CAWN g RRA.
FO) R PfRE3S 17NOVE? 4-BER 1975
AFDRESS ToN THE. VtjcToRIAN STATE COUN-CIL
rTrFE FIGHlt VIS JST EINNG
OVR THE N-EXT' FOUR WEEKS' TI 1 PUTTj~ jRZ op AU'STF-ALIA RIND OUR WAY
OF LIFVE WILL BE DECIDED, T IiIlT k re R ~ OI F IU IT ORR
HANDlIS. EVERYONE. W110 CARZ5$ FOR CONSTITUTILOAL PARZLIAMENTARY
GOVfE1llEN'r HOMNEST A! N-D DECENT' GbOVE~ mENT-j, rpoNSTE
CONNONSENSE GOVERiNNET, MUTSTAND UP AN4D BE ] COUNT ED.
EVERYONTE WROF BELIEVES' IN THE RIGHT OF ALL A US RA L A S . r O
DT~ NAITNYD SEIEC'SCT, 1EVTERYO) NE WOELEVSr U
MiESjAG OF FREEDOM AmND CONCERN FOR T HE IlNDI1 DUAL, NOW HLAZ
TIE OPPORTUNITY TO FIGHT FOR THAT 1RELIEF OVER THE NEXT FOUR
W" FExo' WlFE. IN THE LIBERPAL-PARTY MUST WORK, AS WE' HAVE NEVER. WORK~ ED
BEFO) RE-TO TAKE OUR MESSA" GE TO THlE AUSTRALIAN PEOfPLE8. IT IS
A IMSSAGE OF WHICH WE CAN 1E PROUD.
TA~ StET MNTH WS FE A: 7WYTNG AND TiESTINC IE AYP~ P'
TTAVENOT UNDERSTOOD TRF REASONS rOR Tl= I2. XCNSE== r DIPPIC1, LT DCSO
WF TWOK T DENY SUPPLY,,
P0 L E S IN CE REL Y DISAGRF. ED WITT THAT DECISION. THIS WAS.
INEVITABLE, SUCH A DECISION CAN NTV7ER BE ZASY TjER L I L AL~ WAYS
BE ONIFS1TE 1~ NESOFOPINION. T OF~ US ON WHOM T-R7
PPSPONSIi. llJTY FFLL ARE CONINCEO THAT NO HONCUR-1i3TE A TTElRNATIVE
T~ E ABRPAfanY :-Laro P-ROVIDED 11TIS-TRALTA 7WTrTP WORT2
7401-T IF COMPE N4T AND -NA AIGm~ iOJR rV INRrRNEN
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WE!, BIVD TEaAT TMSLABO PA ! AD SERIOUSLY4UNDRESoTIMATED
TIE SERIOUSNESS OF THE ECONO. MI. CRI~ S IS n
11M) CAU SED-AND WHICNI NGW LOO) hS OVER US~
THlE WAY* OP*' LIFE OF THFE AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE WAS BEINOG
OF THOUSAD 1' EPr DCRYJ WITHOUT ANYf REAISON
WH4AT EVSIl:
WSAW A COVEPW4MENT# A PRIMqE MISTR RAP INC AFtSR--
MORE -AND MORE POWER, DES-TROJYING THE-STATES, AND, AS IN
THE LOANS AFFAIR, U: 4DZRMINñ NG T11E COSIUINITSM
THROUJG3l' ALTL THIS OUR SENAT2ClRS WER Sm-NU-ITN2C THE TIDE
frSM OF 1TE" MOSr-T DICTATORIAL LEILTO EVRNN~ TR ODUCEDv.
INTO THE AUS87TR: ULAlN PjARLIAMENTTTHI
LEGISILA: TIN WOU; TD HAjVE ESTABLISHED A "' A. TGVDhN
PURCIIASING_-MONOPOLY WHTICH1 COULD-FORiCE LIABOGR'S PO LIC IE_ 2S ON ANY
' ri-HJEICSH DEALS WIT3. THE2 GOVERNMENT; i A71rO -WERFUL NATIONAL.
POLICE FOCWTHICH COULD POSE A SERIOUS_ tHREATTOCVLIBRES
ANi ELECTOR~ AL. BILL WHICH MAY ALO NO OTIUTION'S TO THlE4
LAR PARTYr TO ES EXCLUDED FROM ELECTORALt EXT ZNDI TIJ; RE, AND WHICHli
IMFPOfESE ST-, u a$ MILO ON A P-ARTY2 wHICH OVEPRSPrENDS;
A. BODATNG. ANZ-D TV BILL WHlICH Ctv1 TTOHH'EZl ' AUTIHOPrL=.
DIETERMINE TII ' t NTUE CONTENT OF -01' GPL-AMES. THNESE BILLiS, AND
A BJrPSElf LIKElr TH= A, ARE A TIHREA T TO AU7STRALIAN rirMcC.-'_ RACY TIEY
ARE TINCLUDED IN THE DOUBLE. SSOLIYT'ON PRC' IF LAO'? CR
WINS. O DECrIBER 13 TEY WILLT0 LAW TTNO& At S T-R LIA
ON TOP 07 ALL. 1 THESE, ST ANnx4' OS 0F OUR PUB1-LIC EE PEING
Dh-GTABED FSEYOCLND f1KLIET 13 7? 7~~ lTE . F-1R TIFFDAL,: iMZII
Y: õ LIA IT WE K} JEV1i THATWrO SINEO L ZYI TILTO
XZCISE ' TE pITh COFv' ous R1 irUO S!' TTI1 I I
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HOWEVER DIFFICUILT' THE ROAD WE HAD TO; TRAVEL OUR D11' TO0
AUST-lA0LIA AND OUR OWNri CONSCIENCES REQUTIRD US TO ACT. WE HAVE
NOW1 SEENr THE INEVIT11ABLE CZONCLUSION. MR. tNhITLAM4 SACKED HIS
FOPMER FRIEN DS ONE BY ONE. NOW ONE OfF HIS FORY-4R FRIENDS H2AS
1H47A 1: ED FR T. 11E FITRST TI-ME IN OUR TIIST{) RY 37-F UAVE , D
APRIME kINISTER SAC VED FORA BREAKING THE OSI2JIN
Tl-E GCV7. rN' 0 R G7KNE-RA1L S" DECISION HAS VINDICATED 01-M STAND. WFAT
A s~ D-TWO ACTING PRIME MINISTERS DSIEDFOlR flW7' E171MG
TINE'PARLIAMENT. ONE PRIME MINISTER DISMISSED FO__ R BkEATKING
THE CONSTITUTPION. THE DISMISSED PRIME MINISTER'S BEHA~ VIOUR
JND STATEMHENTS SINCE LAST TUESDAY HA VI RE E " N A FJRTHER CONFIRMATION
' OF, WHY AUSTRALIA DESPERATELY_ NEEDS A PLTT1724 TO REcSPON~ IBLE GOVERNMENT.
NOW WE HAV4E A LIB5ERAL AND NA. TIONAL COUNT-Y PARTY GO VERNM-lENT OC
MORE. ON TAKING OFFICE WE TOOK IMMRPEDIATE; S'_ TE-PS TO DISCO-, VER
ACCRAT LHE TRUE STATE OF THE AUSTRMA, IAN ECONOM. ' WE HVE
O REC EITVE D JPU B3LIC SERVICE ADVICE tj-ON m1TJC24 MATTER T4T4T( H HAS
CONFIRMED OUR-WORST FEARS, IT IS CLEAR THAT THE ATJSTRAXLEAN PE; OPLE
HAV7E BEEN7 GROSSLY MISE FOR POLITC AL U2ES WEKONW
9 TAT TrrE LABOQR PARTYL'Sv BUDGET STRATE-GY WA SINTTES HA
IT' WAS A BUDGET E3ASED ON A5SUMP V( Th j. i WHI1CH IAR1E NOWri XN01wN TO Bkr
CM P LETELI Y FALLA(_ fCIOUS TO O~ W NIGHT w: L i AIGA
BROADCAST TO THE NATION IN WHICHN 1 PROPO S' TO DETAIL TFS CHARGS.
OUR PItPLOBJE8CTIVES WILL 21E TO g ; tVE T'HE BASIC H{ EALTH AND Z
STREUNGTHL fjP T HE AuSTPAL IA. N yCNIY SO cfl" Ipp AUSTRALIANS CAN ONCE
AGLAOIN1I AEA " IH CONIOIENCE AIND SECURITY CONFIDENCE
AIN TELVES AD IN THEI COUNTRY
WiTE W4ITTI ' ABLE TO A-CHIEVE TH19IS ONLY WIHTESP~ lT L
r7 CTTONS O7 THE7 AUTRAT. ALINl ? PThOP,-
r -4Pr 19? E' J'TS , T A CP
ITStE0z; tN OYE AS WA BACK PASERr i2' 020 , SN NS E AND
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PRIME: NMISTMrn
PFE. SPONSI3!" ILTY ON THE PAR OF AXLL SECTIONS OF TVl WIOLWT]. T
B NEEDED. IT WILL BE OUR OBJECTIVE TO tESTABLISHi AND -ENCOU RAGE
THE CLOSEST POSSIBLE RELATIONS WITH Th E TRADE UNION MOVEMENT
AND I3ETWEEN THlE TRADE VNIO _ L MoVqFMENT AN4D BrJSflESS,
1 T IS-OBVIOuS NOW IN AtWAY-.-? IIAT ITrA NERBnNEFE ThAT
T? 2' REv-I" S A C-OMON INTEREST AMONG ALL ATUSTRALIANS0 EMPTL-0YS'_ ES
ANTI EMIPLOY ERS '-2N PIROFITAS'LZ AND -~ IC-IENT ENT ERPRISES. PROFIT
AS; E, ESSENTIAXL FOR JOBS'Dr. AUSTRALIA IS ' NOW SUFFERINO FROM THlE
tT HIHEST TUNE. MPLOYIMENT -SICETiE DEPRESSIO1N BECAUSE OF' L-AROR I
DELIBERATE POLICY OF SQE Ei. G PROFITS. 2000 COL EVR
A) wrs~ HVEDIFFCULY FNDIN WOK BCAUSE " THE CREATION OF JOB
OPPORTNITIES AS BEEN UTTERLY NEGLECTED. PROFITSARESETL
FOR Px! OS_, ERITY AND FOR THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO HELP THE
DISAfl', VANTACE-PD. DESPITEM ALL THE TALK TIL. E~ CONDITION OF THE NEEDY
HAS ACTkUllY DETLERIORATED -IN-T HEZ LAST YjEAR. P ROF ITS ARE
FOR* KROS PEtZITY.
WE WLGIE F. PD N PRACTVI. CAL EFFECT TO OUR COM~ ITMNIAT TO
DIMECTLY RE2VIVE-PRIVA"' TE BUTT717iS SI r ' ESP EC IALLY SMAL BUS INES S.
DESTRUCTIVE. IMAC( T OF INFLATION AND EXCESIVE" T. XS ON SBUS IN ES S
MUST BE BRiOUGHT TO A STOP. IMMEWDIATE _ ASSI ZTANC IS REQUIR11E D TO@
SATJOB OPPOnTtJNITI2' S EXPANDING AG-AIN THE STIFLYING,
SPUCmLOCATING GROWTHC GOFMTT rnENDTNO MuST BE STOPPED,*
INCENTIVE RESTORED, AND T-1lE-CONSTIRUCTIVE MjERGIES OF I -LAION
ON ICOMESBY RE2ADJUSTING TAX SCALES ASNCSAY
WE WILLt U-NJERThtX OUR 1POGRAMVME TO INTRODUCE PERSONAL TAX
ThDEXATIDN A. S A PRIORITv= rr t~ l~ liN Tjl LCTON Ar
'~ RAPIDLY AS C'TRCUMSTA-NCES PERMIT. THIS TWILL 7B A MAJOR GUARANTEE
OISp OMUI CNMIMN TO RE'DUCING THE PERSO'NAL T7AX URDN WTHICH HA-S
BLEAW tAJR FOC BEHIND IN1L7T TON. 4
T HIS IS NOT THE TIME OR THE PLACE FOR A4 POLICY SPEECH BUT THERE
SHMuM BFENl O0 DOUBT A. BOUT~ NiR DETERM1INATION TO RESTRAIN THE
MO-.'. 71OUGCMOWTIh OF CO0VER. M'ENT LABOR H: AS ENCOURAGf'D. NOT MERELY
WILL THE GROWTH OF GOVEaz. ENT SPENDING BE RESTRAINED BY PERSONAL
INCOME TAX. INDEXATION BUT THE CONSIDE-RATION OF AIt S2CTIONS OF
THE AUSTILALIAN PEOPLE WILL BE ENCOURAGIED. WE WILL INTRQODIJCZ
ASZ RAPIDLY AS POSSIBL TH TO-CI VALUAIN A-ND DEPRECIATION n
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THSC MATHEWS REPORT. TIS WLBE14JR PART
OF OUR TFREE YE~ AR PPCjGPAIANEr TO REVVIVE' TNS4 ECONOMY. WS WILL
GET.; A* U STIALIA MOVING AHEAD.
UNDOUBTEDLY SOME DIFFICULT DECISIONS WAILL NAVE TO 9E TAKEN.
a RESTRAINT ON THE PA. R OF GOVERN: ZxMENT WILL NOT BE EASY OR. i
PPAV NLSS. WRE DO NOT ' BELIEVEF THlAT GOVERNMEN CAN ASK FOR
RESRANTBYOTHER SECTIONS OVP THlE COMILYI T IS NOT
PREPARED TO EX ERCISE RESTRAINT ISLQLABOR'S EXCESSIVE SPEDN
HAS LErwI LESS AND LESS H1ONEY F ORFMLEr OSPN-STE E
TT7EIrR NTEEDSi PO BUSINESS ES'TO SPEND-TO CR2A-, TE JOBS.
FOR ThMREE. YFARS.-WE, HAVE HAD A COVEVRNAZNT Win1CH BELIEVES IN MAKING
. PEOPLE MORE AND MORE DEPENDENT ON WHAT POLITICIANS AND CIVIL
SERVANTS CHOOSE TO GIE THEIM.
O EOPLE' HAVE HAD LESS ANTY LES3S CONTROL OVER THlEIR OW-N I. NCO-MESB2:
tAUSE TI LBOIR P" ARTY HAS DECIDED To.-CPEbt' MORE AND MORE
OF WHAT THEY -A-RN, F TIE JAUSTR. ALIAII PEOPLE CH300SE A LIBERALwINCPCCVE
sNMEN ON DECZMBE R 13 TIM WILLED
WE WIL-L THEN BE ABLEL TO GIVS 2? PCT TO OUR PHILOS'OPHY THAT
PEOPLE MUST 1-TAVE FREEDM TO CO-mt HE2ALdOi D-ECI. SIONS OF THEIR
ONLVE O AVE THESE DIT-ATED BY POLITICIANS AND CIVIL
SERVANTS -THE SELF-RESPECT AND SELF-FL~ TNN MT~ E INDIVID UA
SIR ROBERT 211ENZIES HAS WRITr1~ rN THAT-OPPOSITION FOR A P-OL. T1CALT.
PAMRTY PROVIDES AN E-XCELLENT OPPfORTUN1TYv TO RETHINK AN4D DEVELOP
POSITIVE AND PROGRESSIVE POLITCLEE. IEPTR-LA H
POIIS T14z PARTYL HAS PRESENTEIA TO THlE PUBLIC OVER THE LAST
SZ%! VERAL-MONTHS FOR.% L TIE YOST-CO4PREHENSIVE -AN D WI-RAN GINGAT"
TEMPT TO G IVE-' EF-rECT' TO* OUR PIIILOSOPT'f 3INCE 1945.
!-. YARE POLICIES WHICH* MEET T. HE ASPIRATTONS OF THE AU3STRALIAN
PEOPLE FOR GR-EATER CONTROL OV1ER THEIR OWN LIVES.=
THEY -ARE POLICIES WHMICH1 DEMONSTRATLE OUR COQNC= RN FOR~ ALL AUSTRALJIANS
OjufR: SOC1AL WELFARE POJLICY PROVIDrJr7 AN TMAGINATIVE NEW Z1 ( P RE 1
FOR-. OUR PHILOSOPHY OF CONCERN FOR THE IN1DIVIDUAL,.
O13R-POLICY ON ' F D-. RA. L -STATE RELATIONS WILL AT IWNG LAT
FREVERSE ThE FLOW OF POWER TO CiANBERFA AND G'-I70 NEW STRENGTH
AN]) ; INDEPEZIDENCE7 TO LEVELS., OF GOVERZPN] IT CLOSEST TO THEF PEOPLEF.
OURI1 * 1C. TXOrN AND ErfHNIC Ar-t. AI1R5 POLICYt EXPPEXSSE$ OUR
FUNDAMENTAT. COMNITI'IENT TO FREEDOM JAND ENCOURAGMN FCLUA
! PDMi OMVTEALII N( 0CLTR~
OUR -FOREIG-N AND, DEFENCE POLICIES' ASSEPT THE PF. zALLSm" XC VIEW OF
AUSTRALIA' S3 PLACE IN-THE ' WORLD AND OUR SECURITY WHICH HAS
BN SO DANGrEROUSLY M4ISSING FOR THE HRE I
IN THE~ CAMPAIGN OPENING SPEECH, I WILL BE OUT1,1124NG THE PPR AMI
-CR THE NEXT PARLIAN. ENT*. * OVER T1TE NEXT IFOUR W= 33 THEE FUTURE
OF W. AI ALU1T. 09I I IE BALA. NCE ' WE CAN TAKIZ SOME " FRIDE
IN THE FACTñ THAT TH. HOUGH OUR~ EFIFORTS T! hPEOPLE--W! 1LL BE ABLE2
TO( VEC11 E TIER R. IGHT TO VOTE THE CONCE-pTED1 EFFORT BY THlE
LAnOR PAR-TY ' 71 TH A" D~ PA~ T
PEPI S HEEN DFEP7TET,. 7 T -r ' AUST7h\ LTAN CTPL
mA' KE T-HEIR 1781 ' iN. ji 13EENT.
PRIMig M11rsTCa,
T~ RZ CAMPAIGN WILL BE HARD ONE OF, THE HA9, V~ PST WE HAVE
EVER FOUGHT. * WE WI" l WANT ALL. THE ACTIVE ' 5UPPORT ' HE CAN GET..
WE XNOW TBlE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO JkRE PANTING IN THE STREETS.
ON LABOR'S BiEHALF. lf-TNOW TNAT MANY OF THESE ARE PEOPLE
DEDICATED TO THE DESTRUCTION OF OU-R DEMOCRATIC WAY OP 3LIX"..
THEY ARE THE EXTIREMIST MILI. TANT LEADERS WHO HAVE DONE SO MUCH
TOC tjNDERM4TH1 OUR PRODUCTIVITY, DESTROY JOB OPPORTUNTIES,
CREJATE I-NFLATION AND THREATEN THE SECtJRITY OP E'-vERY
AUSTRALIAN-. AUSTRALIA CAN ONLY ' OE REVIVED BY A ( GENUJINE COMMITMENT TO
CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC GOVERNME. NT; A C, 12140NE COMMITIMENT
TO TNE FREEDOM AND SEFRS O ~ RE' INDIVIDUAL AND. TO A
F. 2AIISTIC ASSESSbC-IT OP OUR PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES.-
ONLY THROUCII ' YOUR EFORTS CAN-BE PROVIDE THAT COMIMIT-MENT,
DEMOCRACY AND THE CONSTITUTION HAVIE WON TH'iE DAY.-THE ' LIBERAL
PARTYf AROUIND AUSTRALIA HAS NEVER IHAD MORE REASON TO rE9EL'UNITED.
NEV9 HAS A-MORE IMPORTANT DECISION vACE: o THE AUSTR-ALIAN
PEOPLE ON DECEMBER 13 THE PEOPLE OF AVUSTR-ALIA WILL -BE ABLE TO
JUDCTBE LABOR PARTY AND TO JUDGE OURISELVES.
AUSTRALIANS WILL BE ARLEF TO CHOOSE AT, THIS CRITIC-AL PQINT IN
oUR HISTOIRY, BETrWEP-N TWO ALTERNATIVES TERAIE aHC
HAVE NTVER PEEN SO SMARTLY DRAWN. TfE= LABOR PARTY iALTERNATIVE
INVOLVES AN E-VER GROWING CONTROL OVER OUR LIVEZ$ 3 rlr POLITICIANS
, AND CIVIL SVAh: THE INTRUSION OF POLIT. ICS IzviO EIVERY
ASPECT OF LITFE. THE : ORROS EON OF RE. spvCT FOR INTJWTIDIAL-a AND
INSTITUTIONIS: A mmiOvEN INCO0 11ETENCE ' TV AAET~ AI S
AkPPAIPIS, WE OFFER P, CHUFNCE Ad I-AST 17O MOVE TOWARDS -A GREAiIlR
? REEDCMi A GREATER SELP-~ ERCCT.
A DNER~ :~ iH IS -P-ASED QN A ( 7214171N PROScJP-, ITY,
C, UCAN S1JRRA..
T H 2T LIBER1AL NATIONAL-C.-OUNTRY PAuRT GOVERNMENT NIl'S. REVIVE
WV. WILIPRW~ tN OVS~ hTENTOFRESPONSIBILITY AND INJTEGPRITfl
WEWI~.. POVI~ A OVRAN ' LNT HAT WLjhBE. WORTTUT OF TtStST
ITE AUSTALA PEOPLE. 4.
PRIMA $ NHI-STE1,