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FOR MEDIA WEDNESDAY, 5 NOVEMBER, 1980
JOINT. STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER,
THE RT. 1J0N. MALCOLM FRASER, MP, AND THE
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, THE RT. HON. J. D. ANTHONY, MP
The Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister today jointly
condemned any attempts to induce independent candidates to
stand as a means of attracting additional support for the
Labor Party in the Queensland State elections.
Any tactic which resulted in additional support for the Labor
Party would inevitably be damaging to the future of the State
of Queensland.
The Coalition has given Queensland stable and successful
Government over many years.
Queenslanders are justly proud of the tremendous progress mnade
in their State under the Coalition Government.
It is immensely important that the Coalition Government continue.
The fullest co-operation between Queensland and the Conaronw,, ealth
. s essential in the national interest.
The Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime minister urged all
Queenslanders to place their support in the Government parties.
The Prime Minister urged the maximum support for the Liberal
Party and for all Liberal preferences to go to the National Party.
The Deputy Prime Minister called for the fullest support for t: he
National Party and for all second preferences of the Party to go
to the Liberals.
This would ensure the strongest possible vote for the Government
and prevent any possibility of Labor gaining office.
Mr. Fraser and Mr. Anthony urged supporters of the Coalition
Parties to remember at all times that the Labor Party was the
opponent that had to be defeated and defeated soundly.
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