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PRIME MRAINISTE
FOR PRESS 4 DECEMBER 1977
DROUGHT RELIEF -WESTERN AUSTRALIA
The Commonwealth Government today agreed to a request from the
Premier of Western Australia to support an increase to
$ 40,000 in the maximum limit for concessional loans to
primary producers for carry-on and restocking purposes
in drought declared areas.
This assistance is being provided under the Natural Disaster
Assistance Arrangements agreed between the Commonwealth and
the States.
The Commonwealth has already agreed to support various drought

P RIMN1E A. I IN ISTER
FO PRESS 3 DEC14BER~ 1977
ADDRESS TOro ASTERN R. EGION 1RAAL~ t-SYDNE\'
This iB the crucis) last week of the election campaigno.
All the polls show that we are winning. but the only poll that
really counts is the poll held next Saturday, the tenthof December...
V. elve still got a lot of hard work to do over the next seven daya.
We've got to do more than just maintain our momentitim.
V. e've got toaccelerate it.
Da vid. Combe, the-secretary of the Labor Party, says lie doesn't

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PRIME MINISTER
FOR PRESS 2 DECEMBER 1977
PROTECTING EMPLOYMENT
People used to believe that if there was one thing you could
count on the Labor party for, it was protecting the jobs of
Australian workers. Well, that idea went out like the baby with
the bathwater under Mr. Whitlam and the Labor Government.
In one year, no less than 190,000 Australians lost their jobs,
but in this election the Labor party is asking us to believe
that it is back in the business of creating jobs, that it will

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PRIME MINISTER
FOR PRESS 2 DECEMBER 1977
TAX AND OVERTIME
The tax reforms and tax reductions my Government has already
made in the law which will apply in eight week's time on 1st
February, help Australians in all income groups.
Most people fall within the medium or middle income range
and it is in this area that tax on overtime is a big factor
for a lot of people.
Under the old Labor tax scales, Mr. Hayden's 1975 tax scales,
the penalty rates of tax took a large bite out of extra wages

EBFI1ARGO: -12.' 45 P. ti i
W9. A. PRESS CLUB LUNCEON 1st December 1977
There are just nine days to go to polling day, and ais each day
passos the vast differences between tim Government parties and
the opposition become more obvious.
Let me tell you what I see those differences to be. Fii~ st, the
Government has a coherent and proven strategy to beat inflation.
By a combination of restraint in Government spending, firm
control over the money supply, a responsilble deficit and encouraging
wage restraint we have succeeded in gettLing inflation down.

JAUSTIRAIJA
PRIME MIlNISTER
r oR T1nss I' T) ECP. M1BR .1977
INDUSTRY. TALKS ON PI-TROI, RY-ThILING
the P'rime Minister, Malcolm Praser, * met with representatives
6f the Western Australian AUtoMobile Chamber . of Coimmerce in)
Perth ycnterday.
The representatives of the Chamber raisea with the Prime Minister
the problem8 faced by service station proprintors, including
price discrimination by wholesale nuppliers, and the difficult
contractual conditions under whichi thcy operate.-

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PRIME MINISTER
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11. ig lre'. t, to 1ho Jn your j -U , Wt.-irAnu ~ hi. is the) P livinDR
exawo rnfi -he growth arnd i i'-li-ty thsgovernio; nt s-tnij fort anti
all pris-tf to Bir barles Ce~ tiit. This relection will dei( Aie lhe-tber
deveX)] wtent anid Ritbth is tmcouragbt~ or wbet'ber ve ' wi) 1 allow Labor's
poiioa t~ o bin Austr& IOiN to a grinfl5ng hii) t.,
AukstrnJliu. is on the tbresho1' i of a now erm of progreas " ad
porospaviity. Vce hnimvce brokpii through~ i the against inflitibn.

PRIME MINISTER
FOR PRESS .30 NOVZMBER 1977
MR WRITLAM'S ANTI-INFLATIONARY POLICY
We have now had over a week to asses Mr Whitlam's economic
policies. Plenty of time hap gone by for him to explain them, to
cost them, to tell us how they would work in tackling the
major economic problems facing our country. There has also
been time for me to look closely at hrs proposals.
I now want to give my considered view on his anti-inflationary
p policy. One would think that Mr Whitlam would have given the highest

FOR PRESS 29 NOVEMBER 1977
ADDRESS AT BARTON LUNCH
This election confronts the Australian people with a choice of the
utmost significance. It is a choice between two completely different
approaches to Government, between two completely different
philosophies of Government.
The Government stands for responsible management of government and
responsible control over the spending of taxpayers money, responsble
reductions in the crushing tax burden imposed by Labor. Every
encouragement to growth and development which will create more jobs,

SYDNEY CAMPAIGN RALLY, ST MARY'S 29 NOVEMBER 1977
As the Election Campaign enters into its second last weeki the
choice facing Australians is clear. The Government's policies
arc restoring Australia to ful~ l economic recovery, through our
great nation's growth and development; through development of
our natural resources; through growth of our industries and
through incentives to individual Australians to use their
abilities to the full.
But while we stand for the growth and development of Australia,