PRESS OFFICE TRANSCRIPT THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1980
DOORSTOP, PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA
Question: Prime Minister:
I think the basis of the bipartisan approach is there if Mr Hayden
is prepared to do what he has already indicated that. is over
Afghanistan. He has said very plainly that a boycott of the Olympic
Games is the most effective means of getting the message through
to the Russian government and people. He has also said that he is
prepared to join a boycott if it is going to be an effective one.

PRIME MINISTER I,.
FOR MEDIA THURSDAY 28 FE1 J6 R190,
RUNDLE SHALE OIL-PROJECT
I have great pleasure in announcing that Southern Pacific
Petroleum ( SPP) and Central Pacific Minerals ( CPM) have advised
that, after evaluating a number of proposals for participation
in the Runidle Shale Project, they have selected Esso
Exploration and Production Australia Incorporated ( Esso) for
furtCher negotiations. SPP/ CPM and Esso will enter immediately
into negotiations with the aim of finalising a joint venture
agreement as soon as possible.

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA WEDNESDAY, 27 F' 3AR,-. 98~ 7
VISIT. BY PRINCESS ALEXANDRA
It will be announced in London today that Princess Alexandra
and her husband the Hon. Angus Ogilvy will visit Australia in
late September/ early October 1980 and that Her Royal Highness
will be in Melbourne on Wednesday, 1 October, 1980 to open
the new wing of the Melbourne Exhibition Buildings.
The announcement arises from an invitation which I discussed
with Princess Alexandra and her husband during my visit
there at the beginning of this month.

PRESS OFFICE-TRANSCRIPT WEDNESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY, 1980
PRIME MINISTER INTERVIEWED BY RICHARD CARLETON
ON ABC'S " NATIONWIDE"
Clive Hale
First up tonight, Federal Parliament, and in the House of
Representatives the second successive day of uproar over the
Afghanistan question as both sides indulged in acromonious
debate; debate that reached a personal level not seen in
the House in recent years. Reporting from our Canberra studio,
Richard Carleton.
Carleton Labor won yesterday's Parliamentary encounter, 60-40, and today

PRESS OFFICE TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH CARL ROBERTSON NEWSWEEK
27 FEBRUARY 1980
Question
Newsweek is doing a major coverpiece on Australia and focussing
in part on your own statements and actions in the last couple of
months. There is no question in my mind that you are quite and
have long believed in the Soviet threat. But I wanted to get
stuck into more general questions about where you think Australia
is headed in 1980. Do you think Australia is going in a new
direction in the 1980s?
Prime Minister

PRESS OFFICE TRANSCRIPT WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 1980
DOORSTOP, PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA PROCEDURES IN PARLIAMENT ON
Tuesday, 26 February.
Question: Prime Minister, would you agree with Sir Billy Snedden that
yesterday's performance in Parliament was deplorable?
Prime Minister:
It certainly was deplorable, and I think people are entitled to be slightly
surprised.. by Mr Hayden's reaction because what I had said was
mild and extraordinarily accurate, I have made it plain that there i
thread in the Australian Labor Party which seems to want to find

PRIME MINISTER TUESDAY, 26 FEBRUARY, 1980
From the Press Office lggqp L/
SUMMARY OF ABC'S
There are more allegations of police harrassment of
Aborigines at West Australian polling booths. A group of
Aborigines were allegedly taken from the Gooda Gooda Aboriginal
community and questioned about who they were going to vote for.
One of the community advisers, Tom Stevens, interviewed.
He says police gathered up seven members of the Aboriginal
community and took them to the police station.

PRESS OFFICE TRANSCRIPT TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1980
PRIME MINISTER INTERVIEWED ON PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS 7 . LAURIE WILSON
Question: Prime Minister, things got pretty heated today in Parliament. Was that
really necessary, do you think?
Prime Minister:
No, I. don't think it is necessary,. and I really do think it is
appalling Debate ought to be on the basis of argument, one way or
another, and it ought to be responded to on that basis. I don't
think I have ever seen or heard such a personal attack in the time

PRESS OFFICE TRANSCRIPT FEBRUARY 26 1980
PRIME MINISTER INTERVIEWED BY LAURIE OAKES AFGHANISTAN
Question: Today's Parliamentary row was sparked by you accusing the Opposition
of sympathy towards the Russian involvement of Afghanistan.
Prime Minister:
No, sympathy is the wrong word.
What I have said in plain terms is that there seemed to be a thread
in the Australian Labor Party which was either finding excuses
for the Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan or if not excuses,
then trying to find a reason why Australia should do nothing about it.

PRESS OFFICE TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH DUNCAN FAIRWEATHER
26 FEBRUARY 1980
Question Prime Minister we-heard terms used in the House today that we
haven't heard for some time. Why do you think that the motion
that the Labor Party bought on was argued in those terms?
Prime Minister
I do not know except that I sometimes think that there is a
concerted campaign and a decision by the Labor Party to use terms
like ' liar' and ' hypocrite' and all the rest. For the last two
or three years there have been concerted times when that has