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FOR~ PRESS 16 MAY 1977
OFFICIAL VISI T TO TDRITAIN
The Primne Minister is making a Visit to Britain as a quesft
of the British Govermdnent on 2-3-June, dluring h we
preceding the meetingi in London of Cormonwealth. Ieaos of
Government. Ile will ha./ e discussions Nw) itL-h the BA-itish Prime ruinister,
MrW. Callaghan, and with other Ministers, anet a mneetiriq with
the 1kitish Oppopition. Leader, Mrs. Tihatcher. H-e will also
have an audience with the Queen.
The Prime Minister said hie we3. comed this invitation to make

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U S T LIA&
PRIME MINISTER
FOR PRESS 15 MAY 1977
ELECTORATE TALK
Good evening ladies and gentlemen. This past week has been an
important week for Australia. It has been a week where Australians
have focused on two separate but fundamentally important issues.
The issue with the most immediate impact and the one that has
taken the newspaper headlines has been the strike by the air
traffic controllers. The Government made a stand that I believe

PRIME MINISTER'S STATEMENT ON THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
STRIKE, FOLLOWING A CABINET MEETING IN ADELAIDE 12 MAY 1977
govornment decisions on these particular matters and I think
that the best thing I can do, at this moment, is to read out
a statement to you, which also gives some other information which
I am sure that you and other Australians will be very much
interested in. I will now read the statement:
At a meeting in Adelaide today the Cabinet considered the strike
by air traffic controllers. Cabinet reaffirmed its view that

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PRIME MINISTER
FOR PRESS 11 MAY 1977
ADDRESS AT HOBART CAMPAIGN LUNCHEON
I should begin by saying something about the air conLrollers
strike which has so gravely harmed Tasmania over the last
weeks, the most recent of a number of irresponsible strikes
that have completely disregarded the hardship that they imposed
on large sections of the Australian community.
A large number of people have been harmed by the air controllers
strike, because of school holidays, Australians overseas who

PRIME MINISTER
piRc pRESS 11 MAY 1977
ADDPXESS AT CPiAMPAIGN DINNER, ADELAIDE
I want to speak to you tonight about the referendums which
Australians will be voting on in ten days time.
The success of the referendums will make a major contribution
to the constitutional development of our country. They are
fair, sensible and just proposals, to reform the constitution,
and I am sure that they will be successful.
Many referendums in the past have been lost, often for good reason,
because many of them have sought imore power for Canberra. But thesf

PRIE MINIS" I" ER
FOR~ PRESS 10M~ 97
ADDIR. SS. AT CAN. MPATGil DII1RIVR AT[. X2\ 3JINCE8STON
It is good to be in la-unces-bn zaqain. The Bass electoratc-has
a very special place In the heart of all. Liberals.
Just two years ago B3ass voters gave Australia the lead by
elcetIng IYevin Newman in a magnificent by-election victory-
It was one of my f irst duties whien elected Leader of the
Parliamentay Ljiberal Payrty to lead the campaign. That win gave
us all great heart, a-nd sp-uxrcd our efforts, culminiatimy in the

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PRIMEMINISTER
FOJI PRESS
REEEDU4 CAM4PAI GN ADDP3SS GREEK COMONITY . CNTK'R11,. 1RI. S. BNE
it is very good to be here in Brisbane again. A-s you know,
things havebeen a little hectic on the travel front since the
controllers strike which has brought Australian air travel to
almost a complete stop.
The air controllers already earn almos t twvice as much as most-I
Australians, and now they are demanding a further $ 7,000 a year.
Their strike is disrupting the commtunity, and -causing peoplej

L97IJ
PRIME MINISTER
FOR PRESS~$ O JNJM N1AY. ' 19.7 7
It is good to be in* Xaunceston--v-aain. The Bass electorate has
a very special place in the-heakt~ of all Liberals.
Just two years ago Bass Vot~ rs gave Australia the lead by
electing Kevin Newman in a magnificent by-election victory.
It was one of my first duties when elected Lecader of the
Parliamentary Liberal Party to lead the campaign. That Win gave
us all great heart, and rpuxred our efforts, culminating in the
election victory of December 1975, in which Libea~ als won all

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PRIME MIVNISTER
PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH TO VICTORIAN REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN ME3TING
9TH MAY, 1977
I'm very glad that the first meeting I am addressing in this
referendum campaign has been organised by the women's sections
in Victoria, because if the women's sections are behind the
referendum proposals, then the proposals have gone a long way
toward succeeding before even a single vote is cast.
This campaign is a vital one because the success of the four
referendum proposals on Saturday week is of fundamental

FOR PRESS 8 MAY 1977
EMBARGO; 7.00 p. m. ELECTORATE TALK
Tonight I would like to talk to you about some of the measures
which the Government has already taken to help small businesses
function and prosper for the benefit, not only of themselves,
and their employees, but for the good health of the community as
a whole.,
Small businesses are a significant part of the Australian economy,
employing 40 percent of the workforce. For manly members of the
community there is great satisfaction in being the proprietor