PM Transcripts

Transcripts from the Prime Ministers of Australia

Whitlam, Gough

Period of Service: 05/12/1972 - 11/11/1975
Release Date:
20/12/1974
Release Type:
Media Release
Transcript ID:
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Document:
00003560.pdf 1 Page(s)
Released by:
  • Cairns, Dr J. F.
PRESS STATEMENT BY THE ACTING PRIME MINISTER, DR JF CAIRNS, MELBOURNE, 20 DECEMBER 1974

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co ns-; : i1uc. tC LV sugoucst ions a nd. these would ai ' U0 e ill
t; 3'. c-I into CC. ount.
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Thie cdetructivc acti-on of the Victorian Goverwmcrit th'ae the
Australian Covc. cnrn'-wt ' rs ent. re welfare psrogrrnaic and hItCE, r~~
tChe my-d, tite hai dica. pped, the hoieluoss and the~ UlCL) O'
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handicappd hi1. ucJ trainaing and accurpodu iio* n1 Ihhetrs
vi Lal-meAls-on-wheels service, and tbleovtne~ tr
to) as,'-Ast cruani-al-ioyus which poid acToaion f-orchrJc~
S~ eof-those prograimmes were in : i s tonc c, when -w2 LCoc) o c, 1t
peJ iti-ca]. rature of the challenje is thus coaafiroucT.
ThVec-oanMove aliso destrct-ive because it car. otKLy d( I
the application of re-o. mployment measures which the Australiari
conside-s to be of prime importance.
bespliethe actCion of the ' vicl;: orizn Govcerrjm'iienL, the i~ c1a
Govx'e:.: nraent will continue to adm. inister th: e schecaes -icl1y and.
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appl'icution it--is to be IhoPE'., 3-ihIatl the Hiigh Court once, azc1 f: 0-1 OJI
wiiJ upk: iold 1-ho rigMc of thc C! crlu oirr& n:.. Oa-SS
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