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MEDIA RELEASE publication before
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VICTORIAN MANUFACTURERS' EXPORT COUNCIL 2
Annual Dinner Melbourne 22nd June 1976
by the Acting Prime Minister the Rt Hon. Anthony
I would expect that$ as exporters, one of the things most
in your minds is the Government's decision to reduce, and in
some cases defer, benefits to exporters under the Export
Market Development Grants Scheme.
This is a decision none of us likes.
Bu t it is a decision which was part of the Government's

MEDIA RELEASE Commonwealth '. elcomes Victorian
-Moe -n Dairy Support
Statement by the Actin-Prime Minister, the Rt Hon. J. D. Anthony, M. P.
I welcome the decision by the Victorian Government to
-rticipate with the Commonwealth in financing underwriting arrangements
for the dairy industry for the next six months.
This decision, which the Premier, r. Hamer, announced at
s mass meeting of dairy farmers in Melbourne, means that
. ictcria is the first State to indicate its willingness to join with

PRIME MINISTER
SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA AT THE BANQUET IN HIS
HONOUR GIVEN BY PREMIER HUA KUO-FENG 20TH JUNE 1976
Premier Hua Kuo-Feng, distinguished Chinese friends, Excellencies,
ladies and gentlemen. I want to express my appreciation for the
warmth of the welcome provided to us this afternoon, and to
all those members of the Diplomatic Corps who came to the airport
to greet us.
I accepted with great pleasure your invitation to visit China.
My visit gives us both an opportunity to consider further our

HEDIA RELEASE FORE! IG INVESTMENT GUIDELINES
Statement by the Acti--g rime Minister and Minister for National
. Resources, Rt. Hon. J. D. Anthony, M. P.
Recent co-ments y Sir Charles Court and Mr Bjelke-Petersen on
the Government's foreign investment guidelines suggest that they have
less than a complete understanding of the -maeter.
The guideliens are not stifling develo zen-of mining in Australia.
The Government has introduced the guidelines to give Australians
encouragement and opportunity to participate in Australia's development.

PRIME MINISTER
FOR PRESS 18 JUNE 1976
DEATH OF LORD CASEY
IT WAS WITH DEEP AND PERSONAL REGRET THAT I
LEARNT TODAY OF THE DEATH OF LORD CASEY IN MELBOURNE. HE
WAS ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S GREAT STATESMEN. HE NOT ONLY SERV ED
HIS COUNTRY ABLY IN MANY CAPACITIES, BUT ALSO THE BRITISH
COMMONWEALTH WITH EQUAL DISTINCTION. HE WAS HELD IN HIGH
REGARD AND RESPECT AROUND THE WORLD.
HE BROUGHT TO THE HIGH OFFICES THAT HE HELD,
A SENSE OF PURPOSE ANDi DEDICATION, IDEALISM, AND INTEGRITY.
HE BROUGHT A QUIET SENSE OF DIGNITY TO THE ' AUSTRALIAN.

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41 PRIME MINISTER
SPEECH GIVEN BY THE PRIME MINIS-TER AT THE
JAPANESE PRESS CLUB 18 JUNE 1976
My visit to your country is the first I have made to a major power
since becoming Prime Minister. It is no accident that this is so.
* It is a matter of deliberate choice and considered priority.
Our bilateral relationship with Japan is of the utmost importance.
And there is no country which has a great role to play in the future
of Asia and the Pacific.
In achieving the conditions for stable and peaceful development

PRZE-BUDGET ECONOMi-IC CON StTLTAT IOS
( Statement by the Acting Prime Minister)
Because of its concern to take account of the widest
possible range of views and opinions, the Government will_-
again this year be holding its annual pre-Budget economic
consultations with key national bodies. The consultations
will be held at Parliament House, Canberra, on 30 June and
1 July. A list of organisations which have been invited to
participate in the consultation's is attached.
Senior representatives of these organisations have been

JAVVLI
PRIME MINISTER 17th June, 1976.
Speech given by the Prime Minister, at the Return Banquet Japan.
It was quite soon after the Australian Elections that I
decided to make this visit to your country.
I have long believed that the quality of the relationship
between Australia and Japan is of enormous importance to both
our countries.
Its importance, I believe, extends beyond our two countries
to the western Pacific region as a whole.
For this reason my Government has placed considerable weight on

SPEECH GIVEN BY THE PRIME MINISTER
ECONOMIC ORGANISATIONS ( KEIDANEN) T 17 JUNE 1976.
Thank you for your kind comments and words of welcome. It
gives me great pleasure to be in Japan. I am especially pleased
to have the opportunity to address this distinguished group of
industrial and business leaders.
Yours is the principal responsibility for the continuing
development of the Japanese economy, which has such great
significance for Australia and for much of the world.
Both of our countries have had to cope over the last couple of

SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER AT A BANQUET GIVEN BY
JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER. 17th June, 1976.
" Mr. Prime Minister let me begin by saying that I and My
Government place very great value on this visit to one of
the truly significant countries in the world.
Japan is, in many important respects, a unique country. in
the last quarter century its economy has expanded at a rate
unprecedented in human history. While becoming one of the
two most technologically advanced countries in the world, Japan
has, to a remarkable extent, preserved its distinct cultural