PM Transcripts

Transcripts from the Prime Ministers of Australia

Holt, Harold

Period of Service: 26/01/1966 - 19/12/1967
Release Date:
07/08/1967
Release Type:
Broadcast
Transcript ID:
1639
Document:
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  • Holt, Harold Edward
TEXT OF RADIO/TV COMMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR HAROLD HOLD, IN ALUNCHING THE "FITNESS AUSTRALIA" CAMPAIGN - 7TH AUGUST, 1967 - "FITNESS AUSTRALIA"

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TEXT OF RADIC/ TV COMMENT BY THE PRIME
MINISTER, MR HAROLD HOLT, IN LAUNCHING
THE " FITNESS AUSTRALIA" CAMPAIGN 7TH -AUGUST, -1CZ~ 7
" FITNESS AUSTRALIA"
Australia does not have enough people all the more
need for us to be fit people. Good health is an obligation of good
citizenship. If more people gave as much attention to keeping their
bodies in good working order as they do their motor cars, they would
feel a lot better and enjoy life a lot more.
For most of the 70 per cent of Austral ians living in
cities, fitness is a challenge. Our successes in sport do not prove
that we are a physically tough people. Too many are spectators
not enough iD articipate. Not easy perhaps to find opportunities for
sport, and many city jobs make little call on physical effort.
ie can make our own opportunities quite simply!
To help you keep fit, a book of simple
exercises has been issued today throughout Australia.
here. It is free' I hope you will get yourself one.
life, and they
not be soft as physical I have my copy
Fit people lead longer lives. They get more out of
can give more to it. To be strong as a nation, we must
its citizens.

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