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IN AUSTRALIAN CENSORSHIP DEPARTMENT. FOLLOWING ON RECENT ■ COMPLAINTS. (Ev Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) SYDNEY. July 7. Following the complaints in the House of Representatives last week regarding the blanket censorship of the debate in the House which Mr Menzies attributed to blundering, the Minister of Information, Senator Foil, has left with the chief publicity officer and censor complete reorganisation of the Censorship Department. He will also hear representations and complaints from the newspapers. Senator Foil stated the opinion that it would be advantageous to have the chief censor resident in Canberra instead of Melbourne. He also announced that the deputy chief publicity officer and censor had resigned in the weekend. In the House on July 3 Mr Beasley (Labour) complained that the major portion of a debate on Australia’s-war effort had been censored. In this debate there was criticism of aspects of the campaigns in Greece and Crete, the appointment■ of' ’a representative of “big business” to the director-general-ship of supply and Mr Menzies' personal leadership. 1
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 July 1941, Page 6
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169CHANGES TO BE MADE Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 July 1941, Page 6
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