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F PRIME MINISTER
FOR PRE2SS 21 FEBRUARY 1977
ADDRElSS AT THlE MELBOURNE~ STATE COLLEGE
It is a pleasurO to have this opportunity to participate i'Llf
vour oriecntation week at Melbourne State College. No doubt
a large part of your time this weak will be sDent in orienting
yourselves to the college cnvironmntto one another,, the
coffee lounge, and the local pubs.
This is also a time in whiCh you will bts beginning to orient
yourselves more deeply towards politics. The tcrtiary education

Broadcast 3HA 20 February 1977
3YB 24. February 1977
AUSTRALIA
PRIME MINISTER
FOR PRESS 20 FEBRUARY 1977
Embargoed until 1900 hours 20.2.77
ELECTORATE TALK
The Government enters 1977 strongly determined to break' the
back of inflation and determined to reduce unemployment..
Our fight against. inflation is in reality a fight against
unemployment. Inflation must be conquered and the real
productive areas in the community given the opportunity and
confidence to expand before Australia sees a lasting and

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11 L
FOR PRESS 19 FEBRUARY 1977
JOIN7 STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE ACTING PREMIER
OF VICTORIA, THE HONOURABLE L. H. S. THOMPSON, CMG, MP
NEW NATIONAL HIGHWAY SIGN UNVEILED
The first of Australia's new National Highway roadside identification
signs was officially unveiled by the Prime Minister, Mr. Fraser,
on the Hume Highway near Wodonga today.
The Acting Premier of Victoria, Mr. L. H. S. Thompson, and the
Commonwealth Minister for Transport, Mr. Peter Nixon, attended.

PRIME MINISTER
FOR PRESS 19 FEBRUARY 1977
REGIONAL LIBERAL PARTY CONVENTION ALBURY-WODONGA
We have been having an interesting week in Canberra. The Labor
Opposition, as usual, revived during the Christmas recess and
expired on the first day of sitting. But it must be said that
they worked hard over Christmas just before Parliament
resumed, they put forward a new plan.
If Labor has done nothing else, they have earned their
self proclaimed label as the party of planners. On the economic
side, we have had the Hawke plan, the Whitlam plan, the

> A US TR A LIA(.
PRIME MINISTER
F311 PRESS 16 FEBRUARY 1977
NATIONAL SONG
The Government has decided that there should be a pol~ l to
decide on a National Song to be played on purely Australian
o~ ccas ions.
The poll will be held concurrently with the referendum on
tcour constitutional questions.
God Save The Queen will remain the National Anthem on
Regal and Vice-Regal occasions.
In addition to the use of God Save The Queen the poll will
enable Australians to choose between God Save The Queen,

SA USTHAI+
FOR PRESS 15 FEBRUARY 1977
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AID FOR VICTORIAN BUSHFIRE VICTIMS
The Federal Government will provide direct and significant
assistance to families hit following last weekend's serious
bushfires in Western Victoria.
The Federal Government will assist in four key areas. The
Government will:
Meet the full cost of the disposal and burial
of dead and maimed stock
Provide special funds for replacement of boundary
fences along highways and railway lines
Provide loans of up to $ 15,000 to help meet the

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BAINISTER
FOR :? RESS 15 FEBRUARY 1977
ECONOMIC DEBATE
We have had the Wran plan, the Hawke plan, the Whitlam plan,
and now we have the Hurford plan last but not least, in a
long line of Labor plans to revive the economy that they did
their best to destroy.
Never has the Labor Party more justly earned their label as
the party of planning one after another, they put forward
facile plans, futile plans, foolish plans.
It would be hard not to have some admiration for the Opposition

MrDTIA RELEJASE DEPRT:~; TOF IINISTEi",
AND C.;, B11-1 F OtRG7': I S,' L1 T
Tho Exacutive Couuci. I h-as ziiuprovod
establishnc-n: changos in the D:. na,~ n of the Prinec_
Minister arn3l 7ainct. The changes resuLlt from a , cneri2. r-view
and rec o ti.:-iridations bv the PulcSer21 F-oarkl : o
detailed examination undler normail Public Servi-ce! Act.
procedures. The 01qanisation has brought senior
positions in the Dei., art~ enL iWn. 0 line wi Lh those in
o'ther major pcartme!-, t:-such ; z; TreasurN andl D.! Co.

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AUSTRALIA L~
P MI MSTER
FOR PRESS 11 FEBRUARY 1977
JOINT STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER AND PRIME MINISTER OF
PAPUA NEW GUINEA ON THE DEFENCE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND AUSTRALIA
The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, the Rt.
Hon. Michael Somare, MP, and the Prime Minister of Australia,
the Rt. Hon. Malcolm Fraser, CH, MP, today issued a joint
statement on the future defence relationship between Papua
New Guinea and Australia.
The two Prime Ministers affirmed that both their

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FOR iP> SS 11 FEBRUARY 1977
JOT iT CONIUXI QUE. ISSUSO BY THEF PRITKM i;' INITE~ TRS OF AUSTRALIA
ANO PAPUA~ NEW. GUI Nh ON 1 1 FEBRUARY 1977 Ki PROT MO~ RE~ SBYn
At the invitation of th~ e Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea,
tne Rt Hon. S'marc t~ he Rt Eon. Malcolm~ Frasor, accovWQ~ e
ir. ras r pW~ l aa o fficial vis~ it to Paipua Ncw Gu inea
for a perioO of fcour dlays from 7-il Febru~ ry 1977.
Thoj Hint. Andrew: Peaccch, Minister for Forcignr'A ffairs,
also accomlpanlied Mr Fraser throughout thc visit.