Jj AUSTRALIA LIFOR
MEDIA FRIDAY, 19 MARCH 1982
DAVID BARNETT, O. B. E.
It is with regret that I announce the resignation
of my Press Secretary, David Barnett, as from the
end of this month.
David was my first permanent staff member, joining
me a few days after I became Leader of the Parliamentary
Liberal Party in 1975.
He has given me and the Government loyal and unstinting
service. The position of Press Secretary has been
extremely demanding and I am grateful for what he
has done. I have greatly valued David's skills
and dedication.

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FOR MEDIA SUNDAY, 21 IARCH 1982
ELECTORATE TALK
The housing policy package announced by the Treasurer, John
Howard, last Thursday confirms the Government's concern for
the objective of home ownership. Inabed it is under Liberal
Governments in the post-war period that the dream of home
ownership has become a reality for the great majority of
Australian households. Today almost 72% of Australian households
own or are buying their own home, compared to around 50
in the late 1940s. Among young adults, the improverents. in

4,1AUSTRAL1A
PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA SATURDAY, 20 MIARCH 1982
AFGHANISTAN DAY
Australia will commemorate Sunday, 21 March as. Afghanistan Day,
to recognise the continuing plight of the people of Afghanistan.
In doing so, Australia will be joining a number of countries,
including members of the Islamic Conference, European Parliament
and the European Community.
It is now more than two years since tile Soviet Union invaded
Afghanistan, overthrew the government, and took military control

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PRIME MAINISTER
FOR MEDIA ' FRIDAY, 19 MARCH 1-982
THE INAUGURAL EDMUND BARTON LECTURE:
THE STRENGTH OF LIBERALISM
I am honoured to have been asked to deliver the first Edmund
Barton Memorial Lecture. I congratulate the Liberal Club
of the University of Sydney for establishing the lecture.
Edmund Barton deserves to be remembered, not only as Australia's
first Prime Minister, but as one of the founding fathers of
the Australian nation. In establishing this lecture the

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FOR MEDIA FRIDAY, 19 MARCH 1982
LAUNCHING OF' THE SYDNEY CITY MISSION'S 120TH ANNIVERSARY APPEAL
I am delighted and o-honioured to be here today because the
Sydney City Mission provides a living, dynamic, example of how
to help the people in our community who really need help.
This Mission was founded by volunteers who saw the reality of
other people's need and suffering staring them in., theface,. and
these founders got straight on with the job of helping in a
practical way.

PRIME MRAINISTE
FOR MEDIA FRIDAY, 19 MARCH .1982
IRON TRIANGLE STUDY GROUP
The Prime Minister and the Premier of South Australia,
Mr David Tonkin, today announced that they had received the
report of the Iron Triangle Study Group.
The Study Group was formed in February 1981 as a result of
a joint Commonwealth-State initiative and comprised
representatives of Commonwealth, State and local government,
industries anid unions. The Group was required to investigate
and recommend the most appropriate long-term strategies for

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PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA MONDAY, 15 MARCH 1982
" THIS WEEK IN CANBERRA" BTV6
The Premier of Victoria, Lindsay Thompson, last week outlined
his policies for the next three years of Liberal Government
in this State. He was able to present an impressive record
of Liberal achievement in Victoria, and his policies for this
election are the right ones for the l980s.
For decades Victoria has been a great productive centre for
the whole of Australia. Despite its comparative smallness,
Victoria produces about a quarter of the total value of

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PRIME MINISTERg
FOR MEDIA SUNDAY, 14 MARCH 1982
ELECTORATE. TALK
A few days aglo, in a speech to the Rarliament and to the
nation, I drew attention to the increasingly troubled and
uncertain worcld scene; to the tensions and threats to
international security that exist; and to the prolonged recession
in Europe and North America which has reduced world trade and
world growth to a virtual standstill.
We in Australia cannot ignore those developments. We live in
a world that is increasingly interdependent, and we are

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PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA FRIDAY, 12 MARCH 2982
Visit to Australia of Vice President of the
United States
The Vice President of the United States, The Honourable
George Bush, has accepted my invitation to visit Australia
in late April and early May.
Mr Bush's visit will provide an important opportunity
for talks on international developments affecting
our two countries.
I am also very pleased that Mr Bush has been able to
arrange the dates for his visit to coincide with the

AUSTALIA
FOR MEDIA FRIDAY, 12 MARC-H 1982
CIVIC RECEPTION, BENALLA
I would like to thank you very much indeed for that welcome.
I think we can for an ecumenical movement at least for today
and maybe it: would be better if it could last for longer than
a day. But, it would seem to me that a large part of what
we are seeing right here is what Australia is all about.
I think we really do believe that this is one of the best
countries in the world to live in. I believe it is one of
the best countries in th6 world to bring children up in.