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VISIT BY SEYCHELLES PRIME MINISTER
The Prime Minister and President Elect of the Seychelles Islands,
the Honourable James Mancham, has accepted an invitation from
the Commonwealth Government to visit Australia from 20-27 April
1.976. The visit will include discussions with Australian
Government Ministers and official engagemenits in Canoerra,
Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.
q The Prime Minister will be accompanied by the Honourable
Albert Gonzague D'O2fay, Minister without Portfolio.
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MF-' 4 SOUTH WALFS CAMPAIGN OPENING
This election is a choice between the responsible, realistic
and progressive Government offered by the Liberal Country
Parties and the irresponsible extravagance of the Labor Party.
in December last year the people of Australia, the people of
New South Wales, decisively endorsed the Liberal Country Party
approach to solving Australia's problems.
The people overwhelmingly rejected the Labor Party which had

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There have been consultations today involving myself, Mr. Hawke
and Mr. Egerton from the A. C. T. U. and Mr. Polites of the
National'Employers Policy Committee and with reference to
representatives of the Wool Brokers and the Storemen and Packers
Union. The Government and those parties directly involved in the
consultations would hope that a resolution of the existing
situation in the wool industry could be expedited along the
following lines:
1. It is'accepted as arguable whether the men have been stood

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ELECTORAL TALK
If our great coixw= y is again to fulfill its potentialand
the standardz living for all Australians is to increasetheaj
the role our manufacturers will be crucial.
The health of the manufacturing sector is the key to national
growth, productivity, employment and reflects directly on
the ability of consumzers to consume.
If the manuffact~ ing sector is stagnant, without confidence
without hope the--any chance of economic growth wi. ll have
been shattere..

FOR PRESS APRIL 9, 1976
PREMIER'S CONFERENCE
The Commonwealth and State Governments today made piogress
and agreement on a wide range of Federal issues, including
the principles of a new tax sharing arrangement with the States.
T~ ne meeting was a highly successful working conference on
a number of difficult and fundamental issues, at which progress
was possible because of the cooperative and understanding
attitude adopted by all who took part.
The Conference made a firm decision that local government

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EXPENDITURE COM4MITTEE
The establishment of un expenditure committee marks an important
step in the Government's policy of strengthening the parliamentary
sys temn.
It is fundamental to an effe~ ctive syst,,. m of representative
Government that the peoples representatives should be able to
adequately supervise and review the activities of Government
administration. The Parliament should be able to subject policy, legislation

PRIME MINISTER APRIL 6, 1976
MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ROYAL VISIT
I wish to inform the House that the dates for The Queen's
visit to Australia and New Zealand next year will be released
-from Buckingham Palace today.
Her Majesty plans to visit a number of Commonwealth countries
in 1977 as part of celebrations to mark the twenty-fifth
anniversary of her reign.
I was pleased to confirm to the Palace in December last, after
the Government had been elected to office, the invitation which
had been extended at an earlier date by the former Prime Minister.

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TORAL TALK
This week in Federal. Parliament, the Government announced
three major initiatives that will benefit both Australian
icdustry and hundreds of thousands of families and individuals.
In separate statements the Government unveiled its long term
blueprint for the motor vehicle industry; it set out
clear and sensible guidelines for foreign investment

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ADDRESS TO. THE INSTITUTE OF DIRECTORS
Tonight I want to set out the problems the Government
confronted on coming to office, the Government's strategy
to restore prosperity to Australia, and to show how the policies
the Government has adopted and will adopt fit in to the
basic strategy.
When we can to office Australia was facing an unprecedented
set of economic problems.
Government spending had grown enormously, financed by a

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STATE COUNCIL
The Liberal Party's victory in the Federal election last
December and now in Victoria should make us all very conscious
of the enormous responsibility which falls on us. It is not a
responsibility to be taken ' lightly. We not only have an
obligation to provide Australia and Victoria with good government
but the Federal and State Liberal Parties have been entrusted
by the people with the vital task of bringing inflation under