Scope
Health and Welfare Committee was the first Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee established by the Senate. Its inquiry into disability services was the first of many ground-breaking examinations of matters of national significance. The committee also examined annual reports and petitions relating to health and social welfare.
Sequence
![Standing Committee on Health and Welfare, 1971. L-R: Senators Gordon Davidson, James Webster and Joe Fitzgerald, Rex Hoy [Secretary], Senators Ivy Wedgwood [Chair], Douglas McClelland, Nancy Buttfield and Reg Turnbull.](/assets/committees/body-images/c017/c017-health-and-welfare-standing-committee-1971-j1.jpg)
Standing Committee on Health and Welfare, 1971. L-R: Senators Gordon Davidson, James Webster and Joe Fitzgerald, Rex Hoy [Secretary], Senators Ivy Wedgwood [Chair], Douglas McClelland, Nancy Buttfield and Reg Turnbull.
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Committee timeline - The first legislative and general purpose standing committees commence operation |
Reports
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Mentally and Physically Handicapped Persons in Australia
Parliamentary paper number 45/1971
Gordon Sinclair Davidson, committee member 1970-71, Interview with Bruce Edwards, 1984-86, National Library of Australia, TRC 4900/41, session 79, 00:11:23-00:13:18. Full interview available at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-217655658/listen |
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| Petitions Relating to Social Services Parliamentary paper number 123/1973 | ||
| Petition Relating to the Transfer of Social Service Entitlements Parliamentary paper number 124/1973 | ||
| Repatriation Parliamentary paper number 234/1973 | ||
| Petition Relating to Ultrasonic Aids for the Blind Parliamentary paper number 46/1974 | ||
| Rehabilitation Services for the Disadvantaged (Handicapped) Parliamentary paper number 45/1974 | ||
| Petitions Relating to the Proposed National Health Scheme Parliamentary paper number 283/1974 | ||
| Continuing Oversight of the Report of the Senate Select Committee on Drug Trafficking and Drug Abuse (Report No. 1) Parliamentary paper number 31/1975 | ||
| The Annual Report 1972-73 of the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories Commission Parliamentary paper number 161/1975 |