House of Representatives
1940

17 April 1940

17,658 words

• PROCLAMATION
• OPENING OF THE SESSION
• RETURN TO WRIT
  • Member Sworn
• MINISTERIAL CHANGES
• SECOND MENZIES MINISTRY
  • The Right Honorable William Morris Hughes, K.C., M.P.- Attorney-General and Minister for Industry
  • The Honorable Sir Frederick Harold Stewart, M.P. - Minister for Supply and Development and Minister for Social Services
  • The Honorable Percy Claude Spender, K.C., M.P. - Treasurer
  • The Honorable James Valentine Fairbairn, M.P. - Minister for Air and Minister for Civil Aviation
• SEAT OF GOVERNMENT (ADMINISTRATION) BILL 1940
• DEATH OF THE HONORABLE W. H. WILKS
• THE LATE HONORABLE W.C. HILL
• QUESTION
  • APPOINTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL INSPECTORS
• QUESTION
  • THE PUBLICIST
• QUESTION
  • PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
• QUESTION
  • PENAL POWERS OF COMMONWEALTH ARBITRATION COURT
• QUESTION
  • APPLES AND PEARS
• QUESTION
  • MARGARINE
• WOOL APPRAISEMENT
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• QUESTION
  • SHIPBUILDING IN AUSTRALIA
• QUESTION
  • INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE NORTHERN TERRITORY
• QUESTION
  • CURTAILED MAIL SERVICES
• QUESTION
  • COAL STRIKE
• QUESTION
  • COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA
• QUESTION
  • SALE OF PRIMARY PRODUCTS
• QUESTION
  • GRAVING DOCKS IN AUSTRALIA
• QUESTION
  • WHEAT INDUSTRY
• QUESTION
  • POTATO PRICES
• QUESTION
  • INTERNATIONAL POSITION
• QUESTION
  • OIL FROM SHALE
• QUESTION
  • CORNSACKS
• QUESTION
  • BARLEY INDUSTRY
• QUESTION
  • ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
• QUESTION
  • INGLEBURN MILITARY CAMP
• QUESTION
  • COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINEES
• QUESTION
  • NORTHERN TERRITORY
• CIVIL RIGHTS OF CITIZENS
  • Geelong, Saturday
• QUESTION
  • SALES TAX
• QUESTION
  • UTILIZATION OF WOOL WAREHOUSES
• QUESTION
  • FLOTATION OF COMPANIES
• QUESTION
  • RE-BROADCAST OF BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION NEWS
• LEAVE OF ABSENCE
• QUESTION
  • PAPUA
• QUESTION
  • INVALID AND OLD-AGE PENSIONS
• QUESTION
  • TOWERS FOR RADIO BEACONS
• QUESTION
  • COTTON BOUNTY
• QUESTION
  • AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY
• QUESTION
  • DARWIN TOWN RATES
• MORTGAGE BANK BILL
• QUESTION
  • RAMIE FIBRE
• QUESTION
  • DAIRYING AND POULTRY INDUSTRIES
• QUESTION
  • MINISTERIAL REPLIES
• QUESTION
  • MILK FOR CHILDREN
• QUESTION
  • PETROL SUPPLIES
• GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S SPEECH
• DISTINGUISHED VISITOR
• QUESTION
  • GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S SPEECH
• TEMPORARY CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES
• HOUR OF MEETING
• ADJOURNMENT
  • Illnessof Mr. Prowse and Mr. Perkins - Sitting Days
• PAPERS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

18 April 1940

43,884 words

• QUESTION
  • AIR FORCE
• QUESTION
  • LOAN COUNCIL
• QUESTION
  • BORDER TELEGRAMS
• QUESTION
  • TOBACCO DUTIES
• QUESTION
  • AIR FORCE MECHANICS
• QUESTION
  • NAVAL DOCK FOE CAPITAL SHIPS
• QUESTION
  • ENLISTMENT FOR OVERSEAS SERVICE
• QUESTION
  • MARKETING OF AUSTRALIAN WOOL
• QUESTION
  • FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR MAGNESIUM COMPANY
• QUESTION
  • COAL STRIKE
• QUESTION
  • INTEREST-FREE WAR LOAN
• QUESTION
  • A DDTTIONAL BROADCASTING STATIONS
• QUESTION
  • SHIPPING FROM AUSTRALIA
• QUESTION
  • RUNWAYS AT MASCOT AERODROME
• QUESTION
  • EMPIRE AIR TRAINING- SCHEME
• QUESTION
  • DARWIN WHARF
• QUESTION
  • POWER ALCOHOL
• QUESTION
  • REPATRIATION
• QUESTION
  • MOTOR CAR MANUFACTURING AGREEMENT
• QUESTION
  • IMPORT PROHIBITIONS
• QUESTION
  • FERTILIZERS' SUBSIDY
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN WHEAT BOARD
• QUESTION
  • GOLD TAX
• QUESTION
  • CANE FURNITURE
• HOUR OF MEETING
• QUESTION
  • WAR IN EUROPE
• QUESTION
  • GOLD RESERVE
• QUESTION
  • DEFENCE WORKS FOR RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT
• QUESTION
  • TECHNICAL TRAINING FOR DEFENCE PURPOSES
• QUESTION
  • EXEMPTION FROM MILITARY SERVICE
• QUESTION
  • ADVANCE AGAINST WHEAT CROP
• QUESTION
  • SOCIAL SERVICES
• QUESTION
  • DEFENCE DEPARTMENT'S USE OF MOTOR LORRIES
• QUESTION
  • DEFENCE DEPARTMENT INSPECTORS
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
• QUESTION
  • GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S SPEECH
• PAPERS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Imported Publications
  • Department of Information Expenses
  • Small Loans
  • Australian Broadcasting Commission: Sydney Offices
  • Air Vice-Marshal Goble's Resignation
  • Training of Air Force Tradesmen
  • Internments
  • Army Motor Trucks

19 April 1940

29,958 words

• QUESTION
  • AMENDING REPATRIATION LEGISLATION
• QUESTION
  • CAPITAL ISSUES REGULATIONS
• QUESTION
  • JUTE GOODS
• QUESTION
  • RE-BROADCAST OF BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION NEWS
• SPECIAL ADJOURNMENT
• QUESTION
  • INTERNATIONAL SITUATION AT NARVIK
• QUESTION
  • CANBERRA
• QUESTION
  • IMPORT RESTRICTIONS
• QUESTION
  • GOLD RESERVE
• QUESTION
  • BUTTER FACTORY AT MOULAMEIN
• QUESTION
  • SHIPPING FROM AUSTRALIA
• QUESTION
  • EMPLOYMENT OF CRIPPLES
• QUESTION
  • WHEAT INDUSTRY
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN BUTTER
• QUESTION
  • SALES TAX
• QUESTION
  • CHILLED MEAT CARGOES
• QUESTION
  • TOBACCO IMPORTS
• QUESTION
  • APPLES AND PEARS
• QUESTION
  • CANBERRA HOUSING
• QUESTION
  • INCOME TAX
• QUESTION
  • SHIPBUILDING
• QUESTION
  • PRICE OF SUGAR
• QUESTION
  • TELEPHONE ACCOUNTS
• QUESTION
  • GOLD
• THE WAR AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
  • Ministerial Statement
• QUESTION
  • MILITIA
• QUESTION
  • NORTHERN TERRITORY
• QUESTION
  • INDUSTRIAL INSPECTORS
• QUESTION
  • COST OF LIVING
• QUESTION
  • FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR MAGNESIUM COMPANY
• QUESTION
  • IMPORTATION OF GRAPEFRUIT
• QUESTION
  • NORTHERN TERRITORY
• QUESTION
  • APPLES AND PEARS
• QUESTION
  • AIR FORCE
• QUESTION
  • GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S SPEECH
• COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL BILL 1939
• ADJOURNMENT
  • Netherlands East Indies - Price of
  • Superphosphates - Case of Mr.' Tilby - Fair Rents Regulations - Press Budget Forecasts - Defence Works for Relief of Unemployment
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Flour Tax
  • Acquisition of Wheat
  • Munitions Factories Employees
  • Tobacco Duties
  • Radio-Telephone Service to Tasmania and Flinders Island
  • Defence Works Expenditure

22 April 1940

43,531 words

• QUESTION
  • COALSTRIKE
• QUESTION
  • SUBVERSIVE ORGANIZATIONS
• QUESTION
  • SUPERPHOSPHATE S
• QUESTION
  • CENSORSHIP
• QUESTION
  • APPLES AND PEARS
• QUESTION
  • RE-EMPLOYMENT OF DISCHARGED SOLDIERS
• QUESTION
  • SHIPBUILDING IN AUSTRALIA
• QUESTION
  • SOLDIERS' DEPENDANTS
• QUESTION
  • DEFENCE WORKS FOR RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT
• QUESTION
  • TRADE WITH CANADA
• QUESTION
  • DOUGLAS COMMERCIAL AEROPLANES
• QUESTION
  • WHEAT POOL
• QUESTION
  • COMMUNISTS AND THE LABOUR . PARTY
• QUESTION
  • SALE OF FLOUR TO JAPAN
• QUESTION
  • COMMUNISM
• QUESTION
  • ABOLITION OF SLUMS
• QUESTION
  • AIRCRAFT CONSTRUCTION
• HOUR OF MEETING
• QUESTION
  • POSTAL FINANCE
• QUESTION
  • WOOL APPRAISEMENT
• QUESTION
  • NATURALIZATION
• QUESTION
  • AMENDING REPATRIATION LEGISLATION
• QUESTION
  • COTTON INDUSTRY
• QUESTION
  • PETROL RATIONING
• QUESTION
  • MECHANIZATION OF AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• SYDNEY APPLE MARKET
• ADJOURNMENT
  • Coal Strike
• PAPERS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Sale of Primary Products
  • Hides and Leather
  • repatriation expenditure

23 April 1940

24,058 words

• SPECIAL ADJOURNMENT
• QUESTION
  • COAL STRIKE
• QUESTION
  • VISITS TO RUSSIA
• QUESTION
  • TRADE TALKS WITH RUSSIA
• QUESTION
  • WATER SUPPLY FOR WHYALLA
• QUESTION
  • WAR EXPENDITURE
• DEFENCE CONTRACTS
• QUESTION
  • COMMUNISM
• PORT AUGUSTA WHARF
  • Reference to Public Works Committee
• QUESTION
  • NATIONAL INSURANCE
• QUESTION
  • WHEAT INDUSTRY
• QUESTION
  • MILITARY BOOTS
• QUESTION
  • GOLD PRODUCTION
• QUESTION
  • THE A.B.C. WEEKLY
• QUESTION
  • TASMANIAN MAIL SERVICE
• QUESTION
  • DAILY NEWS
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• QUESTION
  • COMMUNIST LITERATURE
• QUESTION
  • COMMUNISM IN THE COAL-FIELDS
• QUESTION
  • SHIPPING FROM NAURU
• QUESTION
  • HERMANNSBURG MISSION
• QUESTION
  • APPLES
• QUESTION
  • HOUSING
• QUESTION
  • APPLES AND PEARS
• QUESTION
  • UNPARLIAMENTARY REMARK
• QUESTION
  • MINISTER FOR AIR
• QUESTION
  • COAL-FIELDS MAIL
• QUESTION
  • BARLEY
• QUESTION
  • CENSORSHIP OF COMMUNICATIONS
• QUESTION
  • PICK-UP PLACES FOR SEAMEN
• QUESTION
  • PRODUCER GAS UNITS
• QUESTION
  • CRIPPLED CHILDREN
• QUESTION
  • COMMUNISM AND NAZI-ISM
• QUESTION
  • CASE OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL MITCHELL
• QUESTION
  • TRADE WITH AGGRESSOR NATIONS
• PROFITS OF COLLIERIES
• QUESTION
  • RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
• QUESTION
  • FLYING SUBMAKINE
• QUESTION
  • PETROL RATIONING
• AUSTRALIA THANKED
• ADJOURNMENT
• PAPERS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Useof Aeroplane by Ministry
  • Canberra : Hostels
  • Department of Supply and Development: Leasing of Contracts
  • Commonwealth Arbitration Cases
  • New Guinea: Salamaua-Wau Road

2 May 1940

48,444 words

• OLD-AGE PENSIONS
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• QUESTION
  • WOOL APPRAISEMENT
• QUESTION
  • REPATRIATION HOSPITAL, PERTH
• QUESTION
  • WHEAT
• QUESTION
  • WINE
• QUESTION
  • WOOL CLIP
• QUESTION
  • MARGARINE
• QUESTION
  • IMPORT LICENSING POLICY
• AUSTRALIAN LABOUR PARTY (NON-COMMUNIST)
• QUESTION
  • DAYS OF SITTING
• TARIFF BOARDREPORTS
• QUESTION
  • RESEARCH LABORATORY AT FISHERMEN'S BEND
• LEAGUE OF NATIONS
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN LABOUR PARTY (NON-COMMUNIST)
• QUESTION
  • BONUS SHARES
• QUESTION
  • ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE APPLICATIONS
• QUESTION
  • REPATRIATION ACT
• QUESTION
  • GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S SPEECH
• SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDERS
• FINANCIAL STATEMENT 1940-41
  • Financial and Economic Policy for 1939-40
  • Review of Progress Made
  • Employment
  • Rates of Interest
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Future Financial Policy
  • Practical Difficulties
  • The General Outlook
  • Future Policy
  • Budget 1939-40
  • Budget Outlook for 1940-41
  • War Expenditure
  • Proposals for War Finance
  • Taxation Proposals
  • Income Tax - Individuals
  • Land Tax
  • Estate Duty
  • Sales Tax
  • Customs and Excise
  • Taxation Proposals Summarized
• CONCLUSION
  • In Committee of Ways and Means:
• TARIFF PROPOSALS 1940
  • Customs Tariff Amendment (No. 1) ; Excise Tariff Amendment (No. 1) ; Customs Tariff (Special War Duty)
  • In Committee of Ways and Means:
• QUESTION
  • GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S SPEECH
• HOUR OF MEETING
• PAPERS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Postage Stamp Selling Machines
  • Shipping Freight Rates
  • Monitions Factories Employees
  • Sydney General Post Office Inquiry : Legal Expenses
  • Appointment of Industrial Inspectors
  • Censorship
  • Canberra: Housing
  • Postal Department: Canberra Employees
  • Army Motor Trucks

3 May 1940

31,462 words

• QUESTION
  • IMPORT RESTRICTIONS
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN LABOUR PARTY (NON-COMMUNIST)
• QUESTION
  • PETROL FOR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
• QUESTION
  • IRON ORE DEPOSITS
• QUESTION
  • MR. JUSTICE EVATT
• QUESTION
  • MARGINAL WHEAT LANDS
• QUESTION
  • EXPORT OF HIDES
• QUESTION
  • POSTAL DEPARTMENT
• WAR IN EUROPE
  • Later :
• QUESTION
  • COAL STRIKE
• DARWIN TOWN HALL
• QUESTION
  • MILITIA. FORCES
• QUESTION
  • MAIL CONTRACT RATES
• QUESTION
  • ENLISTMENTS IN AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• QUESTION
  • T ASM ANIA N MAIL SERVICE
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN TROOPS OVERSEAS
• QUESTION
  • SALES OF HIDES AND SKINS AT NEWCASTLE
• QUESTION
  • LIEUTENANT-GENERAL BLAMEY
• QUESTION
  • DEFENCE WORK
• QUESTION
  • REPATRIATION HOSPITAL, YARALLA
• DAY OF MEETING
• QUESTION
  • CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS -OF AGRICULTURE
• QUESTION
  • TOBACCO INDUSTRY
• QUESTION
  • ITALIAN FOREIGN POLICY
• QUESTION
  • VOLCANO RISKS AT RABAUL
• QUESTION
  • LIQUOR ORDINANCE PERMITS
• QUESTION
  • WHEAT INDUSTRY
• QUESTION
  • MILITARY TRAINING OF APPRENTICES
• QUESTION
  • MILITARY CANTEENS
• QUESTION
  • HOUSING SCHEME EOE DAE WIN
• QUESTION
  • WHEAT INDUSTRY STABILIZATION
• QUESTION
  • GOVERNOR:GENERAL'S SPEECH
• COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY
• SEAT OF GOVERNMENT (ADMINISTRATION) BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES
• DAYS AND HOURS OF MEETING
• GOVERNMENT AND GENERAL BUSINESS
• PATENTS BILL 1940
• TRADE MARKS BILL 1940
• PATENTS, TRADE MARKS, DESIGNS AND COPYRIGHT (WAR POWERS) BILL 1940
• TRADING WITH THE ENEMY BILL 1940
• COMMONWEALTH INSCRIBED STOCK BILL 1940
• MOTOR VEHICLES AGREEMENT BILL 1940
• ADJOURNMENT
  • Coal Strike - Communist Newspapers - Elphin Military Camp, Launceston : Supply of Goods - Wheat Industry - Tasmanian Shipping Service
• PAPERS
• QUESTION
  • ANSWERS TO. QUESTIONS

8 May 1940

44,051 words

• QUESTION
  • PETROL FOR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
• QUESTION
  • NATIONAL COUNCIL
• QUESTION
  • POULTRY INDUSTRY
• QUESTION
  • DOMINION WAR COUNCIL
• QUESTION
  • MARCH OF COMMUNISTS
• QUESTION
  • DARWIN GARRISON,
• QUESTION
  • GOLD TAX
• QUESTION
  • BAN ON AMERICAN MAGAZINES
• QUESTION
  • MILITARY CLOTHING REQUIREMENTS
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN MINISTER AT TOKYO
• QUESTION
  • GOVERNMENT'S BUILDING PROGRAMME
• QUESTION
  • ZEALANDIA SERVICE TO HOBART
• MOTOR VEHICLES AGREEMENT BILL
• QUESTION
  • SPECIAL PEACE OFFICERS
• QUESTION
  • AEROPLANE PARTS
• QUESTION
  • WHEAT POOL
• QUESTION
  • COMPANY TAX
• QUESTION
  • PUBLIC SERVICE ARBITRATOR
• QUESTION
  • PRICE FIXATION
• QUESTION
  • ARBITRATION COURT BUSINESS
• AUSTRALIAN DESTROYERS
• QUESTION
  • SOVIETS TO-DAY
• QUESTION
  • TASMAN AIR SERVICE
• QUESTION
  • INCOME TAX COLLECTIONS
• QUESTION
  • MARGINAL WHEAT LANDS
• QUESTION
  • INCOME TAX
• QUESTION
  • APPLES AND PEARS
• QUESTION
  • PAY OF MILITIAMEN
• QUESTION
  • NORTHERN TERRITORY
• QUESTION
  • AMERICAN DOLLAR EXCHANGE
• QUESTION
  • INTERNATIONAL SITUATION
• ADDRESS-IN-REPLY
  • Governor-General
• WHEAT INDUSTRY
  • Formal Motion for Adjournment
  • President, Mendooran-Merrygoen Branch, Wheatgrowers' Union
• ESTATE DUTY ASSESSMENT BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• LAND TAX ASSESSMENT BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• INCOME TAX BILL 1940
• QUESTION
  • FINANCIAL STATEMENT 1940-41
• WAR PENSIONS APPROPRIATION BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• INVALID AND OLD-AGE PENSIONS APPROPRIATION
• BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL BILL 1939
• COMMONWEALTH INSCRIBED STOCK BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• LAND TAX BILL 1940
• ESTATE DUTY BILL 1940
• PAPERS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Coal-Mining Industry
  • Bicycle Trade
  • Trade Statistics
  • Militia Forces: Medical Treatment
  • War Service Hours Commission : Purchase of Land
  • Postal Department : Canberra Employees

9 May 1940

47,247 words

• QUESTION
  • COAL STRIKE
• QUESTION
  • CENSORSHIP
• QUESTION
  • ROADS NEAR MILITARY CAMPS
• QUESTION
  • REFUGEE SETTLEMENT IN KIMBERLEY DISTRICT
• QUESTION
  • APPLES AND PEARS
• QUESTION
  • ELPHIN SHOWGROUND CAMP
• QUESTION
  • NORTHERN TERRITORY SHIPPING SERVICE
• QUESTION
  • MARGINAL WHEAT LANDS
• QUESTION
  • EMPIRE AIR TRAINING SCHEME
• QUESTION
  • SALE OF GOLD RESERVE FOR STERLING
• QUESTION
  • OVERSEAS SHIPPING SPACE
• QUESTION
  • DEFENCE PREPARATIONS IN HOLLAND
• QUESTION
  • DENTAL FITNESS OF AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• QUESTION
  • DESTRUCTION OF APPLES
• QUESTION
  • INGLEBURN CAMP CONTRACTS
• QUESTION
  • MORATORIUM LEGISLATION
• QUESTION
  • GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA
• QUESTION
  • INCOME TAX ON BONDS
• QUESTION
  • IRON ORE
• QUESTION
  • SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY
• QUESTION
  • A.B.C. WEEKLY
• QUESTION
  • CENSORSHIP STAFF
• ADDRESS-IN-REPLY
  • Mr. Speaker,
• PETROLEUM OIL SEARCH BILL 1940
• WAR-TTME (COMPANY) TAX ASSESSMENT BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• WAR-TIME (COMPANY) TAX BILL 1940
• PETROLEUM OIL SEARCH BILL 1940
• QUESTION
  • FINANCIAL STATEMENT 1940-41
• FIRST FEDERAL MEMBERS ASSOCIATION
• QUESTION
  • FINANCIAL STATEMENT 1940-41
• ADJOURNMENT
  • Marginal Wheat Lands - Allocation of Grants to States
• PAPER
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Cost ok Patent Office
  • Barley
  • Canberra: Removal of Police Quarters
  • Commonwealth Arbitration Cases
  • Buffalofly Pest
  • Defence Expenditure

10 May 1940

29,956 words

• NATIONAL REGISTRATION
• WOOL PRICES
• AUSTRALIAN DESTROYERS
• QUESTION
  • COAL STRIKE
• QUESTION
  • GAS AND ELECTRICITY RESTRICTIONS
• SPECIAL PEACE OFFICERS
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN TOBACCO INDUSTRY
• QUESTION
  • PETROL FOR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
• QUESTION
  • GOLD TAX
• QUESTION
  • DISALLOWED QUESTIONS
• QUESTION
  • DEFENCE DEPARTMENT
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• QUESTION
  • TERRITORIAL SERVICE
• QUESTION
  • WALSH ISLAND FLOATING DOCK
• QUESTION
  • MARGINAL WHEAT LANDS
• QUESTION
  • CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING SOCIETIES
• QUESTION
  • AIR FORCE MECHANICS
• QUESTION
  • AIRCRAFT EMPLOYEES
• QUESTION
  • EMPIRE AIR TRAINING SCHEME
• QUESTION
  • COAL STRIKE
• QUESTION
  • GARRISON BATTALIONS
• QUESTION
  • ESSENDON AERODROME
• QUESTION
  • MINISTER FOR SUPPLY AND DEVELOPMENT
• QUESTION
  • SOLDIERS' SEPARATION ALLOWANCES
• QUESTION
  • NATIONAL HEALTH CONFERENCE
• QUESTION
  • ALUMINIUM ALLOYS
• QUESTION
  • AIR FORCE MECHANICS
• QUESTION
  • SHIPBUILDING IN AUSTRALIA
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN AIR LEAGUE
• QUESTION
  • PARADES OF TROOPS
• QUESTION
  • GLIDING CLUBS
• QUESTION
  • RECALL OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENT
• QUESTION
  • COMMONWEALTH BUILDING PROGRAMME
• QUESTION
  • TRAINING OF AIR PILOTS
• QUESTION
  • MARGINAL WHEAT LANDS
• QUESTION
  • SEARCH FOR OIL IN PAPUA
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• QUESTION
  • WHARF AT DARWIN
• QUESTION
  • AIR FORCE RECRUITING
• DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES
• QUESTION
  • FINANCIAL STATEMENT 1940-41
• WAR PENSIONS APPROPRIATION BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• INVALID AND OLD-AGE PENSIONS APPROPRIATION BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• ADJOURNMENT
  • National Security Regulations
• PAPERS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • The following answers to questions lucre circulated: - commonwealthmeatinspectors
  • Dockfor Capital Ships : Sir Leopold Savile's Report
  • Mercerized Cotton Yarns
  • Newcastle Automatic Telephone Exchange
  • Wheat
  • Wool Exports : Conservation of Shipping Space
  • Monetary and Banking Systems

15 May 1940

37,630 words

• AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
  • Band Instruments
• QUESTION
  • RE-BROADCAST OF BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION NEWS
• QUESTION
  • AEROPLANE MANUFACTURE IN AUSTRALIA
• QUESTION
  • NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
• QUESTION
  • SITTINGS OF PARLIAMENT
• QUESTION
  • COAL STRIKE
• QUESTION
  • RECRUITING
• QUESTION
  • NATIONAL INSURANCE
• QUESTION
  • MR. E. O'DEA
• QUESTION
  • EMPLOYMENT IN CANBERRA
• QUESTION
  • IMPERIAL WAR COUNCIL
• QUESTION
  • WOOL APPRAISEMENTS
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE BROADCASTS
• QUESTION
  • ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL RESERVES
• QUESTION
  • WHEAT SILOS AT GEELONG
• WAR IN EUROPE
  • German Invasion of Neutral Countries: Ministerial Statement
• QUESTION
  • CENSORSHIP
• QUESTION
  • MANUFACTURE OF DEFENCE REQUIREMENTS
• QUESTION
  • EXPORT OF SHEEPSKINS
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• QUESTION
  • ADVANCE TO WHEAT-GROWERS
• QUESTION
  • PETROL FOR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
• QUESTION
  • RABBIT SKINS
• QUESTION
  • SHIPBUILDING IN AUSTRALIA
• QUESTION
  • DEPARTURE OF TROOPS OVERSEAS
• NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
  • Formal Motion for Adjournment
• COMMONWEALTH INSCRIBED STOCK BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• ESTATE DUTY BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• LAND TAX BILL 1940
• ESTATE DUTY ASSESSMENT BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL BILL 1939
  • Second Reading
• PAPERS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Chief ofairstaff
  • Aide-de-camp to Lieu ten ant-General Blamey
  • Wheat
  • Garrison Battalions : Leave Privileges
  • Commonwealth Railways: Housing of Employees
  • Copra
  • New Wharf at Darwin
  • Military Equipment

16 May 1940

43,362 words

• OLD-AGE PENSIONS
• QUESTION
  • BANK OVERDRAFTS
• QUESTION
  • MUNITIONS ANNEXES
• QUESTION
  • VACUUM CLEANERS
• COAL STRIKE
• TASMANIAN SHIPPING SERVICES
• QUESTION
  • PERTH CITY COUNCIL
• QUESTION
  • TOBACCO
• QUESTION
  • TASMANIAN APRICOT-GROWERS
• QUESTION
  • INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• WAR IN EUROPE
  • German Invasion of Neutral. Countries : Ministerial Statement
• RABBIT SKINS
• QUESTION
  • INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALS
• QUESTION
  • CENSORSHIP
• QUESTION
  • MARIBYRNONG MUNITIONS ESTABLISHMENT
• QUESTION
  • DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY AND DEVELOPMENT
• QUESTION
  • NATIONALIZATION OF COAL
• QUESTION
  • WOOL APPRAISEMENTS
• DEFENCE BOOT AND SHOE CONTRACTS
  • Formal Motion of Adjournment
  • Ayes . . . . . . 33
  • Noes . . . . . . 28
  • Majority . . . . 5
  • Ayes . . . . . . 28
  • Noes . . . . . . 33
  • Majority . . . . 5
• COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL BILL 1939
  • Second Reading
• BILLS RETURNED FROM THE SENATE
• SUGAR AGREEMENT BILL 1940
• ADJOURNMENT
• PAPERS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Invalid and Old-age Pensioners : Allotments from Relatives
  • Shipbuilding
  • Sugar

17 May 1940

32,813 words

• QUESTION
  • DUTCH OIL AND GOLD RESERVES
• QUESTION
  • INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
• QUESTION
  • NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES
• QUESTION
  • INTERNEES
• QUESTION
  • SOLDIERS' DEPENDANTS
• QUESTION
  • NEW GUINEA
• QUESTION
  • DEFENCE DEPARTMENT
• AEROPLANE MANUFACTURE IN AUSTRALIA
• QUESTION
  • COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES
• QUESTION
  • INVALID AND OLD-AGE PENSIONS
• QUESTION
  • DAYS OF SITTING
• QUESTION
  • PETROL SUPPLIES
• QUESTION
  • DAILY NEWS ARTICLES
• QUESTION
  • AERO CLUBS
• QUESTION
  • INDUSTRIAL BOARD FOR THE NORTHERN TERRITORY
• QUESTION
  • WOOL PRICES AND RESALES
• QUESTION
  • MARGINAL WHEAT LAND
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE FOOD SUPPLIES
• QUESTION
  • SITTINGS OF PARLIAMENT
• QUESTION
  • IRON-ORE DEPOSITS
• QUESTION
  • TARIFF BOARD REPORTS
• QUESTION
  • SHIPBUILDING
• QUESTION
  • GAWLER MILITARY CAMP
• M A RIB YRNONG M UNITIONS ESTABLISHMENT
  • Dismissal of Men
• QUESTION
  • WAR PROFITEERING
• QUESTION
  • COMMUNISTS
• QUESTION
  • SOLDIERS' . DEPENDANTS
• QUESTION
  • THE "FIFTH COLUMN
• QUESTION
  • ANGLO-SOVIET AGREEMENT
• BILLS RETURNED FROM THE SENATE
• CANBERRA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
• COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL BILL 1939
• ADJOURNMENT
• PAPERS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Aluminium Alloys
  • Metal Values

21 May 1940

32,780 words

• QUESTION
  • SOLDIERS' DEPENDANTS
• QUESTION
  • BARLEY INDUSTRY
• QUESTION
  • INTERNATIONAL SITUATION
• QUESTION
  • SHIPBUILDING IN AUSTRALIA
• QUESTION
  • HIDES AND SKINS
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIA'S WAR EFFORT
• QUESTION
  • AMENDING REPATRIATION LEGISLATION
• QUESTION
  • CENSORSHIP
• QUESTION
  • TOBACCO INDUSTRY
• QUESTION
  • MASCOT AERODROME
• TARIFF BOARD REPORTS
  • Cotton Piece Goods - Meat Wrapping and Wraps; Cleaning Cloths
  • Glycerine
• RUSSIAN INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK
• QUESTION
  • WAR SUPPLIES
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN MINISTER AT TOKYO
• QUESTION
  • CURTAILMENT OF MAIL SERVICES
• SUPPLY OF CORNSACKS
• QUESTION
  • RECRUITING CENTRES
• QUESTION
  • NATIONAL REGISTER
• QUESTION
  • IN TEREST-FREE LOANS
• QUESTION
  • BELGIAN AND DUTCH REFUGEES
• QUESTION
  • DAILY NEWS ARTICLE
• QUESTION
  • AIR FORCE MECHANICS
• QUESTION
  • DEFENCE ANNEXES
• QUESTION
  • APPOINTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL INSPECTORS
• QUESTION
  • MISSING AVRO-ANSON AIRCRAFT
• QUESTION
  • PETROL SUPPLIES
• ASSENT TO BILLS
• NORTHERN TERRITORY (ADMINISTRATION) BILL 1940
• IMMIGRATION BILL 1940
• POST AND TELEGRAPH RATES BILL 1940
• POSTAL RATES (DEFENCE FORCES) BILL 1940
• COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL BILL 1939
• PETROLEUM OIL SEARCH BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• SEAT OF GOVERNMENT (ADMINISTRATION) BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• LAND TAX ASSESSMENT BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• LAND TAX BILL, 1940
• ADJOURNMENT
  • Death of Militia Trainee
• PAPERS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Aeroplane Manufacture
  • Export of Scrap Iron
  • Commonwealth Assistance to States
  • Puckapunyal Camp Site

22 May 1940

40,704 words

• AUSTRALIA'S WAR EFFORT
• QUESTION
  • SITTINGS OF PARLIAMENT
• MOTOR VEHICLES AGREEMENT BILL 1940
• SUGAR AGREEMENT BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• TRADE AGREEMENT (GREECE) BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
  • Second Reading
• INCOME TAX BILL 1940
• PETROLEUM OIL SEARCH BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• TARIFF PROPOSALS 1940
  • Customs Tariff Amendment (No. 2) ; Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) Amendment (No. 1) ; Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) Amendment (No. 1) ; Customs Tariff (Exchange Adjustment) Amendment (No. 1)
  • In Committee of Ways and Means:
  • Progressreported
• PETROLEUM OIL SEARCH BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• MOTOR VEHICLES AGREEMENT BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• PETROLEUM OIL SEARCH BILL 1940
• QUESTION
  • WAR IN EUROPE
• PETROLEUM OIL SEARCH BILL 1940
• IMMIGRATION BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• PAPERS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Classified Sections of Telephone Directories
  • Sulphuric Acid
  • Colonial Sugar Refining Company Limited
  • Oil Fuel Prices

23 May 1940

40,613 words

• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN WOMEN IN GERMANY
• QUESTION
  • AIR FORCE
• QUESTION
  • SHIPBUILDING IN AUSTRALIA
• QUESTION
  • S A VILE REPORT ON GRAVING DOCK
• QUESTION
  • CORNSACKS
• WAR IN EUROPE
• QUESTION
  • COAL STRIKE
• QUESTION
  • RESERVED OCCUPATIONS
• QUESTION
  • POSTAL DEPARTMENT
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE RECRUITING
• DARWIN
• QUESTION
  • RADIO BEACON TOWERS
• QUESTION
  • DIVISION'S
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• AUSTRALIA'S WAR EFFORT
• QUESTION
  • INVENTIONS
• QUESTION
  • YOUNG MEN IN VICTORIA BARRACKS
• QUESTION
  • HOSPITAL SHIP
• QUESTION
  • ENEMY SYMPATHIZERS IN AUSTRALIA,
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIA'S WAR EFFORT
• QUESTION
  • CAPTAIN CONWAY
• QUESTION
  • WAR. LOANS,
• QUESTION
  • WOOL TOPS
• QUESTION
  • SITUATION OF GRAVING DOCK
• QUESTION
  • EMERGENCY POWERS
• QUESTION
  • PRECEDENCE OF NOTICES OF MOTION
• QUESTION
  • COUNT VON LUCKNER'S VISIT TO AUSTRALIA
• POST AND TELEGRAPH RATES (DEFENCE FORCES) BILL 1940
• POST AND TELEGRAPH RATES BILL 1940
• QUESTION
  • PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
• MONETARY AND BANKING SYSTEMS
  • Report of Royal Commission - Motion for Select Committee
• COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE
  • Ayes . . . . . . 29
  • Noes . . . . 26
  • Majority . . 3
• QUESTION
  • INVALID AND OLD-AGE PENSIONS ACT
• NORTHERN TERRITORY (ADMINISTRATION) BILL 1940
• SEAT OF GOVERNMENT (ADMINISTRATION) BILL 1940
• LAND TAX BILL 1940
• ADJOURNMENT
• PAPER
  • Northern Territory Acceptance Act and Northern Territory (Administration) Act - Ordinance of 1940 - No. 7 - Mining Development
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • The following answers to questions were circulated: -
  • Mercury
  • Australian Defence Preparedness
  • War Effort : Servicesof Professional Men
  • Canberra: Housing
  • Meat Supplies for Defence Forces

24 May 1940

32,716 words

• QUESTION
  • GRAVING DOCK
• QUESTION
  • ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE
• QUESTION
  • PUBLICATION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF AUSTRALIAN COAST
• QUESTION
  • NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES
• QUESTION
  • BAN ON AMERICAN MAGAZINES
• QUESTION
  • EXTERNAL TERRITORIES
• QUESTION
  • IMPORTATION OF TOBACCO
• QUESTION
  • SHIPBUILDING IN AUSTRALIA
• QUESTION
  • REPATRIATION ALLOWANCES
• QUESTION
  • BALLARA'T CITY LOAN
• QUESTION
  • APPLES, PEARS AND APRICOTS
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• QUESTION
  • BANK OVERDRAFTS
• QUESTION
  • A.B.C. WEEKLY
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIA'SWAR. EFFORT
• QUESTION
  • NATURALIZATION OF ENEMY ALIENS
• QUESTION
  • HERMANNSBURG MISSION
• QUESTION
  • BROADCASTS BY MR. E. A. MANN
• QUESTION
  • FREE WIRELESS LICENCES FOR SCHOOLS
• QUESTION
  • MILITARY BOOTS
• QUESTION
  • NEWSPAPER POSTERS
• QUESTION
  • PAYMENTS FOR WHEAT
• TARIFF BOARD REPORT
• QUESTION
  • REPATRIATION OF MERCHANT SEAMEN
• QUESTION
  • GOLD TAX
• QUESTION
  • ARREST OF BRITISH MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
• DAY OF MEETING
• BILLS RETURNED FROM THE SENATE
• THE LATE HONORABLE W. H. WILKS
• COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL BILL 1940
• COMMONWEALTH INSCRIBED STOCK BILL 1940
• COMMUNIST PUBLICATIONS
  • Ministerial Statement
  • The Tribune, of Sydney
  • The Wharfie, of Sydney
  • The Militant, of Sydney
  • World Peace, of Sydney
  • The Workers Star, of Perth
  • The North Queensland Guardian, of Townsville
• WAR IN EUROPE
• SUGAR AGREEMENT BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• ADJOURNMENT
• PAPER
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • New Guinea: Air Services
  • National Credit Pamphlet
  • Note Issue

27 May 1940

40,009 words

• HOUR OF MEETING
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIA'S WAR EFFORT
• QUESTION
  • APPLES AND PEARS
• QUESTION
  • FIFTH COLUMN ACTIVITIES
• QUESTION
  • MINISTER FOR SUPPLY AND DEVELOPMENT
• QUESTION
  • ITALIAN AND JAPANESE RELATIONS
• QUESTION
  • EMPIRE AIR TRAINING SCHEME
• QUESTION
  • CO-ORDINATION OF INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT AND INVESTIGATION BRANCH
• QUESTION
  • BAN ON MUSICAL ANDRADIO TRANSCRIPTS
• QUESTION
  • CENSORSHIP
• QUESTION
  • BRITISH BROADCAST NEWS
• QUESTION
  • HOLLAND AND ITS CURRENCY
• QUESTION
  • COMMUNIST ORGANIZATIONS
• QUESTION
  • PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL PANEL
• QUESTION
  • AIR FORCE MOBILE RECRUITING UNITS
• QUESTION
  • COMMONWEALTH OIL REFINERIES LIMITED
• QUESTION
  • WAR SITUATION IN BELGIUM ANDFRANCE
• QUESTION
  • DARWIN HOSPITAL
• QUESTION
  • ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
• QUESTION
  • PETROL SUPPLIES
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• SUGAR AGREEMENT BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• PAPER
  • Supply and Development Act - Regulations Amended - Statutory Rules 1940, Nos. 88, 89
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Copra
  • Fisheries
  • Barley
  • Jute Advisory Committee: Appointment of Manager-Buyer

28 May 1940

46,012 words

• QUESTION
  • EXTERNAL TERRITORIES
• QUESTION
  • NATIONAL REGISTER
• QUESTION
  • COMMUNISM
• QUESTION
  • REFUGEE CHILDREN
• QUESTION
  • NEW GUARD
• QUESTION
  • CENSORSHIP
• QUESTION
  • PORT AUGUSTA WHARF
• QUESTION
  • EXPORT OF DIAMONDS
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• FACILITIES FOR ENLISTMENT
• QUESTION
  • DESTRUCTION OF FRUIT
• WAR IN EUROPE
  • Review of Position: Ministerial Statement
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• QUESTION
  • EXPORT OF SHEEPSKINS
• QUESTION
  • ALLOWANCE TO SONS OF DISABLED SOLDIERS
• QUESTION
  • WHEAT SACKS
• QUESTION
  • DAYS OF SITTING
• QUESTION
  • REPATRIATION
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE IN PALESTINE
• QUESTION
  • FOREIGN LEGION
• QUESTION
  • LAUNCESTON RAILWAY WORKSHOPS
• QUESTION
  • RATIONING OF NEWSPRINT
• QUESTION
  • MUNITIONS ANNEXE AT PYRMONT
• HOUR OF MEETING
• QUESTION
  • WAR PREPARATIONS
• QUESTION
  • ALLOWANCES TO SOLDIERS' DEPENDANTS
• ASSENT TO BILLS
• SALES TAX ASSESSMENT BILL (No. 1) 1940
• SALES TAX EXEMPTIONS BILL 1940
• POST AND TELEGRAPH RATES BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• POST AND TELEGRAPH RATES (DEFENCE FORCES) BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• AUSTRALIA'S WAR EFFORT
  • Ministerial Statement
• ADJOURNMENT
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Enlistment of Munitions Workers
  • Cost of Guarding Wireless Station

29 May 1940

51,483 words

• QUESTION
  • FLAX INDUSTRY
• QUESTION
  • RECRUITING
• QUESTION
  • MR, E. G. THEODORE
• QUESTION
  • LOCAI GOVERNMENT FINANCE
• EXPORT OF DAIRYING AND PIG PRODUCTS
• QUESTION
  • ELECTRIC SUPPLY
• QUESTION
  • CO-ORDINATION OF INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT AND INVESTIGATION BRANCH
• MUNITION'S SUPPLY
  • Utilizationof Railway Workshops
• QUESTION
  • MEAT SUPPLIES TO BRITISH GOVERNMENT
• QUESTION
  • HOME IN AUSTRALIA FOR WAR REFUGEES
• QUESTION
  • ENLISTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
• WAR-TIME PROFITS TAX BILL 1940
• QUESTION
  • CENSORSHIPOF PLAY
• QUESTION
  • ENLISTMENT BADGES
• QUESTION
  • WIRELESS LICENCES AND PROSECUTIONS
• EMPIRE AIR TRAINING SCHEME
  • Ministerial Statement
• QUESTION
  • LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANIES,
• QUESTION
  • WAR IN EUROPE
• QUESTION
  • SALE OF PRIMARY PRODUCTS TO GREAT BRITAIN
• QUESTION
  • ALUMINIUM PLANT
• QUESTION
  • COAL STRIKE
• QUESTION
  • NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES
• QUESTION
  • FITTERS IN AIR FORCE
• QUESTION
  • RAILWAY WAR COUNCIL
• QUESTION
  • MUNITIONS SUPPLY
• AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS REPATRIATION BILL 1940
• POST AND TELEGRAPH. RATES BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• POST AND TELEGRAPH RATES (DEFENCE FORCES) BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• MOTOR VEHICLES AGREEMENT BILL . 1.940
  • Second Reading
• LAWSON,
  • Minister Trade and Customs,
  • Care Customs House, Sydney
  • French
  • Managing Director Ford Motor Company
• AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS' REPATRIATION BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• MOTOR VEHICLES AGREEMENT BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• ASSENT TO BILLS
• BILLS RETURNED FROM THE SENATE
• PAPERS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Wolfram
  • Australian Imperialforce: Payment to Dependants
  • Gold-Mining Industry
  • Economic Cabinet

30 May 1940

130,607 words

• INVALID AND OLD-AGE PENSIONS
• QUESTION
  • NEW GUINEA
• QUESTION
  • WAR-TIME COMPANY TAX
• QUESTION
  • ELECTRIC CABLE
• QUESTION
  • WOOL APPRAISEMENT CENTRES
• QUESTION
  • SUPPLY OF AIRCRAFT
• QUESTION
  • OFFER OF AMBULANCES
• QUESTION
  • TECHNICAL TRAINING
• QUESTION
  • NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES
• QUESTION
  • TASMANIAN MAGNESIUM
• AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION
  • Ministerial Statement
• QUESTION
  • TRADE UNION PANEL
• BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE
• QUESTION
  • WAR IN EUROPE
• QUESTION
  • RECREATION IN MILITARY CAMPS
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• QUESTION
  • No. 2 WHEAT POOL
• PRINTING COMMITTEE
• QUESTION
  • AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE
• QUESTION
  • NAVAL CONSTRUCTION
• QUESTION
  • JUBILEE COLLIERY
• QUESTION
  • IRON ORE RESOURCES
• QUESTION
  • SECRET SESSION OF PARLIAMENT
• QUESTION
  • SHIPBUILDING
• QUESTION
  • SALAMAUA-WAU ROAD
• QUESTION
  • SHEEPSKINS
• NATIONAL SECURITY BILL 1940
• QUESTION
  • NEXT SEASON'S WHEAT
• NEW AND OPPOSED BUSINESS AFTER 11 P.M
• QUESTION
  • HERMANNSBURG MISSION
• QUESTION
  • NORTHERN TERRITORY
• QUESTION
  • COUNTRY PARTY MINISTERS
• QUESTION
  • REFUGEE CHILDREN FROM WAR AREAS
• QUESTION
  • PURCHASE OF SHIPPING
• QUESTION
  • JEWISH: REFUGEE SETTLEMENT
• QUESTION
  • IMPORTS OF TOBACCO
• QUESTION
  • WOLFRAM
• QUESTION
  • POSTAL DEPARTMENT
• QUESTION
  • TENNANT CREEK GOLD-FIELD!
• QUESTION
  • MILITIA
• INDUSTRIAL INSPECTORS
• COAL STRIKE
  • Victimization
• QUESTION
  • SEMI-GOVERNMENTAL BORROWING
• QUESTION
  • REPATRIATION
• QUESTION
  • GRAVING DOCK
• QUESTION
  • LOAN SUBSCRIPTIONS FROM TRADING BANKS
• QUESTION
  • LORD HOWE ISLAND SHIPPINGSERVICE
• QUESTION
  • ASSISTANT PUBLIC SERVICE ARBITRATOR
• QUESTION
  • COTTON BOUNTY
• QUESTION
  • INVALID AND OLD-AGE PENSIONS
• MOTOR VEHICLES AGREEMENT BILL (No. 2) 1940
• GOLD TAX COLLECTION BILL 1940
• INCOME TAX COLLECTION BILL 1940
• TRADING WITH THE ENEMY BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• PATENTS, TRADE MARKS, DESIGNS AND COPYRIGHT (WAR POWERS) BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• LOAN BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• ESTIMATES (No. 2) 1939-40
  • Ordered -
• APPROPRIATION BILL (No. 2) 1939-40
• SUPPLY BILL (No. 1) 1940-41
  • Second Reading
• STATE EXPENDITURE FROM CONSOLIDATED REVENUE, 1933-34, 1934-35, AND 1938-39
  • Showing Increases
• STATE EXPENDITURE FROM CONSOLIDATED REVENUE- PER HEAD OF POPULATION
• COMMONWEALTH INSCRIBED STOCK BILL 1940
• TRADE AGREEMENT (GREECE) BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• SALES TAX ASSESSMENT BILL (No. 1) 1940
  • Second Reading
• SALES TAX EXEMPTION'S BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• SALES TAX ASSESSMENT BILL (No. 1) 1940
  • Second Reading
• INCOME TAX COLLECTION BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• GOLD MINING ENCOURAGEMENT BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• MOTOR VEHICLES AGREEMENT BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS' REPATRIATION BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• GOLD MINING ENCOURAGEMENT BILL 1940
• GOLD TAX COLLECTION BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• INCOME TAX COLLECTION BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• IMMIGRATION BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• TRADING WITH THE ENEMY BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• PATENTS, TRADE MARKS, DESIGNS AND COPYRIGHT (WAR POWERS) BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• RABBIT SKINS EXPORT CHARGES BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• RABBIT SKINS EXPORT CHARGES APPROPRIATION BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• SUPPLY BILL (No. 1) 1940-41
  • Second Reading
• SPECIAL ADJOURNMENT
• SUPPLY BILL (No. 1) 1940-41
  • Second Reading
• PAPUA BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• ASSENT TO BILLS
• SUPPLEMENT ARY ESTIMATES 1938-39
  • Ordered -
• SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION BILL 1938-39
  • Second Reading
• SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND BUILDINGS) BILL 1938-1939
  • Second Reading
• LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO ALL MEMBERS
• AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS' REPATRIATION BILL 1940
• GOLD MINING ENCOURAGEMENT BILL 1940
• BILLS RETURNED FROM THE SENATE
• PAPERS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Wolfram Production: Employment of Aborigines
  • Canberra: Brassey House
  • Note Issue
  • National Insurance: Expenditure or Approved Societies
  • Air Services
  • Payments to Soldiers' Dependants
  • Militia Forces: Medical Treatment

20 June 1940

42,900 words

• NATIONAL SECURITY BILL. 1940
• QUESTION
  • LABOUR LETS AUSTRALIA DOWN
• ASSENT TO BILLS
• PAPERS.:
• HOUR OF MEETING

21 June 1940

27,341 words

• QUESTION
  • CENSORSHIP
• QUESTION
  • AIR FORCE RECRUITING
• MORTGAGES
• QUESTION
  • MUNITIONS
• QUESTION
  • ASSISTANCE TO WHEAT-GROWERS
• QUESTION
  • MUNITIONS ANNEXES
• LEAVE OF ABSENCE
• QUESTION
  • PUBLIC SERVICE SALARY REDUCTION
• QUESTION
  • AMERICAN AEROPLANES
• QUESTION
  • EXPORT OF FLOUR
• QUESTION
  • PRODUCTION OF MAGNESIUM METAL
• QUESTION
  • DAILY MIRROR
• QUESTION
  • PEARL-FISHING
• QUESTION
  • WAR EFFORT
• EXPORT OF SCRAP IRON TO JAPAN
• QUESTION
  • EXTENDING THE LIFE OF THE PARLIAMENT
• QUESTION
  • EXTRA ACREAGE OF PRIMARY PRODUCTION
• QUESTION
  • LABOUR ON FARMS
• QUESTION
  • SUPPLIES OF FOODSTUFFS FOR CAMPS
• QUESTION
  • REPRESENTATION OF AUSTRALIA AT TOKIO
• QUESTION
  • MILITIA UNITS
• QUESTION
  • INTEREST-FREE LOANS
• QUESTION
  • SHORTAGE OF COPPER
• QUESTION
  • DECENTRALIZATION OF ARMY ADMINISTRATION
• QUESTION
  • COAL-MINING INDUSTRY
• QUESTION
  • RECRUITING IN CANBERRA
• QUESTION
  • MORATORIUM FOR SOLDIERS
• QUESTION
  • WAUCHOPE'S SAW-MILL, COFF'S HARBOUR
• QUESTION
  • JAPANESE SHIPS
• QUESTION
  • MILITARY TRAINING IN REMOTE AREAS
• QUESTION
  • ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY
• QUESTION
  • EVANS HEAD AERODROME
• QUESTION
  • COMBINED RAILWAY WORKSHOPS COMMITTEE, TOWNSVILLE
• QUESTION
  • TOWNSEND REPORT ON SHIPBUILDING
• QUESTION
  • OTTON BOUNTY
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• QUESTION
  • WATERFRONT
• QUESTION
  • MAPPING
• QUESTION
  • WAR SITUATION IN FRANCE
• QUESTION
  • NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES
• QUESTION
  • PUBLIC MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS
• QUESTION
  • INSURANCE COMPANIES AND THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• QUESTION
  • GALLS FROM THE CHAIR
• QUESTION
  • TREATY WITH ITALY
• QUESTION
  • MORATORIUM
• QUESTION
  • UNEMPLOYMENT
• QUESTION
  • EQUIPMENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• QUESTION
  • INTERNMENT
• QUESTION
  • DEPENDANTS OF INTERNED ALIENS
• QUESTION
  • QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
• LOAN BILL (No. 2) 1940
  • Second Reading
• SPECIAL ADJOURNMENT
• WHARF AT PORT AUGUSTA
  • Approval of Work
• BILLS RETURNED FROM THE . SENATE
• ADJOURNMENT
• PAPERS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Volunteers for Home Service

6 August 1940

37,344 words

• DEATH OF THE HON. SIB GEORGE W. FULLER, K.C.M.G
• HEATH OF MR. E. W. ARCHER
• QUESTION
  • MUNITIONS BOARDS
• QUESTION
  • ADMINISTRATION OF WAR DEPARTMENTS
• QUESTION
  • ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
• QUESTION
  • PORK AND BACON
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• QUESTION
  • LABOUR PARTY FUNDS
• QUESTION
  • MORATORIUM
• QUESTION
  • UNEMPLOYMENT OWING TO STEEL SHORTAGE
• QUESTION
  • PETROL IMPORTS FROM NETHERLANDS EAST* INDIES
• QUESTION
  • SOLDIERS AND ELECTORAL ACT
• QUESTION
  • FERTILIZERS SUBSIDY
• QUESTION
  • SAFEGUARDING OF SOLDIERS' JOBS
• QUESTION
  • REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
• QUESTION
  • SS. ZEALANDIA
• QUESTION
  • INSURANCE COMPANIES
• QUESTION
  • WATER SUPPLY AT BOWEN
• QUESTION
  • PETROL RATIONING
• QUESTION
  • ALLOWANCES TO SOLDIERS' DEPENDANTS
• QUESTION
  • MALL FOR THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• QUESTION
  • APPLES AND PEARS
• QUESTION
  • PRICE OF NEWSPAPERS
• QUESTION
  • ADVANCE TO WHEAT-GROWERS
• QUESTION
  • TRAINING OF ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
• QUESTION
  • MUNITIONS ANNEXE AT LAUNCESTON
• QUESTION
  • ACQUISITION OF WHEAT CROP
• QUESTION
  • EXPORT OF RABBIT SKINS
• QUESTION
  • COMMONWEALTH INDUSTRIAL INSPECTORS
• QUESTION
  • ARRESTS OF BRITISH AND JAPANESE NATIONALSCLOSING OF BURMA-ROAD
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN WHEAT BOARD
• QUESTION
  • HOUSING CONDITIONS AT GLEN DAVIS
• QUESTION
  • DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY AND DEVELOPMENT
• QUESTION
  • PRODUCER GAS
• QUESTION
  • POTATOES FROM NEW ZEALAND
• QUESTION
  • SALAMAUA- WAU ROAD
• QUESTION
  • MILKING MACHINES
• QUESTION
  • ELECTORAL ROLLS
• QUESTION
  • BRISBANE SHOW DAY HOLIDAY
• QUESTION
  • DEFENCE ADVISORY PANELS
• QUESTION
  • INTEREST RATE ON WHEAT BOARD OVERDRAFT
• QUESTION
  • SHALE OIL PRODUCTION
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATION AT TOKYO
• QUESTION
  • MANUFACTURE OF MUNITIONS
• QUESTION
  • SYDNEY SHOW
• QUESTION
  • PRICES OF DRUGS
• QUESTION
  • INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• WAR-TIME AGRICULTURAL POLICY
  • Ministerial Statement
• ADDRESS-IN-REPLY
  • Gowrie,
  • Governor-General . 2nd August, 1940
• ASSENT TO BILLS
• INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
  • Ministerial Statement
• ADJOURNMENT
• PAPERS

8 August 1940

29,067 words

• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATION AT TOKYO
• QUESTION
  • EMPIRE CONFERENCE AT DELHI
• QUESTION
  • PRODUCER GAS
• QUESTION
  • STORAGE OF PETROL
• QUESTION
  • NEWSPRINT LICENCES
• QUESTION
  • HOUSING AT LITHGOW
• QUESTION
  • TASMANIAN SHIPPING SERVICE
• REPORT OF DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF NAVIGATION
• QUESTION
  • WESTERN AUSTRALIAN AIR SERVICES
• GENERAL ELECTIONS
• AEROPLANE CONSTRUCTION
• QUESTION
  • FLOATING DOCK AT BRISBANE
• QUESTION
  • SHIPBUILDING IN AUSTRALIA
• QUESTION
  • SALE OP MILITARY UNIFORMS
• QUESTION
  • DUTIES ON AUSTRALIAN WINES
• QUESTION
  • POSTAL EMPLOYEES AND PROMOTION
• QUESTION
  • PRICES FIXATION IN NEW SOUTH WALES
• QUESTION
  • BARLEY POOL
• QUESTION
  • BROADCASTING POLITICAL ADDRESSES
• QUESTION
  • POSTAL DEPARTMENT: PREMISES IN MELBOURNE
• QUESTION
  • MILITARY CAMPS
• QUESTION
  • TUBERCULOSIS AND CHEST DISEASES
• SPECIAL ADJOURNMENT
• QUESTION
  • COMPENSATION FOR MILITIAMEN
• QUESTION
  • WIRRAWAY AIRCRAFT
• QUESTION
  • PAYMENT OF SEPARATION ALLOWANCES
• QUESTION
  • REPATRIATION OF MERCHANT SEAMEN
• QUESTION
  • INTERNATIONAL SITUATION
• QUESTION
  • PETROL IMPORTS FROM NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES
• QUESTION
  • DISMISSAL OF MILITARY CAMP HAIRDRESSER
• QUESTION
  • ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE ALLOTMENTS
• QUESTION
  • GRAVING DOCK
• ISSUE OF COMMONWEALTH CREDIT
• QUESTION
  • MILITARY CAMP AT SELLHEIM
• QUESTION
  • PURCHASE OF ENGINE
• WAR TIME (COMPANY) TAX ASSESSMENT BILL 1940
• GOLD MINING ENCOURAGEMENT BILL (No. 2) 1940
  • Second Reading
• PAPUA BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• ADJOURNMENT
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Workmen's Homes
  • Subsidies for Primary Producers
  • Cotton Industry
  • Copra

14 August 1940

5,634 words

• QUESTION
  • AIR DISASTER AT CANBERRA
• SPECIAL ADJOURNMENT
• ADJOURNMENT

20 August 1940

41,141 words

• QUESTION
  • WET CANTEENS IN MILITARY CAMPS
• MINISTERIAL CHANGES
  • Hon. A. W. Fadden, M.P., Minister for Air and Minister for Civil Aviation
• IMPORTS OF TOBACCO
• QUESTION
  • HONORABLE B. S. B. STEVENS
• QUESTION
  • PETROL RATIONING
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• LEAVE OF ABSENCE
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN MINISTER TO JAPAN
• QUESTION
  • APPLES AND PEARS
• QUESTION
  • WAR AIR LOSSES
• QUESTION
  • WOOL APPRAISEMENT
• QUESTION
  • PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA
• QUESTION
  • UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND CANADA: DEFENCE BOARD
• QUESTION
  • UNEMPLOYMENT
• QUESTION
  • MUNITIONS ANNEXE, LAUNCESTON
• QUESTION
  • WHEAT ACQUISITION
• QUESTION
  • POWER ALCOHOL
• QUESTION
  • BOMB-PROOF SHELTERS
• QUESTION
  • WOOL CONTRACT
• QUESTION
  • MAGNESIUM ALLOY
• QUESTION
  • CENSORSHIP
• QUESTION
  • GENERAL ELECTIONS
• QUESTION
  • HOUSING CONDITIONS IN DARWIN
• LEAGUE OF NATIONS ASSEMBLY
  • Report of Australian Delegation
  • League of Nations - 20th Assembly - December 11th to 15th, 1939 - Report of Australian Delegation
• QUESTION
  • MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
• PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
  • Repatriation Hospital, Randwick
• QUESTION
  • PETROL IMPORTS
• QUESTION
  • INTERNMENT OF ENEMY ALIENS
• QUESTION
  • BARLEY ACQUISITION SCHEME
• NATIONAL SECURITY ACT
  • Motion to Disallow Regulations
  • Toolmaker
• BILLS RETURNED FROM THE SENATE
• COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL (WAR-TIME) BILL 1940
• DISSOLUTION: GENERAL ELECTIONS
• TARIFF PROPOSALS 1940
  • Customs Tariff Amendment (No. 3) ; Excise Tariff Amendment (No. 2) ; Excise Tariff Amendment (No. 3)
  • In Committee of Ways and Means:
• HIGH COMMISSIONER BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• RAW COTTON BOUNTY BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• SUPPLY BILL (No. 2) 1940-41
  • Second Reading
• ADJOURNMENT
  • Industry - Petrol Rationing - Imperial Chemical Industries, Deer Park: Offensive Effluent
  • Hon. R. G. Menzies, P.C.,
  • Prime Minister,
  • Canberra
  • Dear Sir,
• PAPERS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTION'S
  • South Australian Munitions Works
  • Postal Department : Melbourne Offices
  • Loan Applications
  • National Insurance
  • Airport Site Near Melbourne
  • Workmen's Homes
  • Importation of Bombers

21 August 1940

61,285 words

• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• QUESTION
  • POSTAL EMPLOYEES
• QUESTION
  • SHIFT WORK AT COCKATOO ISLAND DOCKYARD
• QUESTION
  • INCOME TAX
• QUESTION
  • CENSORSHIP REGULATIONS
• QUESTION
  • STABILIZATION OF WHEAT INDUSTRY
• QUESTION
  • POULTRY FOOD
• QUESTION
  • PETROL RATIONING
• QUESTION
  • WAR AIR LOSSES
• QUESTION
  • APPLES AND PEARS
• QUESTION
  • ENROLMENT OF MEMBERS OF DEFENCE FORCES
• QUESTION
  • UNEMPLOYMENT ON THE COAL-FIELDS
• QUESTION
  • COOL-STORAGE FACILITIES
• QUESTION
  • SPORTING ACTIVITIES DURING WAR-TIME
• NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT AT FREMANTLE
• QUESTION
  • WOOL APPRAISEMENT CENTRES
• QUESTION
  • GLEN DAVIS SHALE OIL RETORTS
• QUESTION
  • MILITIA
• QUESTION
  • NAVAL, MILITARY AND AIR FORCE UNIFORMS
• QUESTION
  • RESTRICTION OF IMPORTATION OF NEWSPRINT
• QUESTION
  • ASSISTANCE TO WHEAT INDUSTRY
• AUSTRALIAN WOOL BOARD
  • Annual Report
• QUESTION
  • COMPENSATION TO DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED SOLDIER
• JUDICIARY BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• RAW COTTON BOUNTY BILL 1940
• SUPPLY BILL (No. 2) 1940-41
• HOUR OF MEETING
• COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL (WAR-TIME) BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• QUESTION
  • U9J
• HIGH COMMISSIONER BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• CUSTOMS TARIFF VALIDATION BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• CUSTOMS TARIFF (EXCHANGE ADJUSTMENT) VALIDATION BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• CUSTOMS TARIFF (CANADIAN PREFERENCE) VALIDATION
  • Second Reading
• CUSTOMS TARIFF (NEW ZEALAND PREFERENCE)
• VALIDATION BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• CUSTOMS TARIFF (SPECIAL WAR DUTY) VALIDATION BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• EXCISE TARIFF VALIDATION BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• JUDICIARY BILL 1940
• AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• SUSPENSION OF SITTING
• ASSENT TO BILLS
• BILLS RETURNED FROM THE SENATE
• SEAMEN'S WAR PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION BILL 1940
• SEAMEN'S WAR PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES BILL 1940
• SPECIAL ADJOURNMENT
• ADJOURNMENT
• PAPERS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Soldiers' Pay and Allowances
  • Civilian Training Proposal
  • Commissioner
  • Interest-Free Loans
  • Public Servants: Travel Between Canberra and Melbourne
  • Shipbuilding : Townsend Report
  • Tobacco Industry
  • Air Training Centres
  • Compulsory Military Service
  • Australia's Contribution to League of Nations
  • Australian Imperial Force Medical Supplies
  • Wool
  • Censorship

20 November 1940

15,262 words

• PROCLAMATION
• OPENING OF THE PARLIAMENT
• MEMBERS SWORN
• ELECTION OF SPEAKER. -
  • Presentation to Governor-General
• GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S SUMMONS
• COMMISSION TO ADMINISTER OATH
• MEMBER SWORN
• MINISTERIAL CHANGES
  • Minister). -
  • The Right Honorable Robert Gordon Menzies,K.C. - Prime
  • The Right Honorable Sir Earle Christmas Grafton Page, G.C.M.G.- Minister for Commerce
  • The Honorable Sir Frederick. Harold Stewart - Minister for External Affairs, Minister for Social Services, and Minister for Health
  • The Honorable Eric John Harrison - Minister for Trade and Customs
• WAR CABINET
• AUSTRALIAN ADVISORY WAR COUNCIL
• LEADER AND DEPUTY LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION
• LEADER, DEPUTY LEADER, AND WHIP OF THE AUSTRALIAN LABOUR PARTY (NONCOMMUNIST)
• DEPUTY AND ACTING LEADER OF THE COUNTRY PARTY
• OFFICERS' RIGHTS DECLARATION BILL 1940
• GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S SPEECH
• HOUR OF MEETING
• DEATH OF THE RIGHT HONORABLE NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN
• QUESTION
  • OBITUARY
• ADJOURNMENT

21 November 1940

31,292 words

• MEMBER SWORN
• QUESTION
  • ENEMY RAIDERS
• SINKING OF H.M.A.S. GOORANGAI
• ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
• QUESTION
  • DIRECTOR OF LABOUR,
• QUESTION
  • APPLES AND PEARS
• QUESTION
  • AIR PATROL OF SHIPPING ROUTES
• QUESTION
  • WOOL SCOURING
• QUESTION
  • WHEAT INDUSTRY
• QUESTION
  • DROUGHT RELIEF
• QUESTION
  • RELIEF OF FRUIT-GROWERS
• QUESTION
  • SHIPBUILDING
• QUESTION
  • EMPIRE AIR TRAINING SCHEME
• QUESTION
  • INTERNAL AIR SERVICES
• QUESTION
  • MILITARY HOSPITALS
• MORTGAGE BANK BILL
• QUESTION
  • WATERSIDE WORKERS FEDERATION
• QUESTION
  • BRITISH WAR CABINET
• QUESTION
  • ARMY BUTTONS
• QUESTION
  • SOLDIERS' DEPENDANTS
• QUESTION
  • DARLEY MILITARY CAMP
• QUESTION
  • OLD-AGE PENSIONS
• HOUSING AT WOLLONGONG AND PORTKEMBLA
• QUESTION
  • POWER ALCOHOL
• QUESTION
  • FLAX INDUSTRY
• UNOCCUPIED FRANCE
  • Australian Representation
• QUESTION
  • BRITISH OFFER TO MOSCOW
• QUESTION
  • WET CANTEENS
• QUESTION
  • EMPLOYMENT IN MUNITIONS WORKS
• QUESTION
  • OIL CARTEL
• QUESTION
  • JAPANESE REPRESENTATIVE IN AUSTRALIA
• QUESTION
  • SHIPBUILDING
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN ADVISORY WAR COUNCIL
• QUESTION
  • FREE RAILWAY PASSES FOR SOLDIERS
• QUESTION
  • RESIGNATION OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF PRICES
• MAGNESIUM
• QUESTION
  • QUESTIONSWITHOUT NOTICE
• CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES
• QUESTION
  • GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S SPEECH
• SPECIAL ADJOURNMENT
• SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDERS
• COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY
• COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS
• ESTIMATES 1940-41
• BUDGET 1940-41
  • In Committee of Supply:
  • Financial Year 1939-40
  • Public Debt
  • Internal Loans
  • Debt Redemption
  • Aggregate Australian Public Debt
  • Economic Review
  • Debt Redemption
  • Aggregate Australian Public Debt
  • Economic Review
  • Debt Redemption
  • Aggregate Australian Public Debt
  • Economic Review
  • Estimated Revenue 1940-41
  • Import Licensing
  • The Wheat Industry
  • Overseas War Expenditure
  • The Loan Market
  • Taxation- Proposals
  • Income Tax - Companies
  • Sales Tax
  • Customs and Excise
  • Taxation Proposals Summarized
  • Budget Summary
  • War Expenditure
  • Loan Estimates
  • Legislation
  • Conclusion
• TABLE 1.- FINANCIAL YEAR 1939-40
• TABLE 4. - COMMONWEALTH REVENUE
• PAPER
• SALES TAX(EXEMPTIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS.) BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• TARIFF PROPOSALS 1940
  • Customs Tariff Amendment (No. 1), Customs Tariff (Special War Duty);
  • Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) Amendment (No. 1), Excise
  • Tariff Amendment (No. 1)
  • In Committee of Ways and Means:
  • In Committee of Ways and Means:
• SWAN ELECTORAL DIVISION
  • Issue of Whit
• ADJOURNMENT
• PAPERS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Petrol Storage

22 November 1940

22,527 words

• QUESTION
  • LITHGOW SMALL ARMSFACTORY
• QUESTION
  • SINKING OF HM.A.S. GOORANGAI
• QUESTION
  • SHIPBUILDING CONTRACTS
• QUESTION
  • RELIEF OF RURAL PRODUCERS
• UNSHRINKABLE. WOOL
  • Use of Freney Process
• PRICE-FIXING
  • Effectof Budget Proposals
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIANFORCES IN THE MIDDLE EAST
• QUESTION
  • INVALID AND OLD-AGE PENSIONS
• UNOCCUPIED FRANCE
• QUESTION
  • ROSE BAY AIR-PORT
• QUESTION
  • LATROBE SHALE OIL FIELDS. -
• QUESTION
  • MILITARY BLANKETS
• QUESTION
  • REPAIRS TO MILITARY BOOTS
• QUESTION
  • DEFENCE EQUIPMENT
• QUESTION
  • SECRET SITTINGS OF PARLIAMENT
• QUESTION
  • WAR AIMS
• QUESTION
  • DEFENCE FORCES AT DARWIN
• QUESTION
  • WHEAT CHARTERS
• QUESTION
  • HOBART-SYDNEY PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION
• QUESTION
  • WOOL APPRAISEMENT
• QUESTION
  • INDUSTRIAL PEACE ACT
• QUESTION
  • PREVENTION OF PROFITEERING
• RETURN OF MINISTER FOR COMMERCE TO CABINET
• TEMPORARY CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES
• ACTING DEPUTY SPEAKER
• HOUR OF MEETING
• QUESTION
  • GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S SPEECH
• ADJOURNMENT
  • Machinery of Industrial Peace
• PAPER,
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

27 November 1940

39,356 words

• QUESTION
  • PRICE CONTROL
• QUESTION
  • LOSSES TO BRITISH SHIPPING
• QUESTION
  • GIFT AMBULANCES FOR ARMY
• QUESTION
  • ROYAL. AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
• QUESTION
  • DIRECTOR OF SHIPBUILDING
• QUESTION
  • APPLES AND PEARS
• QUESTION
  • TARIFF BOARD
• QUESTION
  • TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES
• QUESTION
  • INDUSTRIAL TROUBLE AT PORT KEMBLA
• QUESTION
  • SHIPBUILDING
• QUESTION
  • ALLEGED SUBVERSIVE STATEMENTS
• QUESTION
  • COAL-MINING INDUSTRY
• QUESTION
  • PRICE FIXING
• MILITARY BLANKETS
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIANS IN NEW ZEALAND
• QUESTION
  • REPORTED STATEMENTS OF SIR GEOFFREY WHISKARD
• QUESTION
  • REPATRIATION ACT
• QUESTION
  • WALSH ISLAND DOCKYARD
• QUESTION
  • SOCIAL LEGISLATION
• QUESTION
  • COUNTRY POST OFFICES
• YOUNG NATIONALISTS ASSOCIATION
• QUESTION
  • BOWEN AERODROME
• QUESTION
  • ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY AUXILIARY
• QUESTION
  • CENSORSHIP
• QUESTION
  • PETROL RATIONING
• QUESTION
  • COAL-FIELDS UNEMPLOYMENT
• QUESTION
  • REDBANK MILITARY CAMP
• QUESTION
  • OLD-AGE PENSIONS
• QUESTION
  • RETURNED SOLDIERS' VOLUNTARY UNIT
• QUESTION
  • AIR-TRAINING CENTRES
• QUESTION
  • WHEAT ADVANCES
• QUESTION
  • WILLIAMSTOWN DOCK
• QUESTION
  • OLYMPIC PARK
• QUESTION
  • MINISTERIAL INSPECTION OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN THE EAST
• QUESTION
  • WOOL APPRAISEMENT
• QUESTION
  • SALES TAX
• QUESTION
  • ELECTIVE MINISTRY
• QUESTION
  • CONTROL OF POSTAL MATTER,
• QUESTION
  • ELECTION CAMPAIGN
• QUESTION
  • ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
• QUESTION
  • MOVEMENT OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ABROAD
• QUESTION
  • DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITIES
• QUESTION
  • DISTRIBUTION OF HANSARD
• QUESTION
  • CANTEEN ORDERS
• HOUR OF MEETING
• QUESTION
  • CABLE. MESSAGES TO TROOPS
• QUESTION
  • MANUFACTURE OF MINES
• QUESTION
  • FUEL STORAGE
• QUESTION
  • SECRET SITTING OF PARLIAMENT
• QUESTION
  • ARMY BUSINESS MANAGER
• QUESTION
  • MINISTERS AND COMPANY DIRECTORATES
• QUESTION
  • ROSEBERY RACECOURSE MILITARY CAMP
• QUESTION
  • DIRECTOR OF LABOUR
• QUESTION
  • RAZORS FOR TROOPS
• SALES TAX PROCEDURE BILL 1940
• SALES TAX ASSESSMENT BILL
• INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT BILL (No. 2) 1940
• INCOME TAX BILL 1940
• QUESTION
  • LAND, WHICH IS A NECESSITY OE HUMAN EXISTENCE
• ADJOURNMENT
  • Subversive Statements - Internments - Censorship - Port Kembla Dispute
• PAPERS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • The following answers to questions were circulated : -
  • Movements of Royal Australian Navy
  • Erection of Wool Stores

28 November 1940

46,105 words

• QUESTION
  • WOOL STACKING AT BRISBANE
• QUESTION
  • MUNITIONS ANNEXES
• QUESTION
  • ADDITIONAL PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES
• TARIFF BOARD REPORT
• QUESTION
  • IDENTITY OF INTERNEES
• QUESTION
  • CONCILIATION LEGISLATION
• QUESTION
  • CONTROL OP PRICES!
• QUESTION
  • TOURIST TRAFFIC TO TASMANIA
• INTERNATIONAL SITUATION
  • Ministerial Statement
• QUESTION
  • DAKAR INCIDENT
• QUESTION
  • BROADCASTING OF NAVAL HAPPENING S
• QUESTION
  • EXCESS PROFITS TAX
• QUESTION
  • TRANSPORT FACILITIES FOR MEMBERS OF FORCES ON LEAVE
• QUESTION
  • PREMATURE DISCLOSURE OF OFFICIAL INFORMATION
• QUESTION
  • INDIAN OCEAN SINKINGS
• QUESTION
  • WHEAT FOR POULTRY
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• QUESTION
  • APPLES AND PEARS
• QUESTION
  • PETROL RATIONING
• QUESTION
  • COUNTRY PARTY LEADERSHIP
• HOUR OF MEETING
• UNEMPLOYMENT
• QUESTION
  • CHRISTMAS RELIEF GRANT
• QUESTION
  • CAPTURED ENEMY VESSELS
• QUESTION
  • ALLOWANCES FOR DEPENDANTS OF INTERNEES
• SUSPENSION OF STANDING * ORDERS
• QUESTION
  • BUDGET 1940-41
• SWAN BY-ELECTION
• ADJOURNMENT
  • Technical Education - Subversive Literature
• PAPER
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Construction of Naval Dockyard
  • Australian Garrison Forces : Payment to Dependants
  • Guncotton Production
  • National Security Regulations
  • Flax Industry
  • Phenol
  • Income Tax Exemptions

29 November 1940

26,063 words

• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING COMMISSION
• QUESTION
  • SALAMAUA-WAU ROAD
• QUESTION
  • BOMBING SCHOOL AT CONDOBOLIN
• QUESTION
  • WHEAT CHARTERS
• QUESTION
  • APPLES AND PEARS
• QUESTION
  • PETROL RATIONING
• QUESTION
  • BUDGET REVISION
• QUESTION
  • CASE OE MK. HERMANN HOMBURG
• QUESTION
  • TRANSPORT FACILITIES FOE SOLDIERS
• QUESTION
  • SALISBURY MUNITIONS WORKS
• QUESTION
  • SELHEIM MILITARY CAMP
• QUESTION
  • INTERNAL AIR SERVICES
• QUESTION
  • SOLDIERS' DEBTS
• QUESTION
  • PREVENTION OF INDUSTRIAL UNREST
• AUSTRALIAN CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES LIMITED
• QUESTION
  • NAVAL WAR CORRESPONDENT
• QUESTION
  • HOUSING IN NEW SOUTH WALES
• QUESTION
  • PRICES OF BEER AND SPIRITS
• QUESTION
  • BRITISH SHIPPING
• QUESTION
  • PATRIOTIC AND COMFORT FUNDS
• DATS AND HOURS OF MEETING
• SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDERS
• WHEAT INDUSTRY (WAR-TIME CONTROL) BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• WHEAT TAX (WAR-TIME) ASSESSMENT BILL 1940
• SUPPLY BILL (No. 3) 1940-41
  • Second Reading
• LOAN BILL (No. 3) 1940
  • Second Reading.
• BUDGET 1940-41
  • In Committee of Supply:
• ADJOURNMENT
  • Mr. J. A. Stevenson, Department of Supply and Development, Chairman
  • Dr. A. E. V. Richardson, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
  • Mr. I. H. Boas, Chief of Division, Division of Forest Products, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
• PAPER
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Inoculation of Troops
  • Alleged Subversive Statements
  • Private Banks: Subscriptions to War Loans
  • Effect of Taxation
  • Overdraft Accounts
  • War Expenditure Overseas

3 December 1940

46,626 words

• COMMONWEALTH OIL REFINERIES LIMITED
• QUESTION
  • THE PEOPLE'S DECLARATION
• QUESTION
  • ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
• QUESTION
  • QUESTIONS DURING CENSURE DEBATE
• QUESTION
  • GOVERNOR-GENERAL
• QUESTION
  • FREE RAILWAY PASSES FOR SOLDIERS
• QUESTION
  • NATIONAL UNION
• QUESTION
  • SHIPPING RESTRICTION'S
• QUESTION
  • EMPLOYMENT OF MUNITIONS WORKERS
• QUESTION
  • PAYMENT TO B ARLE Y-GROWER S
• QUESTION
  • CORRIDOR THROUGH CANADA
• QUESTION
  • CENSORSHIP
• QUESTION
  • SALE OF FRUIT IN SYDNEY
• QUESTION
  • MR. E. J. HOGAN AND STRIKERS
• QUESTION
  • PETROL RATIONING
• QUESTION
  • WET CANTEENS IN MILITIA CAMPS
• QUESTION
  • ELECTORAL ROLL
• QUESTION
  • LEFT BOOK CLUB
• QUESTION
  • INTERNMENT APPEAL TRIBUNALS
• QUESTION
  • ARMY BUSINESS MANAGER
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• QUESTION
  • SOUTHERN CROSS TRAINING SCHOOL
• QUESTION
  • BROKEN HILL TO PORT PIRIE RAILWAY
• QUESTION
  • PAYMENT OF TAXES
• QUESTION
  • DARLEY CAMP
• QUESTION
  • DEPUTY PRICES COMMISSIONER, NEW SOUTH WALES
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIANS IN NEW ZEALAND
• QUESTION
  • IMPERIAL PENSIONERS
• BUDGET 1940-41
  • In Committee of Supply:
• ADJOURNMENT
  • Coal, Oil and By-Products Proprietary
  • Limited - The People's Declaration - Air Raids Precautions
• WHY DON'T WE DO IT?
  • Disadvantages
• BIG CHANGES IN PETROL MARKET EXPECTED SOON
  • Mittagong Shale Oil Plans
  • All-Australian
• PAPERS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Bounty on Wheat
  • Taxation Exemptions
  • Bran and Pollard
  • Overdraft Accounts
  • Case of Mr. Hermann Homburg
  • Tasmanian Shipping Services
  • Status of High Commissioner
  • Australian Broadcasting Commission : Overseas Broadcasts
  • Apple and Pear Marketing Committee
  • Wool Sales

4 December 1940

29,092 words

• MEMBER SWORN
• QUESTION
  • POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION
• QUESTION
  • JAPANESE MINISTER IN AUSTRALIA
• QUESTION
  • ACCOMMODATION ON TRANSAUSTRALIA RAILWAY
• QUESTION
  • COAL OIL AND BY-PRODUCTS PROPRIETARY LIMITED
• QUESTION
  • SHORTAGE OF COAL
• QUESTION
  • FREEDOM LOAN
• QUESTION
  • ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
• QUESTION
  • EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES FOR SOLDIERS
• QUESTION
  • PRICES
• QUESTION
  • EXPORT OF FRUIT TO GREAT BRITAIN
• QUESTION
  • PAYMENT TO WHEAT-GROWERS
• QUESTION
  • DISTRESSED AUSTRALIANS IN LONDON
• QUESTION
  • TAXING OF PROFITS
• QUESTION
  • BAN ON IMPORTED TIMBERS
• QUESTION
  • INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• QUESTION
  • KALGOORLIE BY-ELECTION
• QUESTION
  • SYDNEY-CANBERRA TELEPHONE SERVICE
• QUESTION
  • PRIME BEEF AND MUTTON
• QUESTION
  • EMPIRE AIR TRAINING SCHEME
• QUESTION
  • CENSORSHIP OF SMITH'S WEEKLY
• QUESTION
  • INTERNMENT OF ALIENS
• QUESTION
  • PUNISHMENT FOR PROFITEERING
• PRINCIPAL PARLIAMENTARY REPORTER
  • Retirement of Mr. J. S. Weatherston
• QUESTION
  • INSERTION OF BLOCKS IN HANSARD
• BUDGET 1940-41
  • In Committee of Supply:
• QUESTION
  • NOTICE TO ALL PROSPECTIVE BUYERS OF REFRIGERATORS
• BILLS RETURNED FROM THE SENATE
• ADJOURNMENT
  • Dear Sir,
  • Dear Mr. Lewis,
• PAPERS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Military Forces: Compensation
  • Internment Regulations : Informers
  • Salamaua-Wau Road
  • Air Mail for Territories
  • Powerkerosene
  • Gas-Producer Units

5 December 1940

24,806 words

• BUDGET CRISIS
• QUESTION
  • AIR RAID SHELTERS
• QUESTION
  • ENLISTMENT OF AUSTRALIANS ABROAD
• QUESTION
  • TEMPORARY POSTAL EMPLOYEES, BRISBANE
• QUESTION
  • FLYING SCHOOL, SANDGATE
• QUESTION
  • POTATOES FOR ARMY CONSUMPTION
• PERSONAL EXPLANATION
  • Mr. E. J. Hogan and Strikers
• QUESTION
  • TRANS-AUSTRALIA RAILWAY
• QUESTION
  • COMMONWEALTH BONDS
• QUESTION
  • WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
• ASSENT TO BILLS
• QUESTION
  • RETURNED SOLDIERS' VOLUNTEER CORPS
• QUESTION
  • SOLDIERS' PAY AND ALLOWANCES
• QUESTION
  • PETROL RATIONING
• QUESTION
  • SALES TAX
• QUESTION
  • WHEAT PAYMENTS
• QUESTION
  • MONETARY AND BANKING REFORM
• QUESTION
  • TOWNSEND REPORT ON SHIPBUILDING
• QUESTION
  • TASMANIAN SHIPPING SERVICE
• QUESTION
  • RAZOR BLADES
• QUESTION
  • MEMBER FOR KALGOORLIE
• QUESTION
  • FLOUR TAX
• QUESTION
  • COMPULSORY TRAINEES
• QUESTION
  • COMPENSATION FOR MILITIAMEN
• QUESTION
  • COAL-MINING INDUSTRY
• QUESTION
  • POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT
• QUESTION
  • CONCILIATION COMMISSIONERS
• QUESTION
  • MILK FOR SOLDIERS
• SINKING OF VESSEL OFF AUSTRALIAN COAST
• QUESTION
  • FARES OF MUNITION WORKERS
• QUESTION
  • GAS-PRODUCER UNITS
• BUDGET 1940-41
  • In Committee of Supply:
  • Director or Thirteen Public Companies
  • Associated Paper and Pulp Mills Limited
  • Australian Knitting Mills Limited
  • Austral Silk and Cotton Mills Limited
  • Barnett Glass Rubber Company
  • Bradford Cotton Mills Limited
  • Dunlop Perdriau Rubber Company
  • Electrolytic Zinc of Australia Limited
  • Emu Bay Railway Company
  • Felt and Textiles of Australia Limited
  • North Broken Hill Limited
  • North Broken Hill Consolidated Limited
  • Yarra Falls Limited
  • Zinc Investments Limited
  • Pearce's Competence
  • Baillieu Group
• COMPANY TAX WELL RECEIVED
• HANSARD APPOINTMENTS
• ADJOURNMENT
  • Dear Mr. Holt,
  • Dear Mr. Morgan,
  • Dear Colonel Thorpe,
  • Dear Mr. Morgan,
• PAPERS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTION'S
  • Department of External Affairs : Remuneration and Allowances of Officers
  • Commonwealth Bank - Staff Appointments
  • Electoral Rolls

6 December 1940

32,116 words

• SPECIAL ADJOURNMENT
• QUESTION
  • COURT MARTIAL OF AIRCRAFTMAN
• QUESTION
  • SINKING OF VESSEL OFF AUSTRALIANCOAST
• QUESTION
  • PRODUCTION OF PETROL IN AUSTRALIA
• QUESTION
  • PRICES OF SOAPS AND EUCALYPTUS
• QUESTION
  • APPLES AND PEARS
• QUESTION
  • TASMANIAN SHIPPING SERVICES
• QUESTION
  • DETENTION IN MILITARY CAMPS
• QUESTION
  • PURCELL ENGINEERING COMPANY
• QUESTION
  • FREE RAILWAY TRAVEL FOR SOLDIERS
• QUESTION
  • MR. INIGO JONES
• QUESTION
  • CHRISTMAS LEAVE FOR ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIANS IN NEW ZEALAND
• QUESTION
  • RELEASE FROM AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• QUESTION
  • DARLEY MILITARY CAMP
• QUESTION
  • RELEASE OF INTERNEES
• QUESTION
  • FLYING BOAT PATROL
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE GRIEVANCES
• QUESTION
  • PAYMENT TO BARLEY GROWERS
• QUESTION
  • INTERNATIONAL SITUATION
• QUESTION
  • NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
• QUESTION
  • MILITIA: CHRISTMAS LEAVE
• QUESTION
  • DEFENCE WORKS AND UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF
• QUESTION
  • COMPENSATION TO DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED SOLDIER
• QUESTION
  • DEFENCE OF DARWIN
• QUESTION
  • PARAVANES FOR SHIPS
• QUESTION
  • COMMONWEALTH WAR-TIME AUTHORITIES
• QUESTION
  • MANUFACTURE OF MUNITIONS
• QUESTION
  • ARMY CONTRACTS
• QUESTION
  • WHEAT INDUSTRY
• WAR-TIME COMPANY TAX
  • Appointment of Committee
• QUESTION
  • PACIFIC RELATIONS
• QUESTION
  • COMPULSORY TRAINEES
• QUESTION
  • RELIEF OF DISTRESSED FRUIT-GROWERS
• QUESTION
  • RELIEF OF WHEAT-FARMERS IN DROUGHT-STRICKEN AREAS
• QUESTION
  • CHARTERING OF SHIPS
• QUESTION
  • MEAT SUPPLIES IN AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE CAMPS
• QUESTION
  • DEATH OF DESPATCH RIDER
• QUESTION
  • TRANS-AUSTRALIA RAILWAY
• QUESTION
  • AERIAL DEFENCE
• QUESTION
  • QUESTIONS
• BUDGET 1940-41
  • In Committee of Supply:
• ADJOURNMENT
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Copper Imports
  • Sandy Hollow-Maryvale Railway
  • Segregation of Internees
  • Contract Boards: Personnel
  • Australian Imperial Force: Employment of Tradesmen
  • Evasion of Probate Duties
  • Budget Proposals
  • Merchant Shipping : Vessels Requisitioned

9 December 1940

46,892 words

• QUESTION
  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
• QUESTION
  • COURT-MARTIAL OF AIRCRAFTMAN
• QUESTION
  • WOOL STACKING AT BRISBANE
• QUESTION
  • NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
• QUESTION
  • ANTI-JEWISH ASSOCIATION
• QUESTION
  • SHIPPING LOSSES
• THE EXACT LOCALITY WHERE THE VESSEL WAS SUNK
• THE NAME OF THE SHIP
• TO SUM UP
• QUESTION
  • TASMANIAN FRUIT-GROWERS
• QUESTION
  • WAR SUPPLIES
• QUESTION
  • MILITIA CALL-UP
• QUESTION
  • SOCIAL SERVICES
• QUESTION
  • MUNITION WORKERS
• QUESTION
  • RELEASE OF INTERNEES
• QUESTION
  • CONTROL OF ALIENS
• QUESTION
  • TAX-FREE BONDS
• QUESTION
  • GALVANIZED IRON AND FENCING WIRE
• QUESTION
  • WALSH ISLAND DOCKYARD
• QUESTION
  • MANUFACTURE OF PHENOL
• QUESTION
  • CONTROL OF NAVY DEPARTMENT
• QUESTION
  • UNIFORMS FOR TROOPS
• QUESTION
  • APPLES AND PEARS
• HOUR OF MEETING
• QUESTION
  • QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
• BUDGET 1940-41
  • In Committee of Supply:
  • Reserves - £25,000
• ADJOURNMENT
  • Tuesday, 10 December 1940
• PAPERS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Shipbuilding

10 December 1940

143,123 words

• KALGOORLIE DIVISION
  • Return to Writ
• QUESTION
  • MILITARY OPERATIONS IN MIDDLE EAST
• QUESTION
  • INCOME TAX
• QUESTION
  • TOWERS FOR RADIO BEACONS
• QUESTION
  • SHIPPING LOSSES OFF AUSTRALIAN COAST
• AIRCRAFTMAN" REED
• QUESTION
  • SALES TAX
• QUESTION
  • OIL CARTEL
• QUESTION
  • BRITISH SCHOOL CHILDREN
• QUESTION
  • SWAN BY-ELECTION
• QUESTION
  • TRANS-AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY
• QUESTION
  • INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE AT WHYALLA
• QUESTION
  • INVALID AND OLD-AGE PENSIONS
• HOUR OF MEETING
• NEW AND OPPOSED BUSINESS AFTER 11 P.M
• QUESTION
  • DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
• QUESTION
  • CANBERRA: PRICE OF GRAIN
• QUESTION
  • AEROPLANE PARTS
• QUESTION
  • RELIEF OF NECESSITOUS PRIMARY PRODUCERS
• QUESTION
  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE
• QUESTION
  • PRIMARY PRODUCTS: SHIPPING AND STORAGE
• BUDGET 1940-41
  • In Committee of Supply:
• ESTIMATES 1940-41
• QUESTION
  • ADDRESS-IN-REPLY
• STATES GRANTS BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• DEFENCE EQUIPMENT BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• WHEAT TAX (WAR-TIME) BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• WHEAT INDUSTRY (WAR-TIME CONTROL) BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• WHEAT TAX (WAR-TIME) ASSESSMENT BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• STATES GRANTS (DROUGHT RELIEF) BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• LOAN (DROUGHT RELIEF) BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• APPLE AND PEAR (APPROPRIATION) BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
  • Third Reading
• WIRE NETTING BOUNTY BILL 1940
• SESSIONAL COMMITTEES
  • Standing Orders Committee
  • Library Committee
  • House Committee
  • Printing Committee
• PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS
• POSTPONEMENT OF ORDER OF THE DAY
• SALES TAX (EXEMPTIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS) BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• ADDRESS-IN-REPLY
• SALES TAX (EXEMPTIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS BILL) 1940
• ADDRESS-IN-REPLY
  • Mr. Speaker,
• TARIFF PROPOSALS 1940
  • Customs Tariff Amendment (No. 2) ; Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) Amendment (No. 1) ; Customs Tariff (Exchange Adjustment) Amendment (No. 1) ; Excise Tariff Amendment (No. 2)
  • In Committee of Ways and Means:
• TREASURY BILLS BILL 1940
• SALES TAX (EXEMPTIONS AND
• CLASSIFICATIONS) BILL 1940
  • Third Reading
• WINE EXPORT BOUNTY BILL 1940
• NORTHERN TERRITORY (ADMINISTRATION) BILL (No. 2) 1940
• COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE BILL 1940
• BILLS RETURNED FROM THE SENATE
• PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
• WAR-TIME (COMPANY) TAX
  • Committee's Proposals
  • John J. Dedman
• WIRE NETTING BOUNTY BILL 1940
• MORGAN- WHYALLA WATERWORKS AGREEMENT BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• TREASURY BILLS BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• SALES TAX PROCEDURE BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• SALES TAX ASSESSMENT BILL
  • Second Reading
• ESTIMATES 1940-41
• BILLS RETURNED FROM SEN ATE
• SPECIAL ADJOURNMENT
• TARIFF BOARD REPORTS
• PAPERS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Alice Springs-Birdum Road
  • Service Pensions
  • Tax-Free Bonds : List of Subscribers
  • Petrol Rationing : Figures For New South Wales
  • Aliens Tribunals : Remuneration or Personnel
  • Industrial Disputes

12 December 1940

103,737 words

• QUESTION
  • FEED WHEAT FOR POULTRYFARMERS
• QUESTION
  • SITUATION IN MIDDLE EAST
• QUESTION
  • SAFETY MEASURES ON WATERFRONT
• QUESTION
  • CHECK ON PARLIAMENTARY ATTENDANCE
• QUESTION
  • COAL-MINING INDUSTRY
• QUESTION
  • ILLAWARRA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
• QUESTION
  • EFFICIENCY IN THE ARMY
• QUESTION
  • COPRA INDUSTRY IN COMMONWEALTH TERRITORIES
• QUESTION
  • WHEAT INDUSTRY
• QUESTION
  • GALVANIZED IRON
• PATENTS BILL
• QUESTION
  • CHILD ENDOWMENT
• QUESTION
  • SALES TAX
• QUESTION
  • VISIT TO GREAT BRITAIN BY THE PRIME MINISTER
• QUESTION
  • CONTROL OF PRICES
• QUESTION
  • H.M.A.S. AUSTRALIA AT DAKAR
• QUESTION
  • SHORT-WEIGHT GOODS
• QUESTION
  • APPLE AND PEAR ACQUISITION SCHEME
• QUESTION
  • GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS
• SALES TAX PROCEDURE BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• SALES TAX ASSESSMENT BILL
  • Second Reading
• INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT BILL (No. 2) 1940
  • Second Reading
• OFFICERS' RIGHTS DECLARATION BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• INCOME TAX BILL (No. 2) 1940
• WAR-TIME (COMPANY) TAX ASSESSMENT BILL (No. 2) 1940
  • Second Reading
  • Third Reading
• WAR-TIME (COMPANY) TAX BILL 1940
• WINE EXPORT BOUNTY BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• TREASURY BILLS BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• NORTHERN TERRITORY (ADMINISTRATION) BILL (No. 2) 1940
  • Second Reading
• COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• OFFICERS' RIGHT.S DECLARATION BILL 1940
  • Second Reading
• ESTIMATES 1940-41
  • Friday,13 December, 1940
• QUESTION
  • DINNER
• QUESTION
  • ENTERIC FEVER
• QUESTION
  • PRIME MINISTERSHIP IS VACANT
• QUESTION
  • PRICE OF KNITTING WOOL
• APPROPRIATION BILL 1940-41
• ESTIMATES 1940-41
  • In Committee of Supply:
  • Ordered -
• APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND BUILDINGS) BILL 1940-41
• BILLS RETURNED FROM THE SENATE
• POST AND TELEGRAPH RATES (DEFENCE FORCES) BILL (No. 2) 1940
  • Second Reading
• GOLD TAX COLLECTION BILL (No. 2) 1940
  • Second Reading
• INVALID AND OLD-AGE PENSIONS BILL 1940
• PRINTING COMMITTEE
  • Second Reading
• CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
• ASSENT TO BILLS
• BILLS RETURNED FROM THE SENATE
• AVOIDANCE OF TAXATION
• SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCIAL STATEMENT 1940-41
  • Taxation
  • Income Tax - Individuals
  • Expenditure
  • Soldiers' Pay and Allowances
  • Wheat
  • War Expenditure 1940-41
  • Budget Summary 1940-41
• MINISTER FOR INFORMATION
• LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO ALL MEMBERS
• SPECIAL ADJOURNMENT
• ADJOURNMENT
  • Valedictory - Christmas Leave for Royal Australian Air Force - Temporary Ordnance Storemen
• PAPERS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
  • Graving Docks
  • Murtoa Freezing Works
  • Latrobe Oil Shale
  • Commonwealth Loans
  • Munitions Explosion : Medical Treatment or Victims
  • Plastic Furniture