the people. [More…]
Why does the Government seek the much wider powers, such as ‘to buy and sell petroleum whether in Australia or elsewhere’, that are outlined in the Bill? [More…]
The Government is giving the Authority much wider powers. [More…]
Clause 18 of the Pipeline Authority Bill will give the Authority certain powers. [More…]
I refer to clause 13 (1) (a) of the Bill where the functions, duties and powers of the Authority are stated. [More…]
I refer to Part III of the Bill, which concerns the functions, duties and powers of the Authority. [More…]
As to its control, use and development of Australian resources, of course, it is simply a means of providing transportation, together with whatever be the ambit of the powers of purchase and sale which is to be conferred at some future time as the Authority requires or determines itself. [More…]
A central Authority in the field, given the requisite powers, could be assured of having all relevant up to date information, because it could act as a central bruin for the storage and evaluating of all the data emanating from these public and private areas. [More…]
He is suggesting that the Authority should be established, as the Bill proposes, and that the Authority should have all the powers necessary to make the researchers, to examine the feasibility of various pipeline constructions and then to present to the Parliament a comprehensive report indicating the benefits and the cost of the proposal. [More…]
A referendum to give the Commonwealth Parliament complete powers to make laws with respect to all forms of transport. [More…]
But it appears to the Opposition that the fact that we have such statutory arrangements and policies in relation to coal in existence means that coal should be excluded from the powers of the proposed Authority. [More…]
The powers that may be exercised or may possibly be exercised by that Authority in relation to coal could well cut across existing statutory provisions. [More…]
That clause provides, under the heading ‘Part 111 - Functions, Duties and Powers of the Authority’: [More…]
It is simple and has the clear and definite purpose to set up an Authority with adequate powers to construct and operate a major public utility having the responsibility of making one of our greatest natural resources available to the Australian people. [More…]
The Authority may perform its functions to the extent that they are not in excess of the functions that may be conferred on the Authority by virtue of any of the legislative powers of the Commonwealth, including the power of the Parliament to make laws. [More…]
We believe that this amendment will not give any great supervisory powers to the Parliament. [More…]
In fact, the suggested powers may be an embarrassment to the Parliament. [More…]
The central aim of my Government’s foreign policy will be to do all we can as a medium- sized power to help all nations including the great powers and not least our great ally, to make the most of the new opportunities now presenting themselves. [More…]
We plan to develop a substantial relationship with China, based on friendship, cooperation and mutual trust, comparable with that which we have, or seek, with other major powers. [More…]
It was therefore only logical that we should from an early stage have examined the possibilities of bringing into existence the kind of regional community which, as I said in my speech to the Summer School of the Australian Institute of Political Science on 26 January, would be ‘an organisation genuinely representative of the region, without ideological overtones, conceived as an initiative to help free the region of Great Power rivalries that have bedevilled its progress for decades and designed te insulate the region against ideological interference from the Great Powers’. [More…]
We have not assumed and endorsed these commitments uncritically but are submitting them all to close scrutiny to determine their usefulness and appropriateness in an age which bears witness to growing ideological co-existence and strategic interdependence between the great and small powers alike. [More…]
We intend to base our relations with Japan on our desire for wholehearted co-operation in promoting the common interests of our 2 countries and of the region in which we are two of the wealthiest powers. [More…]
Clause 16 deals with the particular powers of the Authority. [More…]
Similar powers are held by other statutory authorities. [More…]
As I pointed out in speaking to another clause last night, this Authority is being clothed with wide and great powers. [More…]
Wc must consider that right in the light of the fact that the Authority is to be clothed with wide powers to protect it and indeed to help it to enter into what could become a very commercial enterprise and one which, at some time, could even enter into very keen competition in other forms of activity of which we may not be aware at this stage of the development of technology. [More…]
The powers should be spelled out more precisely,’ not less, and the obligations of being a public utility conducted in the broad sense ki the public good, when one has regard to the huge amount of capital involved, ought to be precisely spelled out. [More…]
The clause sets out very clearly enormous powers for the Authority which are absolutely necessary when we consider the magnitude of the task with which it is faced. [More…]
The Authority must have great powers. [More…]
In the broad powers that are outlined in the Bill there may be an offence against civil rights. [More…]
It is clear enough that the Authority, under the powers given in this clause, could demolish a dwelling house. [More…]
So the Authority is given terrific powers under this legislation. [More…]
The same powers are provided under the Act to which I was referring earlier. [More…]
To those of the Left or the Right who preach in Australia the doctrine of violence, I have only this to say: I shall use unremittingly and support without qualification my colleagues who join me in using the Constitutional and Institutional powers invested in my Government to end political violence in Australia.’ [More…]
Already a request -has ‘ been received from one State’ for the Commonwealth Government to take over certain State powers concerning Aborigines. [More…]
He prefaced his question by drawing my attention - quite properly - to the powers that reside with the Presiding Officers to deal with certain matters. [More…]
Standing Orders, from practice and from the powers that reside in the Presiding Officers to maintain the proper functioning of Parliament and its precincts, including matters of security. [More…]
It makes the whole Prices Justification Tribunal, in my opinion, something of a joke, if the Government cannot see the wisdom in the suggestion that the powers of the Tribunal must be confined and that copies of books or books of original entry or secretarial notes, or whatever they might ‘ be, must be returned to a company upon its written request or some such notification.. [More…]
We are to have a Federal parliamentary committee on prices under the chairmanship of Mr Hurford, the member for Adelaide, a committee which, on Mr Hurford’s own admission, will possess no statutory powers but which, as he says hopefully, will operate by intimidating the particular business interests marked out for attention under a threat of a Government sponsored consumer boycott of the goods in question. [More…]
It conforms with a variety of quite unqualified statements made by the Australian Labor Party last year when in Opposition that, given a mandate to govern, the Labor Party would put an end to inflation and would do so within the powers available to the Commonwealth Government. [More…]
I have repeated that claim because I think that the Parliament and the people of Australia are going to see in the months ahead a series of alibis and I predict that there will be a seeking of powers of reference under the Constitution because of the failure of price control programs. [More…]
One might give to the Tribunal powers to be able to say of a particular commodity: ‘We have investigated this commodity and, for the time being, you have the franchise. [More…]
The Government proposes to give to this Tribunal powers that no Parliament in the land should give. [More…]
Clause 19 enables the Chairman to create divisions within the Commission, which will exercise the powers of the Commission for the purpose of conducting inquiries and reporting on applications from States and local governing regional organisations. [More…]
It is the intention of this Government, therefore, to introduce in the first sittings of the new Parliament, a Bill amending the Australian National Airlines Act so that there is no question about TransAustralia Airlines having the powers enabling it to engage in activities closely related to airline operation and to give effect to the Government’s decisions. [More…]
The amendment of the Australian National Airlines Act to widen Trans-Australia Airlines powers is one matter concerning which this Government is in complete agreement with the previous Government. [More…]
It therefore has no hesitation in bringing foward this Bill, which is designed to give TAA the additional powers mentioned so that it will be in a fair and equitable position compared with Ansett Transport Industries Ltd in respect of its operations under the two-airline policy. [More…]
In addition, it provides for the other activities on which there is agreement that TAA should have full powers, namely: (a) aerial work operations; (b) the operation of hotels and other forms of accommodation; (c) joint operations with other carriers; (d) air transport operations in Papua New Guinea, after that country becomes independent, under arrangements which are agreed between the Commonwealth and the Government of that country; and (e) engineering services for outside organisations. [More…]
The clause also restates the powers of the Commission to engage in activities incidental to its basic functions and in particular authorises it to participate in a company or partnership for the purposes of carrying out those functions. [More…]
Clearly the Commonwealth does have sovereignty in these areas under its constitutional powers relating to foreign affairs and defence. [More…]
Obviously the Commonwealth is the only authority which can negotiate with foreign powers in relation to these areas. [More…]
It also has powers in relation to defence over the area of the territorial seas and the seabed. [More…]
People who claim that the Bill must be dealt with because of its urgent national importance completely overlook the powers that the Commonwealth Government clearly has in regard to this area and which never should have been put in doubt by anyone when discussing this problem. [More…]
Senator James McClelland who no doubt, in opposition to the 3 Premiers from the 3 Labor States, will carry the day - according to his estimation of his own powers. [More…]
It is argued now that, because they ceded powers that they conjointly and separately recognised should necessarily be held by the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth is in a position of power to extract from the States further concessions because commercial possibility are. [More…]
There is no doubt in the minds of any of the State Premiers about where the responsibilities and powers lie at the moment. [More…]
It is only the Commonwealth which says that there, is a case that should be argued before the High Court and that because certain powers have already been ceded to the Commonwealth it should have still more powers. [More…]
On this issue the Premier of every State has interpreted the votes which were given to his party and which enabled him to form a government to mean that the people want that government to retain the powers which have always been considered since Federation to reside with the States and which, without question or doubt, resided in the hands of the States before Federation. [More…]
But should it go to the High Court when there is such complete unanimity among the States that this power resides properly in them, has done so since the beginning of Australia as we know it today, has never resided in the Commonwealth in any shape or form and that the Commonwealth has exceeded its powers by endeavouring to legislate in the Commonwealth Parliament for the Commonwealth to have power which the States say that it does not have? [More…]
They do not want to see arbitrary, unilateral action taken to deprive them of a lot of their powers. [More…]
Therefore, the continental shelf is the product of an exercise by the Australian national Government of its constitutional powers in respect of external affairs, and it seems to me to be impossible to deny that this Parliament has power to legislate for what may be found - whether petroleum or minerals - within that continental shelf. [More…]
The only thing is that the States’ authority in that respect would always be subject to the overriding authority of the Commonwealth, if the 2 governments make laws within the authority of their own constitutional powers. [More…]
If the Press would only look at the thing in perspective it would see that this Bill does not threaten the fundamental constitutional powers of the States. [More…]
So that Committee, a most able Committee representative of all sections of the Senate, found that that type of legislation denies true ministerial responsibility and excludes from the Constitution the proper resolution of constitutional powers by the High Court of Australia. [More…]
The Snowy Mountains Authority had overriding powers during its operations and it too was not an elected body. [More…]
One that comes to mind is the Tennessee Valley Authority which apparently had overriding powers to construct works and to do all things necessary to carry out the concept of a regional development authority or a Cities Commission, as is the title of this Bill. [More…]
I do not know how much the authority would override a State government’s powers but I think that everybody would concede that for a big investment of this nature to develop an area wherever it might be in Australia - AlburyWodonga is the only one mentioned so far - there must be a very powerful authority which can take the steps necessary to achieve the development, to decide which industries will go where, which will be financed and what usage will be made of the lands surrounding the district. [More…]
I think he was implying that the Commonwealth was bound under the Constitution to pay ruling rates for the land whereas under State laws, or in some States at any rate, since States have sovereign powers they can resume land for certain purposes without having to pay the full amount for it. [More…]
I believe that the powers of the Commission will be almost unlimited. [More…]
They will be pretty much like the powers of the National Capital Development Commission. [More…]
Will normal powers and local control be returned to the local authorities? [More…]
There could be many reasons for this, some of them perhaps beyond the powers of individuals, local councils, State governments or even Federal governments. [More…]
The proposed authority will have no further powers than those given to the previous Authority. [More…]
insofar as those matters relate to any matter with respect to which the Parliament has powers to make laws. [More…]
Advisory Committee to advise the Commission in connection with its duties and powers under this Act. [More…]
Section 88 empowers the Governor-General, where an Act, regulation, etc., confers powers and duties on the holder of an office, to direct an officer to exercise or perform those powers or duties during the vacancy in the office or when the office-holder is absent or unavailable to perform the duties. [More…]
However, where these duties comprise the exercise of statutory powers and functions under other Acts, etc., these cannot be performed and exercised unless there is also a direction by the Governor-General under section 88. [More…]
The amendment to section 88 will enable an officer who is performing the duties of an office in a department pursuant to a direction under regulation 116 to exercise and perform also the statutory powers and duties which attach to the office without the necessity for action by the Governor-General under the section. [More…]
Opportunity has also been taken to replace the clause concerning the borrowing powers of the Corporation by a new clause conforming with the latest Government policies in this area and identical with the standard provisions in other similar Acts such as the Overseas Telecommunications Act 1971. [More…]
It is quite clear that the Commonwealth Parliament, in the exercise of its constitutional powers, enacted the Telephonic Communications (Interception) Act which was intended to cover and to state exhaustively the circumstances in which telephones could be tapped - to use the popular expression - by authority. [More…]
There shall be an Inter-State Commission with such powers of adjudication and administration as the Parliament deems necessary far the execution and maintenance, within the Commonwealth, of the provisions of this Constitution relating to trade and commerce, and of all laws made thereunder. [More…]
The only power that the Commonwealth has to make laws in regard to housing is as an incidental, for example, to the defence powers - the provision of facilities for members of the Services - or in the way of incidental provisions for members of Commonwealth instrumentalities which have been established under other heads of Commonwealth power. [More…]
What it calls the issue of home ownership, rental accommodation, and whether the Commonwealth should control the powers of the States Senator Cavanagh describes as filth. [More…]
The Council was instructed to make recommendations to the Government for the establishment of the Institute, its functions, powers and constitution and for the site of the Institute. [More…]
These statutory officers will administer the Electoral Act and also carry certain powers under the Conciliation and Arbitration Act, the Bill providing that the Chief Australian Electoral Officer shall, as required by the Minister, advise the Minister on matters relevant to electoral policy, legislation and procedures. [More…]
At present the Chief Electoral Officer has statutory powers, but he holds office under the Public Service Act. [More…]
Statutory offices are normally created where there is a need to exercise substantial powers and functions, often of a quasi-judicial kind, specified in the relevant legislation. [More…]
This is important where the powers and functions are to be exercised free of immediate political control and without fear or favour. [More…]
It will be noted that the Chief Australian Electoral Officer will have the powers of a permanent head in relation to his staff, who will continue to be covered by the Public Service Act. [More…]
The provisions of the Bill are to, (a) provide for 2 members of the House of Representatives for the Australian Capital Territory elected on the basis of single member electorates, with effect from the first sitting of the twenty-ninth Parliament; (b) provide for full voting rights for both members for the Australian Capital Territory with all the powers, immunities and privileges held by other members of the House of Representatives; (c) divide the Australian Capital Territory into 2 single member electorates, of which one electorate shall embrace part of the Australian Capital Territory proper and the other electorate shall embrace the remaining part of the Australian Capital Territory plus the Jervis Bay territory - to be effective immediately following the expiry or dissolution of the Twenty-eighth Parliament; and (d) provide - (i) for the setting up of a distribution committee; (ii) for the inviting of suggestions and objections and preparation of a report to Parliament, along similar lines to that provided for the distribution of a State into electoral divisions. [More…]
The Bill provides for the election of 2 senators each for the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory and that such senators have the same powers, immunities and privileges as senators representing the States; that the first election of Territory senators be held at the same time as the next Senate elections in the several States or at the same time as the next general elections for members of the House of Representatives, if such is held before or in conjunction with the next Senate elections; that the term of the first Territory senators be from the date of their election until the eve of polling day for the ensuing general election for members of the House of Representatives; that after the first election for Territory senators, elections be held at the same time as the general elections for members of the House of Representatives; that after the first election of Territory senators, the terms of Territory senators be the period between each House of Representatives election; and for the Territory senators to be elected under the same system of proportional representation as that currently applicable to the election of senators representing the States, except in the case of a single casual vacancy when such vacancy shall be filled by the holding of a by-election adopting the procedures used for filling a single casual vacancy for a State senator, as far as may be applicable. [More…]
In accordance with the powers under the Act to grant deferment to classes of persons liable to render service under the Act, the liability of all men who had not as at that date been enlisted for service in the Army was deferred indefinitely. [More…]
The Commonwealth has limited powers in this field. [More…]
The matter comes within State powers. [More…]
Is it possible for the Minister to use any powers under the Customs Act to make sure that this valuable collection remains in Australian hands? [More…]
I am not blaming the Minister for that, but it would seem that the Bill as originally presented in the House of Representatives, gave powers to Trans-Australia Airlines far beyond those envisaged by the Minister. [More…]
Trans-Australia Airlines pointed out that one of the objectives of the 1957 agreement was to secure a position in which there were 2 operators of trunk route airline services, each capable of effective competition with the other and that effective competition was not possible because of the smaller size and restricted powers of TAA. [More…]
It is the intention of this Government, therefore, to introduce in the first sittings of the new Parliament, a Bill amending the Australian National Airlines Act so that there is no question about TransAustralia Airlines having the powers enabling it to engage in activities closely related to airline operation and togive effect to the Government’s decisions. [More…]
‘In fact, the previous Bill gave TAA enormous powers to acquire almost anything. [More…]
As I have said, I hope that this Bill is pushed through and that TAA is given the powers it wants, because I believe that by so doing we will create the competition about which I spoke. [More…]
Under the Bill the Commission will have new powers, and I think I should restate them. [More…]
These are fairly wide powers. [More…]
This policy has been followed to diversify investments within the range of powers available to the Board and to improve the earning rate of the Fund. [More…]
I ask the Minister representing the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs: When the National Aboriginal Consultative Committee is finally established what powers, if any, will this body have in relation to legislation affecting Aborigines? [More…]
While, as a result of the referendum it is thought that the Commonwealth has complete powers over Aboriginal affairs, the Commonwealth has not exercised full powers and is in consultation with the States about their handing over of their powers as the Commonwealth does not desire to act contrary to agreement with the States. [More…]
Much can be achieved by Labor members of the State Parliaments in effectuating Labor’s aims of more effective powers for the national Parliament and for local government. [More…]
It had no time to lose, otherwise its powers would diminish and be progressively handed over to other bodies. [More…]
It is not this Government’s intention to whittle away the powers of local government. [More…]
In fact, we would want to extend the powers of local government being, as it is, much closer to the people and much more responsive to their needs. [More…]
What powers reside with the Commonwealth Government to remove grounds for court action against libellous references by the media? [More…]
This would involve the abolition of the Senate and the abrogation of the powers of State parliaments which would then handle only what is termed ‘delegated power*. [More…]
Much can be achieved by Labor members of the State parliaments in effectuating Labor’s aims of more effective powers for the national parliament and for local government. [More…]
The Labor Government is now seeking to take over powers in areas such as education through the Schools Commission, and health through a proposed hospitals commission. [More…]
That Committee seeks in its recommendations to by-pass the States which the Constitution vests with direct powers in regard to education, and predictably to establish regions, amorphous bodies, which the Labor Party proposes to develop. [More…]
But I believe that if militant unionists and union bosses are given powers so that they can use tactics of militancy, coercion or intimidation against industry, then we could reach a stage where we could have industrial anarchy and chaos. [More…]
All penal powers are removed and it does nothing at all to strengthen the Act or to give the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission any power whatsoever to deal with strikes, including political strikes which have no bearing on industrial matters at all. [More…]
The Whitlam Government has a very poor view of the arbitration system and, imbued with the arbitratory powers of combinations of labour, I think, would prefer the untrammelled exercise of those powers in the market place without the assistance of arbitration. [More…]
The full Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory had expressed the opinion that the Commonwealth has sufficient powers as landlords to deal with camping without permission on Commonwealth land. [More…]
The amendment relates to situations in which the holder of a public service office who is required to exercise and perform powers and functions under some Act or regulation is absent and it becomes necessary for another person to act temporarily in the office. [More…]
Current procedure under section 88 requires a direction in writing under the Public Service Act and Regulations for a person to act in the office and also a direction from the Governor-General in respect of the statutory powers and functions, even though those statutory powers and functions form part of the duties of the office. [More…]
The Government probably has not turned to its powers in the field of social services where, for long since - I think, since the original Constitution - it has had the power to provide maternity allowances. [More…]
New borrowing powers are to be granted to the Corporation in line with provisions applicable to other instrumentalities, such as the Overseas Telecommunications Commission. [More…]
In my view everything that Mr Whitlam says points to the unfortunate mania of the Australian Labor Party about abolishing the Senate and weakening the rights and powers of the sovereign States. [More…]
The 2 Bills before the Senate provide for Senate representation for the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory on the basis of 2 Senators for each Territory and that such senators shall have the same powers, immunities and privileges as senators representing the States. [More…]
This principle would be destroyed by territorial representation with full voting powers. [More…]
Has the Minister’s attention been drawn to Mr Whitlam’s statement in New Delhi on Wednesday that Australia would be deserting its traditional friends and allies, Great Britain and the United States of America, in voting in the United Nations and would be consulting 5 other powers, including Tanzania? [More…]
There are some matters relating to subversive elements, surveillance of public bodies for communist influence and also of industrial organisations, assisting the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation in obtaining information where its powers are limited and where a police officer could obtain the required information in the normal execution of his duties, assisting other Government departments to organise a security system of documents etc., and reporting on all matters where political and industrial troubles are likely to arise. [More…]
This is an important question touching on the powers of Senate committees and I do not think it should be answered in any hypothetical way. [More…]
The Corporation will be a stronger body; it will have wider powers; and it will, I hope, have people on it who can contribute a great deal of expertise in the export of these fruits. [More…]
The legislation gives different kinds of powers to corporations and provides for different kinds of relationships between them and the legislature or the Government. [More…]
The ability of the 2 super powers, the Soviet Union and the United States, to destroy each other by nuclear exchange has placed substantial restraint on direct military confrontation. [More…]
This consideration is of particular importance to major economic powers such as Japan and the West European countries. [More…]
Political competition among the major powers can, of course, be expected to continue. [More…]
In South East Asia, any risk of military confrontation between the major powers has substantially receded. [More…]
Of course, as one would know, the Government’s powers may have certain limitations; it may be that those limitations are less in cases such as this than in a normal case. [More…]
The honourable senator would be aware that mostly the powers of this Parliament are constrained by, say, the corporation powers and a few others. [More…]
There are very wide powers in the corporation to act in its own discretion. [More…]
All J can say in answer to the honourable senator’s question is that the statutory corporation seems to have extremely wide powers and to be independent largely of any kind of ministerial control or direction and therefore free to that extent of parliamentary control in the sense that the Minister is responsible to Parliament. [More…]
I should not have to stress that in the Parliament we should always be concerned as to how Parliament exercises its traditional and unchallenged powers when those powers impinge upon the vocations and the accepted rights and freedoms of citizens. [More…]
But I am sure I am not misunderstood when I refer to Parliament’s traditional powers with the enormous impact with which they operate and the area over which they operate, and I say that this obligation has a direct and particular significance to us all. [More…]
The power and privileges of the Senate as one House of the Parliament deriving immense inherent powers from the House of Commons and the unexaminable authority with which our Constitution clothes those powers must be exercised with responsibility and restraint. [More…]
They are powers too easily used - and misused. [More…]
It is entirely proper that the Presiding Officers of the Houses of Parliament should have wide powers to ensure the proper functioning of their Houses and the regulation of Parliament’s precincts. [More…]
But it is a question of importance as to whether the powers of the President and the Speaker should be as wide as they have been and as capable of unchallengeable exercise as they have been. [More…]
Mr Speaker Cameron in 1951 indicated the ramifications of the exercise of these powers and the width of the discretion power. [More…]
For many years the last Government was subservient to the great powers. [More…]
He believes with Mr Trudeau, for instance, that detente between the great powers has made peace and security for everybody that much better, that much more likely.’ [More…]
And why does not this Government on the next suitable occasion seek Federal powers to control prices in this country? [More…]
If the allied powers had joined forces in those days it is likely that the horrible 1939-45 war could have been avoided. [More…]
Nothing could convince the powers that be in Canberra - some of the gentlemen who sit up in ivory towers and who have no knowledge of the practicality of the position - that damage was being done to the Australian industry. [More…]
It also gives the university specific powers: To appoint its own traffic officers; to regulate access to the university roads; to set up parking meters and charge for parking; to tow away abandoned vehicles; to prescribe fines for traffic offences proved in court; and where parking or stopping offences are involved, to fix a small penalty which the offenders may choose to pay rather than undergo prosecution. [More…]
Senator Webster also asked me to obligate the Government in respect of the present powers of the Legislative Council. [More…]
Again, that is a difficult undertaking to give but in view of the tenor and the spirit of the amendment I think it is extremely unlikely that any powers of the Council will be reduced. [More…]
Similarly Prime Minister Chifley set the tone for replies to questions concerning proper controls over ASIO and its activities, and the powers of the Director-General of Security, later the same year. [More…]
He said it had no enforcement powers such as a police force had. [More…]
He said that it had no executive powers, nor could it take action in the administrative field. [More…]
Mr McMahon said that its powers were designed to enable it to collect intelligence and, as the DirectorGeneral of Security thought fit, to advise Ministers, heads of departments and others whom he felt should be informed in the interests of the security of the nation. [More…]
I refer to the decision made last week at the Constitutional Convention whereby, I gather, the Australian Government proposes to hold a referendum aimed at amending the Australian Constitution to enable powers to be referred by this Parliament to State Parliaments. [More…]
Has the Australian Government considered what powers of this Parliament should be referred to State Parliaments, and if so, which powers does it have in mind? [More…]
There are two, and in general it might be said that it was those powers which are now within the exclusive province of the Australian [More…]
The transfer of powers is a question to be agreed upon between the Commonwealth and the State government concerned. [More…]
I was under the impression that as from 1 July this year the powers of the South Australian Government over Aborigines were transferred to the federal sphere but I cannot be definite about that. [More…]
On the other hand the Statute of Westminster has not enlarged the powers of the Commonwealth to the detriment of the powers of the States. [More…]
To a minor degree, this situation is similar in countries with formerly were dominated by colonial Powers. [More…]
One of the tragedies is that so many of our financial institutions seem to be outside the clear powers of the Commonwealthsuch as the fringe banking institutionsthat monetary measures are not able to be taken as well as they ought to be in a properly regulated economy. [More…]
This is one of the reasons why, central to the considerations of the Constitutional Review Committee last week was the problem of enabling the national Parliament and Government to have adequate powers to manage the economy. [More…]
It seemed to be pretty well accepted that the national Parliament and Government ought to have those powers which, at the moment, they do not have. [More…]
We believe that certain powers should reside in the Australian Parliament. [More…]
Because Mr Whitlam had said: ‘You know, the States have powers but we are powerless in this area’, Mr Snedden came forward and stated: ‘The Liberal leaders of the States are willing to come together in cooperation and to give you temporary powers to get on with the job. [More…]
So, if you want the powers, whistle up the leaders. [More…]
They will introduce mirror legislation and by cooperation give you those powers temporarily’. [More…]
Let it be made perfectly clear that the continuation and, indeed, the aggravation of inflation in Australia are directly due to the wilful refusal of the Prime Minister and his Cabinet first to seek, through a national conference, co-operation and restraint and, secondly, if necessary, to seek what is offered by the Liberal governments and Liberal leaders, that is, Federal-State co-operation in the temporary transfer of powers. [More…]
If it can be shown that what the Government seeks are sensible powers all the Commonwealth Government has to do is to call the State leaders together and invite them by cooperative action to refer the necessary powers temporarily. [More…]
No matter what the bleatings from the Opposition might be, when it came to the question of nuclear explosions, as Senator Murphy pointed out, we have been critical of any of the super powers which have indulged in this nuclear madness. [More…]
The honourable senator will be aware that in pursuance of the powers which were vested in me as the Minister for Customs and Excise to consent to the export of kangaroo skins- the policy had been that although export should be prohibited the Minister could consent to waive that. [More…]
It is the duty of the Board, within the limits of its powers, to ensure that the monetary and banking policy of the Bank is directed to the greatest advantage of the people of Australia and that the powers of the Bank under this Act, the Banking Act 1959 and the regulations under that Act are exercised in such a manner as, in the opinion of the Board, will best contribute to the stability of the currency of Australia; the maintenance of full employment in Australia; and the economic prosperity and welfare of the people of Australia. [More…]
The trouble is that they are faced with the problem that they are a part of a world in which the great powers which have the bomb are determined to retain it but refuse to guarantee the defence or protection of other countries which do not have the bomb should they be attacked by a country which has the bomb. [More…]
We of the Australian Democratic Labor Party, like the President of India, Mrs Ghandi, and the rulers of other countries, believe that everything possible should be done to achieve world nuclear disarmament, but in the event of certain powers refusing to guarantee the protection of countries which are not nuclear armed, we believe that Australia should seek, preferably from her allies, guarantees of protection which include, if necessary, the provision of the bomb as a deterrent for our own country. [More…]
The point that has to be taken into consideration is that although the indignation has been focused upon them the French are not actually proposing to arm themselves with nuclear weapons to anything like the degree that the major powers have nuclear armed. [More…]
Whether we agree with it or not, we have to concede at least that in the present balance of the powers in Europe under which no country could stand up to the Soviet Union the French have an argument which ought to be looked at. [More…]
The next thing I want to point out- Professor Burns mentioned it- is that the French propose to obtain nuclear armaments to an infinitely lower degree than the major powers which already possess them and in regard to which there appears to be no criticism. [More…]
The French have gone much further in setting up precautions against possible dangers than the major powers which, as I have pointed out, are not being criticised. [More…]
All we can say about the French is that so far as their bombs or their armaments are concerned, they are proposed to be infinitely less than those of the other major powers. [More…]
The French say that they are developing nuclear weapons only because the major powers refuse to guarantee protection. [More…]
Mrs Ghandi, the Prime Minister of India, has stated that there is no argument against a nation seeking nuclear arms when major powers will not protect her. [More…]
I commenced with the assertion that if we can confine the argument to the super powers that have nuclear weapons we reduce the danger of nuclear wars. [More…]
My greatest fear is that when France or one of the middle powers almost achieves parity as far as nuclear weapons are concerned it should sublet them to lesser powers; I have in mind particularly the Middle East. [More…]
The fact is that there were a number of middle powers- I think that Italy came into this category- who were not so strong in their views about the military limitations of nuclear power but who had some fears that their industrial expansion would be curbed if they did not share in nuclear knowhow, I think it was a complete distortion by Senator McManus to link nations which had a rightful concern about the limitation of their commercial expansion with other nations that took a different attitude on the military aspect. [More…]
It gives the people the chance to say that they believe the Australian Parliament should have reasonable powers to ensure the best possible economic management of this nation. [More…]
We recognise, for example, that the effectiveness of the Prices Justification Tribunal pardy depends upon its persuasive powers, working through informed public opinion. [More…]
What we intend to do, in addition to all the things we have done in 9 months- we have shown more initiative in 9 months than the previous Government did in 23 years- is go to the final masters, the final judges in all of these things- the Australian people- to ask them to give us authority to write permanently into the Constitution of Australia the powers for this Government and future governments to deal with the whole question of prices. [More…]
The Opposition is prepared to leave the powers to control prices and incomes at the State government level. [More…]
It is not prepared to give the powers to the Commonwealth. [More…]
The Bill is designed to give the Parliament of this country the powers that almost every other national parliament of a comparable country has. [More…]
We are seeking the power with the full knowledge of the powers of the Opposition in the Parliament, particularly in the Senate. [More…]
Apparently members of the Opposition still oppose the idea that the sovereign Parliament of Australia should have powers over prices. [More…]
One can only applaud the wisdom of the men who drew up the Constitution for their action in giving this House of Parliament concurrent powers with the House of Representatives. [More…]
Party did not need additional powers to do this. [More…]
One can hardly say that the Government is fair dinkum when the Prime Minister admits that this particular measure is not likely to be effective and when he admits that he has reservations about the value of price control powers. [More…]
The conference should develop a course of cooperative action which would call upon the Commonwealth and the States to use their governmental and legislative powers to tackle the problem of inflation. [More…]
The Prime Minister has said that he would accept a temporary reference of powers for control of prices and incomes from the States, but the Prime Minister will not say whether he would use the power over incomes. [More…]
It is a measure designed to give the Parliament of this country powers which almost every other national parliament of a comparable country has. [More…]
But what is obvious is that the States have had enough of this Government’s usurping of the powers of the [More…]
Therefore they will fight any move to give the central Government further constitutional powers. [More…]
What has happened in respect of the powers of the State governments since this Government came to office? [More…]
Up until 1 949 the Commonwealth Government, under its defence powers, had control of prices in the Commonwealth. [More…]
But I must say- I think Senator Poyser will in all fairness allow me to say- that by using almost dictatorial powers he refused to accept the umpire’s verdict- the decision of the Commissioner. [More…]
We have reached it, as the Prime Minister (Mr Whitlam) and Senator Murphy have pointed out, because in the consultations with the States they have indicated a resistance to the handing over of powers to the Australian Government. [More…]
Except for the Labor States, my own State in particular, there is a resistance to the handing over of powers to the Australian Government. [More…]
It is extraordinary that in this world today- 1 973- other countries have great and sophisticated powers over these things, but Australia does not. [More…]
We could use the corporation powers. [More…]
If the Opposition says that it will not allow the people to answer the question, we say that we would like to use the corporation powers. [More…]
We are saying that it is evident that we need to go one step further and ask the people of Australia what powers they think the Government should have. [More…]
We have first to ask the people of Australia what powers they think the Government should have, if we win their support, which I believe we will receive. [More…]
As I have said, when governments in Great Britain, New Zealand and the United States of America have these powers, we see no reason why they should not be given to the Commonwealth Government. [More…]
One is surprised by the action of the Oppositionapart from the Australian Democratic Labor Patry- in directly opposing the giving of powers to the Federal Government and in not permitting the people to decide whether the Federal Government should have powers. [More…]
It is evident that the people ought to be allowed to have their say as to whether Parliament should have powers to pass whatever legislation is thought fit on that subject in an endeavour to curb inflation. [More…]
We believe that this is a gigantic confidence trick in order to secure from the people centralist powers for other purposes, particularly for the Marxist type doctrines on socialism. [More…]
The Government is using the false argument that the Commonwealth needs the powers in order to control prices and therefore to control inflation. [More…]
Those lesser populated States, in particular, are very careful not to give to the Commonwealth Parliament powers which they believe may not act in their interests. [More…]
People are very much concerned about inflation, but they are being hoodwinked into believing that the cure for inflation is to give the Commonwealth powers over prices. [More…]
But the previous Government was able to build up the economic future of this nation tremendously with the powers that already exist by using strong and responsible monetary policies. [More…]
They have said that they will give the Federal Government the necessary powers for a period in order to control inflation. [More…]
If we are able to control inflation without wasing money on a referendum, by taking up the offer of the Premiers and taking the powers temporarily - [More…]
He probably has not told the Minister, but every State Premier has agreed to join with the Commonwealth in producing a plan to combat inflation and, if necessary, to hand over temporarily to the Commonwealth those powers necessary to make operative any plan that is drawn up. [More…]
It is a smokescreen, an endeavour to secure for this socialist Government powers to bring about its socialist program for the control of the means of production, distribution and exchange. [More…]
They were prepared in the short term to refer powers to the Federal Government so that a whole economic and fiscal policy could be adopted that might be of assistance in reducing the spiral of inflation which is of concern. [More…]
The German Ifo economic research institute recently counted a dozen European countries which imposed statutory price freezes or controls during 1970-71; most of the rest, including Britain, have also introduced prices policies, but not with mandatory powers. [More…]
It said that under the corporation powers it was not necessary to conduct a referendum of the people. [More…]
I look at the honourable senator, who comes from Queensland, and I lose my confidence in the thinking powers of the people of that State. [More…]
We stand for the principle that Government elected by the people of this country should be given the powers that arenecessary to arm itself to act in the interests of thepeople. [More…]
I cast my mind back to 1 944 and to what was known then as the ‘Powers Bill ‘. [More…]
Mr Chifley had been exercising price control under his wartime powers and before those powers had lapsed he brought down a referendum aimed at reposing price control powers within the ambit of the Commonwealth government for all time. [More…]
Predicting longer strikes and total stoppages, Mr Mundey says that tactics in strikes, particularly since 1949, have been so tailored as to give a high priority to the penal powers threat and thus the need to ‘get them back to work’ to avoid fines. [More…]
With the removal of some of the teeth from the penal powers in May 1969, longer strikes including general strikes are likely to become the order of the day. [More…]
I refer to the offers which have been made by those States which are led by Liberal and Country Party governments to cede certain powers temporarily to the Commonwealth Government- I understand that the Labor governed States have also expressed their preparedness to co-operate with the Commonwealth Government- provided an incomes and prices control policy is adopted. [More…]
I see in the Government’s attitudes the increasing movement towards attracting to itself greater powers based here on Canberra, this centralist policy of the present Government. [More…]
The Government of those days did not need additional powers to carry out the plan of holding inflation within bounds. [More…]
But if the Bill is agreed to and a referendum is held, what does the Government propose to do with the powers that might accrue to it? [More…]
If it wants to persuade me and other Opposition honourable senators that it wants more power, I want to know, and in some detail, how those powers will be used. [More…]
What it seeks to do is to add to section 5 1 of the Constitution which sets out the powers of the Commonwealth Parliament, a new paragraph ( XiVA.) [More…]
The McMahon Government and its predecessors have always been pleased to say that the Australian Government has no such powers. [More…]
Hence the easiest course is to lead people to believe that there are no powers. [More…]
Dr Cairns, a senior member of the Australian Labor Party, said to the people of Australia: ‘We do not need any more powers. [More…]
We will not be seeking any centralisation of powers. [More…]
There are ample powers to control inflation. ‘ [More…]
I ask honourable senators to bear in mind that one of the great arguments of the election campaign was the centralisation or abuse of powers or the decentralisation of powers. [More…]
It is the first responsibility of the national Parliament fully to test and apply these powers. [More…]
So what Dr Cairns said on behalf of his Party was that it would use the powers which it believed existed in the Constitution and that it would test those powers in the courts. [More…]
But even if this constitutional power was not there, the national Government has full and adequate powers of other kinds. [More…]
Many times Mr Whitlam referred to the fact that the Government had powers. [More…]
It did not say: ‘We have not the powers at all.’ [More…]
It went to the people not only seeking no mandate but also saying specifically: ‘We will not need any further centralised powers’. [More…]
For it now to go seeking further centralised powers is to reject the whole thesis of its argument on inflation in the past. [More…]
But, quite apart from the fact that Mr Whitlam, Dr Cairns and others have said that they could do these things without further powers and that the Labor Party went to the people saying: ‘Put us in and inflation and industrial unrest will subside’, I put this to honourable senators: We are now being put in a ludicrous situation. [More…]
Never let the people of Australia forget that the problem of inflation which now exists has been created by the Labor Party’s misuse of centralised powers. [More…]
We got into a mess because of our abuse of the centralised powers that we now have. [More…]
For Lord ‘s sake help us out of this mess by giving us more centralised powers’. [More…]
Does anyone really believe that the people of Australia will willingly give more powers to a government when the mess that it is in has been created by its abuse of existing powers? [More…]
So we have this incredible proposition that a Government which has created inflation and which has aggravated inflation and has done so by the most gross abuse of its powers, says to the people: ‘We want you to give us more powers to abuse’. [More…]
It is very timely when we are debating a subject matter of great importance regarding the vesting of powers in Parliament that we remind ourselves that the whole business of democratic government is the business of the vesting of powers. [More…]
We are left with the outrageous proposition that not only did the Prime Minister yesterday or the day before seek to get the twinning of powers over prices and income but so did the Minister for Labour (Mr Clyde Cameron), the man fundamentally interested in this question. [More…]
Yet we have had a statement from the Minister for Defence (Mr Barnard) that the reason for dismantling our defence forces is that the global situation is stabilising and that there is detente among the major powers. [More…]
Of course, the State governments have indicated as clearly and as unequivocally as words can convey that they stand prepared to support by complementary legislation or, if need be, by reference of powers, any plain, considered and comprehensive policy to cope with the inflationary problems which the Commonwealth Government puts up. [More…]
Fortunately history and the law reports are replete with instances of how the prices-control legislation of the wartime years and those miserable years immediately after the war until the Labor Party Government was displaced, exercised the power to control prices which it had taken under the aegis of the defence powers of the Commonwealth. [More…]
In other words, Sir Roland Wilson is putting a warning to the people of Australia against giving centralised powers permanently. [More…]
All that the Labor Party said during the election was that it needed no more powers. [More…]
The sixth reason for saying that the Bill should be rejected as a means of control is because the whole of history indicates that powers sought by referendum will be rejected. [More…]
Therefore, to put to the people at this moment a proposition that the solution to their major problem- inflationlies in centralisation of powers, is improper. [More…]
The seventh reason is that the Prime Minister has made it clear that he did not want these powers and that he did not think they would be useful. [More…]
I can only warn that, as throughout history, the people of Australia very rightly will vote against the centralisation of powers. [More…]
They certainly will do so now as a result of this open-ended request for powers. [More…]
I warn that if we, as a Parliament, rest on the assumption that the seeking and obtaining of these powers will solve our problems, Australia will be brought in the new year to a chronic state of inflation which, with the shrinking of growth for a variety of reasons by the middle of next year in my view will reach a state of chronic stagflation. [More…]
Let me make it quite clear that I certainly would not agree to giving any further powers to a Government such as this which has shown itself to be incompetent in managing the economy and to a Prime Minister who has shown quite clearly his inability to understand economics or even to lead his Party. [More…]
This mad gallop by the Government towards centralising all powers has to be stopped. [More…]
I believe that if this Bill passes the Senate the people of Australia will indicate clearly that they are not prepared to give any further powers to a government such as we have today. [More…]
He proposed that the Prime Minister- he offered to lend his goodwill to this proposal- should meet with the State Premiers to seek their co-operation in having their powers in relation to prices referred to the Commonwealth for a limited period. [More…]
We recognise that the problem today is so great that immediate action is required, and the immediate action required is the calling of a conference with the State Premiers to seek a referral of their powers on prices. [More…]
If they agree to this proposal and if the Prime Minister is less arrogant and less dominating, providing certain conditions are met and certain undertakings are given, I have no doubt that these powers will be referred to the Commonwealth for a limited period so that the Commonwealth can act immediately. [More…]
Such immediate action can be obtained by the Premiers agreeing to refer their powers to the Commonwealth. [More…]
But he was then asked by the Leader of the Opposition whether he would accept the offer if the States were prepared to refer powers for a limited period so that the Commonwealth could legislate on prices and incomes, and Mr Whitlam replied- and this is obviously on off-the-cuff comment, which is even more extraordinary for a Prime Minister- as reported at page 1 128 of the House of Representatives Hansard: [More…]
I will certainly accept on behalf of the Government any reference of powers by the States. [More…]
To be precise, I would accept a reference of powers over prices and incomes or prices alone. [More…]
The attitudes he himself has struck this month over prices powers, incomes powers and a prices and incomes policy have been variously devious, wavering or obscure. [More…]
If he has this he will achieve these powers not in 4 or 5 months time but very much sooner. [More…]
We oppose it because we believe that the people of Australia do not want the Senate to give powers to this power drunk Government that wants to centralise all powers in Canberra, powers that it has shown quite clearly that it is incapable of exercising. [More…]
I believe that a great percentage of Tasmanians will be very wary of handing any more powers to this centralist, socialist Government of [More…]
Personally I feel that we should not give any more State powers to this centralist Government. [More…]
But we consider that an adequate and proper control of inflation- so far as these powers are concerned- demands the use of both instruments, that is prices and incomes. [More…]
If the Government is vested with the power it then rests within the discretion of the Government of the day whether it elects to use either power, both powers or neither power. [More…]
We wanted them as joint heads but what the Government now proposes is substantially in accord with the major concept of our proposal which is that both of these powers should be vested in the Government because the exercise of both is the only appropriate way in which, if these powers are to be exercised to control inflation, they can be properly exercised. [More…]
-The Prices Justification Tribunal is restricted in its operation to the powers that the Commonwealth believes it has as a result of the decision taken in the concrete pipes case. [More…]
As to the use made of the powers, that depends on Parliament. [More…]
If legislation is brought along here which is consistent with the powers which are conferred upon the Government by a vote of the people and if we consider that that legislation is inefficient, incompetent and not sufficiently embracing to cover the whole field, then that legislation has poor chance of passing our Party. [More…]
If the 2 proposed amendments to the Constitution to give the Government control over prices and incomes are passed at the referendum to be held later this year, will he assure the House that his Government will use both powers and not just the power over prices? [More…]
The impression has been created here that if a stand had been taken against the Government’s Bill, the Constitution Alteration (Prices) Bill, the referendum would not have taken place and that any conferring of powers on the Commonwealth Government could not have taken place because no referendum Bill would have been carried. [More…]
The Liberal-Country Party is implacably opposed to any transfer of powers. [More…]
Very well, against the centralisation of powers, but inevitably it would have had to face the position that the people were to be asked to give one power alone, and that is the power over prices. [More…]
I am staggered that, faced with the inevitability of one power only being given, the Liberal-Country Party did not say that if adequate powers are to be transferred let it be a balanced power over prices and incomes. [More…]
Throughout the world- in America, in the United Kingdom and in other places where these powers have been given- almost without exception the dual power has been the one which has been exercised. [More…]
We make this point: If these powers are conferred it is within the political disposition of the Government of the day, subject to the Parliament, whether it exercises the power. [More…]
I think that the solution which hasbeen offered now, althouth it may not be theone which was totally acceptable to us, is atleast reasonably acceptable to us and is acceptable to the Government, and it rests within thedisposition of the Australian people as to whetherthey confer on the national Parliament both powers, neither power or one power or the other. [More…]
We hope that the integrity ofthe Government is such that if it is -vested with these; powers it will elect to use them in the.interestsof the nation, as the circumstances demand. [More…]
It is no use anyone suggesting that we in this chamber can lay down with precision the limits to the meaning of the word ‘prices’, the word ‘banking’, the word ‘insurance’, or the other words which are set out in the legislative powers conferred on this Parliament by section 5 1 of the Constitution. [More…]
There are powers such as the corporations power- power over financial corporations formed within the limits of the Commonwealth; there is the banking power. [More…]
An indication of such legislative powers and the administrative arrangements which might be made under the law could well enable a government, given the appropriate laws, to control interest. [More…]
What is being given is what has been given before- and in the wisdom of those who drew up the Constitution and of those who drew up other constitutions, these legislative powers were always given in the broad and general way which is proposed by this measure. [More…]
Given both these powers the Government will certainly be better equipped to deal with all aspects of the inflationary problem and to introduce broader measures should these prove necessary or desirable. [More…]
I do not want to give the impression that the Government, if given these powers, will immediately seek to implement rigid policies of control in the whole area of prices and incomes. [More…]
We, for our part, take the reasonable view that the possession of both powers by the Australian Parliament would be consistent with the position in most other countries and that we should now advance the proposal that it be sought from the people. [More…]
I have always had reservations about the value of price control powers. [More…]
But despite the Prime Minister’s reservations on the value of price control powers, he was forced, by Caucus, to announce a referendum on the issue. [More…]
Inflation, deliberately created and encouraged by the Government, is being used as a bogy for the Government to take unto itself enormous powers for the central government. [More…]
We know the Prime Minister will never use the powers given to him under this legislation because Mr Hawke and the trade unions will not allow him to. [More…]
That doctrine indicates, we are told by our own experts, that limited military response by the US or other external powers to communist insurgency is unlikely to be affected unless accompanied by the fullest self-help by the government concerned. [More…]
We think that the great powers have created a system of understandings which will continue for the foreseeable future and which will mean a peaceful situation. [More…]
I know, and everybody else realises that despite the South East Asian conflict there are understandings between those great powers. [More…]
How would that situation affect the balance of power between the major powers? [More…]
It cannot be argued that there is a detente between the main powers. [More…]
Today the chance of instability between the major powers is as great as the chance of stability. [More…]
Until this problem is solved it cannot be argued, as is argued apparently by the Minister for Repatriation, that there is a detente between the major powers. [More…]
Even the major powers in our strategic area are jostling for position in the power-balance struggle. [More…]
Senator Bishop and Senator Sim mentioned here tonight that the balance and detente between the great powers make large scale international conflict highly unlikely. [More…]
Political competition among the major powers can, of course, be expected to continue. [More…]
Having said all that, the fact is that the major powers or the great powers of the world are trying to bring about a situation whereby, owing to some accident or some flare-up, the world will not be destroyed by a nuclear holocaust. [More…]
If I may continue without too many interruptions by fruitless points of order, Mr President, I wish to say that the matters to which I wish to refer are the general policy of the Government in relation to inflation, the announcement of the Prime Minister that there is a wide cross-section of matters other than matters debated today which apparently he would like to put to the public of Australia by way of referendum and the importance to the people of Australia of being able to know what the Government wishes to do in relation to them and to what use it intends to put any of the powers that may be given to it as a result of a particular referendum proposal being accepted by the people of Australia. [More…]
Clause 1 3 introduces a new concept of what I understand to be the investigation officers of the Post Office being able to exercise powers of detention and powers of search. [More…]
If a person is suspected of being in possession of material, letters and postal articles which he should not have, there may be difficulty in obtaining a police officer who can exercise his powers of arrest in order to take the necessary steps. [More…]
However I think it is important to recognise under clause 3 that the means by which an officer is appointed are being changed so that officers may be appointed much more easily than they have been in the past; yet they are being given wider powers under the proposed legislation. [More…]
It also established that legal problems can arise when provisions that depend on that power are drafted so as to be inextricably mixed in their operation with provisions that depend on other powers. [More…]
But these provisions are given by clause 5 a separate operation in reliance upon other powers. [More…]
In so doing we should draw to the attention of the world the fact that the challenge runs to the very peace of the world and to the integrity of those kinds of agreements like SALT- the Strategic Arms Limitation Agreement- which in our view have created a significant hallmark in the form of a detente between the great powers of the world. [More…]
Whatever we think about the Soviet Union and whatever we think about the United States, there is no doubt that the relationships between those 2 great powers will have a great deal to do with the sort of lives that we and our children will live in this country. [More…]
If 2 are appointed the Commission of each will specify the powers and functions of the High Commissioner to be performed by each appointee. [More…]
The Bill generally provides for the High Commissioner to assume most of the powers now held by the Minister for External Territories, and some now held by the Governor-General. [More…]
It is intended that the High Commissioner should under instruction from the Governor-General exercise these powers upon the advice of the Executive Council. [More…]
In the platform adopted by the Labor Party at Launceston undertakings were given that in accordance with the new powers acquired by the Australian Government as a result of the 1967 referendum Labor would assume the ultimate responsibility for Aboriginals and establish a Ministery of Aboriginal Affairs with offices in each State to give the Commonwealth a genuine presence in the States. [More…]
The Bill provides for the election of 2 senators each for the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory and that such senators have the same powers, immunities and privileges as senators representing the States; that the first election of Territory senators be held at the same time as the next Senate election in the several States or at the same time as the next general election for members of the House of Representatives, if such is held before or in conjunction with the next Senate election; that the term of the first Territory senators be from the date of their election until the eve of polling day for the ensuing general election for members of the House of Representatives; that after the first election for Territory senators, elections be held at the same time as the general elections for members of the House of Representatives; that after the first election of Territory senators, the terms of Territory senators be the period between each House of Representatives election; and for the Territory senators to be elected under the same system of proportional representation as that currently applicable to the election of senators representing the States, except in the case of a single casual vacancy when such vacancy shall be filled by the holding of a by-election adopting the procedures used for filling a single casual vacancy for a State senator, as far as may be applicable. [More…]
All honourable senators are aware of that and the Senate would be aware also that the Government is doing everything it can within the economic powers of management that it has to see that there is adequate housing for the whole population and especially for those on low incomes. [More…]
Might I remind honourable senators that Australia, in common with other middle and smaller powers, must be concerned about this war. [More…]
We must be concerned because the stability of any region in which the interests of the 2 super powers- that is, the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- are so vitally engaged must be of concern to nations such as ours. [More…]
It is simply its purpose to establish the Commission formally and to set out its powers and functions. [More…]
Under the powers conferred on it by the Bill the Commission may, with the approval of the Minister, conduct an inquiry, including a public inquiry, into any matter being investigated by the Commission. [More…]
The mere fact that there may be some opposition to the proposal from some quarters and that the honourable senator may share the opposition on the basis that this representative Parliament should not be given certain powers to make laws for the welfare of the people is his own affair. [More…]
This is really based on the fact that we have a dichotomy of powers in the industrial field between Federal and State authorities. [More…]
It may be that without a grant of powers from the States or without a constitutional amendment that situation is insoluble. [More…]
The powers to enact laws for conciliation and arbitration and to prevent industrial disputes extend from one particular section of our Commonwealth Constitution, that is, section 51 (xxxv). [More…]
We have confidence, as I think Senator Greenwood mostly has, in the powers of the courts of this country and in their capacity to construe statutes. [More…]
There are circumstances where the law will be overridden by a direction of any person appointed by the Minister to issue a direction because there is a delegation of powers under other sections of the Act. [More…]
Those principles include: That responsibility for control of banks and financial institutions operating in Papua New Guinea be vested in the Papua New Guinea authorities as soon as practicable; that a central bank be established in Papua New Guinea on the basis of the Port Moresby office of the Reserve Bank of Australia and be endowed with a full range of powers to act as a central monetary authority for a separate banking system, even though some of these powers could not be used in the immediate future; that a national banking institution be established in Papua New Guinea through the setting up of a new Papua New Guinea Government Commercial Bank; and that except where certain accounts give rise to special contractual or financial problems the Papua New Guinea business of the Commonwealth Banking Corporation be transferred to the Papua New Guinea Government Commercial Bank. [More…]
This particular proposal of the Government is aimed at broadening the scope of the enforcement provisions by giving certain powers to officers of an organisation. [More…]
Those powers are set out in clause 27. [More…]
I hope that ultimately it will have statutory powers which will give it teeth and which will make it into an organisation which will work in complete co-operation with the Minister. [More…]
We accept that the Tasmanian Government has the sole responsibility for this matter because it has the constitutional powers. [More…]
If we speak of the possibility of war arising out of events in the Middle East iri which, without saying anything that would aggravate the situation, there could be a conflict in which the super powers would be involved, this is something of an entirely different order. [More…]
But a war in which nuclear powers could be involved on a world scale would be a devastating experience for’ mankind and the contribution or involvement or otherwise of Australia in such a matter would be so small that it is absurd to suggest that Australia could start even to contemplate having defence forces on s scale that would be material to such a world conflict, which would probably be over even before a report could-be made to the Senate of its commencement. [More…]
the States the powers which they possess under the Constitution? [More…]
Related to this provision is a provision in clause 26 that the chairman may constitute a division of the Commission consisting of not less than 3 members with all the powers of the Commission for the purpose of a particular reference. [More…]
Without such Australian participation we will have the prospect of Australian resources and industries being developed to maximise the global profits of multi-national corporations, and very often at lower export prices than if we in Australia were able to match a little closer their monopolistic powers. [More…]
But it is not in the interests of the Australian people that we should do nothing, or limit our own powers in trying to hold our own a little more effectively. [More…]
In addition, those investments will have been approved by an independent supervisory council, appointed specifically to watch the interests of those who invest in the National Investment Fund and given appropriate strong powers. [More…]
The Bill provides an appropriate balance of powers between the Board and the Council and includes provision for disputes or disagreements to be resolved by ballot of contributors if necessary. [More…]
Of course, we must all recognise the gradual shifting of responsibility from the State area to the Commonwealth that was an inevitable feature of the decision of the people of this nation in a referendum vesting in the Commonwealth powers in relation to this question. [More…]
I believe that the referendum of 1967 certainly gave powers to the Commonwealth Governmentthe Australian Government as it is now called- to make special laws for Aborigines. [More…]
I disagree with the idea that the Commonwealth should have the powers in relation to the advancement of Aboriginal people centred in Canberra. [More…]
So that there will not be duplication and so that the constitutional powers that the Commonwealth sought and received giving it jurisdication over the program of which this Bill is an integral part, this Government has seen fit now to introduce this Bill to provide for arrangements to be made with the States in respect of Aboriginal affairs. [More…]
If the Commonwealth takes over from the States further powers in relation to Aborigines there will be a need for the State employees who have the skills to deal with Aboriginal affairs to transfer to the Commonwealth. [More…]
Dealing with the question of what are the powers of the Commonwealth, I do not know whether anyone could give a legal definition of the powers the Commonwealth acquired following the 1967 referendum, or in what areas the powers of the Commonwealth override those of the States when the States introduce legislation in various fields. [More…]
If Commonwealth legislation does override State legislation in this area, there would be very little legislation that we could not introduce at the present time in order to take away completely the powers of the States. [More…]
The previous Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (Mr Bryant) had discussed with all State Ministers this question of powers which we could have possessed but have not possessed. [More…]
Some of these powers may not need to be used in Papua New Guinea immediately but they will be necessary in due course. [More…]
I am sure it is not perfect, but set against other examples of administration of countries by overseas powers in what might be called a colonial style- I never cared for it but, never mind, we had a kind of guardianship situation in Papua New Guinea- I believe that the Australian people performed the function well, they discharged it with dignity, they dug fairly deeply into their own pockets to fund the development of Papua New Guinea, and I think that it stands to our credit both with the people of Papua New Guinea and with ourselves, and it certainly stands to our credit with the United Nations and those observers who have been to Papua New Guinea from time to time to witness the progress of that country. [More…]
The High Commissioner will assume most of the powers now held by the Minister for External Territories. [More…]
He will exercise those powers under an Executive Council style of approach. [More…]
Apart from that, one would assume that all other powers will be within the competence of the Papua New Guinea House of Assembly and the Papua New Guinea Government under its Chief Minister. [More…]
They have a variety of powers and functions which are much the same as the powers and functions which local authorities in Australia have. [More…]
In view of these lying statements put out by the Soviet Union in regard to the cause of the conflict, and in view of the fact that a tiny nation of 3 million people is confronted by the Arab nations of 1 10 million people, backed by one of the world’s super powers, can the Government still adhere to its declaration of neutrality? [More…]
-I hardly think that it is appropriate at question time for me to enter into a discussion of whether one side is supported by which super power and which super power is the strongest of the super powers, or of the other questions raised by the honourable senator. [More…]
The management of the economy is something which the Federal Government can attend to if it is given appropriate powers by this Parliament or by the people. [More…]
But if this Parliament or one section of it sets out to prevent the Federal Government having ample powers to manage the economy, the people of Australia will suffer. [More…]
It is a scheme which gives to the Minister in charge of the legislation enormously wide discretion which no parliament ought to give to any Minister where the powers are unqualified and not restricted by way of specific criteria as to the manner in which the discretion should be exercised. [More…]
I agree with Senator McManus that the problem in the Middle East, particularly the way the war started to blow up with both sides being fed by two of the great powers, had all the earmarks of what could develop into a world war. [More…]
For over 1 2 months during the term of the previous Government and my Government I have asked the powers that be for these people to have their duties assessed on a work value basis. [More…]
The previous Government, which was so serious about having full powers to impose penalties, never bothered to prescribe any particulars by regulation. [More…]
In view of the potential of these hostilities and the fact that two of the super powers are backing the respective sides concerned, it is fortunate that in spite of that, the detente that came about between the USSR and the US prior to this situation has proved to be an anchor in these very troubled times. [More…]
When two of the super powers are arming both sides, that is potentially dangerous. [More…]
Mollifying that effect has been the fact that the super powers have been able to keep talking whilst it has been going on. [More…]
A miscalculation by either of the great powers involved- the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- could easily have brought about a world war. [More…]
We can hope only that the Arab powers will not continue to threaten instability and world stability by pursuing this type of policy. [More…]
We also believe- it is referred to in our foreshadowed amendment- that there must be an understanding and an agreement between the 2 major powers concerned, the Soviet Union and the United States of America, that they will ensure that there is no massive rearmament and that they will adopt an even handed policy on both sides to ensure that peace is maintained. [More…]
I regret to say it, but peace will be possible, regardless of the Security Council of the United Nations, only when these 2 major powers agree. [More…]
There is an obligation on other powers not to fish in troubled waters. [More…]
The Israeli Government claims- this is the purport of the amendments proposed to us tonight by the Democratic Labor Party and by the Liberal Party- that there ought to be direct negotiations between Israel and the contending Arab powers. [More…]
But what we are faced with is a conflict which could well lead to a third world war because not only are the people of these countries involved, not only are their territories involved but also questions of the utmost strategic and economic importance to the major powers of the world are involved. [More…]
So it seems that if there is to be any worsening of the tension and conflict in those areas what we are faced with is a real possibility of a major world war involving the major powers. [More…]
Although the major powers are confronting each other over the present dispute between Israel and her Arab neighbours the fact remains that the settlement is not one which in the end can be made by the major powers. [More…]
The United Nations has no control over issues in which the super powers are involved. [More…]
There is no doubt that the 2 super powers, and not the United Nations, decided whether or not the conflict in the Middle East would go on and whether that conflict would involve the rest of the world. [More…]
I say still that it is the super powers who in the long term will be in the box seat to decide what will happen. [More…]
Israel- perhaps wrongly on that occasionsought a peaceful solution by consultations with the major powers- that is all on the record- and finally, when she seemed to be abandoned and standing alone in this isolation that was gradually being forced upon her, launched herself against the Arabian forces that were gathering and wiped them out of existence within 6 days. [More…]
The two super powers are aiding and abetting this bloodbath, this loss of humanitarianism which exists throughout the world towards these people and the loss of all the things which have been built up over a period of years of sacrifice. [More…]
All this is being lost now because the super powersfor whatever purpose- have made it possible for these death dealing sophisticated weapons to be matched against these nations. [More…]
I regret to say that although the Government has said that it wants certain legislation and wants to arm the conciliation and arbitration bodies with various powers in order to bring about rational solutions to industrial disputes, the Opposition parties have seen fit to frustrate the Government in its intentions. [More…]
They are not willing to give the Government the legislative powers which it said are necessary in order that we may be able to solve industrial disputes in the way in which every one would want them solved, in an atmosphere of rationality and conciliation so that there would not be these industrial disruptions which affect, most of all, the workers and their families who are involved as well as interfering with the general life of the community. [More…]
The Committee had considered certain hypotheses because the extent of the Commonwealth’s powers and the States’ powers was unknown. [More…]
On either hypothesis there is a clear warrant, in the Committee’s view, for co-operative arrangements to be made by the Commonwealth and the States, and on any view of what the Commonwealth and States’ powers in the off-shore areas are (other than complete State control) the need for a scheme under which off-shore operators deriving their authority from the Commonwealth may expect complementary facilities on shore from State authority is self-evident. [More…]
Of course, the permanent members of the Security Council, which are most of the big powers, are excluded from providing members of the force. [More…]
The Committee may delegate to the Chairman and Director jointly all or any of its powers and when powers so delegated are exercised they shall be deemed to have been exercised by the Committee. [More…]
Japan is our major trading partner in the world and China is the only one of the world ‘s 5 major powers with which, until last December, we have not had any meaningful or regular official contact. [More…]
They will be one of the 3 great powers of the world- they are not quite there yet- along with Russia and America. [More…]
It sought to have as its philosophy a communication to the great powers on this earth that they should not merely be so pre-occupied with their own great power- or thuggery in many ways- but that they should respect the right of the little people to live. [More…]
I refer firstly to the Middle East which is accepted by the Government and by Senator Wriedt, who is at the table, as being a theatre that could accelerate into world conflict and, secondly, to the fact that on the Russian-Chinese border there are some 44 divisions of Russians and this is recognised or felt to be a major possibility of conflict between those powers. [More…]
These are indeed very wide powers, so wide that the structure of the Commission is of paramount importance if it is to have the chance it warrants to succeed and satisfy. [More…]
Notwithstanding those limitations on the Tribunal’s powers, the Tribunal itself is obviously starting to have some effect on what would otherwise be increases in prices adding to inflation. [More…]
The Committee is not satisfied with the explanations given for this practice and is led to the conclusion that the overseas parent companies have been using their monopoly powers to obtain windfall profits from the Australian upvaluations. [More…]
The first substantive clause is clause 5, which empowers the Minister and the Secretary to delegate their powers under the Act, subject to the reservation of licensing powers in relation to foreign vessels, fish processing and fish carrying vessels which may be delegated by the Minister or Secretary for Primary Industry only to officers of the Department. [More…]
Clause 5 also gives effect in the Act to the principle that an official upon whom statutory powers are conferred should be subject to the directions of the Minister in the exercise of those powers. [More…]
as defined, to delegate all of his powers under the Act to a Minister of the Papua New Guinea Government, who is further empowered by this clause to exercise those powers independently. [More…]
Clause 6 gives effect to the principle that an official on whom statutory powers are conferred should exercise those powers in accordance with directions given by the Minister. [More…]
It also takes a further step in the transfer of power to Papua New Guinea by enabling the Minister for External Territories to delegate his powers under this Act to the appropriate Minister in the Papua New Guinea Government who may exercise those powers independently. [More…]
Clause 8 empowers the Minister to close an area to the taking of a specified sedentary organism except by persons or by the use of boats with licences endorsed to permit the taking of that sedentary organism in that area. [More…]
The mode in which its powers, privileges, and immunities may be exercised and upheld: [More…]
And whereas the Governments of the Commonwealth and of the States have decided, in the national interest, that, without raising questions concerning, and without derogating from, their respective constitutional powers, they should co-operate for the purpose of ensuring the legal effeciveness of authorities to explore for or to exploit the petroleum resources of those submerged lands. [More…]
By that paragraph in the preamble the Australian Government set aside its constitutional powers and entered into arrangement with the States to administer the areas off-shore. [More…]
It must be remembered that the purpose of the mirror legislation was to use all the constitutional powers of Australia, wherever they may lie. [More…]
This Parliament has only the powers that it asserts it has- no other powers. [More…]
It is a question of what the powers of the Commonwealth are under its external affairs power. [More…]
If I speak to my Leader who is the present Attorney-General (Senator Murphy) he will tell me that there is no question about the powers of the Commonwealth under the external affairs power. [More…]
the Royalty Act should be amended to provide for payment of royalties to authority exercising powers of DA. [More…]
Section 5 1 of the Australian Constitution spells out the powers of the Parliament and states: [More…]
It has all the powers that are necessary to control and subdue inflation, all the powers which all governments of the past 72 years had and with which they were able to control inflation, and which over 2 decades enabled them to record low inflation rates averaging 2.5 per cent in Australia. [More…]
This was achieved without extra powers. [More…]
The Government is saying: ‘We will ask the people by referendum on 8 December to give us powers over prices and incomes- although, in fact, because the trade unions and the left wing will not let us, we will not use the incomes power’. [More…]
The fact is that this is one further step by the Government to achieve centralised powers, not just over a harmless word or a seemingly harmless word called ‘prices’, but over virtually the complete private sector of the economy. [More…]
The Bill proposes that such senators will have the same powers, immunities and privileges as State senators and that both senators for each Territory will be elected under a system of proportional representation at the time of each general election of members of the House of Representatives, provided that the first election of the Territory senators will be held at the time of the next election of State senators if such is held prior to a general election of the House of Representatives. [More…]
Senator McManus said that Senate representation of the Territories would whittle away the powers of the Senate. [More…]
Senator Drake-Brockman mentioned that if Senate representation were given to the people in the territories we would be whittling away the powers of the Senate and that this Bill was the thin edge of the wedge for the abolition of the Senate. [More…]
The Opposition cannot promote the old scare tactic that if these people are given a vote this will whittle away the powers of the Senate and that eventually this House will be abolished. [More…]
The kernel of the Senate (Representation of Territories) Bill, which my illustrious leader has submitted to the Senate, provides for the election of 2 senators each for the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory and for such senators to have the same powers, immunities and privileges as senators who represent the States. [More…]
I think that Victoria will be handing over those powers to the Commonwealth. [More…]
The Committee commenced its work at 5 minutes past 2 o’clock and I would have been quite entitled within my powers as Chairman to have adjourned the Committee at 10 o’clock. [More…]
The Board is charged with a very high responsibility and the Government has to assume that that responsibility is being discharged bona fide in the proper exercise of the powers of the Board, with due regard to the rights of persons affected by the exercise of these powers. [More…]
The Government wants these powers so that it can reach out and congeal the private sector, control it and stultify it so that the public sector can grow. [More…]
It also established that legal problems can arise when provisions that depend on that power are drafted so as to be inextricably mixed in their operation with provisions that depend on other powers. [More…]
But these provisions are given by clause 5 a separate operation in reliance upon other powers. [More…]
It will have powers of decision and is of corporate status. [More…]
The protection of the Habeas Corpus Act is whittled away by the extensive powers of arrest given to police and the powers to detain those who are thought to be mentally ill. [More…]
But in the absence of a constitutionally entrenched Bill of Rights, it is proposed that those rights should be set out in legislation of this Parliament, so far as it is within the powers of the Parliament to do so. [More…]
The Opposition is anxious to ensure that the Schools Commission is realistically constructed and that it operates with the powers and functions which were suggested for it by the then Opposition, now the Government, prior to the election and for which the Government claims that it has a mandate to legislate, if it has a mandate at all, and which were promised so very clearly by the present Prime Minister (Mr Whitlam) when speaking on the general subject on 20 June 1 972 in an address to the Catholic Luncheon Club of Melbourne. [More…]
So what we are dealing with here is a division of powers under different sections of the Constitution. [More…]
Article 26 of the United Nations Chaner of Human Rights and in particular the prior right of parents to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children; (aa) the obligation for governments to provide or assist in the provision and maintenance of educational opportunities for all children which are of the highest standard and which recognise the prior right of parents to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children and where provided and maintained by or on behalf of a government ensure that these opportunities are open without fees or religious tests, to all children; (ab) the rights and powers pursuant to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act of the State Governments in relation to education; (ac) the need for research into education standards, quality, variety and opportunities in Australia; (ad) the importance of the improvement of the quality of education available to all students attending primary and secondary schools; ‘. [More…]
The third amendment which we would suggest is that regard should be had to the rights and powers pursuant to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act of the State governments in relation to education. [More…]
In other words, we wish to see that the powers of the Minister are limited to the extent that he appoints committees which are related to the functions as defined in clause 13 of the Bill. [More…]
It is a principle which is well known to all honourable senators that such powers as are given to Ministers by Bills such as this should be limited in regard to what the Minister may do in the exercise of the power. [More…]
This Bill will join the 3 proposals for alteration of the Constitution at present before the Senatethe proposals for simultaneous elections of the Senate and the House of Representatives, for democratic electorates, and for powers in relation to local government finances. [More…]
This relates to a mutual reference of powers between the national Parliament and the Parliaments of the States. [More…]
I believe any council which has consultative powers only is useless- in fact Aborigines are still going to go begging and asking through a whole lot of red tape- they still can’t make any decisions and ‘their’ representatives don’t have the same powers as the Parliamentarians. [More…]
It will be an advisory committee and, if it works out successfully with the goodwill of white people and black people in this country, I hope that it eventually will become a statutory body with certain powers that will be vested in it as a statutory body. [More…]
Before the suspension of the sitting I was making some observations on the remote implications of the Bill which is before the Senate- the State’s Grants (Capital Assistance) Bill- and drawing attention to those wider implications so far as they seem to indicate the need for a redefinition of the relative powers of the Commonwealth and the States so that the States would have a real and viable sovereignty. [More…]
An authorised person is, in the exercise of his powers and the performance of his functions under this Act, subject to the directions of the Minister. [More…]
An authorised person is, in the exercise of his powers and the performance of his functions under this Act, subject to the directions of the Minister. [More…]
Clause 6 (2) states that an authorised person is in the exercise of his powers and the performance of his functions under this Act subject to the directions of the Minister. [More…]
I am also advised that there is a similar provision of delegation in the Scholarships Act 1969, section 19(1) relating to powers of delegation, which states: [More…]
The Minister may, by instrument in writing, delegate to a person, either generally or otherwise as provided in the instrument of delegation, all or any of his powers or functions under this Act, except this power of delegation. [More…]
It also makes clear that subject to any special powers and authorities of the Presiding Officers, the laws of the Australian Capital Territory apply. [More…]
The powers, privileges and authorities of the Parliament extend to, and apply within, the Parliamentary grounds. [More…]
The powers, privileges and authorities of the Parliament extend to, and apply within (but are not restricted to) the Parliamentary grounds. [More…]
It was explained that some words should go in there to make it clear that we are not delimiting the powers, privileges and authorities insofar as they may extend in 2 places- outside Parliament House and in the present parliamentary grounds. [More…]
It may be necessary even to say: ‘The powers, privileges and authorities of the Parliament and of each house.’ [More…]
Speaking for myself, I would think that the words: ‘The powers, privileges and authorities of the Parliament’ would certainly include the authorities of either House of Parliament and would certainly include the authorities of any committees of the Parliament. [More…]
The powers, privileges and authorities of the Parliament extend to and apply within (but are not restricted to) the Parliamentary grounds. [More…]
But I suggest that it is much more in keeping with our purpose and our self-respect to accept clause S with all the assurance that the powers, privileges and authorities of the Parliament are not to extend simply to this edifice or the new edifice but are to extend to the boundaries of the Parliamentary grounds but are not to be restricted to them in deference to Senator Murphy’s view. [More…]
The powers, privileges, and immunities of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and of the members and the committees of each House, shall be such as are declared by the Parliament, and until declared shall be those of the Commons House of Parliament of the United Kingdom, and of its members and committees, at the establishment of the Commonwealth. [More…]
I do not know why in this Bill there has been a shift in the language from ‘powers, privileges and immunities’ to ‘powers, privileges and authorities’ and a restriction of the Parliament, when the general and extremely important provision on which the whole operation, a few trifles apart, of this Parliament depends is these words in section 49 of the Constitution: [More…]
The powers, privileges and immunities of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, and of the members and the committees of each House . [More…]
2 ) that the proposed alterations would seriously impair the powers of the legislature of the State to legislate for the peace welfare and good government of the citizens of this State: [More…]
that the acquisition of these powers by the Parliament of the Commonwealth would constitute a major step towards the achievement of the obvious objective of the present Federal Government- the eventual abolition of the States: [More…]
that the acquisition of these powers by the Parliament of the Commonwealth by reason of the lack of definition as to their scope and use would be a source of confusion and uncertainty to, and could be a source of oppression against, the citizens of the State in the conduct of thenaffairs: therefore doth agree and resolve- that the conferring of powers on the Parliament of the Commonwealth as proposed is inimical to the welfare of the citizens of Queensland and that accordingly the Assembly is totally and irrevocably opposed to such conferral: and further doth agree to authorise [More…]
That is why I am not prepared to concede to this Parliament, and certainly not to this Goverment, the extensive powers which it is seeking by means of this Bill. [More…]
By the same token the powers of the Commonwealth Government are clear in relation to defence and the protection of our fishing beds and so on against any foreign intruders. [More…]
He wants these sorts of laws to be clearly and unequivocally within the powers of his State Parliament. [More…]
It will leave the States no powers whatsoever in regard to mining activities in this vast area which is adjacent to their territories and which every citizen of whatever State may be concerned regards as part and parcel of that State. [More…]
Of course, it will whittle away any powers which the States might have. [More…]
If one is a centralist then presumably one would believe that the Commonwealth should, upon every occasion and in every circumstance, exercise its powers in the full irrespective of whether such an exercise would lead to duplication of administrative authorities and disharmony between the Commonwealth and the States. [More…]
It is submitted that the question cannot, and should not, be approached from the standpoint of whether the Commonwealth and the States have exercised their powers to the fullest extent. [More…]
Letters Patent, the last one of October 1900 which defines the area or our responsibility, and subject to international law, certain provisions of English law such as the Colonial Laws Validity Act and the Merchant Shipping Act, subject to treaties and subject to reservations of bills under the Instructions to the Governor or under the Letters Patent, we had all the powers and authority of the British Parliament in relation to this area. [More…]
Therefore I look upon the preservation of the State rights in this matter as having a safety factor to it and presenting a better aspect than passing over the whole of these powers to the Commonwealth. [More…]
But subject to paramountcy of all these national powers the State has power to prescribe the length of bathing costumes, to register sailing vessels, to prescribe regulations for hygiene on beaches and all the rest of it. [More…]
The provision that says that the sovereignty of the territorial sea is vested in and exercisable by the Crown in the right of the Commonwealth does not exclude consistent lawslaws of the State that are consistent with laws of the Commonwealth made in the course of exercising its constitutional powers. [More…]
How could a Bill of a Federal Parliament give to this new continental off-shore area equivalent powers that the Constitution by sections 101,121 and 122 gives to a territory? [More…]
All I am saying is that in the proper exercise of national powers the Parliament has said that insofar as sovereignty shall be exercised by the Commonwealth over the territorial sea - [More…]
No one can tell me that by passing this Bill saying that sovereignty shall prevail we cannot extend the powers vested in this Parliament by the Constitution. [More…]
I pay tribute to the speech that we heard from Senator Cant on this matter putting together the various conceptions of our powers in this respect. [More…]
The Minister may, by instrument in writing, delegate to an officer of the Public Service of the Commonwealth, either generally or otherwise as provided in the instrument of delegation, all or any of his powers or functions under this Part . [More…]
There is provision for the registration of instruments, and there are very wide powers in the Minister to grant and refuse, to impose conditions which he determines and to cancel any of the authorities, licences or permits which may have been granted. [More…]
The report then listed 8.5 pages of references to powers of the Designated Authority under that legislation, and under this Bill it is not a designated authority- there is simply a Ministerrevealing the tremendously wide area in which the action to be taken is to be within the Designated Authority’s discretion. [More…]
Although discretionary powers are a distinctive characteristic of the legislation, the Committee does not consider the efficacy of the system of administration is destroyed by them. [More…]
This is to be linked with other provisions in the Bill, in particular clauses 93, 94 and 95, which provide that the Minister or any person to whom he delegates his powers may summon a person to produce documents, to appear before him, to give any information, or to answer questions. [More…]
The discretions conferred by the Mining Code give the Minister enormous powers. [More…]
1 ) The Minister may, by instrument in writing, delegate to an officer of the Public Service of the Commonwealth, either generally or otherwise as provided in the instrument of delegation, all or any of his powers or functions under this Pan, the Royalty Act or the regulations, except this power of delegation. [More…]
Is it not correct to say that some of the overseas experiences in the operation of these powers quoted by Mr Winter certainly do not support the idea that they are necessary to combat inflation? [More…]
I know also that it is generally recognised that the Australian Government does not have the legislative powers which would enable it properly to manage the economy of the country. [More…]
I think that there would be very few people- I trust that the honourable senator is not amongst them- who would think that the Commonwealth Government ought not to be given the powers per medium of the Australian Parliament to take the administrative action pursuant to laws made by this Parliament which would enable us to curb inflation and to manage the economy properly. [More…]
It is ironical that the Australian Labor Party, which professed to want to see a return to Parliamentary Government, has been in Government accelerating the arbitrary nature of the powers which are held by the Federal Government and seeking to increase them. [More…]
It does not contain any words saying that those powers are to be carried out in conformity with a federal system. [More…]
At the Labor Party’s recent conference at Surfers Paradise it sought to achieve that end by requiring that it be an obligation of any Labor member of a State Parliament to assist in the reference to this Commonwealth Parliament of such powers as may be necessary to carry out those policies. [More…]
Much can be achieved by Labor members of the State Parliaments in effectuating Labor’s aim of more effective powers for the national Parliament. [More…]
Before the suspension of the sitting for lunch I had established the rapidity with which and the extent to which this socialist Government has been concentrating powers on the old bureaucracy in Canberra and conferring new powers on a whole range of new bureaucratic structures that are being created by it in Canberra. [More…]
In addition to the acceleration of power concentration in Canberra, which I have been denouncing, to cap it all this socialist Government is asking the Australian electorate on 8 December to give it more powers- to give it the widest possible powers to legislate in relation to prices and incomes. [More…]
The Government is saying that it wants these powers in order to deal with inflation. [More…]
It has many powers by which it can deal with inflation. [More…]
The Government has been offered by the State governments a temporary referral of powers to cope with inflation. [More…]
It already has many powers under the Constitution which it can use. [More…]
The Prices Justification Tribunal was set up under powers that the Government already possessed. [More…]
So, in my opinion, it is quite clear that the purpose of this referendum which is seeking more powers for this socialist Government in Canberra has nothing to do with any desire on the part of the Government to fight inflation. [More…]
The reason it wants these powers is to allow it to implement its centralist, unificationist policies, and I have already quoted the Prime Minister and the Labor Party platform in that regard. [More…]
The Government wants this referendum carried on 8 December so that it will have more powers to act arbitrarily and arrogantly. [More…]
It wants plenary powers, as the Government calls them, to put into effect its socialist policies of having a unitary system of government and of abolishing State parliaments and State governments. [More…]
It wants these powers because they are part and parcel of the ultimate socialist objective of destroying the federal system and establishing a unitary system. [More…]
Not only does the Government want more powers in Canberra, but also it wants all these powers to be concentated in one House of Parliament in Canberra, because it is notoriously well known that the Government wishes to abolish this Senate which is probably the last real bastion of defence that the people and the States have for this federal system as we know it. [More…]
Senator Durack, again for mysterious reasons, says that the establishment of these consultative councils is a concentration of excessive and arbitrary powers. [More…]
The Government knows that these people will never support its socialisation platform and the centralist powers that it wants to achieve. [More…]
In the next 10 days or so the Government will try to fool the people of Australia with a referendum seeking price control powers. [More…]
It brings them in only through the back door, as it is seeking to do by way of the prices and incomes referendum to be held on Saturday week in the hope that the people will be fooled into giving powers to this centralist Government under the guise that these powers will control inflation. [More…]
Of course, the powers will be used in all sorts of directions. [More…]
Once it is able by these means to place industry in a situation of difficulty the Government has only to use the powers of taxation and tariffs to put industry into further difficulties. [More…]
If the people of this nation are prepared to give the Government price control powers, the Government will have the final weapon it needs to bring industry right down. [More…]
If anyone talks about excessive and arbitrary powers let him stand up and say where this Constitution has been contravened. [More…]
Everything which the Labor Party Government has done- and it has done it for the benefit of Australia- has been within this Constitution and under the powers given, in the main, 70 years ago. [More…]
Yet the Opposition says that we are using excessive and arbitrary powers. [More…]
These are the powers, old as they are, which we are exercising and under which we are governing. [More…]
So it is complete and utter rot for members of Parliament to say that we are using excessive and arbitrary powers. [More…]
We are using the powers which were given to us and we will continue to use those powers and to extend them as far as the Constitution will allow in order that the Australian people may have good and active governmentnot a government of the kind they have had over the past 23 years. [More…]
To move this sort of motion which talks about concentrated excessive and arbitrary powers of government in Canberra and not be able to point to one instance where the Government has exceeded the powers given to it is complete and utter hypocrisy. [More…]
Senator Cant mentioned earlier that he would not agree that there are excessive powers operating from Canberra. [More…]
It is not unexpected that we find this big buildup of centralism in Canberra; nor is it unexpected that at the same time we should find a determined effort on the part of this Government to erode State governments and the powers of State governments with the ultimate aim of the eventual abolition or destruction of State governments throughout the Commonwealth as we know them today. [More…]
As my colleague Senator Cant said in his address, this urgency motion regarding excessive and arbitrary powers in Canberra is a phoney. [More…]
Let us have a look at the measures which have emanated from a government which, it is alleged, is self interested in gaining additional powers at the expense of the Australian public. [More…]
Are these the actions of a Government that is seeking excessive powers and centralist control, or of a dictatorial Government that has a disregard for the welfare of its people? [More…]
Let us ask the Australian people whether all these things which I have enumerated regarding social welfare, education and so on have been achieved as a result of the rapid concentration of excessive and arbitrary powers in Canberra. [More…]
When I hear Ministers talk about plenary powers I am reminded of another gentleman who always spoke of obtaining plenary powers. [More…]
Perhaps the Ministers of this Government might remember that when they start speaking about wishing to obtain plenary powers. [More…]
There is another body of opinion which is extremely concerned that on a reasonable and acceptable interpretation of some of the powers which are laid down in one of the other Bills there could be by various means a substantial transfer of public ownership. [More…]
I would not say that the wine industry is a basic developmental project in fact or in terms of the AIDC’s very limited powers to act according to the present law, which is of course affected by what the Senate is doing. [More…]
I think it is quite conceivable that with the wide scope of this section of the Constitution and the incidental powers, the Commonwealth could control nontrade, non-commerce and also non-interstate matters provided it could be shown that the regulated matter assisted the exercise of or was an appropriate means to the grant under section 5 1 ( 1 ). [More…]
An Associate Commissioner shall be deemed to be a Commissioner for the purposes of the exercise of any powers, or the performance of any functions or duties, of a Commissioner in relation to an inquiry and report by a Division of the Commission of which the Associate Commissioner is a member, . [More…]
The powers of the Chairman under paragraph (2) (a) or (b) shall be exercised only after consultation with the Commissioners.’ [More…]
It is not of any great moment but if those words sought to be omitted by the amendment are omitted it would mean that the Chairman could not exercise such powers until he had consulted the commissioners. [More…]
I think that perhaps it is a matter more appropriately to be brought up in discussing Part III of the Bill which deals with the functions and powers of the Commission. [More…]
Senator Webster made reference to what the functions and powers of the Commission really mean. [More…]
On reflection I now consider that the reasons I had for differentiating the time period as between different forms of assistance in relation to the Commission’s powers of initiative were not strong enough to justify ten years in one case and six in the other. [More…]
But we object in the strongest terms to the proposal to set up the Commission as a bureaucratic central planning authority with powers and influences that should belong only to the Government and the Parliament. [More…]
So wide are the powers proposed to be given to the Commission that it will be able to initiate its own inquiries without being asked to do so by the Government. [More…]
-by leave- On behalf of the Senate Select Committee on the Civil Rights of Migrant Australians and in the absence of the Chairman, Senator Townley, who is ill and who has appointed me Acting Chairman of the Committee in accordance with the powers under the terms of reference, I wish to seek an extension of time for the presentation of the Committee’s report. [More…]
I assert here and now that the people of Australia should be well aware that there is certainly no need to give more power to this Government or any other government in Canberra, because the Government has adequate economic powers. [More…]
These powers have worked with previous governments so far as the nation’s economic conditions are concerned, and particularly with relation to inflation. [More…]
He then went on to say that the Federal Government had adequate powers to ensure that the Australian people were protected against foreign control without banning or limiting foreign investment in particular projects. [More…]
I am sure the Australian public will understand that if inflation is to be effectively tackled by the Australian Government, the Australian Parliament must have proper and effective powers. [More…]
The Minister may give directions to the Board concerning the performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers, and the Board shall comply with those directions. [More…]
It will vote against the Bill because it is unnecessary, because it is a further erosion of the Constitution and because it is an underhand way of grabbing powers from the States to centralise arbitrary power in Canberra. [More…]
In the last session, Parliament passed the Grants Commission Bill 1973 which widened the powers of the Commission to enable it to investigate and recommend upon applications for financial assistance by regional groupings of local authorities. [More…]
The Minister’s powers of delegation under the principal Act relating to the determination of compensation for land acquired or to be acquired by compulsory process is limited to $1,000. [More…]
These functions include the control of the export from Australia of fresh apples and pears and the Corporation has been given, in clauses 7 to 9, powers appropriate to the performance of these functions. [More…]
There is also expressed in clause 7 (3) of the Bill a general requirement that the Corporation must comply with any directions given it by the Minister with respect to the performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers. [More…]
The Corporation will provide the industry with a marketing instrument directed by persons with the necessary skills and expertise in the broad field of marketing; it will be armed with appropriate and adequate powers; and, accordingly, should be capable of tackling effectively the industry’s problems on a co-ordinated national basis. [More…]
I say to Senator Lawrie and, to a lesser degree, to Senator Little that it is obvious that we must have some punitive powers in relation to vessels which fish inside our territorial sea limits. [More…]
But as I have said, what is suggested by the Australian Government is not comparable with the punitive measures embodied in the successful expeditions that have been embarked upon by Iceland and Latin American countries against what may be deemed the super powers. [More…]
But whether they be super powers or middle powers, if other countries see a bit of firmness they will capitulate and do what is wanted. [More…]
That Commission, in the discharge of its functions, will have certain powers. [More…]
It is the width of those powers, the scope of those powers and the purposes to which they are to be put which is positively frightening. [More…]
The Attorney-General will recall that some 60 years ago both the High Court and the Privy Council entertained much argument in a case in which the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth was the active participant and in which it was sought to justify the act of a royal commission in this country which had wide powers that could have enabled it to move into virtually any and every area throughout Australia. [More…]
In the course of this investigation the Commission is to have very wide powers, not merely facilitatory powers but compulsory powers to an extraordinary degree. [More…]
any directions of the Attorney-General in connection with the performance of its functions or the exercise of its powers under this Act. [More…]
But a ministerial control of that character is a control which tells the Commission with all these powers how to act. [More…]
But in the ordinary way in which the Commission gets its information and exercises its powers it is under the obligation to submit to what the Attorney-General directs. [More…]
There is no limit, except relevance, to the Commission’s powers if it considers, or if the Attorney-General has directed, that the documents be produced or the questions answered. [More…]
What ‘reasonable excuse’, having regard to the tremendous width of the Commission’s powers, can such people offer to refuse to produce books and papers or to answer questions? [More…]
When these powers are read with the ministerial powers which are contained in clause 8 they are positively frightening. [More…]
If one examines the Law Reform Commission Bill of the Australian Capital Territory, the projected law reform Bill in Victoria and other law reform Bills throughout the Commonwealth one finds that none has the scope or width of powers contained in this legislation. [More…]
I say to the Attorney-General that a power given to a commission of individuals- notwithstanding the desirable objective of the appointment of that commission- to enable it to call any person in the country to appear before it, to require persons to answer questions about virtually any subject at all and to produce whatever documents, books, writings and papers they have, is comparable to the powers which were used by the Secretaries of State in the 18th century and which John Wilkes was able to challenge so forcefully through the courts. [More…]
I regret the right of the Commission to inquire and to exercise the compulsory powers which are contained in” this Bdi- and shortly to be removed from the Bill- should be finding their way into other legislation. [More…]
I do not believe that it needs those powers which were sought to be given to it to enable it to perform its role in a worthwhile and useful way. [More…]
However this point can be over-dramatised when one remembers that the same kind of powers are held by each of the courts in the country. [More…]
I take the point that was made but to suggest that this is frightening is to take matters a bit far when these powers relate to hearings. [More…]
All powers that are given to such a body are conditioned by the same conditions as apply generally. [More…]
Any such powers, whether they are to summon witnesses or to have a hearing, are to be exercised in a bona fide way and for the purposes for which they were given and with due regard to the rights of persons affected. [More…]
There is a provision whereby otherwise than in relation to the formulation of its reports and recommendations the Commission shall comply with the directions of the Attorney-General in connection with the performance of its functions or the exercise of its powers. [More…]
If either House of the Parliament or a Committee of either House, or of both Houses, of the Parliament requires the Commission to furnish to that House or Committee any information (including information in respect of expenditure or proposed expenditure of the Commission) concerning the performance of the functions, or the exercise of the powers, of the Commission under this Act, the Commission shall comply with the requirement. [More…]
Except in relation to the formulation of its reports and recommendations, the Commission shall comply with any directions of the Attorney-General in connexion with the performance of its functions or the exercise of its powers under this Act. [More…]
Insofar as the second point the honourable senator raised is concerned, the Bill does use the term ‘secretary’ but it was pointed out in the second reading speech that clause 5 also gives effect in the Act to the principle that an official upon whom statutory powers are conferred should be subject to the directions of the Minister in the exercise of those powers. [More…]
other than a Minister of the House of Assembly for Papua New Guinea, is, in the exercise of his powers and the performance of his functions under this Act, subject to the directions of the Minister . [More…]
Should it really exercise its undoubted powers in such a way as to control or frustrate the policies of a government with a popular majority and mandate in the House? [More…]
Sir Robert said that the purpose of his article was to examine the powers and the authority of the Australian Senate. [More…]
Sir Robert Menzies, after setting out and explaining the powers of the Senate, went on to comment: [More…]
No date is set for the return of powers after a period of years- any number of years- in which development takes place and the Commonwealth continues to pour money into the corporation that is developing it. [More…]
Apparently the new corporation, commission or whatever it is called, is to have great powers to determine how the land can be used. [More…]
Clause 5 of the Albury-Wodonga Development Bill refers to the powers conferred on the Minister, and it reads in part: [More…]
The second part of the clause points out that the Australian Minister may exercise all or any of the functions and powers relating to a designated area conferred on him by or under a State Act. [More…]
So the Minister shall exercise these powers conferred on him in accordance with the Agreement or he can exercise such powers as are conferred on him by a State Act. [More…]
I am putting to the Senate this afternoon that the facts I have raised have some relationship to clause 5 of the Bill which deals with the powers of the Minister. [More…]
-I think that the Senate can be confident that the laws are such that the court has, as it always had, ample powers to safeguard its own integrity and that the procedures which are appropriate will be adopted. [More…]
This Bill establishes the Hospitals and Health Services Commission on a permanent and sound legal basis, enumerates its functions and gives it all the powers necessary to enable it to operate effectively. [More…]
The Commission is given adequate powers to allow it to perform its functions, including the power to hold private and public inquiries, and to engage outside consultants. [More…]
The State governments have utilised their powers to acquire the land, to fix prices and to deal with other questions associated with the acquisition of the land. [More…]
I seek from the Minister some details in relation to clause 8 of the Albury-Wodonga Development Bill, which establishes the functions and powers of the Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation. [More…]
Extensive use has been made of the powers to invest State courts with federal jurisdiction. [More…]
Thirdly, the present Bill avoids the historical excursions that would have been necessary to determine the powers of the Superior Court under the 1968 Bill. [More…]
That Bill conferred certain powers on the Superior Court by reference to the state of affairs in England immediately before the commencement of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873. [More…]
That was done to ensure that the Court would have the powers formerly possessed by a Court of Equity. [More…]
It seems unnecessary to import historical references of this kind into the Bill as it is sufficient for the Court to be given a general jurisdiction to enable it to exercise whatever powers are available to a Superior Court of Record. [More…]
At present, there is provision in each of the 2 Territories for practitioners to be admitted to the Supreme Court of the particular Territory and for that Court to exercise disciplinary powers over the conduct of legal practitioners so admitted. [More…]
These Bills stem from a belief on the part of the Government that the health of the people is the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a nation will be built. [More…]
It is acting well within the framework of the Constitution and under the legislative powers available to it. [More…]
Within the past week or so, the Government has used its export powers to begin an inventory control over oil supplies which means that an oil company wishing to sell bunker oil to an overseas ship must apply for an export permit for that oil. [More…]
The Bill vests in the Petroleum and Minerals Authority the same functions and powers in relation to these other minerals as it does in relation to petroleum. [More…]
But the States too, at the moment, have an important part to play in this area in exercising their internal licensing powers. [More…]
The exercise of State internal licensing powers without due regard to the Australian Government’s export control powers could place the licensee companies in a wholly unreasonable and unfair position, when the national Government is impelled, by policy, to act in the national interest. [More…]
Part II of the Bill deals with the establishment, functions and powers of the Authority. [More…]
Firstly, clauses 6 and 7 will authorise the Authority to undertake activities appropriate to a petroleum and mining business and, in association with the powers conferred upon the Authority by clauses 11 and 12, to undertake these functions in the same way as companies engaged in these fields of activities do. [More…]
There is not adequate time to probe, to ask questions, to search for information and really to consider whether the concept is best given expression by vesting all authority for this Institute in one man and by giving to that one man wide powers to create his staff, to employ consultants and to devise as he goes along the objectives which are set out. [More…]
As mentioned by Senator Withers, during the debate on this Bill in another place the Opposition drew attention to the possibility that there may be dangers in the powers conferred upon the Minister in acquiring by agreement land and interests in land on behalf of the Australian Government unless this is accompanied by a public statement concerning the exercise of these powers. [More…]
The proposed Corporation, which is given very wide powers, has ahead of it a major work better to facilitate the distribution of the apple crop and the pear crop both in Australia and overseas by means of promotional activity. [More…]
Powers are being given to the Corporation to charter its own ships, where necessary, for the export of the fruit. [More…]
The powers of the Corporation, as I said before, are very wide. [More…]
But it is in relation to the Corporation’s power to buy and sell that this Bill makes a significant addition to the old powers. [More…]
The Corporation shall comply with any directions given to it by the Minister with respect to the performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers. [More…]
The Corporation shall not exercise its powers under this section in a manner that gives preference to one State or any pan of one State over another State or any part of another State. [More…]
The powers of direction which are written into the Bill are not designed for the purpose of interfering with the business discretion of the people who will operate the Corporation. [More…]
7 ) That the presence of three members of the Committee shall be necessary to constitute a meeting of the Committee for the exercise of its powers. [More…]
That available constitutional means under the trade and commerce powers be called upon to effect this purpose. [More…]
There is no question that we rely on penal powers. [More…]
The Labor Party and the Labor Government have made it clear that they support what the united trade union movement wants, that is, fewer penal powers and more collective arrangements. [More…]
I think more strikes occur because we do not have more facilities and more powers under the law to negotiate with the aggrieved parties. [More…]
To a large extent the major difficulties between the United States of America and the Soviet Union, and perhaps to a lesser extent between the United States of America and China, have been resolved as a result of some of the initiatives taken by the major powers. [More…]
If honourable senators remember’ 1984’, what he spoke of was a division of the world into 2 huge areas in each of which a dominant power was able to control the destinies and the lives of the people who were living under the suzerainty of those 2 super powers. [More…]
I believe that while all of us welcome the relaxation in tension between the Soviet Union and the U.S.A., we should be very cautious lest a consequence of such a relaxation could be a division of spoils between 2 super powers with neither of which democratic people have a great deal in common. [More…]
We must see that while we support the relaxation between those 2 major powers- those 2 super powers- we do not fall into the weakness of saying: ‘Well, everything is fixed up between these 2 countries and we will just leave it to them’. [More…]
When we look at the 2 major powers I believe that again we have reason for reservations as to what our future may be. [More…]
With this in mind Liberal Party senators noted with pleasure the Queen’s statement for the Prime Minister that his Government intends to pursue its policies to the utmost by using its constitutional powers resolutely. [More…]
Political commentators would have us believe that this statement about using constitutional powers constituted a threat by the Prime Minister of a double dissolution. [More…]
The words would make more sense if directed by the Prime Minister to his Caucus, for I would imagine that if Caucus makes the Prime Minister back down on many more issues he just might use his constitutional powers to take them all back to the electorate, even if some of them would be left swinging. [More…]
We have to have an agreement, a working understanding with the other super powers, whether it be China or the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.’ [More…]
It made an attempt to obtain powers with the referenda conducted last December. [More…]
Would honourable senators expect a working class organisation, in trying to deal with prices, to refuse even the slight powers that it has to make an examination of food and clothing prices? [More…]
What referendum proposals are generally all about is the transfer of further and other powers to the Federal Government, powers which the State governments previously had as part of their residual powers. [More…]
I have said before today and I will go on saying as long as I am privileged to be a senator, that one of the great powers of the Parliament and one of the reasons for the second chamber is that it gives time for the people of Australia to be informed by the media and by other means of what has transpired in another place and what is coming up to the Senate for decision. [More…]
And whereas our existing Australian Flag and our national anthem, ‘God Save The Queen’, are perpetual reminders of these hard-won freedoms and of the wise British principle of the division of power, so well reflected in our own Australian Constitution with its careful separation of powers as between the Crown and Commonwealth Parliament, the Senate, the State Parliaments, the GovernorGeneral and State Governors, and the Independent Courts of Justice. [More…]
The honourable senator will notice that the Commonwealth has been given powers in relation to Aborigines. [More…]
Leave out all words after ‘That’, insert ‘in the opinion of this Senate, it would be a travesty of constitutional and parliamentary practice if this Bill, which so vitally affects the powers and independence of this Senate, were to be rushed through the parliamentary processes and submitted to the people without the most careful examination. [More…]
The amendment commences by stating that it would be a travesty of constitutional and parliamentary practice if this Bill, which so vitally affects the powers and independence of this Senate, were to be rushed through the proper parliamentary processes and submitted to the people without the most careful examination. [More…]
The Government feels that the present restrictive constitutional powers are not in the best interests of the good government of the country. [More…]
In those circumstances it is presumptuous for people to claim that the Senate is almost trespassing beyond its powers by intervening and stultifying in some way the opinion of the House on a matter involving this fundamental question of alterations to the Australian Constitution. [More…]
On 12 July 1951 the Constitution Alteration (Powers to Deal with Communists and Communism) Bill 1951 was introduced into the Senate shortly before noon. [More…]
The purpose of this Bill is to amend the Constitution to enable interchange of powers between the Australian Parliament and the State parliaments. [More…]
There already is a provision in the Constitution, in section 51, paragraph (XXX- VII), for reference of powers by State parliaments to the Australian Parliament. [More…]
However, there are several unresolved questions on the operation of the existing provision for the States to refer powers to this Parliament which have made them reluctant to do so. [More…]
Honourable senators will recall that, during the first meeting of the Constitutional Convention in September last year, heads of delegations agreed in principle that the Constitution should be altered to allow for interchanges of powers and to remove the existing doubts about the operation of the present power. [More…]
Further, the Prime Minister announced our intention that, in any interchange of powers, whether from the Commonwealth to the States or the States to the Commonwealth, the same provisions should be available as to duration, revocability and the power to apply terms and conditions. [More…]
The other proposed new section- section 108b- contains the provisions concerning terms and conditions, duration and revocability applicable to interchange of powers whether from the Commonwealth to the States or the States to the Commonwealth. [More…]
To illustrate, if the Australian Parliament desired to empower the States to levy a tax which technically came within the category of excise duties, as to which the powers of this Parliament are exclusive, it would not seem appropriate to speak of the Australian Parliament referring the matter, for the power of the Australian Parliament as regards excise is to levy a Commonwealth tax to be paid into the Commonwealth Treasury and not a State tax paid into the State Treasury. [More…]
A designation of a matter by the Australian Parliament is to be possible- indeed, this is the principal purpose of the new provision- in respect of its otherwise exclusive powers. [More…]
The doubts that the States have felt about their powers to revoke or impose conditions should be removed by the express provisions of this section. [More…]
I hope that these provisions will encourage the States to refer to this Parliament powers such as family law, defamation and shipping and navigation which, in this context, have been raised at the Constitutional Convention. [More…]
The proposed alteration to the Constitution contained in this Bill, if approved by the people, will introduce a degree of flexibility in the distribution of powers under our Constitution that has been lacking for far too long. [More…]
It deals and goes to the whole contract of Federation and to the definition and redistribution of powers. [More…]
But there must be a fairly complete dialogue between now and then, and the proper place for such a dialogue is obviously in this Parliament so that the representatives of the States in the Commonwealth Parliament- the senators assembled here- can investigate, examine and disclose what is implicit and what are the consequences of this legislation for the information of those who ultimately have to determine the redistribution of powers. [More…]
In China ‘s approach to relations with other countries, we find a welcome emphasis on the principles of the equality of states and respect for the rights and views of small and middle powers. [More…]
At a time when profound changes are taking place in the patterns of international relations, it is particularly important that the role of small and medium powers should be understood and appreciated, and that they should seize the opportunities for greater independence … [More…]
My Party believes in a Federal system with strong States and we will not, if we can possibly avoid it, have any more centralisation of powers. [More…]
I am not against the transfer of powers from the States to the Commonwealth where it can be clearly shown that the Commonwealth can more efficiently administer these powers. [More…]
I believe there is strong argument for the transfer of powers from the Commonwealth to the States when it can be shown that the States can more effectively administer the powers. [More…]
I argue against attempts by the Government, in many cases by strong arm methods, to pressurise the States by threats, by coercion and by the use of its financial powers. [More…]
I understand that it is the policy of the Government to centralise greater power in Canberra and in the process to decrease the powers of the States. [More…]
We would not be here today as a federation if the States in the first instance had not ceded certain powers to the central government. [More…]
The States which have sovereign powers themselves, are entitled to retain and, I think, should retain powers that they have exercised since the beginning of federation. [More…]
They should not have those powers diminished by rather back door methods such as giving, money direct to local government, not providing finance through the State Parliaments. [More…]
It enabled a smooth transfer of powers to Papua New Guinea which was self-governing from 1 December, 1973. [More…]
Some powers, other than defence and foreign affairs, have not been transferred to the Papua New Guinea Government as the Application of Laws Act alone is not the appropriate vehicle. [More…]
Powers under the Fisheries Act 1 952- 1 973 are in this category. [More…]
House of Assembly in Port Moresby in anticipation of the transfer of the fisheries powers. [More…]
Subclause 2( 1 ) will provide the immediate transfer of powers desired by Papua New Guinea and sub-clause 2(2) will provide the permanent amendment to the Principal Act when amendments passed in 1973 are brought into operation. [More…]
The Senate has powers under the Constitution which make it an equal House of Parliament with the House of Representatives, and as far as we are concerned the Senate is not going to be a spongy rubber stamp. [More…]
These are new powers which the Government wants inserted in the Constitution. [More…]
Is it a bid to take over the powers given to the States at the time of Federation? [More…]
This, it has been suggested by the speakers for the Opposition, represents some form of conspiracy, some endeavour to reduce the powers of local government and to create some new situation with respect to local government and its access to the Loan Council. [More…]
Last year the Australian Government introduced a scheme to widen the powers of the Grants Commission. [More…]
I hope that it is not just an attempt to subvert the authority of State governments and an attempt to centralise further powers in Canberra. [More…]
Today people are becoming very concerned because of the policies of this Government, particularly in relation to centralism, because of the erosion of the powers of the States, and because of Government expenditure and the automatic wastage of revenue when Parkinson’s law really applies in the monolithic growth of the Public Service. [More…]
I say again that it will be the complete abrogation or the beginning of the abrogation and erosion of not only State powers but also local government powers. [More…]
Local government itself should have wider powers to raise money. [More…]
It has no mandate to diminish the responsibilities and powers of the State governments. [More…]
I will vote against this legislation not because I wish to deny to the people of Australia the right to decide on the issue involved but because I want to make it clear that I am not giving the seal of approval to the Government to bring in legislation, no matter how it is presented and for what motives it is presented, that will further diminish the powers and responsibilities of the State governments. [More…]
If we suspect that the Government, which has demonstrated that it is power drunk, is using back door methods to diminish further the powers of the States we have complete justification for doing so. [More…]
In an economy which is largely uncontrolled, where the Federal Government does not have the powers of managementwhich obviously it ought to have- to regulate the economy as other countries do, the honourable senator suggests that in some way the Government is able to do simply what it likes without reference to the forces which in many ways control what the Government can do in this sphere as well as in others. [More…]
They are the Select Committee on Securities and Exchange, the Select Committee on Foreign Ownership and Control and the Select Committee on the Civil Rights of Migrant Australians which were appointed last session be reappointed with the same powers and consisting of honourable senators to be nominated and reappointed; [More…]
Is it just that the Commonwealth Government which exists purely because of the goodwill of the States should continue its quest for State powers? [More…]
This is to make it clear that the Commission has power to make general statements, for the guidance of interested persons, in relation to its functions and powers. [More…]
It follows legislation, which received royal assent on 30 October last year, enabling a smooth transfer of powers to Papua New Guinea which became self governing the following day. [More…]
There is a question as to whether all that is sought in respect of the transfer of fisheries powers is embraced in this legislation. [More…]
I imagine that the exercise of either of those powers would be sufficient to give to the Papua New Guinea legislature the opportunity to introduce legislation. [More…]
Last week the Opposition announced that it would oppose the Constitution Alteration (Inter-change of Powers) Bill 1974. [More…]
All the State Premiers but one attended that dinner and the following day an announcement was made that in principle- I think the words ‘in principle’ convey fairly accurately the sense of what had been arrived at- agreement had been reached on a proposal whereby the powers of reference which the States have to refer matters to the Commonwealth would be clarified and that the Commonwealth would accept that there ought to be written into the Constitution a means by which the Commonwealth could refer powers to the States for State action. [More…]
On Tuesday last the Prime Minister told a Press conference in Canberra that the Attorneys-General of all the States had considered and approved the text of the Constitution alteration powers Bill now before the Federal Parliament. [More…]
Together with my colleagues from the other States I agreed last year that the Services of our parliamentary draftsmen would be made available to assist in the preparation of a draft Bill relating to a constitutional amendment to provide for an interchange of powers between the Commonwealth and the States. [More…]
I shall deal with each of the powers in turn. [More…]
He indicates that it is a matter of history that the States have been reluctant to refer matters to the Commonwealth, not withstanding that at the time the Constitution was established Alfred Deakin suggested that this was one means whereby the Constitution could be changed in form, as to the distribution of powers, without the necessity of having a strict amendment of the Constitution. [More…]
It must also be recognised that 1 1 of the 23 Acts which were passed pursuant to the reference of power were for wartime Commonwealth powers in 1 942-43 or legislation which arose out of the Commonwealth Powers Act. [More…]
Although many of those matters have been clarified as a result of court decisions or court dicta in recent years, there has always been considerable doubt as to whether powers could be referred for a limited time. [More…]
One notes that the provisions of section 86 which confines the control and the collection of customs to the Commonwealth are expressly excluded so that the States will have some powers in regard to the control and collection of customs if there is a designation of the excise area. [More…]
-The Senate is debating a Bill entitled the Constitution Alteration (Inter-change of Powers) Bill 1974. [More…]
The Bill aims, by its passage, to put to the people by way of referendum a proposal to add to section 108 of the Commonwealth Constitution, the effect of which, the Government said, would be to enable an interchange of powers between Commonwealth and State governments, and vice versa. [More…]
The position appears to be that some support in principle for the idea of an interchange of powers was made at the Constitutional Convention, but no reference of this Bill with its specific content has been made to the individual States and no attempt has been made to get the States to agree or disagree with the substantive content of the proposed new sections 108a or 108b. [More…]
It is one thing to think in principle that it would be a nice thing to have some interchange of powers between the 2 spheres of government; it is a vastly different thing to look at the proposed mechanisms and to decide whether in the first place they would do what one wants and, secondly, whether one agrees with them. [More…]
Let me begin by saying that one thing is certain, namely, that if the Commonwealth is seeking this referendum by way of a new power it is seeking it for the purpose of increasing, and increasing substantially, the powers of the Commonwealth Government. [More…]
I acknowledge that the Government Whip, Senator O’Byrne, has acknowledged the fact that inherent in this legislation is a mechanism by which the Labor Party aims to gain more and more powers for the central government. [More…]
Government will play a game of political pingpong, other than in Peking, with the States, whereby some days the States can have more powers and other days powers can be referred to Canberra, is a ridiculous idea in view of the fact that the Whitlam Government is pledged to destroy the States. [More…]
Having established the fact that the Commonwealth Government’s motive is to centralise powers, I do not want to get caught up in the legalistic jargon, with deference to the lawyers, regarding these Bills. [More…]
I simply say that whilst uniform taxation persists and whilst the Commonwealth exerts its powers of takeover and duress through the uniform taxation device and through section 96 of the Constitution, any idea of a game of political ping-pong is illusory. [More…]
The simple fact is that before we look towards the interchange of powers we should, first of all, agree to establish the sovereignties. [More…]
The real test of the bona fides of the Commonwealth Government with regard to the existence at any one time of powers within the Commonwealth and powers within the States is this: Is the Commonwealth Government willing to establish and to assert the sovereignty of the State governments? [More…]
It is proposing by these 2 instruments to take over State powers. [More…]
The device foreshadowed under this referendum in fact enables the States and the Commonwealth to transfer powers from time to time- assuming it were a 2-way bid which I doubt very much- without reference to the people and, indeed, to entrench them for a long term- perhaps forever- in one sphere or another without the people specifically having said that they want those powers so to lie. [More…]
Whilst the sovereignty lies with the Commonwealth in terms of uniform taxation and in terms of section 96 of the Constitution, it will always be possible for the Commonwealth, by the duress of finance, to persuade the States to give up certain powers for a defined or indefinite period. [More…]
We are not looking merely at the de jure powers. [More…]
1 am here to talk about the people of Australia and the very important fact of their sovereign powers. [More…]
The sovereignty of recall or the power of the people to decide where the power shall lie- with the Commonwealth or with the State- will not exist, because the States and the Commonwealth can, in particularities, determine the transfer of powers and the Commonwealth, by its force of financial arms, can entrench those powers. [More…]
But one thing is clear: The States and the State governments are ruman and they have a tendency to want to give up those powers and responsibilities which at any point of time are unpopular- those that are too costly, those that are difficult and those that they feel they could let the other fellow have without losing votes. [More…]
Of course these powers would not come back; they would move inexorably to the Commonwealth. [More…]
The Commonwealth knows that, by its money power and by its beckoning to take over unpopular things, it can take over more and more powers- unpopular powers, yes- until, as it does so from time to time, the States’ powers become smaller and smaller and the States become in effect total vassals of the Commonwealth. [More…]
Will you give us access to powers? [More…]
The people never know the reasons why an option was made to exchange powers. [More…]
I have heard that the Commonwealth Government has said that if it could have this interchange of powers it would give the excise power to the States. [More…]
The fact is that everything that the Whitlam Government has ever said on this matter has indicated that it wants to destroy State sovereignty, that it wants to take powers from the States. [More…]
Not one single sentence can be shown to me of any announcement by the Whitlam Government that it proposes to transfer powers back. [More…]
If it is interested in this matter as a demarcation dispute, to use an industrial term, then why does is not call a conference of the States on the whole range of governmental powers and get a clear demarcation of functions so that we do not have this enormous difficulty that happens all the time of the Commonwealth intruding, by means of section 96 of the Constitution, into the affairs of the States, in terms of its erosion of these powers and its takeover bids. [More…]
I believe there is only one way in which the people of Australia should resolve sovereignty as between the Commonwealth and the States and that is by, from time to time, giving specific powers. [More…]
There was talk that there should have been some temporary giving up of powers by the States to the Commonwealth recently in regard to incomes and prices. [More…]
Apparently there is no alternative method of the Commonwealth giving powers to the States under the existing Constitution. [More…]
He has consistently adopted a policy of seeking to have transferred from the States to the Commonwealth certain powers which would enable the Commonwealth to assume greater responsibilities in the development of our country. [More…]
The Prime Minister did say at that Convention that he proposed to have a referendum on the transference of powers from the Commonwealth to the States and from the States to the Commonwealth. [More…]
It is interesting to note that Opposition speakers have not referred to the fact that what is involved here includes the transference of powers from the Commonwealth to the States. [More…]
He has on occasions expressed the view that there should be a transference of some of the powers. [More…]
Honourable senators must surely recognise that this proposal seeks the concurrence of the States to transfer powers from the States to the Commonwealth. [More…]
The Prime Minister is seeking to extend it, and I think I have indicated that in his desire to do this he will be recognised not only by the Australian people but ultimately by historians as a person who was prepared to go to the full extent of the democratic procedures to convince the Australian electorate to change the constitutional provisions relating to powers between the Commonwealth and the States. [More…]
Surely the Prime Minister ought to be recognised as a very courageous man for taking the steps that he has taken in a period of political difficulty, in this country, seeking to effect changes in the Constitution which after all, if agreed to, must still be determined by the Australian people and which would mean only a transference to the Commonwealth of powers that already exist at the State level. [More…]
Is it suggested that powers which now exist at the State level are misused or that those powers will be misused if held by the Commonwealth, or that the same public opinion that exists in the 6 States would suddenly disappear and not express itself if there should be any attempt to exercise wrongly those powers at the Commonwealth level? [More…]
I believe that in the last 20 or 30 years the States have not exercised as they should the powers they have held. [More…]
It is clear from the decision made yesterday by the Premier of New South Wales that he is either campaigning for his own political advantage and is not sincere in his desire to hand over to the Commonwealth the powers to control prices and incomes or he genuinely holds that view and is fortified by the fact that his co.’league in Queensland will not be prepared to take the necessary step. [More…]
I have listened with great interest to the debate which has ensued on this very important question of the transfer of powers on a reciprocal basis between the Commonwealth and the States. [More…]
Senator Gietzelt, who is not present in the chamber to hear what I have to say in reply to him, talked about the States not using the powers that they already enjoy. [More…]
I asked him to enumerate the powers that they had failed to exercise and he mentioned the matter of prices. [More…]
The purpose of this Bill is to amend the Constitution to enable an interchange of powers between the Australian Parliament and the State parliaments. [More…]
Let us know just to what extent the States are prepared to go in the transfer of powers. [More…]
The States have not been overanxious to refer powers. [More…]
An honourable senator mentioned during the course of a speech today that over the years the States have referred powers on about 25 occasions, and most of those referrals were made during the war years. [More…]
But I would like to know what powers the Commonwealth is likely to transfer to the States. [More…]
I do not think that it is likely to transfer any powers to the States. [More…]
Much has been said about Mr Whitlam ‘s statements and his conference with State Premiers, with the exception of the Premier of Queensland, on this question of an interchange of powers. [More…]
As a former Premier of Queensland, I warn State governments not to concede powers to the Commonwealth merely to relieve themselves of the odium or the responsibility of implementing some power that they possess. [More…]
Even the transfer of taxation powers was a temporary measure originally. [More…]
At an Australian Labor Party Conference held in Brisbane in 1957 I took up that attitude and read a paper in support of the restoration of taxation powers to the States. [More…]
It is very easy to transfer powers that you do not want to somebody else and then to cry about not having them. [More…]
I have stated repeatedly that the day the State governments gave away their taxing powers they gave away their sovereignty. [More…]
So I say that while this Bill which seeks to amend the Constitution and to enable an interchange of powers between the Australian Parliament and the State parliaments is indisputably attractive in its text, it is something that has to be examined very carefully and there must be unanimity between the States and the Commonwealth before a decision is made. [More…]
You might have some powers that you could give to us, and vice versa’. [More…]
However, as a representative of Queensland I will be fighting to the bitter end to preserve the sovereignty, rights and powers of Queensland. [More…]
He knows as well as I do that there are no great powers that the States would want from the Commonwealth, unless in respect of something that the Commonwealth wanted the States to implement for it and had to confer the power on the States for that reason. [More…]
But I did not think that I would ever hear anything so paranoid as the contribution from Senator Carrick this afternoon in which he suggested that even when the Australian Government attempts to confer powers upon the States it is attempting to crush them. [More…]
The present constitutional arrangement, as provided by section 5 1 placitum (xxxvii) is that the parliaments of the States may refer powers to the [More…]
It suggests that there are certain spheres in which the Australian Parliament and the Australian Government might wish to confer powers on the States. [More…]
How can it be an invasion of the powers of the States when they are left in complete control of the duration of any reference of power that they give to the Commonwealth? [More…]
This elaborates, expands and in every way increases the powers of the States in relation to any matters that they may refer to the Commonwealth. [More…]
It is particularly shameful for lawyers on the opposite side of the chamber to suggest that this proposal detracts in any way from the powers of the States. [More…]
Up to now there has been considerable doubt among lawyers as to whether, when a State delegated or referred powers to the Australian Government, there was any power, to impose conditions or to include a power of revocation. [More…]
It was pleaded by the defendant company that the provisions of the regulations under the Act did not apply to the Richmond Air Force base because of the operation of section 52 (i), that is, that the Australian Government had exclusive powers to make laws in respect to territory which had been acquired by the Commonwealth for public purposes. [More…]
The Prime Minister has suggested, as I think all lawyers would concede, that this was an injustice which is wrought by this conflict of powers between the Commonwealth and the States. [More…]
So far from this being purely window dressing and far from suggesting that we merely want to make a pretence of conferring powers on the States in order that they might see fit to confer powers on the Australian Government with respect, for instance, to such matters as family law and defamation, I point to this offer of the Prime Minister which I respectfully suggest to honourable senators is an earnest of our sincerity and our genuineness in wanting to make this a 2 -way traffic. [More…]
If carried, it will place the Commonwealth in the position where it will be able, when and where deemed expedient, to refer certain powers to the States on terms and conditions. [More…]
We are offering to let the States have some powers, and Senator Carrick says ‘powers which are now within the exclusive power of the Australian Government’. [More…]
After the Australian Constitutional Convention broke up it set up various committees one of which was designed specifically to consider the fine print and the detail of this proposition for mutual interchange of powers between the Australian Government and the States. [More…]
When introducing this Constitution Alteration (Interchange of Powers) Bill the AttorneyGeneral (Senator Murphy) in his second reading speech stated: [More…]
One point was that the draft did not guarantee a truly mutual reference of powers. [More…]
A second point made by Mr Punch was: lt was suggested that consideration be given to amending the draft so that powers designated by the Commonwealth Parliament might only be made exercisable by and available to all States, and so as not to permit a designation in favour of one or more States only, to the exclusion of others. [More…]
In fact, it is in favour of the principle of the exchange of powers. [More…]
However, there are several unresolved questions on the operation of the existing provision for the States to refer powers to this Parliament which have made them reluctant to do so. [More…]
I am talking about an interchange of powers. [More…]
In this very informal manner an alleged agreement was made between the Prime Minister and those Premiers that in principle they agreed to a constitutional amendment by which the interchange of powers between the Commonwealth and State parliaments would be facilitated. [More…]
A case may be put in favour of an amendment of the Constitution so as to facilitate the reference of powers by the States to the Commonwealth. [More…]
We are not holding this Convention to try to obtain more powers from State Parliaments. [More…]
There is no real intention that there should be any transfer of powers from this Parliament back to State Parliaments- and Senator O’Byrne does not believe there should be. [More…]
It is not concerned just with facilitating the transfer of powers from State Parliaments to the Commonwealth Parliament. [More…]
On the surface- which, I suppose is all that Senator O’Byrne has looked at, if that- it would appear that the Bill does intend to provide for the transfer of some powers of the Commonwealth Parliament to State Parliaments. [More…]
But the question is: What powers might be transferred? [More…]
Indeed, what powers are available in any meaningful way for transfer from this Parliament to State Parliaments? [More…]
In this Senate I asked a question of and received an answer from the Attorney-General (Senator Murphy) on what he conceived might have been some of the powers. [More…]
As we know, the vast majority of the powers of the Commonwealth Parliament are known as concurrent powers, that is powers which are held by both the Commonwealth Parliament and State parliaments. [More…]
The only powers of the Commonwealth Parliament that one can conceivably see as being the subject of transfer to State parliaments are those powers which are known as exclusive powers. [More…]
The Prime Minister and the Attorney-General have indicated only one or two of the exclusive powers as being the subject or the potential subject of transfer to State parliaments. [More…]
Under section 52 of the Constitution the first of the Commonwealth exclusive powers is the power to legislate with respect to the seat of government of the Commonwealth. [More…]
As Senator James McClelland would say: ‘Ah, here we have an excellent example of where there would be a transfer of powers to State parliaments because’- and he quoted the High Court decisions on the matter- ‘this has been a problem in respect of which the High Court has held that State parliaments cannot legislate in respect of Commonwealth property such as an Air Force base, a post office or a telephone booth.’ [More…]
It did not have to transfer powers to the State parliaments in order to do so. [More…]
Another one that is mentioned in section 52 refers to other matters declared by the Constitution to be within the exclusive powers. [More…]
Does the Government seriously intend under this Constitution Alteration Bill to transfer to State parliaments any powers in relation to raising revenue of the nature of excise? [More…]
So it is clear that this proposal is not one in any serious or meaningful way for the interchange of powers between the Commonwealth Parliament and the State parliaments. [More…]
The only realistic purpose of this legislation is to try to induce the States more readily to transfer their powers to the Commonwealth Parliament. [More…]
The States have been very careful about transferring powers to the Commonwealth Parliament in the past, and I believe rightly so. [More…]
As I have said, I believe that it is wrong in principle that changes in the Constitution relative to the powers of the Commonwealth and the States should be determined by the State and Commonwealth Parliaments alone. [More…]
I think that State parliaments have been very sensitive to the feeling of their electorates in not readily making a transfer of powers to the Commonwealth Parliaments. [More…]
Another thing about which they have been concerned is the doubts which have existed as to the extent of their power to refer, whether they would ever get back the powers referred, whether they could be revoked and so on. [More…]
This is a proposal to try to encourage the States more readily to transfer powers to the Commonwealth Parliament. [More…]
I am deeply concerned that what the Commonwealth Government is really trying to do in this leglislation is to induce the States to transfer their powers to it under some illusory suggestion that there would be a quid pro quo and that the Commonwealth would be transferring some powers back to the States. [More…]
It is a dangerous misreading of the Constitution and a dangerous misreading of the powers of the Parliament in relation to an amendment to the Constitution. [More…]
Honourable senators opposite know that the simple associated question is whether the Commonwealth should be able to give back to the States certain powers that it now holds. [More…]
I refer to the legislation that has been carried in this Parliament in relation to the powers of the Commonwealth over off-shore and submerged lands. [More…]
The situation may arise in which hundreds of Commonwealth Acts will have to be changed by specific Act of this Parliament if the Commonwealth is not able to grant powers back to the States. [More…]
It would be a far simpler process for the Commonwealth to be able to grant these powers in what might be called domestic areas back to the States than to go through all the paraphernalia that will be necessary if it is found that the Commonwealth has all the power associated with areas off-shore from the low water mark. [More…]
They were red herrings dragged across the path to fool the people of this country in respect of areas in which there would be no intention by either side to transfer powers. [More…]
It would be a complete misrepresentation of this legislation to suggest that there is any intention on the part of this Government in any way to take away from the States any powers which they now have. [More…]
He tried to suggest that the Commonwealth Government should in fact be able to tell the States what these powers are that should be referred by the Commonwealth to the States. [More…]
I think the Prime Minister gave a very good example- this was touched upon by Senator James McClelland in the very good contribution that he made to this debate- during the course of the Constitutional Convention when he said in instancing these powers: [More…]
Senator Carrick said that once these powers are granted they will never be taken back. [More…]
It is unfortunate that this debate has been used by honourable senators opposite in an attempt to create confusion in the minds of the Australian public on the basis that this is an action on the part of the Australian Government to in some way take away powers from the States to the detriment of the States. [More…]
I note the powers of the Authority that are set out in clause 12 of the Bill. [More…]
Surely the Senate should try to protect the public against the inroads of powers made by an allpowerful Canberra based Government. [More…]
So we have the powers of the Authority as follows: [More…]
Further the powers of the Authority are: [More…]
That gives much wider powers still. [More…]
Whilst I was attempting not to cite all the powers that this Authority is likely to have if it gets under way, Senator Young draws attention to the fact that clause 12(1) (o) states that this Authority can acquire upon such terms as it thinks fit. [More…]
There is no limit to its powers. [More…]
Clause 12 goes on to state that the Authority will have the ability to lend money, to underwrite issues of shares, to enter into partnerships, to give guarantees and to do anything incidental to any of its powers. [More…]
It is not in accord at all with the accepted powers that exist between the States and the Commonwealth. [More…]
One could discuss the microphone equipment which allows us to broadcast, or anything else, because these components are brought within the established powers of the Authority which is to be set up. [More…]
This was the writing into the charter of the then Commonwealth Bank- now, of course, the Reserve Bank- the duty to exercise its powers in such a way as would best contribute to the stability of the currency, the maintenance of full employment and the economic prosperity of the people. [More…]
Opposition senators know in their hearts that unquestionably any government in a democratic country like Australia, whether it is composed of members of the present Government or members of the present Opposition, could do many things if it had additional powers. [More…]
We know when we study governments of the far right and governments of the far left that they have certain powers that are used, legally or for that matter illegally, that we do not possess. [More…]
But I repeat, worthy or not as the tables on interest payments may be that have been advanced by the Opposition, the plain fact of the matter in regard to building materials is that while the Australian Government is not allowed to have the additional powers, and while the States, if they do have the powers, cannot control the blackmarketing across State borders involving bricks, timber and other commodities, the priorities of the building industry will be distorted. [More…]
It will be recalled that the Australian Country Party objected to the establishment of what we saw as a new bureaucratic central planning body with powers and influence of a kind that should reside only in the Government and the Parliament. [More…]
Will the Minister indicate whether the Government can use its administrative powers on imports and exports to get a more responsible and reasonable attitude attuned to Australian conditions from these overseas monopolies? [More…]
Indeed, in the unitary system in a country of British origins the judicial system is of very great importance, but in a federal system it is of unique importance inasmuch as there is entrusted to the judicial courts a determination of Constitutional powers as between Federal and State parliaments and instrumentalities, and citizens’ rights dependent upon different laws have to be adjudicated upon. [More…]
(h) and (i) of clause 19 of the Bill transcribe matters in the same terms of description as expressed in section 76 of the Constitution under which jurisdiction is not imperatively conferred upon the High Court, but under that section the Parliament has powers to make laws conferring original jurisdiction on the High Court in any matter: [More…]
Such a system requires that the allocation of powers shall be accomplished by law and it is for this reason that it depends upon the supremacy of the law. [More…]
Further, it was considered an essentail part of the federal system, as the writings in the ‘Federalist insist, that the powers of central and local governments alike should operate directly upon the people. [More…]
One could have interminable arguments about a cause being outside the powers of a particular jurisdiction. [More…]
The Government, by legislation and by the use of its export and corporation powers, can lay down the elements of control of any industry. [More…]
It gives to the Commonwealth Government total powers over all stages of the development of petroleum and minerals and gives to the definition of both petroleum and minerals such a wide scope that virtually everything can be taken in. [More…]
The real intent is nationalisation and also unification, to get at the States, to draw the teeth of the States and to rob them of their powers. [More…]
This Government proposes in this Bill- and all the powers are enumerated- that the taxpayer of this Commonwealth will perforce by means of taxation find the necessary monetary resources to go ahead and explore for minerals and petroleum offshore. [More…]
to do anything incidental to any of its powers. [More…]
The Minister has certain powers under the Pipeline Authority and he has certain other powers whereby he has been interfering in the establishment of the Red cliffs project in South Australia. [More…]
That whereas our constitutional parliamentary democracy was clearly developed as a Federation to preserve for all time to the Australian people their cherished right to live as free men and women, enjoying complete liberty of worship, assembly, speech, movement and the communication of knowledge and information, and whereas our existing Australian flag and our national anthem, ‘God Save The Queen’ are perpetual reminders of these hard-won freedoms and of the wise British principle of the division of power, so well reflected in our own Australian Constitution with its careful separation of powers as between the Crown and Commonwealth Parliament, the Senate, the State parliaments, the Government-General and State Governors, and the independent courts of justice, and whereas all such rights, liberties, heritage, advancement and prosperity, etc., are of no avail if our armed forces are unprepared or incapable of repelling invasion of our shores or withstanding other military threats, so therefore must all these things be accorded the highest national concern and priority. [More…]
Whilst Mr Whitlam ‘s appeal for a peaceful Indian Ocean is very creditable, it lacks reality because the only effective way of attempting to ensure a peaceful area is by having the great powers equally balanced. [More…]
The great powers of the world such as the United States of America and Britain are seeking to establish better relations. [More…]
Factors considered included international global developments affecting relations between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America, the strong interest of other major powers in the avoidance of conflict, and various developments nearer to home involving countries in our neighbouring region. [More…]
The Government has made clear its view that political competition can be expected to continue among major powers and that the possibility exists of local conflicts in some areas. [More…]
Did it assess the energy crisis which at one stage brought the 2 super powers into confrontation? [More…]
The world was dominated by the SinoSoviet dispute, and the possibilities of conflict between these two great powers create uncertainties and conflicts throughout the world: In Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, the Indian Ocean, South-East Asia and the Pacific. [More…]
In dealing with the situation in South-East Asia he said that he does not believe that the great powers will leave South-East Asians to solve the problems of South-East Asia in their own way and in their own time. [More…]
These powers will contest for influence in the region because its strategic importance and its great economic potential have not been diminished in any way as a result of the detente and dimantling of the Cold War structure. [More…]
These factors included international global developments affecting the relations between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America, the strong interest of other major powers in the avoidance of conflict, and various developments nearer home in and between the countries within our own neighbouring region. [More…]
I am one of those who believe that a very strong defence force is vital to an island continent like Australia that is far removed from most of the major powers and certainly from the sources of vital supplies and assistance that we need in times of conflict. [More…]
As Senator Sim reminded us, in recent times who predicted that the Middle East conflict would break out again as quickly as it did and that the major powers, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America would nearly come into conflict? [More…]
It is all right to say that we can keep out of these things but when super-powers are confronting each other, fighting and using atomic weapons, we with the small nations of the world will become mere pawns in the game and we will not be masters of our own destiny. [More…]
We say that the sensible and the logical thing to do is to get these great superpowers together and to agree to an arms limitation in this area. [More…]
It has been done between the super-powers at every other level; they have met and have agreed to an arms limitation. [More…]
We do not want the great powers to come in with atomic weapons. [More…]
Not that it matters a great deal since the 2 super powers- the United States and the Soviet Union- have enough to overkill one another many times over. [More…]
The strategic arms limitation agreements have probably been cited more often than anything else as a breakthrough in relationships between the 2 super powers. [More…]
These agreements have been misunderstood, since both powers already have sufficient nuclear weapons to destroy themselves and the world several times over. [More…]
The assignment to which I have earlier referred was one whereby Her Majesty the Queen assigned to the Governor-General amongst other powers and functions Her Majesty’s powers and functions in respect of the appointment of Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ‘to represent the interests of Australia’. [More…]
I think the better view in this case is that the office of Ambassador was held by the former senator from the moment His Excellency the Governor-General exercised pursuant to the assignment and section 2 of the Constitution those powers of the Queen relating to the appointment of Ambassadors. [More…]
The Senate, with the Opposition in the position in which it is at the moment, is exercising its powers responsibly, and it represents a safeguard and a bulwark for people who are apprehensive about the excesses to which they think this Government can commit the nation. [More…]
And whereas our existing Australian Flag and our national anthem, ‘God Save The Queen’, are perpetual reminders of these hard-won freedoms and of the wise British principle of the division of power, so well reflected in our own Australian Constitution with its careful separation of powers as between the Crown and Commonwealth Parliament, the Senate, the State Parliaments, the GovernorGeneral and State Governors, and the Independent Courts of Justice, [More…]
There has been some criticism of the provisions of the earlier Bill giving a commissioner compulsory evidence-gathering powers of the kind that are to be found in a royal commissioner and in other pieces of legislation. [More…]
The New Zealand race relations legislation contains similar powers. [More…]
To give effect to the Government’s decision to widen the powers of the Australian Tourist Commission to enable it to enter into the domestic tourism promotion field section 1 5 of the principal Act is to be repealed. [More…]
Section 184 refers to the High Court as the Court of Disputed Returns, and there are provisions about petitions and so on, what the powers of the Court would be, inquiries by the Court, certain matters of illegal practices and so on. [More…]
Leave out all words after ‘That ‘, insert ‘That the Senate, in pursuance of its powers under section 47 ofthe Constitution, resolves [More…]
If the honourable senator would refer to the various powers which the High Court may exercise in considering any of these applications- I omitted to refer to the most important one of all- he will see that section 206 states: [More…]
On the hearing of any reference under this Part of this Act the Court of Disputed Returns shall sit as an open Court and shall have the powers conferred by section one hundred and eighty-nine of this Act so far as they are applicable . [More…]
1 ) The Court of Disputed Returns shall sit as an open Court and its powers shall include the following: [More…]
That the Senate, in pursuance of its powers under section 47 of the Constitution- [More…]
That the Senate, in pursuance of its powers under section 47 of the Constitution resolves . [More…]
Every aspect of the powers referred to in section 47 of the Constitution has been provided for by the Parliament. [More…]
So there is this illusion enshrined in the opening sentence of the amendment- an amemdment which speaks of the Senate doing something in pursuance of its powers under section 47. [More…]
But the powers under which the Senate should now act are the powers conferred by the Electoral Act. [More…]
Now therefore, acting with the advice of the Executive Council of Australia, and in the exercise of all powers Us thereto enabling, we do hereby assign to the GovernorGeneral of Australia, in addition to all other powers and functions previously assigned to the Governor-General, all our powers and functions in respect of the following matters: [More…]
Are honourable senators opposite disputing the fact that Sir Paul Hasluck, consistent with all the powers that this Parliament gave him, approved that appointment on 14 March 1974? [More…]
Firstly, it gives me a lot of powers in excluding anything in the South Pacific Forum. [More…]
It seems strange, considering the way that we distribute powers, that because of the defects of our Federal criminal law this is not a matter which is subject to Federal criminal law. [More…]
On the hearing of any reference under this Part of this Act the Court of Disputed Returns shall sit as an open Court and shall have the powers conferred by section one hundred and eighty-nine of this Act so far as they are applicable, and in addition thereto shall have power- [More…]
This culminated on the evening of 2 April in an action taken in the Queensland Parliament, through the Governor of Queenslandvery properly under the powers vested in him and in his Government under section 1 5 of the Commonwealth Constitution- to issue a writ for the coming Senate election. [More…]
Mr President, you, very properly under section 21, studied Senator Gair’s letter, concluded that it was not a letter of resignation and concluded also that within your powers of determination Senator Gair had not resigned and to that extent at least he was still a qualified senator; but that to the extent that events relating to his appointment may have disqualified him under sections 44 and 45 of the Constitution, you would refer this to the Senate. [More…]
It has various powers, including the power to compel attendance of witnesses, to declare an election void, and to declare any person duly elected who was not returned as elected. [More…]
The court has similar powers to those which may be exercised by it when determining a disputed election, and in addition, the power to declare that any person was not capable of being chosen on sitting as a Senator or member of the House, and to declare that a vacancy exists. [More…]
In those circumstances it was necessary for him to use his State powers to ensure that what the founding fathers had intended for this chamber would still remain. [More…]
At the time it was considered that the Commonwealth had a clear interest in the matter in that Commonwealth legislative powers were available in regard to the corporations power because the activities were being conducted by a trading corporation. [More…]
The export powers concerning trade and commerce with other countries were involved because this was incidental to the export of coal. [More…]
Legislation and regulations to redistribute powers now resident in the separate boards of administration of the Services are in preparation. [More…]
We are maintaining full support to the Five Power arrangements, and the 2 Royal Australian Air Force Mirage squadrons in Malaysia comprise the largest single contribution of the three external powers, Australia, Britain and New Zealand and they help Malaysia and Singapore in developing their air defence capability. [More…]
There are no limitations on the Senate in the use of its constitutional powers, except the limitations imposed by discretion and reason. [More…]
When the 2 super powers of the world today, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America, combine in space research I suppose honourable members opposite would say, if they were sitting in Congress, that President Nixon would be a communist as also would Dr Kissinger and everybody else there; therefore, they are not even to be talked about. [More…]
When one looks at the particular powers of the Authority one finds them hair-raising. [More…]
If the Senate has a major function it is that of protecting the powers of the States and not supporting legislation which diminishes those powers or takes them away altogether. [More…]
I support the amendment on one major ground and that is in order to defend the rights of the States which, under our Constitution, to a very large degree have powers and responsibilities in this matter. [More…]
But those of us who live in the Senate, who understand why the Senate was created by the founding fathers and who know the powers which reside in the Senate, know that we are doing nothing unusual. [More…]
Then we have the claim made by the Prime Minister, as I understood him, that the State Attorneys-General had agreed to the text of the Constitution Alteration (Inter-change of Powers) Bill and the contrary statement by the Attorney-General of Queensland in the Parliament of that State denying that an agreement was ever made. [More…]
He was the first Minister to operate under the new powers achieved for this Parliament by the referendum of 1946. [More…]
We in this chamber constitute a States House, and we are witnessing an immense threat to the sovereign powers of the States of Australia. [More…]
I refuse to agree that its rights or powers are in any significant way circumscribed. [More…]
Yet it is that precedent which the socialists, the left wingers and the superficial newspaper writers who presume to comment upon the propriety of the Senate ‘s exercise of its powers in this matter take as their precedent. [More…]
And when State interests are concerned, particularly in these days when State revenues are such a dominant issue, are senators to be thought to be merely an upper House with revisionary powers? [More…]
Therefore, it was appropriate that the Senate was given powers completely incomparable with anything that was appropriate to the House of Lords. [More…]
Section 5 1 enumerates the general powers of this Federal Parliament; section 52 enumerates the powers which belong to this Parliament alone, its exclusive powers; section 53 then devotes itself to the difference between the powers of the Senate and of the House of Representatives. [More…]
It is after an enumeration of the powers of the Parliament, the exclusive powers of the Parliament, and a definition of any distinction between the powers belonging to this place and another place that we find section 57 brought into the constitution. [More…]
Therefore, the balance which came into the Constitution was that if the Senate, specially constructed with the powers to which I have referred, deemed it proper in the exercise of its responsibility twice to reject a Bill after a 3 month interval, it put its judgment to the decision of the people just as the House of Representatives action in relation to the Bill is put to the judgment of the people. [More…]
After discussing the prudence that would be required in the exercise of these powers and the responsibility that they would command on the part of the Senate, Quick and Garran state: [More…]
Does that not pose a challenge to this Senate in accordance with its constitutional powers which we must keep in mind as the Government unfolds its program in the next week or two? [More…]
Has the Minister noted the expressed willingness of the State premiers to co-operate with the Commonwealth and to refer powers to it for the purpose of controlling inflation? [More…]
The Bill provides for the election of 2 senators each for the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory and that such senators have the same powers, immunities and privileges as senators representing the States; that the first election of Territory senators be held at the same time as the next Senate elections in the several States or at the same time as the next general elections for members of the House of Representatives, if such is held before or in conjunction with the next Senate elections; that the term of the first Territory senators be from the date of their election until the eve of polling day for the ensuing general election for members of the House of Representatives; that after the first election for Territory senators, elections be held at the same time as the general elections for members of the House of Representatives; that after the first election of Territory senators, the terms of Territory senators be the period between each House of Representatives election; and for the Territory senators to be elected under the same system of proportional representation as that currently applicable to the election of senators representing the States, except in the case of a single casual vacancy when such vacancy shall be filled by the holding of a byelection adopting the procedures used for filling a single casual vacancy for a State senator, as far as may be applicable. [More…]
There is a vast difference in their powers and abilities. [More…]
What additional powers will the Corporation have compared with the Australian Apple and Pear Board which it will replace? [More…]
It will have additional marketing powers in Australia and powers over general promotion and marketing which did not apply under the constitution of the old Apple and Pear Board. [More…]
There is no move to increase the powers of the Legislative Council, which is the locally elected body of the Northern Territory. [More…]
This is the first proposal submitted by the Labor Party to commence the erosion of the powers of this Senate. [More…]
These choices are within its constitutional powers. [More…]
The second reason why I think the Senate is entitled to this material is that it affects the general powers, the privileges and the assumed rights which the Senate has exercised over many years. [More…]
Can the Minister inform the Parliament whether the Prices Justification Tribunal has sufficient powers and authority to initiate an inquiry, as a matter of urgency, to cause such morally dishonest practices to cease forthwith? [More…]
How serious is that suggestion as far as the powers and position of the Senate are concerned? [More…]
The Bill, which seeks to set up the Authority, clothes it with vast powers in this field. [More…]
Therefore, the powers of this Authority extend not only to the ordinary Australian continental land mass, which is defined as extending to the outer limits of whatever sovereignty Australia has or may obtain over the continental shelf, but apply to what is in popular parlance both on-shore and off-shore deposits of energy resources and minerals. [More…]
The Government seeks to clothe this Authority with the fullest conceivable powers to operate in the mining industry, whether it be for energy resources or minerals generally. [More…]
The Authority, having been clothed with all the powers that I have mentioned, may be thought to be adequately furnished for the purposes of operating as a corporation in the mining industry. [More…]
If its powers stopped there we may not be so concerned about the Bill, although there would still necessarily be very great room for concern about where and how the Authority would operate and so on. [More…]
But the Bill gives the Authority far wider powers and a role of very much greater importance in the economy than that. [More…]
Under the provisions of this Bill, the Petroleum and Minerals Authority, in carrying out these powers and functions, may declare any portion of the on-shore or off-shore areas an area for exploration for or for development of petroleum or minerals. [More…]
The Authority may then proceed to carry out all the powers and functions which it has under this Bill- they are vast- in respect of the particular exploration area declared by it. [More…]
The sort of control that is needed to prevent exploitation, wherever it occurs, is certainly within the province of the Australian Government through the proper process as through action by way of legislation, through taxation and through 100 other measures well within the legislative powers of the Australian Government. [More…]
Therefore, I oppose the Bill basically because in its major context I believe that it is unnecessary and that the powers of control are already with us. [More…]
On the one hand, the legislation envisages the establishment of a vertically integrated company with quite extraordinary and privileged powers. [More…]
When necessary it should be capable of arbitrating in disputes over the transmission interstate of petroleum products and could also have other regulatory powers. [More…]
It has been suggested that a commission could exercise all the necessary powers. [More…]
The pipeline legislation overlaps much of the acquisition and many of the transportation powers which are involved. [More…]
The second objective envisages an authority with huge and unfettered powers acting from a totally privileged position to own the Australian petroleum and minerals industry; to compete from a totally and an absolutely unnecessarily, I believe, privileged position. [More…]
The Senate sent an Address to the Governor-General requesting His Excellency to exercise his constitutional powers to submit the proposed amendments of the Constitution to the electors. [More…]
In talking of the dissolution of a Parliament and the powers which the Governor-General had, he stated: [More…]
It would be wrong and it would be grave, because within the powers of the constitutional Head of State the discretions are vital and important. [More…]
To put sanctions on its ability to communicate its messages to whomsoever in this community is to limit seriously the whole of the powers, responsibilities and functions of the Senate, and I personally reject that. [More…]
Under the commerce and export powers the government of the day can and does decide what company shall establish itself in Australia, how much the company shall develop its resources each year, to what stages of refining or processing the company shall take those resources, how much in terms of tonnage shall be exported and what prices shall be received for the material exported. [More…]
Of course, following upon that the government of the day has complete powers of taxation and charges levied upon the company at all levels. [More…]
So the Australian Government, without taking on any further powers at all, has the power to say yes or no to a company that wishes to develop a particular mineral. [More…]
What I have is a brief for the Australian people and the powers under our Constitution and existing law to preserve, conserve and develop the precious minerals we have in Australia. [More…]
Let nobody say that the powers do not exist. [More…]
This is a Bill to take from our State governments all their existing powers over the resources in their States, all their vital need to obtain their finances from royalties, all their responsibilities for developing these things in an orchestration of State development and to give all those powers to a central government in Canberra. [More…]
I repeat that there is no need for more powers if, indeed, the Commonwealth Government wants to control the exploitation of minerals. [More…]
There is no need for more powers if the Government wants to establish Australian equity inside the minerals industry. [More…]
This is the Government that comes forward and says: ‘Put us in, give us these powers and you will get your minerals’. [More…]
I refer to Part II of the Bill which is headed ‘Establishment, Functions and Powers of the Petroleum and Minerals Authority’. [More…]
I am certain that many people, particularly the leaders, in the various States will not be very happy about such powers residing in the Commonwealth Government. [More…]
This again illustrates the wide ranging powers provided by this legislation. [More…]
Further on in clause 12 we find that the Authority has these powers: [More…]
So we can see the great powers that this Government would take unto itself if the Petroleum and Minerals Authority Bill became law. [More…]
So we have a situation in South Australia that is causing very great concern because of the powers given to the Minister under the Pipeline Authority Act. [More…]
It is unfair and it gives the Minister for Minerals and Energy (Mr Connor) enormous powers. [More…]
I am disappointed that the Government should move with such dramatic force as it is moving in relation to this Bill without explaining to the Parliament and the people just what its policies are and what its intentions are in relation to the powers that this Bill will confer on it. [More…]
One must look quite deeply at the future development of the Australian Labor Party’s ideology before one confers the powers defined here. [More…]
If we are to effect that protection we have to take some action, and the action proposed by the Government is to establish the Authority which in fact will be vested with powers in the interests of the Australian people. [More…]
It is not subject to State law because its powers flow from the Commonwealth Constitution. [More…]
It would be a denial of the Constitution to make the exercise of the Authority’s powers subject to a State. [More…]
The other main purpose of the legislation is to give the Government adequate control powers over non-bank financial institutions, in line with those that presently exist with regard to banks. [More…]
The proposed control powers relate to asset ratios, directions regarding volume and direction of lending, and interest rates. [More…]
The Government considers that the availability of such control powers over the non-bank financial sector is an essential requirement for a government charged with responsibilities for economic management. [More…]
Part IV of the Bill contains a description of the powers that are sought for control of the business activities of financial corporations. [More…]
As has already been indicated, these powers will be implemented, when necessary, by way of regulations. [More…]
In addition, clause 3 1 provides for the Reserve Bank to consult with associations or other bodies representing registered corporations to keep itself informed of their views in relation to the exercise by the Bank of its powers under the legislation and of trends in activities of their members. [More…]
It should be emphasised here that the Government proposes to consult appropriate advisory committees before making regulations to give effect to the control powers. [More…]
The Government understands the concern that has been expressed about the use which could be made of the wide powers proposed to be taken in the Bill but it is most important to appreciate that the exercise of such powers will be given effect only by bringing down regulations in the manner described. [More…]
Such regulations will, of course, impose limits on the extent to which the control powers will be subject to administrative discretion. [More…]
It is fundamentally an umbrella type operation in which great overriding powers are to be expressed in a form of varying kinds of regulations. [More…]
First and foremost, throughout this Bill we have a provision that all powers are to be exercised by the Minister for Minerals and Energy. [More…]
But it is generally regarded as an open question whether the Commonwealth may successfully claim that ‘rights’ or ‘powers’ -as distinct from duties or obligations- accruing to Australia under international conventions will entitle it to legislate to give effect to them. [More…]
Whilst the power of delegation is a power properly to be exercised from time to time, an examination of the provisions of this legislation indicates that the type of delegation which is engaged in is such that any public servant might exercise powers which ought properly, if they are to be exercised at all, be exercised by a Minister. [More…]
It was also a recommendation that there be in as many instances as are appropriate the insertion in the legislation of some objective criteria which the Designated Authority- in this particular legislation, the Minister- should observe in the exercise of his discretionary powers. [More…]
I have mentioned the fact that there is a wide power of delegation contained in clause 10 by which the Minister may delegate his powers to Commonwealth Public Service officers. [More…]
He referred, of course, to the discretionary powers of the Minister. [More…]
It is true that the Minister has wide discretionary powers under this legislation. [More…]
It is therefore essential that, until adequate experience is gained in the administration of the legislation, discretionary powers be given to the Minister. [More…]
If those powers had been given by the people we would not be facing this problem now because at that point this Tribunal would have been disbanded. [More…]
The powers of this chamber ought to be exercised as powers of other bodies ought to be exercised with proper regard to the considerations embedded in the statute. [More…]
I should point out that the Committee’s powers of determination of the dates and times of broadcasting and televising of joint sittings proceedings are a little different from those laid down for proceedings of the separate Houses. [More…]
One of the amendments to the original Bill enables the Commission to go even further in this regard by making available to the public general guidance information with respect to the carrying out of its functions and powers. [More…]
Another provision that will assist in this regard is the one that I have already mentioned enabling the Commission to give the public general guidance information concerning the carrying out of its functions and powers. [More…]
It also established that legal problems can arise when provisions that depend on that power are drafted so as to be inextricably mixed in their operation with provisions that depend on other powers. [More…]
But these provisions are given by clause 6 a separate operation in reliance upon other powers. [More…]
There is no tradition, as has been suggested, that the Senate will not use its constitutional powers, whenever it considers it necessary or desirable to do so, in the public interest. [More…]
There are no limitations on the Senate in the use of its constitutional powers . [More…]
There are no limitations on the Senate in the use of its constitutional powers except the limits self-imposed by discretion and reason. [More…]
While the Labor Party is represented in this Senate it will use its powers and procedures without inhibition for the welfare of the people. [More…]
Whilst the functions of the Corporation have been extended to provide assistance to industry concerned with the development of technology, several changes have been made which reduce the powers of the corporation. [More…]
It was this Government, even when in opposition, that realised the need for Federal powers to assist local government authorities in Australia. [More…]
Is he aware that this application was rejected by the Wyong Council using its powers under the Tree Preservation Ordinances? [More…]
If there is to be a Parliament- which surely must have powers- to which 5 Ministers will be appointed who, with the Administrator- who is like a governor- will act only in an advisory capacity, how can the Parliament legislate, administer and rule the people who have elected it? [More…]
Officers of Australian Government departments with great consistency gave evidence- we were assured in most cases that their Ministers had seen their submissions- advocating an elected House of Assembly for the Territory, adding with emphasis, ‘But we should not give any of our powers away. ‘ [More…]
I find it hard to understand how greater self-government can come to the Territory if departments of the Australian Government are still to maintain the powers they have now. [More…]
Members of the departments of the Northern Territory fear that they will not be given sufficient powers. [More…]
I express, more as a warning to the Government, my personal wish that no action be taken to cut down on the powers of local or municipal government in the Territory. [More…]
Those powers must be allowed to grow in the Territory as they have grown in the States. [More…]
Administrative problems will be created for the territorians, their public servants and Commonwealth public servants who will be neither this nor that in respect of powers. [More…]
From whom will the powers flow? [More…]
What are to be the Executive powers of the Assembly as a whole and what are to be the duties and responsibilities of the new Administrator’s Council which is referred to in the Bill? [More…]
We have heard no comments about Executive powers, about what the Administration will do, or about what the salaries or allowances will be. [More…]
The Northern Territory to have a fully elected Legislative Assembly before 31 December 1974, and the question of referred powers to be one for negotiation and determination before then. [More…]
It is the duty of the Board, within the limits of its powers, to ensure that the monetary and banking policy of the Bank is directed to the greatest advantage of the people of Australia and that the powers of the Bank under this Act, the Banking Act 1959 and the regulations under that Act are exercised in such a manner as, in the opinion of the Board, will best contribute to the stability of the currency of Australia, the maintenance of full employment in Australia, and the economic prosperity and welfare of the people of Australia. [More…]
This legislation seeks to give the Government adequate control powers over non-bank financial institutions- powers in line with those now existing in regard to banks. [More…]
It is the duty of the Board, within the limits of its powers, to ensure that the monetary and banking policy of the Bank is directed to the greatest advantage of the people of Australia and that the powers of the Bank under this Act, the Banking Act 1959 and the regulations under that Act, are exercised in such a manner as, in the opinion of the Board, will best contribute to the stability of the currency of Australia; the maintenance of full employment in Australia; and the economic prosperity and welfare of the people of Australia. [More…]
By section 49 of the Constitution it is enacted that the powers, privileges, and immunities of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and of the members and the committees of each House, shall be such as are declared by the Parliament, and until declared shall be those of the Commons House of Parliament of the United Kingdom, and of its members and committees, at the establishment of the Commonwealth. [More…]
Under section 49 of the Constitution one of the undoubted powers of the Senate (and of the House of Representatives) is the power to summon witnesses to appear before it to give evidence and produce documents. [More…]
As a result the Commonwealth Bank was strengthened and given greater powers. [More…]
To put it simply and in a nutshell, the Bill will provide for the Government to have direct control and powers over the activities of the nonbank financial institutions- an essential requirement for any government charged with the responsibility of economic management. [More…]
I also question whether the Government needs the powers contained in this Bill to control the inflation which we are experiencing. [More…]
The powers which are in the Bill certainly would be counter-productive in terms of the normal social and economic objectives of Australian governments and in some circumstances could be disastrous. [More…]
The pattern that we have seen emerge in the introduction of this legislation is the Government suggesting that it requires powers but giving assurances that they will not necessarily be used. [More…]
The assurance that powers are required but will not necessarily be used is one that I accept only with reservations. [More…]
The fact that the Government has asked for these powers and wishes to use controls in an attempt to achieve the objectives of tight credit and low interest rates in a highly inflationary situation could result in investors rapidly moving their funds out of those financial intermediaries which are subject to direct controls into other financial assets, and this could be very disastrous in the present situation. [More…]
While we are hearing that powers may not necessarily be used, Ministers have varying ideas on what interest rates should apply at the present time and from time to time Ministers make irresponsible statements which cause a rapid deterioration in the money market. [More…]
These are the problems which face us in the present economic climate, and I question some of the powers provided in this Bill. [More…]
The Bill contains powers that give control over the volume and direction of lending and over asset ratios and also powers with which to control interest rates. [More…]
These powers, taken as a conglomerate, give the Government absolute control over the existing system in our economy, and I question the outcome of the use of some of these powers. [More…]
I had thought that he might draw attention to the fact that the powers for controlling the direction of lending could be directed towards an institution such as the Australian Industry Development Corporation and its objectives with regard to Australian ownership of some of our resources. [More…]
I also draw attention to the clause which relates to asset ratios, because by linking clauses 13 and 14 we see the effect which the Government could achieve by using the powers contained in this legislation. [More…]
The fact that there are direct controls on interest rates, as well as the other 2 powers I have mentioned, means that we have not a satisfactory method of dealing with inflation but a control which results in the institutions themselves having no means of making commercial decisions with regard to their business undertakings. [More…]
To their credit Senators Cotton and Guilfoyle have not suggested that the Government does not in fact need some such powers as it is seeking although, as they are entitled as responsible oppositionists, they have certain reservations about the details of what we are seeking. [More…]
The Reserve Bank shall, from time to time as it considers desirable, consult associations or other bodies representing registered corporations with the object of keeping itself informed of their views in relation to the exercise by the Reserve Bank of its powers under this Act and the regulations and in relation to trends in activities of their members. [More…]
The basic objectives of the Bill are to provide the means of obtaining additional basic information about the institutions which are referred to in the Bill and also to give the Australian Government adequate’ control powers over what we know as the non-bank financial institutions. [More…]
These control powers, it is suggested, will be in line with those that presently exist in regard to banks and they are designed to assist the Government in the effective overall management of the economy. [More…]
In view of this I think that the powers that are sought under the Bill must largely be measured in terms of their scope and not by anything that may have been expressed by the Government or be in its mind to meet its present goals. [More…]
The Bill contains a number of points of interest, one of which is that it is described as an enabling Bill, that is, a Bill which will enable lesiglative powers to be conferred upon the Executive. [More…]
The Financial Corporations Bill gives considerable powers to the central Government through the Reserve Bank. [More…]
The exercise of the powers that are outlined in the Financial Corporations Bill could cut right across the responsibility imposed upon those people who are known as directors and who manage the societies under State law. [More…]
The Opposition has expressed a view that it is desirable for the government of the day to have powers in this field and to have powers in relation to financial institutions in the country. [More…]
This measure- the Financial Corporations Bill- which the Senate is now debating is one of very great significance and one which confers profound powers upon the Government. [More…]
I rise to support those amendments, to support the general principle of an extension of powers over the non-banking area and to express some qualifications in terms of the likely consequences of those powers. [More…]
The governments of the last 2 decades have seen fit, under central banking powers, to put certain restrictions on the trading banking system which did not apply until now to those who are outside the orthodoxy of banking. [More…]
The Bill provides powers which will enable direct and arbitrary action by future governments. [More…]
The honourable senator said that a significant safeguard against the abuse of the powers in the Bill would be the Senate Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances. [More…]
These of course are very profound powers, far and away beyond those that Senator James McClelland indicated. [More…]
But that does not disguise the fact that the Bill itself entrenches certain latent powers of great magnitude. [More…]
I am bound to point out to the Senate that this legislation does provide powers which, if so used, could reach those goals. [More…]
Depending how lightly or how heavily a government might use those powers, good or bad results can be induced. [More…]
I am bound to say that inherent in this Bill are sufficient powers so to do. [More…]
The same argument is inherent in the idea that in the non-bank area one can use discriminatory interest rates or powers under the banking legislation that we are now considering in order to reduce the flow of money. [More…]
That is a pretty healthy commendation of a group of companies which now will come under the powers contained in this legislation. [More…]
The great danger of fixing figures in this way- of including some companies and excluding others- is that in the weeks and months ahead we will see all sorts of manoeuvres being made in order to evade the powers provided under this legislation. [More…]
For example, if a company has assets of $ 1.5m today it would be very easy to split up that company into 2 companies, each with assets of $750,000, so that they would not be subject to the powers provided under this legislation. [More…]
It seems to me to be absolutely necessary that we should have these powers fully extended. [More…]
I turn to the Australia Labor Party’s platform and see that it has discharged the main planks which I have read out, and I worry that if the Party or its successors should seek to implement those planks the powers lie within the legislation. [More…]
We look towards the bona fides of the Treasurer and his Government in pursuing a moderate line in the use of these powers. [More…]
I suppose it would be easy to share the concern of Senator Carrick about the Australian Labor Party perhaps being able to implement its ideological views through the powers conferred on the Government by this Bill and about the Bill perhaps not having any immediate effect on the inflationary scene which is bedevilling Australia. [More…]
For that reason the Government is not defining precisely the manner in which the powers written into this legislation will be used. [More…]
Quite possibly it could be legitimately said that in the course of exercising those powers anti-inflationary measures would become effective, more by default than by design, but it would be wrong to suggest that this legislation would be used for that purpose. [More…]
Bank the same powers over the financial corporations covered by the Bill as the Reserve Bank has over trading banks. [More…]
It is also important to realise that although there are certain arbitrary powers which a governmentwhether it be this Government or any future government-may use, and I think this was the point that Senator Hall was making also, those arbitrary powers should not be abused. [More…]
That is really the key to the powers which the Government would want the Reserve Bank to have in respect of these institutions. [More…]
I can assure the Senate that there is no intention on the part of the Government to abuse in any way the powers which would flow to the Reserve Bank from the passage of this legislation. [More…]
It is true that under this legislation the Government would have fairly wide powers of regulation. [More…]
The Government, handicapped as it is by lack of adequate constitutional powers to combat inflation, is nevertheless determined to continue the fight with all vigour, with the aid of the instruments at its disposal. [More…]
There are 2 fields in particular where the Tribunal can make a larger contribution if it is given the necessary powers and resources. [More…]
We have decided to give the Tribunal the necessary powers and resources. [More…]
The Tribunal will employ these additional powers, particularly, but not exclusively, in actively inquiring into and reporting upon both retail prices and the prices of imported goods. [More…]
There is simply a prohibition that the Bank shall not use its powers under the regulations to determine the provision of finance for particular purposes. [More…]
Then, instead of the wholesale permissive discrimination that would be allowed under subclauses (4) and (5) of the Government’s Bill, as I read the Opposition amendment it is a straightout prohibition against the Bank using its powers to determine finance for a particular person or to prohibit finance for a particular person, and a prohibition against the Bank requiring finance by a corporation outside its ordinary business or prohibiting finance inside its ordinary business. [More…]
However, it is possible that it contains very great abuses if it is not carefully watched and if it is too highly specific in its powers. [More…]
I think there is a good deal of confusion, among Government senators certainly, in respect of the powers of the Regulations and Ordinances Committee under this Bill. [More…]
Not only would there be limitations upon the Regulations and Ordinances Committee but also there could well be considerable limitations on the power of this Parliament to deal with the exercise of powers under this Bill. [More…]
But the fact of the matter is that most of the powers that are to be given to the Reserve Bank of Australia or to the Government under this Bill will be exercised in the form of determinations and not by way of regulation at all. [More…]
Most of the exercise of powers will not be subject to the scrutiny of the Regulations and Ordinances Committee and not subject to the scrutiny of the Parliament. [More…]
-As one who has served on the Regulations and Ordinances Committee for almost 25 years and for almost 20 years as chairman, and as one who has a great regard for the Committee, I feel that where there is a division of opinion or an element of doubt as to whether the Committee has power to act in these matters we should make sure that the legislation which goes through is watertight, because if we presume that the Committee has powers and ultimately a situation arises and we find that it does not have those powers this Senate will be at fault for letting the legislation go through on a risky basis. [More…]
Sub-section 10(2) of the Reserve Bank Act 1959-1973 applies in relation to the exercise of the powers of the Reserve Bank under this Act and the regulations in like manner as it applies in relation to the exercise of the powers of the Reserve Bank under the Reserve Bank Act 1959-1973. [More…]
Without limiting the generality of paragraph 8 (c) of the Reserve Bank Act 1959-1973, the powers conferred on the Reserve Bank by that paragraph are exercisable in relation to registered corporations being building societies.’ [More…]
We regard the procedure of an affirmative resolution as vital, in view of the sweeping powers under the legislation to make regulations. [More…]
I share some of the concern about what this Government might do with the various powers it has at its disposal in the Australian community but that does not mean that we can make its approach to legislation unworkable. [More…]
The series of events leading up to the confrontation in Queensland resulting in the Minister requiring more powers is well documented. [More…]
The point I wish to make is that the Minister already has powers that he seeks. [More…]
One wonders how a dedicated and unscrupulous Minister- if such a person existed- might care to use these powers to impose discipline of an absolutely arbitrary kind on the funds. [More…]
The present law is, however, uncertain regarding the Minister’s powers in cases where a registered organisation presents a ‘package’ application for a variation in medical or hospital benefits and contribution rates. [More…]
Senator Baume ‘s speech illustrates, in a most cogent manner, the need to confine ourselves to the powers that have been given to us. [More…]
No such power was given to this Parliament in the Constitution, and I protest that $ 1 5.75m that we have exacted from the taxpayers pursuant to our taxing powers should be illegally appropriated. [More…]
On this occasion I assert that constitutional law coincides with commonsense to require that this project should be considered as beyond our powers and, on the evidence submitted to us, not justified from either the point of view of economics or social improvement. [More…]
The legislation extended certain powers to the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Committee on the Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings and to the Committee as a whole in regard to televising the sitting. [More…]
The Committee has considered the use of these powers very carefully. [More…]
Since the Committee became aware of the legislation it has met on several occasions to consider the manner in which use should be made of the powers conferred by the Act. [More…]
We understand that the Minister for Social Security (Mr Hayden) has claimed that the present law is uncertain regarding the Minister’s powers in cases where a registered organisation presents as an application a package plan for a variation in medical or hospital benefits or contribution rates. [More…]
(6) of the National Health Act which describes the powers of the Minister. [More…]
I presume it is his interpretation that the Minister’s powers are limited to acceptance or rejection in toto of the application. [More…]
by John Moore; Why We’ll Win Next Time’ by Bill Snedden; and ‘The Powers of Leadership’. [More…]
It is important that we recognise its 2 purposes: First, the perpetuation of Labor in office, and secondly, the destruction of State powers. [More…]
Great persuasive powers had to be brought into play. [More…]
The Government proposes that there should be 64 senators, and that all of those senators should have full voting powers. [More…]
The failure of Federal governments to achieve State powers by numerous referenda bear witness to that contention. [More…]
They will be elected on different terms and at different times but with powers equal to any other bona fide senator. [More…]
We should provide in advance for all conceivable Federal contingencies, strengthen the Federal Government and trust the Federal Parliament to use its powers wisely. [More…]
Just think what the position would be like today if this incompetent, disorganised government, now in public disarray with half a dozen Treasurers and would-be Treasurers, had been given the powers for which it asked in these referenda. [More…]
It would not just provide territorial representation in the Senate, as envisaged by section 122 of the Constitution; it would also provide territorial senators who would have full voting powers in the Senate. [More…]
For example, whilst it is proposed that representatives of Territories in the Senate should have full voting powers they would differ in important respects from other senators. [More…]
During our time in government Territory representatives in the House of Representatives gained full voting powers. [More…]
When, after the Second World War, the social service amendments were made to the Constitution, further powers in respect of health, hospitals, medical benefits, etc., were conferred upon the Commonwealth Government, but not so as to authorise any form of civil conscription. [More…]
Time makes very severe constraints in this respect, but in terms of the medical profession the Prime Minister and his supporters intend to use the weight of the Commonwealth’s powers to interpose themselves in every consultation between a doctor and a patient, and it is a weight that can barely be resisted by the people who do not have great organisations behind them. [More…]
It is in no small measure due to the quadrupling of oil prices that a threat is posed to the economic viability and foreign exchange reserves of some of the world’s major industrial powers, which have complacently relied on unlimited cheap oil imports, and have ignored research and development of alternative energy sources, such as natural gas, coal, and ultimately uranium and solar energy. [More…]
The Bill vests in the Petroleum and Minerals Authority the same functions and powers, in relation to these other minerals, as it does in relation to petroleum. [More…]
The legislation in relation to the States onshore minerals stands on the basic constitutional powers of the Australian Parliament to regulate overseas trade and interstate trade, and also, at appropriate times, the general powers for the defence of Australia. [More…]
By bludgeoning through the Parliament such wide ranging powers, without consultation with the State governments or the industry, in a Bill with such wide ramifications the Government is making a sham of the democratic process. [More…]
Never have we seen such far-reaching powers being given to a Minister or such wide-ranging all-embracing powers being given to an authority as exists in this legislation. [More…]
Surely such powers and such highly contentious issues deserve a great deal more explanation from this Government than we have had up to date. [More…]
There is no need for a further extension of power, particularly to a government which so clearly has abused and misused so many of the powers which are available to it at the present time. [More…]
I am sorry that I cannot pursue further the extraordinary powers which will be given to this Authority but I am glad that they have been covered by speakers earlier in this debate. [More…]
It will have unlimited powers in relation to the terms under which it can employ staff. [More…]
This Bill further asserts powers that conflict with the rights and the laws of the States. [More…]
It asserts powers to take over mineral projects and unrestrained discrimination in its favour against private mines found and developed by high risk private capital. [More…]
The Authority is not subject to State law because its powers flow from the Constitution and it would be a denial of the Constitution to make the exercise of its powers subject to a State. [More…]
As State mining laws do not apply it is necessary to give the Authority alternative means of gaining access to areas for its activities; hence the declaration provisions in Part VI of the Bill and the powers of entry in clauses 13 and 14. [More…]
Much has been made of the powers of the Authority in clause 12. [More…]
These provisions simply reflect those powers which the articles of association of any oil or mining company would contain. [More…]
This is, of course, nonsense as the powers to lend moneys, underwrite shares and give guarantees will clearly indicate. [More…]
It is ridiculous to suggest that these powers are capable, in practical terms, of being used to nationalise or socialise any more than the comparable provisions in the articles of association of a company. [More…]
With the establishment of the Department of Minerals and Energy and with the influence of Rex Connor all export contracts were scrutinised using powers available to the Australian Government and the industry is now returning to sanity and there are now long term prospects for it. [More…]
But this Bill, if it passes this Joint Sitting and the High Court, will give a government instrumentality enormous powers possessed by no other instrumentality, public or private. [More…]
This Bill seeks to give the Authority sweeping powers of entry and occupation, irrespective of other title to the land. [More…]
But the Minister seeks even further powers. [More…]
Such an authority with such extraordinary and privileged powers could be justified only if in fact the concern of the Government, the establisher of this Authority, was not control of those industries but the ownership of them. [More…]
The powers for satisfactory and suitable control as they stand today are well within the province of the Government without introducing extraordinary measures such as those which are envisaged in connection with this Authority. [More…]
Even a vertically integrated company with vast power may be bearable in a certain context, but this is a company with vast, privileged powers. [More…]
Under our out-of-date for the 1970s form of government, with the States warring with the Australian Government, a hostile Senate with extraordinary powers able to frustrate the will of the popularly elected House of Representatives, members of the Opposition have plenty of opportunities to practice this obstructionism. [More…]
We must have powers even though in the process Australia suffers.’ [More…]
The Bill provides for the setting up of an Authority which, in short, has excessive and unreasonable powers conferred on it. [More…]
During the hearings of the Committee it was clear to me, as it was to other members of the Committee, that there was a lot of misunderstanding and conjecture regarding the meaning of the powers conferred by particular provisions in the Bills. [More…]
They were not within the powers which the legislation provided for the AIDC. [More…]
The first consists of the powers contained in sections 45 to 50 dealing with contracts, arrangements and understandings in restraint of trade or commerce, monopolisation, exclusive dealing, resale price maintenance and mergers. [More…]
The Liberal Party and the Australian Country Party have as a fundamental part of our ideology that there are State governments and parliaments with legislative powers which allow them to make laws which relate to matters very close to the people. [More…]
Clearly it has developed and the powers which people thought were doubtful when it was originally introduced have now been shown to be greater and consequently stronger legislation can be introduced at this time. [More…]
It has plenty of powers to advise people about their rights, but as I read the Bill the Commission has not the function of receiving and dealing with individual complaints. [More…]
He said that there ought to be a reference of powers by the States. [More…]
It may well be that the results of further discussions between the Commonwealth and the States will lead to some useful reference of powers where such a course is obviously necessary because of the complexity of schemes which cover more than one State. [More…]
The third matter which I say is good reason for reconsideration of the problem is the confusion of enforcement which is contemplated under this scheme and under the existing powers and existing organisations of the Commonwealth. [More…]
It has gone beyond those powers and desirable objectives in this Bill. [More…]
But the Commissioner of Trade Practices has urged the need for a resolution of the conflict and it is quite obvious that the administration is not being encouraged by Senator Murphy to employ the powers of the present legislation. [More…]
Though natural enough and, in view of the unions’ immense bargaining and intimidatory powers, almost inevitable, this has bedevilled, and is continuing to bedevil, the country’s economic stability. [More…]
The Attorney-General may give directions to the Commission in connexion with the performance of its functions or the exercise of its powers under this Act other than its functions and powers under Part VII, and the Commissioner shall comply with any directions so given. [More…]
The clauses which the Committee has just accepted relate to various matters concerning the Commission, the powers of the Commission, its procedures, representation of the public, delegations, the staff of the Commission and its functions. [More…]
Clause 29 gives to the AttorneyGeneral certain powers with respect to the Commission. [More…]
The Attorney-General may give directions to the Commission in connexion with the performance of its functions or the exercise of its powers under this Act other than its functions and powers under Part VII, and the Commission shall comply with any directions so given. [More…]
We ought not to have the connection which is involved in the powers given to the Attorney-General. [More…]
Quite properly, even on the view which the Attorney-General takes as to what should be the powers that he has over the Commission, he does not seek to include powers of that character. [More…]
But when one considers the other powers of the Commission, I invite consideration to be given to the functions of the Commission which are set out in clause 28. [More…]
When one considers clauses 155 and 156 of the Bill, to which we will give consideration in due course, which refer to the transitional provisions, one finds that enormous powers are given to the Commission. [More…]
If powers of that character are to be contained in the legislation they ought to be circumscribed. [More…]
If he feels that these powers are too wide I accept his suggestion that he take this clause away and redraft it. [More…]
The Attorney-General may give directions to the Commission in connexion with the performance of its functions or the exercise of its powers under this Act - [More…]
It continues: other than its functions and powers under Pan VII [More…]
It is said by the Attorney-General that the functions of the Commission and the powers under Part VII are exempt from his direction, and so they are. [More…]
The Attorney-General may give directions to the Commission in connection with the performance of its functions or the exercise of its powers under this Act other than its functions and powers under Part VII, and the Commission shall comply with any directions so given. [More…]
I have said, and those who advise me also take the view, that these provisions are clearly in connection with the functions and powers under Part VII. [More…]
We should not let this be dealt with on a difference of viewpoint between Senator Wright or Senator Greenwood on one side and myself on the other, although I am quite confident that clauses 22 and 23 are in connectionand that is all they are- with the functions and powers under Part VII. [More…]
From reading the Income Tax Assessment Act it is clear that the Minister has not got any powers to tell the Commissioner of Taxation how he shall exercise his functions, and nor should the Minister have any power. [More…]
Whilst appreciating, as we would see the position, some restraint by the Attorney-General upon the wide powers which we think the Bill contains, we say that there is a wider problem and a wider proposition involved. [More…]
Clauses 19 and 20 refer to powers of the Commission. [More…]
It seems to me that throughout the legislation there are powers of the Commission which should be exercised independent of ministerial direction or discretion. [More…]
Clauses 19 and 20 and even 18 provide powers to the Commission- I am sure there are others- that would equally come within the area that the Attorney-General has offered to exclude from his ministerial direction. [More…]
The first is a quasi judicial function which is provided in Part VII and other provisions in the Bill which are in aid of the execution of its powers under Part VII. [More…]
Those powers, not just those in Part VII, aid the functions of the Commission under Part VII. [More…]
All those powers are excluded from this provision. [More…]
Clause 28 sets out5 powers which are essentially of an administrative character which could be said to be functions which an ordinary government department would normally carry out. [More…]
As I have said, clause 29 is provided essentially in relation to those powers. [More…]
He must have the powers of a Permanent Head. [More…]
But the Opposition is not concerning itself with any of that and I suppose rightly so because one expects that the powers which are given, like all other powers, will be exercised bona fide and for the purposes for which they are given with due regard for the rights of persons affected. [More…]
It applies to all of these powers which are given. [More…]
If Parliament afterwards finds cause to complain about the very wide interpretation that has been given to powers, Parliament has only itself to blame because it never corrected the error when the legislation was going through. [More…]
No consideration has been given to the provision contained in clause 100 relating to resale price maintenance applications; and as I recall the debate, no mention has been made of the powers which the Commission will have under clauses 149, 155 and 156 of the legislation. [More…]
All those powers are tremendously wide, dealing as they do with the power of the Commission to acquire documents and to require people to give evidence before the [More…]
Powers which can be exercised by the Executive, powers exercised by the great corporations, whether they be of capital or of labour, diminish the standing of the individual, and we ought to be concerned to preserve as far as possible his integrity and independence. [More…]
I do not think that viewpoint would assist in the better maintenance of our system of parliamentary democracy and supervision over those who are exercising quite important administrative powers. [More…]
As I have said, the regulation making powers are subject to the supervision of both Houses of this Parliament The Parliament’s power to disallow a regulation would be readily used if in some case it was thought that a regulation had been made inappropriately. [More…]
‘God Save The Queen’, are perpetual reminders of these hard-won freedoms and of the wise British principle of the division of power, so well reflected in our own Australian Constitution with its careful separation of powers as between the Crown and Commonwealth Parliament, the Senate, the State Parliaments, the GovernorGeneral and State Governors, and the Independent Courts of Justice. [More…]
And whereas our existing Australian Flag and our national anthem, ‘God Save The Queen,’ are perpetual reminders of these hard-won freedoms and of the wise British principle of the division of power, so well reflected in our own Australian Constitution with its careful separation of powers as between the Crown and Commonwealth Parliament, the Senate, the State parliaments, the GovernorGeneral and State Governors, and the independent Courts of Justice, [More…]
-There is no doubt that there are legislative powers over foreign corporations. [More…]
I wish to repeat very briefly the call that I made on Tuesday for a reference of powers in this area from the States to the Australian Parliament. [More…]
I see tremendous advantages in a reference of powers which I believe would mean that there is no validity whatsoever in the Opposition criticism. [More…]
Thirdly, the advantage of a reference of powers would be to obviate any legal constitutional difficulties which, as has been indicated, may arise. [More…]
I believe it is the obligation of State governments to offer a lead in this respect and offer the Commonwealth powers that would produce the beneficial results I have mentioned. [More…]
Referring, finally, to the points made by Senator Everett about the reference of powers from the States to the Commonwealth, I would like the Attorney-General (Senator Murphy) to advise us whether a reference of powers has been sought. [More…]
I am advised that although the Tasmanian Parliament had referred powers to deal with this subject matter- they were used by this Parliament- that reference has lapsed. [More…]
Clause 155 relates to the compulsory powers of the Commission to obtain information, documents and evidence. [More…]
In considering the powers which should be vested in such a body it is useful to point to another of the lessons in this case. [More…]
We suggest, with respect, that in the light of the experience of everybody who has had anything to do with this field of affairs, the Opposition is trying to render the Commission and its powers nugatory by saying that the legislation will be there but in practice it will be unworkable. [More…]
Ater all it is comparable to inviting the Commissioner of Taxation, who has enormous powers, to make his files and records available in criminal proceedings. [More…]
Why should we create a new body called the Trade Practices Commission, give it the wide ranging compulsory powers which are contained in this legislation and allow them to be used in the way in which it is alleged they can be used as the Bill stands at present. [More…]
He says that despite the powers which this Bill gives him, he does not have and never really has had any intention of using these powers to coerce State governments and local authorities in respect of urban local roads, rural local roads, development roads, beef roads and minor traffic engineering. [More…]
If that is what the policy is, why does the Minister not circulate his own amendments to his own Bill and put in the Bill the powers he wants instead of adopting these sloppy methods of drafting Bills which are typical of the sort of inefficiencies that we are constantly experiencing at the hands of this Government? [More…]
The Government is seeking to arrogate to itself all these vast powers and then turns around and tries to mollify the people and to hoodwink them by saying: ‘We do not intend to use these powers, you know. [More…]
Just give us these powers. [More…]
I think that our willingness, like that of most people in this country, to trust Ministers of this Government with vast powers is fast running out. [More…]
Senator Durack has referred to all the powers of the Minister in clause 4(1). [More…]
And whereas our existing Australian Flag and our national anthem, ‘God Save The Queen’, are perpetual reminders of these hard-won freedoms and of the wise British principle of the division of power, so well reflected in our own Australian Constitution with its careful separation of powers as between the Crown and Commonwealth Parliament, the Senate, the State Parliaments, the GovernorGeneral and State Governors, and the Independent Courts of Justice. [More…]
His powers under sub-clause (2) are statutory and would have to be exercised bona fide for the purposes of the Act. [More…]
I am advised that even if clause 4(1) and clause 1 1 were omitted from the Bill there might still be occasions when it would be necessary for the Treasurer to invoke the powers conferred under paragraph (c) to obtain information from the States in order that he could determine the extent to which financial assistance was to be provided for them under clause 5(1). [More…]
The Opposition believes that that is an unnecessary intrusion into the States’ powers and functions in these matters. [More…]
1) A Minister referred to in section 4 may, either generally or otherwise as provided by the instrument or delegation, by writing under his hand, delegate to an officer of the Australian Public Service any of his powers under that section. [More…]
A delegate of a Minister, is, in the exercise of his powers under this Act, subject to the directions of the Minister. [More…]
The purpose of this clause is to give to the Minister for Transport power to delegate to an officer of the Australian Public Service any of his powers under clause 4 which relates to approving programs. [More…]
Then, the Air Navigation Act provides that a Minister may delegate powers in relation to international airports, the cancellation or suspension of a licence, approval of nonscheduled flights on foreign carriers and of the use of defence aerodromes. [More…]
In addition there are many other powers to delegate in the regulations made pursuant to the Act. [More…]
Honourable senators will recall that on 3 occasions the transitional powers provided in this Bill have been granted by the Opposition. [More…]
That Pensioners transport be made free within the Federation where the Government has constitutional powers. [More…]
Therefore, as I have said, we believe that the stand we took was justified and the flow of further centralist powers to the Commonwealth Government, as these Bills originally provided, has been arrested. [More…]
Whilst we are pleased about the amendments, it is still a very small measure of alteration to the enormous powers that have been freshly taken on behalf of the Commonwealth in regard to overseeing all the expenditure of road funds by State authorities. [More…]
The Government believes that this clause as originally drafted was a logical approach to the question of future growth centres and the delegation of the concurrent powers of the Minister for Urban and Regional Development. [More…]
I cannot say that the Opposition is happy about the extended powers of the Federal Minister in relation to the declaration of other than national highways, that is, the declaraton of export or major commercial roads. [More…]
Nevertheless, the High Court will presumably keep the Minister in line if he transgresses the constitutional powers of the Commonwealth in these matters. [More…]
In my opinion it is vital not to reduce the powers that have been conferred on our committees up to the present time. [More…]
that Pensioners transport be made free within the Federation where the Government has constitutional powers. [More…]
Members of this Government do not go around crawling to the big powers. [More…]
The European powers make it clear that they have no intention of doing this. [More…]
At the same time, whether willingly or unwillingly, the Government is undermining our relations with the major powers and above all their confidence in us. [More…]
There was another proceeding against Mr Alexandrov of the Soviet Embassy who, with those remarkable psychic powers which I had thought had been generally attributed to the more oriental communists but apparently are also possessed by communists from Russia, or by some sort of thought control, was able to retain Mr Ermolenko in custody while Mr Ermolenko was in Perth and Mr Alexandrov was in Canberra. [More…]
The argument is used- I think there is a certain amount of justification for it- that the Soviet Union needed to take some steps to protect itself by entering into some sort of treaty with the nazis because the Western powers at that time had refused to co-operate with it and had rebuffed its efforts to organise a common front against the then menace of the Axis powers- nazi Germany and fascist Italy. [More…]
In the circumstances which face us, in the curcumstances which bring about the necessity of negotiation and co-operation for world peace- and I know that well meaning, honest people will disagree with me on this- I submit that one of the essentials is to recognise the sovereignty of all of the major powers over those areas where they can make some strong de facto claim for such sovereignty. [More…]
The next thing that honourable senators must realise is that we know we are living in a world of detente- that is to say, we are living at a time of pause in the relationships and competition between the 2 great superpowers. [More…]
We may be indeed the beneficiaries of detente between the 2 great powers. [More…]
The Government by its decision greatly undermined the work which already had been done by the Western powers, and this is a very important point for the Senate to remember. [More…]
The work of obtaining more freedom in international arrangements and understandings which had been achieved by the Western powers has been greatly undermined. [More…]
In the future it will make it more difficult for the Western powers to continue to work to achieve the freedom and independence of the smaller states. [More…]
The object of the Act and the wide powers given under it were, of course, at that time dictated very much by the strategic character of uranium as to its use in the production of atomic weapons and the great concern which was held at that time in respect of that subject. [More…]
Moreover, the Commonwealth Government has adequate powers in regard to the national interest as far as mining, including the mining of uranium, is concerned under its export control powers generally and under regulations that have been made under those powers. [More…]
Those powers are quite adequate and they relate specifically to uranium in the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act to which I have referred. [More…]
The reason given by the Government as to why it wants these powers is to plan a coherent and rational policy for the development of Australia’s uranium resources. [More…]
In addition, there are these overall powers which the Commonwealth Government has to ensure that it is able to carry out what are conceived to be national policies. [More…]
If the powers were held to be legally valid- we are not concerned with that here- they would override completely all existing rights and titles which have been acquired by persons or companies under State or Territory laws. [More…]
As we have frequently debated the powers the Government has obtained under that Act the Senate will remember them. [More…]
At least that would give the Government some sort of powers in relation to uranium which, apparently, the Government would not have over minerals generally throughout Australia. [More…]
The Minister has the power to maintain Australia’s national interests through his control powers in respect to export and other matters. [More…]
These extra powers are apparently sought by the Minister for somewhat dubious purposes and they will have the effect of overriding all existing rights that have been acquired under State laws and under the Northern Territory mining laws. [More…]
To make sure that the Act is extended in the fashion he desires, he has given comparisons with other countries that are leaders in the free enterprise system in the world and which have similar, if not greater, powers in relation to the possession, use and regulation of uranium resources in their national interests. [More…]
In fact from my initial reading of the documents, those countries would have greater powers than the Minister is seeking. [More…]
I feel that it is quite proper for the Minister to ask for these powers and I can see no reason, if he had a policy which he wanted to implement, why he should not have these powers. [More…]
He is asking for the extension of his powers by this regulation and he still refuses to produce a plan. [More…]
These regulations are based on the wartime powers of the Atomic Energy Act. [More…]
To my mind there is an immense degree of control available in the powers already held. [More…]
I believe that without these regulations the Commonwealth Government has already ample powers to ensure the national interest in the exploration, conservation and orderly development of uranium. [More…]
In addition the States and the Territories have supplementary powers, and they can work in cooperation. [More…]
In respect of powers or regulations which Mr Connor is seeking and about which Opposition senators are apprehensive, they should bear in mind that in international bargaining places, whether it be in Asia, Britain or any other country, as far as arranging terms is concerned he has done pretty well. [More…]
I shall concentrate my remarks on the reasons why the Government has sought these powers. [More…]
Recognising that fact and the fact that we are giving this leadership, I would have hoped that the honourable senator would support the Government in obtaining the necessary powers and ensuring that, in fact, we can exercise the needed control over the export and the development of uranium in this country. [More…]
If the Government says that the only policy it has- and it is its only policy- is the establishment of the Petroleum and Minerals Authority and if one couples that with the licensing power given to the Minister for Minerals and Energy (Mr Connor) under these regulations, and with the attitudes of mind and the statements which have been made by the Prime Minister (Mr Whitlam) as well as the Minister for Minerals and Energy in relation to this rationalisation of the deposits in the Northern Territory, it makes me, as it is making the companies concerned, even more worried as to what are the real intentions and the real purposes of these regulations and these powers. [More…]
I am not at all sure about the precise powers the Australian Government would have to deal with all the problems which are involved in regulating the dumping of mercury into waters or, indeed, whether the dumped mercury all comes from Australia. [More…]
-These 2 Bills which have been taken together relate to the exercise by the self governing legislature of the Territory of Papua New Guinea of certain powers with respect to offshore mining. [More…]
The Opposition recognises that the Bills clarify a matter of some doubt in one respect and acknowledge the rights of the Territory of Papua New Guinea at this stage, and certainly when it becomes independent, to exercise full and plenary powers over exploration for mining in its off-shore areas. [More…]
Accepting that when the Territory of Papua New Guinea becomes independent it should have all the powers of a sovereign nation with regard to its off-shore areas, it is appropriate that there be no doubt that Papua New Guinea on independence will have that power. [More…]
The amendment to the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act is designed to carry forward logically and, one might suppose, is a matter of realisation of what was contemplated some 7 years ago, that some day the Territory of Papua New Guinea would exercise for itself powers with regard to petroleum exploration and exploitation in its off-shore waters. [More…]
The Bill excises from the parent Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act of 1967 all those provisions which vested the powers of a designated authority in the relevant Australian Minister. [More…]
Surely no organisation, whether an employee organisation or an employer organisation, would hand over the inherent right and powers that they have in relation to the affairs of their own organisation to an outside body or to an industrial registrar unless petitioned by members. [More…]
In addition, as part of its general policy in this area, the Government is examining the powers and functions of the Prices Justification Tribunal, lt is proposed to invite the Tribunal to scrutinise with care price claims that are based on wage costs in excess of awards. [More…]
The Government sought those powers, of course, during the prices and incomes referendum, but the Government recognised that it was powerless to force importers to pass those benefits on to the consumer. [More…]
That would be an inhibition upon the powers of either House of the Parliament, which it is undesirable to express. [More…]
I refer to a new aspect within the stabilisation scheme on this occasion- the fact that the Board is being given supplementary borrowing powers which will enable it to make earlier progressive payments than it has been able to do in the past. [More…]
But it does not have the right through the back door, through the top door or whatever it may be, of usurping the responsibilities and the powers of the governments in those States in which it has not succeeded in gaining power. [More…]
The Treasurer will, of course, exercise these powers in full consultation with me. [More…]
These included possible Government involvement in the Australian capital market and industrial structure arising from the proposed additional powers, extended functions and privileges of the Australian Industry Development Corporation; the implications for other financial institutions, in the money and capital market arising from the financing activities of the AIDC and the NIF; the consequent implications for resource use in the economy and the attainment of other economic and social objectives. [More…]
The Auditor-General is given full powers of inspection of accounting records and is required to audit the Commission’s accounts and to report the results to the Minister annually. [More…]
Thus the Bill before the Senate will establish a Commission having the full statutory powers, resources and organisation of related activities needed to implement the Government’s policies in respect to this vital industry. [More…]
The other amendments referred to involve supply management powers and also full trading powers which will be given to the Australian Wool Corporation. [More…]
I thought that I made myself clear when I indicated that the manner in which this legislation comes forward is such that there will be further amendments required to it in regard to supply management, trading powers of the Corporation and the establishment of a separate account. [More…]
This painting represents him in his finest period at the very summit of his powers. [More…]
It will be remembered that discussion took place earlier about powers of entry when we were discussing some rural legislation. [More…]
We are extending this principle into the area of civil liberties and saying: Nobody is to be able to have these powers unless there is some really good reason’. [More…]
As honourable senators know, there has been a tendency to extend the powers. [More…]
He is saying that he wants to get rid of some of the powers, but he wants to insert some words in clause 14 so that the clause will read: [More…]
We are certainly given the powers under the Commonwealth Constitution to make requests. [More…]
But we believe that we can go to the United Nations and we have not got to look over our shoulders and decide what the attitude of the superpowers are. [More…]
I know that Senator Willesee and the Prime Minister (Mr Whitlam) at the United Nations will be endeavouring to bridge the gap between the Arab States, with their corralling of oil reserves, and the super powers who, in the main, have a different attitude. [More…]
-Has the attention of the Minister for the Media been drawn to the editorials appearing in the Melbourne ‘Herald’ and the ‘Sydney Morning Herald’ expressing criticism of proposed amendments to the Broadcasting and Television Act which have been designed to settle the ambiguity of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board’s powers under the Act? [More…]
But if that be a criticism, because we are legislating to provide that the Board in exercising its powers under this section shall confer not only with the commercial broadcasting and television stations in reaching determinations under this section of the Act, as it has to do at the present time, but also with other interested parties, I certainly would be prepared to consider giving a right of appeal to all such organisations and persons. [More…]
However, I want to make it quite clear that the Government insists that the legislation is designed to confirm what already has been believed by the Parliament and the public to be the existing powers of the Board, and the legislation is being introduced only because those powers have been challenged by some of the stations. [More…]
On 7 April 1972 the then Acting PostmasterGeneral, Senator Cotton, said that the then Government- the Liberal Government- would be asked to consider an amendment to the Broadcasting and Television Act to clarify the powers of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board to regulate programs on Sunday mornings. [More…]
This Government is seeking to amend the Act to confirm the existing powers of the Control Board. [More…]
The Minister stated that the Government insists that the Bill is designed to confirm what has already been believed to be the existing powers of the Board and is being introduced only because these powers have been challenged by the licence holders. [More…]
Does the Minister agree that the proposed amendments to section 16(3) substantially amplify the regulatory powers of the Board by means of the use of directions in lieu of orders and regulations? [More…]
What we are now seeking to do is to clarify the powers which Parliament originally intended to give to the Board. [More…]
It is, of course, necessary that the Act operate and powers under it be exercised so as to achieve the main object of this Bill, that is, a system in which one body can represent its members in Federal and State industrial jurisdictions. [More…]
Regrettably in this country the Federal Government is not armed with the powers to manage the economy. [More…]
Honourable senators may recall that at the Constitutional Convention one of the broad propositions put forward by the Australian Government was that the Constitution should be altered so that the Federal Parliament would be able to arm the Government with the broad powers of economic management which are held by governments of other countries. [More…]
It is quite absurd that the Government does not have clear powers to manage the economy and that honourable senators opposite should take up their present stand when they will recall that they bitterly opposed the constitutional referendum to enable this Parliament to have powers over incomes and prices. [More…]
This is basic to the management of the economy, yet they took the stand that not even the Federal Parliament was to be entrusted with those constitutional powers. [More…]
The Opposition has nothing to congratulate itself on in its repeated obstruction of the Government’s endeavours, even with its limited constitutional powers, to act on behalf of the people. [More…]
If the Government wishes to prevent international airlines from uplifting excess quantities of fuel in Australia, is it not a fact that the Government has power to prevent them from doing so under the powers available to his Department? [More…]
If we were to read the second reading speech of the Minister for the Media (Senator Douglas McClelland) we could be delighted at its formation, because in his concluding remarks the Minister says that the Bill will establish a Commission having the full statutory powers, resources, organisation and related activities needed to implement the Government’s policies in respect of this vital industry. [More…]
We do not think that a commission which is overridden in all its powers and functions by a Minister of Government is operating in the way in which any statutory body ought to operate. [More…]
Therefore, I say that in my opinion the Senate should take a different viewpoint and in conferring, even under amended powers, very great power on the Commission, it should make sure that in the end it is the Parliament which has the oversight of the use or misuse of those powers. [More…]
Certainly, in this instance of conferring much wider powers on the Commission I would like to see the oversight of it left with the Parliament itself. [More…]
The Minister has powers of direction in so many areas. [More…]
The Minister may, by writing under his hand, give directions to the Commission with respect to the exercise of its powers or the performance of its functions but, except as provided by sub-section (2), shall not give such a direction with respect to a particular project. [More…]
Previously in this chamber I have heard reference to the National Film Board of Canada, and I hope that the Minister will be able to enlighten us about the powers which the Canadian Minister has under the legislation which set up that Board. [More…]
If one reads into that the powers that the Minister may exercise one sees that complete satisfaction is given to the States. [More…]
If documentary films are to be made for the Government by the Commission they should be made by decisions of the Commission in its function within the scope of its powers and each of the decisions made by the Commission should not be subject to the approval of the Minister. [More…]
Section 10 of the Canadian Act, which deals with the powers of the Board, reads: [More…]
It is probably coincidental but it is frightening nevertheless that at a time when there is controversy about the powers of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board and the extent to which that Board may or may not have power over television and broadcasting stations- I do not embark upon the merits of whether what is proposed is good or bad- we have, at much the same time, this debate on what should be the Minister’s powers over the Film Commission and the extent to which he should be able to direct what films should be made by this Commission. [More…]
He has refused to look at the further possibility of limiting the powers of the Minister for the Media (Senator Douglas McClelland); he will not consider it in conjunction with the matter that we are discussing. [More…]
The wide powers which have now been given to the Minister with regard to the assistance and the encouragement which can be given to films through the [More…]
Clause 6 (Powers of Commission). [More…]
The Minister may, by writing under his hand, give directions to the Commission with respect to the exercise of its powers or the performance of its functions but, except as provided by sub-section (2), shall not give such a direction with respect to a particular project. [More…]
If we are setting up an Australian Film Commission which has any reality or any powers, surely we cannot say in one clause that every one of its powers is subject to the direction of the [More…]
One could have the ludicrous situation- I suppose that one must use the absurd to illustrate the situation- in which, if one gave the Commission complete powers in this regard and funds were made available to it to the extent of $4m, $5m, $6m or whatever the sum might be, and there was no ministerial approval required of the manner in which that amount was to be expended, the Commission might decide of its own volition not to spend one cent in the making of a film, whether it be a short or a feature film. [More…]
That was what we were seeking when we said that the Commission should be comprised of people of wisdom and experience who would be able to develop the functions and powers of the Commission and give the assistance, encouragement and development to the industry which we hoped it would receive. [More…]
1 ) The Minister may, by writing under his hand, give directions to the Commission with respect to the exercise of its powers or the performance of its functions but, except as provided by sub-section (2), shall not give such a direction with respect to a particular project. [More…]
Under clause 8 ( 1 ) the Minister may, by writing under his hand, give directions to the Commission with respect to the exercise of its powers or the performance of its functions but, except as provided by sub-clause (2), shall not give such a direction with respect to a particular project. [More…]
But the worst thing about this sub-clause is that the Minister may give directions with respect to the exercise of the Commission’s powers. [More…]
All of its powers are given under this Bill and the performance of its functions are set out in the Bill. [More…]
The Minister has power to give directions in relation to clause 6, which sets out the powers of the Commission. [More…]
The Commission will no longer have all of these real powers at all; it will be always subject to the direction of the Minister. [More…]
This is true not only in relation to its powers but also in relation to its functions, such as the holding of meetings, which is dealt with in clause 27, the staff it employs, which is dealt with in clause 28, and the moneys it expends as well as the control of its moneys, which are dealt with in clause 32. [More…]
All of the powers given to the Commission throughout this Bill become a nullity because, under this clause, they are all subject to the direction of the Minister. [More…]
It means that we will have a Commission that does not have any independent powers in any part of its functions. [More…]
Therefore, I support what Senator Guilfoyle has already said very capably, namely, that we oppose the idea of giving the Minister these powers, and I support her amendment. [More…]
The Tarin” Board, as it was then known, recommended the establishment of a Film Commission having the powers of production, promotion, distribution and exhibition if necessary. [More…]
If we are using the Commission’s powers to talk of short films as a quota basis and if we are really talking about assistance to the Australian film industry, it may be that the Minister could have considered feature films as well as short films. [More…]
The Minister shall give such directions as he thinks necessary for the purpose of ensuring the observance, in the exercise of powers under this section, of the obligations of Australia under- [More…]
If this Government in the last 18 or 20 months had not shown that it was prepared to use authoritarian powers to achieve any objective which it wanted, if it had not shown that it was prepared to use patronage and money to achieve desired objectives, one might have viewed the intent of this particular clause more charitably than one does at present. [More…]
The Minister shall give such directions as he thinks necessary for the purpose of ensuring the observance, in the exercise of powers under this section, of the obligations of Australia under the Code of Liberalisation of Current Invisible Operations of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the Commission or an authorised person shall comply with those directions. [More…]
When the Government considered the drafting of the legislation for the Film Commission it agreed that the exercise of powers under the Bill should be subject to Australia’s commitments under the OECD Code of Liberalisation of Current Invisible Operations. [More…]
Clause 1 1 contains another of those authoritarian powers which the Government is seeking to take under the guise of the Australian Film Commission Bill. [More…]
To equate the desire of the Government for the Film Commission to get information by compulsory process from any person with the compulsory powers that are occasionally found in health Acts which are concerned with public health is, I think, to have a sense of proportion which does not put public health or the Film Commission in its correct perspective. [More…]
I ) The Commission may, by writing under its seal, delegate to a member of the Commission or to a member of the Staff of the Commission, either generally or otherwise as provided by the instrument of delegation, any of its powers or functions under this Act. [More…]
This proposed amendment refers to the elimination of the general power of delegation of powers or functions to anyone other than a member of the Australian Film Commission. [More…]
The Commission may, by writing under its seal, delegate to a member of the Commission or to a member of the staff of the Commission, either generally or otherwise as provided by the instrument of delegation, any of its powers or functions under this Act, other than this power of delegation. [More…]
The Commission may, by writing under its seal, delegate to a member of the Commission with the approval of the Minister, either generally or otherwise as provided by the instrument of delegation, any of its powers or functions under this Act, other than this power of delegation. [More…]
In fact, it appears rather extraordinary that the Opposition should suggest that in the Commission’s day to day operations, the very area in which delegated powers are most commonly required- Senator Greenwood has had a lot of opposition to voice in regard to ministerial approval in this area- the Minister should be required to exercise some sort of discretionary or approval power in relation to the delegation of power. [More…]
The Commission may have good administrative reasons to ask another member to exercise those powers. [More…]
Frankly, the passing of the amendment in relation to the clause would mean a significant increase in the powers of the Minister. [More…]
I understand that discussions were held about the powers of the River Murray Commission. [More…]
A working party was established for the purpose of determining its powers. [More…]
It is my understanding that it is necessary first to establish the technical needs of the commission before an assessment can be made as to extending its powers. [More…]
In the early days of our nation when the Constitution was being interpreted and was developing its own particular glosses there was an extension of the powers of the Commonwealth with regard to that head of power in a manner which had not been contemplated by those who had originally drafted and conceived the nature of the Federal power. [More…]
The Opposition believes that there are 4 possible solutions: The enlargement of Commonwealth power to legislate for terms and conditions of employment in industry and for trade unions; the transfer of certain powers to the Commonwealth by the States without referendum; complementary State and Federal legislation; or the encouragement of unions to go through the procedures required by law for the dissolution of State unions and the formation or State branches of federal unions. [More…]
The areas of inquiry are, I think, limited to 2 powersnamely, section 51 (i) and (xxix)- the trade and commerce and the external affairs powers. [More…]
So this is one case where, if that approach is correct, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition may agree that it is desirable in any event that the Australian Parliament exercise its powers, because it seems that to do otherwise may not be fulfilling its international obligations as it should. [More…]
As I understand it, an interdepartmental committee report has been prepared in relation to the powers of the Public Works Committee being extended over some of the statutory authorities. [More…]
Although this group of pensioners may be able to engage in employment, and most of them do so, many find that because of their disabilities their earning powers are restricted. [More…]
At that stage the Commonwealth took unto itself the powers which the Constitution had given it and created a uniform divorce procedure and law throughout Australia. [More…]
In this Bill, and particularly in the amendments which the Senate Standing Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs proposes, there are suggestions that the Commonwealth should go further in exercising its powers over marriage, divorce and matrimonial affairs. [More…]
The Bill also contains enforcement powers in respect to custody and access. [More…]
When the Labor Party / came to power, far from abolishing the commission it expanded and widened its powers. [More…]
So if members of a trade union, for instance, took action against a company providing any of those sources of power and the action was taken with regard to safety measures or wage issues, it would be enough to invoke these sweeping powers. [More…]
These powers are even more repressive if one takes into consideration the most unusual and most offensive provision in the legislation. [More…]
Several wars have been fought on four continents; numerous governments have been forced from office by unconstitutional means, frequently involving violence and bloodshed; countries have been occupied by the armed forces of foreign powers; population groups in a number of countries have turned on each other with ferocity, and so on. [More…]
These suggestions testify to the powers of imagination and dishonesty of those who make them. [More…]
They would need to recognise their responsibility in developing a new type of court, acting with a minimum of formality, co-ordinating the work of ancillary specialists attached to the court encouraging conciliation and applying, only as a last resort, the judicial powers of the court [More…]
To this end, provisions are already contained in the Bill for appeal procedures which will protect the applicant for compensation and at the same time make it difficult for public servants to use their discretionary powers arbitrarily. [More…]
The Committee has recommended that the Family Law Council be strengthened and given extensive powers to advise the Parliament on the improvements which are required in the law in this area. [More…]
But at a fairly early stage the Commonwealth decided to go it alone and the proposal for the referendum question on the reference of powers was not taken back to the States and instead it was brought prematurely to this Parliament, where the Senate rejected it. [More…]
The Portuguese have had a look at their colonial powers and this thing has come to a head. [More…]
In Canada, compulsory evidencegathering powers are given to Human Rights Commissions and similar powers are vested in the conciliator established by the New Zealand legislation. [More…]
The absence of evidence-gathering powers in the United Kingdom legislation is said to seriously impede the effectiveness of that legislation. [More…]
The Australian Government, by virtue of these powers, can assume certain responsibilities for the health care of the population generally, which of course, includes pensioners, but it does not have an exclusive or even dominant responsibility in that field. [More…]
Referenda were held in December 1973 on the questions of vesting in the Australian Parliament full constitutional powers to control incomes and prices. [More…]
In the event, the referenda failed to be passed so that these powers remained with the States’. [More…]
The only way in which Israel can get defence security initially is through some tacit agreement with the super powers which in turn have probably got to control some of the hotheads in the Arab fraternity. [More…]
Sropriation Bills involves a reduction in the powers of the S enate. [More…]
These are matters of profound constitutional importance affecting, as they do, the powers of the Senate, and as such I believe that they merit the consideration of all honourable senators. [More…]
And whereas our existing Australian Flag and our national anthem, ‘God Save The Queen’, are perpetual reminders of these hard-won freedoms and of the wise British principle of the division of power, so well reflected in our own Australian Constitution with its careful separation of powers as between the Crown and Commonwealth Parliament, the Senate, the State Parliaments, the GovernorGeneral and State Governors, and the Independent Courts of Justice, [More…]
I turn now to clause 6 of the Bill, which amends section 25 of the Act so as to enable the occupant of an office established under an ordinance to be vested with the powers of a Permanent Head under the Public Service Act. [More…]
What are the powers of that executive committee? [More…]
And whereas our existing Australian Flag and our national anthem, ‘God Save The Queen’, are perpetual reminders of these hard-won freedoms and of the wise British principle of the division of power, so well reflected in our own Australian Constitution with its careful separation of powers as between the Crown and Commonwealth Parliament, the Senate, the State Parliaments, the GovernorGeneral and State Governors, and the Independent Courts of Justice. [More…]
The Government, by this legislation, basically is seeking to remove any legal doubt about whether or not the Australian Broadcasting Control Board has power to carry out its functions and to exercise its powers under the existing Act. [More…]
The first concerns the powers of the Broadcasting Control Board to regulate appropriately the programs of commercial broadcasting and television stations. [More…]
In recent years some stations have challenged the Board’s powers in the programming area by relying on a narrow legal definition of the word ‘standards’, and the Government’s legal advisers have confirmed that this approach may have some validity. [More…]
The Board has consistently drawn attention to this lack in its powers of the past 7 years, but no action was taken by the previous Government to correct the anomaly. [More…]
The relevant section of the Act is section 16, which sets out the powers and functions of the Board. [More…]
Further, it inserts two new specific powers. [More…]
The two new powers I have referred to will place beyond question the powers which, I think it is fair to say, the general public, and indeed the Parliament, have always thought the Board to have. [More…]
Under section 16 of the present Act it is provided that representatives of commercial broadcasting and television stations shall be consulted by the Broadcasting Control Board in the exercise of its functions and powers as outlined in that section. [More…]
The intention appears to have been to subject the powers of the Broadcasting Authority to the scrutiny of the Parliament, insofar as they deal with the regulation of the hours of transmissions, of programs and of advertising. [More…]
The Austraiian people have always believed that the Australian Broadcasting Control Board should be clothed with adequate powers to ensure that the highest possible standards are maintained by commercial broadcasting and television stations. [More…]
He is not attempting to enlarge the powers of the Senate or its Committees; he is seeking to limit them, because if our power in this regard is confined to the interpretation for which he contends, it means that where we have the power we are compelled to exercise it. [More…]
It is not to limit the powers of the Committee or the Senate to say that it is to have this discretion; it is to give reality to such powers. [More…]
We want to exempt an Aboriginal islander from the requirement to obtain a permit to enter a Queensland reserve; prevent the punishment of an Aboriginal islander on a Queensland reserve for misbehaviour unless the conduct is shown to be unreasonable; supersede the wide powers of entry into the premises of an Aboriginal islander on a Queensland reserve; render invalid laws requiring compulsory labour on Queensland reserves except reasonable community work where ordered by a court; and provide a right of legal representation before Aboriginal or island courts. [More…]
He asked that the Soviet Government’s attention again be drawn to the Australian Government’s request for mutual restraint by the 2 super powers, as well as by other leading powers with forces in this region. [More…]
The concept of a ‘family court’ is well established in the United States of America, Canada and Japan though there are variations in the proceedings and powers. [More…]
It could be some 20, 30 or 50 extra judges of the Commonwealth arena all appointed for life, and if ultimately they should be given some powers which are not judicial powers- this is an aesthetic problem which the High Court has dealt with over the years- then we are creating enormous problems in this country. [More…]
I recently approved an extension of Mr Brown’s powers to include the trial of traffic offences and cases involving breaches of the various conservation ordinances. [More…]
While the assistants will not have any police powers they will act as interpreters; they will endeavour to ensure that persons brought into the station understand the charges laid against them and will generally attend to the welfare of Aborigines in police custody. [More…]
In answer to a question in the House of Representatives yesterday the Minister for Minerals and Energy said that the people to blame for all this were members of the State Government in Western Australia because they are challenging his authority and his powers. [More…]
The surest way to make it all the more difficult for the Government was to ensure that the referendum was defeated, simply because the States are not able to exercise these powers in an overall sense. [More…]
I think that Senator Hall and Senator Webster have misused their powers as representatives of the States in this Senate. [More…]
If so, in what way does he believe the authority and powers of the Department of Foreign Affairs should be expanded? [More…]
The High Court, within the last 15 years, has had occasion- I think this was the only occasion the High Court has looked at these powers- to decide, to determine or to say something as to what is the ambit of those powers. [More…]
But because we chose in 1959 to call an Act the ‘Matrimonial Causes Act’ it does nothing to define or limit the powers which the Constitution gave to the Commonwealth- namely, the powers over marriage, divorce and matrimonial causes and in relation thereto parental rights and the custody and guardianship of infants. [More…]
Let me mention the case which has been referred to- the State of Victoria v. the Commonwealth- and the statements made, that all proceedings between spouses could not be necessarily within the powers. [More…]
What if the powers which the Attorney-General and his advisers consider the Commonwealth has- I certainly consider it has them- turn out to be wrong? [More…]
I suggest that there is very little reason for thinking that these powers will be denied by application to the High Court, and we should not fear to tread in the directions in which this Bill is pointed and in which common family law should prevail. [More…]
Mr Justice Kitto expressed the view this aspect was adverted to by the authors- that many of the powers which were given under the 1959 Act could well be regarded as powers with regard to property, not with regard to marriage. [More…]
Far more extensive powers are being given under this legislation, and they could be categorised in the same way. [More…]
I know that there are injunction powers under the present legislation. [More…]
Senator Greenwood said: ‘Put the powers into the State courts and let them decide’. [More…]
If this wide definition which covers maintenance cases now heard by State courts is not included there is no guarantee that the States will put such powers into the State family courts. [More…]
Therefore I suggest that all these powers should be put within the ambit of matrimonial cause and should be transferred, in my opinion and the opinion of some members of the Senate Standing Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs, in many cases to the State courts, which are to be known as family courts. [More…]
The powers should be consolidated, and there should not be a continuation of the Rafferty’s rules type jurisdiction which splits matrimonial causes between Commonwealth courts, State courts, Supreme Courts and Petty Sessions courts. [More…]
My understanding of clause 90(2) is that it contains a power to grant an injunction in circumstances in which it is not for the protection of a party, and an injunction under clause 90(2) is one which is relevant in relation to the powers which are exercised under clause 14. [More…]
I am advised that in the United States these compulsory powers in regard to counselling have been done away with because experience has proved that it is not the way to go about this matter. [More…]
It is in the context of proceedings for an injunction under proposed section 90 which, as Senator Greenwood correctly says, contains very heavy and serious powers. [More…]
I think it is failing to appreciate the circumstances in which this power of direction or advice may be availed of not to recognise the need to enable the court to be able to assert its powers. [More…]
After all, when we look at clause 90, the clause upon which this whole power in clause 14 hinges, we find that there are immense powers given to the court in the issuing of the injunction. [More…]
We would remove the reference to the failure not constituting a contempt of the court, but then again one would hope that the court would not be involving itself in any kind of use of the contempt powers for the reasons I indicated before. [More…]
I suspect that the purpose behind a provision of that character was to enable the marriage guidance conciliators to utilise their powers of reconciliation to the utmost without any inhibition on the part of those seeking their advice who might think that some time in the future what they have said might be used against them. [More…]
Much can be achieved by Labor members of the State parliaments in effectuating Labor’s aims of more effective powers for the national parliament and for local government. [More…]
The organisation might need some strong ‘last resort’ powers to ensure its effectiveness. [More…]
I said: ‘I am sure that one of the reasons for lack of interest in this broader approach to the use and management of the River Murray is a fear that some of the State powers may be forfeited to the Federal Government. [More…]
On 2 March 1973 I convened a meeting with the Premiers of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia to discuss the River Murray and the powers of the River Murray Commission. [More…]
1 ) Can the Australian Government, through its customs and excise powers, prevent international airlines from uplifting excess quantities of fuel in Australia if it wishes to do so. [More…]
If it is a fact, should not the authority and powers of the Department of Foreign Affairs be expanded in the interests of the nation? [More…]
I ask: Has the Government extended the powers of the Industries Assistance Commission to enable that authority to recommend the restriction of textile imports to a more normal level, say, that prevailing in 1972-73? [More…]
I find that the Secretary of my Department, acting within the powers I have delegated to him, approved of the availability of funds for a total of 5 charter flights to take a total of 36 people from various areas around Weipa to participate in the meeting. [More…]
Because the provisions of the Lands Acquisition Act- a Federal Act- are being modified in clause 13 and further, because the Minister for the Northern Territory derives his powers to acquire land in the Northern Territory through the Northern Territory Administration Act, it is obvious that Federal legislation must be enacted to cover this new initiative of the Government. [More…]
The first purpose is to take full advantage of the constitutional powers of the Australian Government in relation to exchange control regulation of the financial aspects of overseas transactions. [More…]
Since the section was drafted it has been recognised that, in order to be able to give full effect to economic and financial management policies which it may be desirable to pursue in the national interests, governments need to have full legal powers to control financial aspects of all the various types of transactions which may be entered into between residents of Australia and residents of overseas countries. [More…]
It might be given certain powers and certain facilitiesthe sort that we would like to see given to all parts of the Family Court. [More…]
there is a vacancy in the office of Chief Judge, the next senior Judge who is in Australia and is available and willing to do so shall perform the duties and may exercise the powers of the Chief Judge. [More…]
The officers of the Court have such duties, powers and functions as are provided by this Act and the regulations and such other duties and functions as the Chief Judge directs. [More…]
A Deputy Marshal may, subject to any directions of the Marshal, exercise or perform any of the powers and functions of the Marshal. [More…]
Proposed clause 1 7s appears to provide that officers of the Court shall have such duties, powers and functions as are provided by this Act and the regulations, and such other duties and functions as the Chief Judge directs. [More…]
The officers of the Court have such duties, powers and functions as are provided by this Act and the regulations and such other duties and functions as the Chief Judge directs. [More…]
A Deputy Marshal may, subject to any directions of the Marshal, exercise or perform any of the powers and functions of the Marshal. [More…]
The absurd position prevailed where some judges interpreted their powers as authorising proceedings in private chambers and some took the other view and held them in public chambers. [More…]
Those are the conditions which are implied into the exercise of this power as with other powers. [More…]
It has been suggested that there are some doubts about the powers of the Family Court. [More…]
As I understand it, that notion is basically concerned with a division of powers in an economic and strictly political sense. [More…]
It is not the sort of exercise of the constitutional power of the Commonwealth which detracts in any way from the powers of the States. [More…]
-This instance is no different from the classic examples which our history provides of those who claim special privileges and special powers attempting to prevail over lawful and legitimate authority. [More…]
I find that the Secretary of my Department, acting within the powers I have delegated to him, approved of the availability of funds for a total of five charter flights to take a total of 36 people from various areas around Weipa to participate in the meeting. [More…]
Where a maintenance agreement is so registered in a court, the court may, in relation to the agreement, exercise any of the powers conferred on the court under section 62 as if the agreement were an order of the court. [More…]
As I have said the proposed new clause provides for registration of maintenance agreements and where they have been registered the court can exercise the powers of variation which are conferred on it by clause 62. [More…]
After sub-clause ( I ) insert the following new sub-clause:- ( I a) In exercising its powers under sub-section ( I ), the court may make an order relieving a party to a marriage from any obligation to perform marital services or render conjugal rights.’ [More…]
subject to the Constitution, authorizing an officer of a court to perform and exercise powers and functions, on behalf of the court or otherwise, in relation to proceedings under this Act and enabling the court to review the decision of that officer in relation to the performance or exercise of any function or power; [More…]
the duties of officers ofthe Family Court; ( 0 subject to the Constitution, authorizing an officer of the Family Court or of another court exercising jurisdiction under this Act to perform and exercise powers and functions, on behalf ofthe court or otherwise, in relation to proceedings instituted in the Family Court or proceedings tinder this Act, and enabling the court concerned to review the decision of that officer in relation to the performance or exercise of any function or power: [More…]
But when one looks at the details of the proposals put forward one sees that extraordinary powers are sought to be given to the Chief Electoral Officer. [More…]
The Australian Government has proposed that each State establish a Land Commission or some other body with powers to acquire and develop land. [More…]
Is it a fact that the Minister for Transport, exercising powers under the Roads Grants Act, has required the Government of Victoria to supply an immense quantity of detailed information as to arterial and sub-arterial road projects, including alternate projects, considered but not now being pursued and projects to be carried out only with State moneys? [More…]
-Information that is required from the various States by the Minister for Transport is sought in accordance with the Minister’s powers under the Roads Grants Act which was recently passed by this chamber. [More…]
Although the Commission will be small and its members will be part-time, it will have full statutory powers. [More…]
The second reading speech of the Minister for the Environment and Conservation (Dr Cass) representing the Minister for the Media, stated that the amendments gave 2 new powers to the Australian Broadcasting Control Board which the general public had always thought the Board had. [More…]
I am confident that the public does not believe that the Board had such powers nor would it have been accepted in Australian society that such an infringement of the freedom of the Press would be tolerated. [More…]
To suggest that the amendments which were introduced clarified existing powers of the Board or those powers which were thought to exist is to overlook the intrusion which would now be possible into every function of a licensee of broadcasting and television. [More…]
The Government, by this legislation, basically is seeking to remove any legal doubt about whether or not the Australian Broadcasting Control Board has power to carry out its functions and to exercise its powers under the existing Act. [More…]
That Part of the Act states that in exercising its functions and powers under this section in relation to commercial broadcasting and commercial television stations the Board shall consult representatives of those stations. [More…]
Perhaps I should say that if a government is serious in stating that it simply wants to clarify the existing powers of the Board, why has it introduced amendments which so considerably extend the powers of the Board? [More…]
Powers that will allow it to control program content and advertising seem to me to be not expressing the present powers; they are a considerable extension of them. [More…]
I think in fairness to the statements made by the Government we should draw attention to these extended powers which are sought. [More…]
To have the confusion that stems from the variety of existing terminology is to place in our minds the doubt as to whether seeking to clarify the Board’s powers would allow to occur through the Bill unlimited, undefined power in the hands of the government appointed Authority. [More…]
It is a matter of placing by stealth an undefined, unlimited control in the hands of a government appointed authority and to pretend that this control is not an extension of the powers which already exist. [More…]
To say, as the Minister did, that everyone thought these powers existed, I am sure overstates the situation and the way that people feel with regard to this important means of communication in this country. [More…]
During that period of 23 years it introduced 21 amendments to the legislation, and one can search the record of debates in relation to those 2 1 Bills and one will not find, I suggest, any assertion that the powers conferred by the 1948 legislation had been abused or were not necessary. [More…]
It is interesting to note that when the Opposition’s attitude to this legislation was being stated in another place the gravamen of the attack on it was that the powers that were given by section 16, as it would read if these amendments were agreed to, were not subject to parliamentary scrutiny. [More…]
Now when the Government yields on that matter and proposes, as the Minister for the Media has said will be done, that in committee, if this Bill reaches the committee stage, to insert a provision that the basic regulatory powers of the authority be subject to scrutiny by Parliament in the same manner as regulations are, the Opposition virtually dismisses that by a reference of a few words and ignores it. [More…]
I suggest not and one only has to look at the position in England and in Canada to see that the powers given by this legislation, which are really powers to clarify legal doubts that have arisen, are in no way different from what is considered proper elsewhere. [More…]
I ask the Opposition: In what way does section 1 6, as it would be amended if these amendments were agreed to, go beyond powers which in those 2 countries at least have been considered appropriate? [More…]
Senator Guilfoyle referred to section 1 7 of the Act which gives the Board power in these terms: In exercising its powers and functions under the Act to make such orders, give such directions and do all such things as it thinks fit. [More…]
It is true, as I understand it, that section 17 has seldom been used but it does seem to me that if the Opposition succeeds in defeating the second reading of this Bill it will be necessary for the Board, as it would remain, to consider exercising those powers. [More…]
It has had power to make orders to give effect to those powers and functions and, under section 99, it has had a direct control over standards. [More…]
To mention examples of statutes in which a similar power is contained in order to permit the function to be carried out, I need mention only the Australian National Airlines Act, the Australian Tourist Commission Act, the Australian Shipping Commission Act and the Australian Wool Corporation Act, all of which have general powers identical with that contained in clause 6 (a) of this Bill and none of which has ever been suggested as an unnecessary or an excessive power. [More…]
Apart from the fact that that provision puts in proper legal perspective the powers of the Authority to carry out its functions, I ask: Wherein does it differ from the existing power in section 99 of the present Act? [More…]
I ask members of the Opposition whether they will also answer this question: In the 23 years in which the Opposition parties were in government was there any instance in which it could fairly be claimed, and perhaps the Government blamed for it, that there had been an improper exercise of the powers of the Board as those powers were spelled out in the 1948 legislation? [More…]
I should have thought that the Opposition, knowing that its attitude may result in the destruction of this legislation at the second reading stage, would have been at pains in fairness to mention at least some of the safeguards in relation to the exercise of these newly arranged powers of the Authority. [More…]
In the first place the Government has met the main objection of the Opposition in another place, namely that the powers of the Authority would not be subject to parliamentary scrutiny. [More…]
The first is that for the first time in these amendments the Minister is mentioned so far as powers are concerned. [More…]
I have been told that in certain quarters of the television management area there has been a pervasive influence of threat that has come out of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board’s view of the situation, and that it had been expected that this legislation would come before the Parliament because certain statements needed the backing of legislation and certain powers had to be confirmed. [More…]
If he wanted to strengthen existing powers, he should have tried to strengthen existing powers. [More…]
One can assume only that this Bill is really a statement of no confidence in the existing negotiating powers of the Board. [More…]
I could not imagine that the Board, with the powers in the existing Act, could not effectively go to management of the media and demand and get co-operation. [More…]
I say to the Minister that it is not a good atmosphere in which the Minister asks the Senate to approve extensive increases in the Control Board ‘s powers. [More…]
With the policy standing as it is in that regard, the example of what another type of Labor government will do in a State and the powers that the Minister asks for now, I must vote against this Bill. [More…]
As I understand it, the negotiating powers of the Board have not been fully used in respect of its intentions if it says that its Act at the moment is not strong enough. [More…]
The point is this: To what extent would powers be put into the Act if this amending Bill were passed? [More…]
In the hands of the wrong person the powers that would be given by this Bill would enable much of the freedom of the radio and television stations to be removed. [More…]
The powers under this Bill could be coupled with some other ideas the Government has, for instance, moving into the area of a newspaper. [More…]
Among the powers of the Board, specifically provided by an Act of Parliament which has been amended by a series of conservative governments, we find that the Board shall have power to determine the hours during which programs may be broadcast or televised. [More…]
I believe that that is the wish of the Australian people and that they have believed that the Broadcasting Control Board always was vested with those powers. [More…]
I believe that this Parliament always thought that the Control Board was vested with those powers and that the Australian people felt that the Broadcasting Control Board should have the responsibility to determine how much advertising is allowable. [More…]
But by rejection of this legislation all those things that the Australian people believe to be the responsibility of the Board under powers they thought were vested in it are going to be denied the Board. [More…]
Suggestions were made for strengthening the Board’s powers. [More…]
that this could be a useful deterrent in the Board’s armoury of powers. [More…]
The Government will be asked to consider an amendment to the legislation to clarify the powers of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board to regulate programs on Sunday morning. [More…]
The Government will legislate to make clear the powers of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board with regard to Sunday morning television programmes. [More…]
Announcing this today the Acting Postmaster-General (Senator Robert Cotton) said the Government had considered the situation which had arisen as a result of the challenge to the powers of the Board by station GTV in Melbourne. [More…]
Senator Cotton said the Government had for some time been engaged in a full scale review of the Board ‘s powers but this would take some time to complete. [More…]
It is to be noted also that within the Territories power is being sought to allow the powers of a permanent head to be exercised in accordance with powers granted by ordinance to persons who are in charge of offices within the Australian Capital Territory. [More…]
Section 50 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after sub-section5B a further sub-section: 5C Every member of a Promotions Appeal Committee shall before proceeding to perform the duties or exercise the powers of a member of a Promotions Appeal Committee take an oath or make an affirmation in the form in Schedule 6 ‘. [More…]
Every member of an Appeal Board shall, before proceeding to perform the duties or exercise the powers of a member of an Appeal Board, take an oath or make an affirmation in the form of Schedule5.’ [More…]
I, … do swear that I will well and truly serve our Sovereign Lady the Queen as a member of the Appeal Board constituted under the Public Service Act 1 922- 1 9 , for the purpose of the appeal made by (here insert name of appellant) (or in the case of the Chairman or elected representative of the Division to which the appellant belongs as a member of any Appeal Board constituted under the Public Service Act 1922-19 , of which I may be a member) and that 1 will perform the duties and exercise the powers imposed or conferred upon me as such member without fear or favour affection or ill-will. [More…]
do solemnly and sincerely affirm and declare that I will well and truly serve our Sovereign Lady the Queen as a member of the Appeal Board constituted under the Public Service Act 1922-19 , for the purpose of the appeal made by (here insert name of appellant) (or in the case of the Chairman or elected representative of the Division to which the appellant belongs as a member of any Appeal Board constituted under the Public Service Act 1922-19 , of which I may be a member) and that I will perform the duties and exercise the powers imposed or conferred upon me as such member without fear or favour affection or ill-will. [More…]
I, … do swear that I will well and truly serve our Sovereign Lady the Queen as a member of a Promotions Appeal Committee constituted under the Public Service Act 1922-1974 and that I will perform the duties and exercise the powers imposed or conferred upon me as such member without fear or favour affection or ill-will. [More…]
1, … do solemnly and sincerely affirm and declare that I will well and truly serve our Sovereign Lady the Queen as a member of a Promotions Appeal Committee constituted under the Public Service Act 1922-1974 and that 1 will perform the duties and exercise the powers imposed or conferred upon mc as such member without fear or favour affection or ill-will. ‘ [More…]
In 1960 the Board was given powers to rule ineligible any person it thought was not ‘a fu and proper person to be an officer of the Commonwealth Service’, a provision which could cover almost anything and was not subject to appeal. [More…]
The Bill provides for the necessary legislative authority for delegation of the Commission’s powers. [More…]
The first is to take full advantage of the constitutional powers of the Australian Government, particularly in relation to exchange control regulations where they have regard to financial transactions overseas. [More…]
The comment has been made that governments need to have full legal powers to control financial aspects of all the various types of transactions which may be entered into between residents of Australia and residents of overseas countries. [More…]
The first of these is the Health Insurance Commission Act, which authorises the establishment of the Commission, defines its powers and functions, provides for the manner in which it is to be financed and for associated matters. [More…]
It is nice to see that senators opposite are starting to read and agree with some of the statements that are being made around the world by powers that they once accused of being almost in league with the devil. [More…]
Part VI of the Act is amended by the Bill to provide for the functions now assigned to and powers held by the Governor-General under sections 58 to 61 of the Act to be conferred on and exercised by the High Commissioner of Papua New Guinea. [More…]
Much can be achieved by Labor members of the State parliaments in effectuating Labor’s aims of more effective powers for the national parliament and for local government. [More…]
I would have thought that everyone would welcome the proposed changes and would accept that it is proper that we have efficient regulations which are clearly worded and which give adequate powers to achieve the purposes of exchange control. [More…]
The amendment in no way limits the Treasurer’s powers to approve criminal proceedings under the Banking (Foreign Exchange) Regulations against persons who have not obtained the appropriate exchange control authority. [More…]
We certainly find that judges do not like exercising powers of this character because out of the blue, as it were, they have to decide what is a just and worthy case and what is not. [More…]
The Australian Labor Party has used its powers and its patronage in a host of areas, such as the way in which Mr Clyde Cameron, as the Minister for Labor and Immigration, dispenses 6 months previous average weekly earnings to some people who are put out of work, in the way in which it can be used through the Australian Assistance Plan - [More…]
But I have no doubt that if this Government was again to seek those powers which must be held at the Federal level- they are not effective through the States- again the Opposition would oppose us and it would do exactly the sorts of things that it did on the last occasion. [More…]
But the majority of Australians, I believe, are now realising that the Government was right last year when it sought those Federal powers over prices and incomes. [More…]
The Minister said that the Government did not have these powers. [More…]
The States have said to the Commonwealth Government: If you want a temporary transfer of those powers ask for them and we will give them to you’, but the Government has not sought to do so. [More…]
The current alibi is: We would have controlled these things but you did not give us the powers. [More…]
The Government can get those powers by reference if it asks for them. [More…]
The Government in fact, in my view, has those powers. [More…]
I mentioned that its powers in this area generally were under considerable legal doubt. [More…]
I refer to violence in children’s programs, the number of advertisements that are shown in children’s viewing time, what programs should be shown in children’s viewing time, family viewing time, or adult viewing time and the Board’s powers generally. [More…]
The whole ambit of the powers and functions of the Board is under question, I have asked my colleague, the Attorney-General, to provide me with the benefit of senior counsel so I can have legal advice as to the real powers and functions of the Board in the light of the present law. [More…]
These extensions merely use Australian Government constitutional powers which, because of the indifference of earlier government to environmental issues, were never applied. [More…]
The people who founded the Constitution desired certain actions or gave certain powers. [More…]
In announcing the Government’s decision on the support of the wool market, I stated the intention of the Government to assist the Corporation in operating the floor price, and in its general activities in the market, by providing it with adequate powers to manage the supply of wool offered for sale, and by widening its trading powers. [More…]
I also announced that attention would be given to the possible restructuring of the board of the Corporation to provide appropriate improvements, where necessary, having regard to the additional powers to be conferred on the Corporation. [More…]
Extension of Trading Powers [More…]
Amendments are proposed in the Bill to enlarge the specific trading powers of the Corporation. [More…]
The present powers of the Corporation in this area were originally designed principally to enable it to dispose of the wool purchased under its reserve price operations, and, although they extend somewhat beyond this, they include restrictions which hamper the Corporation in some transactions. [More…]
These are very wide powers and hence the necessity for some ministerial control over their use. [More…]
It is not envisaged that the Corporation will use all of these powers immediately, but rather as and when circumstances warrant their use. [More…]
The legislation therefore provides a framework for approval to be given to the Corporation to engage in particular forms of trading activity appropriate to the needs and best interests of the wool industry, and in accordance with any guidance provided by the Minister for Agriculture concerning the exercise of those powers. [More…]
In keeping with the increased powers and responsibilities of the Corporation, its membership is being increased by adding another member with special qualifications to the existing 3 members in this category. [More…]
I do not believe there is any unreasonable licence contained within the manner of election to the Corporation or in its powers. [More…]
Powers of direction were given to the Minister in exactly the same way as this power is proposed to be given to the Minister. [More…]
I am not aware that LiberalCountry Party Governments were averse to giving powers to Ministers under certain Acts when they saw fit to do so and when it was appropriate as on many occasions it is appropriate as it is in these circumstances. [More…]
Moneys standing to the credit’ of the Market Support Trust Account may be used by the Corporation for the purchase of wool in the performance of its function or in the payment of advances to growers the marketing of whose wool has been delayed by reason of the exercise of the powers and functions of the Corporation, or may be invested in accordance with section 36 and the accounts of the Corporation shall identify amounts so used or invested. [More…]
The Bill that I now present recognises this need in a number of ways, but mainly in providing for the establishment of a strong administrative agency, which will have access to relevant information and effective powers to intervene where intervention appears to be desirable. [More…]
The need for appropriate investigatory powers [More…]
The Commission will be able to supplement this information by using powers which enable it to require information to be furnished on an ad hoc basis. [More…]
I would expect that neither the Commission nor the Governor-General would find it necessary to exercise these powers except in very special circumstances. [More…]
But it is necessary that the legislation provide the powers and thereby avoid any possibility, however remote, that a stock exchange might deliberately refuse to take action of its own accord after the need for such action has been established. [More…]
The Tribunal’s additional powers will enable it to make a large contribution in the fields of retail prices and prices of imported goods. [More…]
The Act also requires that the Corporation, in exercising its powers to borrow moneys, seek to borrow moneys principally outside Australia. [More…]
Powers and duties incidental to management of property. [More…]
The old question arises of whether it is right to have these powers in an Act of Parliament. [More…]
That seems to me to be a totally unwarranted power to give to the Minister in addition to all his other quite complete controlling and supervisory powers in relation to approval and inquiry and all the other many-sided facets of control involved in giving his approval. [More…]
It seems completely unwarranted alongside those powers for him to be given the power to revoke a decision already made. [More…]
The decision that the Government makes will certainly set the course for future action or nonaction in relation to similar powers which are taken by the Australian Government in relation to expenditure of funds by the States. [More…]
I admit the right of people to write releases as they wish about those who stand up for some remaining State powers, as indicated in this amendment. [More…]
The very sobering thought is that the public will sacrifice federation and the rights and powers of the States to get what it wants from the Federal Government. [More…]
However, our major objection to this legislation is that the determination of land prices in the Northern Territory should be one of the new powers which should be transferred to the new Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory. [More…]
If it is not it would be necessary to redeclare the area and to reinstitute the powers to acquire. [More…]
It is therefore not possible to vary the acquisition powers merely by an ordinance of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly because the powers of the Minister and the processes lie within Federal Acts. [More…]
The second stage, as to what specific powers are to go over to the new Assembly, is a matter for decision in the light of the Joint Committee ‘s recommendations. [More…]
We have limited powers and limited options available to us. [More…]
The Government had to take measures- with the restricted powers that it has in the economic circumstances which have prevailed during the past few months- to try to dampen this over-heated situation. [More…]
Senator Hall made the point, I believe quite correctly, that cost inflation is now the main problem in this economy, as well as the fact that we do not have control over our incomes and our prices- a control which this Government foresaw 12 months ago was a necessary ingredient of its powers if it was going to control a cost inflation situation. [More…]
When we sought those powers we were opposed by the Opposition. [More…]
It knew that by opposing our efforts to get those powers it would be deliberately robbing this Government of one of the most powerful weapons that it could have to fight inflation. [More…]
By a deliberate act of the Liberal and Country Parties to ensure that the Government would not be able to grapple with inflation- that was the real purpose of their opposition- we have been denied those powers. [More…]
I also accept the fact that the other night he was prepared to admit that when the proposal in relation to the powers over prices and incomes came before the Australian people last year he did not support it, that he could not see the wisdom of it. [More…]
I hope that his argument will be sufficient to convince some members of the Opposition that those powers are indeed an effective weapon which is currently being denied the Government. [More…]
Reference to the failure of the Commonwealth to have any ability to control prices and incomes ought to be set in the context that the State governments offered to refer powers in a co-operative venture, which would have been much the wisest thing to have done. [More…]
I certainly want to see the powers of the Commission upgraded so that it can pay a great deal more effective attention to pollution and the salinity of the waters of the Murray. [More…]
1 ) Has the Government extended the powers of the Textiles Authority, within the Industries Assistance Commission, to enable that Authority to recommend the restriction of textile imports to a more normal level, such as that which prevailed during 1972-73. [More…]
The matter of referral of State powers was raised by the Prime Minister at the Constitutional Convention in September 1973 and has been pursued subsequently with the States but with no results, so far as the non-Labor States are concerned. [More…]
-While Senator Baume might be right in saying there would be a good deal of obstruction to this scheme he is ignoring the disciplinary powers that the Government has. [More…]
I emphasise that if in its powers and provisions the Bill were to do those things it would have the emphatic support of the Opposition. [More…]
One of its main challenges is that it seeks to derive powers from a series of alleged heads of power. [More…]
It seeks power within the States in particular ways and it seeks power from its external powers relating to foreign treaties. [More…]
Therefore it looks to such powers as those over trade and commerce, and tourism and, of course, to its external powers. [More…]
The powers under it cover virtually anything and honourable senators should bear in mind that the Bill seeks the power to make regulations under this Treaty and some 4 others. [More…]
But to have a treaty which may be signed, as it is, and which only 4 nations out of some 100 have gone along with, and then to say that we will make regulations is stretching the powers of government and government by regulation too far. [More…]
The Opposition intends to move a series of amendments which seek to restrict powers that the Government seeks to take to itself by way of trade and commerce within the States. [More…]
It gives it external powers over exports. [More…]
The Constitution gives the Government customs power over exports and imports but it does not give it trade and commerce powers. [More…]
In the belief that to discharge its international treaty obligations it has some sort of section 92 over-fly of the States, the Commonwealth is asserting powers. [More…]
The thing that I am perturbed about- I have already alerted the Minister to this- is that when this parks system comes into being and the authority is created the Alligator River system will need effective monitoring in relation to just what powers the Director should have to control mining waste products. [More…]
I would like to be sure, if it is to be under the control of Dr Cass and future Ministers for the Environment and Conservation, that there are adequate powers to ensure that the Minister will not be subservient to perhaps some Minister for Minerals and Energy who might encourage a mineral survey in the region. [More…]
The area may, as provided in sub-clause 1 of clause 7, extend to areas of the Australian coastal sea in respect of the sea bed and sub-soil beneath it, or over a part of the continental shelf of Australia, or an area of land or sea outside the Australian coastal sea in respect of which Australia, with some other country, has certain powers. [More…]
I said in my argument that clause 69 should be deleted and that it is too wide a function to give to the Commonwealth the powers of implementing treaties by regulation. [More…]
It does not apply to any matters which are outside the constitutional powers of the Australian Government. [More…]
One can only hope that one day by constitutional referendum the powers of the Australian Parliament will be increased so that this measure can be a much more embracing one. [More…]
I feel that to give any government in Australia the powers which this Bill gives- that is, to roam into all areas of human affairs as this Bill permitsought to be scrutinised. [More…]
Having said that, I think it is important, nevertheless, to draw attention to the width of the powers and the dangers which are involved on the basis that it might even be a warning to Government that if the powers are exercised or abused in a certain way then, the Opposition, when it comes back into Government in the not too distant future will, I hope, correct and remedy some of the things contained in this legislation. [More…]
But I suggest that you cannot resolve satisfactorily these environmental protection questions by simply saying that individuals can be subjected to all sorts of impositions, to coercive powers, because the environment requires that individuals must submit to those powers. [More…]
The Corporation will have powers similar to those at present contained in the Defence Service Homes Act including the powers of construction. [More…]
In the main, the Opposition supports the additional powers which are proposed for the Wool Corporation. [More…]
We wanted to find out whether this direction applied only to the supply and management section of the Corporation’s new powers and the future operations of the Corporation in that area because when one talks about the wool industry one covers a pretty wide field. [More…]
It is rather interesting that yesterday the teachers organisation said, in effect, that we might be right about States’ powers but the money involved was so important to them that they wanted us to allow the subjugation of the States to be put into legislation concerning grants and assistance for technical education in Australia. [More…]
Therefore we have a Bill which gives greatly extended powers- far more than the Corporation needs- in regard to operating in its own right, as Senator Maunsell said, in one of the greatest industries in this country. [More…]
The whole purpose of this legislation is to strengthen the wool industry and in particular to strengthen the powers and the functions of the Australian Wool Corporation. [More…]
As has been said, because of the very great government financial involvement now in the wool industry- to the extent, when this legislation is passed, of $350m- it is incumbent on the Government to ensure that the people who are on the Corporation and the powers and functions of the Corporation are commensurate with the responsibility the Government has taken. [More…]
With regard to the question raised by Senator Hall about processing and manufacturing, it is implicit in the wool marketing report of the Corporation that the Corporation should have the powers granted in the Bill. [More…]
Naturally, the financial implications do require certain powers of direction which were recognised by our predecessors- just as they are recognised by this Government. [More…]
We were also concerned to ensure that these borrowing powers would not be expanding the present limits on borrowing by the AIDC. [More…]
It is also, I think, quite clear under the Corporation’s powers that any of the moneys borrowed by Australia on its behalf and on-lent to it will only be available to the Corporation for its assistance in projects put up to it by Australian industry. [More…]
Australian Industry Development Corporation apparently has not been able to establish itself in the international money market as being equivalent to a government institution and that it has to come before the Parliament and obtain powers whereby the Government itself has to borrow on behalf of AIDC. [More…]
However, as I have said, it is a matter of regret that the AIDC has not so fully established itself as a borrower in the international money market that it is necessary for it to come before the Parliament and request the Parliament to give these powers to the Australian Government to borrow on its behalf. [More…]
I hope that it will be able in the near future to establish itself fully in the international money market so that it will not be necessary to make use of these powers. [More…]
These persons will have coercive powers greater than members of the police forces in Australia to require persons to attend before them, to deliver up documents, to answer questions and to suffer penalties and possibly imprisonment if they do not do so. [More…]
The width of these powers has already been adverted to. [More…]
However, the power is contained in the legislation and it is a coercive power of the greatest significance because of the width of the inquiries which commissioners could undertake and the powers which they would have to compel people to appear before them. [More…]
These are arbitrary powers which would be exercised by a non-judicial officer and this type of provision should be regarded by this Parliament as inconsistent with the rule of law and the protection of liberties in this country. [More…]
Likewise, it is an offence to insult a commissioner in the exercise of his powers or the performance of his functions or duties as a commissioner, yet he has such wide-ranging functions and powers that the ordinary person may not know when a commissioner is exercising his functions or his duties. [More…]
I speak as one who is concerned that this Parliament should ever enact laws under which coercive powers can be used without restraint, guidelines or criteria to limit the way in which they could be used. [More…]
Financial Corporations Bill 1974 -Four amendments on 31 July-1 August to include as an objective of the Bill ensuring an adequate level of finance available for housing and relating to Reserve Bank powers; agreed to by the House on 2 August. [More…]
Roads Grants Bill 1974 -Two amendments on 16 August, disagreed to by the House on 23 August; Senate did not insist on its amendments and agreed on 17 September to alternative amendments made by the House; limiting Minister’s powers to require States to submit work programs and to require repayment of funds if States do work not in accordance with an approved program to urban arterial roads only; -Several amendments on 16 August to delete involvement of other Ministers and to allow for revocation of an approval only with the agreement of a State: agreed to by the House on 23 August. [More…]
2) 1974 -Amendments on S December deleting powers of direction to the Australian Wool Corporation by the Minister, reducing the proposed membership of the Corporation and removing the Corporation’s powers to obtain wool for aid programs and to process wool; disagreed to by the House of Representatives on 4 December; and not insisted on by Senate on 1 1 December. [More…]
2) 1974 -Amendments on S December deleting Ministerial powers in respect of transfer of funds by medical and hospital benefits organisations, omitting a new subsection relating to the conduct of medical and hospital benefits funds, directions to them by the Minister, examination of their records and the requisition of such funds; the deletion of a new Pan covering the conduct and supervision of the affairs of registered organisations and the deletion of a provision to extend full pharmaceutical benefits to friendly society dispensaries in Queensland and South Australia; awaiting consideration by the House of Representatives. [More…]
Australia cannot in any formal sense become a member of the Third World, because it is a generic term used to describe the developing nations of the world that are neither major powers nor industrialised countries. [More…]
Parliament last year, wider powers over supply management were given to the Australian Wool Corporation. [More…]
It must affect our trading relations with the Western powers and the United States of America. [More…]
We, as a Government, early in the piece sought additional consitutional powers. [More…]
Both Mr Clyde Cameron and the Prime Minister indicated what would happen without those powers and, of course, since then we have had continuing inflation. [More…]
We have not had those powers and I am sure that one of the reasons we did not obtain them was that our opponents- [More…]
I am not mentioning any names, but I believe that the members of the Liberal and Country Parties and some persons outside those parties were sufficiently misguided as not to understand the significance of the need for those powers at Federal level. [More…]
The whole legislative program which we have had since the Parliament assembled under a Labor Government in 1973 has been a continual attack on the powers of the States. [More…]
They have been marked by the great threat to the sovereign powers, the States and local government. [More…]
Clauses 5, 6 and 1 1 of the Bill establish the Commission and set down its functions and powers. [More…]
These features and powers are typical of corporations with comprehensive urban development functions. [More…]
In accordance with the Government’s view that the Commission must be a forceful body and be able to operate so that the rebuilding of Darwin might take place in an orderly way, clause 55 of the Bill excludes the operation of the Town Planning Ordinance 1 964- 1971 of the Territory as far as the powers and functions of the Commission are concerned. [More…]
The Bill undoubtedly considerably alters the present powers of the City of [More…]
Darwin and its town planning arrangements and the powers and so forth of the Legislative Assembly. [More…]
What I am pointing out is that the Bill does have a very wide-ranging effect, giving very great powers to the Commission and to the Minister. [More…]
In answering this question let me remind honourable senators that last year the Australian Government presented to this Parliament a Bill to amend the Broadcasting and Television Act which, if it had been enacted, would have given supervisory power to the Australian Parliament- not to the Government but to the Parliament- over the existing regulatory powers of the Broadcasting Control Board. [More…]
Everyone in the Senate in particular should realise that this Parliament determined as recently as last November that the regulatory powers should remain with the Board, not with this Parliament. [More…]
My re-reading of the debate satisfies me that Senator Withers was making the important point that the way in which the Federal Government of this country has in recent months and years treated the States, the actions by the Government both in regard to the Gair affair and in regard to the interference by constitutional amendment with the States’ rights in regard to the Senate by introducing non-State representatives and also the attacks that have constantly been made on States and the infringement of their powers have left many State leaders in a position where they considerably fear the intentions of this Government, and I think justifiably so. [More…]
Therefore it is a matter in which State leaders have the greatest of fears for the future of their powers. [More…]
The assumption was that the States, which were left with other taxing powers except the power of raising excise duties, would in the space of 10 years be able to reorganise their finances and to find other sources of revenue and after 10 years would be able to operate on thenown. [More…]
It was to have 2 pillars, one a monopoly on income tax powers by the Commonwealth and the other a reimbursement to the States of income tax revenues forgone by the States. [More…]
But, in essence, the whole approach to giving a proportion of the Commonwealth’s revenues to the States has been confined essentially to an approach as to what the States themselves had forgone by their surrender- it was hardly a surrender because it was imposed on them- of their income taxing powers. [More…]
The Bill gives the Commission and in particular the Minister very extensive powers. [More…]
The Bill sets up a Commission which is to have these very wide powers for a period of 5 years. [More…]
We do not challenge in any way the necessity for that period of 5 years for such a herculean task as this will be, but I think it is only fair to point out that the Bill gives the Commission and the Minister over this period of 5 years very extensive powers as to the replanning of Darwin. [More…]
As we read the Bill, it will give the Commission and the Minister complete powers in respect of replanning Darwin, including powers which would enable it to decide upon the closure of certain areas of Darwin. [More…]
In order to carry out the replanning and rebuilding of Darwin the Bill gives the Commission and the Minister powers to override any laws existing in the Northern Territory which may impede the Commission in its operations and which may be contrary to its own decisions. [More…]
We recognise that these powers may well be necessary in the case of the serious emergency which has arisen but they would not necessarily be required for a period of 5 years. [More…]
We must at all times bear in mind that we are setting up this Commission with such powers for a considerable time. [More…]
It seems that the powers which are given to the Minister are such that they may completely override the Commission in all respects. [More…]
Certainly it is rather surprising and disappointing that the Bill should be chock-full of ministerial powers and discretions. [More…]
The extent of the powers are such that the Commission by and large is virtually an arm of the Minister. [More…]
Therefore we believe that there should be some limitations on the powers of the Minister. [More…]
Here again we come back to these extraordinary powers of the Minister. [More…]
The other amendment of consequencehopefully all our amendments are of consequence but I cannot detail them all now- which I should mention at this stage because it is a matter of policy relates to the town planning functions and powers of the Commission. [More…]
As I have already indicated, they are very considerable powers indeed. [More…]
The Opposition does not intend to take away any of those powers although it has indicated some limits within which the Minister should exercise his powers. [More…]
We concede that such powers will be necessary for this Commission to do its job properly. [More…]
-The Bill gives to a Commission extraordinary powers. [More…]
-Of replanning, yes; but the real essence is the approach to the emergency powers. [More…]
The emergency powers have been given to deal with an emergency situation, but the honourable senator will agree with me that the manner in which these emergency powers are employed is the real consideration. [More…]
Reference was made to the term of the Commission but it is a maximum term and it is quite possible that in 18 months or 2 years the powers of the Commission can be limited. [More…]
Despite the powers that the Darwin Reconstruction Commission will accept it will still remain under the direction of the Minister. [More…]
The Commission shall comply with any directions given to it by the Minister with respect to the performance of its functions or the exercise of its powers. [More…]
The Chairman of the Commission, who is an outstanding Australian, has his potential powers totally emasculated by this Bill. [More…]
Let nobody think that the appointment of Sir Leslie Thiess as the Chairman of the Commission will enable Sir Leslie to bring his undoubted powers to bear in Darwin. [More…]
All the town planning powers and every rule of law that normally exists is being swept aside and the Commission is being given overriding powers. [More…]
It is not going to get away with the argument that it wants police powers, military type powers, for 5 years. [More…]
I see nothing wrong with giving to the Minister the powers which have been provided in State parliaments and which up till now have been provided in the national Parliament by the previous Government and the present Government. [More…]
That Commission which was appointed by the Askin Government was designed to remove certain powers of the elected representatives and to vest them in the general manager. [More…]
I believe that the Minister for Northern Development and the Minister for the Northern Territory, who has spent a great deal of time in Darwin since the tragedy, and the Minister for Urban and Regional Development have shown that they want to use the powers of persuasion and discussion in order to resolve these difficulties. [More…]
On page 3 under the heading ‘Part II- Establishment, Functions and Powers of the Darwin Reconstruction Commission’, clause 5 reads: [More…]
Mr President, this Bill provides for powers to deal with intrusions by Indonesian Fishermen into waters under Australian jurisdiction adjacent to our north-west coast. [More…]
Clause 4 extends the existing powers of officers authorising them to board and search fishing vessels, to cover all foreign fishing vessels in the declared fishing zone. [More…]
Papua New Guinea now enjoys full fishery powers and does not issue Australian licences. [More…]
That figure is based on town planning advice to take into the powers of the Commission all those matters that are necessary to develop a properly planned city. [More…]
As I have indicated already in my speech at the second reading stage of the Bill, the Opposition believes it is important that the Minister who is given such extensive powers under this Bill should be clearly identified, and that the Minister should be the Minister for the Northern Territory. [More…]
I do not propose to read the functions fully but they do give the most extensive powers to this Commission, the nature of which I dealt with in my speech yesterday. [More…]
In particular they give to the Commission and to the Minister extensive town planning roles and powers. [More…]
The Opposition attaches very great importance to this amendment which is designed to ensure that any planning determinations, any new town plan or any determination affecting the use of land within these very wide powers should at least be made available for public inspection and public consideration and that anybody who is affected by that plan should have the opportunity of objecting to it and having his objections heard by the Commission. [More…]
The Commission is to take over from the few people who at present have emergency powers in Darwin. [More…]
No one has objected to those emergency powers being held by 1, 2, 3 or 4 people. [More…]
By this legislation those emergency powers will be passed to the Commission. [More…]
We hope that the powers we give to the Commission might not be necessary after 12 months but we think they are necessary now. [More…]
The whole thrust of the Bill is to take powers away from the administration in Darwin, to invest them in this huge Darwin Reconstruction Commission and to ignore to a large extent the wishes of the people of Darwin. [More…]
There are powers, which will be dealt with later, whereby the Commission can authorise people to go on to other people’s land and demolish the buildings that are there. [More…]
In a matter of three or six or twelve months, if these powers were exercised, people would say: ‘What are our rights in the matter?’ [More…]
Clause 9 gives the widest conceivable powers to the Minister under the Bill. [More…]
The Commission shall comply with any directions given to it by the Minister with respect to the performance of its functions or the exercise of its powers. [More…]
The Minister has powers to curtail the activities of the Commission and to hand them over to local government or local control as fast as possible. [More…]
But now we have a whole city devastated and what we are doing is bringing down emergency provisions to give emergency powers. [More…]
It will delay the reconstruction of Darwin and the passing over of powers from the Commission to authorities or a corporate institution in Darwin which will have to bear the full burden. [More…]
The Government did not declare a state of emergency but by means of legislation it is seeking emergency powers to enable a Commission to do this work. [More…]
We understood that it was to have powers to cope with it but what did we find when the Government brought down this Bill? [More…]
It seems to me a very fair compromise between the powers which we on this side of the chamber think the Darwin Reconstruction Commission ought to have and the powers which the Government thinks it ought to have. [More…]
Because we believe that it is important that a Bill like this and the powers contained in it should not be wider than necessary we are moving to restrict the power under this clause to the Darwin area rather than to the whole of the Territory. [More…]
As we own the land, we will be compelled to take action to develop the store outside the powers granted to the Commission. [More…]
It is very pleasing to note that the Minister is having regard to the rights of individuals who could be seriously affected by such overweening powers as would be contained in these clauses if they were not amended in accordance with my motion. [More…]
The Commission may commence to perform its functions and exercise its powers when the Chairman, the General Manager or an Acting General Manager, and 2 other members have been appointed and the performance of the functions or the exercise of the powers of the Commission is not affected by reason only of there being a vacancy or vacancies in the membership of the Commission. [More…]
Its amendment to clause 18 (3) states that the Commission may commence to perform its functions and exercise its powers when the Chairman, the General Manager and or an Acting General Manager, and 2 other members have been appointed. [More…]
Commission may commence to perform its functions and exercise its powers when the Chairman, the General Manager or an Acting General Manager, and 2 other members have been appointed . [More…]
The Commission may commence to perform its functions and exercise its powers when the Chairman, the Acting General Manager and 3 other members have been appointed . [More…]
As far as the attitude of the Assembly is concerned, on 2 January this year, within a few days of the cyclone, the Assembly met and passed a motion commending the Government for its prompt action following the cyclone and, furthermore, it introduced and passed an emergency powers Bill at the request of the Government. [More…]
It should be widely known that on 2 January the Legislative Assembly met and gave emergency powers to the Government. [More…]
where the Council thinks it desirable to do so, to give advice to the Commission in relation to any matter that is likely to affect the interests of persons who are or become resident in the Darwin Area and in relation to which the Commission may exercise its powers or perform its functions; and [More…]
to give advice to the Commission on any matter referred to the Council by the Commission in connexion with the exercise of those powers, the performance of those functions or the operation of this Act. [More…]
Where the Council thinks it desirable to do so, to give advice to the Commission in relation to any matter that is likely to affect the interests of persons who are or become resident in the Darwin Area and in relation to which the Commission may exercise its powers or perform its functions; [More…]
This Bill gives quite extraordinary powers to the Darwin Reconstruction Commission in the reconstruction of the Darwin area. [More…]
Quite properly, the Commission should have extraordinary powers. [More…]
for suspending or modifying, or adapting for the purposes of this Act, the operation of a law of the Territory dealing with a matter to which the functions or powers of the Commission relate; [More…]
This clause gives the Governor-General power to make regulations for suspending, modifying or adapting for the purposes of this proposed Act the operation of a law of the Northern Territory dealing with a matter to which the functions or powers of the Commission relate. [More…]
We believe that this is another one of these very wide dragnet powers, albeit one which can be exercised by regulation and albeit a fact that that regulation can be disallowed by Parliament. [More…]
It would be unfortunate if the only way in which any change in laws which are within the jurisdiction and powers of that Assembly could be brought about was by disallowance of regulations here in this Parliament. [More…]
The Commission appears to have the most ample powers to make decisions in regard to the replanning and reconstruction of Darwin. [More…]
Its decisions will undoubtedly affect a good many of the existing laws by virtue of the powers that are given anyway under this Bill. [More…]
We have no plans to use them, but one can envisage that in a drastic operation of reconstruction within a 5-year period the Commission cannot be held up if the Parliament thinks it is permissible and reasonable to give it powers over some local regulation which would hold it up. [More…]
I submit to you, Mr Chairman, and honourable senators, that this is an emergency, that the Government must have this power and that it can be relied upon that the powers will not be abused. [More…]
This provision does not give power as such to the Executive; it gives regulating powers to the Executive that makes the regulation. [More…]
The powers of the Grants Commission were extended to enable it to make recommendations for direct grants to local government bodies. [More…]
It stands, amongst other things, for amendment of the Australian Constitution to clothe the Parliament of Australia with such plenary powers as are necessary and desirable to achieve international co-operation, national planning and the party’s economic and social objectives. [More…]
In the speech which I have just quoted he canvassed a number of ways in which Labor could tackle constitutional reform either through ordinary amendment or by using different devices such as State governments referring powers to the Commonwealth. [More…]
He put a paper headed ‘Labor Policies and Commonwealth Powers ‘ to that Conference. [More…]
Later, and more dramatically, after the Second World War, when the Commonwealth endeavoured to establish that it should retain the uniform taxing powers, there was another case called Victoria v. The Commonwealth, reported in 99 Commonwealth Law Reports in 1957. [More…]
This means that the power conferred by that provision is well exercised although ( I ) the State is bound to apply the money specifically to an object that has been denned, (2) the object is outside the powers of the Commonwealth, (3) the payments are left to the discretion of the Commonwealth Minister, (4) the money is provided as the Commonwealth’s contribution to an object for which the State is also to contribute funds. [More…]
They will find that other factors, which this Government predicted late in 1973 and which were the reason why we sought the prices and incomes powers for the Federal Government, contributed mainly to the unemployment in 1974. [More…]
While noting that other motions considered at the meeting calling for stringent action are still the subject of a postal ballot, I ask: ( 1 ) Is the Minister aware of the strong objections of most Victorian solicitors to the development of a Government service under no statutory authority, operating beyond the constitutional powers of the Commonwealth and under no agreement or arrangement with other legal aid services which have operated effectively in this area for many years? [More…]
So too are the functions the Council will have to meet, the Government’s objectives for the arts and the powers the Government believes are necessary to achieve those objectives. [More…]
Subject to the directions of the Minister, the Council will be required to delegate functions and powers to the boards, and each board will be responsible for developing policies in its own area of the arts. [More…]
Clause 8 in the present Bill empowers the Minister to give directions to the Commission ‘with respect to the exercise of its powers or the performance of its functions’, but excludes him from giving a direction with respect to ‘a particular project’ except in the case of films to be produced for the Government itself. [More…]
In the exercise and performance of its powers, duties, functions and authorities the Corporation shall, except where it is required to make a recommendation to the Minister, be subject to the general control and direction of the Minister. [More…]
This Bill also diners from the original legislation proposed last year in provisions relating to the powers of the Film Commission to impose an Australian short film’ quota for Australian cinemas. [More…]
In this regard the Government has closely considered the text of the debate that took place in the Senate in the last sessional period and as a result of suggestions by some honourable senators, the Government is now ensuring that Parliament should scrutinise the operations of the Commission, and the exercise by the Commission of its quotamaking powers. [More…]
Other minor amendments suggested by honourable senators have been incorporated in this new Bill in areas dealing with the delegation of the Commission’s powers or functions, and with the level of fines for a breach of secrecy. [More…]
I should be grateful to know whether the Government of Australia in its pourparlers with the Government in Jakarta has obtained understandings which have been reduced to writing so that there can be no equivocation when this Bill becomes law and is given royal assent on whether the process for which the powers are assumed and will be assumed by the Australian Government in the context of Australian fisheries can be sustained. [More…]
This Bill will not in any way disturb the balance of powers between the Commonwealth and the States. [More…]
The first was that there should be no appeal from a decision of the High Court on a matter involving the limits inter se of the constitutional powers of the Commonwealth, and those of any State or States without the certificate of the High Court. [More…]
With those guidelines, sincere people desiring to expose but not to expand the true constitutional limits would say: ‘When Federation was established we established a High Court and a federal judiciary’, which in relation to the next Bill to be debated by the Senate I shall try to demonstrate that the Government is seeking to confuse and condemn the country by exploitation ‘but in the State sphere we maintained the Supreme Courts, the State judiciaries, the State Constitutions, the State powers and the State laws’. [More…]
One was the very wide powers of the Minister and the discretions that were given to both the Minister and the Commission. [More…]
The second area was the arbitrary powers that appeared to be given to the Commission without any rights of appeal or compensation. [More…]
The fourth area of concern was the powers of the General Manager and his position, not as a servant of the Commission, but as an appointee of the Governor-General. [More…]
The Opposition is disappointed and concerned that the Government has not seen fit to accept its amendment which endeavoured to attenuate the powers of the Minister generally to give directions to the Commission. [More…]
Secondly, there are the inter se questions as to the constitutional powers of the Commonwealth and the States which the High Court may certify as properly appealable to the Privy Council. [More…]
The resolution of those difficulties resulted in the compromise which is now section 74 of the Constitution, and the powers which were conferred upon the Commonwealth Parliament under secion 74 are now fully utilised in the only way in which one can have an exclusive legislative fulfilment. [More…]
In respect of the original jurisdiction, the Bill proposes to gather in various powers of administration of the law that are now occupied by the High Court and also by the State courts, particularly in relation to taxation matters. [More…]
It is not an attack on the powers of State courts, powers which in Federal matters they have fortuitously held for three-quarters of a century because they existed at the time of Federation. [More…]
We have the Federal Court of Bankruptcy, the Industrial Court, the Family Court- established under the Family Law Bill as this Senate agreed to it; it is not law yet- 6 separate State supreme courts, the supreme courts of the 2 Territories and a host of courts too numerous to count, such as courts of summary jurisdiction which exercise judicial powers under laws passed by the Australian Parliament, and courts which have to be taken, according to a decision of the High Court, as they are found for the purpose of the exercise by them of Federal jurisdiction. [More…]
Firstly, it is designed to create a coherent judicial system on a national basis in relation to matters which arise because of the exercise by this Parliament of its legislative powers. [More…]
Every time a piece of legislation is introduced which has some impingement, be it great or small, on the so-called rights or so-called powers of the States the Opposition raises a cry and opposes the legislation. [More…]
It is designed to transfer powers from the States to [More…]
There is, as I have said, that difference between the powers which the Commonwealth has and the powers which the Americans have which makes it unnecessary for us to follow their example. [More…]
Here is a case in industrial law in Australia where there is a long standing, crying evil due to the fact that we have an equivalent of the American system, that is, 2 different competing systems of law based on different constitutional powers being exercised by State courts and by Federal courts. [More…]
These powers cannot be exercised by the Government until the High Court determines that the Commonwealth Government has the sovereignty and the power to exercise the powers that are contained in this Bill. [More…]
But I would say that the attitudes which he has expressed and the actions which he has taken in relation to the administration of such powers as he has under the present laws- the Petroleum and Submerged Lands Act and other Acts which have been passed by this Parliament, namely, the Pipeline Authority Act and the Petroleum and Minerals Authority Act- do not give us any reason to believe that these powers conferred by this Bill would be wisely exercised. [More…]
What we are being asked to do here is to give these vast powers to a government and a Minister who in our view have caused some of the most retrograde actions to be taken in relation to the development of our off-shore resources that one could imagine. [More…]
Having seen what he has done and said in regard to oil and gas exploration, why on earth would this Senate, and certainly this Opposition, be expected to give him the sorts of powers he is seeking here in regard to the exploration for and the development of minerals generally on the continental shelf. [More…]
Even if we were minded in any way to let this legislation pass, we certainly could not be expected to do so when we are so deeply concerned about the way in which the Minister might exercise such powers. [More…]
It is quite clear that his intention is that if he has these sorts of powers in relation to the off-shore areas preference will be given to the Petroleum and Minerals Authority in the selection of the choice areas for exploration. [More…]
It is for those general reasons that we are not prepared to give such powers as this Bill contains to a Government whose policies are not positive and constructive in these matters. [More…]
I assume that the spokesman for the Liberal Party had the full consent of his Party when he said that if these powers are granted to the Commonwealth they may be misused. [More…]
That is a lot of political poppycock, because there are States in this country today misusing the powers they already have. [More…]
The States have ceded powers to the central government. [More…]
How much more is it necessary for the powers over resources, over minerals both on-shore and off-shore, to be vested in the central government? [More…]
But it is generally regarded as an open question whether the Commonwealth may successfully claim that ‘rights’ or ‘powers’- as distinct from duties or obligations- accruing to Australia under international conventions will entitle it to legislate to give effect to them. [More…]
I have cited those 2 examples but we can go even more into this interference and how far this Government will go to obtain maximum powers by this legislation. [More…]
Under the provisions of the Bill the Minister has extensive powers whereby he can take unto himself directions in so many ways. [More…]
The Minister may, by instrument in writing, delegate to an officer of the Australian Public Service, either generally or otherwise as provided in the instrument of delegation, all or any of his powers or functions under this Act, the Royalty Act or the regulations, except this power of delegation. [More…]
Not even the Minister should give his personal attention to all those matters under section 10 as he can delegate any one of those powers to any member of the Public Service. [More…]
So, having given to the Government the right to test its constitutional authority to mine for minerals in the off-shore zone, we are unwilling to apply to that off-shore zone- whereas to oil there is a co-operative arrangement with the States, each State administering its own designated area- an administrative patchwork, for other minerals in the same area, that has its origin in the genius of Connor to give directions on any subject notwithstanding the laws of the Australian Capital Territory purported to be applied to it and with the Minister having the right to delegate any of his powers to any officer of the Public Service. [More…]
He concentrated on the powers of direction given to the Minister, this terrible man whom we have heard castigated before in this chamber- Mr Connor, the Minister for Minerals and Energywho has probably done more to protect the interests of Australia in 2 years than any other person has done in the history of this country. [More…]
I also point out that the powers of the Minister under this Bill are similar to the powers under the petroleum legislation, an Act that Senator Wright was prepared to defend during the time that he spoke. [More…]
Because of the method of appointment of the Magistrate and the fact that he did not have the privileges and powers of a royal commission, his report cannot be made public. [More…]
As I have said on so many occasions, we have endeavoured to obtain powers over prices and incomes at the Federal level. [More…]
It is apparent, too, when we look at the legislation that has been passed during the term of this Government, the legislation which was passed during the Joint Sitting of Parliament which has given the Minister for Social Security very wide powers for direct control over hospitals, both public and private. [More…]
There are three particular powers to which I refer. [More…]
The Minister has powers to determine the registration and deregistration of hospitals under section 132 of the Health Insurance Act 1973. [More…]
The Minister is given wide powers to determine the nature and function of a hospital under sections 24, 25 and 34 and the Minister has unlimited powers of inspection of hospitals and their records under sections 36, 37 and 133. [More…]
It is of some concern to private hospitals in Australia that in respect of those very wide powers which I have stated there is no right of appeal against any decisions of the Minister in any of the matters which are subject to his control. [More…]
He will know that in the war years a poster used to go out to define the difference between a democratic society and that of the Axis powers- a dictatorship society. [More…]
These included possible Government involvement in the Australian capital market and industrial structure arising from the proposed additional powers, extended functions and privileges of the Australian Industry Development Corporation; the implications for other financial institutions in the money and capital market arising from the financing activities of the AIDC and the NIF; the consequent implications for resource use in the economy and the attainment of other economic and social objectives. [More…]
The Opposition’s attitude in these circumstances is that in relation to the Bill to amend the Australian Industry Development Corporation Act by extending the Corporation’s powers and functions in certain respects- I will deal with that in a moment, despite the fact that we have not had the advantage of the study of the Senate Committee- there could be some merit in these proposals. [More…]
The second extension of the activities of the AIDC is in relation to its powers and here perhaps we ought to register some greater concern at this proposal because it seeks to give the Corporation power to borrow moneys both within and outside Australia, in those broad terms. [More…]
The next increase in the powers of the AIDC is in relation to the establishment of a National Interest Division. [More…]
This is the area of the extension of powers of the AIDC that gives us on the Opposition side the greatest concern. [More…]
So, although the Opposition has very grave reservations about this extension of the powers of the AIDC, we are prepared to let the Bill pass because of the control which will be exercised on any activity of that kind by the Government and the AIDC through the Parliament. [More…]
When we look at its performance insofar as the carrying out of its borrowing operations is concerned we find again that it is falling far short of its charter and its powers. [More…]
The decision-making, the powers, lie in the private sector. [More…]
The Opposition now is in a position, but later than it would have liked, to agree to pass a Bill to expand the powers of the Corporation with the restraints that the Opposition believes are necessary, and always has believed were necessary. [More…]
I understand the Minister has had in mind for some time revising the powers, functions and composition of the Australian Dairy Produce Board in order more effectively to meet the present day demands of the market place. [More…]
The restructuring does not relate so much to the powers of the Board because they are currently fairly wide, but the composition is certainly under review. [More…]
The Committee’s report is designed to define the nature of its powers and its place in A.C.T. [More…]
This is an exercise that can only really begin once the powers of the Legislative Assembly and the range of functions to come under its control have been determined. [More…]
It follows from the Constitutional position, as we understand it, that it is rather for the national Government to retain powers unto itself than to prescribe a series of functions to be transferred to local control. [More…]
Our approach has therefore been to determine the powers that the Commonwealth should retain rather than the powers that the local assembly should have. [More…]
We were also interested to see that the Commission will no longer have very wide ranging powers as it had in the original Bill with regard to the requiring of information so that it may keep itself informed as to the film industry. [More…]
We were also pleased to see that the clause with regard to delegation powers has been changed. [More…]
Compared to those 2 pieces of legislation, the powers of the Minister under the Australian Film Commission Bill are comparatively restricted. [More…]
In the exercise and performance of its powers - [More…]
That is, the powers of the South Australian Film Corporation- duties functions and authorities the Corporation shall, except where it is required to make a recommendation to the Minister, be subject to the general control and direction of the Minister. [More…]
Primarily we were disposed to try to ensure that the Bill did not in any way encroach upon the rights of existing States and State governments in terms of their own legislature and their own sovereign powers over land in terms outlined in this Bill. [More…]
The Opposition said then that there were the gravest dangers in giving regulation powers to any Government under an Act derived from conventions or treaties made with foreign governments and in particular such treaties being those that have never been tabled in a parliament, debated in a parliament or the derivative legislation from those treaties being made. [More…]
Equally, there is some question whether the Government has the constitutional powers to go as far as it has gone in the Bill. [More…]
The Bill provides for the establishment of a council of 18 to 24 members to carry out the general function of planning and supervising the development of the arts in Australia and for the establishment of various boards to which the powers of the Council may be delegated. [More…]
Clause 7 provides that the Council may delegate its powers and functions and specific tasks and so on to the respective boards. [More…]
I do not want to go off into that area because 1 dare say we will be doing that tomorrow in another Bill that will be before this Parliament, but it ought to be borne in mind that this Government has endeavoured to restrict the increase in the inflation rate to the maximum of its capacity, bearing in mind that it has limitations on its powers. [More…]
The Australian Government does not have complete constitutional power to perform all housing functions, but it does have substantial powers. [More…]
Those powers have been used in this Bill to create machinery which will give this Government and its successors a powerful new vehicle, capable if properly directed of fulfilling our national housing aspirations. [More…]
The Corporation will have powers similar to those at present contained in the Defence Service Homes Act, including the powers of construction. [More…]
A perfect vehicle cannot be fashioned while federal powers in this field remain fragmentary. [More…]
Section SO of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after sub-section ( 5B) the following sub-section:- (5C) Every member of a Promotions Appeal Committee shall before proceeding to perform the duties or exercise the powers of a member of a Promotion Appeal Committee take an oath or make an affirmation in the form in Schedule 6. [More…]
by inserting after sub-section (6) the following subsection: “(7) Every member of an Appeal Board shall, before proceeding to perform the duties or exercise the powers of a member of an Appeal Board, take an oath or make an affirmation in the form of Schedule 5. [More…]
I, … do swear that I will well and truly serve our Sovereign Lady the Queen as a member of the Appeal Board constituted under the Public Service Act 1922-19 , for the purpose of the appeal made by (here insert name of appellant) (or in the case of the Chairman or elected representative of the Division to which the appellant belongs as a member of any Appeal Board constituted under the Public Service Act 1922-19 , of which I may be a member) and that I will perform the duties and exercise the powers imposed or conferred upon me as such member without fear or favour affection or ill-will. [More…]
do solemnly and sincerely affirm and declare that I will well and truly serve our Sovereign Lady the Queen as a memberof the Appeal Board constituted under the Public Service Act 1922-19 , for the purpose of the appeal made by (here insert name of appellant) (or in the case of the Chairman or elected representative of the Division to which the appellant belongs as a member of any Appeal Board constituted under the Public Service Act 1922-19 , of which I may be a member) and that I will perform the duties and exercise the powers imposed or conferred upon me as such member without fear or favour affection or illwill. [More…]
I, … do swear that I will well and truly serve our Sovereign Lady the Queen as a member of a Promotions Appeal Committee constituted under the Public Service Act 1 922- 19 and that I will perform the duties and exercise the powers imposed or conferred upon me as such member without fear or favour affection or ill-will. [More…]
I, … do solemnly and sincerely affirm and declare that I will well and truly serve our Sovereign Lady the Queen as a member of a Promotions Appeal Committee constituted under the Public Service Act 1922-19 and that I will perform the duties and exercise the powers imposed or conferred upon me as such member without fear or favour affection or ill-will. [More…]
I have been looking at some of these issues in the light of the Senate’s position, ability and powers. [More…]
Accordingly, I have asked my colleague, Senator Sir Magnus Cormack, and I hope Senator Wright might join later, to make sure for us in the light of their knowledge where the Senate ‘s powers in these matters begin and end. [More…]
Looking at the Senate as an institution and its financial powers, I believe that we ought to regard ourselves continuously as an inspecting House of Parliament. [More…]
But more importantly than that, was it not Senator Wright, and I would say Senator Wood also, who also opposed this Government’s proposals on income powers in 1973? [More…]
It would not matter, Mr Deputy President, with respect, whether a Labor or a Liberal government were in office because if we are going to be effective we would need those powers at the Federal level. [More…]
However, I am reluctant to take a course which may limit the Senate’s powers. [More…]
I have been looking at some of these issues in the light of the Senate ‘s position, ability and powers. [More…]
Looking at the Senate as an institution and its financial powers, I believe that we ought to regard ourselves continuously as an inspecting House of Parliament. [More…]
I do not want to do Senator Cotton a disservice but I was very interested to see that he introduced this concept of the powers of the Senate. [More…]
The Bill that I now present recognises this need in a number of ways, but mainly in providing for the establishment of a strong administrative agency, which will have access to relevant information and effective powers to intervene where intervention appears to be desirable. [More…]
The Need for Appropriate Investigatory Powers [More…]
The Commission will be able to supplement this information by using powers which enable it to require information to be furnished on an ad hoc basis. [More…]
I would expect that neither the Commission nor the Governor-General would find it necessary to exercise these powers except in very special circumstances. [More…]
But it is necessary that the legislation provide the powers and thereby avoid any possibility, however remote, that a stock exchange might deliberately refuse to take action of its own accord after the need for such action has been established. [More…]
The main purpose of this Bill is to amend certain provisions of the Commonwealth Railways Act 1917-1973 in order to create the Australian National Railways Commission thus providing for the increasingly wider functions and responsibilities of Commonwealth Railways including the transfer of State railways; to ensure that the powers, duties and functions of the proposed Commission are, where possible, consistent with other statutory authorities with a similar nature; to make amendments to the Act, which will bring it into line with current commercial practices of statutory authorities; and to overcome administrative problems raised by the Auditor-General. [More…]
The amendments will also enable the proposed Commission effectively to perform its role as one of Australia’s major rail systems and provide it with the organisational structure and operational powers necessary for it to consolidate into a single system the State railways that may be transferred under the Government’s rail transfer program. [More…]
Consequently it is essential that the Commission be established now, and be given the necessary structure, powers and functions for it to operate as an efficient statutory authority charged with making a vital contribution to Australia’s national transport system. [More…]
Within the Bill we find several provisions which give considerable powers to the Minister. [More…]
The powers which are of importance are those which enable the Minister to request an organisation to show why it should not be investigated in relation to specified matters. [More…]
It seems to me that the very wide powers and perhaps the intention that these powers suggest for the winding up and management of the health funds do lead into an area where, if this Bill were given assent and were enacted, these gaps could not be covered for the Australian people. [More…]
Our basic objection to the Bill is, without any question at all, that it does give the Minister absolute and dictatorial powers over the operations in the future of the private health funds. [More…]
Those powers could be used indiscriminately and for the ultimate or immediate destruction of the health funds. [More…]
I indicate on behalf of the Opposition that at this time we cannot see that it would be in the interests of the Australian public for such wide ranging powers to be asserted by the Minister over the operations of the private health funds. [More…]
In the following paragraphs the Committee discussed the sort of powers which there should be over the funds. [More…]
It may be said that in some respects the powers given to the Minister should have been given in another way. [More…]
3) to be obnoxious primarily because of the huge powers that will be given to the Minister if it is enacted. [More…]
Surely this cannot be termed the dictatorial powers of the Minister. [More…]
The payment of this subsidy is a good reason why the Government should have some overriding supervisory powers over the voluntary health system. [More…]
It is important that the Government should have these powers because under the present set-up this is the only way in which the contributors to the voluntary health funds, who are the voters of this country, can get any powers or exercise any supervision at all over these funds. [More…]
Surely the fact that the Minister is responsible to the Parliament and that he has to go through judicial procedures to put in a manager is as much a safeguard as you will get in any sort of ministerial powers. [More…]
It will claim, no doubt, that it is doing this under the specific powers that it has in the Constitution. [More…]
By co-operation and consultation with the States it has all the powers necessary to bring in a Bill that will cover all Australians. [More…]
Finally, at least some of the proposed powers are of very dubious constitutional validity. [More…]
What the Government is doing is bringing in a monopoly competitor, and that competitor under this Bill would be equipped with very special powers to override and to trample down the others. [More…]
Indeed, my own view is that the Commonwealth has gone wider than its direct powers. [More…]
Obviously it aims to set up a large housing corporation that will give to the Canberra bureaucracy powers that at present are dis’Lryified. [More…]
Those problems are not solved by the Government transferring a group of people into a new bureaucracy, nominating a sum of money and saying: ‘Now we will do it, and we will do it under some special powers’. [More…]
The Australian Government does not have complete constitutional power to perform all housing functions, but it does have substantial powers. [More…]
Those powers have been used in this Bill to create machinery which will give this Government and its successors a powerful new vehicle, capable if properly directed of fulfilling our national housing aspirations. [More…]
I suggest that the proposed legislation goes much further than consolidating the present powers of the Commonwealth in that it assumes authority for areas of responsibility which previously were held to be the preserves of the States. [More…]
It applies incidental powers under the Commonwealth Constitution in a comprehensive and exclusive manner. [More…]
We have powers in the Australian Capital Territory and also in the Northern Territory- [More…]
That is one of the constitutional powers that we have. [More…]
We are in the same position today in respect of our limited powers. [More…]
When entry permits are issued the children will legally become wards of the Minister for Social Security, but in practice his powers and functions will be undertaken by the State child welfare departments. [More…]
The great thing about the lifting of the cold war is that it suits countries such as Australia and the middle and lesser powers. [More…]
Today we have a government that is respected in the Asian area and by the great powers of the West. [More…]
He scarcely mentioned the role of other communist powers in increasing the supply of arms and material to South-East Asia before this invasion. [More…]
The third point is that the discretionary character of the many powers which are being sought under this Bill suggests that the Bill is designed to secure power just for the sake of having power. [More…]
There is singularly little in the Bill or in the Minister’s second reading speech which explains why powers of this wide description are required. [More…]
Why should it not be removed as an unwarranted intrusion and not justifiable in the light of all the other powers contained in the Bill? [More…]
The proposed corporation and exchange commission will have enormous powersfrighteningly wide powers. [More…]
Yet bit by bit a quite vast array of powerful regulatory legislation is being built up in Canberra giving a variety of bodies a range of powers that would have been quite unthought of just a couple of years ago- in fact even now a great many of us are only slowly becoming aware of just how extensive this armoury of powers already is- the Prices Justification Tribunal, the Trade Practices Commission and next the Corporations and Exchange Commission. [More…]
It can be argued that governments are entitled to exercise powers with regard to the securities industry, with regard to some other industries, and with regard to some operations of the commercial sector. [More…]
If we are to have a transition in this area from exclusive State powers to a dual system of regulation or legislation, we believe that the Bill ought to be considered in that context. [More…]
It has been said also that this Bill does not provide sufficient rights of appeal against many of the powers that will exist in the hands of the Corporations and Exchange Commission. [More…]
To suggest that there is no complexity in this legislation and to suggest that there could not be confusion would be to overlook all of the views of the States as to the way in which they have needed to co-operate to develop some sort of corporate affairs system which allows them to use their powers in co-operation with one another. [More…]
The sorts of things that have been said by honourable senators on this side of the chamber surely are sufficient to enable members of the Government to understand that to place this Bill before the committee is to seek an opportunity to investigate the relationship of the clauses of the Bill, the powers of the Commission - [More…]
We are debating the Government’s Bill to set up a corporations and exchange commission and to clothe that commission and indeed the Government itself with vast powers of investigation and control not only of the whole of the securities industry but also of public corporations throughout Australia. [More…]
Having said that there ought to be a national regulatory body or a securities commission, the question arises as to the nature of the body that is desirable, what its powers should be, how it should operate and so on. [More…]
We do not see a national securities exchange commission as a great bureaucratic structure, floundering around, hamstrung by numerous restrictions, with a vast bureaucracy with great powers of penetration into every transaction of the most minute and irrelevant character that may be carried on in the securities industry. [More…]
I wish to speak no longer than to say that I think it should be set out clearly in writing just who the chairman of this very important committee will be which will study this Bill designed to institute very wide ranging and new regulatory powers if it is passed or in part passed in this parliament. [More…]
There are additional matters of great importance which such a committee should consider, namely, the constitutional powers which may justify this Bill. [More…]
Does this Bill in fact exceed the constitutional powers of the Parliament? [More…]
It must never be forgotten that under the Constitution the powers that we are concerned with as a national Parliament are those in relation to foreign corporations and trading or financial corporations formed within the limits of the power of the Commonwealth. [More…]
Suggestions have been made- I do not necessarily adopt them but I say that they must surely receive very earnest considerationthat in fact some parts of this Bill and some parts of the regulation of corporations are beyond the powers of the national Parliament. [More…]
Then there is the very difficult question, as I see it, to determine where exactly the line is drawn and just exactly what powers are needed relating to companies to enable a securities exchange to operate. [More…]
I turn to another aspect of this Bill- the regulation and rule making powers which are contained in the Bill to an enormous degree. [More…]
This Bill contains not only those general regulation powers but also something like 84 clauses under which matters can be prescribed and regulations made. [More…]
Without limiting the powers of the Commission to transport passengers and goods on the railways, the Commission may transport passengers and goods for reward by land, otherwise than on the railways . [More…]
Without limiting the powers of the Commission to transport passengers and goods on the railways, the Commission may (as incidental or supplementary to, or in association with, the transport of passengers or goods on the railways) transport passengers and goods for reward by land, otherwise than on the railways . [More…]
Last year, the South Australian Minister for Transport (Mr Virgo) was concerned that in any transfer of powers, standards and facilities might be less than those prevailing at present. [More…]
I refer now to the nature of the Commission and the powers that are proposed for it. [More…]
It should not go over the ground that has been so diligently investigated by the Rae Committee, but taking the report which has been produced, even in the absence of the chapter dealing with Queensland Mines and other recommendations that the Committee was going to make, the parliamentary committee should consider the appropriateness of this Bill to effectuate the purpose that should be given expression to by the Parliament to get stability and integrity in the industry, and to establish as the guardian and the supervisor of the industry with executive powers that are effective, a securities and exchange commission for the purposes similar but not coterminous with those of the American legislation. [More…]
It said it was satisfied that the interests of this nation’s economy, growth and welfare, as well as the interests of all those persons and corporations, both within and without Australia, who are involved in the securities industry require that the Commonwealth Government exercise the powers given to it at Federation to legislate with respect to the securities industry. [More…]
Do they assist people with the drawing up of wills and powers of attorney? [More…]
The Offices prepare simple documents such as simple wills or powers of attorney. [More…]
In Canada, compulsory evidencegathering powers are given to Human Rights Commissions and similar powers are vested in the Race Relations Conciliator established by New Zealand legislation. [More…]
The absence of evidencegathering powers in the United Kingdom legislation has been said to impede seriously the effectiveness of the Race Relations Board under that legislation. [More…]
Clause 5 lists the functions, and clause 6 the powers, of the Centre. [More…]
The powers comprise those necessary for the discharge of the functions, including power to arrange for printing and publication of materials. [More…]
These would be considerable powers to be given to an electoral officer. [More…]
I am not quite sure how extensive his powers are in preventing the use of the machines in Western Australia but, clearly, the public generally needs to have a report from the highest level on this matter. [More…]
I ask: Does this indicate the continuing intention of the Government to deny the Parliament any opportunity of determining the nature, growth and powers of the regional and other bodies set up under the scheme or their relationship with existing local government bodies? [More…]
The powers and duties of the Commission are clearly set out in the agreement. [More…]
It will exercise all the powers that are available to it in order to reduce the inflation rate. [More…]
I hope that during the course of the rest of this year the Opposition might see wisdom sufficiently to support the Government in its desires to obtain the very important powers over prices and incomes which are an essential part of action against the inflationary spiral. [More…]
Part I contains the usual definitions and provides that the Australian Statistician shall have all the powers, functions and duties vested by other Acts in the Commonwealth Statistician. [More…]
In relation to the Bureau, the Statistician is vested with all the powers of, or exercisable by, a permanent head under the Public Service Act 1922-1974, as befits his status. [More…]
I ask: Is it not a fact that, under the terms of the Constitution, the Australian Government consists of the 6 States, with limited defined powers residing with the Commonwealth Government? [More…]
They consciously surrendered a number of sovereign powers, including control of customs and excise duties and other functions of national significance including defence, immigration, currency and coinage. [More…]
The major step towards ultimate domination by the Commonwealth of the States’ financial power came with the uniform tax scheme of 1942, which the High Court then upheld as a wartime measure and 15 years later again upheld under peacetime powers. [More…]
Both the Postal and the Telecommunications Commissions will be large property owners, and the Bills provide the necessary powers in relation to property transactions. [More…]
The Bill empowers the Commission to enter any property, either public or private, for the purpose of carrying out surveys or making any other examinations or tests and also empowers the Commission to construct lines and associated equipment such as conduits, cable pits and junction boxes on such property. [More…]
More extensive powers are to be found at present in the Post and Telegraph Act and the exercise of these powers is generally not subject to written prior notice. [More…]
The Minister is given similar powers of appointment for officers of the Overseas Telecommunications Commission who will be appointed to the Australian Telecommunications Commission. [More…]
This was to ensure that the Australian Broadcasting Control Board had adequate powers to carry out its functions effectively to ensure that adequate and comprehensive programs are presented by the licensees of commercial broadcasting and television stations. [More…]
On the legal advice provided to the Government, it appears that the Board may not have sufficient powers under the existing Act to properly carry out the functions entrusted to it by Parliament. [More…]
In the circumstances, I believe I should explain that what the Government proposed on that occasion, and still proposes today, is that in the Committee stage of the Bill, an amendment should be moved to ensure that the Parliament itself should have direct supervision over the powers of the Broadcasting Control Board- or the Broadcasting Authority, as it is suggested it should be renamed. [More…]
Specifically, it is proposed that the powers to be granted to the Authority to determine rules and standards for programs, conditions for advertisements, and the hours of transmission of stations are to be subject to a provision that they may only be exercised in the same way as regulationsthat is, that any such determinations must first be laid on the table of both Houses of the Parliament, and may then be subject to disallowance by either House. [More…]
I simply remind senators firstly that it is designed to clarify the powers of the Broadcasting Control Board. [More…]
There shall be an Inter-State Commission, with such powers of adjudication and administration as the Parliament deems necessary for the execution and maintenance, within the Commonwealth, of the provisions of this Constitution relating to trade and commerce, and of all laws made thereunder. [More…]
The deliberations which led to the drafting of the Constitution envisaged the role of the Commission as being complementary to Parliament, the Executive and the judiciary and the existence of a body of such stature, with wide powers to deal with the interests of all parties involved in or affected by, transport, has been a persuasive argument in leading the Government to this decision. [More…]
The powers given to the Inter-State Commission included powers of investigation over a very wide range of matters going well beyond matters relating to inter-state trade or commerce and power to determine a great variety of disputes, including disputes as to preferences or disadvantages given or made by any State or by any common carrier in contravention of the Act or the provisions of the Constitution relating to trade and commerce. [More…]
The Commission was given wide powers to grant relief to the parties before it and was empowered to grant injunctions. [More…]
The High Court, by a majority, held that section 101 of the Constitution did not authorise the establishment of the Inter-State Commission as a court and therefore the provisions of Part V conferring judicial powers upon the Inter-State Commission were invalid. [More…]
There shall be an Inter-State Commission, with such powers of adjudication and administration as the Parliament deems necessary for the execution and maintenance, within the Commonwealth, of the provisions of this Constitution relating to trade and commerce, and of all laws made thereunder. [More…]
The Commission, with its wide investigatory powers, will be an expert body well suited to provide advice to governments on such planning issues, and the Australian Government would expect that State governments will also be anxious to avail themselves of its services. [More…]
The Bill is divided into six parts- Part 1, Preliminary; Part II, Constitution of the Inter-State Commission; Part III, Regulation of, and Powers of Commission in relation to, Trade and Commerce; Part IV, Investigations by Commission; Part V, Administrative Provisions relating to the Commission, and Part VI, Miscellaneous. [More…]
By virtue of Clause 13, regulations may authorise the Commission to exercise statutory powers of other authorities or tribunals under any trade and commerce law, subject to the specified conditions. [More…]
Clause 14 sets forth the powers of the Commission to hold investigations, which the Government sees as the essential first step in the process leading to adjudications. [More…]
A wide range of subject matter could be investigated, including: any matters relevant to, or affected by, the provisions of the Constitution relating to trade and commerce (including matters relating to the operation and effect of laws and practices of the States) wilh a view to considering the necessity for new laws, or changes to existing laws, of Australia under the provisions of the Constitution relating to trade and commerce; any matters in respect of which an adjudication by the Commission is relevant to the operation of the provisions of this Bill; any matters relevant to the operation of Clause 1 1 ; and any matters in respect of which the Commission is authorised to exercise powers in pursuance of Clause 13. [More…]
Other parts of Clause 14 provide that the Commission may exercise its powers to hold an investigation on its own initiative or at the direction of the Minister, who may also extend an investigation by the Commission. [More…]
Any person, including a State, may request the Commission to exercise those powers. [More…]
Powers of the Commission to make orders are provided by Clause 16; and under Sub-Clause 16 (3) the Commission will have power to make orders if necessary following action pursuant to Sub-Clause 14(10), that is to say, in regard to pricing guidelines. [More…]
Clause 1 7 provides for other powers of the Commission including, but not limited to, the issuance of licences or requirement of the Commission’s consent in regard to the engaging in, or the use of aircraft, vessels, vehicles or pipelines in inter-state transport. [More…]
There is provision in the Bill for regulatory powers and for penalties. [More…]
Of course we are confronted with a position in a socalled free enterprise society in which a government has very limited powers and opportunities to control the private sector of the economy. [More…]
Of course this Government has taken quite energetic steps to see that capital inflow is restricted to exercise as much restraint as is within the powers provided by the Constitution to control the money supply within the community. [More…]
If one indicts the Minister for Foreign Affairs, as this motion seeks to do, one also indicts the Prime Minister because the complaint of the Opposition is not as to what precise words were used but that in its dealings with warring foreign powers Australia has favoured one side against the other, at least diplomatically, and that is where this motion falls down. [More…]
For better or for worse, any government is entitled to its biases, in this case its sympathy is with the communist aims of North Vietnam, but it has the obligation of fully justifying this to the people whom it represents in its dealings with foreign powers. [More…]
The opportunity will also be taken to strengthen the Government’s powers to protect Australian industry against the practices of dumping and subsidisation of imported goods, in the light of experience gained with the existing Act, the Customs Tariff (Dumping and Subsidies) Act. [More…]
This obviously is an area which is in need of greater assistance and greater recognition, and it will come only through the establishment of a proper commission, not just a commission such as the Government has in mind, of an advisory nature, but one which has substantial powers to determine where the real needs are. [More…]
Under section 5 1 and other sections of the Constitution there is a claim that for migrants, for defence Services and for a few other things incidental to the various powers of the Commonwealth we can supply legal aid, but legal aid generally to the ordinary citizenry for State purposes must be channelled, under the Constitution, by section 96. [More…]
It is ironic that members of the Opposition should castigate the Government for the efforts it has made to try to restrain the increase in incomes in this country because when in 1 973 we saw the danger arising and sought powers over prices and incomes we were opposed by the Opposition and by misguided sections of the trade union movement whose motives I would say would have been about as suspect. [More…]
If so, what will be the composition and powers of such a body? [More…]
Veterans in this group are not prevented from engaging in employment because of their Service-related incapacity, but their earning powers may be restricted. [More…]
The duties and powers of State Councils are set out in clause 1 1 . [More…]
It now has within its powers the right to manufacture and process wool, in direct competition with private manufacturers and processors, simply because the House of Representatives had risen and we could not send these amendments to it. [More…]
The other amendment relates to the powers of the Commissioners to enter properties for the purposes of their inquiries. [More…]
The residents of the Northern Territory have fought strongly and persistently for an increased rate of political development in the Territory through the transfer of executive or ministerial powers to the new Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. [More…]
I think the Government should widen the powers of this Commission so that it can investigate the whole of the bridge situation in the Hobart area. [More…]
I am saying that this Government should widen the powers of the Commission. [More…]
It should suggest to the Tasmanian Government that this Commission should have wider powers. [More…]
I ask the Government to investigate the possibility of arranging with the Tasmanian Government to widen the powers of this Commission to enable it to be a bridge commission for the Derwent or something of that sort, because that is the way suitable bridges were built in the HalifaxDartmouth area. [More…]
-I think the best thing I can do is to refer him to clause (g) of the agreement which states that the powers and capacities of the Commission shall include power, authority and capacity- [More…]
We note also that there are provisions for enforcement which give enormous powers to a [More…]
It provides for a Commissioner of Community Relations to exercise coercive powers to endeavour to persuade a person to settle a matter. [More…]
The Commissioner is granted under this Bill powers of enormous scope so that if his attempts at settling an issue do not meet with the success which he himself believes they should meet with, he can then institute court proceedings. [More…]
It can be regarded as totally unfair, and as we know the person in whom these powers are vested- he is on the public record as having expressed views which might make those who could come within his surveillance regard him as prejudiced against them- it is completely unreasonable that he should have these wide powers vested in him. [More…]
I think the reasons I have expressed this is not to suggest that the fact that Mr Grassby is the person who would hold these powers is the fundamental reason that these powers should be denied to an official. [More…]
Irrespective of who the person is, it is a dangerous precedent to grant powers of such wide scope to any government official. [More…]
A third way, and it is the way in which the Opposition will be proposing, is to provide for conciliation to be attempted by the Commissioner but to deny to the Commissioner any coercive powers, except one, with regard to the method of conciliation which he will be able to attempt. [More…]
What the Government is doing is relying upon the fact that there is an international convention for the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination which Australia is ratifying and which, because of the obligations which it is said flow from that ratification, enables it to exercise its powers to make laws with respect to external affairs. [More…]
When that person comes before him very extensive powers can be exercised. [More…]
We believe that, apart from the power to have a conference at which the effort at conciliation can be made, these powers should be removed from the Bill. [More…]
It will be headed by a race relations commissioner with the status of a High Court judge and with powers similar to those used in the Spanish Inquisition. [More…]
It is unbelievable that we should find a former Attorney-General of the previous administration castigating this Government for utilising the external powers under the Constitution to ratify an international document to which his Government put its signature on 13 October 1966, having taken something like 10 months to make up its mind about what it should do in relation to a convention agreed to by the United Nations. [More…]
1 ) It shall be the duty of the Commission (consistently with any directions given to it under the following provisions of this Part of the Act) so to exercise its powers as to meet the social, industrial and commercial needs of Australia and, in particular, to provide throughout Australia (save in so far as the provision thereof is, in us opinion, impracticable or not reasonably practicable) such services for the conveyance of postal articles as satisfy all reasonable demands for them. [More…]
(1) It shall be the duty of the Commission (consistently with any directions given to it under the following provisions of this Part of the Act) so to exercise its powers as to meet the social, industrial and commercial needs of Australia and, in particular, to provide throughout Australia (save in so far as the provision thereof is, in its opinion, impracticable or not reasonably practicable) such services for the conveyance of postal articles as satisfy all reasonable demands for them. [More…]
(1) The Minister may, after consultation with the Commission, give to it such directions of a general character as to the exercise by it of its powers as appear to the Minister to be requisite in the national interest. [More…]
If it appears to the Minister that there is a defect in the general plans or arrangement of the Commission for exercising any of its powers, he may, after consultation with it, give it directions of a general character for remedying the defect. [More…]
(1) The Minister may, after consultation with the Commission, give to the Commission, in writing, such directions, with respect to the performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers, as appear to the Minister to be necessary in the public interest. [More…]
With the sweeping powers that the Minister will have, obviously this Commission will be a political Commission. [More…]
I understand that under the powers that the Opposition is happy to give the Minister, the Minister could direct the Commission to use the services of the Department of Housing and Construction if he so desired and if he believed it was necessary in the public interest to so give that direction. [More…]
If it appears to the Minister that there is a defect in the general plans or arrangement of the Commission for exercising any of its powers, he may, after consultation with it, give it directions of a general character for remedying the defect. [More…]
It does so in the interests of the person concerned under very special powers. [More…]
A court having decided to exercise those special powers not to record a conviction, it seems to me to be very harsh that that matter can then be taken into account in the disciplinary actions that will be taken by the person’s employer, the Commissioner. [More…]
The regulation making powers have not been drafted yet. [More…]
However, not content with getting all the powers of a commercial agency and unlimited power to charge the public, with the approval of the Minister, without direct control by this Parliament, the Government now wishes to take an exemption which belonged only to the Bourbons or the royalty at the time before liability was imposed upon the Crown for wrongdoing, a time long since past- 80 or 90 years- in Australia. [More…]
My amendments are designed to extend and amplify the Commission’s obligations and to give the Minister powers of direction. [More…]
(1) The Minister may, after consultation with the Commission, give to the Commission, in writing, such directions, with respect to the performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers, as appear to the Minister to be necessary in the public interest. [More…]
It has nothing to do with OTC, and it relates- indeed, a number of amendments proposed by the Opposition relate to this part of the Bill- to the powers of the Commission to enter on to land and to do work on land. [More…]
For instance, in clause 17 it is provided in regard to the Commission’s powers to cut down trees, undergrowth, and so on, so we cannot see any reason why there should be any difference in this wording. [More…]
In the field of principle, the alternatives are clean Either the Executive will act as if its powers were unfettered, or the Parliament must insist that its prior approval shall be obtained by the Executive. [More…]
The Commission shall not, in the exercise of its powers under sub-section ( 1 )- [More…]
The Commission shall, in the exercise of its powers under sub-section ( 1 ), ensure that a line erected above the surface of a road, bridge, vehicular path or water is erected in such a manner as to allow for the reasonable passage of persons and vehicles on the road, bridge or path or of vessels over the water. [More…]
10) Subject to sub-sections (5) and (7), before the Commission exercises any of its powers under this section in relation to land, the Commission shall take all reasonable steps to notify the owner and occupier of the land of its intention to enter upon the land and of the purpose for which it intends to enter upon the land. [More…]
Sub-section ( 10) does not apply to the exercise, by the Commission, of any of its powers under this section on a road or bridge. [More…]
No action or claim for compensation shall lie against the Commission, its officers, employees, servants or agents by reason of the reasonable exercise of the powers contained in this section. [More…]
Although the Commission has to give certain notice it may exercise its powers according to its determination. [More…]
Questions will arise as to what is meant by the reasonable exercise of the Commission’s powers. [More…]
references to the parties to an industrial dispute shall be read, in relation to the powers of the Commission under paragraph 67 ( 1 ) (b) of this Act, as references to employees to whose employment the industrial disputes or industrial matters relate, the Australian Postal Commission and organisations of which any such employees are members; and [More…]
The Conciliation and Arbitration Commission, the Arbitrator and a Deputy Arbitrator have, respectively, in respect of a hearing of a claim or appeal referred to in subsection (3) and in respect of the making of a determination referred to in that sub-section, all the powers conferred on it or him by the Public Service Arbitration Act 1920-1973, including the powers conferred by sections 15 and 15a, but an application does not lie to the Arbitrator to vary a determination so referred to in so far as the determination purports to relate to the Postmaster-General’s Department or the Overseas Telecommunications Commission (Australia). [More…]
A relevant Commission in relation to a claim has, by virtue of this sub-section, the like rights, and may exercise the like powers, in relation to the claim, or a determination made in respect of the claim, to which sub-section (3) applies as the rights and powers that are conferred by the Public Service Arbitration Act 1920-1973 on the Public Service Board in relation to the claim or determination. [More…]
There may be many good reasons why such a Commission should be re-established to provide more efficiency in our transport systems, but the powers given to the Inter-State Commission in this Bill are incredibly wide. [More…]
It provides the Government with incredible powers which can be used through the Commission, and at the same time it denies parliamentary control of the Commission’s activities. [More…]
If these wide ranging powers are an unfortunate drafting slip, then that alone is reason enough to submit the Bill to scrutiny. [More…]
Its powers are immense. [More…]
He said that the Bill was hasty and had been foisted upon the Parliament with all sorts of shortcomings so far as drafting, scope of powers, etc., were concerned. [More…]
The powers given to the Inter-State Commission included powers of investigation over a very wide range of matters going well beyond matters relating to inter-state trade or commerce and power to determine a great variety of disputes, including disputes as to preferences or disadvantages given or made by any State or by any common carrier in contravention of the Act or the provisions of the Constitution relating to trade and commerce. [More…]
The Commission was given wide powers to grant relief to the parties before it and was empowered to grant injunctions. [More…]
The Leader of the Opposition claimed that the wording of the Bill was loose and that the legislation gave incredible powers to the Government. [More…]
In section 101 of the Constitution there is undoubtedly the provision that there shall be an Inter-State Commission with such powers of administration and adjudication as the Parliament deems necessary for the execution and maintenance within the Commonwealth of the provisions of the Constitution relating to trade and commerce. [More…]
The Inter-State Commission Bill of 1975 establishes a commission of 5 members, and the Commission is given wide powers by the Bill. [More…]
It also may be given further wide powers by the regulations made under the Act. [More…]
The Prime Minister (Mr Whitlam) has remarked, apparently, in regard to these very wide powers, that ‘a clearly developed and defined role’ for the Commission will evolve over time and in the light of experience. [More…]
It seems to me realistic that at the time of considering the formation of the Commission, we ought to be considering these wide powers, to have an interpretation from the Government to see how it sees the powers that it has expressed in the Bill, and not wait for the Commission to evolve over time and in the light of experience the functions that it will accept. [More…]
For instance, the fact that it relates to transport, that it will have wide powers, powers that it can impose on any other government body lead us to ask how it will affect the Air Navigation Act 1920-1974 and regulations under that Act. [More…]
Another clause to which I wish to refer is clause 13, which provides for regulations for the Commission to exercise certain statutory powers. [More…]
Clause 14 vests the Commission with extraordinarily wide powers to hold investigations, and under sub-clause (3) of that clause it may exercise these powers on its own initiative or at the request of any other person. [More…]
It is an unmistakeable intention, we believe, to give the Commission powers to make orders that have the force of law and, therefore, which could override both Federal and State laws and any contracts which would relate to such legislation. [More…]
It is not one that has the powers in this Bill which could be imposed by the proposed Inter-State Commission. [More…]
I consider that these matters are consistent with our approach where we say we ought to have time to find expression from the Government about its intention, what powers the Commission will use, and how it may best be developed as an Inter-State Commission which could be used for the purposes which we all accept as being valid ones- to improve the transport systems throughout Australia. [More…]
This would allow an expression of views from those people in the community who wish to express their interpretation of the legislation, from the people who have to work within the legislation and from the State governments which find great threats to the constitutional powers which they wish to exercise in matters relating to transport within their own States. [More…]
To suggest that all of these matters can be summarily dismissed to an Inter-State Commission with the sweeping powers that this Commission would have, I think warrants the deeper consideration of the Senate, and I commend the proposal made by the Leader of the Opposition to all honourable senators. [More…]
The matter of an Inter-State Commission has been the subject of long debate in this country ever since the original Commission became redundant as a result of the challenge that flowed from what is known as the wheat case in which the judical powers of the then Inter-State Commission were challenged in the High Court. [More…]
The Minister for Transport (Mr Charles Jones) in his second reading speech made it quite clear that the Government intends to exercise these powers of the Commission only in the transport area. [More…]
It would be misleading, I believe, to suggest that the formation of the Inter-State Commission would not to some degree take from the States some powers, but it would be in the national interest to do so. [More…]
Part III of the legislation, which deals with the regulation of, and powers of the Commission in relation to, trade and commerce, gives powers to the Commission and describes those powers. [More…]
It is very important to realise that the Commission will not be a body which will simply please itself and do exactly what it likes, despite the fact that it is given fairly wide powers of investigation on its own initiative, and powers of investigation which may be initiated by the Minister or another person. [More…]
If we look at the legislation before us we find that it gives enormous powers to this Government. [More…]
A Federal Labor Government will promptly restore the machinery the Constitution intended and vest it with the Commonwealth ‘s full constitutional powers to plan and provide modern means of communications between the States. [More…]
Those who know anything about the formulators of the Constitution will appreciate that the State governments which enjoyed the sovereign powers then surrendered only those powers to the Commonwealth which were necessary for the effective functioning of the Commonwealth. [More…]
It is interesting to note- this is probably beyond Senator Maunsell ‘s powers of comprehensionthe attitude the Liberals took during that period. [More…]
In clothing the Commission with these extensive powers, we have not gone beyond that which is proper or which honourable members opposite, when in office, considered to be so. [More…]
It is to exercise all the powers that a Royal Commission exercises, and we have included in the Bill such powers as are necessary to make the investigation effective . [More…]
It is futile to clothe a body like this Inter-State Commission with wide powers of inquiry if they are to be baffled, and their inquiries rendered nugatory, by the refusal of witnesses to answer questions. [More…]
The Commission will have wide powers of inquiry. [More…]
It will have wide powers to investigate and wide powers to make recommendations in respect of a modern transport system. [More…]
it will have wide powers both of administration and adjudication in relation to Inter-State carriers, railways, shipping, and other matters. [More…]
I have never ceased from that day to this to urge, and urge again, that in the Inter-State Commission we have a source of power, or, perhaps, to be more correct, a searchlight, by whose help we can exercise Commonwealth powers with far greater certainty of success than by any other mode open to us … [More…]
Why did the previous Government exercise its powers and carry out a number of inquiries into transportation? [More…]
The only question for this Parliament should be what are the powers of the InterState Commission. [More…]
So, in our Constitution section 102 provided that there shall be an Inter-State Commission with such powers of adjudication and administration as the Parliament deems necessary for the execution and maintenance of the constitutional provisions and laws of trade and commerce. [More…]
In that situation, where it was necessary to weld together 6 separately existing colonies, with their own governments, and a new national government with these powers, surely it was not only sensible from the point of view of history but also on any theory of government to require the establishment of a pseudo-judicial executive body to form an Inter-State Commission with powers of adjudication and administration such as Parliament thought necessary to maintain and execute the federal laws, including the Constitution, relating to trade and commerce. [More…]
That brings me to the Bill which is being presented to us- a Bill which clothes the Commission directed to be established by the Constitution with powers that should be confined to adjudication and administration for the maintenance and execution of the trade and commerce laws. [More…]
I do not think there would be anybody on this side of the House who would think that transport, in all its aspects, should not have the proper attention of the Inter-State Commission with proper powers. [More…]
Then, instead of shipping services around the coast being held up by unforgivable interruptions, we will nave an improvement due to the adoption by the Parliament of a Bill with proper powers establishing the Inter-State Commission. [More…]
It will be a body set up by the Constitution, and if it is clothed with the powers to enable it to maintain and execute the industrial laws affecting trade and commerce, what a boon it will be to this country. [More…]
For my part, the Inter-State Commission, having been conceived as the body to be the eyes and ears of the Government obviously should have proper powers of investigation. [More…]
The curious thing about the amendments foreshadowed by Senator Wright is that they throw up the difference between the Government and the Opposition as to what the powers of the Inter-State Commission should be. [More…]
It is an interesting reflection that more than 75 years ago the thinking amongst the leading political figures should have been not whether there should be an Inter-State Commission but what its powers should be and the extent of the independence that it should enjoy from the government and any arm of government. [More…]
Of course some legislation will be necessary to regulate (its) powers. [More…]
Of course it now appears from the tenor of this debate that the main issue between the Opposition and the Government is not the establishment of the Commission- that seems to be accepted as necessary- but the extent of its powers. [More…]
It is natural that there should be disagreement between the parties as to the extent of the powers. [More…]
Until the Parliament provides for the number of members and their salary, the Commission cannot exist at all, and until the Parliament determines what powers of adjudication and administration are necessary to it, it can have no powers at all. [More…]
The Parliament cannot, of course, be compelled- except by its constituents- to constitute a Commission or to give it any powers when constituted. [More…]
The imperative words of this section, however, receive some support from that fact that S. 102 will be inoperative until such a Commission is constituted and given certain powers of adjudicating as to preferences and discriminations. [More…]
I suggest that those precedents do not throw any light on what ought to be the powers of this Commission in 1 975 and for the rest of this century and beyond. [More…]
We ought to realise that in Australia we suffer from the grave disability that the central government, the Federal government- call it what you like- has completely inadequate economic powers, so much so that in December of 1973 it went to the people to obtain a constitutional change to give it power with respect to incomes and prices. [More…]
It was left as a body with only investigatory powers and incidental quasi-judicial powers. [More…]
On no basis of power did the Opposition, when in government during that period of thirteen to fourteen years, move in any way to re-establish the body which it now says ought to be an integral part of the national economy of Australia, provided the powers are right. [More…]
Surely, then, it is simply a question of the nature and the extent of the powers. [More…]
Surely it is acknowledged that there will be differences between 2 political parties with respect to what is considered proper as the nature and extent of the powers. [More…]
I strongly suspect that the Opposition is waiting until it can collate and correlate all the objections it gets to the powers of this Commission from the interests which it represents- the vested interests involved in trade and commerce, the vested interests involved in transport. [More…]
Surely it is just a question of what the Commission’s powers ought to be. [More…]
As the Commission has been, in practice and in effect, a dead body for some 60 years- since 1950 it has been completely legally dead- as the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Review which met from 1957 to 1959 reported that there should be an Inter-State Commission, and after all the references, including the report of the Senate Select Committee on Off-shore Petroleum resources which some years ago contained a similar recommendation, surely the Opposition is able to crystallise its thinking by tonight or tomorrow as to what the powers of the Commission should be. [More…]
Since it is simply a question of what the powers of the Commission ought to be, and since it is a question that the Government sees the powers that are contained in this Bill as proper, I should imagine there would be circumstances in which the Government would be prepared to accept amendments moved by the Opposition so long as they did not make the Commission a completely toothless tiger. [More…]
The powers can be built up. [More…]
Senator Withers who led for the Opposition in this debate expressed his perplexity as to what the powers given in clause 17 involved. [More…]
I suggest that all that clause 17 does is to complete by enumeration through different clauses the powers of the Commission. [More…]
The clause in itself does not confer any new powers. [More…]
So far as I am concerned, if the Parliament crosses out clause 17 there is no harm done to the structure of the Commission or to its powers. [More…]
When there are given powers that go far beyond transport, of course, we ought to assume that in the course of time the Commission will be operating in a wider field than transport. [More…]
Surely it is simply a question of what the Commission’s powers ought to be. [More…]
This Bill, likewise, is a complex one because it involves the very grave question of the extent of the powers which are obscured in its present phraseology. [More…]
It also provides that the Parliament may confer upon the Commission powers of adjudication and administration for the execution and maintenance of the provisions of the Constitution relating to trade and commerce and laws made thereunder. [More…]
The most important question, and this is the only point on which I could agree with Senator Everett, involves the powers and the functions of the Commission. [More…]
Like Senator Wright, I accept that there is probably good cause for re-establishing this body, but the important questions in my mind are what its powers shall be and to what extent it will operate. [More…]
Over the years people have raised the matter, but now we have before us for the first time a Bill which has to be determined in relation to its terms and powers. [More…]
Is this another way to increase the Government’s powers? [More…]
After 55 years we have a Bill brought into this Parliament, and this is the first opportunity we have had to see the terms of it and the powers given under it to this proposed institution. [More…]
It is not just a matter in this case of taking powers from the States by introducing a Commission of this nature. [More…]
It depends upon the powers that are taken. [More…]
There shall be an Inter-State Commission, with such powers of adjudication and administration as the Parliament deems necessary for the execution and maintenance, within the Commonwealth, of the provisions of this Constitution relating to trade and commerce, and of all laws made thereunder. [More…]
So, it is an institution which was contemplated at the time of the foundation of the Australian Parliament when the powers were allocated between the Commonwealth and the States. [More…]
In the report of the debate which took place on this Bill in the House of Representatives one finds references by Opposition speakers to the possible powers and how they might be used. [More…]
A commission which has wide investigatory powers to look into questions of malpractice and at ways of making interstate trade more efficient was the original and real intention of the Constitution. [More…]
But obviously there are different views and there may be a gradation of views which we will need to consider at length before we come to a final decision as to what shall be the powers of the Commission. [More…]
I say that the State governments certainly have an interest and a right to be heard in relation to the powers that would be ascribed to this body. [More…]
We also have to consider the extent of the powers and how they would affect bodies such as Trade Practices Commission, the Prices Justification Tribunal and other bodies which the Commonwealth Government has seen fit to set up, and to determine to what extent they should be overridden in any fields of power. [More…]
Trade and commerce is the area which is covered by the powers under the Constitution, and this may well be. [More…]
I do not suggest for one moment that I have read enough and that I am satisfied that I know sufficient of the history and sufficient of the complex position in transport today to say yet how far the powers should go; but it does seem to me at the present time that in relation to Tasmania some specific powers may well be very desirable. [More…]
After proceeding to look at the Bill and the powers, it makes specific reference to the powers of investigation which it appears to feel are strong and, I think, adequate. [More…]
While the Commission will have to live within the Constitution it can, and probably will, exert such a fundamental influence, in view of its extremely wide powers, on the trade and commerce of this country as to be capable of surpassing the influence of the States and other Federal institutions or bodies. [More…]
There is a concern amongst many people that we may give to this Commission powers which will enable it in effect to legislate, and this may be part of the powers that we should not give. [More…]
Under the Constitution it is the duty of this Parliament to deem what is necessary for the execution and maintenance of these powers and we cannot pass up the consideration or let it be hurried past our eyes. [More…]
I do not say for one moment that at this stage I feel that we are in a position to delineate those powers. [More…]
Senator Everett, myself and others have had a good deal of opportunity in the year we have been in this place to see investigation by committees of this Parliament of powers contained in clauses which are hardly appreciated in the course of discussion in the Parliament. [More…]
If we do this, if we take into account the changes that have occurred in the period for which this body has been out of existence and the bodies that exist in this Commonwealth today and if we produce a Bill with limited powers but powers that will be useful, then we will have done our job as administrators and as legislators. [More…]
There shall be an Inter-State Commission, with such powers of adjudication and administration as the Parliament deems necessary for the execution and maintenance, within the Commonwealth, of the provisions of this Constitution relating to trade and commerce, and of all laws made thereunder. [More…]
They are the powers of the Commission and the Constitution gives wide powers. [More…]
The powers embraced in this Bill are the powers in the Constitution as set out in the particular section of the Constitution which says that this proposition is to be implemented. [More…]
Of course clause 14, about which Senator Guilfoyle was much concerned, relates only to the Commission’s investigatory powers. [More…]
It is seeking to establish an Inter-State Commission, saying that it will perform one thing and in fact giving it powers which will enable it to do a host of other things. [More…]
1 ) The regulations may authorize the Commission, either generally or otherwise as provided by the regulations, to exercise all or any of the powers (other than judicial powers) of any authority or tribunal under any law of Australia made under the provisions of the Constitution relating to trade and commerce. [More…]
Where regulations so authorizing the Commission to exercise any powers of an authority or tribunal are in force- [More…]
the Commission may exercise the powers to the extent provided for by the regulations; [More…]
the authority or tribunal is not entitled to exercise the powers to the extent to which the Commission is authorized to exercise the powers; and [More…]
for the purpose of enabling the Commission to exercise the powers in accordance with the regulations, or for purposes connected with or arising out of the exercise of those powers by the Commission, the law under which the powers were previously exercisable by the authority or tribunal has effect subject to such modifications (if any) as are prescribed. [More…]
Those regulations may authorise the Commission to exercise all or any of the powers of any authority or tribunal under any law of [More…]
It has said that the Commonwealth can justify, as a law made within its powers, any law which can be sustained under any head of the Constitution. [More…]
If such regulations are made the effect is that the Inter-State Commission will be able to exercise all the powers of those bodies which are conferred upon it by the regulations. [More…]
It will be able to exercise the powers conferred on the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission to the extent that it has trade and commerce powers. [More…]
It will be able to exercise the powers conferred on the Prices Justification Tribunal, the Trade Practices Commission, the Australian National Airlines Commission or any of those other bodies. [More…]
To the extent that the Commission is given those powers by regulation the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission, the Trade Practices Commission, the Prices Justification Tribunal and all those other bodies are denied the opportunity or the right to exercise those powers. [More…]
I think it is absolutely ridiculous for this Parliament to accept that this power should exist in the hands of an Inter-State Commission without vastly more consideration than has been able to be given to it and with absolutely no public examination, as I see it, of the impact of those powers. [More…]
Furthermore, if one looks at the last limb of this provision, one sees that the powers which were previously exercised by the tribunal or authority can be modified by regulation. [More…]
In short, it does not matter what the Parliament has said should be the powers of the Industries Assistance Commission, under this legislation regulations can transfer the powers of that Commission to the Inter-State Commission and, furthermore, can modify, in effect, the powers of the Act. [More…]
Then we would have a commission that would have certain investigatory, adjudicatory and arbitrary powers. [More…]
But the Government, in bringing in a Bill to establish a commission where none exists now, very recklessly clothes the Commission with the powers which have been described quite fully by members of the Opposition. [More…]
I think that if the Government were serious in asking for the co-operation of the Opposition in this matter it would have brought in powers which were limited to the purposes outlined in the second reading speech and if it were necessary to extend the powers later the Government would ask Parliament for that extension. [More…]
Senator Everett has argued for the fullest of powers and used a comparison with the defeat of the referendums in relation to prices and incomes. [More…]
Therefore, as a very effective spokesman for the Government in the Senate, he has established his belief that the powers need to be as wide as they are stated. [More…]
Whist I am the first to admit that he is a very persuasive speaker, he did not say, under quite respectful questioning by interjection, why the powers were needed. [More…]
The Government has outlined a limited role, but put into this chamber a Bill with extraordinary powers. [More…]
I was interested in the criticism of Senator Wright’s statement about union matters and his desire to move amendments which would bring within the orbit of the investigations and the powers of the Commission actions of the unions in relation to transport matters in Australia. [More…]
It has simply said, through its senior spokesmen, that it requires all the major powers which are outlined in this Bill, for a very limited usage. [More…]
Obviously the Commission, because of the limited nature of its constitutional powers, will not go as far as that. [More…]
The aspect of the Bill which concerns me more than anything else is the Commission’s obvious legislative powers. [More…]
Senator Greenwood has already very carefully analysed and set out the ambit of clause 13, whereby regulations may be made authorising the Commission to exercise all or any of the powers of any authority or tribunal under any law of Australia relating to trade and commerce. [More…]
To my mind that is exercising powers which would normally be- and I would require to be- exercised by Parliament itself. [More…]
Parliament in which he has indicated that the Government wants to experiment with this Bill to see what its powers are, that it is starting off in the transport sphere and that it hopes there will be favourable High Court decisions in relation to the exercise of some of its powers. [More…]
There shall be an Inter-State Commission, with such powers of adjudication and administration as the Parliament deems necessary - [More…]
I am prepared to support the creation of an Inter-State Commission which has some powers of adjudication- they may be very limited powers of adjudication because of High Court decisions -and which is designed to execute and maintain the laws which are made by this Parliament. [More…]
I can also see perhaps a greater purpose in this day and age for an Inter-State Commission as a body conducting investigations in this whole field of transport throughout Australia, making submissions and recommendations to government as to what the laws ought to be or how they ought to be executed and perhaps what body should be given powers of execution in addition to or in conjunction with the Commission itself. [More…]
I am certainly not prepared to support an Inter-State Commission which will have the powers given to it by Part III of this Bill. [More…]
I believe that further time is necessary for honourable senators to give a great deal more thought and attention to what should be the powers, functions and objects of an Inter-State Commission in 1975. [More…]
Senator Wright has suggested some powers which the Inter-State Commission should have particularly in regard to Tasmania and he put forward a clear proposal, which one can readily understand, as to what the Commission should do and the abuses that its powers should be designed to remedy. [More…]
In particular, the State governments are vitally concerned with the powers that might be given to such a body as this. [More…]
It is true, of course, that the powers of the proposed Inter-State Commission are to be confined to interstate trade and are not to impinge upon the States’ area of trade within the States. [More…]
Therefore any powers we might consider giving to this body should be fully discussed with the State governments. [More…]
Any proposed powers for this Commission should be fully discussed with them and their ideas about how the Inter-State Commission could work should be sought and should be respected. [More…]
There shall be an Inter-State Commission, with such powers of adjudication and administration as the Parliament deems necessary for the execution and maintenance, within the Commonwealth, of the provisions of this Constitution relating to trade and commerce, and of all laws made thereunder. [More…]
We have heard from speakers on the other side who have said that they do not now contest the view that there ought to be an interstate commission, but they would prefer to see some weak administrative organisation or tribunal emasculated as to powers although they understand clearly that the Government wants to have a commission with powers which in the first instance can be applied in the area of transport but not hiding the fact that in relation to some other areas those powers may be availed of when the Government’s experience and the Commission’s experiences are better established. [More…]
There shall be an Inter-State Commission, with such powers of adjudication and administration as the Parliament deems necessary for the execution and maintenance, within the Commonwealth, of the provisions of this Constitution relating to trade and commerce, and of all laws made thereunder. [More…]
The Commission cannot operate under other powers without further legislation or regulations, all of which are in the power of the Parliament to check. [More…]
Both Senator Greenwood and Senator Durack referred to clause 10 and said that they were very concerned at the extent of the powers contained in it. [More…]
This allows the transfer of powers conferred on other bodies insofar as those powers are made under the provisions of the Constitution relating to trade and commerce. [More…]
Much argument has developed on this, including an argument from, I think, Senator Greenwood, who talked about the use which might be made of powers in, for example, the Conciliation and Arbitration Act. [More…]
He should know that the general powers of the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission rely upon the very special constitutional basis provided for in section 51 (xxxv) of the Constitution, and he will also know that this is not a provision of the Constitution relating to trade and commerce. [More…]
I enter the debate only because I interpret this agreement as being indicative of a maturity of relations between a small power and super powers. [More…]
However, when what was known as the Cold War era developed, there was a tendency to be with either the goodies or the baddies, and if people in what constituted the Western democracies- countries like Australia and Canada- had the temerity to question detail about the super powers, their loyalty could have been in doubt. [More…]
I think even a former Prime Minister, Mr McMahon, had to exercise his sovereign powers about United States nuclear naval craft coming here if there was an element of danger that there could be some serious catastrophe. [More…]
I only wanted to make the point that the present Australian Government, with its mature relationship in dealing with London, Washington, the Soviet Union and other lesser powers, has proved what can be achieved by conciliation. [More…]
He has made the point that if there is to be a nuclear brawl between the 2 super powers of China and the Soviet Union we could be caught up in the action. [More…]
It provides the Commissioner with power to subpoena witnesses for purposes of conciliation and inquiry and it provides the Commissioner also with powers to levy penalties against people who refuse to answer subpoenas. [More…]
In view of the fact that there are no Australian children’s television programs on commercial television between 4 p.m. and 6.30 p.m., when the majority of viewers are children, would the Minister encourage the Australian Broadcasting Control Board to use its powers to initiate a public hearing on the question of Australian children’s television programs? [More…]
The Bill would establish the Tribunal and provide for its membership, powers and procedures. [More…]
Existing legislation is to be reviewed in order to determine those statutory powers in respect of which the Tribunal could be given jurisdiction under other legislation, soon after the Tribunal is established. [More…]
Clause 25 empowers the Tribunal to sit at any place in Australia or in an external Territory other than Papua New Guinea. [More…]
Part IV of the Bill sets out the powers of the Tribunal and the procedure to be followed by the Tribunal in carrying out its functions of reviewing decisions. [More…]
The Attorney-General is examining the recommendations of the Bland Committee that there should be a general requirement for reasons to be given for decisions made under powers conferred by statute. [More…]
One of the greatest advantages of the conciliation procedure is that it encourages the specific performance of obligations, especially in relation to employment and housing, which apart from statutory powers the courts may be reluctant to enforce . [More…]
We do not really have to fear that some subterfuge would be used by any government to enlarge the powers of the Federal Parliament in the way in which he suggests. [More…]
The Commission’s powers are set out in clause 6. [More…]
The Chairman is to have the powers of a Permanent Head and the Commission’s staff will be subject to the Public Service Act. [More…]
The Bill should be more concisely drawn in relation to the way in which it will operate in order to ensure that the Commission operates only within the Commonwealth’s constitutional powers. [More…]
capable of advancing and developing knowledge and skills in fields connected with the powers and functions of trade unions or the powers, functions and duties of officers or officials of trade unions; and [More…]
It may be that there are some in the Amalgamated Metal Workers Union at present who use the powers that are conferred upon trade unions by our beneficent laws to get the power of the work force that they represent behind them in order to prosecute the class war even to the extent of overthrowing the present system. [More…]
capable of advancing and developing knowledge and skills in fields connected with the powers and functions of trade unions or the powers, functions and duties of officers or officials of trade unions; [More…]
I simply use this opportunity to reflect on the definition of ‘trade union training’ and on the question of how widely the reference to ‘the powers, functions and duties of officers or officials of trade unions’ in clause 3 of this Bill will be interpreted. [More…]
There is in the hands of perhaps one or two unions in this country an ability excessively to use certain powers. [More…]
It also involves educational, technical and practical training which is capable of advancing and developing knowledge and skills in fields connected with the powers and functions of trade unions or the powers, functions and duties of officers or officials of trade unions. [More…]
If I understood what Senator Hall said tonight it was to emphasise the fact that there are elements within the trade union movement which would use the powers and objectives of this Trade Union Training Authority to stimulate a desire and an equipment and an ability amongst more and more trade unionists to overthrow the existing society. [More…]
The reason for this was that the arbitration system was no longer effective, particularly after the penal powers were paralysed in 1969, as a means of imposing wage standards and other standards on workers. [More…]
( 1 ) A council may, either generally or otherwise as provided by a resolution of the council, delegate to a member of the council or to an officer of the Authority any of its powers under this Act, other than this power of delegation. [More…]
The Opposition proposes, by its amendments, that the Senate should agree to retaining those unlawful provisions and moderating the powers of the commissioner in respect of their enforcement. [More…]
The Commissioner has very wide powers under this Bill. [More…]
The Opposition believes that those powers do not sit easily with the rule of law. [More…]
They are powers that can be greatly abused by threatening or qualifying a person’s rights at law. [More…]
It is therefore all the more important that the powers that are given to the Commissioner are powers that do sit easily with people’s rights at law. [More…]
It is etirely appropriate that there should not powers that could be used in a way that mig amount to satisfying a private vengeance. [More…]
For the purposes of this inquiry the Commissioner has a number of coercive powers. [More…]
That to us is one of the very real problems that these powers of the Commissioner involve. [More…]
That sort of power of intimidation in an atmosphere of compulsion which attends the exercise of the Commissioner’s powers is we believe a denial of right. [More…]
In this area of racial discrimination, where we are making a start in this country with regard to a comprehensive law of this character, we believe it is tremendously important to tread carefully and not in an over-zealous pursuit of enforcement powers to create the possibility of a backlash that would do more harm in the long run than good. [More…]
The provisions of the Bill are either good or bad in their own right We agree that the prime function of the Commissioner should be to act as a conciliator, but with respect we suggest that he also needs the powers which we seek to confer on him by this sub-clause for the simple reason that he will frequently be dealing with aggrieved persons who are intimidated by the notion of taking a matter to law. [More…]
I do not say fundamentally that it has none, but I think we should be tremendously careful before we put these powers into legislation. [More…]
This Senate removed similar powers from a Bill called the Law Reform Commission Bill because it did not seem to be appropriate legislation in which these powers should appear. [More…]
The Minister will recall that I asked him a question this morning about how powers of this character had been exercised under the Trade Practices Act. [More…]
He indicated that he would ascertain from the Attorney-General (Mr Enderby) the precise circumstances in which those powers were exercised. [More…]
Should these powers be exercised under this legislation? [More…]
It should never be forgotten that coercive powers of this character are given to a Commissioner when the powers possessed by the police forces of this country in the investigation of serious crime are not as extensive. [More…]
No police officer is entitled to require a person to answer questions or to produce documents, and when that situation prevails it is generally accepted that there is added justification for being cautious in giving wide powers to statutory officers or to members of the bureaucracy. [More…]
In those circumstances, looking at the general powers which the Commissioner has and accepting the broad approach which the Opposition proposes to reduce the powers of the Commissioner so that he is essentially a conciliator and an educator, as Senator Chaney indicated, we believe that this clause should not be in the Bill and we shall therefore oppose it. [More…]
They do not have the powers in England, and that is to the cost of the legislation there. [More…]
They have them in Canada and New Zealand and, of course, in other legislation in this Parliament, legislation introduced by both sides of politics, there is no absence of compulsory evidence gathering powers. [More…]
I am at a loss to understand that there is something altogether novel about this clause- that it is something unknown to our law- which derogates from human rights when, as we have seen, the legislature on so many occasions has judged that there be compulsory evidence gathering powers conferred on various authorities and tribunals. [More…]
The reasonableness of the Minister’s utterances ought not to cloak the enormity of the powers being sought in this context. [More…]
I have indicated that there can always be particular areas in which powers of this sort may be justified. [More…]
It is that sort of feeling which was behind the question I asked of the Minister this morning about the use of the powers under the Trades Practices Act to invade a person’s premises and to seize documents. [More…]
No objection seems to be taken from time to time to learned judges being cloaked with all the powers of sniffers-out in various royal commissions that are held, several of which are proceeding now. [More…]
Do they suggest, for example, that conferring the sort of powers about which we are talking on the Income Tax Commissioner turns him into some kind of Star Chamber or makes him some sort of reprehensible snifferout? [More…]
I think we are getting altogether too carried away in imputing to this particular clause the powers of a Star Chamber or of a sniffer-out which will in some way or other make people’s lives miserable. [More…]
It may be that Parliamentary Counsel, under the traditional powers which he has to tidy up legislation in areas such as this, would remove the Part and just leave this as a separate clause. [More…]
1 ) A person shall not insult, hinder, obstruct, molest or interfere with the Commissioner, an officer or employee of the Commissioner, a person presiding over a conference referred to in section 22, a prescribed authority referred to in section 23 or any of the members of a conciliation committee in the performance of any functions or the exercise of any powers under this Act. [More…]
It was inserted into that Act some years ago in order to facilitate the utilisation of the powers of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act and to ensure the enforcement of union rules. [More…]
I find it incongruous that Senator Wright, who saw fit to oppose my amendment to clause 49, should now give voice to the fears he has about the wide powers of the Attorney-General. [More…]
I wonder what the distinction is between the provisions in the Queensland legislation which will be affected by the amendment with which we are now dealing and the powers that are given to the Administration in the Northern Territory under the Social Welfare Ordinance to give directions and make orders as to who shall go onto and who shall leave a reserve in the Northern Territory. [More…]
Therefore I have an interest in the nation-wide powers of the Australian Bureau of Statistics which, I think I can truthfully say, will have the major support of the National Library’s information services. [More…]
The powers contained in this Bill are enormous powers. [More…]
They are totalitarian parties and their downfall in almost every democratic society comes about because they are unable to go the full distance and exercise all the powers. [More…]
The danger lies in the precise powers which are given. [More…]
I notice that in clause 4 of this Bill the Australian Statistician is to have the functions, powers and duties expressed by the Census and Statistics Act 1905-1973, by any other Act, or by any regulations or other instrument made under any Act, to be conferred or imposed on the Commonwealth Statistician’. [More…]
I am not sure what other Acts there might be which confer powers on the Statistician but I do know that quite apart from the general powers which he has under the Census and Statistics Act with regard to the census he has quite widespread powers with regard to the compilation of statistics. [More…]
Section 19 of the Act provides certain powers of entry and inspection and there is a penalty if those provisions are not complied with. [More…]
I assume that all the powers of the Statistician in the Census and Statistics Act are to reside in the Bureau and therefore in the Statistician because he is to be the controller of the Bureau under this Bill. [More…]
One of the dangerous things in setting up institutions is to give to an institution, which is not purely a judicial body, a pseudo-judicial atmosphere, because there is some kind of feeling of deprivation by those who approach such a body that they are facing, in their belief, a person who is a judge and who has certain powers and immunities; that they in fact are in a court. [More…]
It would be wrong if those who approached the Grants Commission believed that because a person sitting on the bench was designated as a judge, that person had judicial powers. [More…]
I remind honourable senators that if the Parliament had wanted this body to have judicial or semi-judicial powers it would have written into the legislation that the chairman shall be a j udge. [More…]
As all honourable senators will know, the Australian Film Commission has been given very wide powers under the Act that was passed by the Parliament earlier this year. [More…]
The investment powers relating to the Fund are being widened to include investments such as shares and real property. [More…]
At the time when the Trade Practices Act was legislated in this chamber the Opposition, of course, drew attention to the width of the powers contained in that section and expressed concern as to how they might be used. [More…]
In the circumstances I think it is only proper and prudent that whenever a case is publicised of the powers of that section being used and, on the reports which are evident, the powers being abused, there should be as speedy a revelation of the actual circumstances as it is within the Minister’s competence to provide. [More…]
Yet that Government was sought to be overthrown by insurgency from within, aided by aggression from North Vietnam and a continual supply of arms, munitions and the weapons of war by the major powers which supported the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong cause. [More…]
Committees of management are given powers which deny the rank and file members their rights if a committee of management decides that it wants to facilitate an amalgamation ballot. [More…]
If you take up a modern volume of the reports of the Queen’s Bench Division, you will find that about half the cases reported have to do with rules of administrative law; I mean with such matters as local rating, the powers of local boards, the granting of licences for various trades and professions, the Public Health Acts, the Education Acts, and so forth. [More…]
The reason for that, as was given over many decades, was that such a system as is embraced within this Bill ran counter to the concept of the rule of law, and the argument went that the rule of law implied the absence of wide discretionary powers in the Government affecting the personal liberty, the private property rights and the freedom of contract of individuals. [More…]
But a change has taken place in recent decades, a change which I suggest has been dictated by political considerations and by a realisation by governments that it is essential to protect the rights of individuals, especially in view of the increasing intrusion of the state into other affairs; that the extremely wide powers often of necessity put on a discretionary basis, and exercised by Ministers and officials, should be subject to proper checks and balances. [More…]
Hand in hand with these new duties must go new powers. [More…]
… decisions made in the exercise of powers conferred by that enactment; or [More…]
… decisions made in the exercise of powers conferred, or that may be conferred, by another enactment having effect under that enactment. [More…]
The Attorney-General is examining the recommendations of the Bland Committee that there should be a general requirement for reasons to be given for decisions made under powers conferred by statute. [More…]
The performance of the functions or the exercise of the powers of the Council is not affected by a vacancy in the office of a member referred to in paragraph ( 1 ) (a), (b) or (c) or by reason of the number of appointed members falling below 3 for not more than 3 months. [More…]
The Government believes that these two immediate decisions relating to the report of the Commonwealth Administrative Review Committee will be taken as a tangible demonstration of the significance it attaches to the protection of the rights of individuals at a time when governments exercise extensive powers on their behalf. [More…]
We in our Constitution endeavoured to provide protection of individual rights by creating an entrenched judiciary in the Federal field, lt is well known that we adopted to some degree from America the separation of powers and that that was much influenced by Montesquieu ‘s mistaken interpretation of the English system at the time the American Constitution was penned. [More…]
for review of decisions made in the exercise of powers conferred by that enactment; or [More…]
for review of decisions made in the exercise of powers conferred, or that may be conferred, by another enactment having effect under that enactment. [More…]
Where an enactment, being an Act or an Ordinance of a Territory, authorizes the making of regulations prescribing matters necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act or Ordinance, regulations under the Act or Ordinance may provide, notwithstanding that so to provide would be inconsistent with the Act or Ordinance, that applications may be made to the Tribunal for review of decisions made in the exercise of powers conferred by the Act or Ordinance, and, where regulations under the Act or Ordinance so provide, provision may also be made by regulations under the Act or Ordinance modifying or excluding the operation of any provision of the Act or Ordinance providing for appeals from or reviews of decisions in respect of which applications may be made to the Tribunal for review. [More…]
that enactment, or another enactment having effect under that enactment, may also include a provision that a non-presidential member shall not exercise, or participate in the exercise of, the powers of the Tribunal in relation to such applications unless he was appointed as a non-presidential member in accordance with a procedure, or has special qualifications, specified in the provision, and sub-section 21(1) has effect subject to any provision so included; and [More…]
Is the Minister satisfied that the various instruments would all be areas that would be subject to the disallowance powers of this House? [More…]
provisions authorizing the making of applications to the Tribunal for review of decisions made in the exercise of powers conferred by an enactment; and [More…]
The Opposition has an amendment seeking to add 2 new sub-clauses to clause 40, which details the powers of the Tribunalpowers such as the taking of evidence, the adjournment of proceedings, proceedings to deal with a matter in the absence of a party, and the power of the Tribunal to summon persons to appear before it. [More…]
I think the Senate will well remember that in recent years some Senate committees excited a considerable amount of attention because of the powers they were able to exercise in requiring people to appear before them. [More…]
I do not believe that when we give powers to tribunals- we are giving enormous powers to tribunals these days- some of these rights should be allowed to be lost. [More…]
Clause 43 enables the Tribunal, when making its decision, to affirm decisions which are under review, to vary decisions which are under review or to exercise other powers which are set out in the clause. [More…]
The purpose of this Bill is to amend the Dairy Produce Export Control Act 1924-1973 to change the powers and membership of the Australian Dairy Produce Board as part of the Government’s programme to provide progressively more effective regulatory and marketing services to Australian primary industries. [More…]
The additional powers proposed will strengthen the Corporation’s regulatory responsibilities and provide it with more flexibility in its financial and trading operations to permit this. [More…]
The existing powers are to be assumed by the Corporation with additions in 3 main areas where it is considered that a change would benefit the industry and improve the Corporation’s operations. [More…]
The third area relates to the borrowing powers of the Corporation which presently restrict advances under Australian Government guarantee to dairy produce intended for export. [More…]
Clauses 8 and 10 (23) extend the present borrowing powers to permit advances to be used to finance winter stocks by allowing product subject to Corporation advances to be withdrawn for the local market. [More…]
The Commission saw the Act as requiring it to exercise powers of a judicial character and in its First Report made in 1933 said that it regarded its work as ‘judicial in character and method ‘. [More…]
The general powers of the Grants Commission to undertake inquiries as they are set out in sections 16 and 1 8, put it in much the same role as a permanently constituted commission of inquiry presided over by a person of judicial status. [More…]
In seeking support for the inclusion of that provision in the Bill the Opposition emphasised the enormous powers that were contained in the Bill which was then before the Senate and recounted the relationship between those powers and the total life of the private citizen. [More…]
Those were powers that would alter and affect the life of the private citizen insofar as they were related to the whole aspect of information which the private citizen may be asked to give, which the private citizen may be expected to supply and, if I may say so, which the private citizen may be compelled to provide. [More…]
I think I should point out again to the Committee and to the Minister that the measure which is before us tonight bestows upon the Government of the day enormous powers and an enormous opportunity for moving into the total area of privacy as far as the citizens of this nation are concerned. [More…]
We did not have a committee with such wide ranging powers as the Hope Committee which presented such an effective report. [More…]
It defines optometry as the means of doing or performing one or more of the following acts, matters or things, that is to say, the examination of the eyes, the measurement of their functions and powers with the object of determining whether there is any and if so the nature or degree of any abnormality or defect of sight, the correction, remedying and relieving of any abnormality or defect of sight by means of an optical appliance or orthoptic treatment and optical dispensing. [More…]
The Government believes that the Prices Justification Tribunal has been and is continuing to be an effective instrument against inflation as far as its existing powers will allow it to go; that it has dealt fairly and as expeditiously as possible with the companies within its jurisdiction; that it has retained a degree of flexibility in its approach, which changing economic circumstances require; and that, in particular, it has been giving full emphasis to the need to maintain profitability at a level that will sustain investment and employment which is, of course, the theme of the Government’s submission to the present Broken Hill Pty Co. Ltd inquiry. [More…]
The Government, of course, talks about clarification of the Act and, as was said by a member of the Government Party in another place, the Government wants to obtain 2 new powers which the general public thought that the Australian Broadcasting Control Board had. [More…]
As was pointed out in a previous debate, there are powers here that, if they were carried to the extreme, could virtually be a form of censorship. [More…]
The Government, by this legislation, basically is seeking to remove any legal doubt about whether or not the Australian Broadcasting Control Board has power to carry out its functions and to exercise its powers under the existing Act. [More…]
But to suggest that the amendments which have been introduced do no more than remedy the defects is to overlook the very wide and unlimited powers which the amendment would give to the Australian Broadcasting [More…]
The troubles that we got into as a result of the 25 per cent tariff cut- I am the first to admit that we got into troubles over the 25 per cent tariff cut, although it is irrelevant to this particular question- were due not so much to the mistaken idea of a tariff cut but were due largely to the fact that we do not have complementary powers to make a tariff cut achieve the purpose that we set out to achieve. [More…]
Of course, the reason we could not do anything about that was that we were denied the powers over prices that we sought in a referendum against which the Opposition campaigned so fiercely a year or so ago. [More…]
The Minister may, after consultation with the Commission, give to the Commission, in writing, such directions, with respect to the performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers, as appear to the Minister to be necessary in the public interest. [More…]
Chapter III of our Federal Constitution lays down the functions and powers of the High Court and the matters on which the High Court is to have original jurisdiction. [More…]
I merely summarise by saying that those powers appear to me to be not controvertible in the way in which this Government proposes to act. [More…]
This is a minute which gives the widest possible powers to the Minister for Minerals and Energy. [More…]
The Minister for Minerals and Energy has had placed in his hands wide powers, including authority to borrow $4,000m for temporary purposes; authority to borrow and to determine on behalf of Australia the terms and conditions of the borrowing; authority to authorise any other person to enter into an arrangement and to sign the necessary document; authority for and on behalf of Australia to issue any promissory notes; and authority to take any other action and execute any other documents required or permitted to be taken or executed for the purpose of making the borrowing. [More…]
Such wide powers should not be placed in the hands of the Minister for Minerals and Energy. [More…]
Those powers are the widest powers that could be given to an Australian Treasurer to work through the established Treasury procedures. [More…]
There has been the revelation through this minute of the wide powers that were given to the Minister for Minerals and Energy, which have been referred to by Senator Wriedt as being powers to investigate. [More…]
These are not powers to investigate and report back, as was said by Senator Wriedt. [More…]
They are not powers to investigate and report back and then for the Reserve Bank to act as principals. [More…]
This is to include a constitutional amendment for the interchange of powers between the Australian and State parliaments- a much needed constitutional amendment; consideration of the constitutional position of local government; several important references of power to the Australian Parliament, and a number of matters of importance to the Territories. [More…]
Such powers exist already and it is not the intention of the Government to permit the dumping of goods in Australia to the detriment of Australian industry. [More…]
This clause confers wide discretionary powers on the Minister whereby he may disregard any part of a vessel price for the purpose of determining bounty. [More…]
If the discretionary powers are likely to be used in this way it will add to the uncertainty already existing in the minds of owners and builders in the whole matter of bounty determination. [More…]
have realised for a long time that there have been certain drawbacks and there still are certain drawbacks within the powers that they have had. [More…]
We do not see any great difference in this respect, except that there will be a strengthening of the powers available to the Corporation. [More…]
I believe that these trading powers will help to strengthen the Australian Dairy Corporation to achieve what it is hoped will be achieved. [More…]
The other purpose of the Bill, of course, is purely one that concerns the borrowing powers of the Corporation. [More…]
The Bill also increases the trading powers of the Corporation. [More…]
I think it is known throughout the Commonwealth that there are very stringent powers, including the ultimate power of taking away a man’s livelihood, which supreme courts can exercise over barristers and solicitors. [More…]
I think this present Government has been slothful because it has not yet given to the Legislative Assembly any executive powers. [More…]
I pose the question: What is the value of having a representative assembly which does not have any powers to excercise? [More…]
This legislation sets up an authority to manage the Marine Park and provides it with very wide powers. [More…]
One would have thought that if powers are to be given to preserve the Great Barrier Reef, if there is to be a Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, those controlling powers should cover the whole of the Great Barrier Reef. [More…]
I presume it is the intention that at least some powers should be exercised in respect of the whole of this region; but it does seem as though it is intended that the legislation will have a more restrictive effect and that only portions of this great region will be controlled and become a marine park. [More…]
There is no power in this Parliament to disturb the powers of the Queensland Government in relation to the islands within the region any more than there is to establish parks in a State unless the Government resumes areas of the State or the areas are conferred on it by the State. [More…]
In the first place it is not yet established that this Parliament indeed has the powers which are necessary to give proper effect to the legislation. [More…]
Although legislation on this subject has been passed through this Parliament it is still a subject of consideration by the High Court of Australia and no decision has yet been made by the High Court which will clarify the nature of the powers of the respective parliaments of the Commonwealth and of Queensland. [More…]
If we are to exercise these powers effectively there will arise not only the questions of the control of the reefs themselves and of the subsoil of the sea bed but there will also be questions arising as to jurisdiction over the waters themselves, as to the fisheries within them, as to navigation rights and so forth. [More…]
So it is quite clear that the exercise of powers under this Bill raises and will raise a vast number of very difficult questions not only of Australian constitutional law but also of international law. [More…]
It is perfectly obvious that it is not a practical proposition for the Commonwealth Government or an authority of that Government to exercise powers within an area of this kind without having to co-operate at almost every point with the Government of the State which is adjacent to the area and which controls a large number of islands which are within the area. [More…]
I have already made some mention of the powers that can be exercised by the Authority, for example, the establishment of marine parks and of special zones within the region. [More…]
There are very wide powers of regulation in relation to the whole of the region. [More…]
However, powers will be exercised also in relation to a great many commercial activities in the region. [More…]
The Bill contains very wide powers. [More…]
It contains powers which I think will create legal problems as well as problems concerning the preservation of the area, the ecology and so on. [More…]
Secondly, I ask how will the existing powers of the Minister for Agriculture (Senator Wriedt) and his control over fisheries be phased out? [More…]
I put to the Senate that the only way in which this matter can be properly resolved is by a royal commission consisting of at least one judge, preferably three, with all the powers that a royal commission has- with all the powers to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents and to provide protection for witnesses who give evidence before it- not one of those hole in the corner so-called judicial inquiries but a full royal commission of at least a judge or judges with all the power that goes with a royal commission. [More…]
Did the discussion which took place envisage, amongst other areas of co-operation, reference of powers from the State to the Commonwealth. [More…]
Did Mr Justice Murphy, as Attorney-General, also promise at the Standing Committee’s meeting on 3 July 1 973 to let the States have an outline of the type and scope of the powers which he felt would be necessary to enable the Commonwealth to legislate in a competent manner removed from any constitutional doubt. [More…]
1 ) On 25 June 1 973 my predecessor received a letter from the then Attorney-General of New South Wales stating that his Cabinet had indicated that it would give favourable consideration to any request for a reference of powers in the corporations field subject to arrangements being embodied in any Australian legislation for the preservation of the States’ existing administrative roles. [More…]
and (7) It became apparent that there would be no point in providing the States with such documents, having regard to (a) a firm indication by the Victorian AttorneyGeneral that Victoria would not refer additional powers to enable the Australian Parliament to pass laws relating to companies and (b) a conclusion reached by my predecessor that it would not be appropriate for the States to have responsibility in the administration of the proposed legislation. [More…]
1 ) That the Senate affirms that it possesses the powers and privileges of the House of Commons as conferred by Section 49 of the Constitution and has the power to summon persons to answer questions and produce documents, files and papers. [More…]
The Office will prepare simple documents such as simple wills or powers of attorney. [More…]
That the Senate affirms that it possesses the powers and privileges of the House ofCommons as conferred by Section 49 of the Constitution and has the power to summon persons to answer questions and produce documents files and papers. [More…]
Do they disagree with the first paragraph, which states that we affirm that we have the powers and privileges of the House of Commons as conferred upon us by section 49 of the Constitution? [More…]
Under the Constitution the Senate has the powers, immunities and privileges possessed by the House of Commons at the time the Commonwealth was founded. [More…]
What were those powers? [More…]
I refer to what was said by an English Judge in 1845 as to what those powers of the House of Commons were. [More…]
If this Parliament, if this Senate, abdicates the functions and the powers and the rights which it possesses to get information in the public interest then it shall be doing a fateful disservice to the institution of Parliament itself. [More…]
neither the doctrine of separation of powers, nor the need for confidentiality of high level communications, without more, can sustain an absolute, unqualified presidential privilege of immunity from judicial process under all circumstances. [More…]
We have in this case a motion which first affirms the powers of the Senate. [More…]
That the Senate affirms that it possesses the powers and privileges of the House of Commons as conferred by Section 49 of the Constitution- [More…]
The foregoing rules shall in no way restrict the mode in which the Senate may exercise and uphold its powers, privileges and immunities. [More…]
1 ) That the Senate affirms that it possesses the powers and privileges of the House of Commons as conferred by Section 49 of the Constitution and has the power to summon persons to answer questions and produce documents files and papers. [More…]
In relation to the powers and privileges of the Senate as conferred by section 49 of the Constitution. [More…]
There is, of course, written in and imbedded into our Constitution, to a fairly strong extent, the notion of the separation of the powers as between Executive and legislature. [More…]
That maxim would be well served by resolute action by the Senate of a kind which will manifest to public officials generally that, in a democracy, the institution of Parliament is still paramount: that Cabinet derives what powers it may have from the Parliament, and not Parliament from the Cabinet; and that Parliament’s rights are, in essence, the rights of the citizen. [More…]
It is also proper that the Senate should examine its powers to appoint a special prosecutor, as was necessary in order to penetrate the cover-up in the United States last year. [More…]
We remind ourselves that this resolution deals with the powers and rights of the Senate not because we want to seek them for any personal reasons but because we recognise that we have obligations to maintain the position of the Senate as a protector of the people of this country. [More…]
If we look at Mr Odgers’ book, which is the authority on this matter, we find that at page 566 he says that the House of Commons, amongst other powers, had the right to institute inquiries and to require the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents. [More…]
As a House of Parliament we are entitled to balance that interest and we are justified in saying that we should make this decision and that it is part of our powers. [More…]
The other statement which Mr Fraser made, that the Government had wide powers to determine what would be national interest insurance and that these powers would enable the Australian Government Insurance Corporation to compete unfairly with the private insurance companies, also was erroneous. [More…]
The Government does not have these powers. [More…]
We are not at all keen on giving commissions or Ministers untrammelled powers in this area. [More…]
It had been intended that this Chapter would draw together the many recommendations made throughout the report and would provide further detail of the recommendations, within the Committee’s terms of reference, regarding the powers and functions of the proposed Securities Commission. [More…]
The desirability and feasibility of establishing a securities and exchange commission by the Commonwealth either alone or in co-operation with the States and the powers and functions necessary for such a commission to enable it to act speedily and efficiently against manipulation of prices, insider trading and such other improper or injurious practices as the Committee finds have occurred or may occur in relation to shares and other securities of public companies, and to recommend generally in regard to the foregoing such legislative and administrative measures by the Commonwealth as will, having regard to the constitutional division of legislative power in Australia, enable the utmost protection of members of the public and the national interest. [More…]
The Constitution itself provides by section 74 that no appeal shall be permitted to the Privy Council from a decision of the High Court upon any question, howsoever arising, as to the limits inter se of the constitutional powers of the Commonwealth and those of any State or States or as to the limits inter se of the constitutional powers of any two or more States, unless the High Court shall certify that the question is one which ought to be determined by the Privy Council. [More…]
The Minister may, by writing under his hand, give directions to the Commission with respect to the exercise of its powers or the performance of its functions, either generally or with respect to a particular case. [More…]
This is clear from the statements that have been made and it is obvious that we can expect the use of clause 17 and other powers in this Bill to give effect to Labor Party policies in the following areas: Urban and regional development, worker participation, compulsory unionism, compensation and insurance, import policies, environmental control, standards and efficiency in research, industry restructuring and so forth. [More…]
There are even powers within this Bill, under clause 9, to declare, by regulation, the policies that are to be adopted. [More…]
Of course, it is a body which accords with a number of other proposals which this Government makes to centralise and to sweep away powers so that the private sector will be thoroughly controlled by the Government. [More…]
I refer to the powers of the Commission, which are set out in section 6 of the Bill. [More…]
If it needed further powers for some particular purpose it would not be obtaining any of them under this legislation. [More…]
Many cases could be cited and there is no evidence to suggest that such powers of direction have led to abuses in the past. [More…]
A constitutional crisis is when the Lords threaten the use of legal powers bestowed on them by the legislation which ultimately trimmed their wings. [More…]
That it should be regarded as a piece of effrontery to exercise acknowledged legal powers is in keeping with the trend that the assertion of any legal right is presumptuous by the owner of that right and a piece of callous inhumanity against whoever infringes the right. [More…]
Under the corporation power the Government has further powers. [More…]
-The idea that there is any verity in the Corporation’s being subject to those Acts is one of those pieces of fantastic nonsense with which Senator Wheeldon is most apt to display his dramatic powers in this Senate. [More…]
That is rather an amusing side to a serious subject because the legal advice given to me is that for constitutional reasons the powers of the Tribunal in this respect are limited to companies and cannot be directed to individual people. [More…]
The Tribunal’s jurisdiction extends only to companies, for constitutional reasons, and its powers are limited to this type of business organisation. [More…]
The Schedule inserted in the Senate set out those statutory powers in respect of which it was possible in the time available to provide a right of appeal to the Tribunal. [More…]
In the praliamentary recess a number of other Acts were considered with a view to enabling the tribunal to review a greater range of statutory powers- of course, these will be added to from time time- having regard largely to the recommendations of the Bland Committee and legislation enacted since the Committee reported. [More…]
One does not achieve a proper and effective working of our system of government by a consistent confrontation, by a reliance upon assumed powers which the Australian Government does not have and by a flat contradiction of the claims by the States that at least they ought to be consulted in these matters. [More…]
The third ground of objection which the Opposition has is that it is a misuse of the powers of the Statute of Westminster. [More…]
It represents an endeavour by the Commonwealth, as I see it, to misuse the powers in the Statute of Westminster. [More…]
In each case a Deputy Ombudsman will be appointed and will have all the powers of the Australian Ombudsman except that of reporting to the Parliament. [More…]
The purpose of this Bill is to establish the office of Defence Force Ombudsman and to define his powers and functions. [More…]
The powers of the Defence Force Ombudsman in connection with his investigation of a matter are similar to those contained in the Ombudsman Bill. [More…]
Firstly, I want to consider what is the nature of the provision and whether the type of powers which it seeks to give are the best type of powers to promote that regulation. [More…]
They are immense powers and I do not think anyone would doubt them. [More…]
I noted that Senator Greenwood earlier in his remarks spoke of the wider powers which are given to the Minister under this legislation. [More…]
We believe that there are wider powers which the Minister should be given, but I guess that is a matter of degree rather than of principle because during the past 3 years, despite the fact that the legislation has worked reasonably well, we have learned by experience that it can be improved. [More…]
The other major point to which he referred, and the one on which he closed, was the powers which he felt were given to the Treasurer under this legislation. [More…]
The powers under that legislation were no different from the powers which obtain under this legislation. [More…]
So it is not a matter of this legislation being the subject of any marked change in the powers which are given to the responsible Minister. [More…]
The basic powers of the Secretary, as Permanent Head of the Department, are set out in section 25 1 (2) of the Public Service Act. [More…]
To the extent that specific powers are given in the Defence Act to the Chief of Defence Force Staff and the Chiefs of Staff, these powers of the Secretary must be read down. [More…]
I can remember that early in its life this Government attempted to implement a prices and incomes policy and it sought additional constitutional powers. [More…]
In fact, the Opposition carried on a great scare campaign and said that the powers sought were unnecessary. [More…]
All the interference has been by Western and other totalitarian powers. [More…]
It is the duty of the Board, within the limits of its powers, to ensure that the monetary and banking policy of the Bank is directed to the greatest advantage of the people of Australia, and that the powers of the Bank under the Banking Act 1959 and the regulations under that Act are exercised in such a manner as, in the opinion of the Board, will best contribute to the stability of the currency of Australia, the maintenance of full employment in Australia, and the economic prosperity and welfare of the people of Australia. [More…]
I had to wander back to the Public Service Act and find what are the Secretary ‘s powers under that Act. [More…]
These powers were given to the Governor-General himself and not to the Governor-General in Council. [More…]
1 ) The Governor-General may delegate to the Chief of Defence Force Staff or to an officer of the Army any of his powers under sections 10 and 10b to appoint and promote Officers of the Army. [More…]
In the United States the position of Secretary of Defense, which is a most political position, has developed very much when compared with the powers that a Secretary of one of our departments has. [More…]
What this has done is to give a priority to the Secretary of the Department whose powers interweave with the whole of the powers of command of the Chief of Defence Force Staff. [More…]
powers of the Minister should be cut down by independent authority vested in any official, whether he be Service or civilian. [More…]
Even more significant, the proposed new section 9a restricts the powers of the Secretary of the Department under section 25 (2) of the Public Service Act by specifically providing that the administration of the defence force should be the joint responsibility, under the Minister, of the Secretary and the CDFS. [More…]
Far from extending the powers of the Secretary or his officers, the combined result of this sharing of administrative responsibility and the greater direct input into departmental business of Service officers represents a substantial move towards a better balance in the civil and military advice reaching the Minister and the Government. [More…]
Section 68 of the Constitution has never been regarded as a bar to Parliament, in pursuance of its power under section 51 (VI) of the Constitution, making laws investing officers and other authorities with practical command over the Defence Force, any part thereof or the members of any part of that Force or regulating the manner in which those powers are to be exercised- so long at any rate, as no attempt is made to derogate from the formal supreme command vested in the Governor-General by section 68 of the Constitution. [More…]
By an extraordinary twist of history, Australia- herself once a colony- became one of the world’s last colonial powers. [More…]
The Governor-General may constitute a Council of Defence, which shall have such powers and functions as are prescribed. [More…]
The Governor-General may constitute a Council of Defence, which shall have such powers and functions as are prescribed. [More…]
Even the Prime Minister (Mr Whitlam), who seems to enjoy the superficial trappings of powers more than exercising the authority and responsibilities of power, has at last had the good grace to acknowledge this self evident fact. [More…]
The powers that be in the Liberal Party which was in office in 1 963 made it a condition of the payment of bounty that this information had to be supplied at the request of the Minister. [More…]
On the one hand, one of the Minister’s colleagues asserts that privacy is tremendously important and that steps should be taken to ensure the privacy of records, but on the other hand he- when one looks at the powers which the Minister for Police and Customs can exercise under legislation for which he is responsible it is a matter which ought to give apprehensionregards privacy as of no account and regards himself as under an obligation to give information about the private affairs and confidential dealings of individuals. [More…]
The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT- In view of the confusion, I think I will exercise my plenary powers and declare the sitting of the Senate suspended until 2.15 p.m. [More…]
By an extraordinary twist of history, Australia- herself once a colony- became one of the world’s last colonial powers. [More…]
In reaching this decision the Government has taken into account that the Remuneration Tribunal reviewed salaries and allowances in 1974, that determinations and reports arising from this review were re-presented in the Tribunal’s 1975 review and took effect from 1 March 1 975, and the fact that these determinations and reports were made by the Tribunal itself in accordance with its powers under the existing Act. [More…]
that the Australian Government uses its constitutional powers to prohibit the export of any mineral sands from Fraser Island, and [More…]
There are other powers which may be administered by the Attorney-General under another Act, and I think that the question the honourable senator asks me covers an area into which I cannot intrude. [More…]
The agreement empowers the Commission to perform any functions additional to its present role to enable it to complete its task, subject to the same conditions and powers it exercises under the Tasman Bridge Restoration Act 1975. [More…]
The Senate should be careful and watchful and it is time for it to use its inspectorial powers, if that is the best way to describe them. [More…]
The investment powers of these accounts are controlled by the National Debt Commission and the Superannuation Board. [More…]
This authority would comprise only members elected for a specific period, and would have powers which reflected the wishes of the Community; [More…]
Liquor Act is fairly wide and it does give very broad powers in the enlightened State of New South Wales to licensees. [More…]
How stupid and nonsensical and completely ignorant it is to accept that situation and to deny to a properly constituted second chamber of the Parliament a right to review, in accordance with the express terms of the Constitution, written as recently as 1900, limiting our powers of amendment so as to give to the lower House primacy in responsibility for financial matters relating to ordinary annual services, appropriation and taxation Bills, and Bills that might increase the charge upon the people, but giving us the right to amend all other financial matters and to reject all Bills. [More…]
Clause 9 of the Bill deals with the powers of an authorized person to enter premises to exercise his functions of search, examination and measurements in relation to what might be leviable land. [More…]
The Bill also amends the principal Act to extend the Corporation’s power to borrow in the exercise of any of its powers under the Act. [More…]
The Opposition would be respected far more in the community, I suggest, if it exercised the powers that it asserts in relation to these 3 Bills in accordance with its attitude to the Bills than if it waited until a vote was taken on 2 subsequent Bills and then purely for political purposes took a certain step. [More…]
Without limiting the powers of the Commission to transport passengers and goods on the railways, the Commission may (as incidental or supplementary to, or in association with, the transport of passengers or goods on the railways) transport passengers and goods for reward by land, otherwise than on the railways, between . [More…]
That the Australian Government uses its constitutional powers to prohibit the export of any mineral sands from Fraser Island, and [More…]
Many governments are concerned, however, that there should not be a competitive build-up in the naval deployments into the Indian Ocean of the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. and there is wide spread support for the Australian proposal that these two powers agree on mutual restraint in their deployments. [More…]
that the Australian Government uses its constitutional powers to prohibit the export of any mineral sands from Fraser Island, and [More…]
Honourable senators opposite have prostituted the powers of the Senate so many times that people outside the chamber are rapidly coming around to the stage that they hope the Senate will disappear forever and that everybody on that side of the Senate will go with it. [More…]
The top public servants of this country were given a job to carry out a redistribution on the basis of equal voting powers for all eligible people within Australia. [More…]
But there are great powers in the hands of the Australian Government to protect its citizens abroad, whether they are in Greece, Italy, Yugoslavia, Spain or anywhere else. [More…]
But during its discussion before the Full Court, some questions affecting the constitutional powers of the Commonwealth arose, and it was doubtful if a decision of the case could be arrived at unless those questions were determined. [More…]
provide: ‘A Full Court consisting of less than all the Justices shall not give a decision on a question affecting the constitutional powers of the Commonwealth, unless at least three Justices concur in the decision’. [More…]
All it does is to say that irrespective of what other powers may be contained within the Inter-State Commission this does not override the Airlines Agreements Act 1952-1973. [More…]
The Commission may exercise its powers notwithstanding any vacancy or vacancies in the membership of the Commission. [More…]
It is in relation to the powers of the Commission. [More…]
PART III-POWERS OF COMMISSION [More…]
It is rather a distant time to ask honourable senators to recall some words in a speech of mine in May, but I do take leave to remind honourable senators that when speaking in the debate on the motion for the second reading of this Bill I adumbrated this amendment and referred to it as invoking the powers of the Inter-State Commission for particular benefit from the point of view of Tasmania. [More…]
What Senator Wright proposes conflicts entirely with the arrangements which his own Party agreed upon, because we have dropped out of clause 16 (2) the sort of powers which he now wants to be put into the Bill. [More…]
A declaration in the terms which Senator Wright proposes is not only inconsistent with the Conciliation and Arbitration Act but also is quite an extraordinary move towards the sort of powers which the Parliament so far has not agreed to give to the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission. [More…]
that the Australian Government uses its constitutional powers to prohibit the export of any mineral sands from Fraser Island, [More…]
I ask the Special Minister of State whether he has seen a report in the Australian of 24 September of the conference of the Australian Institute of Management in Canberra at which the Prices Justification Tribunal was accused, among other things, of having terrifying powers and responsibilities that are hard to define and of being both anti-competition and anti-profit. [More…]
The legislation establishing the Corporation gave it powers to borrow under Government guarantee. [More…]
However, I should remind honourable senators that the Bill originally contained a clause, clause 13, which would have enable particular powers and functions already vested in other bodies under other laws to be transferred to the Inter-State Commission. [More…]
It would attempt to vest powers and functions conferred by other laws in the Commission. [More…]
Paragraph (c) of Senator Wright’s amendment is an attempt to write into the Bill powers that go far beyond those contained in the Conciliation and Arbitration Act. [More…]
Constitution Alteration (Inter-change of Powers) Bill 1974 Constitution Alteration (Local Government Bodies) Bill 1974 [More…]
The honourable senator knows perfectly well that the Senate has co-equal powers with the House of Representatives, except in certain categories of money Bills. [More…]
He made no secret of his interpretation of the Senate’s powers. [More…]
There is no tradition, as has been suggested, that the Senate will not use its constitutional powers whenever it considers it necessary or desirable to do so in the public interest. [More…]
There are no limitations on the Senate in the use of its constitutional powers except the limits self-imposed by discretion and reason. [More…]
Senator Murphy’s attitude to the powers of the Senate and the traditions of the Labor Party was clear and consistent, unlike that of the Prime Minister who twists and turns at every opportunity, who says one thing when it suits him and the reverse when it equally suits him. [More…]
The Senate is entitled and expected to exercise resolutely but with discretion its powers to refuse its concurrence - [More…]
I am used to the Labor Party using dictatorial powers within its own structure. [More…]
There are no limitations on the Senate in the use of its constitutional powers . [More…]
What most people forget and what the Opposition refuses to accept is that the 3 parts of this trinity do not have equal powers. [More…]
I am inclined to believe that the decision in the Humes Pipes case or the Rocla Pipes case which gave the Commonwealth powers over corporations was a complete reversal of the decision in the previous Huddart v. Moorehead case because the court was applying itself to an interpretation of the changing social functions of our society. [More…]
Suppose for example that the States complain that the Commonwealth is using its legislative powers in a manner which can be accommodated within the literal words of the Constitution but has the intention and effect of substantially diminishing the legislative powers of the States. [More…]
These include: whether it was originally intended that the Commonwealth should be able by unilateral action to bring about such a change otherwise than by formal amendment of the Constitution; if not, whether there is any such ground for departing from the original intention as factual changes in the relative responsibilities of the Commonwealth and the States, or in the place of Australia in the international community, or in economic and social developments since federation; and whether as a general principle legislative powers can be used to attain ends unrelated to the purpose of the power. [More…]
There are no limitations on the Senate in the use of its constitutional powers, except the limitations imposed by discretion and reason. [More…]
The only restrictions on the exercise by the Senate of its financial powers are the restraint which it traditionally exercises and the electoral sanction. [More…]
A Senate which used its powers capriciously could suffer only one fate- punishment at the ballot box. [More…]
Section 49 of the Constitution gives to this Senate the powers, privileges and immunities not of the House of Lords but of the House of Commons. [More…]
Indeed, in 1952 in the State of Victoria the upper House, which at that time was partly elected on a restricted franchise but which was controlled by the Australian Labor Party, used its powers in the Legislative Council to take to the people a government of a different colour. [More…]
The Commission operates without respect to State boundaries or powers of States and the Commonwealth and therefore would have power to organise its work so as not to be dependent upon a decision of either a State government or the Federal Government. [More…]
They have fully canvassed the sorts of powers which the Inter-State Commission proposed by the Government should have. [More…]
As honourable senators now know, looking at the paper that we put down last week, the powers of the Commission have been greatly reduced at the request of the Opposition, as far as we are aware, in a responsible way. [More…]
Although the Government did not want to give way on some of the powers that the Commission would have had under the legislation, which had been proposed by the Government and which had been discussed for many years, it decided to do so on the plea of the Prime Minister (Mr Whitlam) that the most advantageous thing to industry and to the nation would be to have the Inter-State Commission set up as quickly as possible. [More…]
I think it is unreal for Senator Wright to expect the Parliament to give him the powers he requests. [More…]
We certainly could not agree to the industrial powers for which he is asking. [More…]
But the strengthening of the powers of the Commission could be considered at a later stage. [More…]
The Bill extends the powers of the Tasman Bridge Restoration Commission which was established by the Tasman Bridge Restoration Act 1975 to include the additional function of organising and constructing a fifth lane on the Hobart Bridge during the course of the restoration work which has been occasioned by the damage done by the collision of the S.S. Lake Illawarra with the Bridge. [More…]
Under this Bill, the Director-General of Health and his three faceless men in the pricing bureau would have huge powers. [More…]
If I may say this without getting into the substance of the debate, the message does call into question whether or not the Senate has the powers within the Constitution to do as it did. [More…]
It will operate both as principal and agent with full powers of buying and selling goods in either export or import markets. [More…]
that the Australian Government uses its constitutional powers to prohibit the export of any mineral sands from Fraser Island, and [More…]
276 is a lawful and proper exercise within the terms of the Constitution of the powers of the Senate. [More…]
That the powers of the Senate were expressly conferred on the Senate as part of the Federal Compact which created the Commonwealth of Australia. [More…]
That there is no convention and never has been any convention that the Senate shall not exercise its constitutional powers. [More…]
There can be no doubt about the Senate’s powers in this matter. [More…]
The Senate will not retreat before this onslaught on the powers of the Parliament because the Senate is fighting for democracy and for the Constitution. [More…]
It is amazing to me that the great advocates of parliamentary democracy over the years, the people who challenged all the new revolutionary movements in other parts of the world and talked about the Red thrust from South East Asia, from Saigon, about the danger to parliamentary democracy and about the great powers of the trade unions, should now seek to use a power which is badly based. [More…]
Those who as lawyers look to constitutional matters should go back to the Constitutional debates and they will understand that the constitutional fathers deliberately pondered upon upper houses overseas and their limited powers and constructed an upper House here with powers specifically given to it, including this power which is now being used. [More…]
The compact of Federation in the formation of this great nation was that there would be an Australian Senate, and I believe that, without contest, the Australian Senate now has the powers to deal with all Bills and to deal especially with money Bills in the way in which it is dealing with them at the present time. [More…]
He seems again to be overlooking that it is the Australian people who will alter the Australian Constitution and not an action from the Prime Minister who decides that he will change the powers and curb the powers of the Australian Senate as they exist. [More…]
So there is no real parallel between the House of Lords and its powers and the Australian Senate in this Parliament. [More…]
However, there are many views, both from within the Labor Party and from outside the political scene altogether, which suggest that it most certainly does have the powers that it claims- the powers that are rightly the powers of the people of Australia. [More…]
There is no tradition, as has been suggested, that the Senate will not use its constitutional powers, whenever it considers it necessary or desirable to do so, in the public interest. [More…]
There are no limitations on the Senate in the use of its constitutional powers except the limits selfimposed by discretion and reason. [More…]
The only restrictions on the exercise by the Senate of financial powers are the restraint which it traditionally exercises, and the electoral sanction. [More…]
It is the performance of the Government that is causing instability in this country and it is the performance of the Government of which the Senate Opposition must take heed today and on which it must act in a responsible manner within the constitutional powers of review that so rightly and properly rest with it. [More…]
We hope now that it will not be a tragic week for Parliament and for the Senate because the action which has been taken has raised many questions and thoughts about the very basis of this House and the powers which it now possesses. [More…]
The Senate has powers to provide that balance if and when it decides to exercise them. [More…]
The Constitution was drafted to give the Senate equal powers, with one small exception, to those of the House of Representatives. [More…]
During the great National Australasian Convention Debates of the 1 890s when the Constitution was so laboriously but splendidly drafted and agreed upon, great attention was given to the question of the Senate’s powers in relation to money Bills and the possibilities and the consequences of deadlocks. [More…]
They indicate the views which were accepted as the very basis upon which the Constitution was prepared and the powers given to the Senate. [More…]
Would that not be an absurd position, when we have powers given to us by way of suggestion? [More…]
Having such powers, it becomes our duty to exercise them whenever we find it necessary to do so; otherwise we are false to our trust and false to our duty. [More…]
Mr Whitlam has always hated the Senate and he has made it clear that he would like either to abolish the Senate or to curtail its powers. [More…]
It is part of a deliberate campaign by the Prime Minister to mislead the Australian public and lead the people into a situation in which the Prime Minister could put before them a referendum to curtail the powers of this chamber so that he can rule absolutely without challenge and without anyone being able to prevent him from being able to carry out the schemes which have already cost Australia so dearly. [More…]
The Senate, with its full role in relation to money matters, was given those powers to be able to protect the States as one of its principal functions. [More…]
The threatened curtailment of the Senate powers is a direct attack upon the States. [More…]
Powers of the Senate [More…]
If we desire to know what are the powers of the Senate over money bills, we find them expressly set out in the Constitution. [More…]
Now these provisions, which are the material ones, establish quite plainly that, while the Senate may not itself amend what we call ‘money bills’, it can pass them, or reject them, because these are the powers of the House of Representatives in respect of the same measures. [More…]
It would be absurd to suppose that the draftsmen of the Constitution conferred these powers on the Senate with a mental reservation that they should never be exercised. [More…]
I do not believe that the Senate ought as a matter of political judgment, to exercise its powers in every case. [More…]
It is interesting that the Opposition should hang its case on the statement issued by a man who retired from politics 10 years ago and whose linkage goes directly back to the last century when the same man is on record at the height of his intellectual powers in 1932 and under somewhat more objective circumstances as stating: [More…]
Sir Robert Menzies, 43 years ago when he was at the height of his intellectual powers, continued: [More…]
That was a quotation from the Game papers, from a letter written by Sir Robert Menzies on 3 November 1932 when he was at the height of his intellectual powers. [More…]
Powers of the Senate [More…]
If we desire to know what are the powers of the Senate over money Bills, we find them expressly set out in the constitution. [More…]
Now these provisions, which are the material ones, establish quite plainly that, while the Senate may not itself amend what we call ‘Money Bills’, it can pass them, or reject them, because these are the powers of the House of Representatives in respect of the same measures. [More…]
It would be absurd to suppose that the draftsmen of the constitution conferred these powers on the Senate with a mental reservation that they should never be exercised. [More…]
1 do not believe that the Senate ought as a matter of political judgment, to exercise its powers in every case. [More…]
Certain powers it does not have in relation to money Bills, but there is no doubt that it has the power to reject. [More…]
I think that statement tells us a lot about what Mr Fraser thinks of this country, the powers available in this country and the traditions and conventions of this country, when he advised the Prime Minister to take notice of and quoted the London Times. [More…]
276 is a lawful and proper exercise within the terms of the Constitution of the powers of the Senate. [More…]
That the powers of the Senate were expressly conferred on the Senate as part of the Federal Compact which created the Commonwealth of Australia. [More…]
That there is no convention and never has been any convention that the Senate shall not exercise its constitutional powers. [More…]
Powers of the Senate [More…]
If we desire to know what are the powers of the Senate over money Bills, we find them expressly set out in the Constitution. [More…]
Now these provisions, which are the material ones, establish quite plainly that, while the Senate may not itself amend what we call ‘money Bills’, it can pass them, or reject them, because these are the powers of the House of Representatives in respect of the same measures. [More…]
It would be absurd to suppose that the draftsmen of the Constitution conferred these powers on the Senate with a mental reservation that they should never be exercised. [More…]
I will, concede the legal aspect, as contained in paragraph (a) of the amendment- that the action is lawful and a proper exercise within the terms of the Constitution of the powers of the Senate- but I would also like to say that there is an implied obligation within that that there should be a just consideration if it is desired that the matter be brought before the Senate. [More…]
Section 53 is, however, a statement of the powers of each House in respect of all proposed laws; it is the capacity of each House to deal in particular ways with individual Bills with which the section is concerned, not the powers of either House to force a dissolution of the other. [More…]
The only restrictions on the exercise by the Senate of its financial powers are the restraint which it traditionally exercises and the electoral sanction. [More…]
A Senate which used its powers capriciously could suffer only one fate- punishment at the ballot box. [More…]
It is more likely to be the political allies in the House of Representatives of those majority senators who capriciously exercise their powers who are likely to suffer such punishment. [More…]
That the Australian Government uses its constitutional powers to prohibit the export of any mineral sands from Fraser Island, and [More…]
That the Australian Government uses its constitutional powers to prohibit the export of any mineral sands from Fraser Island, and [More…]
The powers of the corporation under clause 7 of the Bill are so wide. [More…]
Those powers ought to be appreciated. [More…]
Any form of manufacture like that could be created because it would be part of the incidental powers, part of the things it would need, to export the flour which it had. [More…]
Those are some of the provisions that make this Bill a Bill of deception and one with unlimited powers which would be soon seen to be exercised with vigour by this Government. [More…]
At that point of time in 1951 the Menzies Administration was in a minority in the Senate, yet there was no suggestion that the Labor Party should exercise its powers to reject the 1951 Budget, despite the high rate of inflation and despite the uncertainty that existed in the business community at that time. [More…]
There is nothing in the Constitution that suggests that the High Court has any particular powers in these respects. [More…]
The purpose of this article is to examine the powers and the authority of the Australian Senate. [More…]
After setting out and explaining the powers of the Senate, Sir Robert went on to comment: [More…]
The purpose of this article is to examine the powers and authority of the Australian Senate. [More…]
But the United States Senate has, in public acceptance, and by virtue of certain special powers, a status and authority superior to that of the House. [More…]
In this respect, its powers exceed those of the Australian Senate. [More…]
So attached were the founders of the American Constitution to the principal of the ‘separation of powers’ between legislature and executive that section 6 of that Constitution expressly provides that ‘no person holding any office under the United States shall be a member of either House during his continuance in Office. [More…]
Should it really exercise its undoubted powers in such a way as to control or frustrate the policies of a government with a popular majority and mandate in the House? [More…]
The Governor-General issues a commission to form a government to the leader of the party (or coalition of parties ) commanding a majority in the People’s House of Representatives the House which represents the people on a population basis, the House which represents in its most recent form the public opinion of the country, and the House which has the greater financial powers. ‘ [More…]
It has no basic power within itself, apart from the normal powers on controlling its own proceedings. [More…]
It is a complete debasement of the powers of this Senate. [More…]
275 is a lawful and proper exercise within the terms of the Constitution of the powers of the Senate. [More…]
An illustrious senator in the Opposition ranks, none other than Senator Wright, on one memorable occasion, as spokesman for the then Foreign Minister, said that any attempt to upset, dismantle or fragment Yugoslavia would affect the power structure or the power balance between the NATO and the Warsaw powers. [More…]
It may be said that Senator Greenwood feels at times that we are unduly disrespectful of certain super powers, but we could say the same about his attitude to another super power. [More…]
However, I feel that the Committee would be letting a matter pass without due regard to the seriousness of the powers granted by the Telephonic Communications (Interception) Act if it were to allow the question to remain unanswered. [More…]
There are no limitations on the Senate in the use of its constitutional powers, except the limitations imposed by discretion and reason. [More…]
When the Senate uses its executive powers to dictate to a democratically elected government, then we can say that the principles embodied in a free constitution are irrevocably lost. [More…]
An equal amount has been said about the Senate having certain powers, authorities, rights and principles by which it may abide. [More…]
These provisions within the Constitution plainly establish, and it needs to be repeated again and again that while the Senate of itself may not amend what we understand as money Bills it can pass them, reject them or defer them and it has this right because it is equal in powers with the House of Representatives in respect of such measures. [More…]
It needs to be said again also that the people who put the Constitution together in those early years did not confer these powers, these authorities and rights upon the Senate for nothing. [More…]
It is a question of whether the Party in control does nothing in a given situation or takes its rights, powers and duties into account and does something about that situation. [More…]
That the powers of the Senate were expressly conferred on the Senate as part of the Federal Compact which created the Commonwealth of Australia. [More…]
That there is no convention and never has been any convention that the Senate shall not exercise its constitutional powers. [More…]
Today we have heard Ministers in this place stand up and say that we do not have the powers under the Constitution to take the stance which we are taking. [More…]
The Labor Party leader of that time, its appointee to the High Court, gave a ruling on the Constitution and the Senate ‘s powers. [More…]
He said that the Senate had these powers. [More…]
There are no limitations on the Senate in the use of its constitutional powers, except the limitations imposed by discretion and reason. [More…]
The Interim Commission’s report, which was tabled in this House in July 1 974, strongly urged the establishment of a permanent statutory authority with wide powers to undertake all those activities necessary to develop soundly based consumer standards. [More…]
The proposal, therefore, which is incorporated in the Bill is for a single Australian Consumer Protection Authority which will bring together the functions and powers presently exercised by the Trade Practices Commission in relation to the legal aspects of consumer protection, as well as the technical functions and activities needed to establish a sound base for consumers to be given accurate and adequate information about consumer goods. [More…]
Part II of the Bill describes the powers and functions of the Authority. [More…]
The related powers of the Industrial Court and the Authority are clearly defined. [More…]
The powers of the Authority in regard to public hearings have therefore been spelt out in some detail. [More…]
The Commissioner will be a statutory officer having the powers of a Permanent Head. [More…]
In the course of these events the Government has made some very rash statements about the alleged abuse of powers by the Senate. [More…]
It is extraordinary that Government senators who are elected under the Commonwealth Constitution should set about denying the very powers under which they are elected and from which their responsibilities operate. [More…]
The Senate has virtually the same money powers as has the American Congress, and the American Congress is one of the greatest and most respected legislatures in the world. [More…]
Those people who understand that will know that built into the Commonwealth structure at Federation was a Senate of a particular structure, with particular powers. [More…]
It now is revealed as being a bid by the Prime Minister to destroy the powers of the States and to concentrate power in one handhis. [More…]
In fact, when one looks at the message which was sent to the House of Representatives by the Senate and which is referred to in the amendment moved by the Opposition yesterday, one finds that the whole area of the powers of the Senate, the constitutional issue and so on are canvassed. [More…]
That the powers of the Senate were expressly conferred on the Senate as part of the Federal Compact which created the Commonwealth of Australia. [More…]
The United States Senate has great constitutional powers, as does this Senate. [More…]
These powers, unusual in a modern upper House, reflect the federal character of our polity. [More…]
J hope that Government senators will not join in the witch hunt against the Senate that has been indulged in by the Prime Minister and that they will not try to use the exercising of the constitutional powers of this chamber as a smokescreen to divert the debate from the real questions of politics that are affecting Australia. [More…]
Despite the firm recommendations of the Joint Committee relating to the transfer of executive powers and administrative functions to a Territory executive, the Government has transferred neither powers nor functions. [More…]
I want to say further that if what I am saying is untrue, as Senator Laucke has said, I must have very great powers as a clairvoyant because many of the things that I divulged in the Senate on the night of 30 September have now come true. [More…]
I know that the matter of the powers of the Senate to reject money Bills and the constitutional propriety of the Senate’s present action has been dealt with ad nauseam. [More…]
I think these powers of the Senate could almost be compared with the safety valve of a steam engine. [More…]
When a government, as in this case, exceeds its powers and its authority then these powers of the Senate are and were meant by the constitutional fathers to be a safeguard. [More…]
If one reads the reports of the constitutional convention one sees that 20 per cent or so of the time of the proceedings of the convention was taken up with a discussion of the powers of the Senate. [More…]
Those powers were given to the Senate deliberately to be used if the need should arise. [More…]
The Senate is exercising its powers properly and constitutionally. [More…]
1 do not wish to quote Senator Murphy in full but we know his words when he upheld without equivocation the powers of the Senate which, he said, were without limit. [More…]
The Prime Minister suddenly finds a great virtue in the Senate’s being stripped of its powers with respect to money Bills but in 1970 the Prime Minister took an entirely different view. [More…]
When the Prime Minister and Senator Gietzelt talk of constitutional powers and of tradition, it is important to remember that the Prime Minister is recorded as having said: [More…]
I am amazed at the effrontery of the Government in challenging the powers of the Senate in view of the Government’s track record in the past. [More…]
Four Justices of the High Court unequivocally stated that the Senate’s powers were not being misused and that the Senate did have the power to reject. [More…]
What utter nonsense it is for the Government and Senator Gietzelt to talk about breaking the Constitution when the High Court- the highest constitutional authority in the land- has upheld the Senate’s powers. [More…]
I do not need to refer to other constitutional authorities such as Professor Lane and others who have upheld the powers of the Senate. [More…]
Senator Chaney quoted something from an address that Professor Reid gave the other day when he defended the Senate’s powers. [More…]
For the convenience of enabling decisions to be made without continual reference to the Board, provisions has been made for the Board to delegate powers and functions to the Registrar or staff. [More…]
Wide powers are given to the Travel Agents Regulation Board and the Registrar to ensure that accounts and records are properly maintained. [More…]
That the Australian Government uses its constitutional powers to prohibit the export of any mineral sands from Fraser Island; and [More…]
I believe that the action the Opposition has taken in the debate on the Appropriation Bills is the responsible exercise of its powers in the Australian Parliament. [More…]
It is because the Prime Minister finds that the Senate seeks, through the constitutional powers that it possesses, to refer the performance of this Government to its masters, the people, that his reaction now is quite different to his reaction only 18 months ago, quite different to the action that he advocated in this Parliament for many years. [More…]
The Prime Minister now suggests that he will set out to smash the powers of the Senate. [More…]
He seeks to smash the powers of the Senate, to make it a rubber stamp, a useless chamber in this parliamentary system. [More…]
I do not believe that the people are going to accept as a solution to the problems that confront us today the suggestion of the Prime Minister that he will now set out to smash the powers of the Senate. [More…]
People with political views and backgrounds as far apart and as totally divorced as Sir Robert Menzies, Mr Justice Murphy and, indeed, Mr Whitlam have indicated that they believe that the powers of assent and veto of the Senate are the same as those powers in the House of Representatives. [More…]
They are aware of the gradual destruction of the sovereign powers of the States. [More…]
-The main basis upon which Senator Scott mounted his attack on the Government on the one hand and attempted to justify the Opposition’s unprecedented action in blocking the Government’s Budget on the other hand rested on what he called ‘the exercise of the responsible powers of the Senate by the Opposition’. [More…]
There are no limitations on the Senate in the use of its constitutional powers, except the limitations imposed by discretion and reason. [More…]
A great deal of time was given to the consideration of the powers of the Senate. [More…]
When we discuss this question, the events of 1911 and their effect on the powers of the House of Lords tend to colour our thinking, and it is something that we should be wary of because we should remember two things. [More…]
The second thing that we should remember is that, even if the framers of our Constitution had intended to limit the powers of the Senate to reject Supply to be co-extensive with the powers enjoyed by the House of Lords, they would have been thinking of the powers enjoyed by the House of Lords in 190 1 and not thinking of the limited powers which the Lords were left with after the events of 1 9 10 and 1911 and the passage of the Parliament Act. [More…]
Not only by its express powers, but by the equality of its representation of the States, the Senate was intended to be able to protect the States from aggression’. [More…]
Powers of the Parliament- Budget Initiation and Amendment- [More…]
POWERS OF THE PARLIAMENT-BUDGET INITIATION AND AMENDMENT [More…]
While the House of Representatives has greater powers than the Senate in relation to money Bills the scope for the exercise is much reduced by the control exercised by the government over the business of that House. [More…]
The Public Accounts Committee has no power to bring about any changes in the matters in relation to which it has statutory duties and, given its likely political and Parliamentary composition, is likely to exercise its powers with caution. [More…]
I believe the people have made it quite plain and I believe before very long the Senate itself will accept that the Senate is not entitled to usurp the money powers of this Parliament. [More…]
Section S3 of the Constitution lays down the Senate’s powers as regards money Bills. [More…]
These powers, unusual in a modern upper House, reflect the federal character of our polity. [More…]
It was a committee of this Senate which in 1954 insisted upon that division, and the Bills are divided into two solely because we have different powers of amendment in respect of one from the other. [More…]
2) we have unlimited powers of amendment, and in respect of Appropriation Bill (No. [More…]
If one is able to read into this statement a proposal to use personal income tax as a substantive part of their federalism policy, if the Opposition parties are going to say that personal income tax will be the basis upon which some distributive powers will be given to the States, if they are going to continue to make available to the States the right to levy their own income tax, then it is clear that the average taxpayer in Australia will be paying a great deal more in personal income tax. [More…]
It would not matter whether there was a Labor government or a Liberal government in office at the moment; it would be beyond the powers of a government to introduce in the Budget at this time the new concepts of taxation indexation. [More…]
His wide acquaintance with constitutional practice, his broad grasp of the principles, and his keen powers of analysis were invaluable in laying down the lines of the interpretation of the Federal Constitution. [More…]
But Sir Robert Garran said that, having regard to the money powers that had been incorporated in the Constitution, that very well might change with experience, and responsibility would have to be recognised by the [More…]
It does not refer to the Constitutional powers between the 2 Houses but simply lays down Sir Samuel Griffith’s views as to the principles by which the Governor-General should guide himself in a double dissolution situation. [More…]
The Committee considers that the right to privacy of mail is an important right of the citizen, and ought to be abridged only pursuant to law, and with proper safeguards against misuse of the powers conferred by law. [More…]
Of course, if they are not satisfactory the powers of the Senate still remain to ensure that they are amended in a suitable manner. [More…]
that the Australian Government uses its constitutional powers to prohibit the export of any mineral sands from Fraser Island, and [More…]
There is no doubt at all that it is a potential area of conflict, perhaps between the 2 Communist powers. [More…]
We are trying to gain some respect for Australia not just among the Third World powers but also in other areas. [More…]
Their then leader in this place, now Mr Justice Murphy, supported the unlimited powers of the Senate to defeat money Bills and referred to 168 occasions I think it was since 1952 when the Opposition had attempted to defeat money Bills and to 4 occasions when the Opposition had succeeded in defeating money Bills including Appropriation Bills. [More…]
Indeed, in its report, which was published in 1971, our Committee dealt with the question of the Indian Ocean and its importance to the major powers of the world. [More…]
In conclusion, the Indian Ocean region has always been an area of some great power interest and attraction but until the 1950s and early 1960s it was essentially a colonial interest of colonial powers and to this extent any influence was generally confined to related interests. [More…]
With the march towards independence and the consequential opportunities of involvement of the great powers, there has been an extension of interest and participation especially by Russia, the P.R.C., the United States and Japan. [More…]
It is difficult to foresee a significant slackening of interest by any one of these powers with the result that no matter what the opinions of the countries within the region, they will be unable to prevent the Indian Ocean developing into an area of great power influence and involvement. [More…]
They are all legitimate interests in the Indian Ocean, as are the interests of other powers. [More…]
It is also a major area of struggle between the Soviet Union and China, and today it is becoming an area of increasing struggle between those 2 communist powers. [More…]
They further highlight my statement that this is one of the major areas of struggle between the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China and that it is an area of increasing struggle between those 2 communist powers. [More…]
We also need to be reminded that the Soviet merchant fleet is very closely integrated with the Navy, far more so than the fleets of any of the other naval powers, and that provides the Soviet Navy with far greater flexibility. [More…]
One of the major objectives of all naval powers, including Russia, is the ability to influence political events. [More…]
I have been waiting to hear from some of my colleagues opposite some cries for self determination for the people of Angola because they are so keen about people in other parts of the world who may be under threat from non-communist powers. [More…]
It is necessary for the protection of our north-west coast and in view of the instability in the Indian Ocean that we should have a presence there and that that presence should be available to those navies of friendly powers should they require to use it. [More…]
Common sense demands that we support the development by the United States of Diego Garcia and the use by friendly powers of a newly developed HMAS Stirling, which I hope will be developed rapidly. [More…]
We know that in Europe today the ability of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the Warsaw Pact powers to play Rumania and Yugoslavia against other countries has worked off. [More…]
The second question raised concerns the powers of a Governor-General in this country. [More…]
Those powers were held in some obscurity. [More…]
There is perhaps still some doubt, and of course there are differing views in the community as to what the precise powers should be. [More…]
He was suggesting that perhaps in about six or nine months time issues such as the powers of the Governor-General, who at the moment seems to have the powers of an absolute monarchy, and the powers of the Senate, which at the moment is the most powerful House of Parliament in the world, and the problems created by these powers, which have been confirmed by the actions of the Governor-General in November and the elections since, can be discussed perhaps at a constitutional convention. [More…]
As I said, we seem now to have a Governor-General who has the powers of an absolute monarch. [More…]
But what started out as an exercise in the rights of the Senate became very rapidly a confrontation between Mr Whitlam and the Senate as to whether our powers would persist or be destroyed. [More…]
The election not only provided an endorsement for my Leader, the new Prime Minister, Mr Malcolm Fraser, my colleagues who formed the caretaker ministry and who now form the Cabinet and Government of this country, and the policies of the coalition parties, but also asserted once again that the Senate has a role, rights and a place in our bicameral system, that the legitimacy of our Constitution overrides the wishes of any Prime Minister and that the Governor-General has and can use the reserve powers which are given to him in the Constitution. [More…]
Mr Whitlam was sure that the Senate’s powers would be destroyed. [More…]
Its latent powers have neither atrophied nor have they disappeared, as some former Labor Ministers have tried to assert. [More…]
Any criticism of the exercise of the power brings to mind the devastating comment of a man who knew what he was talking about in 1902 when the Senate’s financial powers caine under serious challenge. [More…]
I wish to quote one further small section relating to the powers of the Senate. [More…]
Without the assertion of those powers, the Senate could not effectively fulfil its role as the safety valve of the Australian Federal system and of the nation. [More…]
the Senate must continue to be vigilant in safeguarding its powers. [More…]
Fortunately, the Senate has always been rich in institutional members, in whose hands the powers, privileges and immunities of the Senate have been, and are, in safe-keeping. [More…]
As at 1976 the Senate is at the zenith of its powers. [More…]
It enjoys a good electoral system in proportional representation, a successful committee system has been established and the Senate’s responsibilities and great financial powers are recognised. [More…]
Those of us who are parliamentarians must balance our duties to our colleagues in government and to our Prime Minister whom we support with our duties to the Parliament to see that its powers are not diminished now or at any time while we remain senators. [More…]
I look to the thirtieth Parliament and to its Senate to carry on this function; to ensure that when we finish here the chamber will still have all its powers of review over legislation, all its powers to hold back hasty legislation, all its powers over the supply of money and all its rights to an independent committee system. [More…]
The most recent judgments of the High Court clearly demonstrate that the Senate has these powers. [More…]
As well as representation for the Territory, other measures were taken by the Labor Government to extend the political powers of residents of the Australian Capital Territory. [More…]
It sometimes gives acquisition powers over the whole area of production. [More…]
The powers of the Senate are embodied in the Constitution. [More…]
It is true that the Board has general powers one of which is to ensure that during the period between the issue of the writ and the return of the writ all political comment shall be authorised so that a person shall be responsible within a particular medium for that authorisation. [More…]
Provisions relating to membership powers and proceedings of the Committees be contained in a subsequent Resolution. [More…]
Provisions relating to membership powers and proceedings of the committee be contained in a subsequent Resolution. [More…]
As in answer to part 3 above, Section 8b ( 1 ) (b) and (c) cover the powers of Police to require a person to submit to a breath test after a motor vehicle accident. [More…]
Much can be achieved by Labor members of the State Parliaments in effectuating Labor aims of more effective powers for the national Parliament and for local government. [More…]
I believe that section 53 of the Constitution should be carefully examined and that if there are powers permitting the refusal or passing of Supply those powers should be curtailed and clearly defined. [More…]
Labor initiatives between 1972 and 1975, which had resulted in a relationship of trust and confidence between Australia and other littoral states of the Indian Ocean, have been replaced by a policy which seeks to ignore, indeed more accurately to reverse, the passage of time in order to return to the futile era of confrontation between the major powers- the United States and the Soviet Union. [More…]
In place of Labor’s reasoned approach to the question, which sought strenuously to encourage mutual restraint in military commitment to the region by the United States and the Soviet Union, one now discovers that the present Government has adopted the curious position of both encouraging the United States to increase its arms strength in the region while at the same time asking that the super powers display mutual restraint. [More…]
Last year Senator Kilgariff, then deputy leader of the majority party in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, and his leader met with senior officers of the Northern Territory Branch of the Australian Labor Party at their request and assisted in the drafting of a letter to the then Minister seeking transfer of powers to the Assembly. [More…]
The present Government has set up a committee to investigate the transfer of powers to the Legislative Assembly. [More…]
Any diminution of the powers of the trade practices legislation which would allow the law of the jungle to apply and enable billion dollar traders in this community to squeeze small producers as far as they like, would be a blow to the general economic sector. [More…]
In conclusion, I want to mention something about the return of powers to the States and the talk of a new financial deal for the States. [More…]
The return to the States of taxing powers and the upgrading of local government, which I support in the context of our economic capacity, mean higher taxation for every Australian. [More…]
I have been involved previously with Premiers of other States in the most comprehensive compilation of a new approach to a Liberal government in Canberra to return taxing powers to the States. [More…]
During the period when the Senate first deferred consideration of the Appropriation Bills Mr Ellicott issued a Press statement on 19 October 1975 entitled The GovernorGeneral’s Powers. [More…]
The major burden of that statement was to give quite strongly an opinion that the Governor-General was obliged to exercise certain powers within the meaning of the circumstances with which we were faced at that time. [More…]
This is a matter on which my own mind is quite clear and I am acting in accordance with my own clear view of the principles laid down by the Constitution and of the nature, powers and responsibility of my office. [More…]
Mr R. J. Ellicott, Q.C., M.P., at the Attorney-General’s request made available to him a copy of a Press statement relating to the Governor-General’s powers. [More…]
Mr Enderby struck out Mr Byers’ signature and pointed out to the Governor-General that while this was the personal opinion of the SolicitorGeneral, it was not a joint opinion and that he himself expressed strong views in terms of, first, the powers of the Senate and, secondly, the powers of the Governor-General in the circumstances that then existed which were diametrically opposed- I repeat, diametrically opposed- to the action that the GovernorGeneral in fact took. [More…]
It would be absurd to suppose that the draftsmen of the Constitution conferred these powers on the Senate with a mental reservation that they should never be exercised. [More…]
The Senate was very quick to recognise its powers and, when the Executive Government first sought funds in 1901, the Senate deferred the passing of Supply until the Government acknowledged that the provision of Supply was a joint grant of the two Houses. [More…]
Any criticism of the exercise of the power brings to mind the devastating comment of a man who knew what he was talking about in 1902 when the Senate’s financial powers came under serious challenge. [More…]
Those powers are checks and balances against any concentration of unbridled power in the Executive Government, or against any misuse of power or mismanagement by a Government. [More…]
Without the assertion of those powers, the Senate could not effectively fulfil its role as the safety valve of the Australian federal system and of the nation. [More…]
In the age-old struggle between Parliament and the Executive, the Senate must continue to be vigilant in safeguarding its powers. [More…]
Fortunately, the Senate has always been rich in institutional members, in whose hands the powers, privileges and immunities of the Senate have been, and are, in safekeeping. [More…]
As at 1976 the Senate is at the zenith of its powers. [More…]
It enjoys a good electoral system in proportional representation, a successful committee system has been established and the Senate’s responsibilities and great financial powers are recognised. [More…]
If the proper constitutional course of a government whose appropriation of Supply Bill is rejected or deferred is then either to advise a general election or to resign, let us consider the propriety of the exercise by the GovernorGeneral of the powers that he exercised on 1 1 November. [More…]
It gave the Tribunal all the powers, many of which it has never exercised. [More…]
Parliament gave it those powers. [More…]
Parliament, having given it all those powers, has to put up with the determinations. [More…]
So much for the law officers’ advice, given on 4 November, which discussed the very proposition of the Governor-General’s powers to dissolve parliament. [More…]
The existence, nature or extent of the GovernorGeneral ‘s reserve powers of dismissal or dissolution in other circumstances do not arise. [More…]
His literal powers under the constitution are nothing to the point. [More…]
It is perfectly clear from our classic commentary on the constitution by Quick and Garran (see for example pages 406 and 685), published in 1901, that those powers were from the outset intended to be exercised only on the advice of his ministers. [More…]
I leave honourable senators with the thought that that reduction is unlikely to be achieved collectively if the Government pursues to the bitter end its proposal to hand income taxing powers to the States. [More…]
Whilst I do not understand what the Minister means by the objectives of the Commission, I do understand the establishment, functions and powers provided under Part II of the Act. [More…]
Clause 6 of the Bill sets out the powers of the Foundation. [More…]
J. D. Anthony, rapidly becoming known around the mineral market places of the world as uranium Doug, has apparently used his powers of persuasion to sell most of our coal and most of our natural gas. [More…]
According to Hobbes’ Leviathan a Commonwealth arises as a result of a group of equal and free individuals abdicating some of their rights, powers and freedoms in favour of a single body, in return for certain safeguards which singly they could not provide for themselves. [More…]
I am well aware that we were the creature of the Federal compromise, that there would never have been a Commonwealth of Australia without the creation of the Senate and its powers and responsibilities as they are embodied in the Constitution. [More…]
Dr Tonkin, Leader of the Opposition in South Australia and a member of the Liberal Party, at the Liberal Party Council meeting in Canberra last October sought a guarantee from that body that the less populous States would not be disadvantaged by the decision to restore income tax powers to the States. [More…]
The current proposal in effect to return their taxing powers to the States may well overcome this latter attitude but what about the compensation to the smaller States? [More…]
that the Australian Government uses its constitutional powers to prohibit the export of any mineral sands from Fraser Island; and [More…]
What powers does the Government possess to protect newspapers from the activities of facist-minded individuals who, like the Nazi thugs of old, wish to deny free expression and free opinion? [More…]
As I recall also, when the previous Minister for the Media brought in a Bill to amend the Broadcasting and Television Act he was attempting- until my friend and colleague Senator Guilfoyle got amongst it- to take dictatorial powers to himself to direct the commercial electronic media not only what to show but also when and how to show it. [More…]
They were quite notorious powers, which this Senate quite rightly threw out for the protection of the free dissemination of news in Australia. [More…]
While it is true that the Prime Minister (Mr Malcolm Fraser) has made various statements about a cheaper bureaucracy, what in fact is happening today is that the Federal Government is investing in the Commonwealth Employment Service officers vast new powers, which they should not have, to decide how to judge the eligibility of a person to receive unemployment benefits. [More…]
I hope that, in keeping with the Government’s stated policy on federalism, the Territory might have something of the status of the States and have the formal powers to run its own schools. [More…]
I hope he will give us an assurance in the very near future that the ordinance setting up the Authority legally and giving it the quite modest delegated powers to set about the business of running the schools efficiently in the interests of the children will be passed as soon as possible. [More…]
Will the Minister act upon the powers given to the Federal Government by referendum in 1967 to take responsibility for Aboriginal communities and not leave them to the mercy of an unsympathetic State government and the various mining interests? [More…]
Section 13 (c) of the Act gives the Minister powers to require information from the States as a condition of grants for recurrent expenditure. [More…]
They demand and exploit that vote despite the disparity in their powers, their resources, their experience, their responsibilities and their contributions. [More…]
So, when is the Government you represent going to use the powers conferred on it by the 1967 referendum to overturn the unjust legislation enacted by the Queensland Government to grant a mining lease in the Aurukun Aboriginal Reserve? [More…]
Does any existing Commonwealth legislation contain a provision which would enable State authorities to operate under the State Fisheries Act and to exercise the powers therein provided in such areas as, the granting of (a) licences and permits, (b) restricting use of equipment, (c) bag limits, (d) prohibitions in certain areas, (e) minimum size limits, (0 protecting rare species, (g) suspending licences, (h) confiscating equipment and restricting zoning of off-shore fisheries. [More…]
What research and development programs are currently under way in the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories relating to new approaches in the treatment of haemophilia, in the preparation of products for the treatment of haemophilia and in increasing the potency of such powers. [More…]
That the Australian Government uses its constitutional powers to prohibit the export of any mineral sands from Fraser Island, and [More…]
The Bill provides for the establishment of the College at Launceston and makes formal provision for the detailed planning of its functions, governance and powers. [More…]
Honourable senators will note that the Bill provides for the appointment of an Interim Council to make recommendations on the functions and powers of the college. [More…]
When the Interim Council has made its recommendations, as set out in section 7 of the Bill, I shall place these before the Government so that a further Bill may be introduced describing in detail the functions, governance and powers of the college. [More…]
Clause 6 sets out the powers with which the Foundation will be endowed to further this study. [More…]
The Committee considers that the right to privacy of mail is an important right of the individual and ought to be abridged only pursuant to law, and with proper safeguards against misuse of the powers conferred by law. [More…]
I doubt whether the Standing Orders would permit me to deliver any commentary or opinion on the Commonwealth’s legal powers. [More…]
In any such organisation Australia and Japan would have a substantial interest as in this area we are both considerable economic powers, relatively speaking. [More…]
In exercising their revenue raising powers the States will be expected to accept responsibility to work in parallel with and not in negation of the overall economic management policies of the Commonwealth. [More…]
The investment powers relating to the fund are wide and include investments such as shares and real property. [More…]
Certain powers are given to the Minister. [More…]
I had told the Senate why those powers could not be used as was pointed out by Senator Cavanagh when he was Minister for Customs and Excise. [More…]
-It is quite clear that where a Government under a federalist system has the sovereign powers to take a particular course clearly it may take that course without any interference at all, and that is the whole basis of federalism. [More…]
So the aim of our policies is to give the States more clearly identified powers. [More…]
As a result I think both Government and Opposition have to look now at the role of the Prices Justification Tribunal, not as to whether it should be in existence but whether in actual fact we should give it sufficient powers to make it a worthwhile institution in the area for which it was set up in the first place. [More…]
Quite frankly- it does not matter to which group they belong- if I can find people who are just stirring up trouble for trouble’s sake I shall use whatever powers I have to get them out of the road. [More…]
I am also very encouraged to hear that on this side of the chamber as well as on the other side there is a recognition that this is a House of review and that it has real powers. [More…]
These real powers will be used because at a future date not long from now we, as representatives of the States, will have to consider what moneys will go to the States. [More…]
The powers that be have decided that 2 stations, for the moment, is the optimum number. [More…]
If there was any implication in Senator Martin’s remarks that this was done at the direction of or with the approval of the Minister, I should like to say at the outset that it was a decision of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board, under its existing powers. [More…]
(a) State legislation provides powers for the closure of borders when and where necessary. [More…]
1 ) Does the Government have any powers to require the Reserve Bank to maintain a close check on the activities of building societies in view of the magnitude of investment in those societies; if so, has surveillance become necessary to protect the institutions, investors and borrowers. [More…]
The Reserve Bank’s powers under the Banking Act in relation to the supervision of banks’ operations and protection of depositors reflect its statutory responsibilities in this area. [More…]
Does the delegation intend to make representations to obtain continuing finance for the Northern Territory and the transfer to the Assembly of powers under an Aboriginal Rights Bill. [More…]
1 ) that the Australian Government uses its constitutional powers to prohibit the export of any mineral sands from Fraser Island, and [More…]
Is it usual practice for State governments to undertake aid and assistance agreements with foreign powers without reference to the Australian Government? [More…]
We were told that certain authorities and powers that rested with the States were things which we wished to take away from the States. [More…]
That legislation was concerned with the transfer of taxing powers from the States to the Commonwealth. [More…]
At that time the government of the day appointed a committee to inquire into the benefits of transferring taxing powers from the States to the Commonwealth. [More…]
Because the Federal Government has the overriding responsibility for national economic policy, it must have effective powers to determine policy in relation to economic development, stabilisation of employment, prices and the balance of payments and the interpersonal distribution of incomes and wealth. [More…]
Much can be achieved by Labor members of the State parliaments in effectuating Labor’s aims of more effective powers for the national Parliament and for local government. [More…]
At this moment Senator Wriedt is saying to Mr Wran that he should tell the people of New South Wales that they should go along with this bleak prospect of their Premier being dragged by the ear by a Federal Labor GovernmentGod forbid- in the future and told what he will get, that the States will be taken over and will not have any powers or any flexibility at all. [More…]
Mr Elazar points out what has happened in the United States since the Second World War and how the criticisms of the States as being incapable of doing various things and of exercising various powers are shown to be faulty. [More…]
A Federal government has mighty economic powers apart from the raising of revenue. [More…]
One particularly objectionable feature of a proposition to restore significant income taxing powers to the States which has not yet been brought out in any of the debates on this proposition is the scandalously undemocratic nature of every State Parliament in Australia with the exception of that of Tasmania- even there, of course, the Upper House is scandalously undemocratic- and that of South Australia. [More…]
If the State governments are to be given significant powers to levy income tax, let us remember that these taxes will be levied by parliaments which are not representative of the people they purport to represent. [More…]
I put it to the Senate that the legislative program with which the former Labor Government was associated did more than any legislative program introduced by any other government in the history of Australia to transfer powers and decision-making processes and to allocate responsibility in the form of recommendations to the grass roots levels. [More…]
He supported the idea that the Commonwealth government had, under various provisions of the Constitution, legislative powers which could be exercised so as to affect the state of the national economy but that the powers collectively which the Parliament possessed did not permit the development of an integrated economic policy. [More…]
It was a national Labor government during World War I that used its wartime powers to get planning into wheat growing industries. [More…]
Emergency powers ceased. [More…]
No one authority therefore can place conditions for the sale from State to State contrary to the stabilisation criteria without the express co-operation and coordination of State and local authorities who would have to legislate in accordance with the overall plan and within the judicially defined constraints placed on their powers. [More…]
Perhaps the existing powers of the Commonwealth under section 5 1 (iii) which deals with the power with respect to bounties on the production and export of goods- but such bounties must be uniform throughout Australia- and under section 99 by which preference cannot be given to one State or any part of a State, need to be altered. [More…]
In an already difficult area to achieve national powers and coordination to duplicate the problems six times and leave the overall policy to be determined by narrow parochial interest as so often happens is to abdicate totally from involvement to the detriment of the Australian economy and in particular the rural communities. [More…]
In view of the fact that the names of users of superphosphate who benefited by $5,000 or more from the bounty and subsidy in 1973 are now on public record as a result of the list of users having been incorporated in the Senate Hansard of 29 April last, I now ask the Minister: Will he use his powers under the provisions of section 14 of the Phosphate Fertilizers Bounty Act and section 1 7 of the Nitrogenous Fertilizers Subsidy Act to obtain the names of users of superphosphate who benefited by $5,000 and all amounts above that figure by way of subsidy in 1 974 and make that information available to the Senate at the earliest possible date? [More…]
The difficulties caused by the omission of these powers became apparent early in the operation of the Trade [More…]
We all know how those arbitrary powers are exercised. [More…]
I believe it is important and pertinent to refer again to the principles with which the Government is involving itself in this transfer of more powers to the States. [More…]
Again, while the declarations relating to disadvantaged schools and the classes of people who will be eligible to take part in in-service training remain with the Minister, he will exercise those powers after consultation with the State Ministers. [More…]
If we examine the activities during this century of the powers which are militarily inclined I think we can see that there are some dangers associated with the events that have taken place in East Timor. [More…]
The Portuguese, of all the great European colonial powers, were certainly the least racist. [More…]
The Senate Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances considers that there ought to be some opportunity for a person aggrieved by the inspector’s use of his powers to seek redress against the wrongful use of those powers. [More…]
This will make the use of his powers subject to review by the courts. [More…]
Are these men who should have powers of arrest? [More…]
Many of us have argued that the wrongs of the super powers never surprise us. [More…]
I make these remarks with all due respect to Arthur Calwell who admitted afterwards that when the super powers made a deal there was nothing you could do about it. [More…]
The message that I give the Senate, and in particular Senator Harradine, is that the Labor Party on other occasions has urged Australia not to become tied down in a partnership line with any of the super powers but to reserve the right to have our options open. [More…]
The Australian Meat Board has taken action to limit freight rate increases through its powers under the Meat Industry Act. [More…]
The Pharmacy Guild has subsequently issued a High Court writ to test the extent of the Government’s powers to determine chemists’ rates of remuneration for dispensing pharmaceutical benefits. [More…]
What proportion, if any, of the special fund does the Government under the powers assigned to it in paragraphs 7 and 8, intend to allocate to discharging Australia’s obligation towards the inhabitants of the Island when the time comes. [More…]
Is it usual practice for State Governments to negotiate aid and assistance agreements with foreign powers without reference to the Australian Government. [More…]
-Even I admit that my powers of persuasion are not of that order. [More…]
However, the present Inquiry into the Australian Broadcasting System has been directed to give particular attention to the structure, powers and functions of the ABC, as well as other relevant bodies, and this Inquiry will consider alternative methods of funding the Commission. [More…]
I will examine the matter to see what influence or powers the Federal Government has. [More…]
It conferred certain powers on the Treasurer. [More…]
Secondly, there are audits of quasi-departmental, or intergovernmental activities in pursuance of a request by a Minister- it is undesirable as a matter of principle for the Auditor-General to accept such requests without a proper expression in the Audit Act of his standing and powers. [More…]
Honourable senators will note that no change is proposed in this Bill to the powers and responsibilities of the Auditor-General. [More…]
The Government does not wish to make any such changes to the AuditorGeneral’s powers at this stage but will give further consideration to whether they should be extended, and if so, just how they should be extended, at the appropriate time. [More…]
The Authority has continued in existence since that time, although, as indicated below, its powers have undergone considerable change since 1967. [More…]
Until 1970, the powers and functions of the Authority were vested in a Chairman, and 2 other members, one of whom was to be experienced in industrial affairs by reason of having been an employer in an industry or having been otherwise associated with management in industry; and the other experienced in industrial affairs by reason of having been associated with trade union affairs. [More…]
The Australian Stevedoring Industry Authority put forward detailed submissions as to the powers and operation of such a body. [More…]
Whilst there is some last minute recognition by the Liberal and Country Party Government of poverty and it has taken some steps in the right direction in this economic package, the fact is that this action will not bring about that essential stimulus which is necessary in the economy because there are operating factors which are beyond the powers of” government, and certainly beyond the powers of this Government. [More…]
One of the conditions that should be applied if the States are to gain income taxing powers is that they reduce those day labour forces and introduce far more contract work into their very large physical operations which involve the spending of their capital funds. [More…]
In the administration of the project grants element, the Board will also be required to pay due regard to total funds allocated to it for grant purposes in the Budget context, as well as constraints imposed on its powers to enter into financial commitments in respect of future grant years. [More…]
It is not intended that these powers should be used extensively, or that they should be used in relation to contribution rates in such a way as to discourage competition between organisations. [More…]
These are significant powers and the Bill therefore provides, in new part VII A, for a decision taken by the Minister in relation to the matters I have just outlined to be subject to review by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, which will be operating at the time these provisions commence. [More…]
It is a tragedy, nevertheless, that great powers have sought to use problems arising from such situations not to achieve actively a just solution but to achieve the dominance of one ideology over another. [More…]
A second aspect of the world situation giving rise to concern is the state of relations between the super powers. [More…]
Despite the hopes placed in detente, it has not stabilised relations between the great powers. [More…]
This is not a plea for any power to be a policeman for the world, nor to do what small powers should do for themselves. [More…]
It is a world whose relations also depend however, on the actions of other major powers- China, Japan and the European powers- and within particular regions also on the distribution of power between middle and small states. [More…]
The international diplomacy of the major powers- with which Australia has to deal- has to be understood principally as an effort by these powers to create a balance in the world favourable to their interests. [More…]
It is in the pursuit of a more favourable balance that their policies impinge on middle powers, such as Australia, and on areas of immediate importance to Australia, such as South East Asia, the South Pacific area, and the Indian Ocean. [More…]
Why does the Soviet Union desire military power far greater than any needed to secure its frontiers or the expanded frontiers embraced by the Warsaw powers? [More…]
The powers of the Minister for Primary Industry in relation to the Australian Meat Board are specified in the Meat Industry Act 1964-1973. [More…]
Is there any way that the Minister for Post and Telecommunications or the Government can reverse this decision; or is this an example of a statutory commission usings its powers to discriminate against people- in this case people in isolated areas- without the knowledge of Parliament whence it obtains its funds? [More…]
It seems to me that that gives the Minister quite incredible powers and I fear would give him a capacity to dictate to the funds. [More…]
While this report is relatively short, it concerns a matter of great importance to the Senate, that is, the powers our appropriation Bills conferred on the Senate by the Constitution. [More…]
In the report the Committee has examined briefly the development of these powers from the first Federal Parliament in 1901 to the present time. [More…]
In the report the Committee recommends that the Senate continue to be vigilant in scrutinising all appropriation legislation to ensure the preservation of the Senate’s powers. [More…]
The prime objective of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act, as limited by the constitutional powers of the Commonwealth, is in respect of the prevention and settling of industrial disputes. [More…]
It cut right across the provisions of many unions’ rules which enabled the rank and file to have recall powers over their union officials. [More…]
I remember what was said by Senator Carrick very early in the life ofthe Whitlam Government when we were asking for increased powers over wages and prices. [More…]
We never gained those powers. [More…]
As to the other part of the honourable senator’s question in respect of nuclear waste facilities, I point out to the Senate that in view of Australia’s constitutional powers and responsibilities under the treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, any question relating to the establishment of nuclear waste facilities in Australia is a matter for the Commonwealth Government alone. [More…]
The result of that was the Pharmacy Guild’s taking out of a High Court writ against the Commonwealth to test the Government’s powers to determine the chemists’ rates. [More…]
Other amendments made by the Bill are designed to clarify the powers of a person to whom a warrant is addressed to enforce a custody or access order. [More…]
Doubts have been raised as to the extent of these powers, and the amendments spell out the powers under a court order that may be exercised, where necessary, to search places and to use force to take possession of a child. [More…]
A Consultative Committee, consisting of the Minister for the Northern Territory and Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, has been established to consider the issues involved in the transfer of executive powers. [More…]
Whilst I welcome the action taken in 1 974 to establish a fully elected Legislative Assembly, there was little point in bringing that about without the transfer to the Assembly of real powers and responsibilities. [More…]
I sincerely hope that the new House of Assembly will use with justice the powers that are now being gradually transferred to it and that it will use these powers in the interests of the Northern Territory people. [More…]
No grandstanding of the new federalism policy and the handing back of taxing powers will compensate for the loss of a nationwide scheme which would benefit both producer and consumer. [More…]
Thirdly, the amendments, by reason of the cases of Russell v. Russell and Farrelly v. Farrelly, have come through the judgment of the High Court which demonstrated that there are limitations to the powers which the Commonwealth has to make these laws. [More…]
If the answer to ( 1 ) is in the affirmative (a) what was the request made, and what form did it take (b) what suggestions has the Queensland Government made concerning (i) the future structure of the Australian Meat Board and (ii) the powers of the Board, particularly with relation to export contracts; and (c) what response, if any, has been given to the Queensland Minister’s representations. [More…]
1 ) The Queensland Minister for Primary Industries, Mr Sullivan, has advised me of recommendations made by the Queensland Beef Industry Committee for changes in the structure and powers of the Australian Meat Board. [More…]
Extension of the powers and functions of the reconstituted Australian Meat Board to provide: That the Australian Meat Marketing Authority may negotiate any export contract for meat with any country where appropriate; and may directly negotiate with other Governments or their instrumentalities, particularly with Japan, or private importers, when considered applicable. [More…]
The Attorney-General has advised that it would not be in accordance with practice to furnish legal opinion on the Commonwealth’s constitutional powers in answer to a question. [More…]
As soon as the Final Act was signed and published, the Soviet powers ignored fully its humanitarian articles and even introduced a definite ‘demonstration of strong line’ in an endeavour to rely, to some extent, on their own interpretation of the principle of non-intervention in the ‘internal affairs ‘ which are stressed in the Final Act. [More…]
He stressed that the Soviet powers regard that ‘the interests of the State stand above the rights of men ‘. [More…]
Such agreement recognises and acquires conditions and powers previously held by the State. [More…]
It might be argued, as Senator Sibraa interjected, that we should cease trade either with China or Russia as super powers because of political oppression. [More…]
This authority would comprise only members elected for a specific period, and would have powers which reflected the wishes of the Community; [More…]
This will have the effect of removing an anomaly that arose when the Act was passed last year whereby the Chairman of the Commission who is, of course, a part-time office holder, was vested with the powers of a permanent head under the Public Service Act. [More…]
The Chairman will have the appropriate powers in relation to staff made available under this arrangement. [More…]
But the General Assembly has exerted constant pressure on administering powers to implement articles 73 and 74 of the United Nations Charter not only to achieve selfgovernment but also to achieve independence. [More…]
The Commission has it general administrative role under this proposed new section and it has certain other roles, as I have said, to give clearances under particular sections of the Act, but the question of the powers of the Commission and the proper interpretation and ambit of the Act are essentially matters for decision by a court. [More…]
It may be that when the Commission was set up this combination of powers made life difficult. [More…]
I would question the propriety of leaving all the functions and powers of the Commission in the hands of one person without the calling of a meeting of Commissioners since the announcement of the disbandment was made. [More…]
If so, will the Minister use her powers of persuasion on the Government to ensure that all members of Parliament, particularly those who are vitally concerned and interested in this very important piece of legislation, have the opportunity of viewing the findings of Mr David Hay. [More…]
What I said was that the Act gives the Minister wide powers and that within the width of those powers that could be done. [More…]
At this moment the station does not come under the general umbrella responsibilities and powers of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board. [More…]
Senator Harradine asked whether a document produced by the Curriculum Development Centre was produced in excess of the powers of the Centre and what was the basis of it. [More…]
On behalf of the Opposition I very much regret that the Government does not have the capacity to influence more widely tobacco and cigarette advertising but, as I said earlier, I congratulate the Government on the steps it has taken within its present constitutional powers. [More…]
One thing I do question is the advisability of using the regulatory powers of the Broadcasting Control Board in this way. [More…]
We realise that we have to have these powers to regulate the broadcasting industry, because of the different frequencies and the different outputs of the various transmitters. [More…]
The Labor Government adopted the attitude that if that form of smoking was a health hazard then, using the powers that were available to the Government, it should take action to ban that sort of advertising in media under the control of the Australian Government. [More…]
Did the Minister and other senators then in opposition unsuccessfully advocate the extensive widening of the Tribunal ‘s powers when the Bill was debated in the Senate? [More…]
If so, were those discretionary powers retrospective? [More…]
A deputy ombudsman is given the powers of the Ombudsman in relation to action taken in the Territory for which he is designated, except the power to make reports to the Parliament. [More…]
I am aware that under the powers of that body such an inquiry could be held. [More…]
We will be equally as critical if the Government hands over to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly other powers which have to do with the welfare of Aboriginal people. [More…]
Has the Government considered the recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission relating to police powers and behaviour which were included in the Labor Government’s Bill relating to the Australian Police Force? [More…]
-As I understand the Australian Law Reform Commission’s report on police powers, it was unanimous in some respects, but there was dissent, I think by Mr Justice Brennan, as he now is, from some aspects of the Commission’s findings. [More…]
While section 19 of the Acts Interpretation Act enabled those other Ministers to exercise the relevant statutory powers, they have had to do so acting for and on behalf of the Attorney-General pending amendment of the relevant provisions of the particular Acts. [More…]
First, in relation to the Continental Shelf (Living Natural Resources) Act, the Bill places the statutory powers conferred by the Act in the hands of the Minister for Primary Industry and the Secretary to his Department, rather than in that Minister and the Minister having responsibility for external Territories, as in the past. [More…]
It is proposed, however, that Ministers administering Territories will be consulted in exercising those statutory powers in relation to the various Territories and delegations given to Territory officers where appropriate. [More…]
I must say that since this Government has come to power in the last few months some recognition has been given to the report of the Joint Committee on the Northern Territory which spells out the transfer of powers. [More…]
It might be claimed that due to the upsets which occurred in the Second World War these people may have been involved with the Axis powers. [More…]
If we are going to argue abou: threats from communist powers I should mention that it is significant that one man came out with a statement which defused an issue. [More…]
In his early youth, because of the very strong feeling that existed in mainland China about the intervention in the internal affairs of that country by many of the Western powers he became an official of the Kuomintang, which was the revolutionary movement. [More…]
Since I have been in the Parliament in most Bills provision is made for either the total delegation of powers of the Minister or directorate, or partial delegation of power to some officer of the Public Service. [More…]
Therefore, I am of the opinion that if a Minister wants to delegate authority in relation to some duties which he or she has not time to undertakethis can be understood- it should be delegated to some class of officer or it should be a partial delegation or a delegation of only some powers. [More…]
On the one hand Mr Fraser has the taxing powers to take the money away from the people but he is not giving it back to the States to spend in areas of need. [More…]
To demonstrate that Sir Henry Bland was indeed a partisan and inappropriate appointment one needs only to look at the sort of things he has done since he has been Chairman, at the sorts of powers he has improperly assumed to himself. [More…]
Under the Broadcasting and Television Act the powers and functions of the Commission are laid down. [More…]
I suppose it is an interesting exercise for a party in opposition to spend most of its time worrying about the powers of a Prime Minister. [More…]
Prior to that appointment he had been commissioned to provide a secret report on government agencies which have disciplinary powers over companies of which Sir Henry Bland is a director. [More…]
When this Bill was discussed in June I voiced some objections to certain clauses which, in my view, gave the Minister inordinate powers. [More…]
On page 2233 of Hansard I outlined objections I had to section 73 ba, which gave the Minister power to impose a fine of $2,000 on funds for certain breaches, and also to sections 73ba (1) (g) and 73BA (1) (k), which gave the Minister what I believed to be incredible powers. [More…]
There are no limitations on the Senate in the use of its constitutional powers except the limitations imposed by discretion and reason. [More…]
GovernorGeneral has no powers of intervention. [More…]
There are no limitations on the Senate in the use of its constitutional powers except the limitations imposed by discretion and reason. [More…]
Section 49 of the Constitution says “that the powers, privileges and immunities of the Senate are those of the House of Commons.’ [More…]
The Australian Constitution is a statute and it defines the Senate ‘s powers. ‘ [More…]
This was not so as the greatest amount of time was devoted to the Senate’s powers ‘. [More…]
There is no such practice but Constitution has been interpreted to mean that by never using its ‘theoretical’ powers the Senate in practice had always accepted the paramountcy of the House of Representatives. [More…]
It is apparent from a reading of the Constitution that some powers are given to: [More…]
Powers of dissolution in sections 5 & 57 are given to Governor-General. [More…]
If it were not for the reserve powers the Governor-General would be a mere automation to do the bidding of a Prime Minister. [More…]
We have always taken the view that the least messy way to handle family law legislation is for the Commonwealth to ask the States to refer powers in matters associated with divorce such as the custody, maintenance and ancillary matters of those kinds to the Commonwealth. [More…]
I think that the question of referral of powers is not likely to succeed. [More…]
The States, if they refer powers, can take them away. [More…]
It is just because the Governor-General used his constitutional powers- those powers most people thought belonged to the days of yesteryear- to serve the interests of the Liberals rather than Labor that the men of good-will, men who may have been bothered by all those errors human frailty and folly had caused Whitlam and Co. to fall prey to, were filled with a righteous indignation. [More…]
When the Constitution of India was drafted, it was perhaps never envisaged that emergency would become a constant feature of the national life and the safeguard against the abuse of emergency powers would be nullified by a systematic erosion of checks and balances provided in the Constitution such as a free press, judicial review and fundamental rights. [More…]
Exercise of emergency powers particularly during the last one year has demonstrated the need for a thorough review of the emergency provisions so as to provide effective safeguards to protect the interests of the people against arbitrary and oppressive actions of the executive. [More…]
It is not difficult to envisage that once the powers of independent courts are eliminated from such a vital- field as elections, the very concept of free and fair elections would disappear and peoples” right to govern themselves would be seriously compromised. [More…]
As to what action could be taken, I am afraid that raises very vexed questions indeed as to the powers of the Commonwealth Government and also as to the propriety of such actions being taken in respect of matters which fall within the province and, in these circumstances, largely within the sole province of a State government. [More…]
The removal of all powers to pass land rights legislation from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sights, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines, the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on need as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
The restoration of all powers vested in land councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1975 Land Rights Bill. [More…]
In an endeavour to facilitate and hasten adoption procedures, it will be recalled, I delegated further powers to my delegates on 26 June which enables them to take the adoption applications they receive as my delegates to finality without further reference to me except in cases of an unusual nature or in cases where malpractice is suspected. [More…]
The Council possesses only advisory powers. [More…]
Part V of the Defence Act 1 903 confers special powers to make regulations regarding Army cadets, and Part V of the Naval Defence Act 1910 contains corresponding provisions regarding Navy cadets. [More…]
While the Council will still continue to carry its assistance to different art forms through specialist boards, delegation of powers and functions by the Council to boards will no longer be mandatory. [More…]
The Council may also lay down rules and guidelines for the boards to follow in the exercise of delegated functions and powers. [More…]
In that statement, it was explained that the Australian Film Commission was to assume responsibility for the functions and powers of the Film, Radio and [More…]
The establishment of these new powers and functions for the Commission requires adjustment to the Australian Film Commission Act 1975 to expand the area of reference covered by the legislation. [More…]
The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights Legislation from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines, the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on need as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
The restoration of all powers vested in Land Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1975 Land Rights Bill. [More…]
There is the possibility, of course, that such special levies could be used more and more in future to the possible detriment of the States’ surcharge powers. [More…]
Those matters lead me to believe that the States face the prospect, after 1980, of having to rely heavily on their surcharging powers or of using existing taxing measures to make good any shortfall if the Commonwealth Government places relatively less emphasis on income tax as a revenue raising measure. [More…]
As it is unlikely that the Commonwealth Government will permit the States to enter the income tax field in other than a marginal way, for fear of weakening its powers of economic management, the burden could well fall back on the States’ traditional taxation fields. [More…]
After 1980 the States face the prospect of relying heavily on their surcharging powers to maintain programs. [More…]
So keeping that in mind and bearing in mind the tendency of the Labor Party to centralisation, one of the fascinating things of recent days has been the expression, for example, of one State Labor front bencher, Mr Mulock, who is on record as in fact condemning those very things that the Federal Labor Party advocates- centralism and domination from the centre- and condemning those who, like the Federal Labor Party, argue that we are wrong in our concept of federalism that there should be a proper sharing of the powers among Commonwealth, State and local governments. [More…]
The Council will have no real powers. [More…]
I urge the Government to use its persuasive powers on Mr Bjelke-Petersen and his Government so that it will participate in the Council when it is formed. [More…]
The Australian Government used its powers under the Constitution to make direct grants to local government. [More…]
Thirdly, it is a body without any real powers and has only an advisory capacity. [More…]
Despite the fact that local government was in fact the first form of government in this country the States have over the years regarded it as part of its preserve and have resisted any change in the relationship just as the conservatives in the national parliament have resisted until now any attempt to bring about a more rational use of government powers and a more rational use of government funds [More…]
We have this piece of legislation to set up an advisory council that has no charter and no powers. [More…]
There was an attempt tonight to destroy the concept by saying that the Council does not have any powers. [More…]
Much was made of the fact that the Labor Party sought by referendum to obtain some powers for local government, but the Labor Party will never take the decision of the people as an answer. [More…]
Something has been attempted to be made of the fact that under the Bill local government will not have the powers to initiate directly items for the agenda of the Council. [More…]
The police have wide powers and discretions and should similarly be above suspicion It is very difficult for the ordinary citizen to defend himself against the occasional policeman who exercises his powers arbitrarily or maliciously. [More…]
Confirmation of this serious encroachment on the discretionary powers of the Police Commissioner is to be found in the fact that the Commissioner announced that the Premier had approved investigation of the complaints laid by the two Cedar Bay residents. [More…]
The removal of all powers to pass land rights legislation from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, seas adjoining Aboriginal land, wildlife and rights of Aboriginals to enter pastoral stations. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on need as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
The restoration of all powers vested in Land Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1 975 Land Rights Bill. [More…]
We in this country live, and I hope will continue to live, under a Federal system of government and under a Constitution which provides for a proper and a fair distribution of powers between the Commonwealth Parliament and Government and the State parliaments and governments. [More…]
I propose to say something in the course of my speech today about the activities of the Commonwealth Government and of the Attorney-General (Mr Ellicott), whom I represent, which will indicate, and which I think will satisfy the Senate, that in fact very great attention has been given by this Government to the civil liberties and to the expansion of the civil liberties of Australians, insofar as it is within our powers to do so. [More…]
The Government believes that the Commonwealth has the necessary constitutional powers to legislate in this area and considers that it should introduce appropriate Commonwealth legislation into the Parliament during the current sitting. [More…]
These include provisions enabling the Minister to delegate his powers for these and other purposes. [More…]
Mr Nagy was not at first free to exercise the full powers of the Premiership. [More…]
The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights legislation from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, seas adjoining Aboriginal land, wildlife and rights of Aboriginals to enter pastoral stations. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on need as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
The restoration of all powers vested in Land Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1 975 Land Rights Bill. [More…]
The ministerial statement which was made in the Senate on 3 June pointed out that the Council would assume responsibility for the powers of the Film and Television Board- a Board which is situated within the Australia Council. [More…]
The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights Legislation from Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines, the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on needs as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
The restoration of all powers vested in Land Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1975 Land Rights Bill. [More…]
that the Australian Government uses its constitutional powers to prohibit the export of any mineral sands from Fraser Island, and [More…]
Despite all the assurances that were given in the past, at the time leading up to the last election, on how the States would be given more decision-making powers and how they would be better off under federalism- many of the State Premiers believed early this year that they would be getting a better deal- now as the truth seeps through all the State Premiers are objecting to the arrangements which the Commonwealth is forcing upon them. [More…]
That is the reason I sought your acknowledgement, Mr President, when I rose in my place tonight to defend the rights, powers, authority and integrity of this chamber of which I am a member. [More…]
I think he suggested- I do not want to quote his speech because I do not want to advertise him too muchthat our Estimates Committees ought to be given far greater powers to call for papers, persons, etc., in order to enhance the operations of this committee work. [More…]
a ) The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights Legislation from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines, the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on need as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
d ) The restoration of all powers vested in Land Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1975 Land Rights Bill. [More…]
Mr Chairman, I apologise to you for trespassing by moving off what was before you because, after all, we are supposed in the Committee stages to be discussing the Estimates and not having a wide-ranging debate over the powers of the Senate vis-a-vis the Constitution. [More…]
If that is the case we ought to clarify the powers that the Auditor-General has to proceed to investigate a matter which is brought before him and which affects the expenditures of public money. [More…]
I therefore assume that he does not have the power to audit the funds of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisationunless he has powers under some other Act. [More…]
In fact, Woomera is an important base which might well be activated quickly if the friendly powers with which we are associated decided to use it again. [More…]
Of course we in South Australia are hopeful that there will prove to be an available use for Woomera until such time as the other powers which joined with us in the early days again decide to conduct certain activities at Woomera. [More…]
The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights Legislation from Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines, the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on need as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
The restoration of all powers vested in Lands Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1975 Land Rights Bill . [More…]
The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights Legislation from Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines, the right of Aborigines to enter pastoralstations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on needs as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
The restoration of all powers vested in Land Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1975 Land Rights Bill. [More…]
The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights Legislation from the Northern TerritoryLegislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines, the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on need as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
The restoration of all powers vested in Lands Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1 975 Land Rights Bill. [More…]
The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights Legislation from Nortern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control overseas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines, the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on needs as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
The restoration of all powers vested in Land Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1975 Land Rights Bill. [More…]
That the membership and powers of the committee be set out in a subsequent motion. [More…]
Support of federalism means support of a proper distribution of powers and functions of government between these 3 spheres so that government may be responsive to the needs and preferences of the community and of individuals. [More…]
The inquiry recommended in its report the disposal of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board and takes upon itself the powers and functions which were previously vested in the Broadcasting Control Board to a very large extent. [More…]
It is very unclear what the powers of that council are to be. [More…]
The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights Legislation from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines, the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on need as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
The restoration of all powers vested in Lands Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 197S Land Rights Bill. [More…]
The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights Legislation from Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines, the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on needs as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
The restoration of all powers vested in Land Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1975 Land Rights Bill. [More…]
That the Australian Government uses its constitutional powers to prohibit the export of any mineral sands from Fraser Island. [More…]
The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights Legislation from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines, the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on need as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
d ) The restoration of all powers vested in Land Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1975 Land Rights Bill. [More…]
a) The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights Legislation from Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines, the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on need as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
The restoration of all powers vested in Lands Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 197S Land Rights Bill. [More…]
If that is the correct legal interpretation of the powers of the Government and the operation of the Public Works Committee, it could well be that many projects undertaken and completed in Australia have been undertaken illegally. [More…]
The next point that should be made is that by the amendments to section 17 ID, to which the Minister refers, the Government has embarked on a restrictive course in relation to the powers of the Commonwealth Industrial Court following a reconstitution of what is described in the terms of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act as an invalidly constituted organisation. [More…]
The second principle is related to that matter and describes the rights and powers of individual unions to pursue their own objectives in their own way; to ascribe their own rules and to pursue them that way. [More…]
He has, at all times, been a strong and sincere defender of the powers of the Senate. [More…]
a ) The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights Legislation from N.T. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on need as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
The restoration of all powers vested in Lands Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1975 Land Rights Bill. [More…]
The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights Legislation from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines, the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on need as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines [More…]
The restoration of all powers vested in Land Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1975 Land Rights Bill, [More…]
The Committee was concerned with a number of provisions in the Ordinance relating to the powers of the arbitrator to be appointed under the Ordinance and the rights of persons appearing before the arbitrator or liable to be bound by his decisions. [More…]
Then that council has far greater powers. [More…]
He has, at all times, been a strong and sincere defender of the powers of the Senate. [More…]
One of them- the fifth edition of Australian Senate Practice by the Clerk of the Senate, Mr J. R. Odgers, concludes that both the Upper House and the Governor-General acted within their legitimate powers. [More…]
The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights Legislation from Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines, the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on needs as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
d ) The restoration of all powers vested in Land Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1975 Land Rights Bill. [More…]
The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights Legislation from Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on need as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
The restoration of all powers vested in Lands Councils and the Land Commissioner in die 1975 Land Rights Bill . [More…]
This whole matter seems to be becoming a test of my powers of arithmetic. [More…]
The Bill inserts provisions conferring on the Secretary to the Department of Transport powers similar to those conferred on local municipalities under State laws. [More…]
I would like him to give the Senate an undertakingI asked him to do this when we were debating another Bill some weeks ago- that he will do all within his powers to prevail upon members of his Party in South Australia to ensure that every person in the categories I have mentioned in South Australia has the right to go to the ballot box and use his best judgment as to who should represent him in local government. [More…]
I come to my major criticism of the Commissions’ powers. [More…]
The honourable senator will probably have examined the new Ordinance and seen that it provides for the Schools Authority to have the necessary legal powers to carry out its functions. [More…]
The removal of all powers to pass land rights legislation from Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines, the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on needs as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
The restoration of all powers vested in Land Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1973 Land Rights Bill. [More…]
The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights Legislation from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines, the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on need as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
d ) The restoration of all powers vested in Land Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1975 Land Rights Bill. [More…]
The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights Legislation from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines, the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on need as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
The restoration of all powers vested in Lands Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1975 Land Rights Bill. [More…]
The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights Legislation from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines, the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on need as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
The restoration of all powers vested in Land Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1975 Land Rights Bill. [More…]
) The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights Legislation from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines, the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on need as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
The restoration of all powers vested in Lands Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1975 Land Rights Bill. [More…]
While the Senate’s powers of amendment of money Bills are subject to certain restrictions, it may nevertheless veto a money Bill or any other Bill. [More…]
In view of its constiutional powers and its responsibilities under the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, any question relating to the establishment of uranium enrichment plants in Australia is a matter for the Commonwealth Government. [More…]
Those provisions of the Australian Housing Corporation Act concerned with the powers and functions of the Corporation, other than those related to the provision of assistance under the Defence Service Homes Scheme, are repealed. [More…]
It is not going to transfer decision-making powers by any means. [More…]
It is going to keep all the decisionmaking powers in Canberra, but it is going to transfer to the States the responsibility of paying for things. [More…]
The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights Legislation from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines, the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on need as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
The restoration of all powers vested in Lands Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 197S Land Rights Bill. [More…]
What I am really getting at- one has to digress a little- is that in that instance we were looking at the powers of the Australian Government to emulate Canada when it declared a river a disaster area and Ottawa funded the States. [More…]
Amendments to the Act introduced by the Prime Minister 2 weeks ago had not removed or affected any of the important roles or powers of the Commission. [More…]
I take it that in the general compass of the powers that the Commission has there naturally will be some consideration of the economics, but the Commission will not be expected to be an expert body in respect to the financing of conservation. [More…]
I will go on to point out that there was a real fear that the current Administration would gradually take away the powers of the Commission. [More…]
It just will not wash to suggest that in no way does this deletion affect the powers of the Commission. [More…]
It reflects the attitude of this Government in its endeavours to tighten its control and, as a consequence, lessening the powers of the Commission. [More…]
That is why there is now a transfer of powers from the Federal Executive to the Territory Legislative Assembly. [More…]
The Opposition is going to oppose fundamentally the membership of the Australian Heritage Commission being reduced from 1 9 to 7 members, even though the National Trust has said that it supports this and even though we heard Senator Missen, I think it was, quote the Chairman of the Commission, David Yencken, as saying that this amending legislation does not in any way take away the powers of the Commission. [More…]
I feel that if the commissioners which it is proposed to appoint to the Heritage Commission were given powers similar to those of the Schools Commission they would achieve more. [More…]
If in fact there was a time limit on the legislation or if the Bill was designed to handle this specific problem, then perhaps the Bill as it stands would be warranted, and even that clause might be warranted; but the Bill will give powers to the Attorney-General on other matters which may arise in the future and of which we have no knowledge at this stage. [More…]
It has demonstrated the need to provide the Minister with powers to take urgent and effective action to ensure there is no delay in the removal of a potential hazard. [More…]
How wide are those powers? [More…]
I would also like to know the full interpretation of the powers in clause S. I believe that these clauses should be explained to the Senate if the Government wants the co-operation of the Opposition. [More…]
However, I am concerned that a Bill such as this which raises questions of doubt as to how widely the powers contained in it may be used in the future should be brought in as quickly as this was. [More…]
It states: the imposition of the restrictions is desirable for the purpose of protecting the national interest in relation to matters to which the Taws or executive powers of the Commonwealth relate. [More…]
Clause 4 of the Bill states that he can exercise his powers under this Bill only where he is satisfied that: a foreign tribunal is exercising or proposing or likely to exercise jurisdiction or powers of a kind or in a manner not consistent with international law or comity in proceedings having a relevance to matters to which the laws or executive powers of the Commonwealth relate; [More…]
The Attorney-General shall exercise his powers under this Act so as to impose restrictions only where he is satisfied that - [More…]
the imposition of the restrictions is desirable for the purpose of protecting the national interest in relation to matters to which the laws or executive powers of the Commonwealth relate. [More…]
Perhaps that would have justified the provision of such drastic powers. [More…]
I should like to point out that the powers of the AttorneyGeneral under this Bill can be exercised only where there is a situation in which jurisdiction of a foreign tribunal is purported to be exercised outside the ambit of international law or comity of nations or where the Australian national interest is at stake. [More…]
One honourable senator put forward the position of a perverse Attorney-General exercising arbitrary powers in an irrational manner. [More…]
Therefore, the Federal Attorney-General could not assert any powers in respect of the production of documents before the Privy Council. [More…]
-The powers and the limitation of the powers on the Federal Attorney-General are confined within the present law with respect to appeals to the Privy Council. [More…]
The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights Legislation from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines, the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on need as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
The restoration of all powers vested in Land Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1975 Land Rights Bill. [More…]
a ) The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights Legislation from Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines, the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on needs as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
d ) The restoration of all powers vested in Land Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1975 Land Rights Bill. [More…]
Does not the Minister agree that such discretionary powers cannot apply to a section of the community collectively? [More…]
It was this very Government that opposed the powers that we sought over prices and incomes in 1973, powers which this Parliament should have and which I would suggest this Government today would give its right arm to have because it realises now the difficulty of containing these factors without those powers. [More…]
A story in the Daily Mirror of today’s date, under the heading ‘Fraser seeks new powers’, reads: [More…]
The Government will introduce legislation to give it payfixing powers. [More…]
It would be ludicrous to suggest that this Government is not wanting those very powers itself now and well may it want them. [More…]
We were the ones who tried to impress on the Federal Government, on our opponents in 1973, and on the Australian people the need to have those powers at the federal level. [More…]
It also confers certain powers of a general nature to facilitate the operation of other Acts. [More…]
I do not think anyone would question the calibre of the selected commissioners, but one of the difficulties is that the Australian Heritage Commission has somewhat limited powers compared with the original ideas of the previous Government. [More…]
By way of preface I refer to the very sensitive role that Australia’s Ambassador in Belgrade has to perform in a country which is beset by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation powers on the one side and the Warsaw powers on the other. [More…]
The Committee is concerned that the legislative powers and procedures at present in force cannot protect historic shipwrecks in Australia from indiscriminate looting. [More…]
The other matter that I wish to raise- I do not know what the solution to the matter might berelates to clause 23 (2) which gives very wide powers of inspection. [More…]
So there is an obligation on the inspector by oath or affirmation to satisfy a justice of the peace that he ought to have these powers. [More…]
Nonetheless, having said that, there is always a feeling- a suspicion- on the part of people that, once a justice of the peace issues a search warrant of that type, a person occupying a position of authority, by the wearing of a uniform, might exceed to the utmost the powers of the search warrant rather than use the minimum powers of the search warrant when that might be sufficient for the purpose. [More…]
1 ) The Minister may, either generally or as otherwise provided by the instrument of delegation, by writing signed by him, delegate to a person any of his powers under this Act, other than his power of delegation. [More…]
I am practical and reasonable enough to realise that a Minister does not delegate his powers unwisely or unnecessarily, but there is provision in this Bill for the widest possible power of delegation by a Minister, although there is no provision for a Minister, whoever he may be, to make an annual report to the Parliament on the provisions of this Bill. [More…]
In order to carry out his ministerial functions he has to be provided by the Parliament with general and very wide powers of delegation. [More…]
Nonetheless, because, and especially because, he is being provided by this Parliament with very wide powers of delegation, ipso facto there should be a responsibility on the Minister representing the Executive Government to make a report to this Parliament. [More…]
Whilst I do not try to tie down the Minister’s general power of delegation, I implore the Minister to consider giving an undertaking, if he is not prepared to amend the Bill, that it is intended that there should be presented to the Parliament an annual report on the administration of the Historic Shipwrecks Bill, particularly as it affects the powers of delegation in regard to the responsibility of the receiver of shipwrecks. [More…]
I appreciate what Senator McClelland has said but I am advised that one of the reasons that the powers of delegation tend to be wider than might be thought fit is that, as the honourable senator will recall, under Part III of the Bill, particularly in clause 19, there is a capacity for the GovernorGeneral to make arrangements with the Governors of the States. [More…]
That is one of the major reasons for giving such wide powers of delegation. [More…]
I do not think there will be any resistance from our colleagues in the 6 States to the suggestion that where arrangements are entered into they should advise the Commonwealth Government annually on how they have exercised the powers that have been delegated to them under this Bill dealing with the administration of historic shipwrecks. [More…]
Strange as it may appear to some of the powers that be, people do have to travel after 10 o’clock at night. [More…]
To date the Commonwealth has provided no indication of how it proposes to deal with the various administrative complexities which will arise from the decision to hand taxing powers back to the States. [More…]
The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights Legislation from Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on need as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
The restoration of all powers vested in Lands Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1975 Land Rights Bill . [More…]
I think, though, that there might be a glimmer of hope for the canning industry if the Government exercises its powers to restrict imports from overseas countries. [More…]
Senator Gietzelt mentioned a public corporation having powers of classification and acquisition. [More…]
Quite frankly, I remain totally convinced that one answer to the problem facing the Australian beef industry today is to establish a statutory body- the Meat Board could perform this functionto utilise the present powers to sell on the overseas markets to the exclusion of private enterprise so that any private meat marketing firm overseas which wants to import into its country Australian beef, or Australian meat for that matter, will have to do so through the authority and pay the going rate. [More…]
I think that that statement indicates that at least some sections of the meat industry in Australia realise that what I have just said in relation to the powers of the Meat Board represents one way in which the industry can go forward. [More…]
Until about mid- 1965 all powers of government were vested in the Adminstrator, who was appointed by the Australian Government. [More…]
These powers were not only administrative and legislative but also judicial. [More…]
The removal of all powers to pass land rights legislation from Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines, the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on needs as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
The restoration of all powers vested in Land Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1975 Land Rights Bill. [More…]
With the powers prescribed for him in this Bill he is able to go to departments and to officials to find out the facts. [More…]
There has been clarity as to the persons who might be exercising statutory powers and functions. [More…]
Overall control from Canberra will be necessary, especially to ensure uniformity and to conduct top-level negotiation with Ministers and public servants, but there should be a senior officer ‘on the ground’ with extensive powers and commensurate status. [More…]
The Ombudsman will have powers to ensure that complaints which come before him from prisoners will not be interfered with by prison authorities so that he will be able to deal with them. [More…]
When the Ombudsman is seen to be effective in the fields in which he has acted he may then be given by Parliament further fields of activities and further powers. [More…]
Fifthly, he should have powers to recommend and publicise and, of course, an ability to do these things. [More…]
The transfer of powers will commence on 1 January, and the Territory is climbing the ladder of responsibility. [More…]
Whilst they have a Legislative Assembly, at the moment it has no powers. [More…]
The Deputy Ombudsman for the Australian Capital Territory has all the powers, and may exercise all the functions, of the Commonwealth Ombudsman in relation to action taken by a Department or by a prescribed authority in the Australian Capital Territory, except the power to report to the Parliament under section 1 7 or 1 9. [More…]
This will bring it into line with the Trade Practices Act which has provision for one Deputy Chairman and the Industries Assistance Commission Act which provides for a Commissioner to be appointed the Executive Commissioner to assist the Chairman in the performance of his duties and the exercise of his powers. [More…]
Its very necessary powers are exercisable only in denned areas which at present are the northern Adelaide plains and parts of the South-East and Eyre Peninsula. [More…]
The Bill also contains powers to take action to mitigate the resulting pollution caused by an emergency or accidental happening. [More…]
The provision of powers to construct works necessary for the purposes of the Act, such as those required for water quality mitigation, and further provisions to facilitate efficiency in administration. [More…]
Although amendments are being made to the Prices Justification Tribunal Act and to the powers of the Tribunal, it will continue to have the power to inquire and report in the same way as it has done and is doing in relation to the stevedoring industry. [More…]
To help ensure that the land councils administer land in conformity with the wishes of Aborigines with traditional interests in land, the power of a land council to delegate its powers to its members or its staff, will be limited. [More…]
The functions and powers of the land councils have been more clearly stated, so that the councils will express the wishes of the Aboriginal people, and the predominant position of the traditional owners has been asserted. [More…]
This rapid acceleration of the technology was caused, firstly, by the concern of the allied powers that Germany may have developed an atom bomb during the Second World War. [More…]
Mr Keating, the Shadow Minister for National Resources, claimed in the debate that the government has made no acknowledgement of the powers and hazards associated with nuclear power mentioned by the commission throughout the body of its report’. [More…]
a) The removal of all powers to pass Land Rights Legislation from Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, particularly its control over sacred sites, entry permits, control over the seas adjoining Aboriginal land, the fishing rights of non-Aborigines, the right of Aborigines to enter pastoral stations and control of wildlife on Aboriginal land. [More…]
The restoration of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner’s powers to hear claims based on need as well as traditional claims lodged by Aborigines. [More…]
The restoration of all powers vested in Lands Councils and the Land Commissioner in the 1975 Land Rights Bill . [More…]
After that examination we may be in a better position to answer the last part of his question with regard to the powers of the Director-General. [More…]
The powers of the DirectorGeneral under the Social Services Act are specific. [More…]
I ask the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister in Federal Affairs: Have any approaches been made by the Federal Government to the States in order to secure a referral of the States’ wage fixing powers to the Australian Government? [More…]
If not, is the Federal Government contemplating making requests to the States for referral of such powers to it? [More…]
The Attorney-General has advised that it would not be in accordance with practice to furnish legal opinion on the Commonwealth’s constitutional powers in answer to a question. [More…]
Shortly after his appointment, Mr Wentworth stated in a letter to me that the 1967 referendum gave the Commonwealth concurrent powers with the States in relation to Aborigines. [More…]
I hope that the powers contained in the Bill are not misused by the Government. [More…]
I would like to see the Government not giving any powers to the Assembly in regards to the Land Rights Bill. [More…]
It is extremely disappointing that powers over sacred sites and entry permits are going to the Assembly in the Northern Territory. [More…]
It limits the powers of the Land Commissioner. [More…]
Withdraw from the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly powers to make laws over sacred sites, entry permits, fishing rights and control of territorial waters, etc [More…]
When the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs reintroduced the Bill with 42 amendments there were improvements in 2 areas- the reduction in the rights of the Northern Territory to make ordinances interfering with the rights of Aboriginals over their land, and some slight increase in the negotiating powers of Aboriginal persons with the mining companies. [More…]
I appreciate that clause 73. of the Bill does impose some limitation on the powers of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in these matters, but only to the extent that the Northern Territory ordinances are capable of operating concurrently with the Act. [More…]
Secondly, the powers of the land councils which were set out in the 1975 Bill have been restored with the exception of their right to be involved in needs claims. [More…]
The Government is not contemplating any changes in its procedures or powers other than those that, as I said earlier, were passed this week. [More…]
These powers are not limited to cases where there is the requirement of notice by a company before it increases its prices. [More…]
My concern in particular with the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Bill 1976 is that under clause 73 certain powers are to be given to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. [More…]
Those powers relate to the protection of sacred sites, the entry of persons to Aboriginal land, the conservation of wildlife and the access to territorial seas. [More…]
I am concerned with the clause because, as honourable senators will know, Mr Justice Woodward in his report recommended that these powers should be held by the Federal Government. [More…]
It is an exercise of the Commonwealth’s constitutional powers and its responsibility to make special laws for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people where a need is seen for that to be done. [More…]
We believe that we have stated more clearly the functions and powers of the land councils so that the councils will express the wishes of the Aboriginal people. [More…]
I know that he is anxious to get State-like powers in the Northern Territory and to have it declared a State without its having to accept financial responsibility for itself. [More…]
It is an exercising of the Commonwealth’s constitutional powers and responsibility to make special laws for the Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders where a need is seen for that. [More…]
Clause 23, dealing with the powers of the land councils, deals with traditional Aboriginal land. [More…]
There are a lot of higher powers other than the Senate listening to the outrageous comments made by the Government today. [More…]
There is a lot of confusion about the Northern Territory, and as the Government is handing over most of the powers in the Bill to ordinances which will be drafted under Northern Territory laws it will have to take into consideration the fact that the Opposition is reluctant to see it cast away land in towns which may be properly claimed by Aboriginal people. [More…]
I seek some clarification of clause 5 sub-clause (1) (b), which states: to exercise its powers as owner of land referred to in paragraph (a) for the benefit of the Aboriginal groups concerned; [More…]
-Sub-clause 14 (4) limits the Commonwealth’s powers under the Atomic Energy Act to the sections onmining. [More…]
a register recording the names of the members of the Land Trusts holding, or established to hold, Aboriginal land in its area and descriptions of each area of such Aboriginal land; (0 to co-operate with, and assist, the Land Commissioner in exercising his functions and powers in connexion with land in its area; [More…]
The new clause that has been proposed by the Opposition is one on which I would comment that, in line with the decision that some powers be given to the Northern Territory, the Government has considered it appropriate that rights of entry onto pastoral properties should remain a matter for Northern Territory law- the Crown Lands Ordinance. [More…]
In line with the decision that some powers be given to the Northern Territory, it was considered appropriate that rights of entry on to pastoral properties should remain a matter for the Northern Territory. [More…]
There is also to be a more direct relationship between redeployment and retirement powers and their clear purpose, namely, the efficient and economical function of the Service. [More…]
However, we must wait and judge in the next year or two how it operates the powers which it has been given under this Bill. [More…]
In addition, we have the committee as an additional protection to ensure that there is a bona fide exercise by the Northern Territory legislature of the powers given under this Bill. [More…]
They are the powers which the Government has so carelessly thrown away to somebody else. [More…]
Our present Liberal-National Country Party Government is now allowing the Assembly to develop politically and on 1 January next year the transfer of powers will be made to the Northern Territory. [More…]
The new powers that the Northern Territory will be getting in January are 95 per cent the result of the efforts of the Labor Government in this Parliament. [More…]
The powers that are now to be handed on are being handed on as a result of the setting up of a joint committee concerning the Northern Territory by the Labor Government in its period in office. [More…]
-In addressing himself to this clause prior to the suspension of the sitting- I was listening to him in my room- Senator Kilgariff criticised the Whitlam Government for not giving executive powers to the Northern Territory. [More…]
I would like to remind Senator Kilgariff, as Senator Keeffe did a few moments ago, that it was the Whitlam Government which set up a joint parliamentary committee to look into executive powers for the Northern Territory. [More…]
Senator Keeffe and I religiously stuck to our duties to bring about a fully elected Legislative Assembly in the Northern Territory and to give it certain powers. [More…]
Senator Kilgariff has now criticised the Whitlam Government for not giving the Northern Territory executive powers. [More…]
The Northern Territory Legislative Assembly is now a fully elected body and now has certain powers because of the actions of the Whitlam Labor Government, not because of the actions of a previous Liberal-Country Party Government. [More…]
I have pointed out, in relation to this clause, that we were frustrated in our efforts to give the Northern Territory certain powers and we were also frustrated in our efforts to give it representation in this chamber. [More…]
It did everything that it could possibly do to give certain powers to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. [More…]
We are giving the Legislative Assembly certain powers in relation to the Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory. [More…]
It will also be granted all the powers presently available to either the Minister or the Australian Broadcasting Control Board for the administration of the ownership and control provisions applicable to broadcasting licences. [More…]
It will be for land councils to exercise powers under the Bill and Northern Territory laws will not affect their rights. [More…]
It is vital that there be no hesitancy in the powers of the Commonwealth to vest State authorities with the power to collect the levies. [More…]
Senator Button took the view that it is a sensible function to place in a quasi judicial tribunal the rights which were held, as well as on some other powers, by the Australian Broadcasting Control Board previously, and that the Tribunal will operate as a quasi judicial body in dealing with licences- the creation and change of licences- and, if necessary, the removal of licences where the rules are not complied with. [More…]
In addition to the establishment of the Tribunal there is a proposal for the establishment of a broadcasting council- a council to represent views, but of course it will not be given powers to determine or to dictate the nature of the industry. [More…]
I have watched my children and I know that although the television screen mesmerises them, the programs they really enjoy are the programs that tease their imaginations, their powers to learn, their powers to investigate. [More…]
-This Bill is the first of two stages of a legislative program to implement fully the Government’s decision on the revised administrative structure, including the transfer to the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal of the present ministerial powers relating to various matters associated with the renewal, suspension and revocation of licences and other matters concerned with changes in ownership and control. [More…]
I understand that during the second stage of the legislative program it is intended that there be a transfer to the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal of the present ministerial powers. [More…]
Recent amendments to the Northern Territory Fisheries Ordinance has (i) restricted the number of commercial licences that can be granted to barramundi fishermen for fishing inland waters; and (ii) increased the powers of Inspectors in respect to search and seizure of equipment suspected of being used in illegal fishing operations. [More…]
Can the Minister advise whether a wife has mandatory powers to deny the issue of a passport to her husband or vice versa? [More…]
It abolishes the Australian Broadcasting Control Board, sets up the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal and gives to that Tribunal in the interim period, prior to further legislation, virtually the powers of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board. [More…]
Assuming that we follow the pattern set in the other place and the Bill is passed by the Senate the Commission will have modified consultative powers. [More…]
This legislation proposes to transfer the Board’s powers of licensing to a statutory authority, and no one argues against that. [More…]
Also, it proposes to transfer the Board’s powers of inquiry to a statutory body, and no one argues against that. [More…]
In addition it proposes to transfer the Board’s technical powers to the Postal and Telecommunications Department, and there is no dialogue against that at all. [More…]
The honourable senator is suggesting that when the Government transfers some of the Control Board’s powers to the new Tribunal is must appoint to the Tribunal the same persons who were on the Control Board. [More…]
If that suggestion were accepted, the Government would be inhibited in deciding who was suitable for appointment to the Tribunal with the powers that it will have. [More…]
There will be an interim period in which the Tribunal will have the same powers as the Board had. [More…]
It was constantly claimed in defence of the Broadcasting Control Board that it had fallen down on its job to police that requirement because of some weakness in the powers conferred on the Board. [More…]
The powers of the proposed Tribunal have been more rigidly expressed in a clear way in the Bill before us. [More…]
It does change much of the distribution of powers within broadcasting. [More…]
These powers, I feel, are pretty wide. [More…]
(1) For the purposes of this Act, there shall be a Council, to be known as the Broadcasting Council, which, subject to this Act, shall have and may exercise the rights, powers, authorities and functions conferred upon it by this Act and shall be charged with and perform the duties and obligations imposed upon it by this Act. [More…]
The exercise of the rights, powers, authorities or functions, or the performance of the duties or obligations, of the Council shall not be affected by reason only of there being a vacancy in the office of a member. [More…]
The powers we have suggested for it are taken holus-bolus from the Government’s own inquiry, the Green inquiry into broadcasting and television. [More…]
We think they are reasonable and sensible powers for a body of this kind to have. [More…]
I remind the Senate that the Regulations and Ordinances Committee of this Senate has constantly complained about major powers being left to regulation and not being set out in statutes. [More…]
It is unfortunate that these powers and the existence of this Council are not provided for in the legislation. [More…]
As honourable senators know, there is to be a transfer of powers from the Commonwealth Government to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly on 1 January. [More…]
Several statutory bodies, the police and various other departments, will be transferred as part of the initial transfer of powers. [More…]
Since that date that report more or less has been the bible for developing the transfer of powers. [More…]
That matter is to be worked out during the transfer of powers. [More…]
I commend the Government for this initiative that it has taken- a very firm initiative- to ensure in this coming year that after the transfer of powers we will have a strong Northern Territory Public Service. [More…]
This is a most important step for the Northern Territory, following as it does the decision of the Labor Government to establish a fully elected Northern Territory Legislative Assembly and to arrange for the transfer of powers to give the people of the Northern Territory greater involvement in the decision-making process. [More…]
I am concerned about the Minister’s powers to override the Public Service Act and to transfer officers against will. [More…]
Will the Minister outline the results of talks held by the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly’s Executive Member for Finance and Community Development with Treasury Officials, concerning financial arrangements connected with the transfer of powers to the Assembly, and, in particular, give details of (a) the level of revenue that the Territory will be expected to collect; (b) details of tax sharing arrangements; (c) whether consideration has been given to the provision of specific purpose grants; and (d) the level of funding which it is estimated that will be needed to support a Northern Territory Public Service for the first 5 years of the new arrangements. [More…]
As the Director of Projects for the Australian Film Commission, Mr John Daniell, has informed members of the advisory panel on the Women ‘s Film Fund that they have no decision-making powers regarding sponsorship of projects by the Fund, by what means will the original objective of the Fund, i.e., assistance for production of worthwhile women’s films that have no alternative source of assistance, be safeguarded. [More…]
Nevertheless, as I have said, a fundamental problem facing the Commonwealth Government is the fact that it does not have the powers under the Constitution to carry out, by any means fully, the principles contained in this covenant. [More…]
Clause 29 ensures that, for reasons of safety of life and of navigation, the provisions of the Navigation Act giving the Minister powers regarding the removal of wreck will still apply to any wreck, whether declared historic or not. [More…]
The Minister is not to exercise any of those powers unless it is necessary to do so for purposes of safety or environmental emergency. [More…]
Another clause ensures that his powers to deal with oil pollution threats arising from damaged ships continue unrestricted. [More…]
In raising that question I am also a little sceptical as to whether the big powers, after they sign these conventions, really regard them as more than a scrap of paper. [More…]
I have no illusions that countries such as Australia which sign this agreement will endeavour to live up to it, but we might find that if trade is involved- this was the case with France- most of the major powers will look the other way. [More…]
I complained on behalf of the Yugoslav community and asked for action under aviation powers. [More…]
It appears to be based on a relatively static situation and assumes no substantial change in the relationship of the superpowers or their allies over the next 10 years. [More…]
Secondly, there appears to be, according to the Paper, little prospect of an agreement between the 2 super-powers, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America, to limit existing armaments in the Indian Ocean or to deal with any possible build-up in the Pacific. [More…]
If any agreements can be reached then the United States, for example, although remaining strong militarily, might not be able to supply as much manpower, technical and equipment support to the countries with whom it has normally been associated as friendly powers as it has done in the past. [More…]
We find that the major powers such as the United States of America, Japan and probably the Soviet Union regard as important free and unhindered access to certain areas such as the Arabian Gulf, Indonesia, Malacca and the Sunda and Lombok Straits. [More…]
I do not believe that there will be a nuclear holocaust between the major powers. [More…]
Littoral states on the Indian Ocean have varying relationships with the Super Powers. [More…]
They are now talking about the ‘Super Powers’. [More…]
But we would wish to see the Super Powers exercise restraint in their activities so that their deployments may be maintained at the lowest practicable level. [More…]
After all this discussion about the super powers that we have in this document, does anybody seriously believe that one super power can go into the Indian Ocean in the way in which the U.S. has already gone-through its installations at North West Cape for example, which this Government wants it to add to by establishing a base in Diego Garcia- without inviting the Soviet Union to come into the Indian Ocean? [More…]
We say we ought to follow the sort of policies put forward by the Indian Government which have been supported by the Government of Sri Lanka; that is, that all the super powers should get out of the Indian Ocean. [More…]
It would be very difficult to talk about getting the super powers out of the Atlantic or the Mediterranean or the north Pacific, but it is completely feasible to talk about getting the super powers out of the Indian Ocean. [More…]
It is still inviting the two super powers to build up a conflagration of some sort around the shores of the Indian Ocean. [More…]
But to talk in these terms about Australia as if it were a super power or as if we ought to be part of some arrangements with super powers which would bring them into the part of the world in which we live, could be disastrous for this country. [More…]
The only way in which we can secure our defence is by our foreign policy, by taking steps to see that the super powers are not in the Indian Ocean, whatever may happen with Indonesia. [More…]
The greatest chances of conflagration of a major nature will come because of disputes between super powers. [More…]
In his usual eloquent manner he talked mainly about the super powers and the possibility of conflagration between the super powers. [More…]
It is perfectly obvious that if this world ever gets to the point where there is a conflagration between the super powers- that description is not only used in the defence White Paper but also it is commonly used in the Daily Mirror and the Press around Australia- then Australia’s hopes of survival lie purely and simply in its capacity over the years to impress its more powerful allies that it is a place which is worth saving. [More…]
So I think that a concentration on a possible massive conflict between the super powers is somewhat unnecessary in the terms of this debate. [More…]
Indeed, Senator Wheeldon put the interesting proposition that, rather than seeking a matching presence in the Indian Ocean between the super-powers it would be far better if those super-powers abandoned any form of presence in the Indian Ocean. [More…]
But where is the guarantee that if the super-powers, with their present relatively small capacities there, move out of the Indian Ocean the other littoral States around the Indian Ocean will not involve themselves in a constant and continuing conflict? [More…]
I can see no logical reason why it should be assumed that if the superpowers withdrew from the Indian Ocean there would then be a sea of peace because there would then be no other navies- and there are significant navies and air forces and also nuclear capacities- around the Indian Ocean. [More…]
I do not believe that that would be so, and I tend to the view that in the foreseeable future the best security of this country and of many of the littoral States of the Indian Ocean lies in their capacity to ensure that there is a measure of matching power in the Indian Ocean between the super-powers at a low level. [More…]
I draw the attention of honourable senators to the fact that unless we are capable of establishing and are determined to establish a responsible defence pattern and a responsible level of selfreliance we cannot expect greater friends and allies and mightier powers to come to our succour should there ever be- and God forbid that there ever will be- a massive conflagration around the world. [More…]
For a variety of reasons much will depend on how China, the closest of the external powers, decides to pursue its interests. [More…]
Any concessions made to imperialist powers will be made in the form of hard bargaining that extracts every ounce of advantage for the Chinese. [More…]
The fear is that, if the United States regards South East Asia as an area of low priority, the only two major powers left to compete are the Soviet Union and China, without the balancing effect of the United States. [More…]
It could well be that Vietnam will be a more destabilising influence in South East Asia than will the other powers. [More…]
The threat was the war in Vietnam, Chinese communist expansion and the expansion of various powers in South East Asia, powers which were never identified, as Senator Sir Magnus Cormack failed to identify them tonight. [More…]
I shall move a motion which is contained in the body of the report and which is designed to resolve and repeat what was and is the position with regard to the understanding of the Committee and, I think, the understanding of the Senate as to the Senate’s respective powers. [More…]
That committee investigated the background of the matter and reported on what ought to be the differentiation between these particular powers. [More…]
I believe that in the years ahead we may have to look at some kind of separation of powers within the Australian system. [More…]
The Bill places in the hands of the Chairman of the Public Service Board extensive powers for which apparently under this legislation he is not accountable to the Parliament. [More…]
What referendum proposals are generally all about is the transfer of further and other powers to the federal governmentpowers which the State governments previously had as part of their residual powers. [More…]
The first duty of an honourable senator coming here is to defend the proper responsibilities and powers of the Senate. [More…]
When we have the situation where people are to vote on this matter- if the Government is supported by the vast majority in this place- when the debate in this place has special responsibilities because now the Senate is challenged as to its powers, authorities and responsibilities, and when the Government which is proposing these measures 2 years ago called them a fraud, then in a unique situation of Senate responsibility and for the elucidation of the allegations as to whether it was fraud, why not let the people hear what we have to say on each of these matters? [More…]
It would cut out the constitutional independence of the Senate and open the way for progressive reduction of its powers. [More…]
The fact is that we do have a different view of the role of the Senate; we do have a different view of the role of government and the way government should function in this country, and we do have a very strong view that the powers of the Senate should be delimited at every opportunity. [More…]
On 7 December 1976 (Hansard, page 2694) Senator Sibraa asked me, as Minister Assisting the Prime Minister in Federal Affairs, a question without notice concerning the referral of wage fixing powers by the States to the Commonwealth Government. [More…]
The Commonwealth Government has not sought a referral of wage fixing powers from the States. [More…]
If the Commonwealth Government were to consider more direct wage fixing powers necessary, then the approach the honourable senator speaks of would be one of the options open to the Commonwealth Government. [More…]
Although the standing committee has no statutory powers, I believe it has received the cooperation of the directors of major research institutions, such as the CSIRO and the Hall Institute in Victoria, and of the vice-chancellors of the various universities. [More…]
That inquiry would not extend- I do not think that it could extend- beyond the powers of this Parliament nor deal with matters that come with the responsibility of the Queensland Parliament. [More…]
Is it envisaged that an election at large will be held under the regulation making powers in section 219 of the existing Commonwealth Electoral Act? [More…]
Mr Whitlam in 1973 at the height of his powers threatened this action on occasions when he seemed to have a great deal of support. [More…]
Therefore, I do not believe that the irrational fears that somehow we as the Senate will lose rights or powers will result. [More…]
I find it incredible that the present Government should introduce this Constitution Alteration (Simultaneous Elections) Bill which radically weakens and undermines the powers of the Senate. [More…]
I find it completely beyond belief when that decision comes so soon after the Senate, in what I think was the most worthy exercise of its powers, used the express reserve power of rejection to give the people an election. [More…]
Therefore we find that this legislation has not been considered in relation to the probable next steps of a Labor Government whose spokesmen on this debate, such as Senator Button, have avowed that this Labor Party will take every opportunity to delimit the powers of this chamber. [More…]
I will show that this is a Bill not for simultaneous elections, but to erode the powers of the Senate. [More…]
Let me say at once that in my opposition to this proposal in the Constitutional Review Committee, I made it plain- I circulated the text of my remarks to honourable senators 2 days ago- I have no objection to simultaneous elections as such; what I have objection to is using that rather superficially attractive expression to induce people to adopt a Bill, when the real effect of it ls to undermine the powers and give the go-by to section 57. [More…]
This deals with one of the cardinal powers of a State in relation to the States’ House in the Federal Parliament where each State has equal representation. [More…]
To show the extent to which the State legislatures have exercised those powers, I refer to one of them. [More…]
Those powers are checks and balances against any concentration of unbridled power in the Executive Government, or against any misuse of power or mismanagement by a Government … [More…]
In the age-old struggle between Parliament and the Executive, the Senate must continue to be vigilant in safeguarding its powers. [More…]
Having revealed the true purpose and operation of this Bill to be firstly, to take a power from the States and give it to the Commonwealth and, secondly, not to relate to elections but to relate to a half dissolution of the Senate, I say that this is the occasion when we should make ourselves clear in saying that we will be vigilant in safeguarding the powers of the Senate from erosion. [More…]
Today we have 2 Houses of Parliament with the same powers, doing the same job. [More…]
However, senators will be given an opportunity at a later time to test their genuineness about whether they want simultaneous elections or whether they feel that what Senator Button and Senator Cavanagh said is true, that is, that the net result of carrying this referendum in the electorate would be the emasculation of the powers of the Senate and the significant transfer of powers from the States to the central Parliament. [More…]
would cut out the constitutional independence of the Senate and open the way for progressive reduction of its powers. [More…]
They said that the danger of the proposal for simultaneous elections, as it was drafted by the then Whitlam Government and as it is now proposed by the Fraser Government, was that it represented a threat to the power of the Senate and also a threat to the powers and rights of the States. [More…]
I agree that if it is possible we do not wish to take away the powers of the Senate, particularly as it is the forum for the smaller States. [More…]
Our system of parliamentary government is based on the principle of separation of powers and in the evolution of that system it had been decided in the past, and it is reiterated time and again, that it is essential that there be some proper separation of the functions of the Executive and the legislature. [More…]
The powers of the Senate will remain basically as they are. [More…]
It was only because of the far-sightedness of postwar Prime Minister Ben Chifley that we used defence powers to create the Snowy Mountains project. [More…]
They are issues which affect the fundamental integrity of the Senate, its powers and its ability. [More…]
I am quite concerned that there should be no breakdown of the powers and functions of the Senate. [More…]
The traditional independent powers and voice of the Senate would be lost. [More…]
I refer to the role of the Senate and the powers of the Senate, arising from the events of 11 November 1975. [More…]
They are not matters for vituperation; they are matters for serious consideration in the community as to the proper role of the Senate and the powers of the Senate. [More…]
I defend the rights and powers of the Senate. [More…]
As Senator Scott pointed out in the debate earlier today, those rights and powers are not affected by this referendum. [More…]
It is easy to talk in general terms about how the Senate’s powers will be reduced by this Bill and associated Bills. [More…]
If we couple with the untrammelled power of the Federal Parliament to appoint times for the holding of Senate elections the provisions in clause 4 of the Bill which give the other powers, then we really bring in a shortened term for honourable senators. [More…]
On 1 January 1977 the Federal Government commenced the transfer of powers of State-like nature to the Northern Territory. [More…]
In view of the recommendatons of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Northern Territory relating to the transfer of powers, what are the present situation and future plans for the transfer of repsonsibilities in regard to education? [More…]
In consequence of that goal the Government has set up a series of co-ordinating programs to provide steadily for the transfer of various powers and for the ultimate assumption of powers. [More…]
These Departments will work within a co-ordinating atmosphere of interdepartmental relationships to develop plans consistent with the transfer of powers in a time scale as indicated. [More…]
In 1974, words similar to what Senator Wright has just said moved senior members of the then Opposition, who are now members of the Government, to say that the Constitution Alteration (Simultaneous Elections) Bill should be opposed because it was a direct attack on the powers of this chamber and would substantially transfer power from the States and from the States’ Houses to the Executive Government. [More…]
I ask the honourable senator to have a look at a very detailed speech which Sir John Kerr made to, I think, the Indian Law Society on a visit to India a couple of years ago and in which he enunciated his view of the powers and duties of the Governor-General in Australia. [More…]
Senator Button said that he was very pleased that perhaps this legislation would erode some of the powers of the Senate. [More…]
The number one priority for him is the retention of the present powers of the Senate; and the number 2 priority is what is good for the public and for the good of government in Australia. [More…]
and we - that is the Australian Labor Party- do have a very strong view that the powers of the Senate should be delimited at every opportunity. [More…]
Unless the Government is intent upon adopting the strong view of the Australian Labor Party, as put by Senator Button, that the powers of the Senate should be delimited at every opportunity, which is the basic reason the Opposition is supporting the legislation, there is no intelligible reason why any one of these amendments should be refused. [More…]
Is every State Police Commissioner in Australia in favour of the Federal Government granting police limited powers to tap telephones in Australia, subject to judicial oversight, as was suggested by the former Queensland Police Commissioner, Mr Ray Whitrod, at his farewell Press conference in Brisbane on 29 November 1976. [More…]
Federal Government refused permission for these powers to be granted; (b) What would be the advantages of providing police with power to tap telephones in certain circumstances; (c) What would be the disadvantages of so doing; and (d) Does the Attorney-General intend reviewing this matter in the foreseeable future. [More…]
It is even more essential that those who make public opinion- business and labour leaders and the media which interpret them- should cease aggravating the gloom, and acknowledge the economic progress which is being made (even though some may consider that the chosen official policies are imperfect) and refrain from asking governments to deliver what is beyond their powers to deliver. [More…]
There are problems because this Parliament operates as a legislative body over only certain aspects of life and the State parliaments have considerable powers in areas where human rights also may be affected. [More…]
The Bill at that time endeavoured to sweep aside this distinction and to impose powers which were regarded by State parliaments as an infringement of their rights and responsibilities. [More…]
I am a great believer in the Standing Orders and if we adopt what is now suggested we will be taking away some of the powers of our Standing Orders. [More…]
If we are to take what is a right regarding incorporations away from the President we will take away some of his decision making powers. [More…]
The last 25 years were dominated by the tension between the super powers in an essentially bi-polar world. [More…]
The ability of the super powers to control other states and to determine the agenda of international politics has diminished perceptibly, and they are being forced to give less attention to each other and more to third parties. [More…]
They would not agree to giving increased powers to Federal government. [More…]
I do not understand the full emphasis of the devolvement of powers to the States. [More…]
Some 2 weeks ago a delegation from this Federal Parliament led by Mr Speaker Snedden, the President of the Senate, Senator Laucke, the Minister for the Northern Territory, Mr Evan Adermann, and many other people attended the opening of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly to mark an important milestone for the Northern Territory on 1 January this year when there was the initial transfer of powers from the Federal Government to the Northern Territory. [More…]
It was the beginning of the transfer of federal powers of a State-like nature to the people of the Northern Territory. [More…]
There will be a gradual transfer of powers and as the Territory accepts new challenges and responsibilities it will go up the ladder to its ultimate goal of statehood. [More…]
As time goes by we will see more powers transferred until the ultimate of statehood is achieved. [More…]
The fact is that State powers are not going to be interferred with in any way at all. [More…]
I read President Carter’s statement on this issue it made me wonder about the effect of conservative government policies on foreign relations and to observe how those policies have been drastically altered in Australia by the actions of foreign powers. [More…]
In actual fact, most of the initiatives, especially those in relation to important issues such as the Sino-Soviet dispute that I mentioned or the presence of super powers in the Indian Ocean, have been shown to be tailored to lead to greater instability, less co-operation and a heightened threat of conflict in our area. [More…]
The Government is now hiding behind his powers and not upholding them. [More…]
Such a dangerous law would vitally affect the parliamentary system; it would cut out the Constitutional independence of the Senate and open the way for progressive reduction of its powers. [More…]
The traditional independent powers and voice of the Senate would be lost. [More…]
I say to Senator Messner who is trying to interject that the woolgrowers simply ask that the Australian Wool Corporation be given powers of acquisition over all wool destined for export. [More…]
The serious constitutional question that we have to face is before sub-committee D of the Constitutional Convention and relates to the powers of this place. [More…]
But really we ought to be talking about the constitutional powers of the Senate and what ought to happen in the resolution of deadlocks. [More…]
In particular, the major change has been that there is no longer the situation whereby we have the polarisation between 2 super powers, with nearly all of the rest of the world belonging to one camp or the other. [More…]
In the Indian Ocean which is relatively unimportant among the world’s great oceans and is not bordered by any of the super powers- I include China as a super power in this respect- we have an opportunity to achieve a demilitarised zone. [More…]
I turn aside for a moment to comment on the fact that there has been a shift in the emphasis on the conflict between the super powers. [More…]
The super powers basically have been concerned one with the other. [More…]
As the emphasis of the super powers, one to the other, tends to change I hope that they do not become involved in circumstances in which a super power promotes a set of circumstances in some other part of the world through the use of a third or fourth party. [More…]
This was so particularly when we discussed this question of the relative strength of navies and the super powers in the Indian Ocean. [More…]
This is still happening between the major powers. [More…]
There are tensions between Russia and China, 2 major powers. [More…]
But when we look at the competition which has taken place, the power seeking of these 2 major powers, the events in South East Asia and in so many of the African states, we question how much validity there is in that argument. [More…]
How much danger would there be in the world from what would then be the major super powers? [More…]
We recognise that the U.S.A. is one of the major powers of the world. [More…]
One of the main things we found was that it was not only the super powers that were trying to project this perception of power in the Indian Ocean. [More…]
The assumption seems to be that if the super-powers, and presumably all other powers, remove all their forces and facilities it will then be a zone of peace. [More…]
However, there is the question of what future attitude regional powers might adopt. [More…]
The first is that the United States should agree to the proposal; secondly, that the Soviet Union should agree to the proposal; and, thirdly, that both super-powers then should completely remove all their forces, bases and any other facilities from the Indian Ocean. [More…]
He was able to gain the confidence of countries which were a little wary of the super powers, whether it was the United States, the Soviet Union or China. [More…]
It always amazes me that little countries like Peru and Iceland snub their noses at the big powers and get away with it. [More…]
Not only will they create a general feeling that they are not entitled to statehood but also they will create an impression in the minds of the Australian public that the Assembly is not a fit and proper body to have State-like powers passed to it. [More…]
It has, as a matter of interest, the powers of a Royal Commission. [More…]
The concept of a ‘family court’ is well established in the United States of America, Canada and Japan though there are variations in the proceedings and powers. [More…]
Of course, the High Court has found some deficiencies and therefore there is some difficulty, particularly in regard to property and custody where some of the powers cannot be exercised at the present time. [More…]
They would need to recognise their responsibility in developing a new type of court, acting with a minimum of formality, co-ordinating the work of ancillary specialists attached to the court, encouraging conciliation and applying, only as a last resort, the judicial powers of the court. [More…]
It was apparent to the Committee from the evidence given that both Mr Bryant and Mr Dexter had similar views on their powers and responsibilities under section 64 of the Constitution and section 25 (2) of the Public Service Act respectively, but that in the exercising of those powers and responsibilities there were significant differences. [More…]
Quite apart from the problems which arose out of the conflict of powers and responsibilities of the former Minister and the permanent head, the Committee was concerned with the conclusions reached by the Auditor-General over the expenditure on the turtle and crocodile projects during the period September 1970 to June 1973, which projects were established prior to Mr Bryant becoming Minister. [More…]
It should use its powers in the national interest to provide a plan for the recovery of the fruit growing industry. [More…]
The Council possesses only advisory powers. [More…]
I hope that this is not just political window dressing, that it is not a black decoration and that the advisory committee will be given very wide powers, even if only at the recommendatory level. [More…]
The reason for Senator Wriedt ‘s insensate hatred of federalism is that he knows that every step we take to diffuse powers, to strengthen the State governments and local government, will make it more difficult for a doctrinaire socialist government of the future, God forbid, to bring about its policies of destruction and amalgamation. [More…]
The answer to the specific question asked by Senator Tehan is that there are powers and procedures under conciliation and arbitration legislation to deal with matters of this kind. [More…]
Overall, there are the powers which the courts before whom prosecutions come will have to determine what are the penalties. [More…]
I refer to the problem which arises if, in pursuance of the powers which would be vested in the Minister under clause 9 (2) of the Bill, the appropriate instrument were published in the Gazette permitting the recruitment in Australia of persons to serve overseas in a manner which is otherwise precluded by the provisions of the Bill. [More…]
In the Government’s view sub-clause (2 ) of clause 9 is to be read subject to clause 6, and the powers under sub-clause (2) of clause 9 are subject to that situation. [More…]
We submit that in this territory and elsewhere in the South- West Pacific surrender arrangements should not prejudice readjustments found desirable in the interests of security and welfare always subject, naturally, to the consent of the powers concerned.’ [More…]
Arrangements are currently being made with the Public Service Board for the delegation of certain powers to the Bureau with respect to the engagement of experts. [More…]
If the conditions of (2) have not been adhered to, what powers has the Minister to ensure that the time schedule mentioned in (2 ) is adhered to. [More…]
If the States do not opt for the personal income taxing powers that apply under stage 2, is the Minister saying, in effect, that the federalism policy will not come into effect, at least not in the foreseeable future? [More…]
Or, alternatively, does he agree with the statement by the Prime Minister which appeared in the New South Wales Country Life of 25 August last year when the Prime Minister, in answer to the question ‘Would you like the powers to negotiate price and wage freezes with employers and unionists? [More…]
The High Court ruled that the Director-General of Social Security, acting under Government instructions, exceeded his powers in denying unemployment benefit to all school leavers for up to 3 months. [More…]
The Government has been exposed in a breach of its powers under the law and has been exposed to be in defiance of Parliament. [More…]
The question is, then, whether this general rule is no more than a permissible instruction by the Director-General to those to whom he has delegated his powers under s. 107 (c) as to how they are to determine whether they are satisfied of the matters there referred to; or whether on the contrary it reveals an attempted substitution of inconsistent departmental criteria for those which the Parliament has enacted as appropriate to qualify an applicant for unemployment benefit. [More…]
In doing so, it should be remarked that the function of the Director-General under s. 107 is to be distinguished from that of tribunals, such as licensing justices, which, in their exercise of discretionary powers to grant or refuse licences, may give effect to some general policy that they see as desirable so long as in doing so they do not preclude themselves from considering on its merits the exceptional case. [More…]
Nevertheless, in addition to its advisory role, the Commission has certain executive powers in the area of course approvals and the distribution of funds for approved capital projects within a State. [More…]
The Commonwealth Government assumed control of income taxation in 1943 and gained powers to cover ‘benefits to students’ as a result of an amendment to the Constitution in 1946, one of the few proposals to amend the Constitution which have been accepted. [More…]
A financial assistance scheme to assist universities following the gaining of these powers led to accommodation problems at universities and, after an examination by a committee chaired by Professor Mills, Commonwealth financial grants were made to universities in 195 1. [More…]
Before an announcement can be made concerning the chairmanship of the proposed Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation, legislation providing for the composition, functions and powers of the Corporation is required. [More…]
I refer to the proposal by the Government to grant certain taxing powers to the States. [More…]
The Bureau will have wide investigative powers and, mark my words, a possibly unconstitutional mix of judicial and arbitral powers. [More…]
Clause 15 of the Bill clothes the Court with dragnet consequential order powers which in spirit, if not in law, go beyond the essence of the judicial power of the ascertainment, declaration and enforcement of existing rights and obligations. [More…]
It has grown as a system in which they have unique powers of enforcing any benefits that are awarded to them. [More…]
The additional powers given to the court are to suspend all or any of the capacities, rights and privileges of an organisation or its members, and to restrict the use of the funds or property of the organisation and to make provision for their control. [More…]
There have been suggestions that the new BTE should be established by an Act of Parliament, that its powers, duties and procedures should be set out in legislation. [More…]
I have never heard in this Senate any form of complaint against the powers which moved into the vacuum created by the movement by Portugal out of southern Africa. [More…]
I also put it to the senator that Australia is in no more favourable position than the people of Greece who found themselves subjected to military dictatorship because of the manoeuvrings of major powers. [More…]
1 ) The grounds constituting ‘due cause’ for termination of services of tenured staff are expanded beyond those already available in existing legislation thereby introducing subjective discretionary powers which are inconsistent with career service expectations and entitlements; [More…]
The Bill relegates to subordinate legislation or administrative direction matters affecting substantive rights of employees including the scale of compensation, the composition and powers of the appellate tribunal, and the criteria upon which services may be terminated; [More…]
Your petitioners most humbly pray that the Senate, in Parliament assembled, should reject passage of any legislation to extend powers of compulsory retirement of Australian Government employees unless and until any variation has been agreed with staff representatives. [More…]
Is the Government satisfied that it is sufficiently aware of espionage activities of foreign powers in Australia? [More…]
Let us take this matter in a sober fashion, bearing in mind that there are very real dangers if governments, State or Federal, should attempt to intrude their legislative powers to restrict on a campus, student or other action, political or otherwise, because it is very hard to decide what is true academic freedom and what is intimidation. [More…]
In other words, it is taking away certain powers from the States and centralising them in spite of what the current Government has said from time to time. [More…]
There have been suggestions that the new BTE should be established by an Act of Parliament, that its powers, duties and procedures should be set out in legislation. [More…]
As I have tried to make clear from the very beginning since I became involved in this matter, my powers and obligations in respect of it are those set out in the Lands Acquisition Act, an Act of this Parliament by which I am bound, as is every other person in the community. [More…]
I have certain powers under that Act but I also have certain obligations. [More…]
An offer having been made as to compensation, if the person concerned is dissatisfied he has the powers and the right- he has the constitutional right what is more- to apply to a court to have just terms determined. [More…]
The grounds constituting ‘due cause’ for termination of services of tenured staff are expanded beyond those already available in existing legislation thereby introducing subjective discretionary powers which are inconsistent with career service expectations and entitlements; [More…]
The Bill relegates to subordinate legislation or administrative direction matters affecting substantive rights of employees including the scale of compensation, the composition and powers of the appellate tribunal, and the criteria upon which services may be terminated; [More…]
Your petitioners most humbly pray that the Senate, in Parliament assembled, should reject passage of any legislation to extend powers of compulsory retirement of Australian Government employees unless and until any variation has been agreed with staff representatives. [More…]
Regard must also be had to the powers the Tribunal has under section 35 of the Act to prohibit the publication of evidence. [More…]
The Commonwealth Ombudsman is not restricted to the review of decisions taken in the exercise of statutory powers. [More…]
The present law provides only a limited scope for review of the exercise of statutory powers by the Governor-General acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council. [More…]
The powers that the Court may exercise on an application for an order of review are set out in clause 16. [More…]
The Bill is intended to provide a comprehensive procedure for judicial review of Commonwealth administrative action taken under statutory powers. [More…]
Parliament cannot legislate, of course, to remove the powers of judicial review given to the High Court by the Constitution-section 75 (v). [More…]
In particular, paragraph 10 ( 1 ) (b) provides that the Bill is not to affect the powers of the Commonwealth Ombudsman. [More…]
Until the Parliament otherwise provides, the presence of at least one-third of the whole number of the senators shall be necessary to constitute a meeting of the Senate for the exercise of its powers. [More…]
In the case of non-nuclear weapon states- that is to say all countries other than the 5 existing nuclear weapons powers recognised by the NonProliferation Treaty- sales will be made only to countries which are parties to the NonProliferation Treaty. [More…]
That, of course, was contrary to the recommendation of the Joint Committee on the Northern Territory which said that Statelike powers ought to be transferred over a period in order to ensure the most effective form of government in the Northern Territory. [More…]
1 ) The grounds constituting ‘due cause’ for termination of services of tenured staff are expanded beyond those already available in existing legislation thereby introducing subjective discretionary powers which are inconsistent with career service expectations and entitlements. [More…]
The Bill relegates to subordinate legislation or administration direction matters affecting substantive rights of employees including the scale of compensation, the composition and powers of the appellate tribunal and the criteria upon which services may be terminated. [More…]
Your petitioners most humbly pray that the Senate, in Parliament assembled, should reject passage of any legislation to extend powers of compulsory retirement of Australian Government employees unless and until any variation has been agreed with staff representatives. [More…]
Whether or not that is true, I further ask the Minister: Are there any residual powers that the Australian Government will retain? [More…]
The Bill widens the present investment powers to enable the Corporation to increase investment income, now that it is to be liable for dividend, income tax and stamp duty payments. [More…]
I turn now to the widened insurance powers to be given to the Corporation, to give it maximum flexibility in its operations in recognition of its new commercial charter. [More…]
The Corporation will not be permitted, however, to insure loans which are not made for housing purposes according to the definition of insurable loan provided in clause 4 of the Bill, and the Minister will retain his powers under section 25 with respect to the policies of the Corporation. [More…]
In 1959 as a supporter of the Menzies Government- nearly 20 years ago- he recognised the fact that the Commonwealth Parliament lacked sufficient powers to deal with the sort of contemporary problems which existed in 1959. [More…]
In 1959 Senator Wright saw that it was necessary in the interests of the good government of this country if it was to develop as a viable political democracy, if its economy was to develop, to have changes to the industrial powers of the Commonwealth; he saw that there would have to be changes to the broadcasting powers, to the corporations powers, to the marketing powers of the Commonwealth Government; he saw that the Commonwealth Government should have power over interest rates; he saw that there should be alterations to the provisions of section 92 of the Constitution. [More…]
What further powers does the Federal Government envisage transferring to the Legislative Assembly for the Northern Territory in the 1977-78 period. [More…]
In his report, Mr Justice Toose recommended that repatriation boards should be abolished and replaced by a system whereby the initial determination of claims should be the responsibility of the Commission exercising its powers through suitably qualified persons acting individually as delegates. [More…]
With the powers this Senate has at present under the Constitution there is nothing to stop it from again forcing a government to the people. [More…]
Ever since I became a member of the Senate I have heard Senator Cormack, Senator Wright and Senator Wood, who sit opposite, preaching about the great powers of this Senate as though it were some place away up on high- something from which nothing can be taken away. [More…]
In exercising these powers the States will accept responsibility to work in parallel with and not in negation of the overall economic management policies of the Commonwealth. [More…]
Today in the other place the Government has brought on a Bill, which was first introduced on 1 8 March, to strengthen the Inspectorate and to convert it into an industrial relations bureau with stronger powers designed in fact to enforce action against employees, not against employers. [More…]
I am saying that at the present time there is a Bill before the Parliament- which will be passed in both places- to strengthen the bureau in respect of the powers designed, and reported by the Minister, to be aimed at employees in particular. [More…]
It is now, under the new arrangements which have come about as the result of discussions between the Minister, Mr Hawke and leaders of trade unions, to take over the powers, no more or no less of the Commonwealth Arbitration Inspectorate. [More…]
Those powers have always been available in relation to breaches of awards whether by employers or employees. [More…]
28 which gave the Joint Committee on Publications broad powers of inquiry. [More…]
Under the additional powers it is the President of the Tribunal who will determine the setting aside of the certificate. [More…]
The powers on review given to the Federal Court are quite considerable. [More…]
The difficulty which exists under the existing powers of review is that a person may not be able to find out the facts or may not be given any reasons by the tribunal that makes the decision, or the tribunal may not set out the findings of fact so that people can seek proper legal advice to determine whether they have grounds for an appeal or to seek a prerogative writ. [More…]
It aims to widen the powers and the capacities of the Housing Loans Insurance Corporation which was set up 12 years ago by a government of Liberal faith and, at the same time, to bring the Corporation into more equitable commercial arrangements with its competitors in the marketplace. [More…]
In fact, this Bill will substantially widen the Corporation’s powers. [More…]
The Bill will give the Corporation a much extended range of powers to make it even more effective and able to insure the full range of housing loans. [More…]
They thought it was delightful because they were going to get back the powers they thought they were losing under the Whitlam Labor Government. [More…]
That arrangement is of course a central element in the Government’s federalism policy which is aimed at restoring a proper distribution of powers and responsibilities between the 3 spheres of government- Commonwealth, State and local. [More…]
The only way in which that will be done is for the Senate to misuse continually its powers until the people are aware of that misuse. [More…]
Pending the detailed consideration of the Act referred to later in this statement, the Industrial Relations Bureau will have the same powers as the Arbitration Inspectorate, no more, no less, and those powers will be exercised according to the same processes as they have been until now. [More…]
The functions and powers that will be exercised by the Industrial Relations Bureau when it is formed will be the same as those currently exercised by the Arbitration Inspectorate and the processes followed by the Bureau will be those followed by the Arbitration Inspectorate. [More…]
The Meat Board has acted entirely within its powers in retaining these services and I do not consider any investigation of the matter is necessary or warranted. [More…]
The purpose of this Bill is to amend the Dairy Produce Act 1924 to provide for the establishment of the Australian Dairy Industry Advisory Committee and to make changes in the powers of the Australian Dairy Corporation as part of the new marketing arrangements for the dairy industry. [More…]
A fundamental part of the Stage I arrangements is that the realisations from the export of prescribed products are pooled and provision has therefore been made in this Bill for the powers of the Australian Dairy Corporation to be extended for this purpose. [More…]
The appropriate provisions have been incorporated in this Bill to extend the borrowing powers of the Australian Dairy Corporation to enable it to make advances on all dairy products placed under its control. [More…]
At present the borrowing powers of the Corporation are limited to making advances on product that is purchased by the Corporation. [More…]
The purpose of this Bill is to give effect to the proposals for reconstituting the Australian Meat Board as an Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation which by virtue of its composition, powers and financial arrangements will be adequately equipped to oversee and promote Australian meat and livestock exports. [More…]
An Australian Meat Board was first established by the Meat Export Control Act 1935, and with the exception of the period from 1943 to 1946 during World War II when the Board went into recess, the Meat Board has continued ever since although various changes in its composition and powers have been made from time to time. [More…]
Government responded to calls from all sections of the meat and livestock industry by implementing a review of the functions, powers and composition of the Australian Meat Board. [More…]
An appreciation of the extent and nature of developments affecting Australian livestock producers is essential to a full understanding of the changes to composition, functions and powers of the Australian Meat Board which are provided for in the Australian Meat and Live-stock Corporation Bill 1977. [More…]
The composition, functions, powers and financial arrangements provided for the Corporation in this Bill are a reflection of a protracted debate with industry organisations and interested individuals which has extended for almost a year. [More…]
I cannot emphasise strongly enough that these divergent viewpoints about structure of the Corporation should not be permitted to overshadow the primary purpose of the Bill which is to streamline the functions, powers and financial arrangements of the Australian Meat Board with a view to increasing administrative efficiency and flexibility of operation for the Corporation. [More…]
The Australian Meat Board has always possessed a broad range of powers to enable it to control Australian meat exports and to promote meat in both the export and domestic markets. [More…]
The bulk of these powers have been retained for the Corporation but some changes have been provided for in the Bill. [More…]
The Corporation is to have wide powers in these areas in respect of meat and it is a logical development for the Corporation to be able to exercise similar powers over livestock exports. [More…]
Provision has been made for the Minister to give directions to the Corporation in respect of its exercise of these powers. [More…]
Although this provision confers broad powers on the Minister it is not aimed at curbing the Corporation’s ability to act. [More…]
Without broad control powers it would not have been possible for the Australian Meat Board to have fulfilled Australia’s obligations to regulate meat exports to the United States of America under the voluntary restraint and quota arrangements which have existed at various times since 1968. [More…]
Quality control powers have been provided which the Corporation could use as needed to protect Australia’s international trading image. [More…]
These powers would include rights of entry and inspection for consistency of product or animal against contract specifications, rights to take samples for purposes of analysis, and recommending a method by which disputes relating to product standards arising between overseas buyers and Australian suppliers could be settled. [More…]
For this reason, the Bill has been framed with the intention that the Corporation would only use its control powers when it considered such action to be necessary to further the interests of Australian livestock producers and Australian industries concerned with the preparation of meat for export or the export of meat or livestock. [More…]
Pending the outcome of a review of Australia’s overseas cargo shipping legislation which has been implemented by the Government, provision has been made for exercise of the shipping contract powers to be subject to the approval of the Minister. [More…]
However, in line with the Government’s commitment to the free enterprise system, the Corporation will only be able to exercise these powers if such trading is in accordance with commercial practice and consistent with a trading policy adopted by the Corporation and made known to the Minister. [More…]
A report of an Inspector under this section shall be considered by the member of the Commission where it is relevant to the performance of the powers and duties of the member under this Act and, unless there are special circumstances which in his opinion render it undesirable to do so, the member shall make the report public. [More…]
Senator Button- jointly or severally with Senator Georges, I am not sure which- raised the question of powers granted under clause 5, which proposes a new section 54. [More…]
I am advised that clause 5, by reference to other sections, contains the same powers as exist at present. [More…]
We assume- I reiterate this point for the purposes of the record, if nothing else- that that reference to the powers of the Bureau will be construed in the light of the statement by the Minister that these powers will be no more or less than the powers exercised by the inspector whom the Bureau is to replace and whose function is now to be exercised by the Bureau. [More…]
At an earlier stage when the legislation was being discussed, I was facetious enough to suggest to the Minister- 1 hesitate to recall it- that Norman Gunston might be an appropriate figure to direct the Industrial Relations Bureau; that is, when it had its full powers and was in its full glory under the legislation as it was previously drafted and not under the emasculated Bill which we now have before us. [More…]
With all these industrial stoppages that are going on, with wages going up, with profits going down, with manufacturing industry being ruined, with the whole country going to the dogs, with the work ethic declining, the Government is hiding behind the head of this Industrial Relations Bureau and saying: “It has nothing to do with us; it is all his fault because he has not been exercising the powers properly”.’ [More…]
I refer particularly, of course, to proposed section 1 26f which deals with the powers of the GovernorGeneral to suspend or remove the Director for misbehaviour or incapacity. [More…]
In his second reading speech the Minister pointed out that the Bureau will have exactly the same powers as the Arbitration Inspectorate. [More…]
I wonder how far the powers of the Director of the Industrial Relations Bureau are to extend. [More…]
In addition to any powers that are conferred on it by any other provision of this Act, the Bureau has power to do all things necessary or convenient to be done to enable it to perform its function and, in particular, may institute proceedings before any court of competent jurisdiction for an offence against this Act or the regulations. [More…]
It related to the powers of the Director of the Industrial Relations Bureau and the fact that there was no real ministerial responsibility for that Director. [More…]
The first refers to the powers under proposed new section 126c enabling the Bureau to institute proceedings for offences. [More…]
The Bureau definitely is included in those powers. [More…]
The Industrial Relations Bureau will have the same powers as the Arbitration Inspectorate, no more no less. [More…]
The Industrial Relations Bureau will have the same powers as the Arbitration Inspectorate, no more no less. [More…]
The Bureau will have the same powers, no more no less, as the Arbitration Inspectorate. [More…]
The main point I want to make about the establishment of the National Labour Consultative Council is that it has, as part of its specific terms of reference or powers, the responsibility for consultation on industrial relations matters and manpower matters. [More…]
I regard the reference in clause 5 of the proposed Bill to the powers of the Council to deal with manpower matters as being most significant. [More…]
Senator Wright accepts at the present time that the powers which are now in existence should be terminated, but he wants the application of the law of torts and compensation so that anyone who dares to take strike action is put in debt or imprisoned for the rest of his life. [More…]
They were prepared to accept it as taking over the powers of the Arbitration Inspectorate. [More…]
The Opposition does not oppose the new National Labour Consultative Council because it knows that it is an attempt to establish again something like the old National Labour Advisory Body, which was set up during my time on the ACTU Executive and which was supported to the stage when the ACTU and the unions considered that the then Government was using too powerfully the penal powers of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act. [More…]
Pending the detailed consideration of the Act referred to later in this statement, the Industrial Relations Bureau will have the same powers as the Arbitration Inspectorate, no more, no less, and those powers will be exercised according to the same processes as they have been until now. [More…]
yesterday the Federal Government’s new industrial legislation provided for an increase in powers it already had but did not use. [More…]
Employers frequently do not use the Act or the penal powers contained in it. [More…]
They know that there is more chance of settling a dispute without recourse to threats and penal powers. [More…]
If the employers want to take action to fine the unions and to use the sanction powers under the Conciliation and Arbitration Act. [More…]
I understand that even Senator Wright, in a most aggressively critical speech of the Government’s proposal, has said that he does not agree with the amendment in respect of ministerial powers. [More…]
As Senator Bishop said a little earlier, it will have the powers of the Arbitration Inspectorate, but it will be a statutory body. [More…]
The Bureau is to have the same powers as the Arbitration Inspectorate. [More…]
It is interesting to note those powers. [More…]
The inspectors have been assigned powers to make inspections, examinations, investigations and inquiries and to interview people to determine whether the Act is being observed or whether an offence is suspected, and several other powers which are really very strong powers. [More…]
As I said, these are very strong powers. [More…]
No, not Malcolm Fraser in 1977 but Stanley Melbourne Bruce in May 1928, when he was introducing a Bill that increased Federal powers in the conciliation and arbitration system and imposed proper controls on the unions. [More…]
We oppose it because it is a breach of the agreement and it does not provide the same powers that the inspectorate had. [More…]
This legislation is going to separate, by way of a statutory authority, the powers that were within the Commission. [More…]
It will put those powers in the hands of a bureau, away from the influence of the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations, so that he can disclaim all responsibility for what happens. [More…]
The Government intends to place unlimited powers to initiate in the hands of the Bureau. [More…]
The industrial movement does not realise that it will be a separate statutory body which will carry out and supervise the powers of the existing legislation. [More…]
The penalties within the existing legislation are draconic enough without any of the powers which the Government had proposed and subsequently withdrawn. [More…]
The existing powers are sufficient to cause confrontation after confrontation within the industrial movement. [More…]
Do not do anything to limit their bargaining powers. [More…]
Pending the detailed consideration of the Act referred to later in this statement, the Industrial Relations Bureau will have the same powers as the Arbitration Inspectorate, no more and no less, and those powers will be exercised according to the same processes as they have been until now. [More…]
If this Council is to be established it ought to have powers to co-opt experts when it is considering matters of vital interest to organisations affected by amendments to the Conciliation and Arbitration Act. [More…]
Accordingly, in clause 27, the Bill confers a further new function on these committees by providing for the existing powers, functions and procedures of the medical services committees of inquiry to be extended to conduct investigations into excessive requesting of pathology services. [More…]
Clause 4 provides the Minister with discretionary powers to approve road works. [More…]
The Minister may- give directions to the Commission in connexion with the performance of its functions or the exercise of its powers under this Act, not including, except as mentioned in paragraph (a), functions or powers related directly or indirectly to Part VII. [More…]
While that is being done I ask the Committee to direct its attention to the interpretation of paragraph (b) of clause 20, which states: give directions to the Commission in connexion with the performance of its functions or the exercise of its powers under this Act - [More…]
functions or powers related directly or indirectly to Part VII. [More…]
Without complementary State legislation to cover the whole field, this legislation cannot be fully effective, because the Commonwealth’s powers extend only to corporations. [More…]
If this trade practices legislation does nothing to control corporations I believe its powers will be limited. [More…]
I think that these judicial powers about which we are speaking weaken the ability of the Commission to pursue vital lines of prosecution. [More…]
There is a reduction of powers to subpoena witnesses and documents. [More…]
How is the Government going to bring a big corporation to account, especially a trans-national corporation, after limiting the powers of the Commission? [More…]
If the Government accepts that the Commission is a worthwhile commission and that the powers of the Act are worth while-I questioned that- I cannot understand why the Government wants to diminish the powers of the Commission any further. [More…]
If, as I said, the Act is so confusing and its powers are so ill-defined, of course it needs to have a Commission which is substantially supported with resources. [More…]
I do not think that the Commission is fully geared at the present time to carry out its powers, such as they are. [More…]
All this legislation with draconic powers were available to the Government. [More…]
The Australian Meal and Livestock Corporation should be given powers to trade on the home market allowing the States and Territories to approve enabling complementary legislation. [More…]
The new corporation is to have much wider powers, particularly over livestock exports. [More…]
The Corporation has much wider trading powers, and these will be assisted by its right to borrow money. [More…]
It also will have much wider powers over the control of shipping, and this too is quite important. [More…]
The Minister may give directions to the Corporation concerning the performance of the functions and the exercise of the powers and the Corporation shall comply with those directions. [More…]
The Minister may give directions to the Corporation concerning the performance of the functions and the exercise of the powers and the Corporation shall comply with those directions. [More…]
Senator Archer went on to say that if that amendment was agreed to we would be giving the Minister some outlandish powers, that he would be able to do all sorts of things with the legislation. [More…]
The Corporation may adopt such policy as it determines with respect to the exercise by it of the powers conferred on it by sub-section ( 1 ), and shall not exercise those powers otherwise than in accordance with the policy adopted, or last adopted, by it. [More…]
The Minister may give directions to the Corporation concerning the performance of the functions and the exercise of the powers and the Corporation shall comply with those directions’. [More…]
That provision limits the Minister’s powers to deal only with those occasions when the Corporation might want to operate outside ordinary commercial practice. [More…]
In the case of the Australian Capital Territory there is not even any executive or administrative body that could administer a territorial legal aid commission because we are still waiting on the Fraser Government to decide on the devolution of powers to a territorial assembly of the Australian Capital Territory. [More…]
to advise the Attorney-General as to the educational programs that would be effective in promoting an understanding by the public, or by sections of the public that have special needs in this respect, of their rights, powers, privileges and duties under laws in force in Australia. [More…]
Those powers which are now in this Bill are a useful basis upon which the Attorney can negotiate and endeavour to obtain proper conditions for those who have served the Commonwealth well in legal aid and who need to be protected, who need to have the right, if necessary, to go back into the Commonwealth Public Service. [More…]
The Commission cannot perform any worthwhile coordinating role since it has no direct powers, and indeed there is nothing in the Bill to clarify how the Commonwealth intends to achieve its professed goal of co-ordinating of legal aid services. [More…]
His turbulent career involved the great powers, and despite exile for some years he eventually returned to Cyprus and was elected President of the newly independent republic. [More…]
If this is the case does it not indicate a servile piece of conduct by the Australian Government towards foreign powers? [More…]
What are the powers of the Council of the School of Music and in which ordinance are they defined. [More…]
Sections 12 and 13 of the Migration Act provide powers under which the Minister may order the deportation of people who have been admitted to Australia for settlement and who are convicted for crime. [More…]
Instead of legislating on the whole question of land rights in accordance with the powers which the referendum gave it, this Federal Government is handing some of this responsibility to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. [More…]
The Ordinance contains amendments designed to strengthen the powers of the Director of Consumer Affairs to obtain information from suppliers of goods and services and to institute or defend proceedings on behalf of consumers. [More…]
It is to be hoped that if and when the Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory gains legislative powers, it will subject the laws of the Territory to the kind of scrutiny which the Committee now gives to them. [More…]
The five countries have made a significant effort to develop friendly relations with their neighbours as well as to accommodate the changing pattern of involvement of the major powers in South East Asia. [More…]
The High Court said that Norfolk Island is an Australian territory over which this Parliament has plenary powers. [More…]
An employing authority shall comply with any directions given to the authority by a Minister under this section in relation to the exercise by the authority of the authority’s powers under this Act. [More…]
Fancy a lawyer coming into this place and defending the provisions contained in this Bill which give arbitrary powers to an employing authority and to any. [More…]
Everybody, even the workers in this Parliament, will be faced with the same arbitrary powers of the boss. [More…]
It will start new grievances because in future the employing authority and the delegation of bosses will have new powers over the worker. [More…]
Nobody knows the extent to which those powers will affect the worker and the extent to which he might lose his rights under existing laws and usages. [More…]
The expression ‘employing authority’ in this legislation has to be seen in connection with the provisions of clause 13 of the Bill which provides that the employing authority may, either generally or otherwise, delegate to a person all its powers under this Act other than the power of delegation. [More…]
It could be a person from the Minister- or for that matter any Minister, if the legislation is to be relied on- down to a relatively insignificant person down the chain of authority in Commonwealth employment to whom these powers may be delegated. [More…]
A number of industrial actions by public servants and Commonwealth employees in recent times have led the Government to believe that it needs to have the powers provided in this legislation and needs to have them now, without further delay. [More…]
The Government needs wide powers of this kind to deal with the sorts of activities engaged in by people who are determined to disrupt public services and to inconvenience the public. [More…]
It is because of that situation that the wide powers and definitions of ‘industrial action’ are necessary. [More…]
It refers to a wide variety of industrial practices and actions, which give rise to the powers which exist at the moment and which have been referred to, whereby the Public Service Board can apply to the Public Service Arbitrator for action, even leading to stand-downs. [More…]
It is quite clear that it is necessary for the Government to have powers of the kind contemplated in this definition contained in the Bill. [More…]
Why doesn’t the Government curb the powers of the agitators in the unions? [More…]
It gives a Minister, an authority or somebody declared to be an officer of an authority new dictatorial powers which get around the old relationship between the employee and the employer. [More…]
Why did not the Minister for Veteran ‘s Affairs (Senator Durack), as Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations (Mr Street), recommend to the Commission that it use its powers under the Conciliation and Arbitration Act? [More…]
He knows, because he was the shadow Postmaster-General, that we legislated to give the Commission employees the same rights and powers as most of the community. [More…]
Does the Government intend to arm new Liberal Ministers with these strong powers, keep them to itself, or will it make sure that each employing authority uses not only his judgment but its judgment? [More…]
We know that the Minister assumes strong powers. [More…]
Executive these powers, that the power resides with the Parliament and that we must protect the rights of the Parliament. [More…]
He comes in here today and argues exactly the opposite case and says that the Executive needs these powers and therefore the Parliament must give the Executive these powers. [More…]
This Government is prepared to enact legislation which will give it quite arbitrary powers over its employees. [More…]
It is quite clear that that clause would enable a Commonwealth authority to exercise those powers. [More…]
This shows the cynical abuse and cynical exploitation of the workers which takes place through people who do not respect the powers and rights which they have. [More…]
The Government as an employer is given powers which no private employer has. [More…]
The Trade Practices Amendment Bill, which was steamrollered through the Parliament during the last session- in a way similar to the way in which this legislation is being forced through in an abbreviated time- also provided new and wide-reaching powers for governments or corporations to act against people who take industrial action. [More…]
This Bill aims to give the Government powers to prevent such action by its own employees. [More…]
The Government has to have adequate powers to safeguard the services which it, as a government, and its employees are committed to provide to the people of Australia. [More…]
An employing authority shall comply with any directions given to the authority by a Minister under this section in relation to the exercise by the authority of the authority ‘s powers under this Act. [More…]
Therefore it would be contrary to the general thrust of the legislation- the need for more effective powers than can now be exercised in situations of industrial action- were a bill to be contemplated in respect of the actual suspension and termination itself. [More…]
In spite of the differences that we have on some subjects, this is one matter on which honourable senators are not divided, irrespective of the advice which is proffered to us occasionally by people who have no constitutional powers in this area. [More…]
The powers are designed to improve the Corporation’s strength in the negotiation of freight rates and to promote commercial economies in the movement of Australia ‘s wool exports. [More…]
There is no need for any concern in the trade that the use of the Corporation’s powers might upset existing Conference arrangements without offsetting advantages emerging. [More…]
Let me assure honourable senators that arrangements established between the Minister for Transport and the Minister for Primary Industry will ensure that the new powers being given to the Wool Corporation are exercised in a manner which will be to the advantage of the Australian wool trade and to exporters generally. [More…]
The Director of National Parks and Wildlife, a statutory officer responsible to the Minister for Environment, Housing and Community Development, will have extensive powers over the Region as a whole. [More…]
The Minister for National Resources will retain the powers he presently exercises over the control and administration of commercial and nuclear safeguards aspects of development. [More…]
Legislation to provide the Supervising Scientist with these powers is now in preparation. [More…]
During the debate on the adjournment of the Senate on 18 August, statements were made by Senators McLaren and Melzer in which the powers and functions of the Joint House Committee were questioned and in which complaints were made about the frequency of its meetings and other related matters. [More…]
The Joint House Committee has no powers specifically conferred on it. [More…]
1 ) Have discussions been held between the Prime Minister and the Chief Secretary of the Northern Territory concerning the further transfer of powers to the Legislative Assembly for the Northern Territory; if so, what areas of responsibility are to be transferred in the second stage, and what is the proposed timetable for the transfer. [More…]
It is interesting to consider that in the wool industry, which has traditionally been a major part of what might be termed the free enterprise system, this Government is prepared to recognise that a central authority such as the Australian Wool Corporation should in fact be given additional powers to ensure that the producer, the community at large, and particularly our export earners, are given every possible advantage. [More…]
It seeks to give the Australian Wool Corporation the powers that are to be powers of the Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation in respect of freighting its product. [More…]
I choose to say very little on the matter of freight, except that it is important that the Government recognise that the Wool Corporation should have maximum powers in establishing control over the freighting arrangements for wool because there are few areas in which real cost savings can be made in the wool industry, or in fact in almost any primary industry. [More…]
The directors of the company have no powers of management during the operation of the scheme except as may be delegated to them by the administrators. [More…]
When the scheme has been wholly effectuated, it will be terminated and the powers of management will revert to the directors of the company to be exercised in the normal manner in terms of the memorandum and articles of association. [More…]
The Committee believes that the operations of government-owned public companies should be accessible to parliamentary scrutiny, irrespective of any annual public funding, and accordingly suggests that the terms of reference be altered clearly to include accountability provisions and to give the Committee appropriate powers in that respect. [More…]
On the one hand we have the Minister for federalism saying: ‘We want to hand back to the States all sorts of autonomy and responsibility and decision-making powers. [More…]
Has the Government been approached by either the United Nations or individual powers such as the United States and Britain with a view to Australia’s providing troops for a peace-keeping mission in Zimbabwe during the transition to majority rule? [More…]
I am clearly unable to give a firm commitment on the timing of a final decision on any hand over of powers or functions. [More…]
What is proposed is a delegation of powers to an Assembly and not the creation of a State. [More…]
These discussions have concerned the principles of the proposed handover of powers and functions and during the period of public debate. [More…]
There would be a need for members of the present Assembly to co-operate with the Government and Commonwealth departments in the preparation of legislation, the machinery of administration and the financial arrangements to ensure a smooth and efficient transfer of powers and functions. [More…]
This Bill provides that the Commonwealth’s acquisition powers, as well as its obligations when acquiring real property, apply universally within Australia and all its Territories. [More…]
I now ask: Are there any powers in the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act under which the Ranger mining company directors could be gaoled if there is any defilement of the environment in the park? [More…]
-The honourable senator’s powers of observation are pretty acute. [More…]
The authority would comprise members elected for a specific period and would have powers which reflected the wishes of the community. [More…]
If the answer is in the affirmative, can the Minister assure me that the residual powers of the Government in relation to the banning of exports where environmental procedures are not followed have been retained? [More…]
The Government retains a clause which permits the Federal Minister for Transport to have complete powers. [More…]
Not only can advanced technology be very expensive to buy, it can be more suited to the requirement of powers in very different strategic circumstances from Australia. [More…]
Those powers can be invoked only when a migrant nas been convicted for crime or (subject to the right of appeal to a Commissioner) on grounds of unsatisfactory conduct generally. [More…]
Under the Chapter 7 provisions, the Security Council has extensive powers, up to and including the prosecution of a war. [More…]
As a mediator the United Nations is a failure and as a peace keeper with extensive powers to keep the peace it is an abject failure. [More…]
The Crown retained only certain reserve powers where its prerogative or the interests of the Empire were concerned. [More…]
Britain retained her reserve powers, which also applied to the federation that was formed between Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, which is now Zambia, and Nyasaland, which is now Malawi. [More…]
But, of course, in the immediate post- War world, the situation existed in which non-aligned countries or the emerging countries- whatever we call them- had the choice of following what was known as the Westera powers- the democracies- or those countries largely led by the Soviet Union or, to a lesser extent, China. [More…]
He said that we could not afford to take sides and have a dismantling of what exists at the moment between Warsaw and the NATO powers. [More…]
I have never forgotten the time when, early in the life of the Whitlam Government, we sought here powers for price and income restraint. [More…]
Such powers might otherwise have been achieved but they were not. [More…]
What powers is it lacking, with a majority in both Houses of the Federal Parliament, that it would have after an election? [More…]
If this is the case does it not indicate a servile piece of conduct by the Australian Government towards foreign powers? [More…]
Has the Government been approached by either the United Nations or individual powers such as the United States and Britain with a view to Australia’s providing troops for a peacekeeping mission in Zimbabwe during the transition to majority rule? [More…]
What are the terms of reference and the powers of this Committee. [More…]
In addition, the League has worked for the enlargement of the powers and responsibilities of the River Murray Commission, to which I have already adverted. [More…]
I proposed also that a local government type of authority be established with l egal and formal status to manage and control the affairs of the community- this authority would comprise only members elected for a specific period and would have powers which reflected the wishes of the community; all future Australian Government contracts involving the [More…]
Since our essential interest is the maintenance of an equilibrium between the major powers in the region we will have to be sure of our own weight- which although not large could in some situations be important- is not used to endanger the equilibrium. [More…]
We should therefore move towards the fullest possible disengagement from our present strategic ties and towards a position of neutrality in relation to the competition between the great powers. [More…]
We see that in the future there will be a continuing transfer of powers from the Federal Government to the Northern Territory. [More…]
A Federal Labor government would return to the bad old days of Whitlam centralism and Whitlam ‘s grabbing at the powers of the States. [More…]
Whatever honourable senators may say about these schemes and about trade union consultations, it is a fact that during its term of office the Whitlam Government sought powers on incomes and prices. [More…]
It sought additional powers. [More…]
I put it to the Senate that defects in the quality of its working or whether it has insufficient powers or whether the legislation has defects will be discovered only as a result of the evolutionary process rather than by parliamentary scrutiny which might be done in committee. [More…]
The Minister for the Capital Territory has failed to bring about a devolution of decision-making powers to a locally elected Legislative Assembly. [More…]
There is no way that the locally elected body, the Legislative Assembly, can affect the situation because it has been given no powers to do so. [More…]
With the transfer of powers to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, is it the intention of the Federal Government to retain responsibility for upgrading and redevelopment of the port, in view of defence requirements and the many other developments taking place in the area? [More…]
The need to establish a long range policy, agreeable in principle to both political parties to embody the establishment of an Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Body, with statutory powers, to provide stable, continuing, long range guidelines to enable industry planning. [More…]
1 ) The grounds constituting ‘due cause’ for termination of services of tenured staff are expanded beyond those already available in existing legislation thereby introducing subjective discretionary powers which are inconsistent with career service expectations and entitlements; [More…]
The Bill relegates to subordinate legislation or administrative direction matters affecting substantive rights of employees including the scale of compensation, the composition and powers of the appellate tribunal, and the criteria upon which services may be terminated: [More…]
Your petitioners most humbly pray that the Senate, in Parliament assembled, should reject passage of any legislation to extend powers of compulsory retirement of Australian Government employees unless and until any variation has been agreed with staff representatives. [More…]
This will have importance for the further development of engines such as the Olympus, which powers the Concorde, and the development of any further supersonic transports. [More…]
The Government’s submissions are within the powers of and in terms of those principles which were enunciated then. [More…]
A board of inquiry is not restricted to the powers granted under the Evidence Act. [More…]
There is no difference between a royal commission and a board of inquiry except that a board of inquiry has greater powers. [More…]
It is terribly important that we in this Parliament should not allow to go unanswered the attempt to allege that something is not properly being done about the allegations in Victoria The Government of that State has taken the one proper course available to it, that of appointing a board of inquiry with all the powers necessary to investigate these matters and therefore to determine whether there are inefficiencies or other problems associated with land dealings over the years. [More…]
It is for this reason, to distract attention from the real suffering of the people of Victoria and the need for this Australian Government and the Victorian Government to use together all the powers available to them to determine that the rule of law shall prevail in Victoria, that people shall be entitled in that State to use the essential services which they need, that this motion has been moved. [More…]
There is to be a white parliament, an Indian parliament with some sort of nebulous powers, a coloured parliament, Bantustans and all these things. [More…]
This is the fourth special report presented to the Parliament by the Joint Committee on Publications since its investigatory powers were conferred upon it by amendments to the Standing Orders in 1970. [More…]
Pending the detailed consideration of the Act referred to later in this statement, the Industrial Relations Bureau will have the same powers as the Arbitration Inspectorate, no more, no less, and those powers will be exercised according to the same processes as they have been until now. [More…]
The Arbitration Inspectorate has always had this function; the powers of the Bureau in relation to these matters will, however, be spelled out quite specifically. [More…]
These powers will include the power to notify the Commission of a breach or likely breach of a bans clause in an award and to make application for a certificate under section 33 of the Act to enable proceedings to be taken for breach of the award in the Court. [More…]
For too long the powers of the Commission in this area have been inadequate to deal with demarcation disputesdisputes which may well bring an entire industry to a standstill. [More…]
Are these men who should have powers of arrest? [More…]
All of the great powers supported the establishment of the state of Israel. [More…]
This would not perhaps emerge from some of the more recent statements by representatives of the Soviet Government and Mr Gromyko himself, but certainly there was no dispute between the great powers on this issue at the time of the establishment of Isreal Since that time there have been- I do not want to deal with matters which I think all honourable senators are familiar with- several major conflicts between Isreal and the surrounding countries. [More…]
The next detailed point in the Bill to which I want to refer is the powers of investigation of the Industrial Relations Burea. [More…]
The next step in this legislation which is a remarkable advance is that where cancellation proceedings are before the court, the court can have incidental powers. [More…]
This Bill, in the few aspects that I have chosen to emphasise, illustrates that it is a step forward in providing the court with those particular powers which hitherto it did not have. [More…]
I suggest therefore that the one particular part of the Bill to which I have confined myself For the sake of clarity and brevity illustrates what Senator Button has failed to perceive, namely, that the Bill puts powers in the hands of the court of great practical utility and effect. [More…]
It has greater powers of freedom than does our movement. [More…]
If honourable senators opposite are prepared to be objective about this, they will realise as well as I do that there was no way in the world that the powers of that emergency legislation which was subsequently introduced could have been applied to the air traffic controllers strike for the simple reason that nobody in this country has the skills required to control air traffic at civilian airports. [More…]
In other words, notwithstanding the fact that the Victorian Government has revived the 1948 Essential Services Act with all its powers that go far beyond any other piece of legislation bar probably the Atomic Energy Act 1953-1973, and notwithstanding the repressive, excessive powers contained in the Essential Services Act, other workers in the Latrobe Valley are prepared to say that if certain things happen they will join the SEC maintenance workers in the Latrobe Valley. [More…]
Furthermore, the creation of the Bureau will ensure that there are additional powers to secure the observance of the Act for and on behalf of individual unionists. [More…]
Those regulations and powers to be properly exercised obviously need support at all levels because individual members would find it extremely difficult to undertake all legal obligations. [More…]
It is necessary also that the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission itself should have additional powers in today’s industrial climate to ensure that demarcation disputes are properly dealt with. [More…]
Now, with the new powers of deregistration contained in this legislation, equal pay for work of equal value will go out the window. [More…]
In May of this year the establishment of the Industrial Relations Bureau with the powers of the Inspectorate was accepted by the Australian Council of Trade Unions. [More…]
It looked at seas and submerged lands legislation in the broadest federalist terms, in the knowledge that, as Senator Wright would know, the High Court had defined the powers as lying within the Commonwealth, and the conference made a number of decisions, which have now been made public, which were welcomed by the States, in terms of co-operative federalism. [More…]
No, not Malcolm Fraser in 1977 but Stanley Melbourne Bruce in May 1928, when he was introducing a Bill that increased Federal powers in the conciliation and arbitration system and imposed tougher controls on the unions. [More…]
We will exert our powers against prices. [More…]
The functions and powers of this Unit differ from those of the Aboriginal Health Branch within the Department of [More…]
In fact, provisions dealing with the powers of the Industrial Relations Bureau were incorporated in legislation which was introduced in the Parliament in May this year. [More…]
I think it is perfectly clear now to most people in the community, if not to Mr Bob Hawke and to the Opposition, that the legislation was most necessary and desirable and that the Industrial Relations Bureau, with the powers it now has, will contribute substantially to the improvement of industrial relations in this country. [More…]
Although there is an appeal to the courts against decisions cif the Registrar, and the Registrar may not deal with disputes which are before the courts, the Committee considers that these provisions are in principle objectionable, in that they confer on an administrative official the powers and responsibilities of a court. [More…]
“The Committee cannot conclude their Report without reminding the House, that, if henceforth, which they will not believe to be possible, no tax, hurtful to trade,’ and grievous to the People, can be remitted unless the Lords be pleased to remit it, or can be even recommended by the Crown to be considered by the Commons with a view to its remission, with that full assurance which has heretofore existed that such a tax will be remitted; not only will the powers of the House of Commons be impaired, but the foundation of the ancient freedom of England will be undermined; for where shall that ancient freedom be found when the right to determine the mode and the sum of taxation is divorced from the Representative Branch of the Legislature”. [More…]
After lengthy and acrimonious debate, the Resolution was passed by a large majority, and was followed by legislation embodying it, which finally clearly curtailed the financial powers of the House of Lords. [More…]
If it is disagreed to by the government of the day we shall engage in conference and compromise, according to sensible people, because I need not remind all honourable senators that in the American Senate once a money Bill comes onto its floor the Senate has powers equal to those of the House of Representatives. [More…]
As well as reconsidering the role of the Senate we must look at the powers of the Governor-General whose decision on the operations of the Senate can be superior even to that of both Houses of the Parliament. [More…]
That provisions relating to membership, powers and proceedings of the Committee be contained in a subsequent resolution. [More…]
This requires legislative powers to collect statistics to replace those powers currently contained in the Stevedoring Industry Act 1956. [More…]
A careful reading of the Stevedoring Industry Act 1956 will reveal that there are few limitations on the Authority’s powers to obtain or disclose information. [More…]
The Government considers that such wide powers are not appropriate under the new arrangements. [More…]
Consequently, much of the Bill is concerned with defining the limits of powers which had been left undefined in the existing arrangements. [More…]
In essence, the Bill seeks to transfer statistics collection powers from the Australian Stevedoring Industry Authority to the Department of Transport. [More…]
At the same time the opportunity is being taken to introduce appropriate constraints on the use of these powers. [More…]
Last Friday in a display of grandstanding he telexed all the State Premiers asking them to use their powers in respect of the auction laws to eliminate collusive buying in cattle saleyards which apparently Mr Fraser believes is occurring. [More…]
But if the Government had any genuine interest in the position of primary producers and if it believed that there was collusion in saleyards and that monopolistic practices were depressing prices received by producers, why did it not give the Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation full trading powers in its own right? [More…]
At no time did I wish to convey the impression, as has been inferred from my remarks, that I was opposed to the Senate having powers to reject a money Bill or to request an amendment to a money Bill. [More…]
The book represents an interesting extrapolation of the constitutional powers which the Governor-General enjoys, and will I hope draw some critical attention to the sort of function which he performs, or ought to performwhich, of course, is a more important matter than is his salary. [More…]
All that it proves is that there is an ongoing political debate in which some legal people are involved as to the actual exercise of certain powers which are apparently, under the Constitution, available to the Governor-General. [More…]
We are accustomed in debates in this place on the powers under the Constitution, and the actions of the Governor-General whoever he or she may be, in the exercise of that power, but it is another thing to suggest as Senator McLaren has suggested, that the Governor-General has not done his duty. [More…]
I am both demented and disappointed to think that this union can be given the powers that it is being given by this legislation. [More…]
That provisions relating to membership, powers and proceedings of the Committee be contained in a subsequent Resolution”. [More…]
The third thing I want to say is that I protest against the use of these taxing powers for the purpose of maintaining these operations which are supposed to be on an ordinary employer and employee basis. [More…]
Parliament and the financial powers of Parliament are under attack. [More…]
Once the financial powers of the Parliament are abdicated by the refusal of the constituents of the Parliament to know and understand what is happening, the Parliament becomes reduced to an enigma and a cypher in the constitutional functions of government and the power of the Executive becomes overwhelming. [More…]
I would have liked him to have said that the Government will use all the powers within its possession to prevent a disturbance of the present situation. [More…]
Apart from being repugnant to our philosophy as a Government, such an approach would be beyond our powers, and almost certainly could not be made to work effectively in any case. [More…]
This Bill, to amend the Broadcasting and Television Act 1942, is designed to complete the establishment of the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal and to transfer present ministerial powers in the broadcasting and television licensing area to the Tribunal. [More…]
It transferred to the Tribunal the licensing and regulatory powers of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board. [More…]
The transfer of the present ministerial powers relating to the licensing of stations; [More…]
The full establishment of the powers and functions of the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal; [More…]
The Tribunal will have quasi-judicial powers. [More…]
The Bill provides detailed administrative procedures to be observed by the Tribunal in exercising its powers. [More…]
These specifications will become, upon grant of the licence, conditions of the licence an addition to the conditions set by the Tribunal pursuant to its powers. [More…]
The performance of the functions or the exercise of the powers of the Commission is not affected by reason only of- [More…]
Despite what the Minister for Social Security may say in this House in answer to questions, it amounts to the Government having discretionary powers. [More…]
The grant of these powers to a separate independent statutory authority will substantially reduce the possibility of political involvement in the licensing process. [More…]
This legislation provides for a mock transferral of power from the Minister to the Broadcasting Tribunal in respect of the granting and renewal of broadcasting licenses because the power which is being given to the Tribunal by the legislation is, of course, tremendously limited by the powers given to the Minister- for the first time quite explicitly in this regard- to call for applications for broadcasting licences. [More…]
It is a recipe for corruption, which is the objectionable feature and which historically has been the objectionable feature of having licensing powers residing in the hands of a politician. [More…]
We have this absurd charade of repeated statements of that kind and at the same time he is granting himself, by this legislation, these quite enormous powers in relation to the broadcasting structure. [More…]
That is a situation which is of concern and which this legislation does nothing to rectify because the Minister will still have those powers. [More…]
It is for that reason that the Opposition is very concerned about the increased licensing powers given to the Minister, the abuse of which has been discussed in the Press and is the common parlance of people concerned with broadcasting in this country. [More…]
We were very pleased when it appeared that there would be a restructuring which would divest the Minister of his powers to control the media and would set up a tribunal which would be an objective, expert body, accessible to the public and so forth, whose main function would be the regulation of licences. [More…]
The Minister’s claim that the present ministerial powers in the licensing area are transferred to the Tribunal by the Bill is simply not true. [More…]
As these ministerial specifications determine the scope of the Tribunal’s inquiries, the powers given to the Minister by thus Bill are clearly greater than those transferred to the Tribunal. [More…]
S powers in the area of licensing are to be transerred to the Tribunal by this Bill. [More…]
That has been tailored to the Minister’s specification for laying down such conditions of a licence as it sees fit on matters not covered by the Minister’s powers. [More…]
In view of the wide powers of the Minister, the Tribunal’s conditions will be substantially confined to programming and advertising standards. [More…]
Substantial powers in the licensing area are retained in the hands of the Minister. [More…]
He was critical of it and suggested that this Government would not misuse the powers but another government might. [More…]
These specifications will become, upon grant of the licence, conditions of the licence, an addition to the conditions set by the Tribunal pursuant to its powers. [More…]
The transfer of the present ministerial powers relating to the licensing of stations; [More…]
The full establishment of the powers and functions of the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal; [More…]
He went on to speak of the powers which are given to the Tribunal under the Bill. [More…]
A further matter on which a considerable amount of criticism has been made today is the allegation that the powers of the Minister under this Bill or the powers from the original Act which are left with the Minister are too great. [More…]
I have a general reservation not only about this provision but also about many provisions which l eave too many decision-making powers to the Minister. [More…]
I want to refer to some of them in relation to the powers granted to the Minister in the Bill. [More…]
The Bill retains substantial powers in the licensing area in the hands of the Minister. [More…]
These powers would enable a Minister, without any kind of public consultation, to determine the kind of programming that is to be available throughout the entire commercial and public broadcasting system and in each part of that system. [More…]
Our concern, therefore, is not that the Bill gives the Minister more power over licensing than he had before but that it retains this power in his hands within a completely new structure of planning that creates unprecedented dangers for distortion of the broadcasting system in the exercise of these ministerial powers. [More…]
They state that powers are being granted which may be used by different governments and which may be used negligently or intentionally to the harm of the community. [More…]
I feel that in the review which is to take place and in the submissions to be looked at that matter should be considered carefully to determine whether there are powers that might be changed so that the unprecedented dangers which are referred to will not occur. [More…]
Senator Robertson criticised- I think I would be somewhat with him on this point- the way in which the powers are expressed. [More…]
But I wonder whether there ought not be a review of the powers so that the same situation applies in respect to radio and television. [More…]
After setting out the powers of the Service, proposed sub-section (2) states: [More…]
I suggest that further consideration ought to be given to those powers. [More…]
The effect of the Bill is not, as Senator Button has alleged, a mock transference of powers. [More…]
All of the Minister’s present licensing powers are transferred to the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal. [More…]
Senator Button referred to the planning powers, which remain with the Minister. [More…]
Senator Button has criticised the proposed powers concerning the imposition of licensing conditions. [More…]
The amending Bill leaves the Minister with the same powers, except that he is limited to conditions relating to certain specificationsfor example as to the nature, the area and the purpose. [More…]
A new section 16a will be inserted to enable the Commission to carry out the powers and functions relating to intrastate trading conferred by a State government, such as Queensland. [More…]
In most cases it is the States that have the legislative powers to monitor and enforce environmental standards. [More…]
It gives the Tribunal the powers it had under the old section 16 of the Act and it clarifies some very doubtful legal relationships between sections 16 and 18 of the present broadcasting legislation. [More…]
It is a matter for comment that the Tribunal is given quite draconian powers in terms of penalties for witnesses who fail to attend. [More…]
Theoretically, the matter can be ut this high: If the Minister who is in charge of a Special Broadcasting Service prescribes m the exercise of the very wide powers he is given that the Special Broadcasting Service shall provide current affairs and news programs- he is not answerable to the Parliament immediately and not answerable to the public in any way- the Australian Broadcasting Commission must have regard to that decision. [More…]
This is another example of powers being very firmly in the Minister’s hands. [More…]
Proposed section 79e sets out the various powers of the Special Broadcasting Service. [More…]
I believe that basically the powers are sensible and fairly normal for the operations of the Service. [More…]
Some comment was made about the powers of the Special Broadcasting Service which are dealt with in proposed new section 79E. [More…]
They are similar powers in terms of property acquisitions and so on to those that are given to the Australian Broadcasting Commission in existing legislation. [More…]
I think no comment was made on those powers. [More…]
It has left that organisation with its hands tied behind its back, without the effective powers that are needed to increase the domestic consumption of meat and to allow it to become more active and competitive in world markets. [More…]
Mr Wentworth ‘s fears are not shared by me, but they certainly would be shared by those apostles of free enterprise who sit on the other side of the chamber; those who say that there should not be any limitations upon the powers of the Parliament. [More…]
Also the pilot in command of an aircraft has powers relating to the safety of air navigation including to refuse the embarkation of, or to direct the disembarkation of passengers who for various reasons may adversely affect the safety of the aircraft. [More…]
One of the beauties of the Senate and one of the things which makes me say ‘Thank God for the founding fathers’ is that they had the courage, foresight and fortitude to insist on the creation of a system in which the Senate had equal representation from all the States and virtually equal powers with the House of Representatives. [More…]
The fund says that it did as it was told and raised its rates when it took into account the deregistration powers of that Department. [More…]
What are the powers of the Federal Government in relation to the Commissioner of the Commonwealth Police Force? [More…]
The powers of the Commonwealth Government in relation to this officer are the same as they are in relation to all other permanent public servants and matters such as appointment, suspension, resignation or dismissal are governed by the provisions of the Commonwealth Public Service Act. [More…]
The treaty was signed in 1951 and became operative in 1961, when it was signed by all 12 participating powers- the seven original countries as well as Belgium, Japan, South Africa, the United States and the USSR. [More…]
Fourthly, nuclear explosions and waste disposal are banned in Antarctica, and appointed observers from the participating powers have been given free right of access into any area. [More…]
The reason for the conferences now being held is that the treaty powers disagree on whether exploitation on the land or the seabed is compatible with the treaty. [More…]
There is also division among the Treaty powers as to what forms of mineral exploitation are desirable. [More…]
For example, some powers feel that any oil or gas which may be found on their claims belong to them. [More…]
It is an issue that could, whether we like it or not, drag us into a dispute with some of the super powers. [More…]
Has the Grants Commission made an assessment of revenue and expenditure needs for the forthcoming transfer of powers to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly? [More…]
fails to provide immediate and long-term guidelines for industry; and (0 neglects to provide firm guarantees for the protection of civil liberties by legislative enactment within the powers of the Australian Government’. [More…]
Other meetings are taking place at which the United States and Britain appear to be taking the leading role as the foreign powers- this is not an occasion when the Soviet Union, China, Cuba or other forces are involved- that are pressing for the so-called external settlement with the Patriotic Front in Rhodesia. [More…]
Perhaps now, with the transfer of powers and responsible government in the Northern Territory, this can be overcome. [More…]
In particular, we are examining the questions of the delegation of powers from the Public Service Board to individual departments, delegation from Permanent Heads to employees within departments, and ways of removing opportunities for any discriminatory practises to be taken against employees exercising what should be their democratic rights. [More…]
It is vital to the transfer of powers; yet we have had no discussion on this issue. [More…]
It was designed to provide representation by States, not by electorates, and was given by Section 53, equal powers with the House with respect to proposed laws, except in the respects mentioned in the section. [More…]
Its presence in the Constitution does not cut down the reserve powers of the Governor-General. [More…]
This is a matter on which my own mind is quite clear and I am acting in accordance with my own clear view of the principles laid down by the Constitution and of the nature, powers and responsibility of my office. [More…]
Senator McAuliffe, at this time of the evening and at this stage of the debate I have no desire to use the powers which I have, and I warn you that if you interject again I shall have recourse to sterner measures. [More…]
The existing Act vests various powers in the Senior Naval Officer’ which is defined as including ‘the senior naval officer doing duty at any naval waters’. [More…]
Since then it has become apparent that certain other provisions concerning loans and taxation may also be beyond the powers of an ordinance. [More…]
The authorities set out in the Schedule are limited to those established since 1973, when legal doubts about the powers of an ordinance arose. [More…]
I do not think there has been a major problem- if there has been it has not been drawn to my attention- of Australians volunteering for the armies of foreign powers and taking part in the invasions of other countries. [More…]
In essence, what he is saying, without actually saying it, is that under the foreign powers placitum of section 5 1 of the Constitution, simply because the Executive Government of the day has accepted or subscribed to a convention, an agreement, a consensus or an opinion of the Security Council of the United Nations, for example, calling upon Australia to provide armed forces for certain objects which the United Nations might have in view, the Minister of the day could enable that force to be raised in Australia without acknowledgement by or the understanding of Parliament, except in the context of financial powers which might exist in the Parliament and temporarily reside in the Senate, because it would not be an ordinary annual service of the Government. [More…]
Under the de facto, one man government which we now regrettably have, we fear that the new powers may be misappropriated by the Prime Minister to intimidate or even emasculate the IAC and to effectively silence the institution best equipped to do the economic research which will question and sometimes discredit the economic policies of the Prime Minister who is not noted for his tolerance of informed criticism. [More…]
I suggest that it will not speak up now; I suggest that it will not speak up later; that it will not act in any way to curb the arbitrary powers of, or the arbitrary misuse of power by, the Prime Minister in the future as in the past. [More…]
It was decided at that time on the recommendation of Sir John Crawford, after he had had discussions with the multifarious departments and organisations I have named in general, that the Industries Assistance Commission should be regarded as a completely independent statutory authority, given very wide powers of an investigatory nature in order to enable it to make recommendations to the Government on the type of assistance that should be given to industries, providing a review of tariff policies that had remained unchanged for six years before the Whitlam Labor Government came to office and accumulating a rich source of data on the types of assistance that should be given to industry. [More…]
By this clause the responsible Minister is given very wide and general powers to specify any additional guidelines and to direct the Commission as to what priority is to be given to each of the guidelines. [More…]
The powers that clause 8 seeks to allow any present or future government Minister are so broadly denned as to have the effect of emasculating the powers and independence of the Commission and to politicise the whole operation of the Commission. [More…]
Senator Walsh seemed to think that this legislation contained some hidden vice which gave the Prime Minister absolute statutory powers to impose his will upon the nation. [More…]
He sees in these amendments some hidden trap designed to give the Government arbitrary powers. [More…]
The third point to notice- although it is not mentioned in the part of the letter that I read out- is that the Commissioner of Taxation has no discretionary powers. [More…]
It authorises quarantine officers to exercise a wide range of powers. [More…]
If the Queensland Government proceeds with its plan to take overthe administration of Aurukun and Mornington Island against the wishes of the Aboriginal people in those areas, will the Government be willing to use the powers of the Parliament under section 5 1 of the Constitution to pass special laws to protect the people in those areas from the efforts of the Queensland Government, and will it be willing to tell the Queensland Government of its willingness to do so? [More…]
Virtually living dangerously, from a legal point of view- and there is an interesting analogy here- he used the defence powers although it was debatable whether they still applied, since the war had ended. [More…]
Surely, if the New South Wales Legislative Council is to virtually hobble the powers of the New South Wales Water Board, the custodian of catchments, the Federal Government has a role and can say, ‘Water is more important than coal’. [More…]
He said there was flooding, erosion, salinity and pollution and legislation would have to be introduced to alter the Commission ‘s powers and structure. [More…]
This would not mean that the States would automatically lose their existing powers. [More…]
In the letter he made it quite clear that in any areas where there were joint powers between the Commonwealth and Queensland, the Commonwealth will should prevail in a matter on which the Australian people had expressed their views. [More…]
The powers were given to your government by the people of Australia and the taking over of these reserves will be against the wishes of the Aboriginal people of Queensland. [More…]
We are asking the Government to use this Parliament’s powers to protect these rights- powers given to it in the Constitution; powers that even a Statesrighter such as Senator Chaney admits are there. [More…]
I am much concerned about the powers which we are giving to the Executive and taking away from Parliament. [More…]
A number of honourable senators, including Senator Cavanagh, raised the question of the general powers within this legislation. [More…]
Since then it has become apparent that certain other provisions concerning loans and taxation may also be beyond the powers of an ordinance. [More…]
We are opposed to it happening at the present time because of the complete chaos in which the Australian Capital Territory finds itself with regard to financial arrangements, the devolution of powers from the Federal Parliament to the Legislative Assembly, and so forth. [More…]
When Mr Staley was Minister for the Capital Territory, after about 1 8 months in the portfolio he finally came up with a rather lengthy draft of proposals for devolution of powers to a locally elected body. [More…]
It is not good enough to go on procrastinating, saying that the position is very difficult and that the Government does not know which powers it wants to devolve on the Legislative Assembly. [More…]
It is not good enough on the one hand to procrastinate about the devolution of powers, to use that period of procrastination and confusion to continue to levy more and more charges on the people of the Australian Capital Territory, to give them no voice in the disbursement of the money so raised and then to say as soon as the Canberra Commercial Development Authority is established the Government will tax it because, after all, that was the principle laid down in 1 974. [More…]
If the Government is serious about accepting its responsibilities in the Australian Capital Territory it will accept our amendment to postpone its consideration of this Bill for the time being and proceed to make the very serious and urgent decisions which it should make with regard to the devolution of powers and the establishment of proper financial procedures to safeguard the future of the nation’s capital. [More…]
In the last 1 8 months we have reached a critical stage in the negotiations, to the point where the Territory has begun to enjoy a transfer of powers leading to what is called responsible selfgovernment. [More…]
Some of those powers, I believe some 34 in number, were transferred on 1 January, but a large number are yet to be transferred. [More…]
What we are discussing now is responsible self-government, with the Federal Government retaining, under the Northern Territory Administration Act, certain powers. [More…]
I repeat, on 1 July most of the State-like responsibilities will be transferred, but certain other powers will not. [More…]
One cannot rush into the transference of such powers as govern health and education. [More…]
After the transfer of powers, this could possibly rise to five cents. [More…]
Among other things that describes the powers of this national Parliament. [More…]
It is in this area that these rather arbitrary powers are being given to an individual. [More…]
Those liberties are more likely to be preserved if there is parliamentary oversight of the persons being prescribed, rather than would be the case under the term that is so often used- of authorised persons or persons authorised by the Minister- or one to whom the Minister may delegate certain powers. [More…]
This is what we have done and it is why I believe that the Presiding Officers, who apparently have these powers- I am not certain from where they derive- have instituted a decision and progressed along that path without reference to the two Houses of Parliament and without any consideration being given to the views which might have been expressed in the debate which is now taking place. [More…]
Irrespective of the powers that the Presiding Officers have, surely they should consider that the powers flow from the House and from the Senate and that they are responsible back to those two Houses. [More…]
A lot has been said in this debate about the powers and rights of Presiding Officers. [More…]
I am one of those who believe that the Presiding Officers are only the servants of the chambers over which they preside and whereas by long-standing custom certain matters are delegated to the Presiding Officers, they are delegated basically on a day-to-day basis and do not become entrenched as powers of the Presiding Officers. [More…]
Occasionally there is a tendency for people to believe that certain powers have become entrenched and that the chambers have lost those powers because the Presiding Officers have had them for so long. [More…]
In so far as the action referred to in the question can only be taken if the Commonwealth acquires additional family law powers, it must await the outcome of the initiatives that has been taken in the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General referred to in ( 1 ) above. [More…]
Further, is it true that the draft contains no technical definition of safety standards or procedures and gives the Minister extensive reserve powers over individual and collective civil rights? [More…]
The fact is that very few of the major European, Asian and Pacific powers in the United Nations, as the Foreign Minister has said, opposed the Indonesian action. [More…]
This resolution was adopted unanimously by the United Nations organisation, which included the major powers, and in my view indicted for all time the action taken by Indonesia. [More…]
Within a matter of days following that unfortunate incident, the United Nations was able to move because the Arab states and the major powers were able to bring sufficient pressure to bear upon the Israeli Government to permit the withdrawal of troops and their substitution by United Nations forces. [More…]
It is a long way from the major powers, so they are not interested. [More…]
At that time the Opposition expressed, and I express again on its behalf, its serious reservations about the vesting in the Minister of these extensive powers in respect of the planning and development of broadcasting. [More…]
Nevertheless, we agree that there must be co-ordinated planning of broadcasting but we have reservations about entrusting those powers directly to the Minister as the amendment to the Broadcasting and Television Act in December did. [More…]
The Bill stipulates in detail the functions and powers of the College and provides for a Council to govern the College and to administer its affairs. [More…]
If one looks at the registration of the people who will be appointed by the Minister to administer the powers authorised in the Bill, one sees that any person who is refused registration by the Minister as an administrator will have the right of appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. [More…]
The Commonwealth is not enlarging its own powers; it is not in any sense taking over the reserves itself, but is only allowing the communities themselves to exercise local responsibility. [More…]
The Minister for Aboriginal Affairs may declare that the legislation applies to a reserve or community on request by a council established under the Queensland law or if he is satisfied that a substantial majority of the adults resident on the reserve or community wish it; an existing council established under Queensland law or a body declared to be a council for the purposes of the Act, will have the function of managing community affairs and the necessary powers to carry out that function; any declared body established under the regulations will be an elected council or otherwise a properly incorporated body; councils will have power to make by-laws and to authorise entry to reserves; by express provision, councils and individual Aboriginals and Islanders will not be bound to obey directions given by officials under the Queensland legislation; councils will be responsible only to their communities; the Commonwealth may, if it becomes necessary in order to give effect to the purposes of the legislation, make available to councils land acquired by or otherwise vested in the Commonwealth; and in the case of acquisition, the provisions of the Lands Acquisition Act will apply. [More…]
Several of the key legislative powers conferred by the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Act are racist. [More…]
The current Bill will provide Aborigines in Queensland with the powers of exclusion in relation to who enters their reserves, but it fails fundamentally- and this is one of our points of contention- in that it does not provide them with the power to exclude individuals. [More…]
But when Senator Keeffe can predict some three years in advance what is going to happen one starts to think that he is not relating fairy tales, and one begins to wonder whether he has clairvoyant powers. [More…]
Its powers have been stripped. [More…]
It has no powers today except the power to select five people to advise the Conference to sit in conjunction with five people whom the Minister appoints- his hand-picked crowd. [More…]
That is within the ambit of their powers. [More…]
The Leader of the Opposition, Mr Bill Hayden, and the shadow minister for Aboriginal affairs, Dr Doug Everingham, called for urgent and early legislation, and if necessary, for the Parliament to meet before 1 April so that urgent legislation could be drawn up and passed, under the powers provided in the Constitution by the 1967 referendum, to try to prevent this precipitate, unpopular and unjust action of the Queensland Government. [More…]
Senator Wright also criticised the ambit of the Bill and said that it gave the councils great powers comparable with the scope of the powers of Federal and State governments. [More…]
there is in existence for a Reserve to which this Act applies … a Council of that kind, but the Minister is of the opinion that he should exercise his powers under this section to declare another body to be the Council for the Reserve … the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, declare a body . [More…]
If one refers to the regulation powers one finds specifically that one of the regulation powers in clause 17 is: [More…]
a Council of that kind, but the Minister is of the opinion that he should exercise his powers … to declare another body . [More…]
The National Aboriginal Consultative Committee, which was an Aboriginal elected body and which was truly representative of the Aboriginal people, now is only an Aboriginal council which has no greater powers than to appoint five members to a body to which the Minister also appoints five members. [More…]
-With the concurrence of the Committee, I propose to deal with the four circulated amendments to clause 5 because they all deal with a common principle which we want to establish and which I submit, on the basis of the point that has been raised by Senator Wright in the previous discussion, would at least to some extent restrict the powers of the Minister. [More…]
We believe, if there is to be any genuine act of self-determination, the powers of the council which has been elected or appointed under this legislation must extend over all of the reserve land. [More…]
The clause does not give powers with respect to housing, health, education, sewerage and so on but does give authority in regard to the provision of the services that I have mentioned. [More…]
That the Federal Government assume responsibility for Aboriginal Affairs in Queensland under the powers given them by the Referendum of 1967. [More…]
That the Federal Government assume responsibility for Aboriginal Affairs in Queensland under the powers given them by the Referendum of 1967. [More…]
I refer to a report in the Melbourne Sun on 10 April of the weekend meeting between Commonwealth and State AttorneysGeneral and in particular to the statement that all State governments except those of Queensland and Western Australia are prepared to transfer family law powers to the Commonwealth to enable the same laws and facilities to apply to the custody and welfare of ex-nuptial children and to all matrimonial property in order to overcome the effects of High Court judgments in 1976 which limited the effectiveness of the Family Law Act. [More…]
Is there a constitutional or any other reason why the majority of States cannot transfer such powers despite the obstruction of the Queensland Government? [More…]
Whilst there is a need in some areas for ministerial discretion and ministerial direction within his discretionary powers, there are areas in which such things should not be left to the Minister alone or to the Executive alone, but which should be left to the Parliament. [More…]
As in the past, the powers of the Corporation in respect of borrowing will be subject to ministerial approval. [More…]
Senator Gietzelt raises the whole question of appropriate powers for the regulation of corporations and the securities industry, and that matter is one to which the Government has given very close attention throughout the time it has been in office. [More…]
The Senate has before it a Bill which allows an extension of the borrowing powers of the Australian Apple and Pear Corporation to enable the Corporation to borrow, with provision for the Commonwealth to guarantee repayment, moneys for the purpose of promoting the sale and consumption of apples and pears and apple and pear products. [More…]
The Apple and Pear Corporation was formed in 1 974 and replaced the Apple and Pear Board which was a body with more restricted powers. [More…]
It was considered at the time- I think generally agreed by the industry and most people involved in it- that a body with wider powers, particularly in the marketing area, would be to the advantage of the industry. [More…]
We believe that it will be of advantage to the Corporation to have these additional powers. [More…]
We trust that with these powers the Corporation will be able to continue its work of strengthening generally the marketing position for apples and pears in this country and overseas. [More…]
The new powers which will be vested in the Corporation to give it the necessary ability to cope adequately with the marketing problems are set out in clause 4 of the Bill, which will empower the Corporation to borrow moneys for the purpose of: [More…]
The Bill will adequately arm the Corporation with the necessary powers to promote the sale of the products without waiting for funds to come in from the levies which are imposed on sales. [More…]
I am confident that the extension of the powers of the Corporation effected by this Bill will be in the best interests of the industry. [More…]
I reiterate, as was noted in the second reading speech, that the purpose of the Bill is to extend borrowing powers of the Corporation and enable it to borrow with provision for the Commonwealth to guarantee repayment of moneys for the purpose of promoting the sale and consumption of apples and pears and apple and pear products. [More…]
The Minister for Aboriginal Affairs has already stated publicly that if the proposed legislation and the lease arrangements which will be legislated for by the Queensland Government are not satisfactory to the Commonwealth, the Commonweatlh will use its constitutional powers of acquisition in order to ensure that the rights and interests of the people of the two communities are fully protected. [More…]
I state again for the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs that if the agreement which was reached yesterday does not produce legislation which is acceptable to the Commonwealth after consultation with the two communities, the Commonwealth will then use its powers of acquisition to ensure that the rights and interests of the people are fully protected. [More…]
There will be no reduction in the powers of the Commonwealth. [More…]
The Commonwealth will maintain those powers. [More…]
I suppose it would be necessary to explain to Senator Gietzelt what powers have been handed back to the States because, in his cocoon of centralist socialism, he would be blind to anything else. [More…]
He could not have escaped the fact that in regard to perhaps the most significant of all powers- that is, the seas and submerged lands powers- the Commonwealth, of its own initiative, through the Premiers Conference, has invited the States to share powers with the Commonwealth although the High Court ruled that powers lay with the Commonwealth. [More…]
I suppose this debate is about philosophies because we on this side of the chamber propound the policy of division of powers, the right of the States and local government to receive their legitimate share of the tax revenues of the Commonwealth and to spend it without direction by the Commonwealth on items which they think are of greatest priority. [More…]
It would seem therefore that the position is that clause 12 is governed by whatever statute is enacted by the Council pursuant to its powers under clause 24. [More…]
A further stipulation under the terms of the loan was that Mr Smart would be appointed not only chairman of the board but also managing director with virtually dictatorial powers. [More…]
it cannot accept the amendment proposed by the honourable member for Gellibrand (Mr Willis) for the very simple reason that he is asking this Parliament to double guess a decision of the Victorian Parliament regarding the exercise of powers within the province of the Victorian Government. [More…]
Does the proposed legislation give the Commonwealth full powers to mine uranium anywhere in Australia, or is it particularly in relation to the mining of uranium at Ranger in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement introduced by the Whitlam Government? [More…]
Before World War II Australia and other metropolitan powers performed administering functions in their respective South Pacific territories without any visible attitudes or programs aimed at change in the constitutional status of their territories. [More…]
Notwithstanding the absence of a later report, the Government brought before us a measure extending the financing and borrowing powers of the Apple and Pear Corporation without making one comment upon the delay in the report. [More…]
Certain disciplinary powers were given to the Authority but disputes of an industrial nature were still the province of the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission. [More…]
This meeting also calls upon the Australian Government to use such powers as it possesses to ensure a like result. [More…]
In the transfer of powers from the Federal Government to the Northern Territory one must expect that there will be some problems. [More…]
I think it is most important that we look at that and, while doing so, look also at the powers of the Commissioner of the Northern Territory Public Service because he would appear to have more power than other public service commissioners. [More…]
Although the Commonwealth can take certain positive steps under its powers, of course it cannot dictate to the States the steps to take in matters within the powers of the States. [More…]
For this reason it gives the Supervising Scientist the powers of a Permanent Head in respect to staff. [More…]
This Bill provides that the Supervising Scientist perform his functions and exercise his powers in accordance with the plan of management in force under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act. [More…]
Clause 15 extends the Director’s powers of delegation so that he can delegate appropriate functions to persons, including Aboriginals or groups of Aboriginals, who would not be eligible under the delegation powers of the Principal Act. [More…]
Section 34 of the Atomic Energy Act at present provides that the powers conferred in relation to the control of materials shall be exercised only: [More…]
The Government has taken the view that these provisions should be strengthened and clarified, to ensure that relevant powers of the Commonwealth, including the external affairs power, can be drawn upon in relation to safeguards matters. [More…]
We believe that it is most important that the fullest possible range of powers should be available for the implementation of our domestic safeguards obligations arising from agreements. [More…]
At the governmental level, we needed to take account of our federal system of government, with its division of powers between the Commonwealth and the States. [More…]
Mr President, the Government appreciates that the powers conferred on the GovernorGeneral under this clause would need to be used with the utmost discretion. [More…]
The United States by its regulatory powers was able to use that capital for good and to mitigate harm. [More…]
Welcomes the decision of the Commission of Human Rights to give annual consideration to the item entitled “Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including policies or racial discrimination and segregation and of apartheid, in all countries, with particular reference to colonial and other dependent countries and territories,” without prejudice to the functions and powers of organs already in existence or which may be established within the framework of measures of implementation included in international covenants and conventions on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, and concurs with the requests for assistance addressed to the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities and to the Secretary-General; [More…]
The Government has decided to proceed with legislation to free Aboriginals on Queensland reserves from the provisions of the Queensland Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Acts which give State officials overriding powers over the management of communities on Aboriginal and Islander reserves. [More…]
The Commonwealth Government considers the provisions of the Queensland legislation are discriminatory and outdated, primarily because they give Government officials extraordinary powers to manage and direct the lives of Aboriginals and Islanders on reserves, trusteeship of reserves and the right to negotiate on behalf of Aboriginals and Islanders about land use, in particular exploration and mining on reserves; power to manage the property of Aboriginals and Islanders. [More…]
In the event of any State Government being unwilling or unable to adequately guarantee the rights of the Aboriginal and Islander peoples to self-determination, the Australian Government should not hesitate to use its constitutional powers in the manner and to the extent desired by those peoples. [More…]
The extraordinary powers given to the Queensland Government under the new legislation will do a number of things. [More…]
But why should we expect the powers which the Queensland Government will retain under the proposed legislation to be exercised any less discriminatorily than the powers it has under the Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders Act are exercised? [More…]
Under the Local Government (Aboriginal Lands) Bill the Queensland Government has a number of powers. [More…]
They do not want control by that Government and they do not want the legislation because it gives extraordinary powers to Queensland officials. [More…]
Just how do these extraordinary powers affect Aborigines? [More…]
Barry Nakyoungwokker, the vicechairman of the Aurukun Council who is in Canberra at the moment, experienced the extent of the powers in 1970. [More…]
One thing that should have come out of all the discussions over the last few weeks is that the Commonwealth Government has very limited powers to act in this area. [More…]
Senator Collard ‘s statement on the years of litigation that might result from this Government using the powers it has to acquire this land for Aborigines sounds to me very much like blackmail. [More…]
The Prime Minister (Mr Malcolm Fraser) said that the Government would not flinch from using its powers to acquire land if necessary to protect the position of the people of Aurukun and Mornington Island, but their interests would best be served by cooperation with the Queensland Government. [More…]
Why does the Government not use its powers to acquire the land? [More…]
The people of Australia showed how they felt about Aboriginal people when we held the referendum on powers to legislate for Aboriginal people. [More…]
The Government has that behind it and it should take the opportunity to go forth and use those powers. [More…]
In this squabble the Federal Government must now use the powers it has to acquire the land and give these people back their humanity. [More…]
In addition to that and many other matters, the legislation confers powers upon the Queensland Government to remove the shire clerk. [More…]
It confers powers upon the Queensland Minister to decide who shall have the right of entry or exclusion. [More…]
The fact of the matter is that the legislation, together with the other Bills with which we will be dealing shortly, provides very extensive powers to the Aborigines concerned, not only in relation to access to information but also in relation to the enforcement of standards which are imposed upon mining companies. [More…]
It has tacked this commercial purpose or objective on to the principal Act, that is the Atomic Energy Act of 1953, which incorporates all the sweeping defence powers which the Commonwealth can assert for itself. [More…]
If the powers were held to be legally valid- we are not concerned with that here- they would override completely all existing rights and titles which have been acquired by persons or companies under State or Territory laws. [More…]
What Senator Durack really appears to have been objecting to there was not the use of regulations but the sweeping powers which the principal Act conferred upon the relevant Minister. [More…]
At least that would give the Government some sort of powers in relation to uranium which, apparently, the Government would not have over minerals generally throughout Australia. [More…]
He seemed to be objecting in that instance to the fact that the regulations and the principal Act gave the Government powers over uranium which it did not have over minerals generally. [More…]
That is the 1953 Act- - and the wide powers given under it were, of course, at that time dictated very much by the strategic character of uranium as to its use in the production of atomic weapons and the great concern which was held at that time in respect of that subject. [More…]
Moreover, the Commonwealth Government has adequate powers in regard to the national interest as far as mining, including the mining of uranium, is concerned under its export control powers generally and under regulations that have been made under those powers. [More…]
Twenty-one of the Liberal Party and National Country Party senators who in 1974 disallowed regulations made under the Atomic Energy Act of 1953 on the grounds inter alia that it was quite improper to use an Act which was primarily a defence Act, or associated with the defence powers of the Commonwealth, for commercial purposes, presumably will all support a Bill which will do precisely that. [More…]
do all such things as are necessary or convenient for the effectual exercise of the powers specified in the preceding paragraphs of this sub-section. [More…]
In other words, it claims virtually unlimited powers over property. [More…]
For the reasons I have stated with regard to the Atomic Energy Amendment Bill, it is quite clear that the Environment Protection (Nuclear Codes) Bill should be rejected by the Senate, particularly in view of the fact that three and a half years ago Liberal and National Country Party senators rejected regulations made under the Act on the grounds that it was improper to use an Act rooted in the defence powers of the Commonwealth for commercial purposes, and the regulations were disallowed. [More…]
If one looks at the clause in detail one sees that it provides that if the Government decides that a situation exists as a result of nuclear activity a Minister is given extremely wide powers to deal with that situation. [More…]
The extent of those powers will vary according to a totally undefined situation. [More…]
The powers could include powers of search, seizure and detention, control of buildings, control of property and the movement of people, control of employment, censorship of the media and things like telephone tapping, to give some examples which might be hypothetical but which might be real. [More…]
We must understand that the Parliament operates in a society in which there should be freedom of discussion and debate on these matters and that persons involved in that process of freedom of discussion and debate should not be subjected to the sort of pernicious powers which are available to the Government under the Atomic Energy Act and which will be available to the Government if the Environment Protection (Nuclear Codes) Bill is passed. [More…]
The object of this Act is to make provision, within the limits of the powers of the Parliament, for protecting the health and safety of the people of Australia, and the environment, from possible harmful effects associated with nuclear activities in Australia, and this Act and the regulations shall be construed and administered accordingly. [More…]
It will be subject to the powers of the Minister at all phases of its activities. [More…]
The Environment Protection (Nuclear Codes) Bill overrides several powers now exercised by the States. [More…]
Clause 1 1 gives complete powers of decision and regulation to the Executive and that is something not to be wished, and devoutly so. [More…]
I believe that the continuation of the States holding powers in this field is quite anachronistic, archaic and inappropriate. [More…]
Then reference is made to the Atomic Energy Act which, as you know, Madam Acting Deputy President, is based upon only two powers, defence and territories. [More…]
That arrangement is a central element in the Government’s federalism policy which is aimed at restoring a proper distribution of powers and responsibilities between the three spheres of governmentCommonwealth, State and local. [More…]
The powers of the Commission are to be extended to include minerals found in association with uranium. [More…]
The Bill also gives the Commonwealth Minister, by order of the Governor-General, wide powers of action to control and eliminate hazards resulting from nuclear activity where existing laws are inadequate. [More…]
I tend to agree with Senator Wright’s view that the States should cede powers to the Commonwealth in relation to this matter. [More…]
I support the amendment moved by the Opposition because, in our view, whether one accepts the view put by Senator Wright that the States should cede powers to the Commonwealth or whether one takes the view which I apprehend that Ministers of this Government take in pursuit of their new federalism policy, as an alternative to Senator Wright’s view, there should have been further consultation with the States about very important matters in this legislation. [More…]
I believe that without these regulations the Commonwealth Government has already ample powers to ensure the national interest in the exploration, conservation and orderly development of uranium. [More…]
In addition, the States and the Territories have supplementary powers, and they can work in co-operation. [More…]
This is a Bill to take from our State governments all their existing powers over the resources in their States, all their vital need to obtain their finances from royalties, all their responsibilities for developing these things in an orchestration of State development and to give all those powers to a central government in Canberra. [More…]
The Minister has the power to maintain Australia’s national interest through his control powers in respect to export and other matters. [More…]
These extra powers are apparently sought by the Minister Tor somewhat dubious purposes and they will have the effect of overriding all existing rights that have been acquired under the State laws and under the Northern Territory mining laws. [More…]
Rather than expanding on the powers of Local Authorities created under the Act it would appear that their powers are circumscribed and accordingly the ability of the Lessee to effect purposes under the demise are similarly circumscribed. [More…]
Under Section 30 the General Powers are set out in some detail and certain other express powers which normally are not considered to be basic Local Authority powers are contained in Section 3 1 . [More…]
Our clients wish to draw to your attention the concern that under clause 22 the State Government will be able to appoint Officers of the Department of Aboriginal and Island Affairs who will by virtue of Clause 23 be able to remain permanently on the lands without any control by the Local Authority- their fear is that this is a ‘back door’ way of the State Government still retaining control, indeed more so than it did prior to the 13th March and the Council require a clear statement from the State Government that it will not exercise its powers under Clause 22 unless with the prior consent of the Council. [More…]
Council is concerned that your powers under Clause 16 not powerful enough. [More…]
Considered that powers of entry under 23 sufficient without this express power. [More…]
If we are talking about Aborigines of the Aurukun and Mornington Island communities at present, we ought to say that despite the fact that much rhetoric may have been heard from the Opposition about Queensland, it did not have the courage or the capacity to use its powers to do anything about rights for Aborigines, particularly land rights, in that State. [More…]
We believe that these two communities are ready for self-management and, as I said in this place when we dealt with the legislation, we would consider acquisition of the land if this were the only way in which our own policy for Aborigines could be achieved consistent with our responsibilities under the powers that were given to the Commonwealth by the Australian people at referendum. [More…]
The Aboriginal people recall that in 1967 a referendum was held which gave certain powers to the Federal Government in respect of the Aboriginal people. [More…]
They are frightened of the powers being sought for the Director of the National Parks and Wildlife Service and of what might happen to them in this respect. [More…]
The Bill has three main elements: The establishment, functions and powers of the CES; the position and responsibility of the National Director of the CES, and the status of the staff; and the establishment, functions and membership of a national advisory committee on the CES, and provision for the establishment of regional and local advisory committees. [More…]
The National Director may exercise any powers or perform any duties which are by the Bill conferred or imposed on the Service. [More…]
If the Senate has a major function it is that of protecting the powers of the States and not supporting legislation which diminishes those powers or takes them away altogether. [More…]
it gives the Minister for Minerals and Energy (Mr Connor) enormous powers. [More…]
I have your telex advising of your wish to proceed with the environmental nuclear legislation with the objective of giving the Commonwealth appropriate powers to administer the Ranger Uranium Mining development in the Northern Territory. [More…]
The object of this Act is to make provision, within the limits of the powers of the Parliament, for protecting the health and safety of the people of Australia, and the environment, from possible harmful effects associated with nuclear activities in Australia, and this Act and the regulations shall be construed and administered accordingly. [More…]
It is worth recalling the powers that this Committee has and which I believe, as does Senator Wright, are not included in the disallowance of these codes. [More…]
Those powers which the Committee has are set out in Mr Odgers’ Australian Senate Practice, Fifth Edition, in this way: [More…]
Clause 1 3 of the Bill gives powers to the Governor-General to deal with special situations if he is satisfied that the health or safety of persons, or the environment, are likely to be harmed by a situation resulting from a nuclear activity that exists in a State or Territory. [More…]
I therefore face these two Bills of the package with some trepidation and some concern, determined that if they are passed, we in this Parliament must be extra vigilant as to how the powers are used and how the Senate, in particular, stands up to the obligations which it has to review and consider regulations and other responsibilities of the Government. [More…]
They relate to the powers of university authorities and the associations that exist on campuses; they relate also to the meaning, I believe, in this case in particular, of conscientious objection; and to the significant issue of the fundamental freedoms of individuals to which I referred at the outset, such as the freedom of association. [More…]
It proposes to ensure that the Treasurer will continue to have full responsibility for the reserve, and to that end provides specific investment powers for the Treasurer and creates a separate corporation, consisting of the Treasurer and his successors. [More…]
The Bill includes some necessary saving’ and machinery provisions, including a power of delegation by the Treasurer in respect of his powers under section 6- investment of the reserve- corresponding with the power to delegate already given to the Minister for Finance by section 70 A of the Audit Act. [More…]
The Supervising Scientist shall consult with, and shall have regard to the views of, the Director of National Parks and Wildlife in relation to any matter arising in the course of the performance of his functions that concerns the functions, powers or duties of the Director. [More…]
consult with, and have regard to the views of, the Director of National Parks and Wildlife in relation to any matter arising in the course of the performance of his functions that concerns the functions, powers or duties of the Director; and [More…]
consult with, and have regard to the views of, the Director of Territory Parks and Wildlife in relation to any matter arising in the course of the performance of his functions that concern the functions, powers or duties of the Director or the Territory Parks and Wildlife Commission established under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Ordinance 1 976 of the Northern Territory. [More…]
Nothing that a State could do or a self-governing Territory could do could in any way over-ride the powers of the Commonwealth which derive either from its own Constitution or through treaties under that Constitution. [More…]
So where there are areas of wetlands which involve treaty powers or its own powers the authority of the Commonwealth runs. [More…]
I think it is agreed that if it is in a national park area they should give it up but in view of the multitude of powers that the director has and the controls by which the Aboriginals are compelled to abide, and which they do not understand, to my mind that is something criminal and should not be allowed to happen. [More…]
The amendment as proposed would restrict the Minister’s powers. [More…]
b) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section: “(4) In relation to the performance of his functions and the exercise of his powers with respect to a park, reserve or conservation zone wholly or partly within the Northern Territory, the Director shall, from time to time, consult with, and have regard to the views of, the Territory Commission and. [More…]
We wanted Kakadu Park to be run by the people of the Territory jointly with a Federal body, the latter to have policy making powers, provision for funding and so on. [More…]
Why would one want to oppose the powers, functions and conditions of service of the holder of that office and the establishment, functions and membership of the co-ordinating committee of the Alligator Rivers region? [More…]
The amendments underline our recognition of the role of the Northern Territory in respect of the powers and functions of the Supervising Scientist which are to be established under the Environment Protection (Alligator Rivers Region) Bill. [More…]
Provision is made for the Commonwealth to consult with the Northern Territory and to make arrangements with the Territory in respect of the performance of functions and the exercise of powers under the Commonwealth Act by officers or employees of authorities of the Northern Territory. [More…]
That Tribunal has powers of recommendation only, but the situation now is that these meat workers in Roma are quite confused. [More…]
In order to administer the vast jurisdiction to be exercised under the Act, the regulationmaking powers have been expanded. [More…]
Secondly, the Council is invested with sufficiently wide powers to enable it to execute its functions.Thirdly, provisions are made for the independence of the Council to enable it to undertake its functions effectively. [More…]
To discharge its important functions, the Council is to be provided with appropriate powers, listed in clauses 6 to 9 and 20 to 24 of the Bill. [More…]
The Council will also have powers to engage consultants to conduct studies for it and to arrange with the Commonwealth authorities for officers of those authorities to be available to assist the Council. [More…]
These powers should enable the Council to meet its responsibilities adequately, from the conduct of basic investigations and information gathering, using such expert advice and assistance as are necessary, to reporting its advice and recommendations directly to the Government. [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…]
In order to achieve these objectives, the Parliament has enacted the Public Service Act in which are laid down the principles which govern the personnel policies of the Public Service, and has vested the principal responsibility for administering the Act in the Public Service Board which in turn delegates a number of its powers to the management of departmental authorities. [More…]
But in the Public Service there is a special need that it be the Parliament and the Board exercising the powers vested in it by Parliament which determines principles and procedures governing recruitment, selection and promotion. [More…]
1 have the very strong suspicion that that Convention will not deal with important issues, such as the nature of Commonwealth industrial power, the nature of Commonwealth economic powers, the nature of Commonwealth foreign affairs powers, and matters of that kind which were dealt with in 1958, apparently as matters of importance then. [More…]
Of course, if the Land Council does not consent to the lease, the arbitrator has power to intervene and there are powers under section 7 of the Act for the Government by proclamation to take over the area. [More…]
shall, from time to time, consult with, and have regard to the views of, the Administrator of the Northern Territory in relation to the performance of functions and the exercise of powers under this Act by officers or employees of the Territory or of an authority of the Territory; and [More…]
may make arrangements with the Administrator for the performance of those functions and the exercise of those powers by such officers or employees. [More…]
The Director may make arrangements with the Head of a Department of the Public Service of the Northern Territory, or with an authority of the Territory, for the performance of functions and the exercise of powers under this Act by officers or employees of the Department or of the authority, as the case may be. [More…]
This matter becomes more important because it is not just a question of the Government of the Commonwealth consulting with the Administrator of the Northern Territory in relation to the performance of functions and the exercise of powers under the Act by officers or employees of of the Territory or of any authority of the Territory, and making arrangements with the Administrator for the performance of those functions and the exercise of those powers by such officers or employees. [More…]
He said that the uranium issue was a matter of such concern that the States should cede their powers in that regard to the Commonwealth. [More…]
In the face of widespread concern both in Australia and in the world, the Government has, on this fundamental issue of the importance of safety codes in the development of uranium mining, backed away- in the pursuit of some peculiar notion of its own, derived perhaps from Montesquieu and Adam Smith about the nature of the separation of powers and the desirability of having regard to the views of the States. [More…]
I appreciate the constitutional difficulties but surely the first approach to the States should be one of consultation first to see whether they will agree to give the Commonwealth powers in relation to this matter and secondly whether they agree to a uniform code. [More…]
The Government having demonstrated that it is consulting in full, we now find that the Opposition says that the Commonwealth should be acting within its powers. [More…]
Again the Opposition should look to its debating thrust of the past because it has been very much concerned with what it has taken to be the powers of the Governor-General to intercede in this matter. [More…]
The second point to which I should like the Minister to respond is whether in those discussions between State officials- perhaps that was not an appropriate place for it to be done- any discussion was on the agenda or took place relating to the desirability of State power, of the States giving powers to the Commonwealth in relation to this matter of a code. [More…]
Because there is some worry about where constitutional powers lie in Australia we will do this as far as possible by complementary legislation. [More…]
I should also point out that the Commonwealth Government, quite apart from its consensus capacities, which were urged, has reserve powers to persuade. [More…]
If I heard him correctly, he said that the Australian Government has other reserve powers to persuade the States as to the types of codes of practice or the codes of practice they should request. [More…]
I assume- if I am wrong, again I hope Senator Carrick will correct me- that one of those reserve powers he had in mind was the power of the Commonwealth to grant or to withhold an export licence. [More…]
If he envisages a situation in which that Commonwealth power will be exercised to persuade- I think ‘coerce’ would be a more appropriate verb to use in the circumstancesa State into requesting the codes of practice which the Commonwealth wants, then I suggest that it would be much better if the legislation dealing with the codes of practice covered that situation instead of using the reserve powers, or what Senator Carrick called the reserve powers, of the Commonwealth over export trade, to discipline the States. [More…]
But apart from that, on the question of whether the codes of practice ought to be more clearly written into the Act which purports to establish codes of practice, at least while the present Government or a government of similar persuasion is in office, one must have serious doubts as to whether that Government in fact would use those reserve powers over exports or whatever it was that Senator Carrick had in mind. [More…]
Therefore we are confronted now not with the mixture that we had in the Bill dealing with regulation-making powers implementing the code but a straight out unvarnished proposition contained in this amendment which seeks to substitute a new sub-clause ( 10) of the following terms: [More…]
I do not go as far as Senator Wright in this, but it seems that we have moved from a situation in which we were going to repose certain powers into a situation, following objections by the States- I think many of their objections were sound- in which the States now have a veto. [More…]
More importantly, the Commonwealth itself has, beyond its consultative abilities, reserve powers to act in a number of ways if necessary if it can be shown in this country that there is any need to act. [More…]
I ask specifically: What reserve powers does the Minister have in mind? [More…]
Therefore, some other powers obviously would have to be used, as the Minister has said. [More…]
I refer to the general width of the expressions in the clause, which I think are dangerously wide and may be protected only by the powers of the Parliament to disallow regulations. [More…]
I repeat the concern I expressed on the second reading debate in relation to the width of these powers and whether further consideration could be given to tidying up this clause and limiting the extent to which the Minister may make regulations. [More…]
Section 50 of the Act provides for wide powers of detention, search and arrest without warrant, which are extreme measures in relation to the development of uranium. [More…]
Finally, these objections which I raise to sections of the Atomic Energy Act which will be used in relation to uranium mining at Ranger clearly illustrate the contradictory stand on civil liberties by the Government and the use of extreme powers, which were employed in the Cold War period of the 1 940s, with respect to a commercial development in the late 1970’s. [More…]
My Government has made it clear and my instructions are quite clear that under no circumstances will the Government use coercive powers, which in that Act are largely contained for defence purposes, for breaches of what might be an ordinary commercial undertaking. [More…]
Both countries have a high stake in the security and prosperity of other economically advanced democratic powers in the world; in the continuation of the process of detente between the super-powers; in maintaining an open and nondiscriminatory regime in international trade; in encouraging a continuing United States presence in the Asia/Pacific region to the extent necessary to maintain a sound balance of power there; in opposing any attempt by the Soviet Union- or any other major power- to establish hegemony in the Asia/Pacific region; and in encouraging China to continue to play a constructive role in regional affairs. [More…]
It has powers, it has responsibilities. [More…]
But it has not always been given opportunity either to respond to or to exercise those powers and responsibilities. [More…]
That is, that powers are not taken away from a State simply because some States have grown bigger and some States have not. [More…]
But it does mean that there is good reason to ensure that we do not just hand over entirely the total powers of the governments of this country to the areas which have managed to featherbed their populations. [More…]
At the same time the State governments, acting under their constitutional powers, have set up a series of committees to look at post-secondary education. [More…]
In the exercise of his powers under the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations the Minister for Trade and Resources has a wide discretion. [More…]
The things that have happened over the last few weeks- I propose to go into more detail shortly- indicate quite clearly that the Federal Government ought to use its legislative powers now to take over both of these settlements and to give full land rights to the people there. [More…]
I draw the attention of the Committee to the fact that the expression ordinary annual services of government’ is employed in section 53 of the Constitution to classify the expenditure in respect of which the Senate’s powers of amendment are restricted to requesting the House of Representatives to make amendments and in section 54 to protect the Senate against the tacking of extraneous matters to an Appropriation Bill for the ordinary annual services of the Government, which, in accordance with section 53, the Senate may not amend but may request amendments. [More…]
The Bill completes the legislative framework of the tax sharing arrangements which are a central element of the Government’s federalism policy, a policy aimed at restoring a proper distribution of powers and functions between the Federal, State and local spheres of government, with governments more responsive to the needs and preferences of the community. [More…]
provisions relating to membership, powers and proceedings of the committee be contained in a subsequent resolution. [More…]
Is it a fact that the Ombudsman has powers of recommendation only, but the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, where it has the power to hear appeals, can actually reverse an administrative decision? [More…]
minimising discretionary powers and by asserting the fundamental right to be heard; [More…]
The allotment was made pursuant to a special resolution by which the company, in the exercise of powers given by its articles, resolved that $205,325, forming part of the undivided profits of the company representing profits arising from the sale of assets not acquired for the purpose of resale at a profit and standing to the credit of the capital profits reserve account, be capitalised and distributed proportionately amongst the members on the footing that they became entitled thereto as capital, and that the capitalised sum be applied in paying up in full 205,325 of the unissued ordinary shares of one dollar each in the capital of the company and that the same be distributed amongst the members as fully paid ordinary shares of a dollar each in satisfaction of the capital sum and in proportion to the number of shares then held by them respectively. [More…]
In line with the transfer of powers from the Commonwealth to the Northern Territory a smooth transition of responsibilities from the Commonwealth to the Northern Territory Ombudsman is most desirable and to this end the Bill contains appropriate transitional provisions to ensure, for example, the completion of investigations begun by the Commonwealth Ombudsman prior to the date of transition. [More…]
The Government considers that the Tribunal should not have jurisdiction to review decisions made under statutory powers conferred by Northern Territory laws in respect of matters within the authority of the Territory Government. [More…]
The Government considers that the Federal Court should not be given jurisdiction to review decisions made under statutory powers conferred by Northern Territory laws in respect of matters within the authority of the Northern Territory Government. [More…]
Since the Administrator’s powers, as Administrator, flow from the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act, the Bill will exclude from review by the Federal Court all decisions made under the Act. [More…]
Do we recognise that a State has the right to extend or propose the establishment of a local government area or do we retain the notion, by virtue of the Commonwealth’s Aboriginal powers under the Constitution, as amended in 1967, that the Commonwealth has a superior jurisdiction and that this amendment in the Bill is simply a direction to consult? [More…]
Whatever might be the views of Senator Georges about the external affairs powers of the Commonwealth and, indeed, whatever the ambit of those powers might be in law, the policy of this Government is one of co-operation with the States and not one of riding roughshod over the States. [More…]
This is the fifth special report which the Joint Committee on Publications has presented to the Parliament since Standing Orders were amended in 1970 to give the Committee investigatory powers. [More…]
I still hope and trust that the Commissioner will be taking action to use the powers under section 260 in relation to every one of the artificial taxation avoidance schemes, and particularly the Curran scheme. [More…]
However, for some 15 years (since the first large-scale use of discretionary powers in the 1964 Bills . [More…]
few have been able to complain of the way those powers are exercised. [More…]
I draw the attention of the Senate to the fact that the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Northern Territory suggested a staged devolution of powers. [More…]
The other principles implied in the Bill suggest that the giving of decision-making powers is what the Bill is all about. [More…]
We’ve had an Aboriginal council meeting here in Alice Springs, with representatives from the rural areas, to discuss the effects the transfer of powers will have on Aborigines. [More…]
We agreed that by introducing State-type powers the local administration will have to raise more revenue by increasing charges. [More…]
Indeed, it would be true to say that with the Territory developing as it is, and with its responsible government status emerging- a government with plenary powers- for the first time the Territory is being recognised. [More…]
In making the following submissions we urge the Committee not to recommend any deferment of the question of which powers are to devolve upon the regional Executive. [More…]
The transfer of powers from the Federal Government to the Northern Territory is a very complex situation. [More…]
Under this legislation a multitude of State-like powers will be handed over to the Northern Territory as from 1 July. [More…]
Very few powers will be left to be transferred at a later time. [More…]
The main powers that will be transferred at a later time relate to health, which I understand will be handed over to the Northern Territory as from 1 January 1979, and education, which will be handed over from 1 July 1979. [More…]
It is felt that it would be much better if the new powers that are not to be handed to the Northern Territory were spelt out by regulation by the Commonwealth Government. [More…]
There is a changing situation because of the transfer of powers to the Northern Territory. [More…]
Other Bills relate to the transfer of powers, the Ombudsman Amendment Bill and the Remuneration Tribunals Amendment Bill. [More…]
In the present situation there is no necessity for further wastage of time in the transfer of powers to the Northern Territory by having an opinion poll. [More…]
We have a very odd situation in which this Bill gives the Legislative Assembly plenary legislative powers under clause 6; but under clause 35 proceeds to hand out executive power in dribs and drabs. [More…]
What we have effectively done in clause 6 is to grant the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory legislative powers that are in excess of those which are enjoyed by any State. [More…]
the Territory wants- State-type powers- and have given it the widest possible legislative authority. [More…]
That legislative authority is restricted only by the powers which remain to the Commonwealth under clause 7 or clause 9 to disallow laws. [More…]
One must bear in mind that clause 9, which empowers the Governor-General to disallow laws generally, is of the kind that was generally. [More…]
It is quite wrong for the Commonwealth to legislate in terms which do not specifically restrict the Legislative Assembly to the exercise of State powers; in other words, to give the Legislative Assembly power to impose duties on excise, for example, is to my mind an error and one that we could live to regret. [More…]
I would ask the Government to give earnest consideration to making it clear that clause 6 is meant to give no more than State-type legislative powers to the Legislative Assembly. [More…]
I have considerable concern for the fear which is felt in the Northern Territory that the granting of a list of executive powers will give rise to what might be termed demarcation disputes over precisely where executive powers lie in any situation. [More…]
However, I now think that if we followed that course the Commonwealth would have to indicate what are all its powers under section 6 1 of the Constitution and would have to be extremely careful to cover all areas of Federal authority. [More…]
In other words, these are the powers that are to be transferred. [More…]
Clause 7 (2) (b)- the one we are referring to now- deals with all other powers. [More…]
Let it be seen to have the control as a safeguard against the unwitting powers of the Administrator. [More…]
The situation now of course is that following the transfer of powers all lands will be transferred from the Commonwealth to the Northern Territory. [More…]
He also said that the Bills give to the Northern Territory powers wider than the powers which the States have. [More…]
The Government has already authorised the Corporation to follow a number of aspects of the report, for example, the operation of the floor price arrangement, limited direct wool marketing by the Corporation and increased shipping powers for the Corporation to ensure that its resources are available in the negotiation of favourable freight rates. [More…]
That the Federal Government assume responsibility for Aboriginal Affairs under the powers given it by the Referendum 1967. [More…]
I have already answered questions at length on that and on the progress that has been made in negotiations with some States towards reaching agreement with the States to refer powers to the Commonwealth. [More…]
As pan of the arrangements there would need to be a general understanding with the major shareholder interests of the company on the process of naturalisation and the exercise of voting powers in respect of the Australian business. [More…]
Clause 6 of the Bill requires the responsible Minister of a department or authority to publish a statement setting out particulars of the organisation and functions of the department or authority, including an indication of any decisionmaking powers and other powers affecting members of the public. [More…]
I ) The Council shall perform its functions and exercise its powers in accordance with such directions as are given to it by the Minister in writing. [More…]
The Council shall perform its functions and exercise its powers in accordance with such directions as are given to it by the Minister in writing. [More…]
The Council shall perform its functions and exercise its powers as it sees fit and shall act upon any directions given to it by the Minister in writing. [More…]
First he is saying that the Council will exercise its powers as it sees fit but at the same time it shall act upon any direction given to it by the Minister. [More…]
In exercising these powers the States will accept responsibility to work in parallel with and not in negation of the overall economic management of the Commonwealth. [More…]
But in the Public Service there is a special need that it be the Parliament and the Board exercising the powers vested in it by the Parliament which determines principles and procedures governing recruitment, selection and promotion. [More…]
There is nothing unusual about restricting the powers of the Arbitrator on matters which the Government feels that it, as an employer, should exercise power through a Public Service Board. [More…]
Tasmania- The Public Service Act provides that the powers in relation to appointments, promotions and transfers, et cetera, of public servants are exercised by the Public Service Board. [More…]
Sub-clause (7) of clause 5 of the Bill states that the powers conferred on the Minister by that section shall not be exercised in such a manner that stabilisation payments under this Act will not be uniform throughout the Commonwealth within the meaning of placitum (iii) of section 5 1 of the Constitution. [More…]
The Victorian Dairy Industry Authority, which is a State authority which markets liquid milk in Victoria, may well conflict to some degree with the Australian Dairy Corporation which has Commonwealth statutory powers, both for the export of manufactured dairy products and for the promotion and marketing of manufactured dairy products in Australia. [More…]
The legislation is not dependent on State production quotas or State powers. [More…]
It is based on the Commonwealth Government’s taxing and financial powers. [More…]
The legislation is not dependent upon State production quotas or upon State legislative powers. [More…]
The legislation is based on the Commonwealth ‘s taxing and financial powers. [More…]
If the Government is confident that it has the constitutional power, through its taxing powers and so on, to make this legislation operative or to achieve the purposes sought by this legislation, why did the Minister go on to talk about the Commonwealth having recourse to section 96 grants if any State really wanted to play it tough? [More…]
It is nice to remember that having been on the Constitutional Review Committee with a dissenting report in favour of maintenance of the Senate powers, in the only three referenda that have been put forward on this matter either by my side or by the Opposition, the majority of the Australian people, according to the Constitution, have not accepted the view that was put that the Senate power should be eroded. [More…]
That provisions relating to membership powers and proceedings of the Committee be contained in a subsequent Resolution. [More…]
That provisions relating to membership, powers and proceedings of the committee be contained in a subsequent resolution. [More…]
We have offered our unqualified support to this Government- such support is not often given, but in this case it has been given freely- in an attempt to persuade the Government that the undertakings given by Mr Viner and Mr Fraser should be met in the form of the Australian Government instituting legislation or using what other powers it may have for the acquisition of Crown lands in those two areas. [More…]
How much longer must the national Government of this country wait to use the powers which it undoubtedly has under the Constitution to ensure that the citizens of Queensland in these areas are treated with some justice and dignity? [More…]
Surely the only answer to the problem is that the Parliament should use the powers available to it under the Constitution, given to it by an overwhelming majority of the people of this country, to take over these areas, to look after the welfare of these people, to allow them to develop in their own way without the paternalistic nonsense which we know goes on in Queensland and to allow them to have a proper say in the future development of the mineral and other resources in their area. [More…]
Under our Constitution this Parliament has certain powers. [More…]
What the Opposition is suggesting is that under the Constitutional powers which were obtained in 1967 there should be legislation by the Commonwealth to take over the land constituting the local government areas which formerly were reserves. [More…]
There is also provision, in Section 14, for the Treasurer to delegate his powers and functions under the proposed Act to an officer of the Department of the Treasury. [More…]
Many of the matters which will now be included in the terms of reference arise as a result of a failure to grapple with those issues in 1 975 either in constitutional terms or by means of seeking agreement between the States on the referral of certain powers to the Commonwealth Government. [More…]
The crux of the matter is that these people argue that they are very antiLeft and that they fear the super powers of the Left. [More…]
Pavelic led a nazi satellite state and formally declared war on the allied powers. [More…]
They are concerned of course to see the Australian Government so indifferent when its citizens are being harassed by foreign powers in Australia, imprisoned by a foreign power abroad and even executed by a foreign power abroad. [More…]
For a long time the nations of the South Pacific were taken for granted, partly because for a long period they were territories of metropolitan powers beyond the region. [More…]
This can be partly explained because the metropolitan powersFrance, the United Kingdom and the United States of America in particular- were the dominant powers in the region. [More…]
The metropolitan powers began to move out as more and more countries- as I said, some only mini states- achieved independence. [More…]
There are areas of dispute between the powers and authority of the South Pacific Forum and the South Pacific Conference. [More…]
We know that many Great Powers are interested in it. [More…]
This creates problems for these small States in determining how to handle such situations and not be exploited by the larger powers. [More…]
We can never forget that these states more and more will become of interest to the Great Powers; that by some they may be regarded as being of strategic interest. [More…]
The present Bill will correct that position, in situations coming within the Commonwealth ‘s consitutional powers. [More…]
In particular it was agreed that the powers of the States should be extended to the territorial sea including the seabed. [More…]
The object of this exercise which we have been engaged in since last year has been to endeavour, on the basis of federalism, to restore to the States powers, many of which were thrown in great doubt as a result of the High Court decision. [More…]
On the other hand, there is obviously a need to reorder the position on offences at sea as soon as possible, and in that regard for this Parliament to deal with those cases that come under the Commonwealth’s constitutional powers. [More…]
This is yet another reason why we should consider joining that enlightened group of nations, mostly small nations and middle powers like ourselves, such as Switzerland, Holland and the Scandinavian nations, who have an active interest in better forms of democracy. [More…]
They are the establishment, functions and powers of the Commonwealth Employment Service; the position and responsibility of the National Director of the Commonwealth Employment Service, including the status of the staff of the Service; and the establishment, functions and membership of a national advisory committee on the CES and provision for the establishment of regional and local advisory committees. [More…]
A deputy ombudsman, if so designated, could exercise all the powers of the Commonwealth Ombudsman in relation to official action taken in the relevant Territory, except the power to report to the Parliament. [More…]
He said that ‘ unless the powers that be learned nothing from their experience of 1 977 and decide to intervene again to bring activity back to their own forecasts’, the outlook for the industry would not fulfil the optimistic long-term projections. [More…]
In Namibia, through an initiative inspired and carried through by the Western powers, and sub: stantially 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…]
The main recommendation of the working party was that the powers of the River Murray Commission be expanded to enable it to take water quality into account in its operations and investigations. [More…]
The Commonwealth also took another farreaching initiative in October 1977 when it convened a Commonwealth-State ministerial meeting to discuss the development of a co-ordinating plan of action on a broad regional basis to tackle serious salinity and drainage problems in the Murray Valley which are beyond the powers of the River Murray Commission. [More…]
In 1976 the present Government agreed to expand the powers of the Export Finance Insurance Corporation to allow it to provide performance bonds. [More…]
The Federal Government has given no good reason why the Australian Corporation should not have trading powers. [More…]
That Bill provided for the establishment of a similar organisation to the one which this Bill proposes but the powers that that legislation gave to the Corporation were broader and the intention was much clearer that it had the power to do certain things. [More…]
The powers and functions of this Corporation are vastly different from those that were proposed for the Australian Overseas Trading Corporation by the Australian Labor Party in, I think, 1975 when it was in government. [More…]
The Australian Overseas Projects Corporation will not be given the powers to exercise a trading function. [More…]
I tried to get the Minister to admit, but he is not prepared to do so on the floor of this chamber, that the charters and powers of the very bodies he has mentioned- the Australian Wool Corporation, the Australian Dairy Corporation, and the Australian Apple and Pear Corporation- were brought in by the Labor Government. [More…]
This Government did not do anything to alter those charters and powers because it knows that what we did was right. [More…]
The Government is hanging that, as is traditional, I admit, on the constitutional defence powers. [More…]
I have also been advised that the Committee has no powers, that the powers rest in the Presiding Officers. [More…]
I do not think the option of the American system of a rigid division of powers is an acceptable alternative. [More…]
But it is not individual privileges or powers that I am talking about. [More…]
I am also opposed to any suggestion of abolishing the money powers of the Senate. [More…]
It is now placed in the list of powers generally described as concurrent; that is to say, the States may occupy the ground until the Federal authority interferes and displaces them. [More…]
We must remember that there are no particular powers written into the Constitution to acquire property for Aboriginals. [More…]
In this debate on the first reading of the Bill I appeal to the Government to take action to try to test the powers it has under the Constitution. [More…]
Did the Minister not say at Question Time earlier today that the Government exercises all possible options and powers towards containing costs in the Australian community? [More…]
The borrowing powers of the authority are contained in section 26 of the Principal Act. [More…]
In recent years, indeed in recent maiden speeches by honourable senators on both sides of this House, the role of the Senate has been analysed, either to destroy or to enhance its powers. [More…]
I for one would not forgo any part of its unique character or sacrifice one iota of its inherent powers. [More…]
But these disputes will continue and multiply until we take back some of the powers to make decisions about the future of this nation which previous parliaments have so cavalierly given away. [More…]
The Australian Constitution provides the Commonwealth with powers to make laws with respect to weights and measures under section 51. [More…]
The proposed new section 1 8AF provides explicitly for the Commission to delegate certain of its powers to its senior permanent officers. [More…]
Since the Commission meets only every few months it is necessary to delegate powers in regard to staff appointments, promotions, and resignations. [More…]
Firstly, the Bill broadens and modernises the functions of the Organisation and invests the Organisation with the powers necessary to execute these responsibilities. [More…]
Clause 6 redefines the powers and functions of the Organisation although they continue to be expressed in broad terms. [More…]
The CSIRO will be expected to pursue policies which will encourage and facilitate the use of the results of its research and will have powers to join in the formation of a company or partnership with commercial interests for the purpose of developing a discovery or invention. [More…]
The general powers and functions of the Board as set down in Sections 16 and 17 of the ‘Wine Overseas Marketing Act 1929’ are comprehensive but should be viewed in the context of the Board’s responsibilities both in Australia and overseas. [More…]
It is noteworthy that these powers and functions were amended in 1953-54 to confirm the Board’s authority to undertake Australian promotional activity. [More…]
It is not as though the powers that be were not aware that it would happen. [More…]
Is it further the case that one of the major drains on funds has proved to be the separate representation of children in Family Court proceedings, as directed by judges of that court in the exercise of their powers under the Family Law Act? [More…]
This degree of penetration by transnational corporations into national economies means that a large sector of industry has become more or less immune to government intervention and throws into relief the absurd theories of those who claim that there ought to be less government intervention when in fact we are living in a period when international intervention is reducing the limited powers which governments have in the economic scene. [More…]
Moreover, the powers of the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission are limited constitutionally to conciliation and arbitration. [More…]
At the same time the Government maintains some responsibility in the area of charging and has, under the relevant legislation, some powers which are also related to its having obligations if it seeks to exercise those powers. [More…]
Does not the acceptance of the new Standing Order relating to the referral of Bills to committees restrict the Senate’s powers to refer Bills only to a legislative and general purpose standing committee and then only after the second reading has been agreed to? [More…]
Has the Attorney-General seen a report that the Ombudsman, Professor Richardson, wants new powers to help citizens fight for social security benefits? [More…]
The adoption, on 16 August last, of a new sessional order, providing for reference of any Bill, other than an Appropriation Bill, Supply Bill or Bill imposing taxation, to a Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee does not in any way restrict the Senate’s powers to refer Bills to committees. [More…]
The third aspect of this item is a question related to the regulation-making powers which seem to come very much within the province of the Standing Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs, which is presently looking into a reference relating to the scrutiny of Bills before the Parliament. [More…]
If we make regulatory powers which exempt some people from paying the tax or which provide that a refund can be paid, why do we not spell out those people who are entitled to a refund? [More…]
Can the Minister give us some examples of those cases in which, by regulatory powers, it may be necessary to exempt a person or class of persons from paying the tax or to grant a refund, in the case of the tax having been paid, to a person or class of persons. [More…]
But it is a useful and important safeguard to incorporate, given the quite serious and significant powers that are vested in the officer in question and the possibility of their being misused. [More…]
The deputation urged him to use his powers under the Environment Protection (Impact of Proposals) Act, to order a public inquiry into Wagerup. [More…]
An early judgment of the High Court, in the Union Label case in 1 908, concluded that the Commonwealth legislative powers in respect of trade marks did not extend to marks applied to goods to identify the source of labour employed by the manufacturers of those goods. [More…]
Firstly, I emphasise that the Bill will ensure that members of the public are fully informed about the structure of Government departments and agencies and the grounds on which they exercise those decision-making powers that affect members of the public. [More…]
We also have reservations about the ministerial powers in respect of the Archives Bill, and I will explain those reservations later on. [More…]
Clause 6 of the Bill gives extensive powers to Archives to enable it to perform its statutory functions. [More…]
The Minister will have power to give directions to the Director-General, not inconsistent with the legislation, in relation to the exercise of his powers and duties. [More…]
It seems to the Oppositionand I hope that the Committee will take note of this-that the ministerial powers are greater than are justified for material of this nature. [More…]
In summary we would hope that the Committee would examine the length of time that material must be in the possession of the Commonwealth before it is transferred to the archives, the ministerial powers which are too great, the exemptions which are too extensive and in some cases not justified at all, the total exemption for ASIO material, the unsatisfactory nature or the limited nature of the appeals provisions against certificates of exemption. [More…]
Still less should Her Majesty’s judges use their sentencing powers to dispose of those who are socially inconvenient. [More…]
Of course, the Commission has ancillary powers to direct organisations to alter their rules, regarding eligibility. [More…]
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What is going to be the modus operandi for these public inquiries including (a) powers of Chairman; (b) legal representation; (c) the right of cross-examination; and (d) the right of reply. [More…]
We still do not have from the Government proper decisions with regard to delegation of powers to the Legislative Assembly. [More…]
Despite recent history, I remain unconcerned with the controversies surrounding the existence and acceptance of the constitutional powers of the Senate. [More…]
I am more interested in how this chamber acts to have those powers maintained and even reinforced. [More…]
Our constitutional obligations can be further strengthened, by developing the Senate ‘s other powers of scrutiny and review of federal affairs. [More…]
Mr President, the time is right for reversing the trend towards centralisation of powers in Canberra. [More…]
Programs that have been advocated over and over again since 1919, which call for the investiture of unlimited legislative powers in a single national chamber of delegates, have no acceptable relevance today. [More…]
In his article, Mr Wise calls for a return of powers and responsibilities to State and local governments, on a scale that even at the present stage of my Government’s new federalism policies does not envisage. [More…]
We heard tonight Senator Rocher in his maiden speech say that this is a House of review and that he hoped that the powers of this House could be strengthened. [More…]
Following the recent moves to amalgamate the Commonwealth and Australian Capital Territory police forces into an enlarged new federal agency, what precisely are the Government’s intentions now with respect to the reintroduction of the Criminal Investigation Bill, which the Minister will recall as originally proposed by the Whitlam Labor Government was intended to define and delimit the powers of just such a new national police agency? [More…]
I believe that there should be some degree of discretion- as much as the Senate has been opposed to giving Ministers or officers discretionary powers- in these genuine cases. [More…]
With the continued tragic deaths in Rhodesia of so many black and white people being killed by black guerrillas, will the Australian Government encourage the major powers- the United Kingdom and the United States of America- to take steps to stop the current butchery by the insurgent guerrillas which is doing nothing to bring about a peaceful solution in Rhodesia, but rather is only bringing about increasing and continuing tragedy to all people in that country? [More…]
He will make that decision and the powers of the Tribunal, which is employed by the Government under the legislative processes of this Parliament and which previously had the responsibility and obligation to carry out its duties to the best of its ability, with the resources available to it under legislation set by the decisions of this Parliament, will be taken away completely. [More…]
I can remember reading- I believe that the Minister brought this up once before in this chamber- that when the original Act was introduced it was the people on the Minister’s side of politics who objected to the powers given to the Director-General. [More…]
I acknowledge what Senator Cavanagh has said with regard to his objections to the Director-General’s powers under the Act. [More…]
Those powers have been in existence in this form since, I think, 1 947. [More…]
I appreciate that under the Navigation Act the Minister has certain powers to act where oil already is escaping from a ship, or he is satisfied that it is likely to escape from a ship. [More…]
The Government believes that the re-definition of the Organisation ‘s powers and functions are more appropriate to contemporary circumstances and, together with revised management structure and the advisory mechanisms which are set out in this Bill, will create an auspicious and effective foundation for the Organisation’s continued success. [More…]
The Commission acknowledges its powers in its report which was tabled only yesterday. [More…]
It redefines the powers and functions of the Health Insurance Commission following the abolition of Medibank Standard. [More…]
However, arguments have been advanced by Government members and senators that new sections 8C and 8D give the Minister very wide powers. [More…]
The Minister for Health has considered these views and has accepted that the provisions conferring comprehensive powers of direction on the Minister in new Part 1 IB should be deleted. [More…]
In 1821, a congress of European powers was held in Ljubljana. [More…]
The chief powers of the congress were Russia, Austria, Prussia, France and Great Britain. [More…]
The outcome of the Ljubljana congress was the widening of the ridge between Great Britain and the three conservative powers of the Holy Alliance, that is, Austria, Prussia and Russia. [More…]
My members have at considerable length examined the contents of this Bill which seems to restrict alarmingly Police powers in the state of Queensland and would render virtually impossible the upholding of law and order amongst the coloured members of our community. [More…]
These powers will become available to the court in any proceedings in which the welfare of children of a marriage is affected. [More…]
Another ensures that the powers of courts to transfer, stay or dismiss proceedings apply to all proceedings under the Act and Regulations. [More…]
Their powers ought to be enhanced and clearly defined. [More…]
The powers with regard to these matters come within the province of the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission. [More…]
The powers of the Capital Territory Health Commission in the Australian Capital Territory with regard to the control of private clinics ought to be stated. [More…]
It should be said that the Commission has no direct powers to control a private abortion clinic. [More…]
The Commission has powers to exercise some control over private hospitals, but the definition of a private hospital does not cover surgeries or clinics where only daytime services are provided. [More…]
The fact remains that unlike the Bantustans in South Africa the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly has virtually no powers of self-government. [More…]
All honourable senators know that a referendum is due to be held on 25 November on what powers, if any, are to be passed over to the Australian Capital Territory. [More…]
This Assembly is elected by the people of the Australian Capital Territory, regardless of whether it has powers at this stage. [More…]
A second major issue is involved, that is, the extent to which the wishes of the Legislative Assembly, admittedly without powers, nevertheless elected by the people of the Australian Capital Territory, should be taken into account by the [More…]
Whatever may be the functions of the Commission, they are circumscribed and contained within the powers of the Minister. [More…]
Is it a question of the Senate powers vis-a-vis the Executive? [More…]
Senator Ryan based a substantial element of her argument on them but I do not believe that Mr Hunt’s statements can be viewed out of the context in which they have to be seen, and that is in relation to the powers of the Legislative Assembly. [More…]
It is my contention that Mr Hunt’s statements cannot be viewed outside that context of the statutory powers of the Legislative Assembly as it exists, and certainly not before 25 November when a referendum will be held in the Capital Territory on that issue. [More…]
If the people opt for proposal A of the referendum proposals then the Legislative Assembly eventually will have transferred to it powers over health matters and will therefore be competent to legislate on them in its own right. [More…]
If the people in the Territory do not opt for proposal A but instead opt for proposal B or C then the Assembly will not have those powers and the Government will retain control of those matters as is now the case. [More…]
It was claimed that, should my motion be successful, the Minister would have no powers for a period of six months to prevent the opening of a private clinic. [More…]
Senator Rae’s foreshadowed recision motion is a motion which, if passed, would wipe the slate clean with regard to the powers of the Minister to legislate on private abortion clinics. [More…]
Can the Attorney-General tell us whether there have been negotiations or any indications by the States recently that they are now prepared to transfer the necessary powers to the Commonwealth? [More…]
What powers within the Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December 1 973. [More…]
In particular, powers now exercisable by the Board in relation to disciplinary action following a criminal conviction, and certain suspension matters, will in future be the responsibility of departments. [More…]
I wish to refer to the River Murray Waters Agreement and in particular to the limitations upon the powers of the River Murray Commission. [More…]
Despite the work of a number of dedicated growers, there is some evidence indicating irresponsibility on the part of individual growers, a lack of co-ordination between the States, an even more lamentable lack of anti-pollution powers among the organisations involved with the management and use of the Murray . [More…]
even more lamentable lack of anti-pollution powers among the organisations involved in the management and use of the Murray, and a pressing need for some overall organisation which could analyse the problem and effectively solve it. [More…]
The points raised by Senator Young are very valid, but it was the consideration of our Committee that because the problems of salinity emanate in tributaries of the River Murray, in some cases many hundreds of miles from the River Murray itself, that the Commission itself has no powers to deal with the problem. [More…]
It does not of course overcome the fundamental constitutional problem in that even though the Commission may take into account the quality of water, the question remains of how a commission of this kind can enforce regulations over such matters when the powers still remain with the States. [More…]
I hope that the Commission will have some powers at least to set some standards to make sure that a State such as South Australia, and the irrigation areas further down the river system, will be fully protected, as they should be. [More…]
Speaking once again of the outback health situation I see that there will be room in this transfer of powers for the re-evaluation of health services to ensure that there is no overlapping and that the money will go further than perhaps it does now. [More…]
The only way to carry the matter further is to give it our support and hope that the powers that be will take notice of it. [More…]
I have no doubt that Senator Bishop has moved his motion in this form because to move for an additional appropriation would be beyond the powers of this chamber. [More…]
Many parts of the report would be dependent on State powers and State actions and are not the direct responsibility of the Commonwealth. [More…]
64.- ( 1 ) The powers of a company shall, if they would not otherwise do so, be deemed to include power to make the following provision for the benefit of persons employed or formerly employed by the company or any of its subsidiaries, that is to say, provision in connection with the cessation or the transfer to any person of the whole or part of the undertaking of that company or that subsidiary. [More…]
As this matter is one where the Australian Wheat Board will be exercising powers that it derives from Commonwealth-State legislation it is necessary for complementary Commonwealth-State legislation to be enacted. [More…]
Equivalent provisions in the legislation of the various States will give the Board similar powers in respect of wheat delivered in each State. [More…]
-On 28 September 1978 (Hansard, page 1043) Senator Mcintosh asked the Attorney-General a question without notice concerning a report that the Ombudsman, Professor Richardson, is seeking new powers to represent citizens in Social Security appeals. [More…]
The Labor members who had their views published expressed a view on balance in favour of the Wheat Board retaining its domestic marketing powers in particular whereas Country Party members were all over the place. [More…]
The four smaller sovereign States would never have combined under the hegemony of numbers of the two larger States to form the Commonwealth in 190 1 but for the protection of the Senate with its equal representation for all States and its powers without parallel in any other upper House. [More…]
In exercise of these powers the Secretary has issued a direction, as a condition of use of these aerodromes, that passengers shall submit themselves and their hand luggage to a search if required. [More…]
In assessing the need for such a committee we noted that many Bills come before the Parliament which contain provisions that: Significantly interfere with personal rights and liberties; delegate powers which, arguably, should not be delegated at all; delegate powers to affect rights, liberties and obligations without providing an opportunity for the exercise of those powers to be reviewed either by the Parliament itself or by an independent body; or delegate powers to impose obligations without any clearly defined guidance as to who is to impose them, upon whom and in which circumstances. [More…]
Nor is there any legal limit on Parliament’s power to confer administrative authority, and other forms of power short of legislative power, provided that such conferring is otherwise within the Commonwealth’s range of constitutional powers. [More…]
It is, therefore, important that Parliament exercise its powers carefully and devise its own procedures as to what are proper delegations of power. [More…]
make rights, liberties and obligations unduly dependent upon insufficiently denned administrative powers or non-reviewable administrative decisions; or [More…]
Indeed, the very existence of the Commonwealth’s constitutional powers to act in this area has been called into question. [More…]
It now appears that the Committee has been able to spell out for the Commonwealth exactly what powers it has and what it can do in the future when a government of any State attempts to do what the Queensland Government has attempted to do to the people of Aurukun and Mornington Island. [More…]
This is the sixth special report presented to the Parliament by the Joint Committee on Publications since investigatory powers were conferred upon it by amendments to the Standing Orders in 1970. [More…]
However, the use of the powers of the Senate in the way they have been used this week is proof that the Senate is not a House of review. [More…]
I hope that in the intervening years the powers of this Senate can be somewhat curtailed so that the Senate cannot be used as a House of frustration. [More…]
If its powers are not curtailed the whole Parliament will be held up to ridicule. [More…]
Just lately, at the same time as this Government was announcing that it had initialled an agreement to sell uranium to South Korea, the South Korean Press came out and pointed out that South Korea had the equipment, it had the warheads and it had the equipment to transport the warheads; and that all it needed was the nuclear warheads and it was then in the race with other larger and stronger powers in the world. [More…]
This Government believes that, even if it is minded to do so, it should not exercise powers which it may have to change them. [More…]
Our members feel you should be aware of their concern and call upon you to use your powers to rescind this excise, so that viability can be maintained in their industry. [More…]
In summary, the revision provides for a smaller and more compact body, with a wider range of skills and expertise available to it, and widened powers and functions. [More…]
The Bill before the Senate confers on the Minister for Health powers of direction to safeguard membership and benefit entitlements of contributors. [More…]
While the matters subject to direction are specified in the Bill as a clear indication of the Government’s intention to preserve contributors rights, it is hoped that organisations will administer their rules in a manner which will result in the activation of the Ministerial powers of direction only being required in exceptional circumstances. [More…]
This Bill, like so many before it, has the general aim of increasing the powers of the Minister for Health to regulate the voluntary health funds in this country. [More…]
It is with some amusement that whenever an amendment Bill of this type comes up I remember the days in 1974 and 1975 when, as a supporter of the then Government, I spoke on many occasions on amending legislation introduced to give the then Minister for Health the powers to control the voluntary health funds. [More…]
We will be watching to make sure that the new powers given to the Minister will in fact be used by him when they should be used and not left on the shelf when they should be used, as they sometimes are because of the undoubted influence that some of these funds have over the coalition parties. [More…]
Might I make a small contribution in this debate to clarify what appears to be some misunderstanding, at least on the part of Senator Walters, of what are the powers of the respective committees of this chamber with respect to the kind of problem to which Senator Cavanagh has so graphically drawn our attention tonight. [More…]
Like so much of the industrial legislation for which this Government has been responsiblethe establishment of the Industrial Relations Bureau; the amendments to the Conciliation and Arbitration Act significantly increasing the scope of the punitive or penal powers under that legislation; and the Commonwealth Employees Act vesting powers of suspension, stand down or dismissal of public employees engaged in just about any conceivable form of industrial action; specific provisions of legislation like the Atomic Energy Amendment Bill, aimed quite specifically and directly at particular forms of legitimate trade union protest- this Bill is just another crude and vulgar piece of legislative union-bashing. [More…]
A whole new set of constitutional powers is being wheeled in to sustain the legislation, not just the previous power in section 51 (20) of the Constitution relating to corporations. [More…]
The amendments give the Tribunal discretionary powers in waiving the strict time limit for receipt of applications for new licences or lodgment of licence renewals. [More…]
These amendments give the Tribunal discretionary powers to extend any deadline for submission of applications, renewals, evidence or replies to submissions. [More…]
The Opposition is supportive of the institution of the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal and the powers that have been given to it. [More…]
When will the Government make a decision under its statutory powers, concerning the expansion of the Tribunal from four to five members. [More…]
The Act does not detract from the powers of or the proper responsibilities of the States towards Aboriginals as citizens of a State. [More…]
The Commonwealth and South Australia have accepted a preliminary draft substitute River Murray Waters Agreement as a basis for inter-governmental discussions on a new Agreement which, among other matters, would extend the powers of the River Murray Commission to take account of water quality. [More…]
Social Security Appeals Tribunals make recommendations to the Director-General of Social Services and he exercises his review powers under the Social Services Act, taking into account the recommendations made by Social Security Appeals Tribunals. [More…]
Has the Reserve Bank determined any policy, pursuant to its powers and in the public interest, to be followed by the trading banks in advances to ‘tax avoiders’; if not, will the Treasurer request the Reserve Bank to so act. [More…]
In the Commission’s mind he was acting outside his powers. [More…]
I have decided to direct, pursuant to the powers vested in me by section 5(2) of the Aboriginal Land Fund Commission Act, that: [More…]
The High Court decision, of course, ascribed to the Commonwealth Parliament the full power to legislate in respect of this area but in that decision it did not take away in terms the very considerable powers that the States themselves have, in relation not only to the three-mile limit but also probably even further, provided there is a connection between the off-shore activity and the State whose laws are sought to be applied. [More…]
This Bill does not derogate in any way from the application of ordinary Federal laws under our ordinary powers as a Commonwealth Parliament. [More…]
I hope and trust that the Northern Territory Government will not let us down and will use its powers for the betterment of the Northern Territory, firstly, to develop those industries which are already established in the Territory and, secondly, to compensate the small businesses which have been crippled by excessive charges. [More…]
As I have said before, it is a machinery Bill, it is necessary, it is part of life, it is part of the adjustment that is needed as a result of the transference of Federal Government powers to the Northern Territory. [More…]
each case in which the Minister has exercised the powers conferred on him by the last preceding section; and [More…]
In those areas where government should be using its powers to protect and to sustain those whose circumstances have placed them in a vulnerable position, this Government is pushing people further and further into the quagmire of extreme poverty. [More…]
These new areas of tension contain the potential for wider conflicts, and the possibility of the direct involvement of the great powers. [More…]
Not since the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 has the world felt closer to the ultimate disaster involving major powers. [More…]
This authority would comprise only members elected for a specific period, and would have powers which reflected the wishes of the Community; [More…]
That provisions relating to membership, powers and proceedings of the Committee be contained in a subsequent Resolution. [More…]
That provisions relating to membership, powers and proceedings of the Committee be contained in a subsequent Resolution. [More…]
During those three years the mail of citizens in this country has presumably been opened by officers exercising powers which the Committee regarded as excessively wide. [More…]
The third matter referred to in the Committee’s report concerns regulations under the Customs Act which confer a large number of discretionary powers upon administrative officers to control imports and exports. [More…]
In 1975 the then Minister agreed that all of these powers should be subject to appeals. [More…]
I am sure we do not want to go the whole way of the United States system with its rigid separation of powers. [More…]
The motion I am proposing contains two positive proposals which, if implemented, would transform the role of this chamber into an effective and reasonable balance on the excessive powers of the Executive. [More…]
I should also make it quite clear that the review powers I am talking about are not new. [More…]
I am merely proposing a reorganisation which would make effective our use of our existing powers. [More…]
But I would make some minor comment about the proposal to strengthen the powers of the Senate standing committees and estimates committees by enhancing the status of their chairmen. [More…]
Whatever has happened, a man in a crucial position in the Cabinet, a man who was recently given extra powers over expenditure in this country so that he can authorise expenditure without going to the Cabinet for approval, has quite suddenly and quite strangely resigned. [More…]
Over the last three decades, the strategic, ideological and economic interests of the great powers have consistently interacted with the affairs of the Third World. [More…]
Over the last few years, and for a variety of reasons, one of the superpowers, the United States, has adopted a lower posture and a strategically less active policy towards the Third World. [More…]
The unstable relationship between these three powers is certain to have an important effect on regional affairs in the near future. [More…]
The comparative ease with which the Shah was removed and the fact that major Western powers could not affect the course of events must have some influence on perceptions both inside the region and beyond it. [More…]
While the Soviet Union is increasing its already enormous military power faster than any other country, and while it is increasingly active in relation to the trouble spots of the world, politically it is the odd-man-out among the great powers. [More…]
That applies particularly to the major powers. [More…]
With the world as it is, it is foolish to do anything that will exacerbate that feeling of the Soviet Union being the odd man out amongst the great powers. [More…]
It appears that the big powers, when it suits their interests, can move rapidly to any part of the world and exploit differences that already exist. [More…]
These countries arose as a result of a conference in Berlin about 100 years ago, when there was a race by the European powers to settle Africa. [More…]
The prophet Mohammed appeared around soo to 600 a.d. and did not claim any supernatural powers. [More…]
As I see it the big powers are moving into areas where they do not belong and should not be. [More…]
The problems of the people of Indo-China, Africa and even the Middle East are being aided and abetted by the foreign ambitions of the bigger powers. [More…]
I think this is the area to which we should be looking rather than looking towards the big solution from the big powers. [More…]
In Africa we are seeing the collapse of a whole system of states which Senator Sheil has very correctly said were artificially created by colonial powers throughout the 19th century and which retained some sort of tatterdemalion existence after the Western powers rapidly evacuated from those states. [More…]
All of these conflicts are important from the point of view of the economic consequences which might flow from a shortage of Iranian oil or some other product from somewhere else and have serious consequence for all of us because all of the Western powers and all of the powers within the Soviet bloc are in one way or another involved in every one of these conflicts. [More…]
Powers which have been standing off in some sort of condition which could not be described as anything better than non-belligerency are now having their clients, their supporters and, in some cases, their own troops actually fighting each other. [More…]
We are not in any position to do that but presumably we at least have some influence with those powers that can do this sort of thing, and however much or little influence we have the best that we can do is to exert it. [More…]
Over the last three decades, the strategic, ideological and economic interests of the great powers have consistently interacted with the affairs of the Third World. [More…]
This conflict marks the entry of Sino-Soviet rivalry into the politics of the region on a scale greater than the rivalry between those two powers in Africa, or that of the United States and the Soviet Union in other part of the world. [More…]
Beneath the oceans of the world the submarine fleets of the two super powers maintained their sentinal patrols. [More…]
Over the last three decades, the strategic, ideological and economic interests of the great powers have consistently interacted with the affairs of the Third World. [More…]
The unstable relationship between these three powers is certain to have an important effect on regional affairs in the near future. [More…]
It conferred important powers and responsibilities on the Treasurer for financial management across the entire departmental spectrumpowers which, following the transfer of the administration of the act to the finance portfolio, became the responsibility- with one important exception, that is, section 70B- of the Minister for Finance. [More…]
The proposed definition of efficiency audits is contained in section 2 (4) and the proposed ambit of the efficiency audit powers is dealt with in the new section 48c while sections 48f and 48G set out the requirements for reporting the results of efficiency audits. [More…]
Apparently both super powers consider that progress is being made in that connection. [More…]
It seems to me that we should say that, despite the troubles that are occurring in the Middle East and Vietnam, the Government is confident that the super powers will complete the SALT discussions and achieve detente. [More…]
Over the last few years, and for a variety of reasons, one of the super powers- the United States- has adopted a lower posture and a strategically less active policy towards the Third World. [More…]
Australia should not be dependent on other powers for information on the Middle East- politics, ideology, commerce, and military affairs require the accreditation of Australian diplomats who have a knowledge of Arabic. [More…]
The particular point I wish to discuss is the critical role of the super powers in the situation which has developed. [More…]
It is the events to which the Foreign Minister referred that in many respects are endangering this quite crucial process of negotiation and, we hope, agreement between the super powers. [More…]
As we approach the nineteen eighties some perceptive commentators are pointing to a dangerous asymmetry: While the Soviet Union is increasing its already enormous military power faster than any other country, and while it is increasingly active in relation to the trouble spots of the world, politically it is the odd-man-out among the great powers. [More…]
Over the last few years, and for a variety of reasons, one of the super powers- the United States- has adopted a lower posture and a strategically less active policy towards the Third World. [More…]
-I had intended to raise the matter I am about to raise during the debate on the Audit Amendment Bill, which will be coming before the Senate soon and which outlines the responsibility of the Auditor-General to provide for the audit of the Government’s accounts, sets out important controls which are fundamental to the accounting for receipts and payments under the control of parliamentary departments and departments of state and confers important powers and responsibilities on the Treasurer for financial management across the entire departmental spectrum. [More…]
If he has used his discretionary powers in that respect, I would like the Senate Standing Orders Committee to look at Standing Order 99 and to determine whether the powers given to the President have been used in a way that they should not have been used. [More…]
Let that committee go ahead but let there be some committee with powers, both in the States and federally, to call a halt to the wholesale application of technological change in those industries which do not have to compete overseas. [More…]
As a consequence of that decision, the Prime Minister gave Mr Newman, who was then the Minister who had the national responsibility for the environment, instructions to transfer the powers under that Act to the State governments. [More…]
Senator Missen, with his close contact with the powers of the Cabinet, may be able to elicit whether that is the proposal. [More…]
We have annual reports by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Authority because it exists but it is so limited in its present powers. [More…]
The actual position is that the Queensland Premier has agreed that talks be held between Commonwealth and State officials to resolve any possible difficulties that could arise in relation to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park following the Premiers Conference agreement on extending the powers of the States into the territorial sea. [More…]
It must be made quite clear that the powers which the Commonwealth has, and which the High Court has declared, are such that the marine park can operate effectively. [More…]
These are the two principles which are to guide the Attorney-General in the exercise of his powers under the Foreign Proceedings (Prohibition of Certain Evidence) Act 1976. [More…]
The Royal Commission found that the powers given to the Public Service Board under section 17 of the Public Service Act were too narrow in scope and mainly assisted in improving managament functions rather than an audit or assessment of performance of a department. [More…]
Public Accounts Committee, or another existing committee, or whether a new and separate committee should be established for this purpose); (c) that the parliamentary committee on administrative efficiency should have the same powers to call witnesses as does the Public Accounts. [More…]
I refer to the establishment and the powers of the Institute of Family Studies. [More…]
Thus clause 1 1 of the Bill, which relates to the powers of the Court in custodial proceedings, will be useful in ensuring that counselling is used at any time. [More…]
At the moment the Act limits the court’s powers to circumstances where the order was obtained by fraud, by duress, by the giving of false evidence or by the suppression of evidence. [More…]
It confers certain powers on the courts and makes certain recommendations in relation to the welfare of the children of such a marriage. [More…]
The function of the committee would be to scrutinise Bills and report to Parliament about whether the text thereof, expressly or otherwise, did one of three things: First, trespassed unduly on personal rights and liberties; secondly, made rights, liberties and obligations unduly dependent upon insufficiently-denned administrative powers, or non-reviewable administrative decisions; or, thirdly, inappropriately delegated legislative powers or insufficiently subjected its exercise to parliamentary scrutiny. [More…]
There must be some delegated powers. [More…]
The then ruler and controller of Ethiopiaattacked and annexed Eritrea, abolished its parliament, bombed its towns and villages, banned its languages and murdered thousands of its partisans, the Western powers did nothing - [More…]
It is clear from the evidence before me that they wish to destroy the people in that country and do not wish them to have a government of their own, a language of their own, or powers and rights of their own. [More…]
I regret to say that during this time the Western powers to our shame have made no real progress. [More…]
I am afraid that neither the United States nor other powers have made any attempt to assist in this regard. [More…]
Where is our straightforward condemnation of one of the world ‘s super powers joining in a conflict on the continent of Africa in order to secure for itself port and dry dock facilities on the Red Sea, across which lies the wealth and strategic importance of Saudi Arabia? [More…]
However, the court’s powers are restricted to what can go before it under this Act. [More…]
One does not have to be a student of foreign affairs to question how there can be stability in such a country, where there is repression and where there are diverse religious political groups; and when one knows that Russia and other great powers are trying to get into countries like Iran where torture is practised and where the secret police is as notorious as any in the world. [More…]
I say categorically to the Senate that in my view we will never have an energy policy for Australia unless we go to the people and obtain a transfer of powers on energy to the Federal Government. [More…]
I have sat at those conferences at which an unanswerable case for the transfer of powers was put forward. [More…]
This document completely ignores the fact that the Western powers then set about creating the sort of conditions that were referred to by Senator Chipp. [More…]
It was only the united efforts of the Western powers as well as the USSR that defeated that attempt to turn the clock back perhaps a thousand years. [More…]
He is dealing with the activities of one of the super powers. [More…]
They mean precisely nothing and, of course, the document makes no reference to our areas of responsibility, whether we in fact contributed or the Western powers contributed to the dilemma, the problems and the disaster that now face the people in the Indo-China peninsula. [More…]
Whilst there are certain differences in emphasis between the major communist powers, China and the Soviet Union, they are not the underlying causes of the present conflict. [More…]
More recently, we have seen the Romanian Government refusing to accept the assessments and the dictates of the Warsaw Pact powers, in fact taking a more independent position- perhaps not as independent as Yugoslavia, but independent. [More…]
We are not in any position to do that but presumably we at least have some influence with those powers that can do this son of thing, and however much or little influence we have the best that we can do is to exert it. [More…]
While the Soviet Union is increasing its already enormous military power faster than any other country and while it is increasingly active in relation to the troubled spots of the world, politically it is the odd-man-out among the great powers. [More…]
One does not become a slave of any of the super powers. [More…]
All those things happened, but the one country in which we did not learn anything about the various major powers was Vietnam. [More…]
But to me the lesson was this: As far as the Western powers- we could call them that or a loose alliance of the ANZUS powers- are concerned, if we look at it strictly on percentage lines, we are no better off than we would have been if we had not worried about the futile war in Vietnam because by now the ideological rivalries between China and the Soviet Union concerning the land mass of Asia, in particular South Vietnam, would have been apparent. [More…]
All that they have obtained from the Western powers are some loans from the World Bank. [More…]
Of course, all the super powers like to feel their strength. [More…]
He said to me: ‘You know, one minute I felt like saying that the Chifley Government certainly stood up on their behalf against Holland and other powers’. [More…]
I spoke of my own fear- I do not doubt the fear of other Australians- at being a prime target in a nuclear strategy, because if we engage in a nuclear war that war will take place in a selective way with the major powers picking off odd targets in order to show their determination to carry it through. [More…]
China is a major nation, one of the four world powers. [More…]
Will he assure the Senate that the principles enshrined in the Act and the powers of the Heritage Commission will be fully maintained by this Government? [More…]
-My advice is that the Customs Act 1901 in its definition of the powers of officers provides in Clause 184 that ‘the commander or officer in charge of any ship, boat or aircraft in Her Majesty’s Service or in the service of the Commonwealth or Customs’ may chase and compel a ship or aircraft to come to port or land. [More…]
When enforcement action is necessary and a defence vehicle is being used, Customs officers are put on board and they exercise their powers under the Act directly. [More…]
Most of the major Western powers are ending or severely restricting their commitment to nuclear power because of the virtual impossibility of long term storage of nuclear waste at acceptable cost, the basic expense of nuclear power, which makes it no longer economic in comparison with other sources, the shorter life of nuclear power houses than was once supposed, and the great cost of actually disposing of plants that have passed their useful life. [More…]
To determine the percentage of incapacity, the Authority, and the DFRB Board that preceded it, have developed over more that thirty years a set of principles under the discretionary powers provided by the respective Acts. [More…]
On the other hand, the Bill limits the powers of the Repatriation Commission in reviewing cases under section 3 1 of the principal Act. [More…]
It spells out legislatively the limitations on the Commission’s powers which have developed as a result of interpretations given, over the years, on the existing provisions of the Act. [More…]
This was recognised by the royal commission which concluded that the Organisation required certain specified powers of intelligence collection and that the laws should be changed to this end. [More…]
Thus, Division 2 of Part III of the Bill provides for certain powers to be exercisable by ASIO subject to significant safeguards. [More…]
The additional powers thus provided for are: to enter premises to search for records; to use listening devices; to open and inspect postal articles. [More…]
However, before such powers could be exercised in any particular case, there will need to be a request by the Director-General to the Minister who in turn must be satisfied as to the need for the action before granting a warrant. [More…]
Balancing this re-definition of the functions and powers of ASIO are a number of important considerations. [More…]
It will equip ASIO with the powers essential for those tasks and at the same time provide safeguards for the rights of individuals and the continuation of our democratic institutions. [More…]
The Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security recommended that the Australian Security Intelligence Organization’s powers of interception should be extended to interception of information passing over all telecommunications systems and this Bill so provides. [More…]
Australian participation in IEA activities will therefore proceed on a basis fully consistent with the Government’s policies and with the Federal constitutional system which governs the division of government powers that may be involved in relation to those activities. [More…]
This indicates that the passing over of State powers to the Northern Territory was probably many years before its time. [More…]
The most important distinguishing feature of the Australian Federal Parliament is the Senate, with its powers without parallel in any other second house of parliament in the world. [More…]
The powers of the Senate are defined in the Constitution and can be altered only by a referendum. [More…]
There is no intention at all to alter those powers. [More…]
Far from diminishing the powers of the Senate or the respect in which it is held, it would enhance them because it would become a more effective body. [More…]
Quite recently the American Environmental Protection Agency used emergency powers as a result of the pressures applied on it by environmentalists to place bans on 2,4,5-T. [More…]
The Prime Minister has provided the following answer to the honourable senator’s question: (1), (2) and (3) On 19 December 1978 I wrote to the Premier of Queensland suggesting that Commonwealth and State officials meet to discuss appropriate arrangements for management of the Great Barrier Reef Region, in the context of the Premiers Conference agreements to extend the powers of the States into the 3-mile territorial sea. [More…]
Could you advise the Senate whether, in actual fact, an extension of the powers of the Commonwealth Police has been agreed to by both yourself and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or whether either of you was consulted about this; also, whether you would consider keeping the Senate informed of any further proposed incursions on the privacy of individuals who may, quite inadvertently, find themselves under the general umbrella of Parliament House security? [More…]
Secondly, they set out powers and functions of ASIO. [More…]
One must have grave doubts- I speak as an individual- about the powers given to the Comptroller-General of Customs. [More…]
The second point I want to make is that the question of powers to be given to an agency like ASIO or to bureaucrats in another department or agency is a very delicate and important question in a society which is concerned continually, and properly concerned, about invasions of privacy, the social and political implication of technological advances in communications and in interception of communications which make possible increased invasions of privacy and so on. [More…]
In it he asked a number of points about this legislation, particularly as it affects the Comptroller-General of Customs’ powers. [More…]
It is distinctly different from this legislation in that we have here an attempt to spell out a detailed charter for ASIO, an attempt to outline its powers and responsibilities. [More…]
that Annual Reports be presented to Parliament on the general operation of the Act and in particular the exercise of Special Powers under Part III, Division 2 of the Bill; [More…]
) that the Leader of the Opposition be fully and regularly briefed on all aspects of the operation of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, including the exercise of its Special Powers under Part III, Division 2 of the Bill; [More…]
that Annual Reports be presented to Parliament on the general operation of the Act and in particular the exercise of Special Powers under Part III, Division 2 of the Bill. [More…]
Those are the special powers which ASIO has in relation to its investigations and collection of intelligence material. [More…]
In this legislation the specification of ASIO’s powers does not guarantee that they will not be abused. [More…]
The first paragraph of the amendment which I have moved relates to the special powers of ASIO contained in Part III Division 2 of the Bill. [More…]
In our view the Director-General’s powers have been increased at the expense of the powers of the Attorney-General. [More…]
In this case it would be very dangerous for the incumbent to have wide discretionary powers. [More…]
Nor do we oppose any genuine attempt to put the Organisation’s structure, functions and powers on a proper statutory basis. [More…]
They represent a set of additional institutional checks and balances which we believe are crucially necessary if ASIO is to be able to command any kind of confidence that it is not misusing its powers. [More…]
We also hope that an annual report to Parliament would provide and put on the public record quite specific details about the exercise of this extraordinary array of special powers which is now to be provided both in this Bill and reinforced in the Telecommunications (Interception) Bill which is also before the Senate. [More…]
As Senator Puplick has stated, clause 8 of the present Bill confers upon the Minister of the day general powers to give directions to the Director-General. [More…]
But it limits his specific powers to give directions in a number of specified ways, some of which we believe are unacceptable. [More…]
It is the basis on which the powers of the Organisation to do anything are defined. [More…]
The next matter for concern, from the Opposition ‘s point of view, is of course, the whole section of the Bill dealing with special powers and the warrants pursuant to which those powers can be exercised. [More…]
It is a central feature of this Bill and the telecommunications Bills which go with it and which vest wholly new powers in the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation in this area. [More…]
Let me try to convey to the Senate some impression of just how staggering the implications for civil liberties and, in particular, of personal privacy are if these powers are exercised on any kind of substantial or regular basis. [More…]
Now it is a matter of lively debate just how far one goes towards resolving the legitimate worries it is possible to have about the extent and application and operation of these powers, whether one should have only judicial warrants in this area or limit the operation of the provision in some other way. [More…]
After a great deal of consideration the Government has approved additional powers for ASIO to enter premises, to search for records, to use listening devices and to open and inspect postal articles. [More…]
Before these powers can be exercised in any particular case the Director-General of ASIO has to make a formal request and the Minister must be satisfied that there is need for this action before he can grant a warrant. [More…]
The second part of the Opposition’s amendment with which I would like to deal is paragraph (d) which states: that the Leader of the Opposition be fully and regularly briefed on all aspects of the operation of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, including the exercise of its Special Powers under Part III, Division 2 of the Bill . [More…]
Those powers include its powers of entry, its powers to use listening devices and so on. [More…]
Does the Minister’s Department or any Federal body other than the Trade Practices Commission- which lists only bannings under its own powers- list, record or make available to the public, retailers or manufacturers information on product recalls, failure to meet safety standards and product bannings? [More…]
The Committee believes that all organisations should outline in their annual reports the powers, functions and objectives of their charter, whether statutory or otherwise, indicating how each is being exercised and fulfilled. [More…]
That was a major turning point for many countries, especially small and middle powers like Australia, towards the thought that they should arm themselves with a naval capacity of missile armed patrol boats or fast attack craft as a basic and important aspect of naval strength. [More…]
The 48 countries which now have fast patrol boats or attack craft are mostly middle powers like Australia- not all of them but most of them. [More…]
I am not persuaded by the argument that other middle powers in the world can afford this kind of thing but we cannot. [More…]
That there be no transmission of programs between the hours of 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. on weekdays during school terms and that the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal take the necessary action to implement this recommendation in accordance with its powers under the Act to determine the hours of transmission of all commercial television stations. [More…]
Unless the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal is prepared to exercise those statutory powers that it has to bring about an improvement in children’s television; unless it is prepared to look again at the recommendation of the 1953 royal commission that some form of legal compulsion for better and more adequate children’s television should be considered; I believe that the tribunal will have proved itself to be a waste of the time and effort of people who hoped that public participation in the shaping of broadcasting standards and attitudes would bring about a response such that legitimate commercial considerations would be married with the desires of the community and the right that the community has that the public airways should serve legitimate public needs. [More…]
Some 35 per cent of the total debates during the constitutional conventions of the 1890s was devoted to the question of what ought to be the Senate’s role and its powers. [More…]
The first thing the report does is make a quite detailed analysis of section 5 1 (xxvi) of the Constitution, the Commonwealth’s power to make laws with respect to people of any race for whom it is deemed necessary to make special laws, a provision which assumed that form as a result of the 1 967 Aboriginal powers referendum. [More…]
The Committee refers to Parliament’s powers under the definition of special laws and questions whether Parliament is restricted from making particular laws for one race of people which may be contrary to the rights given in law to another race of people. [More…]
I refer in particular to the Local Government Act which has been passed by the Queensland Government and which gives government officials extraordinary powers over Aborigines, partly because leases are vested in local authorities, which may be one non-Aboriginal person, as at present. [More…]
The official has powers to authorise entry and residence and trusteeship of leases. [More…]
Tonight, in listening to the debate in the other place, I noted the very determined and insolent attitude of the Treasurer of this country, Mr Howard, who threw down the gauntlet to the New South Wales Government because it dared to exercise its sovereign powers in respect of an industrial and economic matter that affected a section of its work force. [More…]
That legislation, says the Minister’s own Department, is in the Commonwealth Government’s view discriminatory and outdated, primarily because it gives government officials extraordinary powers to manage and direct the lives of Aborigines and Islanders on reserves, trusteeships on reserves and the right to negotiate on behalf of Aborigines and Islanders about land use and in particular exploration and mining on reserves. [More…]
Is it not about time that those men and women of goodwill in the Government parties asserted themselves, if not successfully in the party room, for God ‘s sake then in this place and said to the Australian Government that the Senate is exercising some of its powers and responsibility as a States’ House which says what it is concerned about is people and not institutions? [More…]
This was brought about by the stock-piling at some depots and the Egg Board ‘s rightly exercising its powers to send to other agents. [More…]
If so, it could lead to an abuse of powers. [More…]
It is for that reason, if for no other, that we are concerned at the extraordinary powers given to the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, the Director-General and the Minister under this legislation. [More…]
Of course, if the police abuse their powers or if ASIO abuses its powers, Senator Puplick, Senator Durack or any other lawyer or politician, because of their training and positions, can object straight to the Chief Commissioner or to the Director-General. [More…]
My concern is that this Bill gives so many powers to ASIO agents that little people who are affected by it have no such redress. [More…]
The powers of the Commission to carry out the sort of development that was necessary for the purpose of the Urban Land Council was recently challenged in the Supreme Court of Victoria. [More…]
It protested against the development permit being granted to the Housing Commission in respect of the Housing Commission’s land claiming that, as a matter of law, the Commission had acted beyond its legal powers in seeking and obtaining permits on behalf of the Victorian body, the Urban Land Council. [More…]
Under this Bill ASIO receives new powers. [More…]
Before these powers are exercised, ASIO’s Director-General must apply to the Attorney-General for a warrant. [More…]
The Opposition has many reservations about the new powers which are given to ASIO under the Bill. [More…]
If new powers are to be given it is all the more important that the terms of the operation should be properly defined, and they are not. [More…]
We have had many examples in this country of ASIO- when not subject to scrutiny, to proper accountabilityabusing its powers. [More…]
The Bills seek to replace the Australian Security Intelligence Organization Act of 1956, a very small Act which did not spell out powers to any great degree. [More…]
We have before us very elaborate provisions which seek to give enormous powers to the Director-General and officers of ASIO and therefore they must be considered carefully. [More…]
Consequently I think we have to be all the more careful in respect of the powers that we may give. [More…]
My colleague, Senator Puplick, in a speech which I think was one of the most distinguished contributions to this debate, set out the very great need for the security organisation with adequate powers. [More…]
The legislation sets out- and I am mainly dealing with the ASIO Bill- the powers of the Director-General and the functions and powers of the Organization. [More…]
Therefore, whilst these considerable powers of search, the provision for listening devices and for postal inspection are, I think, terrifying powers in a sense, it is better of course that they should be set out in a Bill and not left as they were in the past to assumed powers which officers of ASIO sometimes undertook and which were criticised to some extent in the Hope report. [More…]
Therefore, I think we must be conscious of the fact that we can have mistaken or unfortunate officers at times who hold such vital powers. [More…]
Above all I say in this general statement about the legislation that we must be careful of the powers which are given because there is strong evidence in the Hope reports of the fact that there have been deficiencies in the past and that mistakes have been made. [More…]
But my recommendations shall include safeguards to ensure that ASIO does not exceed the recommended powers. [More…]
Clause 1 7 of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization Bill sets out the powers and functions which the Organization should employ. [More…]
We must recognise that the powers given in this Act are stronger. [More…]
Clause 8 of the Bill, which deals with the powers of the Director-General, has been a subject of considerable criticism. [More…]
It is a dual problem because it deals with the powers of the DirectorGeneral and points out that in regard to a particular individual it is not possible for the [More…]
I have indicated that I accept the general definition of powers set out in this Bill. [More…]
In the context of the overall situation and the great powers that have been given to ASIO and will be given to it under this Bill, I hope that there will be a finite limit. [More…]
At a time when the citizens and the Government of the United States of America are concerning themselves with an investigation into one of their own secret organisations- the Central Intelligence Agency- in relation to the pruning of some of its powers, we have the Government of this country being prepared to give a similar organisation greater powers. [More…]
One other area where I believe an organisation such as ASIO presents danger to a nation is the opportunity that such organisations provide for infiltration by really dedicated double agents and operators for foreign powers. [More…]
I would now like to talk about the additional powers that have been granted to ASIO under this Bill, a matter that seems to be of concern to quite a number of honourable senators. [More…]
Those additional powers concern the entering of premises to search for records, the use of listening devices and the opening and inspection of mail. [More…]
In relation to these three additional powers there are safeguards. [More…]
As long as there are powers limiting the duration of the warrant to 48 hours, then I believe that that is reasonable. [More…]
that Annual Reports be presented to Parliament on the general operation of the Act and in particular the exercise of Special Powers under Part III, Division 2 of the Bill; [More…]
that the Leader of the Opposition be fully and regularly briefed on all aspects of the operation of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, including the exercise of its Special Powers under Part III, Division 2 of the Bill. [More…]
-Does the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs not agree that the treaty signed this week by the President of Egypt and the Prime Minister of Israel is one of the most encouraging events in international relations for the past 30 years and that any efforts taken by any powers or parties to destroy this settlement, however many problems may remain unresolved, ought to be resisted vigorously? [More…]
The Bill also gives the responsible Minister of the day certain powers in respect of his relationship with the Authority and an ability to give directions to the Authority on a matter which the second reading speech describes as ‘a matter of policy’. [More…]
Australia and these countries all possess in protecting ourselves from armed attack by external powers. [More…]
The two super-powers could do it if they had motive and unrestrained mind and opportunity; and there are two or three European navies which still have a fairly substantial trans-oceanic capability. [More…]
One could think of a second tier of maritime powers. [More…]
There is no way that a member of this second tier of maritime powers could acquire the kind of maritime strength necessary to dominate the sea approaches to Australia without its naval program becoming blindingly obvious, and without the process taking that country an appreciable span of years, and I stress the word years. [More…]
With Harpoon missiles and the Barra Sonobuoys to come- and they are in the program- the Orions will have remarkable powers both to seek and to destroy at long range in the approaches to Australia- and beyond, if that should be the mission. [More…]
While we seek to justify giving these powers to an organisation in the name of security, we are doing far more than just providing security. [More…]
They are concerned of course to see the Australian Government so indifferent when its citizens are being harassed by foreign powers in Australia, imprisoned by a foreign power abroad and even executed by a foreign power abroad. [More…]
In anticipation of these changes, and at the request of the Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs following his statement of 18 October last, the Tribunal used its exemption powers to release prescribed companies from the notification procedures. [More…]
A provision is included in the Bill to allow the Minister to issue general directions to the PJT as to any matter which should be given special consideration by it in the performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers. [More…]
As I suggested in my question on 22 March, I believe that the Commonwealth Government, because of its unique and, in our Federal system, unusual role in the Federal Territory, has a responsibility to examine this matter because we do not have a government, State or local, with any executive powers that might introduce some scheme of preferences or incentives for our local companies and industries. [More…]
The intention of this Bill is to broaden the powers of ASIO and legitimise its previously illegal activities. [More…]
Under this legislation the powers of ASIO to spy and snoop are to remain almost limitless. [More…]
As my colleague Senator Cavanagh said, the special powers to be granted to ASIO, including powers of forced entry, search, removal of documents, bugging and the interception of mail, pose a grave threat to personal freedoms and open up a whole range of abusive activities. [More…]
The public ventilation of the abuses in the United States in the reports to which I have referred has contributed to a curbing of the oppressive powers of organisations such as the Central Intelligence Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. [More…]
Under section 1 7 the powers of ASIO are limited to obtaining, correlating and evaluating of intelligence relevant to security, communicating that information to others and advising Ministers in relation to those activities. [More…]
So long as ASIO does not act as a police force- it has no powers of arrest- I cannot see that the criticism which honourable senators opposite make of the Organisation is valid. [More…]
As in all enterprises, however, the most important thing will be the character and the wisdom of the people to whom the powers are entrusted. [More…]
The Government has introduced amendments to the Customs Act concerning narcotics and the powers of customs officials to intercept telecommunications. [More…]
In relation to areas of employment where the Commonwealth has appropriate legal powers relating to terms and conditions of employment, within the full limits of those powers a firm policy has been adopted. [More…]
They will be resisted by the Government with all the powers it can bring to bear to make all parties work within the established system for settling differences in industrial relations. [More…]
The point that I am making is this: If the word ultimately’ stays in the Bill then we have caught up as potentially subversive- therefore subject to all the powers that are vested in the Organisation by this Act- all those rather pathetic little splinter groups particularly of the far Left which engage in most cases more out of a sense of duty rather than any real belief in fuzzy, millenarian rhetoric about the ultimate revolution. [More…]
However, the final decisions about ASIO’s structure, its function and powers, are political and Parliament must take the final responsibility. [More…]
The establishing of a Director-General with more clearly defined statutory responsibilities and powers is also an improvement. [More…]
I believe that in certain circumstances ASIO should have these powers but they should be used in emergency situations only. [More…]
This section of the Bill could compromise the AttorneyGeneral at the best of times and, at worst, could allow ASIO’s powers to be dangerously abused. [More…]
It is one which the Parliament of course is frequently dealing with but somehow or other it probably is brought into starker relief by this type of legislation, particularly when it does contain powers in respect of such things as using listening devices, opening mail, tapping telephones, the entry to premises and so on. [More…]
There probably is a greater collection of such powers all in the one package of legislation than certainly would normally be presented to the Parliament; so very clearly there is that dilemma. [More…]
He came to the very firm conclusion that that organisation had to have powers adequate for the performance of the duties which would be placed upon it- duties which of course ultimately are placed upon it by the vote of a democratic parliament. [More…]
In relation to the motion for the second reading of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization Bill, the Opposition has proposed that the Bill be withdrawn and redrafted with a number of amendments; but, as I have said, it is significant that the Opposition has not opposed the legislation and that, in the principles it is suggesting should be inserted, it has not really opposed what I regard as the fundamental requirements and powers of the Organisation which are contained in the legislation. [More…]
The first proposal by the Opposition is that annual reports should be presented to Parliament on the general operation of the legislation, particularly in relation to the exercise of the special powers. [More…]
But whether details should be given about the exercise of special powers is another matter. [More…]
No provision exists in the legislation for the Prime Minister to be informed about the exercise of each of the special powers. [More…]
The Government does not remind the people who run these areas that a referendum was held in 1967 which gave the Commonwealth very wide powers to legislate for Aborigines. [More…]
I refer in particular to an article headed Powers that Be- Chaney answers the land rights critics: make the system work’. [More…]
The purpose of this clause is to define the powers of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation to collect intelligence about certain activities, certain organisations and people. [More…]
This legislation is concerned with giving ASIO its charter, its powers. [More…]
Powers of this kind are required so that the Organisation, if it believes in its professional judgment that an organisation should be brought under investigation at any time, will have the power to do so. [More…]
But to add to that discretion- namely, the permitting of an ASIO officer to make a judgment that an activity which is not itself involving violence, which is not intended to involve violence but which may be likely to lead to violence- the element of ‘ultimately’ leading to violence seems to me to be asking the ASIO officer, as Senator Button pointed out, to engage in tremendous powers of foresight and prophecy because he has to look at an activity now and make the judgment that in some supposed chronological sequence of events it will lead to the violent or unlawful overthrowing of a government. [More…]
We are talking about a definition of ‘subversion’ which, if satisfied, will bring into play the operation of some quite extraordinary, far-reaching and very dangerous powers; powers to tap telephones, install listening devices, open mail, intercept telegrams and enter and search premises. [More…]
They are the powers we are talking about. [More…]
The Opposition, with some reservations, would say that that situation is a reasonable one in which the powers should be available to the Organisation. [More…]
These powers, we concede, albeit reluctantly, ought to be available where what is happening now is subversive in the language of the Act. [More…]
We go so far as to say that these powers also ought to be available if something is likely to happen in the reasonably foreseeable future. [More…]
What we are alarmed about when we consider the range of powers that attach to the application of the definition of subversion is that this kind of remote, unforeseeable and extremely distant contingency will set those powers in operation. [More…]
We consider, from the kind of civil libertarian perspective that we hope the Government is adopting in this Bill, that those powers should not be vested in the Organisation, particularly given the appalling track record of officers of the Organisation for any kind of intelligent prophecy about or analysis of the nature of existing organisations, let alone what they are likely to do in the unforeseeably distant future. [More…]
I emphasise again that we are here dealing with definitions of domestic subversion, or activities on the domestic scene that may be regarded as of a subversive character, for the purpose of defining the powers of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. [More…]
That was a very general proposition by Mr Justice Hope and this particular limb of clause 5 ( 1 ) (b), which lends a little more particularity to Mr Justice Hope’s recommendation, is simply saying that the powers of the or- the activities of persons which are directed- I emphasise the word ‘directed’- to obstructing, hindering or interfering with the performance by the Defence Force of its functions, or the carrying out of other activities by or for the Commonwealth for the purpose of the security or defence thereof. [More…]
All that we on this side of the chamber want to do is to lay down some sort of criteria because the Director-General has incredibly wide powers under this legislation, and we would agree necessarily so. [More…]
As I said earlier, the Government believes that the powers of a security organisation in relation to subversion should be wide. [More…]
The powers are based broadly upon recommendations of Mr Justice Hope. [More…]
These dates reveal that there has been a delay of three years in carrying out this undertaking, and in the meantime the mail of citizens of the country has been opened in accordance with regulations which the Committee and the Minister agreed in 1976 conferred excessive powers upon officers. [More…]
It is our view that this clause should contain no reference to hostility or hatred being promoted between different groups in the Australian community as being one of the criteria of subversion, this enabling the various powers contained in this legislation to be exercised. [More…]
The person who will be applying these definitions is primarily none other than the Attorney-General himself in the exercise of his powers, in conjunction with the Director-General, under this legislation- in particular, his powers to issue warrants for electronic surveillance, search and seizure and so on of people who can be characterised as subversive according to these definitions. [More…]
We talk about the Commonwealth powers to make laws in respect of peace, order and good government of the Commonwealth in relation to lighthouses, shipping buoys or meteorological observations. [More…]
We are not here creating offences but simply giving powers to a security organisation to be exercised in certain circumstances, one of them being in this area of domestic subversion. [More…]
I suspect that some holders of ministerial positions during my time in this Parliament have abused their powers for political advantage. [More…]
The real significance of giving the Leader of the Opposition this degree of knowledge, this access to the working of the system, is of course as Senator Cavanagh pointed out, because of the very fact that the knowledge of the Leader of the Opposition of these things will act as a disincentive, as an obvious deterrent, to any latent tendency which there may be on the part of the Attorney-General of the day to use his position, to use his powers for party political purposes. [More…]
We will be discussing the ministerial powers in relation to this matter at a later stage; but I do not think that, by and large, it is suitable for the Minister to insist on information of this kind being provided. [More…]
That is one of the reasons why we have considerably limited the powers of a Minister in relation to individuals. [More…]
On the other hand, as Mr Justice Hope acknowledges, there was the accepted view that he had complete authority, powers of direction and access to records and premises. [More…]
The sensitive question of access should not be concealed within the language of clause 8 (2), which is just about powers of direction, although obviously a direction could be given to give access to material and it could be argued that access is subsumed within clause 8 (2). [More…]
We would regard it as desirable to have an explicit clause setting out, in language which no one can misunderstand, the powers of the Attorney-General and the limitations on the Attorney-General’s powers insofar as access to files is concerned. [More…]
In particular, we see the real disincentive for any tendency on the part of a Director-General to misuse his powers- and he is the one who will have access to these individual files- as being the notion of the judicial audit, the process of another spring cleaning job from Mr Justice Hope or, in the case of South Australia, Mr Justice White or somebody else every three years or so. [More…]
It may be that there is not the security in which a Director-General can make decisions and exercise the powers which he has under clause 8 and other clauses of which I strongly approve. [More…]
Where it is a matter of supplying information to another State, even though it is done indirectly through a Commonwealth Department, I would not have thought that it would come within the powers of the Director-General unless that clause were changed. [More…]
However, if this is the way in which information is to be supplied to the State authorities, then it ought to be made perfectly clear in the legislation that this is within the powers of the Director-General and that there will be the opportunity for people to appeal in these circumstances. [More…]
The Director’s powers of delegation were amended to allow delegation of appropriate functions to persons, including Aboriginals or groups of Aboriginals, who would not previously have been eligible. [More…]
I think the Senate should exercise its powers and direct the Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Science and the Environment, Senator Jessop, to police this matter rigidly. [More…]
The first thing it did was to make a detailed analysis of section 5 1 (xxvi) of the Constitution, which relates to the Commonwealth’s powers to make laws in respect of people of any race for whom it is deemed necessary to make special laws. [More…]
That is a provision which came within the ambit of Commonwealth powers following the 1 967 Aboriginal powers referendum. [More…]
in the event of such agreement, legislative action and negotiations failing to provide satisfactory means for self-management, the Senate requests the Commonwealth Government to give urgent consideration to (and advise the Parliament of its intentions in regard to) the amendment of the existing Commonwealth legislation or the introduction of new legislation to ensure effective self-mangement for the Aurukun and Mornington Island Aboriginal communities, and other Aboriginal communities, pursuant to the substantial powers of the Commonwealth as examined in the Senate Committee’s Report’. [More…]
the Senate requests the Commonwealth Government to give urgent consideration to (and advise the Parliament of its intentions in regard to) the amendment ofthe existing Commonwealth legislation or the introduction of new legislation to ensure effective self-management for the Aurukun and Mornington Island Aboriginal communities, and other Aboriginal communities, pursuant to the substantial powers ofthe Commonwealth as examined in the Senate Committee’s Report. [More…]
for the Aurukun and Mornington Island Aboriginal communities, and other Aboriginal communities, pursuant to the substantial powers of the Commonwealth as examined in the Senate Committee ‘s report. [More…]
The Committee set out quite clearly that there were not concurrent powers. [More…]
I challenged the Federal Government to live up to its constitutional responsibilities by acquiring the two communities under the powers granted in the 1967 referendum which changed the Constitution. [More…]
We tried to set aside the fault that has developed in this country for years, namely, that we have doubted the powers ofthe Commonwealth. [More…]
Those powers are not only considerable but also diverse. [More…]
It will clarify the Commonwealth powers. [More…]
Aurukun and Mornington Island Aboriginal communities, and other Aboriginal communities, pursuant to the substantial powers of the Commonwealth as examined in the Senate Committee’s Report. [More…]
It shows that the Senate recognises that the Commonwealth has powers which ought to be kept in reserve and used when necessary. [More…]
I asked whether the Government could consider providing aid to voluntary agencies operating within Eritrea in disregard of national boundaries which seem to be as satisfying to modern African dictatorships as they were to the old European imperialist powers? [More…]
Does the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs not agree that the treaty signed this week by the President of Egypt and the Prime Minister of Israel is one of the most encouraging events in international relations for the past 30 years and that any efforts taken by any powers or parties to destroy this settlement, however many problems may remain unresolved, ought to be resisted vigorously? [More…]
There are to be talks, without prejudice to the details of the existing guidelines, in relation to their future application and, generally, the exercise by the Commonwealth Government of its export powers. [More…]
I think that in recent days there has been a good deal of misunderstanding of the possession of powers by the Commonwealth Government over exports, the surveillance of exports and the actual guidelines promulgated some months ago by the Minister for Trade and Resources. [More…]
They relate to a specific method of exercising those powers in particular areas of export contracts. [More…]
Australia is a federation and many of the powers concerning energy rest with the States. [More…]
Under the Bill, wide powers will be exercised by an elected Legislative Assembly and an Executive Council of Norfolk Island comprising the executive members of the Legislative Assembly who will have ministerial-type responsibilities. [More…]
The Government intends to review these arrangements over the next five years and to increase the scope of the Legislative Assembly’s powers as may be appropriate. [More…]
These powers do not extend to Schedule 2 or 3 matters. [More…]
Where the Governor-General exercises his powers as I have just described, the Ordinance shall be laid before each House of Parliament within 15 sitting days. [More…]
This Council will be abolished and replaced by a Legislative Assembly of the Territory consisting of nine elected members, with the wide powers that I have described earlier. [More…]
Part VIII ensures the continuation of present laws regarding employment and appointment of officers, grants of land and audit by the AuditorGeneral, provides for the Governor-General’s power to grant pardons, remit sentences and make regulations, and ensures that the exclusive powers of the Legislative Assembly, as set out in Schedule 2, will not be able to be altered in any way without the consent of the Assembly. [More…]
In fact, the powers of the Broadcasting Tribunal are extensive. [More…]
I will review quickly the way in which it has come to have these powers. [More…]
After further amendment in 1977, the Broadcasting and Television Act, in section 1 6 now lists the powers of the Tribunal thus: [More…]
In describing those powers of the Tribunal, he said: [More…]
These specifications will become, upon grant of the licence, conditions of the licence, in addition to the conditions set by the Tribunal pursuant to its powers. [More…]
1 submit that, in fact, the Tribunal has those powers and is able to exercise them if it is so minded. [More…]
As the Federal Government’s intention to transfer the Department of Education in the Northern Territory to the Northern Territory Government on 1 July this year will mark the last of the major responsibilities to be transferred under the transfer of powers arrangements, in the matter of the future supply of teachers for the new Northern Territory education system has agreement been reached as to whether teachers will continue to be supplied by the Commonwealth Teaching Service or will it be the responsibility of the Northern Territory Government? [More…]
The Minister shall not issue any warrant pursuant to the powers conferred upon him by this Division, unless he is satisfied on reasonable grounds that other lawful methods of investigation have proved insufficient, or would in all the circumstances be quite impracticable as a means of obtaining the information for which the warrant is proposed to be issued. [More…]
We have now moved on to Division 2 of Part III of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Bill which confers special powers upon the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. [More…]
The Division in question confers quite unprecedented additional powers upon ASIO. [More…]
In the past it has had powers to tap telephones. [More…]
These powers were conferred upon it by the Telephonic Communications (Interception) Act. [More…]
But this part of the Bill gives ASIO unprecedented sweeping new additional powers with respect to the interception and inspection of mail, the installation of listening devices, the entering and searching of premises and the removal of material found therein. [More…]
The powers that are to be conferred upon ASIO in this way are quite unprecedented. [More…]
Regrettably, however, the absence in the past of these formal legal powers to do these things does not appear to have stopped the Organisation from actually exercising them. [More…]
It must also be remembered that ASIO has been asked over many years to carry out its functions without the extensive special powers that the police have, and without guidelines on questions of propriety. [More…]
That is very cautious judicious language- It does not set out in any specific detail particular cases of transgression but it does amount, I suggest, to a quite farreaching indictment nonetheless of the misbehaviour of ASIO in the past and to its utter indifference to the absence from its repertoire of the kind of powers which it is now proposed to insert in that repertoire. [More…]
I concede that if it could be established that the investigative powers in question were absolutely necessary to enable the proper performance of ASIO’s functions, there might be a case for inserting the powers that are proposed to be inserted by this Division of the Bill. [More…]
However, what we have been told by Mr Justice Hope is that these powers should not be used when there is any possibility of the information which is being sought being obtainable by other means. [More…]
The substance of the amendment is that the Minister shall not issue any warrant in respect of any of these powers to install listening devices, to intercept mail or to engage in illegal burglary as I have described it unless he is satisfied on reasonable grounds that other lawful methods of investigation have proved insufficient or impracticable. [More…]
The whole Division which is the subject of this discussion raises a number of questions about the proper safeguards which ought to be attached to the exercise of these powers. [More…]
That amendment ought to be looked at in the context ofthe Opposition’s whole approach to the question of safeguards around the exercise of these draconic powers. [More…]
One such safeguard that ought to be mentioned specifically, because it has occasioned a degree of public comment, is that the warrants that are to be issued to enable the exercise of these powers should not be granted by the Minister, but rather by a court, as is the situation by and large in the United States. [More…]
I would certainly acknowledge that there is a strong prima facie reason for making warrants authorising the exercise of these investigative powers judicial rather than ministerial, the argument being that that would ensure that an element of independence comes into the decisionmaking process. [More…]
Further, members of the Opposition say, and we will go on saying it and moving amendments to try to establish it, that there should be accountability in the form of reports to Parliament on the way in which these powers have been exercisedfurther and very detailed reports not going to the specific subject matter, perhaps, of phone taps and listening device installations and so on that are in issue, but certainly at least going to the number of such taps and installations and surveillance exercises and occasions of legal burglary that are engaged in in the course of any one year, and some indication as to the subject matter which occasioned those exercises. [More…]
I do not mean financial auditing but a scrutiny being undertaken on a regular basis, perhaps every three or four years, by a judge, or someone of that independent stature, who can come in and check and see for himself that the powers in question have not been misused by the Minister and by the agency. [More…]
In addition, when we are talking, as we are now, about these special powers, we regard it as necessary that the scope and extent of those powers be modified in other ways. [More…]
We regard it as crucial that there should be some explicit statutory direction that these powers, with all their draconic implications, should not be utilised at all unless in a situation where other methods of investigation, or other methods of information seeking by ordinary techniques, have proved quite impracticable or manifestly insufficient in all the circumstances. [More…]
Let me say in summary- I will add further weight to this point later- that the reason why the Opposition is insisting upon this amendment and is so concerned about it is simply the magnitude of the invasions of personal liberty and, in particular, personal privacy that are associated with the exercises of these powers. [More…]
Senator Evans began his remarks by saying that the powers conferred generally in Division 2 of this Bill were legally unprecedented. [More…]
It is, therefore, perhaps not surprising to find that, in legislation which is considerably older than this piece of legislation, those powers were not provided for. [More…]
I think it is sad and regrettable that it appears that these powers are necessary in order to bring about the sort of control of subversive and illegal activities at which this Bill is aimed. [More…]
All that the Opposition is trying to do is guarantee that the Minister turns his attention explicitly to the question before he enables the exercise of these draconic powers to the consideration of whether, in all the circumstances that are put before him and revealed to him, he is satisfied that the other available methods of investigation have proved impracticable or insufficient. [More…]
It does not go in any way to strike at the foundations of the Bill or the powers that will be available. [More…]
Of course, the reality of the matter is that the nature of the powers that are here being exercised are so sweeping and have such enormous implications that the burden involved on the Minister by comparison is trivial indeed. [More…]
We do not have much information on the record as to just how these powers have been exercised in the past. [More…]
However, what we do have, put on the record by Senator Murphy in 1973, is at least some indication of how these powers and associated powers in the area of telephone tapping have been utilised in a 10-year period. [More…]
To my knowledge this is the only information that has been placed on the public record as to the actual numerical extent of the exercise of telephone tapping powers. [More…]
Of course, we now have to think not only about telephone tapping powers but also the installation of listening devices and all the other powers to which I have referred. [More…]
That is the kind of assumption we must make in the absence of alternative or additional information, which we would be delighted to have from the Attorney-General (Senator Durack) if he were prepared to give it to us, as to the actual number of conversations overheard in the exercise of the powers enjoyed at the moment. [More…]
It has to be appreciated that this is the magnitude of the invasion of civil liberties and privacy that is potentially involved in the exercise of these powers. [More…]
I contest the assertion that the exercise of surveillance powers on the scale that has been exercised in the past and will be exercised in the future does not do anyone any damage and that the mere existence of this squirrelling away of informationgathering activity does not in itself do any harm and should not in any event cause any neurosis. [More…]
The reason I say that is the well established and accepted argument, certainly in the United States, that the implications of the use of these powers go primarily to the chilling effect that their use has on the political activity which is essential to the workings of democracy. [More…]
That is why it is important that these powers ought not to be exercised unless the Minister has given careful and detailed consideration to their implications and their necessity in a particular case. [More…]
In the context of the Commission’s discussion on the exercise of powers of surveillance by the police, at page 107 of its report the Commissioner stated that the authorisation, giving or granting of warrants for the exercise of surveillance powers should ‘only be available when other investigative procedures have been tried and failed or would be impracticable’. [More…]
Am I not correct in saying in response to the suggested compromise which has been canvassed by Peter Samuel and a reporter with the Canberra Times, that by ‘cultural centres’ we do not mean organisations which eulogise people who in World War II were more friendly with the axis powers than with the Allies? [More…]
The Senate is well aware that there are divisions of State and Commonwealth powers and that these need resolution. [More…]
Furthermore the declaration should not proceed until formal extension of State powers over the territorial sea has been accomplished in line with the decisions taken at the Premiers ‘Conference in June 1978. [More…]
Lastly, to avoid any difficulties with the Queensland Government, the proclamation of the park should be held up pending resolution of extension of Queensland powers into off-shore waters. [More…]
I have indicated clearly that the proclamation of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is delayed pending the resolution with Queensland of the question of extending its powers into the territorial sea in the region of the reef. [More…]
I am anxious to ensure that there is no impediment to the declaration of the Park once the primary issue of extending State powers into the territorial seas has been settled and I am prepared to take every step which I think is necessary, in consultation with Queensland as appropriate, to achieve that end as soon as practicable. [More…]
But as I have said, and as I now repeat, that is a matter which is delayed pending resolution of the question of extending State powers into the territorial sea- a factor which I have stressed in the Senate previously. [More…]
Furthermore the declaration should not proceed until formal extension of State powers over the territorial sea has been accomplished in line with the decisions taken at the Premiers Conference in 1 978. [More…]
The constitutional settlement of the powers relating to the marine parks is a matter which is under intense discussion. [More…]
It has been suggested that this is a matter upon which the Commonwealth Government could legislate under certain of its powers. [More…]
However, I am very thankful that nobody has proposed that we should attempt to exercise those powers on the subject. [More…]
All our proposals to make ASIO more accountable to the Australian people, because it exercises these extraordinary powers, were rejected. [More…]
The second main category of our objection to the Bill as drafted was as to the event which triggers the exercise of these extraordinary powers. [More…]
We felt that that position was so dangerous that we were obliged to urge that further constraints concerning the actual exercise of powers be written into the Bill. [More…]
In other words, our three main categories of objection to the Bill- accountability, the trigger mechanism which sets the powers in motion, and the powers themselves- are in a sort of descending order. [More…]
The greater the accountability, the tighter the definition of subversive activity, the more readily the Opposition might have accepted the exercise of powers as contained in the Bill. [More…]
But the logic of his somewhat impassioned intervention in this Committee debate would seem to me to indicate that he is really opposed to the special powers in this Division of the Bill. [More…]
This Division provides some special powers. [More…]
Of course there are powers in related legislation such as the Telecommunications (Interception) Bill which we are debating cognately with this Bill. [More…]
These special powers are provided on the basis that a case for their being exercised is made out to the Minister. [More…]
I would expect that the Minister or the Attorney-General would have some broad interests in these matters and would discuss with the Director-General or other officers the grounds on which and the circumstances in which special powers would be sought, and so on. [More…]
True enough, overall that is the scheme of the Bill, but this Division of the Bill at which we are looking now- Division 2 of Part III- the special powers division of the Bill- does not operate that way. [More…]
This division, with the exception of the emergency power provision- let us leave that to one side and deal with it when we come to it- operates quite explicitly and directly to vest powers not in the Director-General, with only a supervisory role for the Minister, but in the Minister himself. [More…]
Under those circumstances, it is incumbent upon this Parliament to be satisfied that the guidelines provided in the Bill as to the way in which the Minister does exercise those powers are in fact satisfactory and do spell out all the considerations which should be present to the Minister’s mind. [More…]
Clearly, what it does not do, and what this amendment is designed to correct, is to specify quite directly and explicitly some of the, as it were, civil libertarian considerations which ought to be present in the Minister’s mind before issuing warrants of the draconian effect that these warrants over search and seizure powers, inspection of the mails and the installation of listening devices actually represent. [More…]
I do not think that sufficient importance has been attached to the powers that the amendment seeks to grant within reasonable limits. [More…]
I must confess that it is an approach that the Opposition is becoming steadily less inclined to accept as the evening wears on and the Attorney-General’s and the Government’s recalcitrance becomes more and more apparent in respect of what we have been insisting throughout this debate are necessary and proper safeguards which must govern the exercise of these extremely wideranging powers. [More…]
In essence the central argument is that the powers in question, and in particular, of course, the powers to install a listening device, are draconic ones of potentially extremely farreaching application. [More…]
That consideration makes it so much more important that within the text of the description in the Bill of these powers themselves there be some greater degree of safeguard governing their exercise than appears in the Bill at the moment. [More…]
But we take the view that a period of 90 days or three months- a period which the Government has itself employed in respect of certain other classes of special powers, in particular, the power relating to the interception of postal articles- as the initial maximum period is a period which the Government ought to be prepared to accept as a proper limitation on the perhaps casual, cavalier or unthinking exercise of these powers. [More…]
We are dealing with a Division giving special powers to the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation in relation to searching premises and using listening devices, intercepting and inspecting mail, based upon warrants that have been given by the Minister after application to the Director-General. [More…]
The Opposition accepts those activities as proper activities of or powers for an organisation, and I think it is as well to remember that. [More…]
As I have said, the Opposition is accepting in principle the fact that these warrants and powers should be available and exercised and that they ought to be exercised for reasonable periods. [More…]
The third pre-condition is that the Director-General himself, exercising presumably these emergency powers, has not, within the preceding period of three months, issued a substantially similar warrant. [More…]
The second example of these constraints already being embodied in the Bill is the requirement in clause 28 that a warrant actually be issued physically by the Director-General before the powers can be exercised. [More…]
That is the kind of constraint which we regard as a minor practical price to pay for the maintenance of this quite crucial principle to which I now return: When we are exercising powers of this sweeping, Draconic and potentially privacy-invading kind- we have spoken about them at length before- we have to be sure that if they are not to be exercised on the authority of a judge, which many people regard as the desirable way of doing things, at least they are exercised by an elected Minister of the Crown who is directly and personally accountable to the Parliament. [More…]
It is for those reasons that we urge that the Government accept this amendment and modify these emergency powers accordingly. [More…]
I must say that on this matter I share a very large part ofthe concern that Senator Evans has expressed about investing an official, including the Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, with powers to undertake the issuing of a warrant in emergency circumstances for a period not in excess of 48 hours. [More…]
The specific guidelines announced last October were directed to a situation which was then occurring, but it was made clear that the specific application of these powers and the responsibilities of the Commonwealth Government may change from time to time. [More…]
Australia itself where, without adequate supervision and checks and balances of this kind, quite serious instances of abuse of the powers of an intelligence organisation have been found by, for example, Mr Justice Hope. [More…]
The Committee is dealing with a clause relating to warrants issued by the Minister on application from the Director-General in relation to the special powers of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. [More…]
We have already debated earlier Opposition amendments which sought to intrude the Leader of the Opposition (Senator Wriedt) into all details of these special powers for the granting of warrants. [More…]
He will be given a briefing by the Director-General as to the way in which the Organisation is exercising its special powers. [More…]
-With respect, Mr Minister, I am not sure that it does, lt might be an extreme or an isolated occasion, but nonetheless it would appear to be possible under the powers vested in the agency in clause 17 to communicate intelligence for purposes relevant to security. [More…]
It may be that that is misreading the powers. [More…]
The Attorney-General is given other very strong powers in this legislation, particularly in approving the issuing of warrants. [More…]
Under this legislation the Attorney-General may not in many cases be the Minister exercising the power, although normally he would be; but those powers of the Attorney-General under this legislation have not been challenged in this Committee debate. [More…]
Kampuchea, is suffering from its geography, its long history and the politics not only of its people but also of the great powers around it. [More…]
I ) That, subject to the resolutions hereunder with respect to off-shore mining and fisheries, the territorial sea should be the responsibility of the States and that for this purpose the limits or powers of each State should be extended to embrace the territorial sea adjacent to it. [More…]
The Commonwealth’s constitutional powers with respect to navigation and shipping arc acknowledged and no joint authority is contemplated. [More…]
They were that the powers of each State should be extended to embrace the territorial sea adjacent to it and that there should be a joint Commonwealth/ State authority for offshore mining of petroleum and other minerals beyond State limits. [More…]
As I read the report, the view was that the granting of powers and of proprietorial rights to the States was a bit dicky. [More…]
That the powers of the States be extended to the territorial sea by the use ofSection 51 (38) to confer sovereignty upon each State in respect of the territorial sea and seabed adjacent to it. [More…]
The thing that puzzles us- at least I was under this impression- is that the Commonwealth made it clear that this transfer of powers to the States was to apply only up to the three-mile limit with some joint control over off-shore mining in other areas. [More…]
The statements that Senator Wriedt quoted from the Prime Minister or from other people, including myself, I would have thought, were a fairly clear indication of the understanding by the Commonwealth Government of what its powers are and what its responsibilities are. [More…]
I can assure the Senate that the Commonwealth Government is very conscious of what its legal powers are and what its responsibilities are in these matters. [More…]
The decision of the last Premiers Conference was that the conflict would be resolved by legislative means within the powers of this Parliament and State parliaments and would not be attempted to be resolved by referendums or by resort to the United Kingdom. [More…]
That is the way we are proceeding within the powers of the Australian parliaments. [More…]
The opportunity is also being taken to make a number of technical amendments to some provisions in Part II of the Act which relate to the procedures, powers and operations of the Commission. [More…]
The provisions of the Bill are designed to provide power for the Commission to issue public securities and to provide guarantee powers thereto. [More…]
In relation to borrowings by the Commission the amendments, which are in line with borrowing powers of other Commonwealth authorities, provide that the Commission may borrow moneys from the Commonwealth or elsewhere and may give security and issue securities in respect of borrowings. [More…]
In addition to amendments to the borrowing powers of the Commission which, as mentioned earlier, are contained in clause 6 of the Bill, that clause also makes technical amendments to a number of financial provisions of the existing Act concerning payment to the Commission of moneys appropriated by Parliament, use of bank accounts, application of moneys by the Commission, preparation of estimates, keeping of accounts and audit of accounts. [More…]
This could, of course, apply to information passed to a police force of a State concerning a person who may be engaged, or is likely to be engaged, in subversive or terrorist activity, sabotage, espionage or anything else which comes within the powers of the Organization. [More…]
I think, from the points that Senator Mulvihill has made, he is concerned that any action of that kind would be in the performance of any powers or functions under the Migration Act, the Citizenship Act or the Passport Act. [More…]
“(2) The Ombudsman shall have the powers specified in Section 9(1) and Section 14(1) of the Ombudsman Act 1 976 to determine whether such an adverse or qualified security assessment exists amongst the records of an agency of the Commonwealth. [More…]
What is provided here is that the Auditor-General shall inspect and audit all the accounts of ASIO; that he shall report upon his inspection and audit to the Minister; that in exercising those powers and inspection and report, he shall have whatever necessary powers of access and inspection as are appropriate to enable him to exercise his function. [More…]
However, the Opposition’s amendment provides for the report to include details of all warrants taken out under the special powers of the Australian Security Intelligence [More…]
Organisation and under the powers of the Telecommunications (Interception) Act. [More…]
An even more basic matter of principle is that, I think, the Parliament, the Senate on this occasion, is giving up its powers of total government supervision of individuals to a secret organisation. [More…]
But we believe that if the Parliament is to give up those powers, it is entitled to receive a general report on statistics which this Opposition amendment requires. [More…]
There is of course no likelihood that the Parliament, once it passes this very important and powerful piece of legislation, will continue to have any real powers to scrutinise the way in which those powers will work. [More…]
They are extremely wide powers. [More…]
It seems to me proper that there should be an opportunity of seeing how these new powers will operate. [More…]
There should be some certainty that after a period these very new and untried powers will be looked at. [More…]
We would need to see how the powers had been used and whether further amendments were needed. [More…]
A number of times during the debate honourable senators have heard argument as to whether there should be explicit statutory guidance on how the Attorney-General’s mind should be focused in the exercise of the various directions, discretions and powers vested in him. [More…]
They relate to the special powers that are to be exercised in relation to the installation of listening devices, search and seizure, the interception of mail and so on. [More…]
It was going to hand over powers, and so on, to the States. [More…]
So the aim of our policies is to give the States more clearly identified powers. [More…]
In order to test that, I put a question on notice last November- six months ago- in which I asked each Minister to identify those areas under his responsibility in which powers had been transferred to the States. [More…]
The Northern Territory Legislative Assembly has been most fortunate in that, within a year of the transfer of powers from the Federal Government, the Queen and the Federal Government have seen fit to make such a presentation. [More…]
Is there anything that Australia and other democratic powers can do to prevent this subversion of international organisations by the Soviet Union? [More…]
Will the Minister oppose any transfer of powers to the Queensland Government if its interpretation, as Senator Martin suggested, is the outer reef? [More…]
In accord with that decision, a three-member committee of review will be appointed to consider and report to the Government on the services, policies and performance of the Commission under its present statutory charter, and recommend appropriate future objectives, functions, statutory powers and policies of the Commission. [More…]
Having regard to the statutory powers and functions of the ABC as set out in Broadcasting and Television Act 1942, the committee of review shall examine and report on the services, policies and performances of the Commission. [More…]
The committee shall examine and make recommendations on the appropriate future objectives, functions, statutory powers and policies of the Commission, with particular reference to its provision of national, State and regional services, having regard to the extent of likely available resources, reports relevant to the field of broadcasting and the services provided by public and commercial broadcasters. [More…]
The purpose of the Bill is to water down even further the powers of the Prices Justification Tribunal. [More…]
In 1976 the Government introduced amendments to the Prices Justification Act which significantly reduced the Tribunal’s powers. [More…]
If we look at a couple of other factors concerned with the Government’s administration of the Prices Justification Tribunal over the last three and a half years, we see that there is a consistent administrative pattern, as well as a legislative campaign, aimed at reducing the powers and effectiveness of the Tribunal. [More…]
I hope that as time goes by there will be integration of the powers of the Prices Justification Tribunal, and of the wider areas of the Commonwealth Trade Practices Act in relation to consumer protection, and those laws, including the prices laws, which apply in the various States. [More…]
Senator Rocher asked a question only yesterday about the integration of the consumer protection powers of the States and the Commonwealth. [More…]
It is to reduce the Prices Justification Tribunal, to strip it of its powers as an independent statutory authority, and to make it subservient to the government of the day. [More…]
Thus, we propose that in Schedule II there be added exclusive powers for the local assembly over referenda, electoral law, the recruitment and management of a Norfolk Island public service and education. [More…]
One Schedule to the Bill sets out certain powers which are appropriate in the view of the Government to be administered by the island assembly and the Administrator and another sets out certain other powers which are enumerated in the two Schedules to which I have referred. [More…]
In our submission, these should be expanded by including powers over land use and zoning, mining, public hospitals and health, conservation and national parks, law enforcement and management of historic sites. [More…]
Many of those powers which I have enumerated and which appear in Schedule III are the sorts of powers which are appropriately exercised, for example, by a county government in England. [More…]
As I say, they are powers in relation to conservation and national parks, law enforcement and management of historic sites. [More…]
That is a restriction which we regard as absolutely reasonable in the interests of efficient government and one which we regard as reasonable in relation to the powers and functions of the assembly itself. [More…]
Secondly, we suggest that we should place powers on appointing members of the executive council and terminating appointments- I am referring to both powers of appointing and terminating appointmentsalthough we are opposed to the concept of an executive council as such. [More…]
We think that insofar as the powers exist in the Bill, and to which I have referred, the matter of accepting resignations of assembly presidents and deputy presidents should be placed in the hands of the assembly rather than of the Administrator. [More…]
Secondly, we think that there should be a procedural change which would again affect the powers of the people in the assembly in that there should be a right of appeal to the assembly when an Administrator rules that an ordinance is beyond power. [More…]
The powers of the Administrator as contained in the Bill introduced by the Government are in a sense quite arbitrary and autocratic. [More…]
1 ) that the powers of the Administrator as proposed in the Bill be reduced by- [More…]
that the powers of the Governor-General as proposed in the Bill be reduced by- [More…]
that the powers of the Legislative Assembly as proposed in the Bill be expanded by vesting in the Legislative Assembly the sole power of appointing members of the Executive Council and terminating their appointment, in the event of there being an Executive Council; [More…]
The key things to appreciate about the constitutional system which is created by this Bill are as follows: First of all, it confers minimal powers on the elected Legislative Assembly; secondly, it confers negligible powers on the appointed Executive Council; thirdly, it gives quite excessive powers to the Australian Government appointed administrator; and, fourthly, it enables the retention by the Australian Government, acting through the Governor-General, as the Bill puts it, of quite excessive residual powers. [More…]
The powers that the Administrator can exercise under this legislation would not be such as to embarrass an oriental potentate. [More…]
The literal powers vested in the Adminsitrator are very extensive- powers to convene the Legislative Assembly, to initiate money legislation, to appoint and dismiss the Executive Council and to assent or refuse assent, as the case may be, to legislation. [More…]
It may well be said, of course, that these are merely literal statutory powers and that they will not be misused; and that the conventions appropriate to a Westminster system will apply, just as was said in the run-up to the events of 1975 about the literal powers vested in the Governor-General under the literal terms of the Australian Constitution. [More…]
In particular, we cannot make any assumptions to this effect, given the absolute and dictatorial way in which the powers of the Norfolk Island Administrator have been used and abused in practice in the past. [More…]
He may also, for example, recommend amendments to the Administrator in subsequent sub-clauses of clause 23 there are similar provisions relating to the powers of the Governor-General in relation to laws made by the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly. [More…]
The provisions as they stand confer quite extraordinary powers on the Governor-General to act quite unilaterally and, without any reference to the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly, to make an ordinance imposing taxes and authorising expenditure for the island community. [More…]
The Opposition takes the view that for power of this kind to be vested in the Governor-General and not be subject to any sanction, any power, any intervention or any redress, if the islanders are unhappy about it, by the elected Legislative Assembly, is to make absolute nonsense of the supposed scheme of the Bill which vests primary money powers in respect to activities on the island in that Legislative Assembly. [More…]
Of course, this indicates how unequal this Government applies laws and its legislative powers in this country. [More…]
This is to be done not at the rate at which the mining companies pay their royalties but at a rate higher than any other taxing powers held by the Parliament. [More…]
I attach for your information a letter I have sent to the Premier of Queensland proposing that Commonwealth and State officials hold discussions to resolve any possible difficulties which could arise in relation to the GBRMP following the Premier’s Conference agreements on extending the powers of the States into the territorial sea. [More…]
As you know it is planned that the follow-up arrangements on extending the powers of the States into the territorial sea be settled in time for ratification at the next Premiers’ Conference, and it is important to ensure that any GBRMP issues which bear on these arrangements are resolved between Ministers in consultation with myself in sufficient time to allow that timetable to be met. [More…]
This payment will relieve the Commonwealth Government of meeting its obligations won at the referendum which gave it these powers. [More…]
In view of the fact that United Nations sanctions have been ignored almost entirely by the major powers, will the Minister ask the Foreign Minister to initiate moves in the United Nations to have these sanctions lifted, as they represent little more than a joke? [More…]
That shows that the Government’s promise to maintain the purchasing powers of pensions has been maintained. [More…]
While it is not unusual for one of the Metropolitan Powers to bc singled out for criticism at these conferences it appeared that on this occasion criticism was to bc directed towards the United States- [More…]
In the 1 976 Defence White Paper it was stated that given the enormous risks from military conflict, on all rational considerations the restraints on the use of force between the two super powers and the framework of their co-operation should endure. [More…]
There is, of course, nothing effective we could do directly in the event of a nuclear war between the super powers. [More…]
What would happen in a war between Australia and a regional neighbour in which the great powers were not directly involved? [More…]
But what happens if part or all of the island chain to our north is in hostile hands and is held by a government which is a client of one of the major communist powers? [More…]
The Minister for Social Security (Senator Guilfoyle) will know that the new Bureau has been armed generally with punitive powers to which the Opposition objected. [More…]
which repealed section 125 of the Principal Act and inserted new sections concerning the functions and powers of the Bureau. [More…]
On 17 May these views were aired at a meeting between the Commonwealth and the State Ministers dealing with the transfer of powers over areas of the reef to the Queensland Government. [More…]
If that is so, then the Commonwealth Government has already moved a long way towards suggesting a transfer of powers to Queensland. [More…]
It will use whatever actions and whatever of its constitutional powers are necessary to achieve the objective of preserving the Great Barrier Reef. [More…]
The Government fully understands that it has the full constitutional powers. [More…]
It will use whatever constitutional powers are necessary to achieve its objective- the total protection of the Great Barrier Reef and the ecosystem and the establishment of the park. [More…]
I make this point clear: It may well be that the Government in resolving this matter will use its full constitutional powers. [More…]
Every discussion with the State Government is on the understanding that we are discussing the matter within the full constitutional powers of the Commonwealth Government. [More…]
It may very well be that the Commonwealth Government will find it necessary to use its full powers. [More…]
It will make all those decisions, I repeat, with the full knowledge that it has the powers to do so and with full emphasis on those. [More…]
It acknowledges that it has the powers, it acknowledges that they are there for it to use and it acknowledges that it may use them. [More…]
The Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security recommended that ASIO’s powers of interception should be extended to interception of information passing over all telecommunications systems and this Bill so provides. [More…]
Its purpose is to specify the existing powers of the Australian Wheat Board to raise moneys by the issue of approved securities and to empower the Minister for Primary Industry to provide a Commonwealth guarantee of repayment in connection with those securities. [More…]
The principles embodied in this Bill are designed to specify the existing general powers of the Board to borrow commercially to take advantage of types of money market facilities presently available to a body such as the Wheat Board for the raising of moneys. [More…]
What I am suggesting is that now the war is over we should be endeavouring to assist Vietnam to wrench itself free from dependence on two major powers. [More…]
The final matter that I wish to raise involves what I call the misuse of the powers of Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs officers to seize and imprison people who perhaps have overstayed their visas or who are here illegally. [More…]
I have gone from the general Cases about which I spoke before to these specific cases- the misuse of the powers of immigration officials and the taking away of the freedom of those people who in some way may have misused their entitlement. [More…]
They concerned the powers of the immigration officers and the manner in which we deal with situations of this kind. [More…]
Under the Constitution the Commonwealth has no powers to fix and to enforce price controls. [More…]
Clearly, both the situation in the Indian Ocean region and the general international political climate will be important factors in any agreement between the two super powers to resume talks. [More…]
It would welcome the resumption of talks by the super powers to this end were the situation in the region to permit this to take place. [More…]
Has the Fourth Estate developed some extraordinary powers which we mere mortals cannot attain? [More…]
If the Press can develop and refine its new-found powers, can we expect not only more accurate but also even prophetic reporting? [More…]
The reason why the Capricornia Park has not been declared is that the Government wishes to finalise the question or agreement on extending the powers of the States and the territorial sea with the Queensland Government. [More…]
We recognised our pre-eminent constitutional responsibility and powers and said that we would act accordingly. [More…]
The reason why the Capricornia Park has not been declared is that the Government wishes to finalise the question of agreement on extending the powers of the States into the territorial sea with the Queensland Government. [More…]
The article then drew attention to what has been a very long standing problem in this country- the propensity of the judiciary to usurp the political legislative powers of the Parliament. [More…]
The Government acknowledges that it has constitutional powers in this area. [More…]
It is desirable that the declaration of the Marine Park should await the outcome of discussions with Queensland which flow from the 1978 Premiers’ Conference agreement that the powers of the States be extended to the territorial sea, including the sea bed. [More…]
Discussions with Queensland on the interrelated questions of the Premiers Conference agreements on the extension of State powers to the territorial seas and the management of the Great Barrier Reef region are at an advanced stage. [More…]
At the present time the Federal Government is giving powers to the State which enable it to reduce the importance of the area, to denigrate the whole concept of protection of the Great Barrier Reef and so allow for its exploitation for minerals. [More…]
Ministers in relation to the respective jurisdictions that would be exercised between Queensland and the Commonwealth Government in the light of the general discussions that have taken place with the States as to the exercise of State powers in the territorial seas. [More…]
The Senate must be familar with the fact that, under the Constitution, in most cases there are concurrent powers between the Commonwealth and the States. [More…]
In other words, the States can exercise powers even though the Commonwealth Parliament has powers in those areas. [More…]
To fight this trade and fight it within a democratic framework and within the rule of the law the Government needs special powers; powers that are not normally granted to law enforcement generally. [More…]
But the Government has not only been concerned with law enforcement powers. [More…]
In addition to completing the natural armoury of offences in this area, the inclusion of this particular offence will significantly improve the investigatory powers relating to narcotics offences. [More…]
As she herself pointed out, the people indicated that they did not want selfgovernment and did not want an Assembly with executive powers. [More…]
I pointed out that the people of this Territory have clearly expressed the view that the Assembly should not exercise executive powers. [More…]
We can only presume that the granting of this power was included in the legislation when it was enacted because at that time it was expected that the Assembly might at some time in the future have executive powers. [More…]
Given the result of the referendum, it is clear that there is no reason why what is now called the House of Assembly should have executive powers. [More…]
It is clear that the people of the Territory do not wish it to have executive powers. [More…]
In this situation it is clear that the Minister, given his responsibility, has acted not only properly but also in accord with the wishes of the people of this Territory and with the wishes expressed so clearly in the referendum in 1978 and appropriately in terms of the powers of the House of Assembly. [More…]
The referendum of November 1978 has been seen by the Government as indicating that electors do not want the Assembly to have executive powers. [More…]
As the Prime Minister has failed to answer my question on notice dealing with the transfer of functions to the States, it becomes clearer and clearer that this Government, in spite of its protestations of support for States’ rights, is possessed with the desire to hold onto the powers it has. [More…]
Basically, the present legislation is not clear, lt does no great credit to the Government to put forward legislation which gives no clear indications to the Director of the Kakadu National Park about, for example, responsibility and powers he has. [More…]
Mr Everingham is against wider powers being given to the Director of the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service, Professor Derek Ovington. [More…]
Except as otherwise provided by this Act, the Director shall perform his functions and exercise his powers in accordance with any directions given by the Minister. [More…]
While this inquiry into the development and preparation for the orderly control and development of mining of uranium was taking place, there were constitutional changes being planned in the Northern Territory which involved the giving of powers to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. [More…]
With the transfer of powers and the development of the National Park, honourable senators can well imagine that many people in the Territory are interested in seeing that they have a say in their own National Park. [More…]
What can the Government do under the range of powers available to it, perhaps under the postal or interstate trade and commerce powers, to prevent the dissemination by advertising or interview of these sorts of remarks or schemes so subversive of the national revenue and the community’s sense of fairness? [More…]
The first is that notwithstanding the legal advice which has been given to us through Senator Walsh, I think there would be room certainly for some argument about the powers there. [More…]
However, we are still in a stage of initial development, when we compare them to the multihead missiles and other weapons produced by world powers. [More…]
We would like to see a sensible division of powers, because of the changing circumstances in which the Australian Atomic Energy Commission now operates. [More…]
When we came to implement the arrangement we discovered that the Atomic Energy Commission lacked the legal powers to carry it out. [More…]
It did not consider the morrow at all and it did not consider whether the Atomic Energy Commission had the legal powers or not. [More…]
Other powers have been given under the Atomic Energy Act to give effect to the agreements that had been entered into. [More…]
Any question of altering the powers or structure of the Atomic Energy Commission will be considered by the Government when it has received that report. [More…]
Of course, their view ignores the very important role that Yugoslavia is playing in developing the bridges between the major powers of the world. [More…]
In many senses Senator Wright was a distinguished contributor to debates on this question and the question of leaving powers which should properly be prescribed by legislation to prescription by regulation. [More…]
What department will be able to remain fearlessly independent if it gives advice to a government knowing that the Prime Minister of the day or the Minister of the day could direct his powers against that department under the provisions of clause 7 ( 1 ) (a) (iii)? [More…]
Clauses 9 and 1 5 purport to provide a system of appeals for those whose jobs are placed on the line by the redeployment and sacking powers contained in the Bill. [More…]
It is claimed by the Government that the powers of redeployment and dismissal are already set out in the Public Service Act and that this Bill is doing nothing more than that which is already in the statute book. [More…]
The reason the Government has created the new mechanism, the new procedures in this Bill, is that it now wants to use the powers which have grown rusty with disuse over the years. [More…]
The existing Public Service powers are clumsy and blunt instruments. [More…]
The new powers contained in this legislation are much more refined and sophisticated. [More…]
Putting it simply, the question is whether or not the Government gathers to itself the powers to dismiss people for reasons which are not stated in the Bill, without allowing its actions to be subject to the scrutiny of Parliament. [More…]
The Bill does not seek new or extended powers for the police. [More…]
Senator Knight also expressed some concern about the regulatory powers provided under the Bill. [More…]
What is sought to be accomplished by this new sub-paragraph ( 1) (a) is to write in between, as it were, those two existing powers vested in the permanent head, a further explicit power in the permanent head actually to make the finding that there is an excess, a surplus, an overmanning in that department by reference to the criteria or the procedures which have been laid down by the Board. [More…]
the conferring in the Minister of more extensive powers of direction of the Commissioner, subject to the requirement that any such directions be tabled in Parliament and gazetted; and [More…]
a system for the independent determination of complaints against police in accordance with the recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission; and this Senate is of the opinion that any reintroduction of this Bill should be accompanied by the introduction of a Criminal Investigation Bill, specifying the powers and duties of Federal police officers, in accordance with the recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission ‘. [More…]
It seems to me of fundamental importance, with the Westminster style of government which we have in Australia, that the separation of powers is the best safeguard of the individual’s liberty; that is, the more we can devolve power throughout the administrative structure within our country and the executive arm of government, the more likely it is that the interests and the liberties of individual Australians will be safeguarded. [More…]
As an example of that matter I refer to section 16 of the Income Tax Assessment Act which specifically limits the powers of the Commissioner of Taxation to directing that information which comes into his hands can be directed only to certain bodies as set out specifically in that legislation. [More…]
Especially, concerns were expressed about the powers that this force might exercise and, in particular, there was reference to the sorts of things Senator Messner was talking about in his contribution. [More…]
It further undertook to legislate so as to produce and provide a proper code of conduct setting out in detail, and on a carefully reconsidered basis, what the powers and duties should be of the various members of the new police force. [More…]
Nonetheless, I think it would not be inaccurate or unfair to say that that report was warmly received very widely both within Australia and overseas, within the profession and outside it, and regarded as essentially a sound and balanced contribution to law reform in this area and one which did produce sane, balanced and acceptable solutions to those very difficult problems relating to powers of arrest, interrogation, search and seizure, electronic surveillance, questioning, custodial investigation and so on. [More…]
The matters of a code of conduct and behaviour, and of the powers and duties of the police force, as well as procedures for the investigation of complaints against police officers, were not entirely dead and buried. [More…]
The first such area of concern is the absence of any serious recognition by the Government of the necessity to do something about this problem of the definition of police powers and duties as a necessary corollary of the creation of the new and more sophisticated police force; the kind of recognition which the Labor Government in 1975 so amply demonstrated; and the result of which concern was so well embodied in the report of the Australian Law Reform Commission on criminal investigation. [More…]
I suggest that it is crucially important, if this Government is to maintain confidence in the integrity of the new force that it is creating in a climate, nationwide, where the integrity of all police forces is regrettably very much in issue, it must demonstrate its bona fides by addressing itself to this admittedly difficult but very important question of the enactment of criminal investigation legislation setting out a proper, balanced code of police powers and duties. [More…]
Indeed, perhaps even more than the matter of criminal investigation Bills or those sorts of powers, the enactment of provisions of this kind is crucial to the public acceptance of this new legislation and the new force that it will create. [More…]
The only other point I wish to make involves the division of powers between the elected government and the monarch of the day. [More…]
The fourth point is that the Opposition is concerned to confer on the Minister more extensive powers of direction of the Commissioner. [More…]
This Bill does not propose an extension of police powers in any way whereas police powers were extended in the 1975 legislation. [More…]
They were extended by the addition of the Customs powers which would have been involved in the formation of that force. [More…]
The legislation must provide the powers to enable these mechanisms to be used effectively- to prevent entry, to enforce departure when necessary and to impose adequate penalties to deter would-be offenders. [More…]
Clause 10 (Powers and duties of members referred to in paragraph 6(d) ). [More…]
My advice is and the Government’s view is that as the Bill is not creating or extending new police powers, it preserves the status quo of the present two police forces in this matter, and that is the way it should be. [More…]
b) in the exercise of powers, or the performance of functions, conferred on him by this Act or by some other law; or [More…]
“(5) The Commissioner shall not exercise the powers conferred on him by sub-sections (2) and (4) otherwise than with the concurrence of the Public Service Board or of a person authorised by the Board to act under this sub-section. [More…]
“(6) The Commissioner shall so exercise his powers under this section as to ensure, so far as is practicable that a member of the Section will continue to serve as such a member for a period not exceeding 3 years unless, in the opinion of the Commissioner, special circumstances exist that make it desirable that the person serve for a longer period. [More…]
“(4) Without limiting the powers of the Ombudsman in investigating action taken by a police officer, the Ombudsman may, for the purpose of attempting to reconcile a complainant and the police officer concerned- [More…]
“(6) A person acting as the President, as a Deputy President or as another member has all the powers and duties, and shall perform all the functions, conferred or imposed by this Division on the President, on a Deputy President or on another member, respectively, and, for the purpose of the exercise of those powers or duties, or the performance of those functions, this Division has effect as if a reference to the President, a Deputy President or other member included a reference to a person acting as the President, as a Deputy President or as another member, respectively. [More…]
“Sub- Division 4- Constitution and Powers of Tribunal “ 122. [More…]
“(2) The President may, either generally or as otherwise provided by the instrument of delegation, by writing signed by him, delegate all or any of his powers under sub-section ( 1 ) to a Deputy President. [More…]
( 1 ) The Tribunal shall, for the purpose of the exercise of its powers in relation to a matter, be constituted by one member. [More…]
“(2 ) The Tribunal constituted by one member may sit and exercise the powers of the Tribunal notwithstanding that the Tribunal constituted by another member is at the same time sitting and exercising the powers of the Tribunal. “ [More…]
insult or disturb a member of the Tribunal in the exercise of his powers or functions as a member; [More…]
That is the Governor-General- deem it his duty to use the reserve powers of the Monarchy against a would-be Mussolini, or a Prime Minister who wishes to govern unconstitutionally, he must make his preparations in secret or not at all. [More…]
In view of the fact that United Nations sanctions have been ignored almost entirely by the major powers, will the Minister ask the Foreign Minister to initiate moves in the United Nations to have these sanctions lifted, as they represent little more than a joke? [More…]
In the first place, I am informed from discussions I have had with the officer concerned that the advice given was oral advice about the powers of the Tribunal in relation to the issues that arose in that inquiry. [More…]
The Tribunal has already indicated the view it took of its legal powers. [More…]
I explained to him what in our opinion were the limits on his powers. [More…]
All I was doing was drawing his attention to his legal powers and asking him to observe the limits of his legal powers. [More…]
I specifically said in the letter that under the statute he was not, in the performance of his powers and functions, subject to direction by me or by any other Minister. [More…]
As the first law officer of the Commonwealth 1 felt that it was my responsibility to inform him what his powers were. [More…]
Developments over the past few months within Namibia, including the installation on 2 1 May of the internally elected Namibian Constituent Assembly as a national assembly with legislative powers and reports of continuing armed clashes between the South African forces and the South West African People’s Organisation can only further retard prospects for an early implementation of the plan. [More…]
To extend State powers to the territorial sea, including the seabed, with respect to specific subject matters; [More…]
The following powers have been returned to the States since December 1975: [More…]
Further, the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory agreed in October 1978 that the Minister for National Development should delegate all his powers and functions under the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act in respect of the areas adjacent to the Northern Territory and to the Ashmore and Carrier Islands to the Northern Territory Minister for Mines and Energy, subject to an agreement for consultation in accordance with the principles generally agreed at the Premiers’ Conferences. [More…]
Minister for Finance: Transfer of Powers to the States (Question No. [More…]
Attorney-General: Transfer of Powers to the States (Question No. [More…]
That provisions relating to the membership, powers and proceedings of the Committee be contained in a subsequent resolution. [More…]
That provisions relating to membership, powers and proceedings of the Committee be contained in a subsequent resolution. [More…]
I detain the Committee further only to say that the distinction which lies behind the Opposition’s amendment, suggesting that it might be appropriate for these powers to apply in respect of certain kinds of offences but not others, is not simply a product of our own preference but is one that has the full support of the Australian Law Reform Commission. [More…]
As honourable senators should remember, and indeed Senator Puplick should remember since he quoted the passage, at page 107 of the criminal investigation report the Commission said that these powers to issue warrants should be available only in respect of very serious offences. [More…]
So there are a number of reasons why we believe that if the Opposition amendment were adhered to it would severely detract from and inhibit the value of this proposed amendment and extension of the powers of the Narcotics Bureau in the investigation and pursuit of the major importers and distributors of narcotic substances in this country. [More…]
Later in that speech Senator Carrick referred to the fact that the Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security commended that ASIO’s powers of interception should be extended to interception of information passing over all telecommunications systems and this Bill so provides. [More…]
The Telecommunications (Interception) Bill relates to the powers of at least two senior officers of the Commonwealth, the DirectorGeneral of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and the Comptroller-General of Customs. [More…]
The very lengthy debate which took place, before Parliament rose for the recess, concerning the Director-General of ASIO probably relieves us of the necessity to discuss in great detail at this second reading stage the powers conferred upon him in regard to the interception of communications, and allows us to concentrate on the position as it relates to the ComptrollerGeneral of Customs and to narcotics offences in general. [More…]
That is already evidence of the way in which some of those in the areas of surveillance in our country interpret their powers. [More…]
When we talked about this matter in the earlier debate, Senator Puplick stated that clause 8 of the present Bill confers upon the Minister of the day general powers to give directions to the Director-General. [More…]
However, he pointed out that it limits his powers to give directions in a number of specific ways, some of which we believe to be unacceptable. [More…]
Of course, if he is involved in activity which affects the security of the country or in an activity which is in some way associated with the development of large scale drug trafficking in this country- and of course this legislation to which we are asked to give our assent gives extra powers to the Comptroller-General of Customsthat would be a matter for the judgment of the Minister concerned. [More…]
I personally support the concept of the Bill, particularly as it gives powers to the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and the Narcotics Bureau to tap telephones and intercept telecommunications in certain circumstances and with certain safeguards. [More…]
I do not stop to canvass here the arguments which lie behind our whole approach to ASIO legislation and ASIO powers of this or any other kind. [More…]
The other main aspect of the legislation on which I think it is necessary to say a little more, albeit relatively briefly, at this second reading stage concerns the narcotics provisions and the brand new and completely unprecedented powers that are now to be vested in the Customs officials in the Narcotic Bureau in respect of the enforcement of the Customs Act in the event of narcotics offences. [More…]
New powers to intercept telephone calls and other telecommunications are now vested in Customs narcotics officials. [More…]
We have brand new unprecedented powers for such officials to arrange for the interception of telegrams. [More…]
May be that concern justifies new powers being invested in our key narcotic law enforcement officials. [More…]
We have a situation where the cloud which is hanging over the head of the Bureau is quite unresolved; yet this Government, with breathtaking insensitivity, proposes to vest in officers of the Bureau who may well have been involved in the perpetration of some extraordinary criminal misbehaviour powers the like of which are totally unprecedented in Australian legal and statutory experience. [More…]
What the Commission said very clearly- it is a matter of great regret that the Government has not listened to those recommendations- was that the exercise of such powers should be safeguarded in various ways by being limited to very serious offences, which is not the case under this legislation, as will become clear when we speak to our first amendment. [More…]
It is said, again by the Law Reform Commission, that the exercise of these powers should be limited to circumstances where other less draconian methods of law enforcement have been tried and failed or have proved impracticable. [More…]
It is further said by the Law Reform Commission that the warrant powers in question should require that the warrants be issued in a form which states with great particularity the kind of electronic surveillance or intrusion that is authorised and not simply be warrants issued at large, as is the case under the legislation before us. [More…]
A lengthy debate has taken place in this chamber in relation to the package of legislation, including this Bill, regarding the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, but, insofar as the Bill extends the powers of that Organisation to intercept telephone communications, the power is not a new one. [More…]
Such powers have been exercised, I believe, in a responsible way over those years, without any real diminution of civil liberties in this country. [More…]
The purpose of that power is in aid of the security of this country in the exercise of the powers that ASIO has to watch over threats to this country of subversion, espionage, sabotage and now, as extended by the ASIO legislation, in relation to terrorist activities which, of course, as we all know, are a growing threat in the modern world in which we live. [More…]
The Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security, which was presided over by Mr Justice Hope, by and large accepted those powers and indeed recommended some additions to those powers in other respects, such as listening devices, all of which have been dealt with in the Australian Security Intelligence Organization Bill which passed through the Senate some months ago. [More…]
Mr Justice Hope recommended that as far as ASIO’s power is concerned, the legislation should be updated and expanded only to apply it to all modern forms of telecommunications, not limiting it as existing powers are to communications over the telephone system. [More…]
However, the Government, as part of its policies in strengthening the fight against drug trafficking in this country, has decided that there should be enabling powers for those investigating narcotics offences to extend those powers also to interceptions of telecommunications or to messages on the telecommunications system as well as for the purpose of security. [More…]
The main effect and purpose of this Bill are not to expand the powers of the security organisation but to expand the powers of the Narcotics Bureau in its investigation and prosecution of narcotics offences, that is, primarily the importation and disposal in this country of the great and vicious variety of drugs which we have been concerned with for some time and which are a threat to so many Australians. [More…]
I do not pretend that these powers are the answer to the drug problem. [More…]
In the second reading speech in introducing that Bill in this chamber, I have referred to the same purposes that the Narcotics Bureau has in the extension of these powers. [More…]
That is the real purpose of the powers proposed in this Bill. [More…]
The Bill as originally introduced into this Senate provided for those powers to be exercised under a warrant by the Attorney-General. [More…]
The same situation has been the case since 1960 in regard to the exercise of such powers by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. [More…]
The exercise of those powers by the AttorneyGeneral probably followed as they have been exercised by him. [More…]
As has been said in the debate in the House of Representatives on the Customs legislation, the House of Representatives favoured the view that the exercise of warrants authorising the use of these powers for narcotics offences would be more appropriately carried out by a judge. [More…]
As I have said, the Government is very pleased that the Parliament agrees with the Bill in that regard because the Government feels very firmly that the decisions in relation to the exercise of these powers in matters of security are ones properly exercised by a member of the Government, particularly in the person of the Attorney-General. [More…]
We take that view especially given the failure of the Government during the ASIO debate to accept any of the additional safeguards that we wanted to insert into the security system to ensure that the exercise of discretions and powers by non-elected officials would be in accordance with democratic civil libertarian principles. [More…]
It is in that context that we reiterate our concern that powers of any kind, particularly of this very far-reaching kind, ought to be vested in officials in this way. [More…]
Admittedly it will be a new responsibility for the judges to exercise these powers, but I really do not think that the judges of superior courts in Australia, Federal courts and State supreme courts, really need to have spelled out in this sort of detail in an Act of Parliament how they are to proceed in regard to these applications. [More…]
Even if the Government continues to reject the notion of there being any kind of parliamentary reporting in relation to national security matters- a position which, regrettably, it made perfectly clear in the course of the debate on the ASIO legislation- will it please consider giving us proper parliamentary reporting of the use of warrants for electronic surveillance in the Customs area so that we as a Parliament, on behalf of the Australian community, can get some indication of how these powers are being used. [More…]
If the Government is not willing to provide this kind of information to the Parliament and to the community it can do nothing other than to create a suspicion- I fear an all too legitimate suspicion- in the minds of the community that it is misusing these powers on a substantial scale and that it is anxious to conceal the scale of that misuse. [More…]
It is not normal practice because the powers to tap telephones have been very limited. [More…]
Much can be achieved by Labor members of State parliaments in effectuating Labor’s aims of more effective powers for the national parliament and for local government. [More…]
He went on to say that the Labor Party itself in Canberra was trying to reduce the powers of the people of South Australia. [More…]
It would always hold Mr Dunstan up to us, but now it is asking us to choose between its South Australian colleagues’ plea, decentralisation and the giving of decision-making powers back to the States- in the words of Mr Dunstan, ‘let us give a fixed percentage of personal income tax to the States’and Senator Wriedt’s policy. [More…]
States, holds the powers in the centre, runs Adelaide and South Australia from Canberra and results in disaster to industry and to workers. [More…]
What did Mr Dunstan say in respect only of the taxing powers that the then Labor Government would give without any widening of those powers? [More…]
The great success of Fraser federalism has been in the decentralisation of powers as well as of finance. [More…]
The voluntary surrender of the offshore powers to the States, the voluntary arrangement of powers as between Commonwealth and States by the Federal Governent, is historic. [More…]
There has been an enormous advance in Fraser federalism in the devolution of powers over a wide range of functions. [More…]
He would be opposed to allowing the States off-shore powers or any of these kinds of powers. [More…]
He said that the Labor Party’s policies, federally in Canberra, were to take over and grab powers. [More…]
The debate today is whether the people of South Australia want a return, to use Mr Dunstan ‘s words, to the highest taxes in the State’s history under Labor and Senator Wriedt; a return to a reduction in services- Mr Dunstan ‘s words- under Senator Wriedt’s policies; a return to the centralisation of powers, also Mr Dunstan ‘s words; or whether they want a series of policies which have enabled the States to expand their services, balance their Budgets and reduce taxation, and which have given powers back to the States and made the less populous States more sovereign and more capable of going about their business. [More…]
Much can be achieved by Labor members of the Stale Parliaments in effectuating Labor’s aims of more effective powers for the national parliament and for local government. [More…]
This Bill now provides for the amendment of the Quarantine Act 1908 principally to enable compensation to be paid when it is necessary to destroy certain goods or animals in order to prevent the introduction or spread of disease, and to give to quarantine officers powers of entry and search in carrying out their duties. [More…]
Clause 7 of the Bill extends the powers of quarantine officers to include the power to inspect baggage which has come from an overseas vessel or aircraft. [More…]
These powers are presently vested in Customs officers and in practice Customs and quarantine officers work closely together in the clearance of overseas baggage. [More…]
However, this Government considers that as these actions affect property and the rights of individuals it is most desirable that where practicable the appropriate powers should be set out in specific legislation. [More…]
By providing compensation for innocent persons in the event of property loss through quarantine action and by widening the powers of quarantine officers, the Bill will strengthen the capabilities of the quarantine service to protect this country from the ravages of dangerous exotic diseases. [More…]
I suppose that in a de facto way we have enjoyed the powers for some time. [More…]
-As a member of the Standing Orders Committee, I support the proposition on the basis that the Estimates committees if they are dissatisfied with the adequacy of the information that has been given to them, they have sufficient powers to say: ‘It is unsatisfactory and we will not complete the discussion of that particular item until the information is made available and given to us by an officer of standing who is acceptable to the Committee’. [More…]
The Senate has its own powers in this regard. [More…]
Those powers that we have continue and they will continue. [More…]
What the Opposition says is that the circumstances of these allegations flying back and forth and in the circumstances of the need for all these inquiries to which I have referred, members of the Bureau of Customs and officers of the Narcotics Bureau should not be given the very extensive and draconian powers which they are given by virtue of this legislation and the legislation which the Senate discussed last night relating to telecommunications interception. [More…]
Because of the existence of the respective inquiry, because of the doubts and allegations which are flying back and forth about the Narcotics Bureau, the police and so on and because of the very substantial penalties and methods of detection which are provided by this legislation, the Opposition says: ‘Should we not pause a moment to look at these various views before we rush on and give these powers to the sort of men who, officially at least, are inexperienced in their use and perhaps inadequately trained in relation to these matters?’ [More…]
I was making the point that the sorts of powers which exist in this legislation should not be given to Customs officers until the police inquiry has reported and until some of these matters have been sorted out. [More…]
I want to look at some of the powers in the legislation about which we are concerned. [More…]
Another point I make is that the Bill also seeks powers not commonly accorded to law enforcement agencies to permit bugging. [More…]
Secondly, we say that it is very unwise legislation in the nature of the powers which it seeks to extend to Customs officers in the present circumstances. [More…]
Clause 7 gives to servants of the Crown fairly extensive powers of arrest without warrant. [More…]
As my sixth point, I believe that Federal powers in this area must be sufficient to override State powers so that the corruption that goes on in States such as New South Wales will not be used as an excuse to prevent effective enforcement of the narcotics laws. [More…]
That provisions relating to membership, powers and proceedings of the Committee be contained in a subsequent resolution. [More…]
We were talking about the impact of the Budget, percentages and spending powers. [More…]
He achieved this by calling on great reserves of diplomacy, powers of command and a great sensitivity. [More…]
I ask you, Mr President, under the powers given to you by the Senate- of approving or not approving the incorporation of these documents- to adopt the suggestion of Senator Georges that you make your decision only after careful consideration and discussion. [More…]
I raise this point now especially since it has been proven that the technology available to many smaller powers involves the use of so-called peaceful electricity power reactors which can be adapted to the making of nuclear weapons. [More…]
For at this conference, the Commonwealth took on one of the most serious and sensitive issues in international affairs today, an issue which has resisted prolonged efforts made by major powers, acting alone, to find a solution. [More…]
Much more importantly, in her speech of 3 August, she recognised the validity of the criticisms made of the present constitution, of the blocking powers enjoyed by the white minority, and of the power vested in the various Service Commissions, which together make it impossible for the Government of Bishop Muzorewa to have adequate control over the country’s affairs. [More…]
Such powers, which have not been included in any constitution resulting from a legal transference of power by Britain, deny Government powers which are fundamental to a democracy- or indeed to any responsible Government. [More…]
I do not think, as we look back now on the colonial expansion of the nineteenth century, that anybody could have had any doubt that in due course a conflict- very frequently a bloody conflict- would be the consequence of the colonialisation of Africa, Asia and Latin America by European powers. [More…]
I am in favour of the reservation of powers to a minority, not because I believe that if we were starting off in 1896 and constructing a new nation in Zimbabwe we would send out 200,000 Englishmen and say that they were to have some sort of veto right, however limited, within a constitution, but because I believe that if we have a situation in which there is a substantial number of people- although it is a small number it is a substantial number of people- who have all sorts of fears about their future, it is only fair and reasonable to expect that certain powers and certain guarantees will be given to them. [More…]
The fact is clear- I believe it should be clear to anybody- that if it had not been for the reservation of some powers to the white electors within Zimbabwe there would have been no agreement at all. [More…]
The only reason that Bishop Muzorewa was able to become the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe was that there was an agreement whereby the white population of Rhodesia- a group with which I have never had any identification; nor have I expressed any great admiration for it; nor indeed have I spoken of it in the past in this place, I would have thought, in other than condemnatory terms- agreed, for the sake of peace, to enter into a constitutional arrangement whereby it forfeited majority rule to the black population but retained certain powers for the time being under a constitution which was subject to amendment. [More…]
Surely the whole debate that has been going on throughout the world about what has happened in Rhodesia is not an argument about the rights of the Crown and the powers of the Parliament of Southern Rhodesia as constituted in 1 965. [More…]
The policy of the Progressive Federal Party does not provide even for voting rights for all black adult citizens, lt provides for a restricted franchise; it provides for a situation whereby, under its plans for the proposed South African Senate, all the racial groups within South Africa- the blacks, the whites, the coloureds and the Asians- have a power of veto which is much greater than the limited powers that the white minority in Zimbabwe has preserved in the Constitution under which its is now functioning. [More…]
I do not think that we will find a situation there in which the still powerful white minority will surrender those small powers which it still retains. [More…]
The purpose of the Bill is to amend the Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911 to enable certain of the Governor-General’s powers under that Act to be delegated to the Treasurer, or a delegate of the Treasurer, so that new arrangements for marketing Commonwealth securities, as agreed to by the Loan Council, may be introduced later this year. [More…]
To allow for the flexibility required for dealing with these matters under the new arrangements, it is proposed that provision be made to enable the Governor-General to delegate his relevant powers, and it is the essential purpose of this bill to amend the Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act accordingly. [More…]
It is to be emphasised that these amendments to existing legislation will, if passed, in no way reduce the powers of the Parliament to authorise the borrowing of money by the issue and sale of stock, bonds or other securities. [More…]
From the States’ point of view the benefit of the arrangement is that their legislative powers are not eroded by an unrestricted exercise of the Commonwealth’s external affairs power. [More…]
A new section 15 is substituted which provides broad enabling powers under which standards of competence to be attained and other conditions to be satisfied in order to be ‘qualified’ for the purposes of the Act will be specified by regulation or by order under the regulations. [More…]
The Uniform Shipping Laws Code which I have mentioned extends to a wide range of matters besides qualifications and the Act contains powers to enable legal effect to be given to those other sections of the Code. [More…]
There is provision to ensure that, for reasons of safety of life and navigation, the provisions of the Navigation Act giving the Minister powers regarding removal will still apply to any wreck, whether declared historic or not. [More…]
The Minister is not to exercise any of those powers unless it is necessary to do so for purposes of safety or environmental emergency. [More…]
Another provision ensures that his powers to deal with oil pollution threats arising from damaged ships continue unrestricted. [More…]
The substance of the latter was such as to exclude from the range of offences which could attract the operation of these new electronic surveillance warrant powers all that related to less than trafficable quantities of the whole group of narcotic substances, including not only cannabis but also heroin, opium and so on. [More…]
This Bill and its associated Bill, the Telecommunications (Interception) Bill which was recently debated, represent for the first time in our history the giving by the Government to a law enforcement agency- in this case the Narcotics Bureau- of powers of electronic surveillance. [More…]
I refer to the tapping of telephones, the installation of listening devices, together with powers over the interception of mail and telegrams and other forms of telecommunications, in respect of breaches of the criminal law. [More…]
I regret that it has been all too familiar a phenomenon on our statute books for those powers to be available with respect to national security matters. [More…]
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation has long had powers with respect to the tapping of telephones although not, of course, with respect to the installation of other forms of listening devices. [More…]
This is the first time in our history as a nation that we have legislation vesting powers in a law enforcement bureau of this extraordinarily sweeping and draconic kind. [More…]
The most significant characteristic of this Bill before us is the way in which it vests these powers in relation to electronic surveillance in Customs officers in the subject matter of narcotics offences. [More…]
The Commission has taken a great deal of evidence on what the powers of the Federal Narcotics Bureau and of Customs officers with respect to drug offences ought to be. [More…]
If indeed Mr Justice Williams and his Royal Commission are prepared to endorse these powers, these procedures, I for one would have wished to have seen a well-reasoned, argued case from that source in support thereof before having to debate legislation in the way that we are now obliged to, by the Government’s having brought it forward. [More…]
The other matter that affects the timing of this, or any other, legislation which seeks to confer additional powers on the Narcotics Bureau of the Commonwealth, a consideration that we must take into account, as I mentioned in the context of the Telecommunications (Interception) Bill, is the very large, black cloud which hovers over the Narcotics Bureau and its officers as a result of various matters that have come to light in recent months. [More…]
We might be able to treat all of that with equanimity, satisfied- if we could be- that measures are in hand to investigate the allegations and to correct any misbehaviour that might be occurring there, were it not for the fact that we are now asked to vest in this agency, whose activities have been under such an extraordinary cloud in recent months, absolutely unprecendentedly diverse and extensive powers of criminal investigation which will add enormously to its capacity, in the name of law enforcement, to intrude, snoop and pry on the activities of thousands, indeed millions, of ordinary Australians. [More…]
How can we be sure that the Bureau can be trusted to exercise these powers with any kind of discretion, any kind of sensitivity, any kind of restraint, when we know what has emerged in the last few months about the kind of organisation that it is? [More…]
In the first place a number of things can be said about the new powers which are to be conferred upon Narcotics Bureau officers and Customs Bureau officers, in particular the power to employ electronic surveillance and the listening devices to which I have referred. [More…]
It ought to be appreciated that the Narcotics Bureau has hardly been without power of a very considerable kind in the past by virtue of the luxury it has enjoyed of almost total freedom from judicial or other scrutiny in its exercise of search and seizure powers. [More…]
Although the vesting in it of powers with respect to electronic surveillance does represent a quantum jump, as it were, in the range and nature of its law enforcement power, it certainly is true to say that in the past Customs officers in general and narcotics officers in particular have had very wide powers in the search and seizure area. [More…]
Either form of warrant- both the general writ of assistance and the particular Customs warrant for a lesser period- empowers the bearer of such a warrant at any time of the day or night to enter into and search any house, premises or place, to break open the same and to search any chests, trunks or packages in which goods may be or are supposed to be. [More…]
In addition to those powers under the general warrants, it is to be noted that there also exists under the Customs Act a whole series of specific powers of search without warrant, particularly in what are known as behind the barrier customs situations. [More…]
I find it a matter of regret that the piece of legislation before us today, hasty as it is to expand the powers of Customs officers and narcotics agents in all sorts of ways which may or may not be defensible, makes no attempt to clean up what has long been a running sore in Australian jurisprudence- I would put it as high as that- and that is the existence of general warrants in the Customs legislation. [More…]
I believe that by a combination of limited judicially authorised warrants, plus certain very specific powers of search without warrant and provisions for the obtaining of warrants in emergency situations by telephone or other means, Customs and narcotics officers can have all the powers they need to enable them effectively to enforce this legislation without the possession of powers which are in principle much too far reaching. [More…]
I should have thought that the Government’s bona fides in bringing forward the present amending legislation would have been improved if it had been willing to consider, in the course of bringing forward this legislation, what have been very long-standing criticisms and objections to other powers exercised by the officers in question. [More…]
The point that I am making- it is essentially a point in passing about the general warrant powers- is that it seems that the Customs officers and the Narcotics Bureau have not been content with the very wide powers of search and seizure that they have and that they want new ones. [More…]
Thus we have the electronics surveillance powers that are before us today. [More…]
The Opposition recognises, as it has to, the utility of the powers with respect to telephone tapping, the installation of listening devices and the rest that are foreshadowed. [More…]
It is also acknowledged by the Opposition that there has been an anomaly in the law to the extent that in a number of States powers for the installation of listening devices are already vested in law enforcement authorities for the purposes of the criminal law and it has been possible and is possible in practice for narcotics officers to make use of those State powers in particular law enforcement situations. [More…]
To vest these powers in the Bureau federally is, from that point of view, not a major sea-change. [More…]
Acknowledging both of those points as we do, the Opposition does not go so far as to resist completely and absolutely the introduction of these new powers in legislative form and the vesting of them in the agency. [More…]
What we do say, however- I cannot repeat the point too often- is that the exercise of these powers is very dangerous indeed because of the essentially exploratory, unselective, indiscriminate nature of the privacy intrusions that are necessarily involved in the use of electronic surveillance procedures of the kind that we are talking about. [More…]
It is for that reason- because the scale of the eavesdropping, the intrusion on personal privacy, is exponentially greater once one starts using this kind of technology as distinct from old technology such as binoculars and listening under eaves- that one needs to hedge around the exercise of these powers with a great many safeguards. [More…]
We regard it as bad that the powers in question are to be available across the full sweep of offences under section 235. [More…]
The Opposition finds it almost impossible to believe that anyone would acknowledge seriously the legitimacy of using these kinds of law enforcement powers at the bottom end of the scale; that is, with respect to drugs like cannabis or cannabis resin. [More…]
It is only then that he can persuade the Opposition and the Australian people that he and the people who will succeed him in his job are serious about that commitment and that these powers will not be used in a thoroughly unacceptable way. [More…]
There is a whole series of amendments which the Opposition will be moving to that effect, to reduce the scope of the Bill so as to confine these draconic powers to a narrower range of offences. [More…]
So much as to powers. [More…]
The only remaining matter which I desire to mention in relation to this Bill in explaining my and the Opposition’s objections to it relates to the absence of any serious provision relating to reporting to Parliament on how the Narcotics Bureau is performing generally, but more particularly on how it is exercising the sweeping new powers which will be conferred upon it by this legislation. [More…]
These would not extend to disclosing the operational detail of the Bureau’s activities, requiring names, dates, places and so on to be spelt out in relation to the exercise of warrants, but nonetheless would make it possible for Parliament, and through it the community, to be informed of the scale on which those particular powers were being exercised. [More…]
The Bill is designed to do three things: To expand the investigatory powers of Customs officers, as has been outlined by previous speakers; to increase the penalties which may be imposed for certain kinds of offences; and to introduce a new type of penalty designed to exact more severe punishment on commercial traffickers than has been the case. [More…]
I presume that that is the base on which it is constructed and to that end, if it broadens investigatory powers, even having listened to Senator Evans’s caveats, I think that it should be supported for the new powers that it will give to the Bureau and for the new capacity it will provide to interrupt supply chains for some of the drugs. [More…]
For drug trafficking the courts have tended to impose fairly modest gaol sentences although they have had available to them extensive powers of imprisonment. [More…]
The investigatory powers that the Bureau needs must be made available to it. [More…]
The Bill gives new powers to the Federal Narcotics Burea- powers to institute electronic surveillance and to use listening devices. [More…]
By means of administrative and financial support the Government has already stepped up the powers of investigation which are so clearly needed as a response to the level of increase in drug trafficking which I have earlier described. [More…]
This Bill provides for increased legal powers further to improve methods of detection, and that is really the major purpose of the legislation. [More…]
Those two measures are expected to bring about, and I am sure will bring about, a very considerable improvement in the powers and effectiveness of investigations of the Bureau of Narcotics. [More…]
It is true that in some States powers already exist to use listening devices, but it is not satisfactory for the Narcotics Bureau, exercising on behalf of the Federal Government powers of investigation and enforcement, to have to observe the laws in different States in relation to these matters. [More…]
I am advised that in the past year, acting within those powers, drug enforcement officers have seized moneys and goods exceeding some millions of dollars in value. [More…]
However, the existing powers of seizure are very limited indeed and cannot be used to cope with the very elaborate washing devices these very sophisticated commercial operators are able to use, particularly with the expert advice they have at their disposal. [More…]
The Australian Institute of Marine Science Act 1970 created the Institute and provided for the appointment of an interim council to recommend to the Minister the functions and powers of the Institute in relation to marine science. [More…]
We all know that the State governments have no powers to levy income tax. [More…]
The fact of the matter is that in a variety of ways the Labor Party wishes to remove the powers of the Senate. [More…]
One of the ways is to take away its financial powers. [More…]
We have moved to a situation in which an independent tribunal has been given considerable powers to act in and to protect the public interest. [More…]
The Tribunal will be a ‘quasi-judicial’ body with powers to hold public inquiries, into the grant and renewal of licences in the commercial and public sectors, as well as into such matters as the setting of standards of broadcasting practice, alleged breaches of licence conditions, or any aspect of broadcasting referred to it by the Minister. [More…]
In 1977 the Government took its next step and, in the Bill which passed through the Parliament that year, transferred the then ministerial powers relating to the licensing of stations to the Tribunal and fully established the present powers and functions of the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal. [More…]
The Tribunal will have quasi-judicial powers. [More…]
(The Tribunal is aware that there might be constitutional limitations on the powers of Parliament in this area, but such limitations would apply equally to the powers of the Tribunal itself. ) [More…]
Apart from the increase in pharmaceuticals, the Government has foreshadowed the establishment of an independent inquiry, with the powers of a royal commission, to investigate and report on the efficiency and administration of hospitals. [More…]
It was also announced in the Budget that the foreshadowed independent hospital inquiry would take place with the powers of a royal commission and it would investigate the kinds of things which some honourable senators have been advocating. [More…]
The purpose of the amendment is to exclude from the operation of the powers under this legislation the installation of listening devices under warrants issued by judges for narcotic offences involving less than a trafficable quantity of cannabis or cannabis resin. [More…]
It also seeks to accommodate some views that were expressed in a debate on the Telecommunications (Interception) Bill, which contains similar powers in respect of the interception of telephone calls. [More…]
In the debate on that Bill and, I think, in the debate when this amendment was moved on 28 August I indicated the Government’s view that there should not be any restriction of powers in the way proposed. [More…]
I stated that we opposed it for practical reasons, namely, that law enforcement officers may wish to intercept telephone conversations taking place in various situations and their investigation would be restricted if they could not even seek such powers unless they were able to establish that a trafficable quantity of a drug was involved. [More…]
However, the main purpose of these powers is to help in the investigation of offences committed by the big commercial operators and the resources of the Narcotics Bureau are not likely to be diverted simply to investigating the smaller offences or smaller offenders. [More…]
We are here conferring powers on judges of a particular status in the judicial system, namely, judges of the highest courts. [More…]
We know that there are jurisdictional distinctions between them in the exercise of their ordinary judicial powers, but in this cass we are selecting them for the purpose of issuing warrants without regard to their jurisdictional limits, which are entrenched in our constitutional Federal system and historical reasons, which many people think ought to be changed. [More…]
The powers that are being given here do not arise from respective jurisdictions. [More…]
As I have said frequently in regard to these debates, the purpose of these powers being conferred is to assist in investigations against the larger commercial operators in the drug trade. [More…]
I would imagine that the powers that are being given here to install listening devices, and to provide some reporting in regard to the way in which they operate, the results they have and so on would be matters under this proposed section on which the Leader of the Opposition would clearly want and be entitled to receive advice. [More…]
I am sure that the Government and my colleague in another place, the Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs (Mr Fife), would be delighted to be able to report in accordance with one of the honourable senator’s suggestions, namely, that these powers had been used so successfully that the whole problem had gone away. [More…]
But cutting back on the powers and funding of the Prices Justification Tribunal and the Trade Practices Commission, unrestrained profitmaking becomes the order of the day. [More…]
It appears that the State Government in Victoria has ignored whatever powers it has to control X-ray equipment. [More…]
Firstly, the powers over income distribution in this country do not rest with the Federal Parliament. [More…]
Honourable senators will recall that in 1973, during the period of the Labor Government, we recognised this problem and endeavoured, by referendum, to obtain those powers for the Federal Parliament. [More…]
Of course, the Australian people unfortunately refused the transfer of those powers from the States to the Commonwealth. [More…]
What powers within the Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December 1 975. [More…]
He suggested that perhaps the States might refer powers on those matters to the Commonwealth Government. [More…]
Of course, it has not been as great as I, as Chairman of the Committee, would have liked, but it has taken the form of a review of the powers of the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal. [More…]
Her powers of concentration and attention were extremely good and her memory also was extremely good. [More…]
As to any loopholes which are disclosed, Senator Watson can rely on the Treasury and the Government acting within their powers to close them. [More…]
In accordance with the definition now contained in the Audit Act, ‘Department ‘ in this context includes a branch or part of the Australian Public Service in relation to which a person has the powers of a permanent head. [More…]
That the Senate is of the opinion that the Federal Government has not observed its undertaking to distribute powers and functions to State governments. [More…]
That provisions relating to membership, powers and proceedings of the committee be contained in a subsequent resolution. [More…]
The tribunal to which an appellant takes his case has all the powers of the Commissioner and the appeal is heard on its merits. [More…]
The powers of the Commissioner under the Act are very wide indeed. [More…]
I have drawn attention to the very small number of cases that have been dealt with, and for anyone to give the impression that this provision will attract excessive litigation overlooks the powers that I have described as to the way in which the Commissioner makes his determination. [More…]
Some powers must be delegated. [More…]
It is worth noting that Australia’s defence forces are, outside those of the super powers, certainly the equivalent of defence forces in any area of this area of the world. [More…]
The trouble is that the nuclear nonproliferation treaty is seriously defective, particularly because three nuclear powers- France, China and India- are not members. [More…]
What powers within the Minister’s jurisdiction have been transferred to the States since December 1 975. [More…]
Upon the enactment of the Constitution, any rights or powers which the former colonies might have had in the territorial sca, sea bed and air space or in the Continental Shelf and incline became vested in the Commonwealth. [More…]
If we are to base our support upon the policies pursued and the lack of humanity shown, there would be many governments in the world, including some major powers, which we would not recognise. [More…]
Australia, of all the powers, has been the quickest off the mark in offering food aid to Kampuchea. [More…]
I repeat that, of the significant powers, we were the first to offer substantial aid. [More…]
I think it is probably deplorable that the major powers, which in many cases are in a better position to bring pressure to bear, have not done what Australia has done. [More…]
I think that most parliaments have adopted the policy of delegating to someone else powers under legislation, but we have always reserved the right in the legislative machinery of this country to have supervision over the actions of that person. [More…]
Obviously the British have extended the powers of regulation more than we have. [More…]
It is exercised by the occupant of nominated positions in the Customer Accounting area to which the Commission under Section 33 of the abovementioned Act has formally delegated the relevant powers. [More…]
It was hoped- indeed, expected by some of us- that the referendum on self-government would be decided in favour of self-government and that we could proceed to delegate powers and devolve decision-making responsibilities to the community. [More…]
In this regard the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act makes specific provision for the Commonwealth Government to make arrangements with the Queensland Government for the performance of functions and the exercise of powers under this Act. [More…]
Has the Minister representing the Minister for Transport seen reports in this morning’s Press, and in particular in the Canberra Times, that in the matter of Mrs Deborah Wardley counsel for Ansett Airlines of Australia told the Victorian Supreme Court yesterday that if Ansett was now forced to admit her to the November pilot training intake it would nevertheless proceed immediately to dismiss her forthwith under its powers under the Airline Pilots’ Agreement? [More…]
Much of the criticism levelled at those aspects of the Bill we examined, seemed to suggest that the legislation conferred powers on the Archives that would allow for unnecessary encroachment upon the domain of other custodial institutions throughout Australia. [More…]
The amendments will require a Commissioner to consult with his Deputy President before making or varying an award relating to wages and conditions; prohibit the Commission from ordering, recommending or sanctioning in any way, an employer paying wages to an employee for time when the employee was engaged in industrial action; provide for the expeditious hearing of stand-down applications, either before a single member of the Commission or a Full Bench; provide that the question of whether an industrial dispute exists may be the subject of a reference to a Full Bench; enable an industrial dispute or part of an industrial dispute to be referred to a Full Bench at the conciliation stage; reinforce the powers of the President of the Commission by enabling him to withdraw a matter from another member of the Commission and either deal with it himself or refer the matter to a Full Bench; and provide increased protection for the community by creating an alternative path to the deregistration of organisations and thereby remove delays in the deregistration process in cases where the safety, health or welfare of the community are put at risk by industrial action. [More…]
Powers of the Commission in Relation to Payments to Workers for Time Lost through Industrial Action [More…]
I turn next to the proposal to limit the powers of the Commission in relation to payments to workers for time lost through industrial action. [More…]
Consequently, in exercising powers under the section, the Governor-General will act with the advice of the Executive Council. [More…]
The Parliament should indicate that it would be much more happy to confer these powers after proper appeal provisions are instituted. [More…]
The proposed section places no limits on the powers of an authorised officer to make such an entry. [More…]
It has taken years to get powers for the Commission, and the whole effort has now been torpedoed. [More…]
Whilst the report states the problem and makes a recommendation for wider powers relating to the quality of water it does not seem to suggest solutions. [More…]
It also gives to quarantine officers proper powers to inspect imported goods and to search premises when breaches of quarantine regulations are suspected. [More…]
It is essential that expert quarantine officers in this country have the powers given to them in this legislation, powers which are at present confined largely to the police and Customs officers. [More…]
They need these powers if they are to protect this country by quarantine measures, as this country needs to be protected. [More…]
Secondly, it seeks to give assistance to quarantine officers in the carrying out of their duty by giving them much wider powers of entry and search. [More…]
The Bill extends the powers of quarantine officers to enable them to search baggage immediately, without refer*ence to Customs officers, and to go beyond the premises of the immediate port of entry to any place at which any material newly arrived from overseas may be found, with an appropriate, fair and reasonable warrant to inspect newly arrived material. [More…]
With these new powers that are given by the Bill there is an emphasis upon plant and animal quarantine. [More…]
They have relied upon the powers given to Customs officers. [More…]
The third major element of the Bill deals with appropriate powers to be granted to quarantine officers. [More…]
It took quite a deal of evidence on the lack of adequate powers by quarantine officers, a lack which was evidenced by the fact that for many years there were legal opinions- for example, I think one was given by a Deputy Crown Solicitor of one of the States, perhaps New South Wales- to the effect that after the granting of pratique- that is the granting by quarantine officers of permission to a vessel to unload passengers or goods because it is thought to be free of infection- quarantine officers lost any power to deal with goods discharged from a ship or aircraft. [More…]
It is a gap that was brought up in evidence quite often before the Senate Committee on Natural Resources, as indeed was the whole question of the powers of quarantine officers. [More…]
This Bill is very welcome, and it goes quite a long way towards granting powers to quarantine officers to enable them to enter premises either with the consent of the owner or with a warrant granted by a justice of the peace in order to carry out his functions of inspection where he reasonably suspects that some infected article is present in those premises. [More…]
The need for such powers to be given to quarantine officers came up time and time again in the evidence received by the Senate Committee on National Resources. [More…]
It is not too early to have brought before the Parliament these sorts of clauses which help to establish the status and powers of quarantine officers, as they ought to be persons who can operate independently of other agencies, whether of State or Federal character. [More…]
The Senate Standing Committee on National Resources did its job and studied the question, and all members favoured providing quarantine officers with additional powers. [More…]
Some powers should be given to quarantine officers so that they can stand alongside Customs officers at every port of entry into Australia and when a person states on his card that he has been on a farm the quarantine officers should then have the right to look at his luggage, inspect it and fumigate his shoes, particularly in cases where passengers request to have their shoes fumigated. [More…]
The Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs has advised me that the Trade Practices Act does not prescribe the circumstances in which the Government’s powers of intervention are to be exercised. [More…]
The Ordinance creates a Controller of Fuels, provides for the appointment of inspectors, and confers special powers on those officers to deal with shortages of fuel such as occurred last June. [More…]
The Committee was concerned with provisions which allowed the Controller of Fuels to delegate his powers to any person without limitation as to the class of persons to whom the delegation could be made, the service of notices by publication in a newspaper instead of the usual method of personal service, and wide powers of entry and search of premises, even in the absence of a declaration under the Ordinance that an emergency exists in relation to fuel supplies. [More…]
The Minister has agreed to restrict the delegation of the powers of the Controller of Fuels, to provide for personal service of notices, and to ensure that the powers of entry and search can be exercised only at reasonable hours during the period when a declaration of emergency is in force. [More…]
The Committee considers that such a provision is highly desirable in all legislation which confers compulsory information-gathering powers upon specialist officers. [More…]
We are confronted with extraordinary powers which are to be given to the Government. [More…]
The next important alternation which concerns the Opposition is proposed new section 25a in clause 4 of the Bill, which deals with the limitation of powers of the Commission. [More…]
But sub-paragraph ( b ) states: at any time, or from time to time, within the period of 6 months, by order in writing, exercise any one or more of the following powers: [More…]
I am certain that in the days when Senator Cavanagh, Senator Mulvihill, Senator Gietzelt and I were union officials and we operated in the industrial area we would not have put up with talking to a commissioner or chairman of a conciliation board unless we knew that he had the powers to settle a dispute. [More…]
The next provision is to extend the powers of the President to take over matters which are before another member of the Commission. [More…]
The provisions to which I have referred will remain, so the court will retain those powers but similar powers to act will be granted to the Executive after a Full Bench of the Commission has determined that industrial action by an organisation or a group of its members has had, is having or is likely to have, a substantially adverse effect on the safety, health and welfare of the community, or a part of the community. [More…]
They will enable an industrial dispute or part of an industrial dispute to be referred to a Full Bench at the conciliation stage and they will reinforce the powers of the President of the Commission by enabling him to withdraw a matter from another member of the Commission and either deal with it himself or refer the matter to a Full Bench. [More…]
Section 22 provides that where a member of the Commission has exercised powers with respect to conciliation he shall not participate in an arbitration, if there is an objection. [More…]
It happened with the amendment of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act two years ago which savagely increased the scope of the penalties and the punitive powers in that legislation. [More…]
Why is it necessary to vest this vast range of additional powers in the President? [More…]
Why is it necessary to do so in particular when one considers that in order for him to be able to exercise these powers properly, he would need to be something of an industrial superman, not only physically in terms of the numbers of eyes, ears, arms and legs he would have to have in order to be able simultaneously even to begin to monitor the potential trouble spots round the nation within his jurisdiction, but also in terms of the discretion and the sensitivity that he would need to exercise in order to ensure that the personal jurisdiction that it is proposed to vest in him did not get completely out of hand. [More…]
These powers are absolute. [More…]
How apt it is for us to pause for just a moment longer in relation to the deregistration provision and note that it contains not only the ultimate sanction of deregistration but also it contains a series of other provisions which vest in the government of the day, once this preliminary easy threshold declaration has been made, a whole series of other powers to do a variety of quite extraordinary things by way of the manipulation of the union’s property and the requirement that it not spend money on particular purposes- for example, particular publications or particular people’s salaries. [More…]
It seems to me that it is strongly arguable that these powers- both the threshhold declaration powers by the Commission and the subsequent Executive level powers by the Government- are, in fact, by their very character, powers of a judicial nature and as such are unconstitutionally invested in non-judicial bodies as they are here. [More…]
They are not designed to control a commissioner by limiting his discretionary powers in relation to prevention and settlement of disputes. [More…]
Admittedly union powers when exercised as they frequently are, in an arrogant way, are anti-social, yet severe repressive measures can succeed only if some very wily and wellthought out initial preparation of the ground is first resorted to. [More…]
We must remember in regard to this whole area that we have very limited powers insofar as the Constitution is concerned. [More…]
I know also that there is power in the High Court to ‘read down’ powers, as happened in regard to the Family Law Act, so that they fit within the constitutional framework and so that they can operate without defeating the law. [More…]
I think that the powers would have to be cut down quite considerably if the courts were to uphold this particular law. [More…]
The last thing I want to point out about this provision is that although it empowers the Government to make orders under clause 1 6 of the Bill, those orders are in no way subject to disallowance in this Parliament. [More…]
It is most unfortunate that powers are given to the Executive government in this way to make very drastic orders which are not to be subject in any way to the control of the Houses of Parliament. [More…]
I will vote for this Bill because the Government is of the opinion that it requires a number of these powers. [More…]
A number of these powers are desirable but I think that the procedures under which the Bill has been presented are rather dubious and I think it is unfortunate that quite necessary repair powers are mixed with others which are of dubious constitutionality. [More…]
I hope that the Government will look again at some of those powers and, in the calmness of that consideration, will amend them, taking advice from those who are experienced in the jurisdiction, and will thereby not cause the type of offence and industrial trouble which might otherwise break out. [More…]
There is an attempt to extend the powers of the President to intervene in particular cases - [More…]
However, the States were jealous of their powers at that time and clearly did not want to hand them over to the Commonwealth. [More…]
I make the point that at that time the Federal Parliament discussed very deeply the question of the powers in this area that it ought to assume. [More…]
There is perhaps an argument in favour of extending the powers of the Federal Government and the Federal Parliament over industrial relations as they affect the States. [More…]
There has been talk about the reference of powers to the Commonwealth for that purpose. [More…]
As the pressure grows in this system to perpetuate and justify itself, so will the powers grow ruthlessly to overpower and subdue the accepted traditional patterns of industrial relations. [More…]
This state of affairs is the product of a Fraser dominated Executive which has usurped the rights and the powers of the Parliament and is prepared to bludgeon through legislation such as this to patch up the Government’s decadent collapsing capitalist ethic. [More…]
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation has received unprecedented powers. [More…]
The powers of ASIO have been increased. [More…]
The legislation will require a commissioner to consult with his deputy president before making or varying an award relating to wages and conditions; prohibit the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission from ordering, recommending or sanctioning an employer paying wages to an employee for time when the employee was engaged in industrial action; provide for the expeditious hearing of a stand-down application, either before a single member of the Commission or a Full Bench; provide that the question of whether an industrial dispute exists may be the subject of a reference to a Full Bench; enable an industrial dispute or part of an industrial dispute to be referred to a Full Bench at the conciliation stage; reinforce the powers of the President of the Commission by enabling him to withdraw a matter from another member of the Commission and either deal with it himself or refer the matter to a Full Bench; and provide increased protection for the community by creating an alternative path to the deregistration of organisations in cases where the safety, health or welfare of the community are put at risk by industrial action. [More…]
As I have said, all the proposals, except the one dealing with deregistration, are concerned with the manner in which the commissioners or deputy presidents go about exercising powers under this legislation. [More…]
The other matter is the question of new powers and provisions in relation to the deregistration of unions. [More…]
By and large, they deal with the powers of deregistration of the Federal Court and with applications to that court. [More…]
There are, and have been for many years, provisions in the Act by proclamation to give powers of deregistration to the Full Bench of the Commission itself. [More…]
It is not until those facts have been established that the powers of deregistration can be exercised by the GovernorGeneral under this legislation. [More…]
That is clearly a judicial process in which facts are determined, and it is only after the facts are determined in accordance with the legislation that these powers can be exercised. [More…]
Apart from the fact that in one case the court would be deregistering and in the other case the Governor-General would be doing so, and he has a discretion as to whether to do so, there is no fundamental difference really between the exercising of the powers of deregistration, except that the Government believes that in these cases the procedures will be able to be exercised more quickly, and for the greater protection of the community, than they can be exercised under the existing powers in the generality of cases when applications for deregistration take a considerable time. [More…]
It is only because of the urgency of the matter in the particular threat to the safety, health or welfare of the community that the Government is proposing these additional and more expeditious powers. [More…]
It is in my view, and certainly the view of my advisers, that they are within the powers of the Constitution. [More…]
That is regrettable, given the controversial character of the whole question of court administration under this Government, particularly with regard to High Court administration and the discussions to which that has given rise over the last year and, in that context, with regard to the decision, which has now apparently been taken by the Government, to vest independent powers of administration in the High Court in that body of judges itself. [More…]
If transmit powers of 20 watts were to be utilised, it is considered that it would be most difficult to obtain the agreement of administrations which might be expected to offer freedom from interference to earth station reception in Australia if the low power services employ the same nominal orbital positions as those assigned to Australia in the Plan. [More…]
Accordingly, even though there has not been to my knowledge any instance of the actual use of those powers, any more than there had been any use of the powers in the Crimes Act which were repealed in 1973, nonetheless it would seem appropriate that the attention of the Government was turned to this matter and that some action was taken to amend accordingly the legislative provisions. [More…]
1 ) The Minister may, either generally or as otherwise provided by the instrument of delegation, by writing signed by him, delegate to an officer any of his powers under this Act other than this power of delegation. [More…]
I refer the Minister representing the Minister for National Development to the meeting of Ministers held in Melbourne on Monday of this week to consider amendments to the River Murray Agreement in order to update the powers of the River Murray Commission. [More…]
Even with this large expenditure of time and resources to the detriment of progress in other areas, agreement has been reached on a treaty which provides some limits on the growth of the arsenal available to the world’s super-powers, but does nothing to reduce the quantity of those weapons- a process which is left to the negotiations of SALT III. [More…]
For example, the comprehensive test ban treaty is being negotiated by the United States, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Great Britain, while the treaty on the prohibition of chemical weapons remains the province of the two super-powers, the United States and the USSR. [More…]
Notwithstanding the new democratic structure of the Committee, the large powers still retain substantial control over disarmament measures. [More…]
For example, it is likely that because the SALT II negotiations were in an advanced and critical stage early this year, both the super-powers acted with restraint when confronted with the conflict between China and Vietnam. [More…]
Another advantage is that the long drawn out negotiations gave both of the super-powers a much clearer understanding of the capacity and intentions of the other side, thus reducing the chance of a conflict based on a misconception of their respective intentions and capabilities. [More…]
The real value in the SALT negotiations is the increase in trust which occurs between the two super-powers, because I take the view that the success of any arms limitation measures depends upon the degree to which the level of trust between the nations is increased. [More…]
The major powers practise secrecy about their nuclear arsenals and particularly about the number of tactical nuclear weapons. [More…]
We could talk at great length about the rights and wrongs of those who claim that there is a lack of surveillance and proper supervision of each of the major powers to this extent. [More…]
The most dangerous area for the world involves nuclear weapons, both the possession of these weapons by the super-powers and the possibility of widespread proliferation. [More…]
The trouble is that the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is seriously defective, particularly because three nuclear powers- France, China and India- are not signatories to it. [More…]
The Commission is to have such functions and powers as are conferred on it by Commonwealth and State companies and securities industry legislation. [More…]
In order that this national commission will have the necessary powers to administer that legislation in the States, each State is required under the agreement to pass legislation which complements this Bill. [More…]
The former Labor Government opted for unilateral action by the Commonwealth insofar as it proposed to legislate without consultation with the States and rely solely on the Commonwealth’s legislative powers. [More…]
The Bill establishes the National Commission and sets out its powers and functions, staffing, financing and other operational aspects such as meetings and hearings. [More…]
The Commission’s substantive powers and functions will be derived from Commonwealth and State companies and securities industry legislation. [More…]
State administrations will continue to operate with their powers and functions being delegated from the National Commission. [More…]
The Bill allows the Commission to hold hearings in public or private in order to perform any of its functions or powers. [More…]
They deal with the constitution of the Council itself, the powers of the Tribunal and the Federal Court of Australia in relation to stay orders, and machinery matters relating to time limits and staff of the Tribunal. [More…]
However, experience has shown that the powers available to the Tribunal under section 41 are not sufficiently flexible. [More…]
Under sub-section 44(6) of the existing legislation, the Court has powers similar to those of the Tribunal to make suspension or stay orders. [More…]
Clauses 8 and 9 have been included in the Bill to ensure that the Court’s powers are parallel to the broader powers which are to be conferred on the Tribunal. [More…]
The amendments will also ensure that the Court’s powers extend to both the Tribunal’s decision and the original decision which the Tribunal was reviewing. [More…]
Nevertheless, subject to certain restrictions of the powers of this place - [More…]
The Director-General can use the powers of the Act to enforce his requirements. [More…]
Authority for this is contained in the Social Services Act and similar powers exist in relation to all social security benefits; that is, a claimant must establish his eligibility for a particular benefit. [More…]
The powers of the Director-General under the Act is always a subject for discussion. [More…]
I wish to explain my concern at the discretionary powers of the Director-General. [More…]
What powers do the regional directors have to make a decision? [More…]
I do not know whether they have the same powers. [More…]
I am told that the regional directors have the same powers as the Director-General. [More…]
-The amendments to the Customs Act to expand the powers of narcotics officers to use listening devices and the complementary amendments to the Telecommunications (Interception) Act were based upon the argument from narcotics officers and others that these powers were needed. [More…]
However, since the authoritative High Court decision in Sankey v. Whitlam, it is apparent that much of this attitude has been based on a misconception of the existing powers of the courts. [More…]
The findings could be summarised succinctly but, I think, accurately as follows: Firstly, despite what has been said by so many Government spokesmen, the Westminster system does not justify extensive limitations on the scope of freedom of information; secondly, many claims about the resource implications of freedom of information legislation have been undoubtedly greatly exaggerated, and the Public Service can and should be able to cope with legislation much less narrow than that which has so far been proposed; thirdly, the present Freedom of Information Bill allows much too much information to escape the net entirely, containing as it does too many unnecessarily restrictive exceptions and exemptions; fourthly, the Bill provides insufficient safeguards against administrative, procedural and financial obstruction of freedom of information requests- too many obstructive powers rest with agencies; fifthly, the Bill does not impose sufficiently clear and precise guidelines for agencies to publish directories, indexes, manuals and guides on the operation of the legislation; and sixthly, the present review and appeal procedures are both too cumbersome and too limited. [More…]
The Narcotics Bureau claims that the simple remedy for any deficiencies it may have is to increase its staff, powers and resources. [More…]
This is a matter for a police force with police powers, training and discipline, and possessing a range and breadth of resources that can be employed as needed in the fight against drug crimes. [More…]
Of great single importance was the extension of the powers and prerogatives of elected Community Councils, which as corporate bodies are now able to accept greater responsibilities for the conduct of their communities. [More…]
Queensland policy, which discourages ‘hand-out’ or ‘sitdown’ style assistance, encourages Council decision-making powers to be matched by responsibility for the performance of the functions over which it exercises authority, to standards acceptable to the broad society. [More…]
It has also extended by-law making powers to those two communities. [More…]
That indicates that, by removing the Tribunal’s effectiveness as a resource centre and by removing the powers to investigate, it is left to the States to play some small but ineffective role in the whole area of prices. [More…]
There was no way in which the Tribunal could possibly cope with that flood of material and perform an effective role as a prices justification body, particularly with the limited powers it was given when the Labor Government established it. [More…]
As I have said, the Labor Government soon discovered, even with its own prices justification powers, when it introduced the body, that it had to direct the attention of that body to the need to generate new investment and to the need for maintaining company profitability. [More…]
In fact, the Australian Financial Review of 19 October 1978 under the heading PJT Powers are Stripped ‘ says, in part: [More…]
The Prices Justification Tribunal will lose its powers to initiate public inquiries on its own account under major amendments to the Prices Justification Act . [More…]
Not only has this Government drastically limited the powers of the PJT but it has also severely limited its effectiveness by halving its staff. [More…]
It also extended the powers of the Grants Commission to enable it directly to assist local government. [More…]
One of the first things that the present Government did when it came to office was to reduce the powers of the Grants Commission by preventing it from dealing directly with local government throughout Australia. [More…]
We of the Opposition would restore the powers of the [More…]
I would not like to commit myself to a general statement regarding the powers that the Commonwealth Parliament and the Government may have in relation to these matters. [More…]
Obviously defence powers and matters of that sort come to mind. [More…]
It is one of the two super powers, along with the United States of America. [More…]
No country can avoid having relations with the super powers. [More…]
No country can be secure so long as it believes that there is any threat of any kind whatsoever from either of the two super powers. [More…]
However horrendous the events that are occurring in any of these smaller countries, the consequences of those events are in no way as important to the people of this country and to the people of the rest of the world as are the events which take place within the boundaries of the super powers, nor are the policies of those countries in any way as important or as significant or as potentially dangerous as the practices and policies of the super powers. [More…]
It is equally easy to see how, in the process, the Commissioner for Community Relations, Mr Al Grassby, will be stripped of all those powers and responsibilities which have made him, over the last few years, such an effective voice for blacks and migrants in this country. [More…]
The first is that the Bill does nothing to actually change the law in any of areas such as police powers, freedom of assembly, voting rights and all the rest of them, where civil rights are very obviously in need of specific legal protection. [More…]
Expanded powers and functions for the Commission, including effective means of enforcing its recommendations. [More…]
There is that possibility to delegate powers and functions, including the function of receiving and dealing with particular kinds of complaints to a State agency or instrumentality. [More…]
The fourth general matter that I wish to raise about the Racial Discrimination Amendment Bill is that Mr Grassby ‘s staff is to be transferred lock, stock and barrel to the new Commission, leaving him no powers at all of hiring, firing or deployment. [More…]
The fifth point is this: The powers vested in the Commissioner for Community Relations by the 1 975 Act in relation to the appointment of local concilation committees and the central Community Relations Council-not that that has ever been established- are now stripped from him and vested in the Human Rights Commission. [More…]
Expanded powers and functions for the Commission, including effective means of enforcing its recommendations. [More…]
Grassby) to the Human Rights Commission while preserving only the Commissioner’s investigating and conciliatory powers. [More…]
Those limited powers which he retains are to be performed thereafter under the ‘directions’ of the Commission. [More…]
It is a dangerous diminution of the powers of the Commission and Commissioner for Community Relations. [More…]
Delegation of powers. [More…]
Clause 13 gives the Commission the sweeping authority to delegate ‘all or any’ of the powers now to be exercised by it under the [More…]
At the same time, the Clause restricts the Commissioner for Community Relations from any delegation of his powers except to a member of the Commission ‘s staff or any person the Commission approves. [More…]
It will be noted that the powers over racial discrimination now being transferred to the Commission are not ‘toothless’ but have been developed with limited facilities yet with overall success. [More…]
On the other hand, the Commission’s powers in all other human rights areas are to be severely restricted as I have demonstrated above. [More…]
If the powers are to be so variable, then the case for amalgamation is accordingly weakened. [More…]
The Commission should have the powers and facilities to affect the purposes sought and be empowered to investigate the great majority of violations of human lights in this country. [More…]
Therefore, to be able to look into that seems to me to be one of the objects that obviously should be within the powers of this particular Commission. [More…]
We must surely write into the Bill those provisions so that this bypassing cannot be done and the small powers which the Commission has at the moment, cannot be eaten away by a State which wants to do the investigation itself and to cut out the Commission from its area. [More…]
The weaker Commission will accumulate the greater powers which, at the moment, the Racial Discrimination Commissioner has. [More…]
That Committee was highly critical of the amalgamation of the two operations and the taking away of Dr Grassby ‘s powers. [More…]
It is, I think, therefore very inauspicious that we should be considering changing and probably reducing the powers and effectiveness of the operation of the Commissioner for Community Relations at this time when that challenge is about to be launched. [More…]
I have defended for many years the concept that we ought to have a Human Rights Commission and that this is the right way to go, but only if such a Commission has within its powers the ability to carry out a really genuine compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. [More…]
The powers of the proposed Human Rights Commission are very limited. [More…]
These powers are limited to Commonwealth legislation only. [More…]
The need for an office of community relations to continue to exist without any deletion or any watering down of its powers is greater now than it was five years ago. [More…]
That is not the spirit of any of the legislation carried in either chamber of this Parliament, which conferred State-like powers on the Northern Territory. [More…]
Expanded powers and functions for the Commission, including effective means of enforcing its recommendations. ‘ [More…]
So, if he has any influence, we would be delighted if he would exercise his powers within the party to do something about the matter. [More…]
Such amendments need to relate to the powers of the Consultative Committees on Community Relations currently assisting in the administration of the Act throughout Australia; the outlawing of publishing and disseminating racist material; [More…]
If we cut the wings of the Office and take away the powers of the Commissioner we will be back to the old law of the jungle whereby if someone is less than white he or she is less fairly treated than any other member of the community. [More…]
One eminent jurist has advised the Commissioner that provisions of the Act, including certain prohibition provisions, cannot be supported by Commonwealth constitutional powers since they are not directed to people of a specific race. [More…]
Apart from the qualifications about the elections of parliament, the Bill of Rights is a statement about the powers of parliament. [More…]
Arrest without warrant is provided for in the Crimes (Powers of Arrest) Act of Victoria, section 459; in the Criminal Code of Tasmania, section 27; in the Criminal Code of Western Australia, section 5; in the Criminal Law of Queensland, section 5; in the Police Offences Act of South Australia, section 75; and in the New South Wales Crimes Act, section 352. [More…]
I draw attention to the statement made by the Premier of South Australia, Mr Tonkin, in his comments at the opening of Dartmouth Dam on Friday in which he highlighted the disadvantage suffered by South Australia because of the River Murray Commission’s lack of powers. [More…]
The Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Mr Lionel Bowen, was recently reported to the effect of advocating the abolition of the Senate ‘s powers. [More…]
I read that there was a decision by the Australian Labor Party, including Mr Hayden, that the powers of the Senate, particularly its power over money and finance, should be removed. [More…]
It is made especially important by the fact that the people involved have recently been given the power to conduct investigations into narcotics trafficking in this country and have had their powers widened considerably by their incorporation into a much larger police force than existed before. [More…]
The Commissioner has no powers to prosecute anyone who offends against the Act. [More…]
Clause 16 does not provide the Commission with enforcement powers by way of legal action when all avenues of conciliation have failed. [More…]
The Attorney-General (Senator Durack) remarked in his second reading speech that the Commission would not need enforcement powers of the type vested in the courts and that sanctions of a legal kind ‘may even provide antagonism ‘-antagonism, mind you- ‘rather than a spirit of co-operation which is so central in matters of reciprocal rights and obligations’. [More…]
I am not suggesting that Australia is any different from any other country, because I think what we have witnessed in recent times is this tremendous world movement towards human rights and against discrimination, and the struggle of the Third World countries to be recognised in the same way as other countries, the realisation that the superpowers should not have the sort of powers that they have to make decisions over life and death, peace and war. [More…]
I know there is a school of thought that suggests that the Commonwealth has limited powers in this area. [More…]
The powers of the proposed Human Rights Commission are very limited. [More…]
Its powers are limited to Commonwealth legislation only. [More…]
They have come to the view that because the Commission has no enforcement powers, merely a conciliatory role, the worst it can do is to make a report to the Minister. [More…]
The more serious practical problem of the Murphy Bill was that it would have vastly extended Federal powers at the expense of the States. [More…]
The constitutional justification of this was the external affairs power; the doctrine that if we enter into a valid external treaty that obliges us to do certain things, the existence of the treaty gives the Commonwealth Parliament the powers necessary to give effect to the treaty, even to the extent of powers which would otherwise be beyond Commonwealth competence. [More…]
The main reason we are unhappy and disappointed with the Bill is that it does not contain powers to enforce respect for human rights, or to change any law found to be in contravention of human rights, or to prosecute any person found to be violating human rights. [More…]
For example, if the subject of a complaint is a Commonwealth Act- for instance, the Act relating to the powers of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and its violation of someone’s rights- it would be equivalent to appealing against the AttorneyGeneral to the Attorney-General. [More…]
Worse still, these powers, weak as they are, apply only to the Commonwealth law and to the Australian Capital Territory. [More…]
Thus the Commission may well be bypassed and powers to investigate, for example, Aboriginal complaints in Queensland could be delegated to the Queensland authorities. [More…]
Act there are powers covering State law. [More…]
These are also powers to prosecute as a last resort if conciliation fails. [More…]
As we rose above the law of the jungle and gave powers to parliament our rights were curtailed. [More…]
Tenth and lastly, the powers that are not delegated nor by the Constitution prohibited to individual States are reserved either to those States or to the people themselves. [More…]
Chapter 7 powers may only be exercised by the Security Council in which the great powers- the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, China and France- have a veto. [More…]
This course of action is partly as a reult of severe constitutional question marks over the Federal Government’s powers to legislate to protect and enforce human rights as well as the Government’s belief that the guaranteeing of these rights does not require a Bill of Rights and the accompanying judicial powers of enforcement, believing instead that the present law adequately protects these rights and that Parliament is the more appropriate body to ensure the continued protection of these rights. [More…]
It has been said that the common law- our tradition of legal development- has now failed, or at least has exhausted its powers of development in this field and that therefore we need a completely new approach to the subject. [More…]
We had the Mount Isa mines strike in the 1960s, the Springbok visit in 1970, the use of the emergency powers of the transport Act to impose a blanket military-type curfew operation under those circumstances, and now again emergency legislation embodied in the most recent essential services legislation. [More…]
There is the firearms and offensive weapons legislation which has only recently been introduced into the Queensland Parliament and which entitles the most extraordinarily wide powers of search and seizure, detention on suspicion and the formation of vigilante groups with official State sanction to take place. [More…]
It may be that as a result of investigations of the powers of the Commission and subsequent investigations, or the operation of a sunset clause, the legislation will be found inadequate and that we will have to go further. [More…]
But we are not prepared to impose powers on the States which it may be doubtful we have at all. [More…]
They will preserve the powers of the Commissioner for Community Relations in relation to investigations of complaints about racial discrimination. [More…]
They will preserve the existing powers to give certificates by which people can take proceedings if they believe it is necessary to do so. [More…]
To that extent, those powers will be taken from the Commissioner for Community Relations. [More…]
Rights Commission will be given a right to exercise the relevant powers. [More…]
But the existing powers of the Commissioner for Community Relations will remain, subject to the changes I mentioned and subject to general directions given by the Human Rights Commission. [More…]
-The powers will remain subject to directions given by the Human Rights Commission, but obviously those powers of direction will be exercised only in a general way because the existing powers of the Commissioner for Community Relations will remain and will not be replaced in the Human Rights Commission exercising those powers. [More…]
In the case of three authorities, including one primary industry authority, whose investment powers have recently been under review, the Treasurer has taken the opportunity of empowering those authorities to invest temporarily surplus funds in deposits with the Primary Industry Bank. [More…]
Consideration is now being given to issuing a general approval defining the Primary Industry Bank as an approved bank for purposes of investments by all authorities with relevant investment powers. [More…]
The men are currently working under the provisions of the New South Wales Energy Authority Act which gives the New South Wales Government wide powers to ensure maintenance of oil supplies in the State. [More…]
It will be for the New South Wales Government to use its powers, as appropriate, to ensure that there is no strike. [More…]
For administrative convenience the Court’s powers are to be exercised through the officer heading its administration. [More…]
Greater powers are provided, and we are incorporating the two functions. [More…]
It is the real matter of importance that is involved here because despite the AttorneyGeneral’s endeavours yesterday to say that the Commissioner for Community Relations will continue to exercise in practice the untrammelled powers that he has at present and that this is merely a formalisation of arrangements, the reality is that the legislation provides for the Commissioner for Community Relations, Mr Grassby, to become a mere cipher, a mere delegate, of the new Human Rights Commission. [More…]
Under the provisions of the Racial Discrimination Amendment Bill, which had its second reading last night, the various powers vested in the Commissioner are now to be taken from him and formally vested in the Commission. [More…]
It is said, it is true, that he as an individual shall continue in practice to exercise those powers, but subject at all times to the direction of the Human Rights Commission. [More…]
Equally, it is apparent that Mr Grassby, under these new arrangements, is to have no control whatsoever over his staff, no powers with respect to hiring and firing and no powers with respect to the direction of priorities and work load amongst those staff members. [More…]
I suggest that that opposition could have been expected to be displayed against any Federal authority which is attempting, in the view of State and- sectional interests, to interfere, as has been said, with what is seen as the sovereign powers of the States- a misnomer, of course. [More…]
I think those amendments are really based upon the fact that it is felt that the combination of the present subclauses (l)(c) and (l)(d) creates ambiguity and reflects upon the independence of the Commission to carry out inquiries on its own intiative My proposal to add those words to sub-clause (l)(c) and to delete altogether sub-clause ( 1 ) (d), which does not seem to add anything to the broad powers in sub-clause ( 1 )(c), will overcome some of the concerns which have been expressed and which I think have given rise to Senator Missen ‘s amendment and I rather suspect to Senator Evans’s amendment. [More…]
Sir Garfield ‘s passion for preserving the powers, privileges and sanctity of the judiciary and the judicial process from any sullying by intrusion from the real world is well known. [More…]
I indicate to the Minister that at the Committee stage we will move at least one other amendment which will seek to give the Parliament rather than the Minister some of the powers that are proposed in the legislation. [More…]
We do not see any justice in taking from him powers which I think he can exert responsibly and putting then in the hands of the Parliament. [More…]
When I said that the Australian Democrats’ support of this Bill is conditional, I meant that it is conditional on the understanding, which we believe we can reasonably assume, that neither the Minister nor the Government intends to bring forward further amendments in the near future to this Bill which might in any way limit the powers of the Northern Land Council to exercise a proper right of veto or otherwise over the question of the proceeding of Pancontinental Mining Ltd at Jabiluka. [More…]
It is true, as Senator Cavanagh pointed out, that when the Committee tried to find out why this provision was put into the original legislation no one really seemed to know why it was put in this unusual form, which we think is a disagreeable form and a form that weakens the powers of the Houses of the Parliament. [More…]
In November 1 977 Mr Justice Kaye held that a levy of the annual general service fee was beyond the powers of the University of Melbourne. [More…]
This statement was issued by the Vice-Chancellor on 25 October this year when he made it absolutely clear- he was speaking undoubtedly on the University’s behalf- that he was unable to accept this interference with the discretionary powers and activities of the University Council in this particular respect. [More…]
It is perhaps noteworthy that the Public Works Committee has both of these powers, and the Government believes that the same powers should be conferred on the Public Accounts Committee. [More…]
The second element in the High Court Bill is the important and new provision it makes for the High Court to have separate administrative powers with respect to its financial affairs. [More…]
The powers now vested specifically in the High Court, which presently are exercised by the Attorney-General ‘s Department on behalf not of the Court but of the Commonwealth generally, include the power of the Court to enter into contracts, its power to deal in various ways with property, its power to manage buildings and the staff of the Court and also its power, which has raised some rather quizzical eyebrows in various quarters but 1 suppose one can assume that it will be administered sensibly to accept gifts, devices and bequests directed to the courts- one hopes with the best of motives- from various sources. [More…]
But the notion that this kind of arrangement is demanded by the separation of powers does not carry much conviction. [More…]
Further, the credibility of the separation of powers doctrine as a rationale for this arrangement is not really heightened by the failure of this Government, like its predecessors of all parties, to make similar arrangements for the Parliament- the third arm in the separated powers trio. [More…]
So, I suggest that the Government’s credibility in advancing separation of powers arguments as a justification for this new arrangement so far as the High Court is concerned would be enhanced by extending the same honour and courtesy to the Parliament. [More…]
How much easier is it going to be when the doctrine of the separation of powers can be called in issue and the Minister can claim to have no responsibility at all to the Parliament for the way in which this money is spent? [More…]
Indeed, the points of the Bill which concern us most are those found in clauses 1 7 and 40, which are concerned directly with the High Court’s proposed new powers to control its own finance in certain ways. [More…]
I think that clause 4 of the Remuneration and Allowances Bill 1979 sets out graphically the scant regard the Fraser Government has for what is commonly referred to as the doctrine of the separation of powers. [More…]
I am of the opinion, and have been for a long time, that the power of the Parliament seems to disappear on matters relating to the Commonwealth’s constitutional powers and its attempt to get uniform legislation. [More…]
I just wish to comment that it is important that further consideration be given to the form and powers of the Commission in relation to hearings. [More…]
The Government wishes the Commission to have wide powers as to how it will conduct its affairs. [More…]
The clause in question lays down some provisions whereby it will have to sit in public or in private, depending upon the particular powers that it is exercising. [More…]
expresses its concern at the Government’s apparent abdication of its responsibility to make national laws for corporations and the securities industry pursuant to the Commonwealth’s own constitutional powers, and in accordance with the recommendations of the Senate Select Committee on Securities and Exchange in 1974 (the Rae Report); [More…]
expresses its concern at the Government’s apparent abdication of its responsibility to make national laws for corporations and the securities industry pursuant to the Commonwealth’s own constitutional powers, and in accordance with the recommendations of the Senate Select Committee on Securities and Exchange in 1974 - [More…]
Certainly this was amply demonstrated by the Rae report which made a very strong argument for the operation of a single national system of company law, implemented and enacted by the Commonwealth Parliament, pursuant to its constitutional powers and also for a single national governmental regulatory body. [More…]
The new approach the Rae Committee recommended was built very much around the concept of national legislation and national machinery established by that national legislation in pursuit of the Commonwealth’s constitutional powers. [More…]
Even if, in fact, everyone were genuine about cooperative federalism the reference of particular powers presently enjoyed by the States to the Commonwealth - [More…]
I simply suggest, indeed assert, that there is a substantial body of learned legal opinion which does not suggest that these powers are available. [More…]
The existing legislative scheme before the Senate attempts to deal with that to the extent that it vests basic powers, for a start, all in the national commission and proceeds on the basis that the various State administrative agencies will operate thereafter by means merely of delegated power and be subject always, as I understand it, to the overriding direction of the national body. [More…]
powers. [More…]
It is clear from the powers given in the Constitution, that this government was created to meet national needs relating to foreign corporations and trading or financial corporations . [More…]
Senator Evans said that we should have proceeded at the national level only and imposed national companies and securities legislation by virtue of the powers that, in his view, the Commonwealth Parliament has and leave it to the High Court to resolve any doubts about it. [More…]
As far as ministerial responsibility is concerned, that cannot be affected by the exercise of the powers of the Minister under the legislation. [More…]
As Senator Rae has said, and I am sure Senator Evans would not doubt it, the Minister and this Government and this Parliament will still retain what powers they have. [More…]
Those acts and practices must relate to the powers that are already in the Bill. [More…]
Perhaps I may add that, in the present state of international alignments, it would be hazardous for the Commonwealth to enter into new international obligations such as the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and yet not assume legislatively the necessary powers to secure respect for those obligations throughout Australia. [More…]
1 suggest that honourable senators should take into account the fact that Professor Julius Stone, who is an expert on international law and matters of law generally, points out that we really need to take up the legislative powers under the Covenant and see that they apply throughout Australia, or we shall leave ourselves open to criticism and attack by people who may say that we are not complying with our duties under the Covenant. [More…]
In fact, our external powers may not apply. [More…]
The powers of the Department of Aboriginal and Islanders Advancement and of Community Councils- which are merely fronts for many administrative decisions and actions- are destructive of communities in that they allow the removal of people from reserves often for minor reasons. [More…]
The Parliament would therefore keep control over any breaking up of the powers of the Commission. [More…]
Does New South Wales have at least six such Prescribed Authorities as well as certain Justices of the Peace with similar powers. [More…]
I can say that the Vietnam military forces rank very high in the world after the great powers. [More…]
In fact, after the great powers the level of Vietnam military forces probably ranks highest in the world. [More…]
1 hope that the River Murray Commission under its powers has a very close look at any extension to irrigation areas in Australia. [More…]
The Middle East is a focal point of conflict of interests, with a potential for war and for upsetting the balance between the great powers. [More…]
Another aspect of the Act that needs clarification is whether adequate powers exist under the Act to ensure that quarantine operations can be undertaken on Aboriginal reserves established under Commonwealth legislation. [More…]
Other major deficiencies stem from the lack of definition of the powers of a quarantine officer and with reference to areas not specifically covered by the Act, such as itinerant yachts, birds, poultry, fish, pathogens and abandoned refugee boats. [More…]
In order to improve the operational status of quarantine, the Quarantine Act must be amended to give quarantine officers the same powers of search as Customs officers so that quarantine is not seen to be in a position of lesser importance. [More…]
I wish to refer specifically to what has happened in the Territory since the transfer of powers occurred. [More…]
There is the situation today where we are completely in the grip of the Executive and of the bureaucracy, notwithstanding the attempts that have been made by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate to grab back for the Parliament some of the powers that Parliament should have. [More…]
However, we would expect the British and French governments, as the administrating authorities and, in the future, as the former metropolitan powers, to meet the major aid requirements of the New Hebrides, just as we have provided the major aid needs of Papua New Guinea since its independence. [More…]
In the light of this interim report, the Government has concluded that the Australian Federal Police should be given all necessary powers for narcotics inquiries. [More…]
The Government has given considerable thought to the safeguards and limitations to apply to the granting and exercise of the powers to be conferred by this amendment on members of Australian Federal Police. [More…]
In the light of this interim report, the Government has concluded that the Australian Federal Police should be given all necessary powers for narcotics inquiries. [More…]
The Government has given considerable thought to the safeguards and limitations to apply to the granting and exercise of the powers to be conferred by this amendment on members of the Australian Federal Police. [More…]
It was made an area with State-like powers as a result of a dream that the then caretaker Prime Minister (Mr Malcolm Fraser) had when heading for Darwin in 1975. [More…]
One of the great problems, as I have seen this matter develop over the last 12 months under this Government, has been the denudation of Australian fishing resources by foreign powers. [More…]
The Commonwealth Government should act quickly to enact the strongest possible sex discrimination legislation consistent with its constitutional powers and in the spirit of the recommendations developed by the Council’s National Conference on proposed Commonwealth sex discrimination legislation. [More…]
There was abundant evidence in subsequent debates in the Parliament, particularly in the Senate, when we were able to show that Mr Viner was in fact forcing the Aborigines to accept Government proposals and forcing them, because of his own persuasive powers, ability, capacity and public position, to accept standards which they did not understand. [More…]
In assessing the need for such a committee we noted that many Bills come before the Parliament which contain provisions that: Significantly interfere with personal rights and liberties; delegate powers which, arguably, should not be delegated at all; delegate powers to affect rights, liberties and obligations without providing an opportunity for the exercise of those powers to be reviewed either by the Parliament itself or by an independent body; or delegate powers to impose obligations without any clearly defined guidance as to who is to impose them, upon whom and in which circumstances. [More…]
It cannot be said that, even in the Committee debate on Bills in the Senate, a great deal of consideration is given to questions of whether a Bill contains such powers as a power of entry or search which it ought not to contain. [More…]
make rights, liberties and obligations unduly dependent upon insufficiently defined administrative powers or non-reviewable administrative decisions; or [More…]
As an additional aid the joint committee would provide to each parliamentarian for his or her consideration a commentary on the Bill linking the operative provisions of the Bill to such questions as whether the Bill significantly alters or interferes with personal liberties and rights, delegates powers which ought not to be delegated or in some way delegates power without giving sufficient consideration to ongoing parliamentary scrutiny. [More…]
define members of the Institute, their method of election, and their duties and powers as members of the Institute’. [More…]
Another matter of concern is expressed in paragraph (f) of the amendment which seeks to define members of the Institute, their method of election, their duties and their powers as members of the Institute. [More…]
It is my understanding that the present legislation, especially as regards the powers of the Australian Wheat Board to market wheat in Australia, relies heavily on the decision of the High Court of Australia in the Clark v. King case. [More…]
In other words, it is in breach of the trust which is given to it as the trustees of a scheme on behalf of people in which it is given powers in return for its carrying out of obligations. [More…]
I ask you, Mr President: What is the use of having the office of the Auditor-General if his powers and his supervision of government and semi-government departments are to be ignored firstly by the Minister and then by the Parliament? [More…]
They reflect the decision forced upon the Government, much to its embarrassment, by the recent report of Mr Justice Williams containing a recommendation to disband the Federal Narcotics Bureau and to vest the Federal narcotics law enforcement powers in the new Australian Federal Police. [More…]
The first point to be made about the Bills in question is that they involve conferring on the Australian Federal Police powers which in their scope and nature are sweeping and unprecedented. [More…]
They include powers to tap telephones, hitherto available only in the limited context of national security; powers to install listening devices, previously not available at all under Commonwealth law but only under certain State laws; and powers to intercept mail and other forms of telecommunications, unprecedented in any jurisdiction. [More…]
Nonetheless, we make the point, as we have on the many occasions on which we have debated these matters in recent months, that powers of this kind have an enormously destructive potential for civil liberties. [More…]
Powers in relation to the tapping of telephones and the installation of listening devices in particular by their very nature involve unselective, exploratory and indiscriminate invasions of people’s privacy. [More…]
Throughout the argument on these matters the Opposition has taken the view that if these powers are going to be available to anyone they must be accompanied by a range of appropriate safeguards governing their exercise. [More…]
Accordingly we have moved, so far unsuccessfully, that when these powers are exercised they should be exercised only in accordance with judicial warrants which are granted on the basis of extensive affidavits sworn in support of the applications for such warrants. [More…]
These attempts to write in safeguards of this kind have assumed particular importance in this narcotics context when one remembers the nature of the offences in relation to which these powers can be exercised. [More…]
These powers relate not only to large-scale heroin traffickers whose activities we would all deplore and condemn, but also, under the terms of the Customs legislation as it now stands, are available for pursuit of what are, on any view, quite minor offenders. [More…]
Bearing all this in mind we see that the Parliament must scrutinise very carefully indeed the vesting of powers of this kind in anybody. [More…]
As I have said, it is now proposed to vest these powers not in the Narcotics Bureau, which has been disbanded, but rather in the Australian Federal Police. [More…]
Is it really necessary to remind the Senate that the Opposition made exactly these same points a few months ago when we were debating the vesting of these powers in the Narcotics Bureau? [More…]
It will be remembered, of course, that we said that however desirable it might be in the abstract for powers of this kind to be available for narcotics law enforcement, it would be indefensible for the [More…]
Government to be proposing to vest such powers in a narcotics bureau which was itself then under a serious cloud, with unanswered allegations outstanding in respect of both its competence and, more particularly and more seriously still, its integrity and its freedom from corruption of an internal kind. [More…]
It is proposed to vest those very same powers in the new Australian Federal Police. [More…]
If they cannot do so to the satisfaction of this Parliament and the public by next February, they must not have these sweeping powers. [More…]
The remaining major matter relates to the opportunity that this legislation affords for the Australian Federal Police- indeed, other agencies, including the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation- to acquire new powers by stealth. [More…]
These powers to communicate information, derived from investigations of a notionally quite different kind, were alarming enough when they were vested in the Narcotics Bureau; but in many ways they are even more alarming when they are found vested, as they are by this legislation, in the Australian Federal Police, given the much wider range of ordinary law enforcement functions which are vested in that agency and the consequently greater temptation to use the narcotics powers for the obtaining of evidence and information in relation to other classes of offences. [More…]
It was also provided in a recent ministerial directive on 23 October, the status of which remains a little equivocal when one compares it with the formal powers in the text of the legislation, that personal information so described should not be communicated at all. [More…]
The Opposition acknowledges that the way in which these powers to communicate information are exercised depends ultimately on the internal control that will be exercised within the Police Force and on how the disciplinary provisions which operate within the Police Force are applied; in other words, how straight the Police Force plays it. [More…]
It is important to realise that the powers contained in this legislation, namely, powers to intercept telephone conversations for investigations into likely narcotic offences, and the installation of listening devices for these same purposes, are powers which have been the subject of a great deal of debate this year in the Parliament. [More…]
In principle these powers have been acknowledged as necessary for the purposes of such investigations. [More…]
They are new powers. [More…]
In the course of the debate this year and in view of the legislation which has been passed, the Parliament has agreed that those powers are necessary for that purpose. [More…]
The only purpose of this legislation is to transfer the exercise of those powers from the Narcotics Bureau, which was located in the Department of Business and Consumer Affairs, to the Australian Federal Police. [More…]
The important thing to recognise is that the powers that are being given to the Australian Federal Police through this measure can be exercised only under a warrant obtained by a Federal Court judge or a State Supreme Court judge. [More…]
Apparently Senator Evans wants the matter of who should exercise these powers to be reconsidered. [More…]
He has not suggested who should exercise such powers. [More…]
As I have explained, this measure will simply transfer powers from one body which has now been disbanded to the Australian Federal Police. [More…]
The Parliament has agreed that those powers should be available to people engaged in the investigation of narcotics offences. [More…]
The second part of the amendment relates to the status of illegally obtained evidence under these new powers. [More…]
We do not propose that there would be any kind of legislative vacuum with no agency being able to exercise these new powers. [More…]
Ample time exists in the period between then and 28 February for the Government to bring forward enabling legislation to keep these powers on foot. [More…]
We also refer to our initial amendments which proposed increased powers for the Commission to undertake investigations of human rights issues on its own initiative and also to widen the access and standing of persons to lodge complaints with the Commission. [More…]
We have taken an attitude that, in order to have a Human Rights Commission which has some power in terms of investigation and the ability to generate some publicity and some study of this matter, it is better to be in the position of having a commission- albeit a commission which we believe to be a weak one and one without the powers of enforceability- than to have nothing at all, which seems to be the alternative. [More…]
At the end of his second reading speech, the Attorney said that, save for one or two amendments, the Commissioner for Community Relations would continue to operate and his powers would not be affected. [More…]
1 ) Did the Chairman or the Manager of the Northern Land Council employ Mildren and Partners to act for the Northern Land Council in September 1 978; if so, was this under powers granted by any Commonwealth Act, and what is the title of the Act. [More…]
Why does the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service not exercise all of its powers of delegation, as permitted by section 36 of the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975, by providing appropriate Northern Territory authorities with full powers to operate Kakadu and Uluru National Parks on behalf of the Commonwealth. [More…]
1 1 of the Commonwealth Law Reform Commission, Chapter 13, suggest that uniformity in the field of unfair publications should be achieved by the application of Commonwealth powers, including powers relating to external affairs; if so, what action, if any, is proposed by the Government on this matter. [More…]
Is it necessary that the Commonwealth Government approve the Law Reform Commission’s devotion of time and resources to researching laws and making recommendations requiring the use of Commonwealth powers which have no direct application; if so, why has such approval been given. [More…]
a reference of power by the States to the Commonwealth pursuant to section 5 1 (xxxvii) of the Constitution, uniform legislation being enacted by the States and the Commonwealth, or a Commonwealth Act using all available powers with supporting State legislation to fill any gaps in the Commonwealth Act. [More…]
The functions and powers of the Law Reform Commission are set out in the Law Reform Commission Act 1973. [More…]
As indicated by the Leader of the Government in the Senate in his initial response, the Public Service Board is a statutory authority whose enabling legislation vests it appropriately with certain independent powers in relation to the staffing of the Public Service. [More…]
The powers of the local authorities are given to them by the Parliaments of the States. [More…]
What we are saying is that because that will be the situation very great care has to be taken in the selection of the wording of the powers which will be given to the Government. [More…]
Very great powers will be given to the Government for very good economic reasons as Senator Hall has clearly pointed out. [More…]
What we are suggesting is that this is the time and the only time at which we will be able to make sure that these powers are kept within reasonable confines. [More…]
I ask whether this blunt, if unsympathetic, evaluation by a senator of the Australian Labor Party makes clear the absolute impropriety of attempting to bypass or ignore the Crown or the Queen ‘s representative and whether it indicates an implicit acceptance by the Labor Party of the possession by the Crown of reserve powers, including particularly the power to dismiss a Government behaving illegally? [More…]
But in assessing the effectiveness of that legislation we have reached firm conclusions as to the scope of the constitutional powers of the Commonwealth in respect to Aborigines, the extent and variety of powers in respect to the acquisition of property and the constitutional requirements to provide ‘just terms’. [More…]
We believe that the report will add to the understanding by the Parliament and the people of the powers and specific responsibilities of the Commonwealth towards Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders and encourage a surer exercise of such powers and responsibilities. [More…]