JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT BY THE COMMONWEALTH MINISTER ASSISTING
THE PRIME MINISTER IN FEDERAL AFFAIRS, THE HON. WAL. FIFE, M. P.
AND MR HARRY JENSEN, NEW SOUTH WALES MINISTER FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AND ROADS
The Commonwealth Minister Assisting the Prime Minister
in Federal Affairs, the Hon. Wal. Fife, and the New South
Wales Minister for Local Government and Roads, Mr Harry Jensen,
today announced details of allocations to Councils in New
South Wales for 1979/ 80 from Commonwealth Revenue Sharing Monies.

9 September 1979

During this last week, I have had an opportunity to look over the Australian Institute of Marine Science near Townsville, and to open the new headquarters for the cane-growing industry in Innisfail.

I was reminded of the wealth of Queensland, of the natural resources that help make Queensland a great and developing part of. Australia.

For the fact is that Australia is now experiencing a tremendous surge of new projects and investment in our mining and manufacturing industries.

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PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA THURSDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER 1979
OPENING OF CANEGROWERS' EXECUTIVE BUILDING
INNISFAIL, QUEENSLAND
Australia is moving ahead. I would like for a moment or two
to try and put into perspective the progress that I believe
we have made over the last three to four years, because
sometimes the changes are not well understood.
Factory production is up more than four per cent over the past
year. Profitability is up right around Australia. It could be
better, but it has improved significantly over previous years.

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F17 MEDIA 2 SEPTEMBER 1979
ELECTORATE TALK
We are all concerned about unemployment. We are concerned
about men and women, particularly young men and women, who
can't find jobs.
Unemployment is not just a list of monthly figures from the
Bureau of Statistics. It is a very real and personal problem.
As the national Government, we have a clear obligation to do
what we can to overcome that problem. How should we tackle
it? What is the best course?
In constant examination of unemployment, without exception

PRES OFFCE TANSC3I0P TATUHGUURSSTD A1Y9,7 9
INTERVIEW WITH REV. NEIL ADCOCK, 6PR, PERTH
( TELEPHONE-INTERVIEW)
QUESTIONS NOT AUDIBLE ANSWERS ONLY
Question Prime Minister-
No I haven't seen that, but there are going to be some very
great changes and we are going to have to learn to tackle
them. Question Prime Minister
I think we are as well equipped to handle these changes as
any other country, and maybe a lot better than most. Some time
ago we established a very high-level committee looking at the

PRESS OFFICE TRANSCRIPT THURSDAY 30 AUGUST 1979
INTERVIEW WITH 41P, BRISBANE
( QUESTIONS NOT AUDIBLE ON TAPE ANSWERS ONLY)
Question Prime Minister
A typical Canberra late winter cold morning.
Question Prime Minister
I thought I might have been late for your show.
Question Prime Minister
Well, it obviously makes it much more convenient because you
can use it as an office and get a lot of work done. The main
reason for it of course is security, and there is no way you
can get around that. The captain of the aircraft said that

PRESS OFFICE TRANSCRIPT WEDNESDAY 29 AUGUST 1979
PRIME MINISTER INTERVIEWED BY RURAL WRITERS
CANBERRA Question The President of the Wheatgrower's Federation in Toowoomba
yesterday criticised the Government for not having a cogent
policy onl the supply and regulation, prices, for the
wheat industry. Can you give us-
Prime tMinister
Of fuel?
Question Of fuel, yes.
Prime Minister
Well, there is a policy, and a comprehensive energy policy,
in broad terms, based on the conservation of a scarce resource

DRAFT TEXT FOR PRIME MINISTER'S STATEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES FOLLOWING QUESTION TIME WEDNESDAY .29--" UGU00ST 1979:
Funeral of Earl Mountbatten
Ministerial Statement by the Prime Minister
I wish to inform the House that Australia will
be represented at the funeral of the late Earl Mountbatten of
Burma by His Excellency the Governor-General who will be
accompanied by:
His Excellency the Governor of New South Wales;
Senator the Honourable J. L. Carrick, Minister
for Education, Vice-President of the Executive

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PRN] E AN ISTE
FOR MEDIA 29 August 1979
LETTER TO NEW SOUTH WALES PREMIER
KURNELL DISPUTE
The Prime Minister today sent the following letter to the
Premier of New South Wales, Mr Wran:
Mr dear Premier, I am writing to you again in respect of the critical
situation at the Kurnell refinery.
I am concerned that bans continue to be applied by
the operators despite undertakings given to the Conciliation
and Arbitration Commission in June that they would return to
normal work once the Federal award was suspended.

ii AUST ALIA
PRIME MINISTER
FOR MIEDIA TUESDAY, 28 AUGUST 1979
LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN
Lord Louis Mountbatten gave a lifetime of service to the
United Kingdom. He joined the Royal Navy in 1913 and
ended his military career as Chairman of the Chiefs of
Staff Committee in 1965, spanning more than half a century.
During the Second World War he was commander of forces which
played a major role in the liberation of South East Asia
and Burma.
Lord Louis Mountbatten was, however, more than a military