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FOR PRESS 4 July 1976
JAKARTA
I have instructed our Ambassador in'Jakarta to pass a
message to President So. e--harto in which I repeated
to him the great importance which I attach to Australia's
relations with Indonesia and assured him of the respect
I have for him personally and for his leadership of Indonesia.
I took this step because of possible misunderstandings arising out
of press reports, some of them inaccurate, which referred to
my recent talks in Peking.

4 July 1976
PRIME. MINISTER
CO-ORDINATION IN WOMIEN'S AFFAIRS
The Prime Minister announced today that he is
proposing to establish formal machinery for the co-ordination
of Federal Government activity in women' s affairs.
Earlier this year he wrote to the Ministers for
Aboriginal Affairs; Education; Environment, Housing and
Community Development; Health; -Social ; Se-curity and the
Attorney-General asking that they consider setting up units
within their Departments to give proper consideration to

JOINT PRESS STATEMENT GOVIERNMENT/ EMPLOYER TALKS
Representatives of the Government and the National Employers'
Policy Committee comprising the Associated Chambers of
Manufactures of Australia, Australian Council of Employeis'
Federations, Metal Trades Industry Associati on, Australian
Mines and Metals Association, Australian 1-oolgrowers' and
Graziers' Council and Australian Bankers' Association -met
in Canberra today.
The meeting was chaired by the Prime Minister and attended by
the Treasurer, the Minister for Primary Industry, the Minister

MEDIA RELEASE SEYCHELLES INDEPENDENCE
The Acting Prime Minister, Mr Anthony, today sent the
following message to The lion. James R. Nancham, the new. Prime
jlinister of The Seychelles:
" On the day on which your country attains independence,
may I offer on behalf of the Australian Government and people
congratulations and very good wishes both now and for the
future. " I look forward to consolidating and building upon the
friendship and understanding which forms the basis for the
relations between our two countries."
Canberra 28 June 1976

MEDIA RELEASE Canberra, 28 June .76
UNION ATTITUDE TO MKU CONTRACT
Statement by the Acting Prime Minister, Minister for National
Resources and Minister for Overseas Trade, Rt.. Hon. J. D. Anthony
I have been advised that a meeting in Sydney today of
representatives of unions and ACTU State Branches associated
with the mining or transport of uranium decided to ask the
Government, pending the report of-the Ranger Inquiry, to
allow a contract by Mary Kathleen Uranium -to export in July
45.4 tonnes of uranium oxide to the United States to be filled

MEDIA RELEASE DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL
Statement by the Acting Prime Minister, the Rt Hon. J. D. Anthony
I deplore and strongly condemn the actions of
demonstrators who engaged in outrageous harassrnant and
violence in a protest directed-at the Governor-General and
other citizens in Melbourne last night.
It-is -a responsibility of Australians throughout
the community to reject the techniques being employed on'this
and other occasions by an irresponsible minority of people
fomenting trouble for their own ends.

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AUSTRALIA'S NATIONAL RESOURCES
The First Six Months
under the Liberal-National Country Party Government
An address by the Acting Prime Minister,
Minister for National Resources and Overseas Trade,
and Leader of the National Country Party of Australia,
RT. HON. J. ANTHONY
to the Broken Hill Branch of
THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY
Thursday, 2' 4th June, 1976
EMBARGOED: Nor for publication before
24th June 1976

MEDIA RELEASE : Z T -H S ); TH AFRICA
Statement by -h Acting Prime Mini-re; Minister for Overseas
Tra. de, The Rt. Hon.
I share the dismay of all Au--r: i. ns the tragic
events in South Africa.
But I do not think that a traCe ill affect the
situation in South Africa, or persuade -rica to change
its policies. It will certainly affect Australi.. : hich in the
last full financial year exported to Sout:. f-. rica goods worth
nearly $ 100 million, and imported goods wcr-. million.
As 80% of our exports to South Africa consi: of-manufactured

SPEECH BY THE RT HON. MALCOLM FRASER, PRIME MINISTER OF
AUSTRALIA, AT THE BANQUET IN HONOUR OF PREMIER HUA KUO-FENG
JUNE 23RD 1976.
Premier Hua Kuo-feng, distinguished Chinese
friends, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen.
Now that our discussions have concluded I want
to express my very great appreciation for the hospitality
you have shown to me, to my wife and to the members of the
Australian delegation. Both you yourself, and those
members of the Chinese people we have been fortunate enough

Acting PRIME MINISTER CANBERRA
SCIENCE COUNCIL
MEMBERSHIP
The Acting Prime Minister announced today membership
of the reconstituted Interim Australian Science and Technology
Council ( ASTEC). Membership is as follows:-
Sir Louis Matheson, KBE, CMG, ( Chairman)
Formerly Vice-Chancellor of Monash University.
Professor G. M. Badger, FAA,
Vice-Chancellor, University of Adelaide
and President, Australian Academy of Science.
Dr. L. W. Davies, FAA, FTS,
Chief Scientist, Amalgamated Wireless ( Australia)