PRIME MINISTER1
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in I'm ta. 1king to the Pri xr Minister, Bob Hawks about our bid.
PM: 1 I'm not being brash about it Rmnald, but z mtU say that since Ive
beenl , all the reactions I've got are very positive. Tho hasn't been any
knaokih9j of Malbou=, a and thares been a rooognition of the very fftrM9
intrin~ ic irrits of the Mlbourns canditaturs. I
MADONALDi Wll could we perhaps put out in front what are the strongest points
you be . ive mvlbouna has and Australia bas a~ minst the other candidates?
F~ i rt think the intrinsic muxitu go to the quality of the facilities. Elame
of thaj thirteexi major sporting corVlexes = xe ready, we hmv a stadiumo a nujor
stacin which will take a hw~ dred and two thoum-An people already in place
which . a bigqr than any other candidate city has.. We have the centrality of
the fabilitias, all the great mrajority of th) e facilities are within sixc
kñ 1cxntres of the centre of the city, we have an *=~ 1lent village pxuposal,
wehaysa all the infrastruture which is necessary, like c~ mT~ micat ions,
transport and security. We have a sport-nW natñ M " n M'lbourne the
sporti 1-rddest population, so you're going to have great local anthuian.
An 14vel of govsz~ amnt, Fbdered, State and MBIubourna City Council totlly
= miitedand across the political spactrm. W& also hmv security,
I nean Australia ia Just about the mrot secuxre country in the world and * v have
an id~ al anvirowent, clean atmosphere, particularly at that tims of the yeaw
it Ias n idea]. atmiosphere so if you look at all those intrinsice I think that
M lbo ' 4r~ hag a tronger case than any othr.
wat about in the spirit of. the gae moving around to different
saJt of ths world and the faot timt its ' aonly been the southern hemisphere
once l~ ora in the last hundred years. Ho'& w improtant do you think that hias been?
PM artainly it' ' a mtter that' I bsen rai4 W positively with TMe by a fludb=
of mrr~ ers of the comittee. I didn't push that point original3ly, I was going
o oto it, but a tni. esr of them apontaneously raised it. z think they
feel ha with ahundred years of n nOlyTpicaas it will be in 1996, for in
a h=~ r years only to have been to the BouthXT-hemisphere once, would be a
pretty significant imrbalance. / 2
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MACDa~ You've also indicated that this is an Australia-wid* effort.
We've got SaLlyann Atkinson from~ Brisbane and all the otbers, r~ r John mmwon,
8o it covers political banner. too. Will the benefits though, cneto
Autialia am a whole or just to Victoria or MaThourns?
PM: Ch Oeartainly to Australia as a whole. I believe that Autralia as is
whob owes a great debt of gratitude to the peorple and the organisations of
Jblurns for the way in which they have ozxymised this bid, it's been firstc1&
as But reciprocal3ly, Melbourne owes a debt of gratitude to ths whole of
Aunt ia for teway inwhich theyhave abhind thebid. As I'vesaid
bf, that ' s typified for instance by Sallyanne Atkinson who bets camu here.
and s really working vary hard and has been working very hard, But that'sa
typi of the way Australia has said, this is an Australian bid and not just
Nilbourns, and it will be to the bensf it of the whole of Australia as well as
just t itra
MACD4A~ sWhat about those who perhaps are still unconvinced about Victoria's
ability to afford it first of al. 1, and secondly the benefits flowing right
thraiagout te ooimuity?
PMt Okay, let ne go to each of those points in turn. of course Melbourne
and wtralia can afford it. When you are making assesanuntis of these kinds
yoU'y got to look at nett benefita. True it is that thsre'll be a cost to
both the Victorian Govarnrrant and the Aust ralian Govrflnut, but there'll be
great benefits will flow = nd in nett tanm Victoria and Australia will be
sign 4f icantly better off. Australians, not only in enterprises but indivi dual i
in t ' e whola of Australia will banefit because when you have what will bo tons
oE UousufldB of people ceming to malbouzrne for the Olyrrpicas if we wine
then fyou will " et the rmtipliar effects in the eoonary of a very conuiderable
expwiditure of iruney. tsut they will also camu back, Australia h8a 90JL so nuch
V" i1 is attractive and it's such a secure place, that on~ ce people have = noT
and taated the dalights of Australia and when they've seen the range of what'sa
avai1Able they'll want to cam back.
M. DTNALDs I spoke ea~ rlie~ r today to Clive Lloyd and it's rather ironic
that Ih-is now 1 eaei ng a second contest. against Australia, repzusenting or
bein part of the delegat ion representing Manchester anld of course captaininag
the ljt Tndies against Australia. He spoke well of Australia, but he
did ~ losay that no oountry really loses if they're not selected.
th benefits of even chLlenging remain with the country. Do you believe
that' true?
PMi I think that ' s true to an extent, but in life second ' s never as good as
firs 4. But it is true, Australia will have been benefited by the qualitY
of i~ s presentation.
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M=* MD: Now what about a place like Manchster and certainly let's talk
abour Atlanta, as on* of the strong ohallenges. Do you believe that
it ' s logical for acmeware like Atlanta to be considered again so soon
afte Los Angeles?
PM. On~ e of the things that'sa inprevseci me about trA way the Melbourne
re sentatives aw4 tileir supporters have put their cuse is it's been very
potiive, and I've tried to do exactly the s" e thing nvslf. I'm not hmr
to ockXAtlanta, let ma say in fact that i th Atlntahas VISyILdT
Hay g said that, I think that it would be unfortunate if, an I-say,
wG9 into 1996, on& hundred years of modern Oyrrpics and at that stage It had
only been once in the southern hwmiphere, that would be an kJdalance.
That's not said against Atlanta, I repeat that, but I think that desonU
woul be unfortunate.
MXIQDi I spokce also to Debbie Flintoff-K( ing and her wmtional owT1itrrant
is ite substantial and yet Greg Nornn is not an athlete who's going to be
in t Ganus is also suppotivs. * Just aj word about the athletes and their
cont ibution.
P'a They've been guperb. You irantion those two, Debbie is ma~ gnificent,
Gregq been bri I Ii ant, he went out and played golf on, Sunday mning with
a nura of them~ & An I think he said he was prepared to miss a few putts.
So f ) r a professional like Greg, greater Ioe bath -no man than this.
And ) ne other sportesren who perhaps hbaan It got -the mmn profile of
expo 3ure in this, but who I respect very uch, ia M~ ray Roe, who I been
livi g in the Unrited States for so long but still regards himself * as
an A 1tralian and wants -to back to Australia.-He'Is been superbj the way
baes been rioving around and arguing our ca0..
NACD6, WLDt Airight, just-a last queStion Prime Minister, and thanks for
spending the tin-a with us
PM: 1itr-a. p1easure.
INALDi but you're going to be the main person in this
pres mtation, you're going to have forty-five mainutais in front of a jury
as A. were. How irr~ rtant is it, and is it one of the greater tirrma whaft
YOU'V been Put under pressure?
PM I don't feel under pressure, and I say that for these rsasons.
Cne, we've 9ot a good case. Whn you're under pressure-, as if you've got oars
doub~ a about your casa, but I fael so confident of the case.
And bf course I ' won't be speaking for that sort period of t im. I'll speak
for about four minutes and then vary, very briefly a seondx tira. I will be
surrounded by a Mrat team, fromn John Ral~ ph as Cain, right through
they have been superb, so that gives you a feeling of confidence. ./ 4
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And thidl, i will have had the opportunity by thon of rmemtng a Large
n of the Trbars of the Cdmnitte end I-reupeo them, so I feel it'll be
two-ay cminioation rather than a pioe of advocacy,
Mar~ fr~ Lj Aright, well think you a Troh Prim Minñ ter,
and vewih you well.
iTr ek you very rnuch indeed Rnald.