PRIMVE NI N IS'TER
FOR MEDIA SUNDAY, 24 OCTOBER, 1982
RESIGNATION OF LINDSAY THOMPSON
Lindsay Thompson has given long and dedicated service to the
Liberal Party and to the people of Victoria. He firs t. entered
the Victorian Parliament in 1955 and represented the
Higinbotham Province and later the Monash Province in the
Legislative Council until 1970. He was the Leader of the
Government in the Legislative Assembly between 1962-70. He
then transferred to the Legislative Asseribly, successively

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PRNIE MINISTER
FOR MEDIA SUNDAY, 24 OCTOBER 1982
RESIGNATION FROM4 PARLIAMHENT OF SIR PHILLIP LYNCH
I wish to express my personal regret at the circumstances.
which have led to the resignation of Sir Phillip Lynch
from the Parliament.
Sir Phillip had been chosen by the electors of Flinders as
their member on six occasions since his first election in
1966. During his record term of 16 years as Member for Flinders
Sir Phillip had made an exceptionally distinguished contribution

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PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA SUNDAY, 24 OCTOBER 1982
ELECTORATE TALK
The legislation for a National Crimes Commission which was
introduced into Parliament last week will establis-an
effective agency designed specifically to comrbat organised crime
and corruption in Australia. At the same time, the legislation
provides a basis for effective co-operation with the states,
and with police forces and other law enforcement agencies.
It has become clear in recent years that organised crime, and

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA SATURDAY, 23-OCTOBER 1982
LAUNCHING OF THE BOOK, " 16 PRIME MINISTERS"
It is a very nice thing that the whole family is here,
it is nice for that to be so on this occasion. There are many
old friends of Sir Alexander' here and it is good to renew
Ob aquaintances of people who are in the Parliament when I was
first there and when Alex was first there. It does not'
hurt to remind ourselves just for a moment that Alex had an
enormous tradition of service to South Australia and to

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FOR MEDIA FRIDAY, 22 OCTOBER 1982
STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER ON HIS VISIT TO
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
It has given me very great pleasure today to name the
new international terminal at Adelaide airport after Tom
Playford.
Tom Playford was not only a father figure to South
Australians, his name is almost synonymous with the
economic development of this State. During his years as
Premier he transformed South Australia from an
agricultural economy to one of Australia's major

P RDIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA FRIDAY, 22 OCTOBER 1982
CIVIC RECEPTION, PORT AUGUSTA
We have had a useful discussion with your council earlier
this morning on a number of matters of their concern and they
will be followed up. You have always shown a very marked
degree of civic pride in this city and I think you have a
great deal of pride in what you have achieved.
You know that our attitude to local government is one which
we have tried to make sure that local government have available
to it the resources which are necessary to meet their own

FOR MEDIA WEDNESDAY 27 OCTOBER 1982
PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES IN TIE CAIN BUDGET
I find it extraordinary that Mr Cain should expect praise for
the Victor-ian Government in relation to wage restraint. ( The
Herald, 26 October, 1982).
The Victorian Budget provides for an enormous 17.6% increase
in public sector wage and salary payments in 1932-83. ( See
Budget Document No. 5 page 73).
Even allowing for some carry-over fromrf 1982-82 settlements,
one can only conclude that the Victorian Government is

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FOR MEDIA FRIDAY, 22 OCTOBER 1982
CIVIC RECEPTION, PORT PIRIE
Thank you for your welcome and you hospitality and I wi. 3
take note of you offer of land and services for the uranium
enrichment industry. It has been exciting to see how p]:& role
here in the Iron Triangle want to graspthe development
opportunities that I hope are there just waiting to be
grasped. We went for a long while in the 1.950' s and 1960' rbel. iev. ing
development and program just happened, that the economy

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FOR MEDIA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16 1982
WORLD FOOD DAY
Today is World Food Day, and I want to take this opportunity
to talk to you about the problems of hunger and poverty,
about what the world is doing to try to solve those prohlems,
and about how Australia is contributing,.
We sometimes become preoccupied by what we see as significant
problems here in Australia, and there is no doubt that many
of these problems are real. But it doesn't hurt to remem,, ber

THE THIRD
COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT REGIONAL MEETING
SUVA FIJI 14-18 OCTOBER 1982 Telephone: 311099
COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT REGIONAL MEETING
SUVA, OCTOBER 1982
FINAL COMMUNIQUE
I. Commonwealth Heads of Government from the Asia-Pacific region met in Suva from-
14 to 18 October 1982. Seventeen countries attended the Meeting, namely, Australia,
Bangladesh, Fiji, India, Kiribati, Malaysia, Maldives, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New
Guinea, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tonga, Tuvalu, Western Samoa and