CANBEERA, June 8. "The Malays were attempting to denjr to Australia llie right which they claimed for themselves of determinmg the constifeution of their own people," said Dr. Evatt today, when commenting upon the outljurst against the White Austrafia policy which had greeted the arrival iu Malaya of the Goodwill Mission from the Commonwealth. Making the same point, Mr. Chifley disclaimdd that there was a White Australia policy as such. "Every country in the world has the sovereign right of saying who shall or who shall uot be admitted to its territories," h« added. ' ' We do not use the term White Australia. It is not in any statute. It is something that hgs been invented. " It was learned authoritatively that, despite the Malayan agitation, there would be no change in the traditional immigration policy of Australia.
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 June 1948, Page 5
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