This is the complete text of the 1984 Australian Labor Party Policy Speech.
An edited version will be delivered by the Prime Minister,the Hon R J Hawke at the Opera House at 1pm, 13 November 1904.
My fellow Australians,
When from this place in February 1983 I first asked for your support I sought from you an act of great trust.
Our nation was then in deep crisis the worst economic
crisis for more than fifty years; and a searing crisis of the
national spirit, after a decade of confrontation and division.
Unprecedented circumstances demnanded unprecedented
responses. Therefore, on behalf of the Australian Labor Party, I
asked for your support, your co-opcration and your active
participation in a course of action and a new national approach
which had never been tried in A~ ustralia in peacetime the course
of national reconcil1iation, national recovery and national
reconstruction. The last twenty months have seen the supreme vindication
of that trust not only the trust you pieced in us, and the! new,
untried approach we offered; but much more important, the trust
you expressed in yourselves, as a people, as a nation that,
given leadership, we Australians could be brought together, we
could work together; we could, together, beat back the crisis,
restore hope, restore growth, confidene and a sense of united
purpose to this nation.
And together, we have done it.
But now, my fellow Australians, on I. December 1984, you
are called upon to make a very different decision, in very
different circumstances, for very different purposes:
note this time, as it was then, a decision, to
fight against a deepening economic and social crisis;
but now, to consolidate, sustain, and build upon
the great gains we have already achieved together;
not, this time, to end the confrontation and
divisivenless of a decade, but to build a new
decade of national unity, national purpose and
national progress;
not, this time, to restore positive economic
growth from negative; but to ensur~ e that the
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benefits of our econcmy now thc lo: ldlz
fastest-growinV 6? conciy ag fully & nd fairly
Sh~ arOd by all sections of the Communityl
and to build, In our time, ca nation foremost
among the nations of the world, in freedom
arid fairness for all.
Never in living memory have the people of Australia had
a clearer choice to make.
And never have they had a more important choice to
make. The opposition has destroyed any vestige of credibility
by the most negative election campaign any of us can remember.
But long before that, their credibility was destroyed by their
known xevord in Covernment and their known record in Opposition~
more especially their recent performance.
And let me make this clear:
We of the Australian Labor Party do not ask you, the
people of Australia, to take us on txust.
The only trust I seek is the continuance of the trust we
have striven to earn in the past twenty months the trust the
mutual trust that we have tried to build with and between all
sections of the community, your tri'st that we will continue to
put Australia first.
And let me make it clear, from the opening of this
campaign as I made it clear from the opening of the last
camnpaign~ we are not in the business of making grandiose
spending proposals of the kind our opponents have been throwing
around. We are not offering a grab-bag of unrelated,
u-nachievable election promises. we are notL offering a fistful of
dollars. It is Imperative that the sound economic management we
have given Australia continues. He pledge that it shall
continue. we are not going to endanger all that has been achieve~ d,
and the enduring advances, the real and lasting benefits for all
Australians we can achieve in the years ahead, by a vote-buying
spree. There is a' new spirit of confidence in Australia.
And never has that confidence been mnore soundly based.
kiatralia atanft it L. oplen~ id but critical -point 1z~
it& history. Splendid, because of all we have achieved together since
M~ arc~ h 1983. But critical, because the alternative offered indeed,
explicitly threatened by this Opposition, is a return to the
path which produced the OisasterG of two years ago the highei~ t
numbe~ r of Australians throw'n out of w~ ork since the Great
Depression; the longest period of high inflation; the highest
interest rates; growth In reverse; home ownership placed beyond
the reach of an ever-increasing percentoge of Australian
families; and above all, a return to policies and attitudes
which produced unparalleled division in the nation.
x put to you a simple question: -will you risk
everything we have achiev~ ed together, to return to all that?
This Opposition asks you to reject the very meaning of
all that we have been able to achieve together not our.
Government alone, but all the sections of the Australian
community who have contributed so moch to the recovery by their
restraint, by their responsibility# by their initiative, by their
co-operation. it is an opposition of despair an Opposition which
begrudges Australia's new success and prosperity an Oppoeition
opposed to the whole spirit of co--operation we Australians have
built together. We pledged ourselves to fight unemployment and inflation
simutltaneously something which our critics said could not be
done and something which onr opponlents refused to do, fciled to
do, throughout their seven years of waste and loss.
In the last year more new jobs have been created in
Australia than in any other year in our history. Against their
record of two hundred thousand jobs lost, and a quarter of a
million increase in unemployment in a single year, we have
created 270,000 jobs in the eighteen months since the National
Economic Summit began its work of regeneration.
We are going to maintain that effort. We will fulfil
the pledge ' we made at the last election, to create half a million
new jobs within three years-A~ nd we will continue to create jobs
more rapidly than the labour force grows, so that unemployment.
will continue to fall.
We have more than halved inflation. Building on our
achievement of the lowest inflation. for thirteen years, inflation
over the next year will be less than five percent. We aim to keep
it below five percent.
econmy. e Plod~ ied ouraelves to restore Igrovith to the A~ ustralian
In the last year, Aurtralia h& 3 experienced the
strongest growth on record the StrongestL growth of any of the
Membcr-countrxies of the Organi~ ation for 13conomic Co-operation
and Development. in the world's3 economic stakec, we are winners
again. W3e are going to keep lRustralia where it is now
internationally recogni~ ed to be among the frontrunners of the
world's industrialised economnies.
We pledged ourselves to end the needless confrontation
and disruption in Industry. Industrial aisputation Is ot the
lowest level for sixteen years.
wie are going to keep it that way.
We pledged ourselves to bring homne ouinership once agaiin
within the reach of ordinary Australian families to end that:
sense of despair and frustration that was beginning to engulf
thousands upon thousands of young people seeking their owzn honiez.
We have Increased public housing support by fifty percent. W~ e
introduced the First H1ome Owners Scheme, to bring home ownership
within the reach of thousands of young Australians of limited
mea* ns. The number of new houses being built in Australia has
increased by one third.
And we are going to keep it that way. In the next
twelve months# 145,000 new houses will be built in Australia, an
increase of forty percent over the level of two years ago. And
beyond the next year we will m~ aintaini at leaxst this level of
housing activity, and ensure that our housing industry never
again slumps into the contraction and despair of the year before
we were called to office.
The overall picture for Australia in 6tark contrast to
the grim re~ alities of tw'enty months ago Is this;
never in the last decade and more has there been
anything like* the combination of favourable economic
prospects that now existt consumer confidence at record
levels; business confidence and business investneiit
restored and growing by the month; the housing
industry buoyant; manufacturing production risingj
industrial disputes dram~ atically down; interest rates
declining; employment up; inflation down.
With a record like that, is it any wonder that
Paul iReating has been nominated as the w~ orld's beat Treasurer?
This-AB3 the baio the ctzngest for decades on which
We Can build, together, ain even better a~ ndi gairer ZAuatralia.
Th" Accord The cornerstone of the geundations we have laid is the
Prices and Incomes Accord.
After seeing every fitful attempt at recovery in the
last decade dissipate in a new round of price and wage increas~ es,
the Australian economy Is now growing wThile inflation is falling.
The continued success of the Accord is the absolute
condition for achieving a sustained recovery without inflation.
The Accord provides the fra~ mework for business to wiak: e
mlajor new investmzients with a new confidence.
W0e pledge ours~ elves to maintain the Accord, and all the
benefits that flow from it.
Our opponents are committed to its destruction.
They propose to dismantle everything which makes the
Accord wiork. They propose to end central wage figing based on wage
indexation, and to close clown the institutiions which give form
and substance to the Accord, the Economic Planning Advisory
Council, the Advisory Committee on Prices and Incomes, and the
Prices Surveillance Authority.
But beyond that, they stand against the whole spirit of
the Accord the spirit of co-operation, and the process of
consultation between Government, business and unions, which hais
enabled Australia# at last, to break out of the cycle of
inflation and recession.
But the sabotage of the Accord and its achievements
threatened by their proposals reaches even deeper, with policies
which could have only one result the unleashing of another
burst of inflation and a new wage cirplosion.
Theirs is a recipe for economic disaster.
The central achievement of the past twenty mionths
ros~ tored growth with reduc'ed infation waould be wrecked, with.
& 21 that would mean for employment, gor interest rates, and for
the standard of living for the twe~ ker aections of the community,
especiailly our young and our pensioners, for everything that
mzillions of ordinary Australian can iaow hope for themselves and
their families.
NY2 fellcre AutrallarD0
In P'ebrueary T'do3 X Loldged zty palrty, DY Governm~ ent,
M~ yselfI to a' program OZ national reconciliation# national
recovery, iational reconstruction. E~ ach part of that program~
? M. d it is through the ptth of reconciliction leading to
recovery by which so mu~ ch has~ already been achievea that YYLe
can nowi, in our next terim, continue the task of buailding upon the
strong foundations we have laid towards national reconstruction.
I repeat; we refuse to put at risk all that bas been
von, by irresponsible electioneering in this canpaign.
We offer a continuingp coherent program a
firm ordering of priorities to build a prosperous, fair and
caring society; a strong and dynamic nationi harnessing to the
full the talents of our people to meet even miore effectively the
challenges and opportunities of an increasingly com~ plex world and
an increasingly competitive Western Pacific region, in which our
destiny has placed us forever;-and a nation in w~ hich, as we
strive to m~ eet those challenges and to reach those goals, all
Auritralians, w'hatever Cheir backcground, can truly feel that they
are involved, that each has a pa~ rt to play, in the real life and
growth of a great nation. 1HATIONAL PRIOITIES
The Australian Labor Party Is the Party of Growth,
Equity, and Peace. I offer the Australian people the
unswerving commitment of our Government to the promotion in
Australia and in the v'orld to the entent that it is within ourpower
to do so of Grov-th, Equity and Peace.
Towards these great goals, wfe now set these priorities
for our next term:
The maintenance of r5trong eco'nomic and employmont
growth with low inflation; and to this end, new
initiatives to remove i~ apediments to Australia
applying our resources to the most productive uses,
anid to strengthen industry;
a genuine reform of the Australian tax system to
promote growth and to enzure that the benefits of
that growth are fairly sbared and bring lasting
relief on personal incvnie tanes to the millions
of ordinary Auctralian tanpayers. W'hat we m~ ean
by tax reform is that the~ hard wiork of the ordinary
Australian is not unfairliy penalised;
oncerted effort to aittock the caiute3 of poverty
an inequaiity in o~ ur midst, t~ o clijliate unemploypient
ana to create a ivirer cociety;
n drive to raice the lovelus of educationo health
anid the other comamunity aervices for all Auutralians;
and to continue, with renewed vigour based on
your renewed mandate, our u~ nremittin~ g efforts in the
cause of peace vnd nuclear disarmam~ ent.
RECONSTRUCTION AND GROWITH
The task of building upon the strong foundation we have
laid for national reconstruction requires first of all that the
conditions u~ hich buil~ t national recovery continue: co-operative
industrial relations, and fiscal and P~ onetary policy designed to
support gradual reductions in interest ratesi and strong economic
growth without any resurgence of inflation.
We have established these conditionsr in the past tventy
wrorths, nnd undertake to maintain them through the life of the
rext Parliament, and for mis long as the ZAustrallan people
continue to charge us with responsibility for national
reconstruction. And beyond the maintenance of these favourable general
conditions, we will continue to work system~ atically on long-term
structural reforms designed to raise the capacity tor sustained
Sirowth: in trade; in education; in the effective use of
technology; in business deregulation; in manufacturing and
rural industry, transport and other key economic sectors; and iyl
taxation reform. The strengthening of Australia's capacity for sustained
sitronig growth requires Ynizcnh greatnr etxport orientation of
Australian industry. This demands the continuation of our
efforts to raise productivity and improve international
competitiveness, as well as to pursue an active trade policy.
The destiny of the secure, dynamic, prosperous and fair
siociety which we are building lies in the Asia-r acific region,
and especially the Wgestern Pacific region.
The industrial transforEoation of Japan, the rapid
industrial isatiol of Korea and oost of ASEAN, and now the
emergence as a major new p~ rticipant in the international
community of a dynaia'c CbIna determinled rapidly to moderni'se its
economy, provide a great challenge and opportunity for Australia.
Trade Policy
lie are living i Ahouqh Wnol mort dr,: AMU reshapinag
of the c_ 7rld ccnony, ns Zhe contg'e of gravity of wiorldi econoic
Iia hifto to the NJest Pacie Region to wihich ue belona.
Yn the years ahead, te tiill continue to bDuil~ d on the
constructive and close voclations that we have established with
t. he countries of ASEA~ N, u~ ith Japani and China, and w~ ith our
Soiuthwest Pacific neighbours.
Wie will continue to build an environment of confidence
amongst gjovernments and peoples within which productive
interdependence can prosper.
Australia mzust be more than a passive beneficiary of the
growing Past Asian deman6 for foodstuffs and raw materials.
Our resources hn6 the talents of oujr people call for a
new role: Australians as suppliers of advanced services,
technology, and manufactures embodying high skills,
as well as the primary products w~ hich have b~ een the traditional
m~ ainstays of our foreign trade.
The Department of Trade and an upgraded Trade
Commissioner Service have been reoriented towards a targeted
approach in key markets iauch as China, Japan, North A~ merica and
the Middle East, including the provision of more effective
support for exports of advanced services and manufactured goods.
tie will continue to defend strenuously AustralSa's
interests in international forums against unfair and often
subsidized competition in world markets, for our prospective
exports of processed and canufactured goods & s well as for our
traditional agricultural exports-
The fruits of our continued efforts in trade policy will1
be harvested in their contribution to growth and roconstruction
in Australia over the next three years, and beyond into the
twenty-f irL c-iiLujy.
The New Technology Challenge
National reconstruction & nd the enhancement of sustained
growth eill require heavy investm~ ent in education, training and
retraining, and a redircction of our education effort to ensure
that it prepares our young people better for productive and
creative lives in a complenr and rapidly changing modern world.
This concern for t-he quality and relevance of education
has caused the Government to initia~ te inquiries Into tertiary
education through the Co= Aonwealth Tertiary Education Commidssion,
under its chairinan, Hugh 1Hdson, and into secondary and primary
education under the Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National
tin~ eZ-tyj rrof L SOr DOtcr ~ RZc'l, lhaie xpor'to will~ Provida
th~ i., oovermILienz t-: Ath a zgz oncuKIt that the bt~ l'
in.~ cdresources tihich we t-_ 7i make QailbXe to efucct~ on at
till locvels are ur-e inl the &" Ost Ofctive uy In the ycizrG Lhoad.
To' succaea An building c eOynarnie, jrooperous and necu~ re
Australia it AD cosential that uae ha~ ve ovailablo aind apply the
uorldPs bes technology.~ The Btrenqithenincy of technical and
applied & cientific education Ac~ essential to this en&. Cur pure
scitntific research effort has been a~ t the fore gront of the
world, tand tie will continue to maintain the! very large Auhstralia~ n
Coveznient effort in scientific research through our Univesities
ana C. S. I. O. But We ha~ ve to recognise that our applica~ tion of
new technology to many areas of industry has lagged behind.
Sustained high growth An Australia will require greater
and nore systematic application of the best technology to 211 cur
industry. in recognition of this weak~ ness in our national research
and develop-ment effort, t-e have promoted a greatly increased flow
cf funds to enterprises applying new technology through the
rWanagement Investment Companies.
Research Concession
T~ o further encourage this effort, tve intend to allow 1150
percent of genuine expenditure within Australia on research anC,
development to ba deducted against income for taxation purposes.
T'his vill m~ ean that the effective cost of research and
development to the investor W1ll be only thirty-one percent of
increased exrpenditure. Ie expect this initiative to expand
substantially the research and development affort within
Australian business, and assist also In the revitalisation o! the
established research communities. All research and development
expenditure will qualify, unless it is within projects which
already receive assistance under R~ ID Grant Schemes.
Business Deregulation The reconstruction of Australia needs the systematic
removal of unnecessary institutional Lnd legal imnpedim~ ents to
applying our national resources to their most productive uses.
In consultation with the 18usiness Council of Australia,
the Confoaeration of A~ ustralian Industry, the Australian Council
of Trade Unions, the National Farn. er3 Federation, and the
Australian Chamber of Commerce, L-e have begun to review the great
volume of laws and regulations affecting business which have
accumulated over the past eigh'Cy-four years of the Australian
Federation. They fall with particular, impact on omiall business.
LnPrOntCh wnd dnmonstrat @~ ur o5Uztto theo abandonc of
nnnocassry rcglation.
Over the te~ rm of the n_-t 1carlicment we vzill rer~ ove
leiltioni Lnd reguain whic~ h AG( ff~ ging tO bU~ ihnGG Mnc
empoyrment epcansiont und which As; aot Juotifiod as an okficielit
mmuens of promoting economic and oocial objectives.
tMational zcotruction requires us to go beyond these
general imiprovements in t~ he aonemic Lnd business environment to
Gpecific approaches to L~ ey eectorc of our economy.
Mnfturing ndu~ trPoliy
It is an absolute condition of -national reconstruction
that our P-anufacturing 2~ ector lacking direction and In decline
for a decade before~ thisi Labor Covernrnent took off ice -be
restored as a source of national grouth.
tie will continue to take action to strengtben
mianufacturing inducutry uithin the framework of consultative
processes already created, involving manfl~ fcturers, unions and
Governmjent. The Government has demonstrated In steel, mrotor
vebicles and other industries that these processes can lead to
policies and agreements which rmise investment and productivity,
and strengthen Lhe industry'a czpacity to compiete at home and
abroad, consistently with the uider comm~ unty's interest In
quality products at more competitive prices.
Tihe steel and motor vehicle plans have been
characterised by a high degree o~ f consultation~ and analysis
involving government, unmians and business; by emphasis on the
need for ivvestment, productivity growth and mutrengthened
competitiveness directed at long-term employment security; by
qradual change towards miore productivie industry; and by
government assistance in forms which protect the interests of the
wiider Australian community.
in addition to these riucces -ful initiatives wyhich have
given now. bopa and Life to major sectors rif Ausitral inn
manufacturing iriduutry which for iiany years had been In cgreat Fnd
increasing difficulty, the Labor Government has implemented ma-' Ior
intatitutiormal reforms of general assistance to the maniufacturinig
sector as a whole. The chief among-Ot these are the
reconstruction of the Industries A~ ssistaince COmmission and the
Australian Industries Developmient Corporation and the Australian
m~ anufacturing Council.
W~ e have honoured our pledge to s~ ave the Australian steel
industry. tVom At has b~ coa a aource of cocure employmecnt and of
rcal strength lor the Rlustralian economy. / 11
C'Ontea~ ted With tho mas~ ive 6ecia~ e over the previous ton yeara.
LDut the m~ in toak lies aThezd.
Thbe Government W2.1 continus to treat Inductrier, on a
coctor~ l basis tiherca, as with mlotor viohieles and uteel, this
Lppxroach saemns lihely to load to adjustment to new conditions can6
to growth. The ntrategy %-ill rc~ cquirs the active promotion of
re-Invoctunt in noderri Andustry~; encouragoment t. i install the
best technology to achieve compcotitivre manufacturing units; rid
promotion of new and improved products grom Australian industry,
bane6 an reoearch and developmnent wihich is more atrongly oriented
to industzy. A task early in our seconid term will be the
development of an ef fective approach to maintaining in A~ ustralia
a strong and efficient beavy eredineering industry.
Dvfence Xndustiy Submarines
Our Government ins determined that -there shall be the
mnicmnum practicable involvement by 2Australi~ n industry in de~ erice
equipment programis.
Ve will ensure that Australia~ n indostry shares to the
maximum extent in the development, construction and maintenance!
of the aew submarines to replace the Oberon class from the earily
1990s. Rural Policy Speech
In the task of ncational reconstruction it is crucial
thnt nur rural sectior be re~ cognised for the fundamental
contribution it maakes to our economy and to our society, and
the major contribution) it haz inde to our wecovery since March
1983. Wo Australian resource is more important than our land
our soils, water and vegetation. N~ o sector of Australian
industry iz Loore importa~ nt than our primary industries still
Australia's major source of export income.
The needs of the four ind a half i_-illion people who live
and work outside the major citico ae at the forefront of the
Government's concerns. Ue recognise that distance in this vast
country can create problems for count. ry people and as we
imxplemnent our poli. cies during our s~ econd term in the field of
health, ediucation, transport and comunications, the special
needs of country people will have a high priority.
W~ e have introduced a 11ational Soil Conservation Program
to try to rhalt the masive & Oeration that threatens more than
half our agricultural lzand, tie have introduced fisheries
r: aragement programs to bT~ ng oui: fimR) stocks, back from the brink
of collapse. Over the nent term~ ue will continue to develop
these programs.
auAn~ giv the 6Xu~ oE Loro : fral poicyj ct
1rw~ an1e, t~ outh tielocB, onf Ounad-yo 10 ovember.
A proviae the fcmllest iupport f'or the na~ tional1
rcontgipetion offort, ai4, to magiL-ii~ e our oitport opportunitica,,
To -this encl the Governm~ ent has increased road
fi-onstructiJon & nd road safety proc~ rans in Australia by jiaore than
fifty percont. tve will continue the greatest road-building and
; intcniinca progr in ZAustraliala history.
w,' ithin the nent three yecirs0the national highway
oysto1D till be brought to an & II-iweather, dust-free and
ilood-free standaid.
The Hlume Highway will be completed Lis a four-lane and
mostly dual carriagev7ay fromn Sydney to Welbourne-
The Bruce Hlighway will be transformed to give the
growying cities of Worthb Queensland the genuine highway standard
link they need cind deserve.
W3e have initiate6 the nost comprehensive overhaul ever
undertaken of Aus~ tralia's national transport system.
We will continue this overhaul and, as a~ matter of
priority, develop a coh.-sive Australian Land Transport Program,
and give consideration Lo its financing by an . indexed share of
egis~ ting fuel ex. cise, n~ o as to provide continuity to our road3
building effort, and to include iupgrniding of our main land rai) l
system as part of an industry restructuring package to be
negotiated wiltb rail unions and management.
TAX RFORM1
A Second m~ ajor challenge for our next term of of fico is
reformi and a complete overhaul o i our tax systemn. That wil!. be
of fundamental importance to the task of naLtional reconstruction,
The tax cuts uhich are now being enjoyed are the first
dividend, of econamie recovery and growth being paid to tho
ordinairy taxpayers of Amstralia.
Unli'e the fraudulent cuts of 1977 the notorious
fj* Ltful of dollars tihich were onatched back i~ uudiately after the
election I can guarantee you'll kteep our tax cutG! / 13
And 1Ahe Qny L, t~ x it ko , oa th& nn ci elt
thoj 7c l -lue to the 5pzaera~ Df P\ u tral~ o uill Ybot be
c~ htn utG ir the fizt e~ exent In our nn3e, 7tcing 11-o
achia'Ve gjenuine raeform and to prov16e t~ 3-Glef 90s tha
tc~ payarGO but patAULKIY the mi~ aadlow incom~ e ecirners
of œ Augtrcili& the or6inary hr-working Autrlians viho N-y & a
they earn. The second element is cur continauin~ g attach on the taix
avoidance industry whiche throuqhout the yeas of the previous
Governmient,~ became Australiala fastest-growing inaustry.
Our capacity to smash~ the tax avoidance industry has
been hamipered by the Opposition uThich by obstructing legislation
in the S3enate to close notorious loopholes, has effectively cont
the~ ordinary, honest taxpayers of Australia hundreds of milJizoll
of cdollara. That is one of the reasons t~ hy uFC ask every A~ ustralian
voter vAbo Bapports our Governmnent in its ef~ fort to smaish the tax
avoidance Industcry completely as u-are n~ ow wiell ont the zoad
tw~ ardis doing to ensure that our Governm~ ent in the Mouse of
Representatives iG supported by a majority in the Senate.
We will re-introduce the twice-rejected legislation and,
vith a Senate m~ ajority, ue can complete our " ork of Gmashirig the
tax avoidence industry in A~ ustralia on~ ce and for all.
Tihe third elervert a thoroughgoing review and reforin of
the entire tax systemn vill be central to all our task5 in our
second tem.. our tan ref orm will be preceded by w~ idespread cormmunity
consultations, and will proceed on the basis on nine cleay
principles and objectives. The Governmient's nine principles of~
t( xation reformn are:
FIrst0 there must be no increase in the overall
tax burden, aso measured by the share of
Comcnoalth Goverament revenue in gross domestic
product. Second, any reform most continue the process alroady
begun by this Governm~ ent, and provide further major
cuts in personal incomne tax.
Thlrd, taxation changes must contribute to c~ anhing
tmu avoidanlce and nvaoJion t~ hich resiin as featuzes
of the tax system which the Government inheritod.
I? OUZ hb D" ECUficymM~ m XUD tO ao GBIiMnPCe r tGgD
raore ea3ily, nn uhich ; heraeoy makes tan
IFM iny refoon~ ctm M'Ui't acout In o tan mrstem
which la faireK ao that RuotralVns c-ire only
reqllirei to pay ta% Decogii to theiy capacity
to pay, an~ d the overall. ioytem iiius1 be progresive.
o BSinth, any tax r'eformn z1u~ uot Clisdvant~ qe recipients
of ', jelfare bene~ 1its, an should reduce or removje
* poverty traps"'.
$ Seventh, If 4ny' ref orm pach~ ge t-7hich includes changes
in indir~ ect t~ neG in3 enteplaito6, it maust be
acceptable to tht! various g~ oups in the A'utr~ lian
comm~ unity w'hose response will determine whbether
w~ e ean waintaiD moderation in wage movem~ ents.
Bighth, any ref~ orm must provide the best possible
climate for investzent0 grouth an employm~ ent iin
Australia. INinth, any reform pachage mtust have w~ idespread
co~ rnnunjty supporit, including oupport at a widely
represetative Wational Tax Suimit of economic
orvanisations ana ccmiiunity groups.
t~ e therefore propose t~ o conv~ ene a widelyr reprenentatiVe
National Tan Summnit during the third quarter of 1985.
A~ nd at-that Suimmit we c~ hall take specific steps to
ensure that the citigens of Austraiia a~ re directly representedi in
their ro> o as taxpayers.
M~ en at the lbst election 7 foreshadowed the tWaticonal
Eonomic Summnit Conference as the first atep to zds national
reconciliction a~ nd recovetry, thcere vere those who rcaid it
wou1~ n't work~, an& the acofferG uho said it was axn abd~ ication, of
the role Qnd responsikility o the Goverauient.
I made it clear then, anO I made it clear the Sununit
itself, that there would b-e no Lb~ ication and thbat the cjectqed
Govermient w~ ouYld exerci~ e in gull Deasmre its role nnd
resonsibility for the econozic managenrt and the economic
oci~ ion-xaaking of thir. country.
That of course ic zA~ at U~ e have done, an6 till continue
to Clo.
rul, he LIOMPtclice C-. 116 of~ e thoir 9Anal
oeven yoxc cfl tb~ e p~ esent c_ o yit i aeof shy-trm 3) 2ilticc~ l
0 Pd~ C AD theiz C ntribuUOrk to th2 t= r 6ebme.
I omf confidont that h a of tr yeform t~ ill bo
ikvinned by bzin~ ing to It 1 he concept Of consultation an
co-peration ~ thich ha~ s vready produced such gplen( 216 : eults cnd
much enduring benefito for the people of A> ustraliai.
7VOARDS A~ FAXER AUMSTRAUIk
The third grevt challAenge for the Covernment 69uring; its
second term a chall~ ngnc Thic~ h iA basice to the objectives of the
Ausrp~ 1ian Labor Party aind this Labor Governm~ ent Is to raintnin
the Doxnentum of our first termn to c~ reate a fairer, more just, anda
more equitmble society.
All Australians thether as individuals, or Ls Lnembers
of families hnow that the Government's success aince assuming
olf ica in achieving non-in latioha~ cy Vrowth miust Continue if
their best hopes for themselves, for their fe~ rwilies, @~ re to b~ e
m~ et. There's nothing abstract nboul-the welfare of the
A~ ustralian famidly. K7hat concerns the crdinary Au'stralian famil~ y
that there s~ hould be jobs available now for
parents and in the future for their children;
that they can purchase their own home at a reasonable
cost and not have to face crippling interest
repayments:, that their children can receive an education, whIch
equips themi in the best possible w~ ays for their
liv~ es ahead;
that they and their children have access to bealth
care at reasonable cost; and that throughout
their lives, but pzrt-iculzirly In theiY: old nge,
their incomne and savings Pire Riot ero~ ed by
inflation.
Anid above all, that every A~ ustralian family bas the
opportunity to maintain and La~ prove Ito standard of living.
A~ nd that's wThere our ufforts have been directaS and til
continue to b~ e directed.
frChile c~ z aervcen0 ci3 i3 acig~ to bsQi Th~ oth
w~ omen ini (, he tyor~ force C , Pd thouc -ho choe the home. an Qor
nent torrm we vill provi4e cD a rcattay o high priority, Outher
3ubstantiasl Icreaser. in~ the number oZ chi1M care plcda.
& na the nex-L threa years ue uil11 create an cid~ itional
20,000 places for child care.
There zra tu1o gjroups in our c izonity uho aire
particular~ ly exposo~ zd a~ t i~ aes of economic and social change, anel
for o~ hom the Government h~ a cpeeiail sponsbility. TZhey are
the youag, on whose Ghoul~ ers tzi". 1 reist the guture of our nation;
and the aged ub~ o have contributed cuo i" uch to the nation that vye
have inherited.
~ School s The Governm~ ent haa Ralroacdy conatribut: ed in a num~ er of
signiicant u~ ays to helping t~ ie yvung In primary and oecon6ary
euc~ xtioa we have botb provided gratr ntnbMiLty In fv~ n rend
oubstantial funding inresos korGovornwent tLnO non-Governm~ ent
ahools over tbe next eight years. tie have ended the divizive
znd sterile State Aid debste wihich dictraeted attention : Cram
crucial education issues. aver the ne,,-t night y'ear perisd
Government 3chools w~ ill rece'ive a real increase of 49.3 porcient
arnd. non-Goveriirnent schools a real increase of 17.. 2 percent.
These fundi wyill be used in the m~ ost ei'ective ty both to
Imiprove quality of education? Lnd to 1proviae incentivos to remiain
in the educction strea.
TerKttiz y A~ t the tertiary lev'el the Governmnent has also jprov'ideO
th,-first significant injection of rLd6itlonal resources ~ moe re
than ceven years. As a re~ ulta Ot least 1500Q0 C Ore atudento
w~ ill attend Uni'versitics Lnd Collecs of avanced 3-ducation by
1917, nda gurther l1SOD l-~ u plecss t'ill be creatc-d In
Technical and PIurther Zducation inatitutiong.
Youth Rmployment The CGoverniient'G concezn 2or y-Outh has enztended uell
bey-Ond form~ al eaucciticon, Mna into Lts lzabour-maieret cznd tzaininq
prrams. There has been cia dcrea se off 6 pcrcent in the
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C01Atir GOV~ n~ a-nt DOU~ ht tO ClO5) ThO tZQ20tz2iin
PV72-ra IL! u3 EcrCJL-G6d bf Oz ver The Xu
EDU6et OZ the pw'evious Gom~ mnt. DK alocationG 2or ufOuth
Tr~~ ininn Ain each c our 9! s D~ eto tuG around
cvcnt-fve peret highur than~ tch" t provided by' T he jprevious
caliion Gveziiient An
An t) 011 of~ courcn-" our y~ outh hasbnoie
rubst~ intil2y from the Co.-tiunity Zrnpoyent Pogrm which has
been the Governmnent's m~ ajor jnjtiativ,, 2 in providing ziothhile
cii-, ployment opportunfl1ties Oor the long-tar u inc~ mploycd aind othor
6is& 6vnntEged job coakera, uho would not otberuise directly
benefit from econos-iic recovery.
Tihe Goverhmrent 15 concerned~ to ensure that our job
czeation pro-grarm give rise to the develolxent of Taore pe rmanent
oponities. & ccordingly we will 1be establihing aNe
Eniterprise icentive SchemDe on thet pilot Lmsi 6uring 196-85.
This~ gehcoe twill be AIpeented as a : Jolt Fe~ eral/ State
programn. uneriployed people with viablo businesa proposit-ions
wt11 be oligible to ireceive contlnua Anccoe cupport gram the
Pr--deral Goverrnient gor up to u y'ear white they establish their
oun Omall enterprioe. An allovance broadly aquivalant. to the
utnemployment benefit will be paid to eligible-participants in
the scheme, who are unemployed and have a viable buinecss
proposal. tie are Oetermineol to pursue every availabl. e route to
Psecure long ter-n Gmiployrment for Utcose iitill out of work.
tie will also be exploring the possible extension of
CEP tyith the priv& te sector. Our object is to assist the
unemployed back into the permanent woriforce.
12he Gov~ ernment will continue to give a high priority to
youth in its labour m~ arket and traihing programs Ouring its
second term. W~ e will be ( guided -by the findings of the R.; rby
Inquiry into Labour Hiarket Prograns and the O. 1E. C. D. review of
Youth Policy in Australianut
& bove all we Eruat ensure t~ hat the level of youth
unemploynment in our nation) In P-ny ways our most scandalous
in~ heritance from the previous coalition Governient continues to
be steadily reduced during the Lzbor Govornmtentlg aecond term~.
Tihere have heen come prcofiiing Gigyns inx recent a~ ontbs.
1? or euaple during the last twelve r~ onth-A there has been a
aeventeen pezrcent rductfon in the nuaber of teenagers aeeking
Eull-time enployment and r~ tuenty-iour percent reduction In
teengers iunpmployed : for z~ pne t. han r; iU riorfths. But che Governmen~ t
ac-noweCo~ es that this irpovemeat Ao ,-till a long tiay Zrczn being,
IEco'd Gynough, and gurther sutant-al pogress ciust be taade durincr
our second term~.
AnHt irt unOonticth-a t n~ ozCe o be ouila g
AustrtliDi to be tLetive cotibtr to an participants in
tUe vant the youth of Autai It. b. eo involved In
A~ nd oie must apacificallyF address as will later tuhe
very real conicern cZ' many of ou youth# and 6o ery'thing in OUr7
power to onaure that they' 0-aiot inheritl~ rdoer~ hc aq
the cpectre og nuclear tfr.
A Care The other caniunity np thzii is entitled to and vill
b~ e qiven pzzicular Gupport by the Governmient is~ ths niged, And
the Governxcnt has povic3e onch cuppoit during itis first term.
In Fecent, ye~ rsr re6uet~ ons to t~ he Consumer Price Index
as& rzeult of changes~ in hieath insance œ nrxangemento have
provide6 ponaioners with~ n= gczphic ilustat ion of the diiffering
attitudes oOT the major poitcal parties towards pensiohers.
W~ hen confronted with the opportunity to compensate
pensionero with a special adjustyient i õ or their changes to
Mecdibnk~, th~ e calitio~ n Governmuent bl1untl. y and callously
refused. t~ hen faced uith mA'me Cecitsion in Its last nudget,
m~ y Governent unhesitz-tiinly mad ai pecial aidjustment ddeel
In 1904105a~ as t'ell as indenaton & djustmentsp the~ basic
rates of nil pesons hv been Aczrcaccd to $ 25 a tieelt for
singl~ e pensioners & n 62 ue--h gor -aarried pensioners.
I leave i. t to thc p-ensionern of Australia to Jui~ e kor
Io that tZ-it conplelte TR ant~ b e verdict.
in nGdition the etza, cisir-nce for those particularly
ncee(~ y pensicners w7ho n prvtc1. V bs bxaen increased bw' fifty
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neighaboruodt to~ rnv a cr soecna udsea lu z
bae UP. t weill CIS thiar atinewi~ co thne hom and be g'Muive
csitae th: o-ard, gh pn Anlholna hoe wurihogu bOUtii
matrnne andl ovie Anercv ct-odu pe t , Toir aed. O( isbe
neiagh or6 and nt reoe yeifr G r s ern~ an nb rde o
contribute * 300 Lii11ion to this integ'rated program.
U' 1 co-ordinate the provision of all Governmient serv~ cc---
to the ealderlyp ' tie wJill etabli,, h aazly in our nent torni an
Office of Lge Care. It till esteblish priorities of need Zor
agea Qnd aetiore6 poplep aoseao gaeililiag t~ hroughout A. ustralia
anc6 bring together the leisltion an6 Bervice poviaion3
currently rcatterea zaround vzarious Government dpeirtmients.
Assets T'est There ia no part of this election campaign that has been
snore cruel than the calculatea cttenmpt to create needless
confusion nn anxciety am~ ong the aged and other pensioners ki our
community over the asssets test. It has been introducad by the
Government as a neeaeary Gupploneflt to the existing Income test
to ensuze that there i. s the gakyest end most egult. able
distribution of resourcao to pensione. rs.
T'he desperate atempto by the Opposition to use this
isnue to uicare those p~ ople Qho hnve Con~ tributed so much to o~ ur
aation Ln peace and u-r arte to 4e Oepore6. Tihose ocare otories
arer uttorly without foundation. The Qssets test w~ ill afect only
two p-ercent of all p ensioners. In 1936/ 05 the increase In
payments to all penzioisrs lisill tot,, 2 GS million, & ubout
f~ ffteen times the revenue geneizatd in a full year by the assets
tect. And that's the re.& l areoof oi our concern for
pensonere. J IX n give gour uneuivrevaA cc= nitm-. ent& about
then assets test:
9iho gitrct A13 tht" L { dbcy v~~ eto~ i e~~
Theoccond ID 4,, htnt ths Anozatip Sthornd for t he
ascets tua 6 u'li? not b e noe OoE ny gther rvonno purpoce.
Tho thIF6 ID t t he C-1-setr. tGFI ULU1 L t k* mz~ e oore
ntz. ngjent ' Y thi'is Governm~~ ient. Ynd(-; e we have An~ eued the IMt
to eylcu" Ie that this600 n. oe t happen.
Aide ourthl. yv ve w~ ill continue through the Of fice of
Aged Cnire t-o rnoritor the asetG test crefu1l. y to enaure that it
The w! orst thingj that the Australia2n pensioners have to
fear whetber they be the ninety-eigbt percent totally
un& Zectod by i-he assetc testo or the to percent who Ere In Gome
w~ ay ar-ectod ' woulc lo a returrn to the level of Inflation tihich
ein~ ted muder Zhe Liberc~ s with its devaatatinq impact on the~ lr
living oand. ards.
But w. e will do more thpn just protect the pansioners of
Australia from the ravaces of xcnewed Inflat. on.
W~ e w~ ill continue to oeur-e that they all share in the
new' prosperity. And specifically ee zoill continue to tiorlt towards the
goal of reaiGi! ng the basic pension rate to tbienty-five percent of
average w~ eekly earnlnsg
Veterano AfJfairs In Veterans' Afgairsp the Governm~ ent, in its second
term, will tahe further initiatives to imiprove benefits and care
for our war veteran comuny. The Governm~ ent accepted its
responsibility to Vietn~ n veterun6 by establish~ nq the aoyal
Cozzmmission they zequested.
The Repatriation Lei5o& ation Amnrdment A~ ct t7i11 bl-the
basis of -the RLona oveiraue overho'ul of the penson6eernalining
zyoten, and trill ond the Celays and procrastination which 1plgue
the Gytaa Ue trill, next 7ear, introduce tbc Veterans n-ntltlenentg
Bill to claiplify the prosent coanaiEfl end often contradictory
1e~ isX1ation c6ealinq with veterans' enieentG. There zAUi b
close ( 2nuta,; in ait -servicc , aef-oor e the
legl1latiofl is atroducc,&. out one undert4kins I can no give
wa~ r ;:: i7ltel E: e nlloi'ed to EeciAn T; heiz pensions and trazotra-ent
el~ ibiityAZ T hey rom" rry.
M,, oC i-ha Goeon La
cUir L1 At 1004a~. ar to wIntin~ nqj th~ ir Irelfbp
clh~ e Goermnt aY5A; o ln! tenics to contf~ n upgrading
busp~ tailc, to ,. eet tho gTiee~ l of-an Qgig vtercin
Toilp ; ueme, ' jhich geatly fSrnJti l zaged vcoterans to
Health one of the GovernrnentI5 m~ ost signifiLcant contributions
to o faiyer znd more equitable Auotrolia during our first tern
hF~ es en n the provision ( 2 health an-d Cocial Bervices, both
Lreas of gra-t devastatitii unaer the pevious Governm~ ent. During
our 94yat tem GcialJ oez-vice loenc~ f its ha~ ve been substantially
increaseci, cind health services have been exctended to all la tZ-he
Wihtha introduction of Medicare progri, 5i, Astralia
mo0w h& G, lor the first time, gair, affordable and ntable health
inLaurance oystem covering & II A~ ustralians. Miedicare has put an
ena to t-he constant changes in health insurance policy that have
E~ arkcd the past C-accde.
Y! et that is preci. sely wihat our opponente propo~ e -a
return to thbe pattern of their years in Government, vzith four
r~ eparate confused and confusing schemes in five years; yet each
s~ cheme leaving at least two pil1~ on A~ ustralians vwilthout any
health cover at rill. And their netv proposals involve three xore
changes -and then abolition of Viedicare.
I ask for your rcenewea uandate for Miedicare.
And I now give this undortaking that for the term~ of
our next governmient, the 1iedicare levy wil not be inicreased.
tle uiill extend ". 5edicare to provide reciprocal health
care arrcxngementa for cejuntries u~ th , ihich Dutalia bas close
ties, notably ltalyv Greece, Yfugoslavia, the United Rngdom and
Fire. The Governmzent ie 2ir-? 1ly, commritTMc to maitnining a sf
and halby r-yorkdng evonmnent ond has establi~ hed& " itb the
co-oattion of the Staea, a tripartite t~ ational Occupational
Bealth Lnd3 satiaty Commisieion to t6evelop a comri~ xehensive kiational
approach to occupational Riezlth CnDO Gafety.
Xn our seconO tox-7, the Govern'afent will mnentyato its
health policy on initatue O-igned to improve t-he health of
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The r i 90u~ ot~ ¸ pou nity
This $ Y1~ 0r E iOD -l be Provided to the Statos ' Eor
these prgrm a part cr~ f Ledicare.
FelO 21~ hianv~ e ratzessed the gun( Samentvl
importr-nce of the maintenaince e our policies of grow~ th Uyi-jou.,
inflaton in o~ ur drive for a gairer, better Auotr~ ijia,
But thG enbanecment of the quality of life and the
vidninq of the opportn ties our great-country should offjer to
e~ very iiustralian, deman6i even more than effectivc econceaic
nanagament. It requires a Governmenit a Lhabor Governme~ nt
deteinsd to remove the OisZiqurcment of discrimination lr-our
societyj; an& I a Governmocnt determinea to rave the Fich aind
divrse b,--auty of our country, a Cuovernmoent staunchly encouraginri
the ep.-cial skcills anid talents of the people.
LStotus of tirn
one qroup in our moclety indeGed half of our populition
thich has for too long carried the burden of diw-criimination
is w~ omen. The Government has actod owiftly ana decisively to
fulfil Ato commnitmnents to improv~ e the status of woen
During our firgt termi, the Governnment has telhen
steps to imnprove two-,, en's access to emrployinentp to
eucation an trainiiiq un to child-care. ' e have enacted sex
diGcrimna~ tion legislc~ tion. ~ A~~ the co-oparption of : ao
private and public sect~ r emnployers, we thave A1-tgatoD a
Wi~ e-anging pilot PrOgraM tO te~ t OUr TKifirftiv A~ tiOn POIAC! y
prpsls,* pri. or to thefir being lgimlatea. we have
slnfAntly incrQc3aed zpznding on chilC-care, npoInte8 the
gniue, la~ ialzated ior ecqua31 aplopimert opportunity ufthin the:
Jhuril3n Public Servico, aind , appointed ur', oxe thaxn 100 uamen to,
C~ ovorsicnt boardu, -mtrities or adviory Odles.
A seco~ vd group 2* hat has borne U1e runt of
6 i ocL-intion in o~ ur soit for tcD long, n t~ fl& lich the
GovernDi ent has coughft to, yerersa30ios the abo~ ii pepe / 23
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sonz arcan p in~ i t õ 0 r y ortOG~ c
7-nth) eL subet the yeai: e wlotconiu toth e-p
thennet Ua1eC t'e1". kan ChIey odo jtt~ 1~ c
InGt~ Au~ Li, o~ urgtia i h irteeo l Onc athe
ror t~ iaoci. C : Utnen F" eY; ene~ i" L-yf the co" rge b oru theath
t~ irj-y-evn rcnt inek inceglKg t e uSt nd bys goeen pAt. o c e
The vial nattae of xrhie riuntgy. ThMe boice eople i
~ ctrzoy1tl theosb~ o t n oe ontensiv onsrizeione by t eb
Gonrntmh, t e r uel the t-ayt eaer, oqita u. n
anb~ ang ialyionreah~ eG asuresg our he n terecso 1 te
e~~ t uilnorctrnt~ s il an oheven e a boretrAsrlai
our ocit iur ben uealsenedy bthe scoug of q'omrug nd the~
~~ onin repecenmtw eek Liore7tiien t~ tetion has teeenip ald to the
qr, Yhi of arganied~~ ccte x y, o utyr oThe Goe~ etr
r~ ocict o Vi~ th issu~ rb~~ e of cyrd tw a otte b
me rn r ScZection ' dt. to ent onehr h Our~ t Go--rent is
tomite -cto2 aniutn ee nting atck on orgcdse cy? ie Tot
Subsanally increasoe duig ou ceon tem. tthy
iWtiilel t~ iaboed~ itelyau pgraft the~ AI' co4-e capacty
wil be a-nt in -ecuting ani evn otrnge gor ceur. e
Oro 11' nI-vmers(. op-d
gr tpr CCa e~~ in
Ua U!-WM rps tat upoth. oc~ o o~ t~ gi
Rhe Oerorthrind DU60eq Uewil@ t urerle
-e mi1ae sVU-f fice t yot nvuannn d~~ e uojIn h
vubj~ ciat1 yiearyt guth utria iCouen ilhi a reatcivtehlh oer
JL~ v1 o Pow~ in propose to exted tha ~: cnceo to atioi
prform~ ing aztc.
In he artf. the Goverament t~ ill alzo maintain~ itG effo: 1t
t. o Dczpport aind stimulate the creative talents oE our people at
all levels in the future, andi to prcserve ou'r hcxitao An this
field & G we hve done through the Wational PAIn and Bound~
Archive. Znvironmer't The 19B8 Bicentenary celcbrations will1 provide n
for much of the Govergnment~ s act vitiez in~ the field .7 f the
art& kind the preserva& tionl of our heritage through the 6Gvalopmrerit
of uiueuwns, libraries and conservation program~ s d~ uring our s~ econd
term. On onironeiLN1 lurv-os Autn~ is iorLun& Ualu lati viniq
five nriturl ares which hiave al-ceay T, 2e given uorlO holtcge
sttu bc& use of their v-rniqe 2anr31 Ottandin~ g 7icaue to paanin6g.
' The Coverr-pent believes that we nre 17t to ful ezplorQ all the
avautcQo that can b-g'ninod by baviag such arans of
intEteniioflL renlown. i. oa seon tern we uM~ eoflsic~ G
nnt~ ona f-rcm z211 Gtatar-: 202' reaE3 t hcy~ 1-lieve rboull L~ a
givocn uor~ ld heritage status 4 n wo t-ould woxrk-to [ jve 1Thc~ sEra
accepted gor siorld hesritnge nomiition.
L'eca~ m Mthe 2 z Q: F Daceadbuz0 Yqu zc-ill [ mot only~ be a~ at
-hointue w-ith n3i in' the worh o nc n a fiyey an' 6 kttcr
t U YO LIh I 0Qve
IP0A0, zc tilec~ Oz San tz v Cci~ tho
the1~ Dfi C302-cin Lto Oa~ r -IY: mO
prp~~. obmiit 6 . o pc ople the Lpe~ u Goe nt J
197 upre by -21Eilt5, & 17id, at the poIG by, a
majorityi of the Austral~ ian pe-ople
Our neon reoed p~ poa tyl1 ci1jor the
Cciioraealth an the St,, Ies w~ o rlun~ Sx~ y to reer powerm t~ o oach
other, ' ThitG ui-corc the pxeont on-L-i~ ed E-tuation viie
tile stntes EDY gKee' potlrs to tho Coaonez." the b) Ut the
C-= contyalt isot a~ ble to refer a~ ny of Itet; anclsive powers to
thie sttes. noth these proposalo ter given~ fii-n oupport by the
" i-on-right up to t41-his O1eclion oa) iq. Such go the
measuz-c of the Opposition's principles and integrity,
rO1RXC) H ZOLJ. CY M) 17ENCE AWD PEACE
pledg~ e ue r2acde to you~ tventy-one zeonths ago to bring
&% utraiionst ocgether in Ct' e qi~ catz tvo% of rc~ covery krom the
econo.-aie or-' i which thena onftontodl our natio~ n.
But side by side uith economi c xecover-y. ve have mrched
toilards recovory of that oense of na~ tionalI nnai~ e~ e&~
ael1rrel~ ice wihich Australia at it best can & how to the od,
The alliace vith the United Statepg iorcyeci Oorty ye~ rs
ago by the Ctirtin Labor Cvernent is nio-,, Di Eoge vnstzmctive
Ue hav~ e m~ te 2RZUS toc EYAit b~ as emor hen vc, o se
& i2ud renino ' ar5pK~ fl ieb nu, vits even ! theD ' they
Our voicea J3 OUr OWn6DQt Di 3C11D
tie have ndded sn) ta to ' the P~ rtnerehip by " Yereas , ri
our eongce Dpen6din Dubc, n~ l in Z-a tertis. The Crnvermet
AC o ' it: Cixr FIUCFt growth in Ofenca
zen6Ang and n greatey C e 0" oce-Gi~ ne
Vi-hieh AuntKLItn W1ES, E4oeI IbtyY he wal emt y tL
Xcrvo ever ccco. C6c in the 11-tos--ga the Beto h
pce~~ a~ priority.
j~ ajz~ anu co vzm cmrol~ b~ qreamentg hetten Vi
o t en~ iLn nuleE tatr t creating c Dzia1oar FA-Lee
the council~ s of the Jn5ited Miis but through dialogue wiith the
zvi6c rangQ-a countries ziL7Ath ' zh ie car, talkt cntroct. vYy. ' At
was our coneca go-geace Ln ci recgi~ sn tbich " led the Gvcrrnriert
lasttoyGeae e uas t tm it Dcess to asLi3t the reosolution
of t; he Vampc-hean probcrsi
An in the Dupreme l~ sua of x'or16 p m we w'ill not be
da& urnte6 or dterrod by th o grnitde of t. he ttsk vibea6..
Since the U. S. 1relentc elections X hzve confir-ovd
t~ o T-he Posient 5f th Uli(-thc2 vlit I have U2( 3-ever
LR-BEC aCACCV" that Ll net? i( 2~ je
phul t , ia ns n a 2 r -: or eoinczct. i-auzes to educe
c22LL3uai t-con , ai cs iafd ba e n~ rcs t. Cr
2O-C; et rerek our~ saviot uno
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ieri te ce~ Ftt-Po-y6 tz3e pt~~, tat
Co ( OvEk\ in r-va n thodt nzootCenc'al A k
; t B 90' 2 bG : St~ n~ ig an ouain h epc.
Vot e tC~ At QUtO c HVtih > e Uarcilh LO e& Ye
thzrat n Leveopmen i-nn haaxeef hnefoqf c trivey Lasossible to
ceiv thegorb jctves An Xeociretil~ riten recovendyion ofZb
The high~ t tsienoqn nouainth e epti
ofy or. S veimen L\ Xn ksor ru
r~ eoIt is ft. rtuhea t1 51ice t oefi fth fNc 1d9e6s3i, e
colae nhea 1 oh avet 2arlt unstotinl npcdeto c6r ougnt the
undrtaing 1e gavp. o n~ c boha to teA utrlan oabo Ptarty for
natcoal recod of ctivion ewt uhrc~ ie ~ ot
recrd f uh fi't rfi1 yur into its i~' erbrtdencts ite o1
has seen once more? us it saw7 in the crizig of war korty year-s
r-go; what ~ 4~ r2if9can achieve tcojethert if they cane be
bronght together -to uor~ h in a common effort. for comm~ or goals.
12he nej vorjd-tide confidence in P. ustraia~ nn It
fut~ ein the grsat an goviin FTogion to wihich Ve 1> elony is
It~ elf a -ircfjection of ou ne self confidence, our Confi(~ ence An
ouroelxves mn in our otrn guture.
' The new~ xespect for ~ t~ areflct~ s our newc Deli
ut Ls on~ the h& asis of that confiaence in ourcev tha
we nck~ bav nn vnprlee oppaortuyaty to build an even better,
gairer Autai' V~ ever Uaen ua it so , poztayit that oe chou1C nnite to
resJ~ t and rejot tkboc in ouz Liidst, ubatever threir Potlveop
44 DL I'ae-" hy cOt0 uVahC Z
O CA0 yr~ C; CFd e ur ~
etch oc ohe G& n2 t fc zet~ ighnvote d, a ll. igeahote,
TLy cantzived confaict, no b~ y mettngj group against group,
A" Gtrlias against Austrnlizns, but b~ y working together,
r-ecognising and zaspectinV each other's rights, reasonable
cupect. ations and zl'zir aspirations.
1, hti the funaamental pwinciple on which we can now
wiorl: together to build an Austra~ ia dedicated to fairness,
Usticc~ Lnd genui-ij equal. i'ty of opportunity for P-11: so that tie
cc~ n truly zay vs we approach the third century of this mnodern
antion, that we are build~ ing together a Vation in which there are
no second-cla~ ss Ruotraliians;
A~ n~ ation t~ here each of us, irrespective of background,
origint faith, age or seN will have undimrinished title to the
proud namie of Au~ tralian;-
Lin inalienable entitlemrent for all1 to fairness, justice.
t~ oerancea raiqtity and security;
A~ nation in which all. can share fairly in the abundancc
an al the opportunities , ffered by this great country of ours,
n' the great years now wi. thin ouz grcsp.