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Transcripts from the Prime Ministers of Australia

Whitlam, Gough

Period of Service: 05/12/1972 - 11/11/1975
Release Date:
15/08/1975
Release Type:
Media Release
Transcript ID:
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Document:
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  • Whitlam, Edward Gough
APPOINTMENTS - 15 AUGUST 1975

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PRESS STATE~ MENT NO. 544
August 1975-
APPOINTMENTS
The Prime Minis-ter, Mr Whitlam, announced
today the appointment of Sir Lenox Hewitt, as
Chairman of Qantas Airways Limited.
His appointment is to take effect from
Monday 25 August 1975. Sir Lenox has been Secretary of
the Department of Minerals and Energy since December 1972.
Sir Lenox' s appointment follows -the retirement
of Sir Donald Anderson, from the position of
Chairman of Qantas..
The Prime Minister announced that Mr James
Scully, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Overseas
Trade, will become the Secretary of the Department of
Minerals and Energy.
CANBERRA, A. C. T.

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