PRESS OFFICE TRANSCRIPT 9 APRIL 1979
PRIME MINISTER INTERVIEWED ON " NATIONWIDE", A. B. C. TV,
ON TRUCKIES' DISPUTE
Interview with Ted Stevens preceded interview.
Ques tion:
Prime Minister, you heard Ted Stevens say they want " the lot".
What is your reaction?
Prime Minister:
I don't think anyone in the Australian commrunity can demand
to be paid just what he himself believes he is worth. Now*
whether that applies to you or to anyone else, or to me, it
is just not going to work that way. We'd send the nation

JbAUST Al 1tA
FOR MEDIA 8 April 1979
ELECTORATE TALK
Today, perhaps more than ever, Australians are aware of how
much we rely on our country's great natural wealth. We are
abundant in minerals; have vast reserves of gas and oil; and
have millions of acres of land under wheat, sheep and cattle.
Our wealth springs from the land. In the past people sometimes
were careless of our natural heritage. Too often people moved
into new areas, settled, knocked down bush, planted crops and
sowed grasses without any real concern for the consequences.

PRESS OFFICE TRANSCRIPT 8 APRIL 1979
PRIME MINISTER'S COMMENTS TO PRESS IN PERTH
( TRUCK DRIVERS DISPUTE)
Prime Minister:
Neville Wran's been up on Razorback apparently most of the day,
or a fair bit of it. He's not said what's come out of that and at
the moment the truckies aren't saying so either. But the
information I have from Peter Nixon is that they put what was
basically decided on Saturday but which the State Ministers
didn't put out in terms of a statement. In other words, if

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PRIPWA1E MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 8 APRIL 1979_
OPENING OF HOCKEY STADIUM,, PERTH
I am delighted to be in Western Australia and to be amongst
sportsmen and sportswomen. It is indeed an honour to be asked
to open the " Commonwealth Hockey Stadium" Australia's gift
to Western Australia on the occasion of its sesqui-centenary
celebrations. The stadium is also a tribute to the
hockey associations of Western Australia.
It is a matter of regret that the late Eric Eastman whose

PRESS OFFICE TRANSCRIPT 6ARL17
COMMENTS TO PRESS IN ALICE SPRINGS
This is a strike that very directly involves State legislation
and it is a strike, or a dispute therefore, between the
truckies and in varying degrees different State Governments.
It is a dispute in particular between the truckies that
industry and New South Wales and as much as anything I think
because of the immediate and knee-jerk reaction that Mr. Wran
had in rushing legislation through the State Parliament when
the normal thing in a beginning of a dispute is to see if you

PRHAAUSRMINISTE
FOR MEDIA 6 APRIL 1979
C. S. I. R. O0. RANGE LANDS' LABORATORY
ALICE SPRINGS
It's twelve months almost to the day that I last visited
Alice Springs. I enjoyed myself immensely last time, and
I was delighted to receive this invitation to open the
C. S. I. R. 0. ' s new Range Land'Is Laboratory.
Knowing the C. S. I. R. O. scientists' awsome thirst for knowledge,
it's not surprising that the C. S. I. R. O. has played such
a prominent role in rangelands research. The C. S. I. R. O.

PRIME MINISTER w
FOR MEDIA 6 APRIL 1979
MIGRANT SETTLEMENT COUNCIL FOR THE
NORTHERN TERRITORY
The Prime Minister today announced the composition of an
eight-member Migrant Settlement Council for the
Northern Territory.
The Council is one of eight to be established one for each
State and Territory to supervise development of an
initial settlement programme for newly-arrived migrants.
Its formation is a further step in implementing the $ 50 million
package recommended by the Galbally Report for upgrading migrant

CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY
PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA_ 5 APRIL 1979
AUSTRALIAN 1988 BICENTENARY
1988 will be the Bicentenary of the first European settlement
in Australia.. In June 1978, the Premiers' Conference agreed
that there should be a major commemoration of Australia's
Bicentenary. Following this decision, there has been
consultation between the Commonwealth, States and the
Northern Territory to devise and agree on a framework
of administrative arrangements by which an Australian
Bicentennial Authority can be-established.

-, AS LIA
FOR MEDIA 5 APRIL 1979
DECLARATION OF KAKADU NATIONAL PARK
The Governor-General in Council has approved the proclamation
of the Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory.
This action puts into effect one of the most important
elements of the Government's protective policy for the
Alligator Rivers Region in the light of its decision in
1977 to permit the development of uranium mining.
The Government accepted recommendations of the Ranger
Uranium Environmental Inquiry to grant Aboriginal land rights

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FOR MEDIA 3 APRIL 1979
CONDOLENCE MOTION: YANG DI-PERTUAN AGONG OF MALAYSIA
It is my said duty to inform the House that His Majesty,
the Paramount Ruler of Malaysia died suddenly during the
afternoon of 29 March.
Honourable Members will be aware of the unique provisions
in the Malaysian constitution for the rotation of this
office among the nine rulers of States within the Federation
of Malaysia. The Paramount Ruler the Head of State of
Malaysia is elected by his fellow rulers for a
five-year term, after which he resumes his position as a