r PRIME MINISTER
FOLLOWING IS TRANSCRIPT OF PM'S PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE ROYAL
HOTEL, OSAKA AT 2.45 PM ON 3 FEBRUARY 1984.
E AND 0 E PROOF-ONLY
PM: THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMENT FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE HERE.
I WILL SAY A VERY BRIEF FEW WORDS IN OPENING AND THEN MAKE MYSELF
AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONING. THIS IS MY FIRST VISIT.
TO THE KANSAI AND I REGARD IT AS IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THE
LONG HISTORICAL LINKS BETWEEN THIS AREA AND AUSTRALIA. THE
TWO CONDITIONS FOR STRENGTHENING ECONOMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN
OUR TWO COUNTRIES ARE FIRSTLY THAT OUR OWN ECONOMIES BE GROWING
AND SECONDLY, THAT BETWEEN US WE RECOGNISE THE CHANGING STRUCTURES
OF THOSE TWO ECONOMIES AND SEE THAT WE CAN ADJUST APPROPRIATELY
TO GAIN MUTUAL ADVANTAGE FROM THOSE CHANGES. AND ON THOSE TWO
POINTS I'M PLEASED TO REPORT TO YOU AS I DID IN MY MEETING BEFORE
LUNCH WITH BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES FAVOURABLE DEVELOPMENTS.
FIRSTLY, IN REGARD TO OUR OWN ECONOMY IN AUSTRALIA WE HAVE THE
IN THIS LAST YEAR TURNED AROUND FROM A POSITION OF RECESSION
TO SIGNIFICANT GROWTH. WE EXPECT OUR ECONOMY TO GROW THROUGH
1983/ 84 IN THE NON-FARM AREA OF GDP BY SOMETHING LIKE 6%
AND WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WILL CONTINUE BEYOND 1984. SECONDLYi IN
RESPECT OF THE CHANGING STRUCTURE OF OUR ECONOMY THERE HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPMENTS IN MY VISIT I ERE WHICH INDICATE A PREPAREDNESS
ON THE PART OF OUR TWO-GOVERNMENTS TO MEET THOSE CHANGES. I REFER
FIRSTLY TO THE AGREEMENT BY THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT TO SEND AN
IMPORT EXPANSION MISSION TO AUSTRALIA AS THEY HAVE TO THE UNITED
STATES AND THE EEC. SECONDLY. THE INVITATION THAT THEY HAVE
EXTENDED TO ME TO SEND A HIGH LEVEL AUSTRALIAN MISSION TO JAPAN
FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXAnNfING NEW EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES IN JAPAN.
SO THESE TWO FUNDAMENTAL CONDITIONS OF GROWTH AND A PREPAREDNESS
TO ADJUST TO NEW AND CHANGING ECONOMIC STRUCTURES ARE BEING
MET ON THIS BASIS, I HOPE, THAT THE ALREADY STRONG RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES WITH THIS AREA IN PARTICULAR
28WILL DEVELOP EVEN MORE STRONGLY INTO THE FUTURE.
JOURNALIST: WELL YOU REFERRED TO YOUR INTENTION TO STRENGTHEN THE
LINK PARTICULARLY WITH THE KANSAI ECONOMY. IN SPECIFIC TERMS
IN WHAT AREA ARE YOU GOING TO STRENGTHEN THAT TIE SETWEEN YOUR
COUNTRY AND THE KANSAI AREA?
PM: WELL I SAIfi THAT THERE ARE TWO WAYS IN WHICH WE WANT
TO CONFIRM AND STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP. AND WHAT
I SAY GENERALLY TO JAPAN APPLIES TO THE KANSAI AREA. FIRST WE HAVE
HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH LEADERS OF GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY TO ENSURE
I-HAT AUSTRALIA MAINTAINS ITS HARE IN THE TRADITIONAL AREAS OF
SUPPLY WHICH, COURSE INCLUDES MINERAL PRODUCTS AND PRIMARY
PRO UCTS PARTICULARLY BEEF. THAT THERE HAS BEEN PER14APS 4 FEAR
rHAT WE WOULD LOSE SOME OF THE SHARE IN THAT AREA EITHER
3ECAUSE OF POLICIES DIVERSI; ICATION WHICH! WERE NOT ALWAYS MADE
URENL y COMMERCIAL GROUNDS AND ALSO RELATED -0 THAT ! S A RESUT
OF BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS UNDERTAKEN BY JAPAN WITH OTHER
COUNTRIES IN WHICH OUR INTERESTS MAY HAVE BEEN PREJUDICED. AND SO
I HAVE SECURED, I BELIEVE, IN THE DISCUSSIONS WITH MR NAKASONE
AND OTHERS AN UNDERSTANDING THAT PROVIDED THAT AUSTRALIA REMAINS
A COMPETITIVE AND RELIABLE SUPPLIER WHICH WE WILL THEN THE
SHARE THAT AUSTRALIA'S ENJOYED IN THESE TRADITIONAL MARKETS WILL.
BE MAINTAINED. SO THAT'S, IF YOU LIKE, THE STEPS THAT WE-VE
TAKEN BE MAINTAINED. SO THAT'S, IF YOU LIKE, THE STEPS THAT WE'VE
TAKEN IN REGARD TO OUR EXISTING MAJOR AREAS OF TRADING RELATIONSHIPS.
BUT SECONDLY, WE HAVE BEEN CONCERNED TO RECOGNISE THAT THE
PROJECTIONS MADE IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS ABOUT THE SORTS OF LEVELS
OF EXPORT OF OUR RAW MATERIALS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REVISED
BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE IN THE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE OF JAPAN. THEREFORE,
WE ARE LOOKING AS TO HOW WE CAN IN FACT EXPORT MORE IN THE AREA OF
MANUFACTURED GOODS AND OF SERVICES TO JAPAN. AND IT'S PRECISELY
IN THOSE AREAS THAT THE ARRANGEMENTS WE HAVE COME TO IN REGARD
TO THE IMPORT EXPANSION TEAMS FROM JAPAN INTO OUR COUNTRY AND THE
MISSION TO JAPAN FROM AUSTRALIAN ARE RELEVANT. IM MAY ALSO
MENTION THAT WE HAVE HIRED TWO JAPANESE CONSULTANCY FIRMS TO ASSIST
US IN THE EXAMINATION OF THESE AREAS. SO WHILE I CAN'T BE
PRECISE IN REGARD TO THE AREAS OF MANUFACTURED GOOD AND SERVICES,
BECAUSE WHAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO IN THAT AREA WILL IN FACT COME OUT
OF THESE EXAMINATIONS WE'RE UNDERTAKING, WE DO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE
THE CAPACITY IN AUSTRALIA TO PROVIDE PARTICULAR AREAS OF MANUFACTURED
GOODS AND SERVICES AS PART OF THE JAPANESE MARKET. AND LET ME
SAY THAT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN IN THAT IS THAT OF COURSE IN
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME OF OUR AREAS OF MANUFACTURING CAPACITY
WE WILL BE LOOKING TO JAPANESE INVESTMENT TO HELP US DEVELOP
THOSE AREAS. WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO POINT TO SOME AREAS
OF MANUFACTURED GOODS AND SERVICES IN JAPAN BEING SUCCESSFUL.
WHAT WE MUST DO NOW IS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHANGES IN JOB
NEEDS APPROACH THE JAPANESE APPROACH WHICH IS OPENING UP
SECTORS OF THE MANUFACTURING MARKET HERE. WE BELIEVE THAT WE
HAVE THE CAPACITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
CAN I JUST BRIEFLY MAKE THIS POINT IF ONE KNEW ALL THE PRECISE
ANSERS TO THE QUESTION ONE WOULDN'T NEED TO HAVE THESE IMPORT
EXPANSION MISSIONS IN AUSTRALIA OR A BUSINESS MISSION FROM AUSTRA; IA
TO JAPAN OR TO EMPLOY 7ESE CONSULTANCY FIRMS. BUT I DO MAKE THIS
POINT THAT I BELIEVE THAT ONE AREA WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY OPEN FOR
SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION IS IN PROCESSED FOODSTUFFS. WE ARE OBVIOUSLY
WELL PLACED TO MANUFACTURE IN THAT AREA AND WITH THE RISING STANDARDS
OF LIVING IN JAPAN IT SHOULD BE VERY RECEPTIVE MARKET FOR MANY
OF OUR PRODUCTS IN THAT AREA. I USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE.
JOURNALIST: YOU INDICATED YOUR INTENTION TO INVITE MORE INVESTMENT
IN MANUFACTURING SECTORS IN AUSTRALIA. DOES EPAC HAVE ANY
DISCUSSIONS ON THE WOULD BE POLICIES AS TO THE INTRODUCTION OF
INVESTMENT FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
PM: THE BASIC RESPONSIBILITY OF EPAC IS TO CONCERN ITSELF WITH
MEDIUM TO LONGER TERM ECONOMIC GROWTH PATHS FOR AUSTRALIA. CLEARLY
AS PART OF THE THINKING OF EPAC AS TO WHERE AUSTRALIA SHOULD MOVE
TO MAXIMISE ITS GROWTH POTENTIAL, YES iT WILL BE CONCERNED AMONGST
A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES WITH THE QUESTION OF THE PLACE FOR FOREIGN
INVESTMENT IN THAT GROWHT. BUT ' HAT WILL BE IN TERIS OP THE LONGER
TERM PLANNING MECHANISMS IN THE FUNCTIONAL SENSE OF MAKING DECISION'
ABOUT PARTICULAR INVESTMENT PROPOSALS, FOREIGN
INVESTMENT PROPSALS. EPAC HAS NO ROLE IN THAT. THAT IS SOMETHING
WHICH IS WITHIN THE PERVIEW OF THE NECHANISM THATWE HAVE I\ 0LACE
THAT IS THE FOREIGN INVESTMENT REVIEW
JOURNALIST: PRIME MINISTER ONE OF THE DECISIONS YOUR GOVERNMENT
WILL BE FACING FAIRLY SOON CONCERNS THE LEVELS OF PROTECTION AND
ASSISTANCE TO THE AUSTRALIAN CAR INDUSTRY. COULD YOU TELL US
HOW CONFIDENT YOU FEEL THAT WE CAN USE THE APPROACH YOU'VE OUTLINED
HERE IN TOKYO TO INCREASE BOTH THE EFFICIENCY OF THE INDUSTRY AND
ALSO LOWER PROTECTION BARRIERS WHEN THE GOVERNMENT MAKES THESE
DECISIONS. PM: I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION AT THIS POINT. AS YOU KNOW
THE FIRST STAGE OF THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING WHAT IS TO OCCUR AFTER
THE EXPIRY OF THE PLAN WHICH IS OPERATING UP UNTIL THE END OF THIS
YEAR HAS ALREADY BEEN UNDERTAKEN. SENATOR BUTTON SET UP THE
COMMITTEE OF THE INTERESTED ELEMENTS IN THE INDUSTRY TO REVIEW
THE POSITION AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT. THAT HAS
NOT RESULTED IN ANY COMMON POSITION BEING PUT FROM THE PARTS OF * rHE
GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING WHAT IS APPROPRIATE-FOR THE FUTURE. AND
I CAN'T PRE-EMPT THE DISCUSSIONS WHICH ARE TAKING PLACE WITHIN THE
REVELANT DEPARTMENTS OF GOVERNMENT. BU I WILL SAY THIS, THAT I
WILL BE EXPECTING THAT WHAT WE DO IN RESPECT OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE
MANUFACTURING COMPONENT INDUSTRY AND WHICH WILL COME NTO EFFECT
IN 1985 WILL REFLECT BASICALLY THE THRUST THAT I HAVE BEEN ALLUDING
TO RECENTLY AND MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE SPEECH THAT I MADE TODAY
BY THE RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS. AND I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT THAT
CONSIDERATION HAS NOT BEEN GREATLY ASSISTED BY THE CONSIDERATIONS;
OF THE INDUSTRYt BY THE INDUSTRY ITSELF.
JOURNALIST: I HAVE A QUESTION CONCERNING A KOALA BEAR. THE CITY
OF OSAKA AS WELL AS THE CITY OF NAGOYA HAS BEEN REQUESTING ABOUT
RECEIVING KOALA BEARS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT AT THE DINNER MEETING
WITH THE PRIME MINISTER NAKASONE YOU MENTIONED SEVERAL KOALA BEARS
TO BE BROUGHT INTO JAPAN: WHEN YOU MENTIONED SEVERAL KAOLA BEARS
DID YOU INCLUDE THOSE TO BE SENT TO THE CITY OF OSAKA AND IS IT
POSSIBLE FOR THE CITY OF OSAKA TO GET KOALA BEARS, AND IF IT''
POSSIBLE, WHEN?
PM: HERE IS A CLEAR AREA FOR SIGNIFICANT EXPAN4SION IN TRADING
OPPORTUNITIES. I HAVE4' T MET ANYTHING SINCE I'VE BEEN IN JAPAN
FOR WHICH THERE IS A GREATER DEMAND THAN KOALAS. SO WE W-ILL
DO OUR BEST TO SATISFY THAT DEMAND AND. I BELIEVE THAT ACCORDING
TO MY KOALA BEAR ADVISERS THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND
KOALAS TO A NUMBER OF ZOOS AND I'M GIVEN TO UNDERSTAND THAT
OSAKA IS VERY HIGH ON THE LIST OF PRIORITIES. AND IF I COULD USE
A PHRASE WHICH HAS COME TO HAVE SOME CURRENCY IN RECENT
MONTHS IN AUSTRALIA I THINK THAT WE WILL SEE KOALAS IN PLACE
IF NOT IN GUM TREES IN OSAKA BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR.
COULD I ADD THAT I HAVE IN MY MINISTRY A MINISTER WHO HAS A
PARTICULAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE KOALA BEAR.
NR BROWN, AND HE HAS TO MAKE UP TO THE KA-ALA BEAR BECAUSE HE
WAS NOT COUITE AS FRIENDLY AS HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN HIS DESCRIPTION!
OF THIS BEAUTIFUL CREATURE IN THE PAST AND I MAY SEE IF I CAN
ARRANGE TO SEND HIM HERE WITH THE FIRST KOALA BEAR JUST TO PROVE
THAT HE HAS MADE HIS PEACE WITH THE KOALA BEAR.
JoURNALIST: MR HA-Wl-\ E YOU EMIPHASISED' IN YOUR SPEECH TO-DAY THAT
THE WHOLE COMMUNITY STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
IN PREVIOUS TIMES SPECIFIC PROGRAMS To HELP THOSE EFFECTED
BY STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENTS. DO YOU HAVE ANY SDECIFIC IDEAS ABO..-UT
HOW WE CAN CHANGE OVER
PM: YES, I DO HAVE A NUMBER OF IDEAS ABOUT THIS. I'LL JUST GO TO
THEM VERY BRIEFLY BUT I PREFACE WHAT I HAVE TO SAY BY
REMAINDING YOU THAT AS I SAID IN THE SPEECH Ii TOGETHER WITH
NEIL CURRIE, AS A MEMBER OF THE CRAWFORD COMMITTEE WHICH MET
IN 1978/ 79 AND YOU WILL RECALL FROM YOUR EXTENSIVE READING OF
THAT WELL REMEMBERED REPORT THAT WE ADDRESSED OURSELVES VERY
SPECIFICALLY TO THIS QUESTION IN THAT REPORT. AND THE SORTS
OF THINGS THAT I WOULD SAY IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION NOW REALLY
OF THINGS THAT I WOULD SAY IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION NOW REALLY
ARE A REFLECTION OF WHAT WE SAID THEN. LET ME PICK UP BRIEFLY
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAID. THE FIRST THING THAT WE SAID
IS THAT THE BEST FORM OF ASSISTANCE THAT CAN BE PROVIDED TO
PEOPLE LIKELY TO BE EFFECTED BY CHANGE, IS THAT THE INDUSTRY AND
THE FIRM ITSELF SHOULD IN ADVANCE OF CHANGE CONSULT WITH THOSE
WHO ARE LIKELY TO BE EFFECTED, SO THAT THEY ARE NOT FACED SUDDENLY
WITHOUT THE OPPORTUNITY THEMSELVES AND THE COMMUNITY OF
ASSISTING THEM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TRAINING AND RETRAINING
OR RE-LOCATION SCHEMES. SO PRIOR CONSULTATION WITHIN THE
WORKFORCE LIKELY TO BE EFFECTED IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT.
SECONDLY, WE SAID THAT FIRMS THEMSELVES SHOULD UNDERTAKE
PROCESSES CONTINOUSLY OF TRAINING AND RETRAINING FOR CHANGE.
THIRDLY. WE INDICATED THAT GOVERNMENTS SHOULD GIVE EMPHASIS
IN THEIR TOTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM TO ADULT TRAINING AND RETRAINING,
AND EMPHASIS WHICH HASN'T BEEN PARTICULARLY APPARENT IN THE
AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE PST. SO THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEFT
THE FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE PAST. SO THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE
LEFT THE FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM AND HAVE GONE INTO THE WORKFORCE ARE
GOING TO HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO RE-EQUIP
THEMSELVES FOR NEW POSSIBLE AVENUES OF EMPLOYMENT. THE NEXT THING
THAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE PROVISIONS FOR POSSIBLE
RE-LOCATION ASSISTANCE IF PEOPLE MAY HAVE TO MOVE FROM ONE AREA TO
ANOTHER. THAT BURDEN SHOULDN'T BE BORNE BY THEM ALONE. THOSE ARE,
IF YOU LIKE, SOME OF THE MORE OBVIOUS FEATURES OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
AND THE BROAD THINGS WE HAVE ALREADY STRARTED9 AS YOU KNOW, TO MAKE
DECISIONS WITH REGARD TO THE PROVISION OF VENTURE CAPITAL IN
AUSTRALIA AND ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOMENT. THE
POINT OF THESE THINGS IS TO HAVE GOVERNMENTS PROVIDING ASSISTANCE FOR
THE CREATION OF LIKELY NEW INDUSTRIES. WE CANT SIMPLY SIT BACK AND
SAY WELL, THIS PARTICULAR INDUSTRY IS BECOMING LESS RELEVANT YOU
ARE ACTIVELY TAKING STEPS TO TRY AND EITHER BUILD UP EXISTING
INDUSTRIES OR CREATE NEW ONES. SO WITHOUT BEING EXHAUSTIVE THOSE ARE
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WILL NEED TO BE CONSIDERED BY MY GOVERNMENT
AND TO BE DISCUSSED BY THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE, AS YOU CAN SEE,
ALREADY MADE SOME DECISIONS WHICH ARE RELEVANT IN THIS DIRECTION.
NOW THE PACE AT WHICH WE CAN GO AS A COMMUNITY TO MAKE THE FURTHER
SORTS OF CHANGES TO WHICH I HAVE ALLUDED WILL DEPEND UPON THE EXTENT
OF CONSULTATIONS WITH INDUSTRY, THE UNIONS AND WITHIN GOVERNMENT.
AND ITS THAT PROCESS WHICH WE WILL BE URGENTLY UNDERTAKING.
JOURNALIST: PRIME MINISTER AS YOU SAID EARLIER THE AUSTRALIAN/ JAPAN
RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN VERY STRONG AND AS YOU JUST SAID YOU ARE
GOING TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN OUR RELATIONSHIP. I THINK IN THIS
REGARD IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE PEOPLE OF BOTH NATIONS TO KNO
EACH OTHER. SO WITH REGARD TO THE CULTRAL ASPECTS OF RELATIONSHIFS
IN CULTURAL TERMS OF COURSE AUSTRALIANS, I THINK, SOME EXCHANGEE
HAVE TAKEN PLACE, FOR EXAMPLE-AT PRIVATE LEVELS FOR EXAMPLE
SOIE UNVIERSITIES ARE EXCHANGING FACULTY MEMBERS OR STUDENTS.
WELL ON THE PART OF YOUR GOVERNMENT [ O YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC
IDEA OR POLICY TO PROMOTE THE CULTURAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE
IWO COUNTRIES.
PM: YES, IT IS PART OF OUR OVERALL THINKING ABOUT HOW TO
STRENGTHEN RELATIONS BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES. YOU REFERRED TO
EXCHANGES AT THE ACADEMIC LEVEL THEY ARE TAKING PLACE. I
THINK ONE OF THE BASIC THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IN ADDRESSING
THAT QUESTION IS THE ACTUAL PROVISIONS FOR PHYSICALLY MOVING PEOPLE
BETWEEN JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA AND I MUST SAY THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME
SUGGESTIONS THAT THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY OUR TWO AIRLINES
MAY NOT ALWAYS HAVE AS ADEQUATE AS THEY MIGHT BE. AN I
KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS GOING ON BETWEEN OUR GOVERNMENT
AND OUR AIRLINES AS TO HOW WE MAY BE ABLE TO IMPROVE THE
FACILITIES FOR TRAVELLING, QANTAS AND JAPAN AIRLINES. AND I WOULD
CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO MAKE EASIER TRAVEL BETWEEN
THESE TWO COUNTRIES. NOW AS TO SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF THE STRENGTHENING
OF CULTURAL RELATIONSHIPS, I HAVEN'T MYSELF COME WITH ANY
PROPOSALS, BUT I CAN SAY THIS TO YOU, THAT ANY SUGGESTION
THAT MAY BE FORTHCOMING FROM RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS IN JAPAN FOR
INCREASING THE LEVEL OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE WOULD BE ELOMED
BY US. AND IN TURN MY GOVERNMENT WOULD WISH TO SEE ANY
EXTENSION OF ACTIVITY FROM AUSTRALIA COMING TO YOUR COUNTRY.
WE BELIEVE VERY SIRONGLY, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, GOVERNMENTS
uaN DO SO MUCH IN PROVIDING A BASIC FRAMEWORK FOR IMPROVING RELAIIONS
BEIWEEN uUR IWO CUOUNIRIES. OBVIOUSL CHOSE SORTS OF THINGS
NEED TO BE FLESHED OU T BY THE ACTIVITY OF THE PEOPLE. WE
ARE PROUD IN AUSTRALIA OF THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS
WHICH WE PRESENT WE HAVE EXPORTED MANY OF THOSE TO MANY PARTS
OF THE WORLD. AN THEY RANGE FROM DANCE, THEATRE, BALLET AND
FILM, WITHOUT BEING EXHAUSTIVE. WE ARE PROUD OF WHAT WE CAN SHOW
TO THE REST OF THE WORLD IN THE AREA OF CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENT AND
WE WOULD WISH. TO SHARE THESE WITH YOUR COUNTRY AND IN RETURN TO
RECEIVE IN AUSTRALIA THE MANY DIVERSE MANIFESTATIONS OF YOUR RICH
CULTURAL TRADITIONS. I REPEAT AND EMPHASISE THAT ANY SPECIFIC
PROPOSALS THAT THERE MAY BE WITHIN JAPAN TO STRENGTHEN SUCH
RELATIONSHIPS WE WOULD WELCOME.
PM: BEFORE WE FINISH THIS SESSION I DO NEED TO CLARIFY ONE
MATTER. IF WE GO FROM CULTURE BACK TO KOALAS. IT HAS BEEN
POINTED OUT TO ME AND LWAS UNCERTAIN IN THIS REGARD AND IT
APPROPRIATE THAT IT BE CORRECTED, THAT THE ZOO FACILITIES HRE
OSAKA, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, HAVE NOT BEEN PREPARED AT THIS POINT TO
RECEIVE THIS DELICATE CREATURE. AN I SAY SERIOUSLY THAT IS IS A
DELICATE CREATURE. YOU JUST CAN'T SEND A KOALA NYWHERE.
AND THERE ARE OTHER ZOOS, AND I THINK PARTICULARLY NAGOYA, WHICH
HAVE MADE MUCH MORE EXTENSIVE PREPARATIONS
FOR RECIEIVING THE KOALA. SO YOU WILL APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE
WHICH WE ATTACH TO THIS UNIQUE ANIMAL AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO
BE PREPARED TO EXPOSE IT TO ENVIRONMENTS WITHIN WHICH WE THINK
IT WILL NOT BE ABLE SECURELY TO FLOURSIH. AND SO IT IS THE CASE
THAT WHEN WE DO SEND A KOALA TO JPAN THAT IT FIRST GO TO THOSE
ZOOS WHICH HAVE DONE THE MOST WORK IN PREPARATION TO ENSURE THE
SAFETY, NOT MERELY THE SAFETY BUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITV,
OF THE KOALA. AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT NAGOYA IS THE ZOO WHICH HAS
AT THIS STAGE BEST PREPARED AND BEST PLACED. SO IF OSAKA
HAS WANT TO SHARE OUR NATIONAL TREASURE IN THIS REGARD
IT WILL HAVE TO MAKE ADE( CUAI'E PREPARATIONS TO RECEIVE THE KOALA.