FOR MEDIA WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 1982
MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON THE A. C. T.
Following a request by the Liberal Party Senator for the A. C. T.,
Senator Margaret Reid, the Government has decided to establish
a new Cabinet Committee on Australian Capital Territory matters.
The decision follows discussions which took place between the
Minister for the Capital Territory, the Hon. Michael Hodgmnan, DIP,
and Senator Reid.
The Committee will comprise the minister for Education ( Chair),
the Attorney-General, and the Ministers for Administrative

FOR MEDIA TUESDAY, MAY 4 1982
VISIT BY THE PRIME MINISTER TO THE
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
The Prime Minister announced today that he will visit
the Republic of Korea later this month in response to an
invitation extended to him by the Korean Government.
The visit to Korea will be the first by an Australian
Prime Minister since that made by Mr Holt in 1967. The
Prime Minister will arrive in Seoul from Japan on 23 May
and leave for Australia on 25 May.
The Prime Minister said that Australia's relations with

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA TUESDAY, 1AY 4 1982
VISIT BY THE PRIME MINISTER TO JAPAN
The Prime Minister announced today that he will visit Japan
later this month in response to an invitation extended to
him at the time of the visit to Australia of the late
Prime Minister Ohira in January 1980.
The Prime Minister will arrive in Tokyo on 20 May from the
United States and hold discussions with the Japanese Prime
Minister, Mr Zenko Suzuki, on 21 May.
The Prime Minister said Japan and Australia shared a common

EMBARGO: 5.00pm
FOR MEDIA SUNDAY, 2 MAY. 1982
ELECTORATE TALK
Last Thursday, the Minister for Defence, Mr Killen, made a
major statement in the Parliament. It camne on the eve of events
to mark the forthieth anniversary of one of Australia's most
critical momients in history, the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Australia's circumstances today are very different from those
we faced in early May 1942, but the memory of those frightening
days and the substance of last week's defence statement point to

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PRESS OFFICE TRANSCRIPT FRIDAY, 30 APRIL. 19-82
NEWS CONFERENCE WITH VICE. PRESIDENT BUSH.
Prime Minister
We welcomed the opportunity for discusssions with Vice President
Bush and also the emphasis that the President has placed on
consultations not only with Australia but with countries in the
western Pacific, and the Vice President has been taking in Japan,
Korea, Australia.-And New Zealand and going back through China
at a time when there is so much interest and attention being
focused on the Western Alliance and European affairs. it is

EMBARGO: 10: 00PM
FJR MEDIA FRIDAY, 30 APRIL 1982
CORAL SEA BALL
It is a very great pleasure to have Mr and Mrs Bush with us
here tonight. I understand that you, Mr Vice-President, have
some familiarity with Australia from a previous visit. But
more particularly you are no stranger to the region in which
we live. For not only were you involved in the Pacific War,
where you won three air medals and the Distinguished Flying
Cross, but in more recent years you were the first incumbent
of the U. S. Office in Peking from 1974 to 1976.

AS DELIVERED
FOR MEDIA FRIDAY, 23 APRIL 1982
SPEECH TO THE " LIBERALISE NEW SOUTH WALES" LUNCHEON'
In times of world uncertainty and economic challenge, people
want to know what a party stands for, the faith it lives by,
and the-direction of its policies. People want dedication
and effectiveness from Government. I don't want glossy
facades, or running away from facts. This makes the campaign
to !' Liberalise New South Wales" all the more important, all the = rre
relevant and it is certainly very timely indeed, for it will carry the

AS DELIVERED
4jAAUST AL1A,
FOR MEDIA THURSDAY, 22 APRIL14982
SPEECH TO THE STATE ZIONIST COUNCIL ON THE OCCASION
OF THE 34TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF ISRAEL
In 1948, wh~ en the State of Israel was founded, it seemed
that the dream of Jewish people everywhere was at the point
of realisation. That dream was the
attainment of' peace and justice, after centuries of deprivation.
Israel's crea~ tion seemed to offer at last the great fulfilment
of " a haven for the Jewish people". But in the few decades

FOR MEDIA WEDNESDAY, 21 APRIL 1982
CONDOLENCE MOTION FOR MR HORACE JAMES GARRICK
I move that this House expresses its deep regret at the death
on 6 April 1982 of Mr Horace James Garrick, Member of this
House for the division of Batman from 1.969 to 1977, places
on record its appreciation of his meritorious
public service and tenders its profound sympathy to his family
in their bereavement.
All Members o: f this House will be saddened to learn of the
death of one of our former colleagues who died recently.