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FOLLOWIN G IS TEXT OF THE PRIME MINIiSTER'S STATEMENT AT
THE OPENING SESSION TODAY:
BEGINS: I AM HONOURED TO HAVE BEEN INVITED TO REPLY TO YOUR SPEECH OF
WELCOME, MR. PRESIDENT. ON BEHALF OF US ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WARM WELCOME AND YOUR GRACIOUS HOSPITALITY,
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK SONNY RAMPHAL AND HIS SECRETARIAT

MEDIA RELEASE ' Z
IMPLICATIONS OF THE TASMANIAN ELECTION
( Statement by the Acting Prime Minister, the Rt lion.
J. D. Anthony, M. P.)
If the Tasmanian election result reflects a general
feeling that the policies of spending restraint being followed
by the Federal Government should be relaxed, then the
implications for the nation as a whole are very serious
indeed. The people of Australia elected the present Government,
led by Malcolm Fraser, to provide firm, strong, even : ough
leadership in the battle against inflation anJ the ev. . LSflowing

. MEDIA RELEASE DEATH OF MR ALF MAIDEN
( Statement by the Acting Prime Minister, the
Rt Hon. J. D. Anthony, M. P.)
I am saddened to learn of the death today
of one of Australia's most distinguished public servants,
and a servant in particular of Australia's primary
producers, Mr Alf Maiden;
Mr Maiden was the Secretary of the Depart nt
of Primary Industry when I became the Min-ister in 1967.
Until he became Managing Director of the Internation~ al
Wool Secretariat in 1969 I enjoyed, as did the Gover'nment,

JIAU S THA LIA
PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 25 July__ 1979
CONSULTATIONS WITH THE COMMISSION
OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
For the first time, regular consultations at both Ministerial
and official level are to be held between Australia and the
Commission of the European Communities.
The Commission plays a significant role in policy formulation
and these regular consultations will ensure that it is continually
aware of Australia's interests and concerns. I wrote to
President Jenkins proposing regular consultations and he has now

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FOR MEDIA 25 July 1979
APPIN COAL DISASTER
The Prime Minister has sent the following message to Neville Wran:
M. y Dear Premier,
I learned with concern of the coal mine disaster at Appin
within your State and would ask you to pass my sympathy
to the relatives of all those killed or injured.
Officers of the Department of Social Security have been
alerted to the problems faced by the injured and the
dependants of those who lost their lives in the disaster.
Claims for any pension or benefit to which they are

FOR PRESS 24 July 1979
TASDIMANIA: THESE ARE THE FACTS.
Mr. Lowe must indeed be desperate. He tries to use a routine
letter from me following the Premiers' Conference t,
up his weak electoral case. The letter mentioned st : h matters
as changed Queen's Birthday holiday, Energy, the Se. an( I
Submerged Land Act, and the arrangements that must come from
these matters.
The second paragraph of my letter referred to a joint working
party to make arrangements to replace the tax reimbursement guarantca
once the present guarantee runs out.

4/ 16'& 1V
FOR MEDIA SUNDAY 22 JULY 1979
ADDRESS TO THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN
STATE CONFERENCE OF THE LIBERAL PARTY
This St~ ate Council, which from all reports is midway through
being a most successful one, follows what I believe was a
highly successful Federal Council meeting in Perth. That is
a tribute to the strength of Western Australian Liberalism.
It is a tribute to your State Cabinet, to your organisation.
It is a tribute to Sir Charles and the leadership that he
has given not only this State but Liberalism throughout

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PRIMlE MINISTER'S ADDRESS TO THE IN AUGURAL MEETING OF THE
NATIONAL FARMER'S FEDERATION, CANBERRA.
It certainly gives me a very real amount of pleasure today to
open this new national farming organisation conference.
The amalgamation of farming youth organisations has been debated
amongst different organisations in different States for many,
many years. I think it was way back in the Second War that
one organisation was formed, designed to be one major, united

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JS AUTLA L( A
PRRME MIMISTER
FOR MEDIAFRIDAY 20 JULY 1979
RAAF ASSISTANCE TO AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE TEAM
The Prime Minister announced today that a RAAF aircraft
would be made available to the Australian Parachute Team
to facilitate their training prior to competing in the
World Championiships in France from 22 August to 2 September 1979.
A RAAF Caribou will provide up to thirty-five hours
pre-event training.
The Caribou is the only aircraft with tailgate exit
configuration which the team could use to simulate the

J~, AUSTRALIA L
FOR MEDIA MONDAY, 16 JULY 1979
ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR INTER-GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
The Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser, today announced three
appointments to the Advisory Council for Inter-Government
Relations Professor R. C. Gates, as member and Chairman,
the Hon. Haddon Storey, Attorney-General and Minister for
Federal Affairs in the Victorian Parliament and the
Hon. W. D. Lickiss, Minister for Justice and Attorney-General
in the Queensland Parliament as members.
Professor Gates, currently Vice-Chancellor of the University