PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA. THURSDAY, JULY 16 1981
BUDGET ALLEGATION'
I repudiate entirely the irresponsible comments on the
A. B. C. last night concerning the leaking of last year's
Budget. The report stating that I was perhaps myself responsible
for providing a reporter with advance information on the Budget
was completely false and scurrilous.
The very sam~ e report carried its own refutation in a statement
from the Treasurer that the Budget " leak" could have only come
from his _ own of fice, theTreasury o-he.. Government printer.
The report further recognised that the reporter who received
the Budget information had said he had not disclosed toanybody
the source of the Budget story.
The broadcaster's comments were seemingly designed to give
credence to groundless rumours.
Actions of this kind are a disservice to professional
journalism and to the reputation of the A. B. C.
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Fraser, Malcolm
Period of Service: 11/11/1975 - 11/03/1983
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