P R V1E MINISTER
npRSBDAN E PUSLIC r' lSCR ? O~ T
A major initiative of t~ he Cr., yrnrrent that WaS lnh~ the 19'&
K Budget is the Australian Bicentennvial Roads Devejop-n4Vit Prograsrm
L~ e ta Poram the Cornc.,) el ti qi 11 be investiflq at I east
billion to bjiild a better road Syste. for A ; strafla t. y 19SP.
4-An important provision ur: crer tlia AE. RD Pmri~ n is t t p~ rt o> f tle
T ~ available funds can be used to undertake worthwhile urban Pitl c
transport projects.

PRIME MINISTER
FOR~ MEDIA TUESrAY FEBRUJARY 8 198-3
BUSINESSMEN ' S BREAXFASTp BRISBAN~ E
When this breakfast was first organised, I think we all
thought this was going to be a normal, quiet cabinet meeting
a little later today. I am meeting some people from Brisbane
this morning and at lunch and again this evening, but since
then events seer' to have changed a little bit. i don't really
think we would have all these photographers and journalists
with us in those other circumstances.
We have a very serious job ahead of us, and it is well worth

I-ale.
PRIME MNSE TUJF: SDA%', FE3R7 APY 3 I 3
RE'VIEW OF CO '''! 74ALTH ~ MINSAIO
The.. Governrcent has indicated its br-d endorsenent of
the reuommendations of the R. eview cf Ccrel~ nsrtc~
. The recomendation. s of the Feview, zhñ r Mr J. F. !: eid
are a working blue-j--ri'nt f-: r perfox-; c! ~ f t.-, e
Public: Serrice. Th'e;' img~ reater
K respons15Ld-. ty & partments, * gjvinj-t~ ie97 : 1 L ~ t
insafic and firv t-atters to ena2. e th'n: better
cope with t~ ne . a', enges faceJ bypbi siust~. n.

' PRIM-E MINISTER
FOR KED IA MA1AY RYP\ 7 19 83
. Crainly k~ ept US bitin~ g cur finger nails.
Good fortune in the, f ils
malcolm Fraser."

MONDAY FERUJARY 7 1983
mm ' U POP, -FU NJ
PAe. kS, ! AN
V. forthe GiTc and tho 14owse of Repro ttiveo,
Th-. reeE ndim will alloo thp peoplra of , tml
oegprea& their vie~ w abo. it ian axtendvd ter= for' mcmbizrs C'.
parliax--ent snd the cor'tsequcmnt fewer clcioa
the lazt few y'ears that both of theze p-wooaa1 ara favved
by the rnajorz-V of A'o. atralianfs
The 1977 aimultaneoj& elct, inc rolee ncl= w achicvac5
a 62 pezcont majorit~ y of all votev throu~ hoiit the wh-olc of
* Australia, Anr5 ornly failed be~ e It wari J*) o cfeaead 47,

EMBAlCO:
K PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA SUNDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 1983
ELECTORATE TALK
T have explained over the last week why the election is
' important and why it is being held at this time. In the last
day or two we will have all-read reports in the paper that the
Labor Party would fight this election on a progarn of reconciliation.
There are one or two questions I would like to ask about that. If
the LAbor Party wants reconciliation, why is the Labor Party
itself so divisive, why does it threaten the consensus we have

U S>; AUALLL
PRIME MINM3TER
FOR MEDIA FRIDAY, 4 FEBRUARY 1983
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OFFSHORE CONSTITUTIONAL SETTLEMEN4T
The Commonwealth, after extensive consultation with the States,
has completed implementation of measures which achieve a
significant adjustment of powers and responsibilities in the
offshore area.
The remaining key elements of the Offshore Constitutional
Settlement reached at the Premiers' Conference in June 1979
have been proclaimed to come into effect on Monday
14 February 1983. From that date, the re-ordering of powers

The Governor-General has today dissolved both Houses of the Parliament in preparation for the General Election to be held on 5 March 1983.

Writs for the House of Representatives elections and for the Senate elections in the Territories are being issued by the Governor-General today. The States have been asked to take complementary action for the election of the State Senators.

The closing date for nomination for both Houses will be 19 February 1983.

PRIME MINISTER
( jb~:* bL: AFR ! LAY, 4 FITBRUA1Y 191i .3
UII IANLIFI ING PfT. Y) t MENr'AIICNN
ic -ccoi': mi itionbytho ACTU tactics coli. ittou that oil.
industry *. niorrn sAoulc ajre. to I ift bans arid limitations
is very wc! lcone.
T ax~ p.. e that thiere ha been such a pronipt arid positivc.
re:-ponse t~ o the Call which I M,-de yestierdd% to take off Lheao
ban and ] lrritation!
if they hae, stayed in plcc, the country would have gro~ ind toC
a at h~ tcisacpted were design~ ed to strangle

1A.. L
R I. i. V L7_
FOR _ MEDIA 3 February 1963
DOUBLE DISSOLUTION
The Governor General has agreed to a double dissolution of
the Parliament, and a general election will be held on
March, 1983.
This week we have seen clear evidence of a concerted attempt
by the trade union movement, with the full support of the
Australian Labor Party, to break t: he wages pause and wreck
the hopes of Australia's workers for job security. This
attempt to break the wage pause ignores the fact that excessive