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PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA WEDNESDAY 5 NOVEMBER 1980
WORLD CONSERVATION STRATEGY
I have written to the Premiers and the Chief Minister of the
Northern Territory concerning the development of a National
Conservation Strategy incorporating the proposals outlined in the
World Conservation Strategy launched in Australia and thirty
other countries on 6 March, 1980.
The World Conservation Strategy seeks to integrate conservation.
and development objectives with the aim of sustaining the use

FOR MEDIA SUNDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER, 1980
WORLD CONSERVATION STRATEGY
The Prime Minister, Mr. Malcolm Fraser, today announced the
Commonwealth Government's proposals in relation to World
Conservation Strategy. Mr. Fraser recalled that on 6 March, -1980
he had attended the national launching of the Strategy and had
accepted it on behalf of the Commonwealth Government.
The Strategy, which was jointly developed by the International
Union for the Conservation of Nature and National Resources
( IUCN), the United Nations Environment Program ( UNEP) and

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J'UL) RI
FOR MEDIA WEDNESDAY, 5 NOVEMBER, 1980
JOINT. STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER,
THE RT. 1J0N. MALCOLM FRASER, MP, AND THE
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, THE RT. HON. J. D. ANTHONY, MP
The Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister today jointly
condemned any attempts to induce independent candidates to
stand as a means of attracting additional support for the
Labor Party in the Queensland State elections.
Any tactic which resulted in additional support for the Labor
Party would inevitably be damaging to the future of the State

FOR MEDIA MONDAY, 3 NOVEMBER, 1980
THE THIRTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT
The thirty-second Parliament will be opened by the
Governor-General's Deputy at 11: 00 am on Tuesday,
November, 198' 0. His Excellency, the Governor-General,
will deliver the opening speech at 3: 00 pm on the same day.
The proclamation fixing the time and date of the opening
was signed by the Governor-General today.
Mr. John Bourchier has been re-appointed Government Whip in
the House of Representatives, and Mr. John Hodges has
been re-appointed Deputy Government Whip.
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J AUSTRALIA
PRIWE MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 2 November 1980
THE NEW MINISTRY
His Excellency the Governor-General has
authorised rr. e to announce details of the new Ministry
which will be sworn at Governr. ent House tomorrow.
It has been decided to reduce the number of
Departments by two and the number of Ministers by one.
This means there will now be twenty six Ministers and
twenty six Departments.
The full list of Ministers and their portfolios
is shown in the attached list.
As will be clear, the Departments to be

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PRIME MINISTER
FOR M4EDIA 30 October 1980
SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER TO THE
FINANCIAL TIMES CONFERENCE
Mr Mullens, conference guests, ladies and gentlemen. Thank
you for your welcome. May I in turn, both personally, and on
behalf of the Govei ,, ment, welcome all the participants to this
Financial Times Conference.
The Financial Times is to be congratulated not only on choosing
a most appropriate topic but on being able, so it seems, to time
it well in relation to the election.

V. EMBARGO: AGAINST DELIVERY
JJ4UTRAAX~ CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY
FOR JI hL MONDAY OCTOBBR 27 1980
AUSTR'FALIAN ASSOCIATION FOR TH. E
WE7MN NITI ELBOURNE
I am grzateful for the invitation to Tamie and me to be with
you toni-ght. In particular, it is a great pleasure to celebrate
withtYgzhe e31ab2. iahmP,. nt ol new scientific chair, at the
Weizmann -Institute in jqtael.
I amn honoured that you have decided to name this chair after
me.-The hol~ u t I c tb~ nYo w ledge that the Weizmnann
Institute will always be synonymtous with excellence in

19 OCTOBER, 1980

I would like to thank everyone around Australia who has supported the Government, the Liberal Party and the National Party, to make sure the Coalition Government continues over the next three years.

Over the last five years there have at times been some difficult decisions, and some problems along the way. But as we have argued over the last few weeks, a good deal of progress has been made.

PRS OFIC TASCRIlPT SUDY 18
-PRIbe 1INISTER'S PRESS CONFERENCE, MBLBOUPRNE
Prime Minister, it is the morning tifter the nightbeo. Ho
do' you feel?"
Prime Minister
Ri~ laxea. , I am glad that the fight is over, that the election is
ovek, because that nowv enables us to get on with the business of
GZoVernment, and put oUr plans into action.
Question
WTh. at are the f irst priorities?
Prirne-kinister
will1 be having discussions with my own Department either tonight
tomorrow morning.. because there is some legislation that : 1 would

PRESS OFFIC9 TRANSCRIPTwEDMDSAY, 15-OCTOBER,. 1980
PRIME MINISTER INTORVISWED BY PETER HARVEY,-CHANEL NINE
Prime minister, could your leadership style, ' Your lack o>~ C~ l
about popularity, cost you Government on Saturday?.
Prime minister
I do n-at-believe-z-,--no. -1--miade up my mind, and the whole.-
Government did, five years ago, that we would make the. dec$ tsion$
that we believed were tight for Australia and for Austra14; i'
faniiliea,-for Aujr-aJia's working men and women. we know -that'