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PRIME MINISTER
ADDRESS BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THE HON P. 3. KEATING, MP
BREAKFAST FOR SYDNEY OLYMPICS, SYDNEY, 29 MAY 1992
Premier Greiner and Mrs Greiner, Distinguished guests,
Ladies and gentlemen
Thank you for the invitation to speak to you this
morning. A couple of weeks ago ! addressed a huge number of people
gathered at the Meicourne Tennis Centre to raise money
for theAustralian X-' ympic Team bound for Barcelona.
If their support tcr th~ e cause is any measure, Sydney's
-bJi. for the Olympics. in the year 2000 will ride a huge
wave. I have to say in passing that it was a great pity that
Melbourne's quite superb _ bid for the 96 Olympics was
Ariusucessful the people associated w ith that effort and
the people of Melbourne deserved much better.
But I have no doubt that all those who put their energy
into that effort will now put their energy into Sydney.
Just as Melbourne's was, this is a nat~ ional. bid an
Australian bid.
It requires a national effort.
In many ways Melbourne's bid provided a solid foundation
for the Sydney bid.
Many of the strengths of the argument for Melbourne can
be translated to Sydney.
Their bid made the point that it would be only the second
time in the history of the modern Olympics that the Games
have been held in the Southern Hemisphere.
The point was made so well by Melbourne it need not be
emphasised by the Sydney Committee.
Sydney can concentrate on the other compelling reasons
why the Games should come south. 7 2
Keating, Paul
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