, jJAUSTHALIA
PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 8 JULY 1979
ELECTORATE TALK
For more than 40 years Australia has provided a home for the
victims of tyranny. Refugees came to Australia from Nazi
Germany in the 1930' s. After the Second World War, there
was a flow of refugees from the Eastern bloc countries.
Today, refugees are again fleeing from totalitarian oppression,
and from the economic and social disruption which communism
produces when it gains power.
The old refugees were created by the racial and expansionist

FOR MEDIA 7 JULY 1979
AUSTRALIA/ UNITED KINGDOM NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT
The Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser, said that he was pleased
that, at last, an Australia/ United Kingdom Nuclear Safeguards
Agreement could become a reality following the announcement
of formal agreement by the European Commission.
Australia and the United Kingdom had attempted to meet
earlier the objections of the European Commission
concerning legal issues. These issues were not concerned
with safeguards or safety measures. However, at no stage

; AU ST A L I(
P R IMI MINISTE
FOR MEDIA THURSDAY, 5 JULY 1979
SOUTH PACIFIC ARTS FESTIVAL
The Prime minister announced today that the Australian Government
would provide $ 200,000 to the South Pacific Commission as
its contribution towards the South Pacific Arts Festival.
The Festival, the third to be staged, will be held in
Port Moresby from 29 June to 12 July 1980.
Previous Festivals were held in Fiji in 1972 and Rotorua,
New Zealand, in 1976.
The purpose of the Festivals is to foster and celebrate the

PRESS OFFICE TRANSCRIPT WEDNESDAY, 4 JULY 1979
REPORT ON CATTLE STRIKE
FROM ABC'S
Report The Minister for Primary Industry, Mr. Sinclair has given a
strong warning to meat buyers; pay the new meat levy rates
or risk your licenses. This follows the decision by cattle
producers this week to withhold their stock from the sales
yards in protest against the meat buyers who want them, the
producers, to pay the levy. Critising the whole industry for
the dispute, Mr. Sinclair also warned that-the build-up in

l~ A USTAI
FOR MEDIA TUESDAY, 3 JULY 1979_
RETIREMENT OF SIR CLARRIE HARDERS
On the retirement of Sir Clarrie Harders as Permanent Head
of the Attorney-General's Department announced by the
Attorney today, I want to add my personal tribute to
Sir Clarrie for his many years of public service.
Sir Clarrie has earned the respect of successive
Attorneys and successive Governments both because of his
professional advising and administrative capacities and
because of his dedication.
Sir Clarrie has made a particular contribution over the

PRESS OFFICE TRANSCRIPT SUNDAY, 1, JULY 1979
SUNDAY REPORT
Question: Prime Minister, you've just spent the last couple of days in
negotiations with the Premiers of the various States, what will
be the outcome of these negotiations, do you think, affecting
the people who might be watching this programme tonight?
Prime Minister:
I think it depends on the area you're talking about. In the local
Governing areas there's some good news. I have an election
commitment to move their share of income tax collections up to

FOR ME D IA SUNDAY, 1 JULY 1979
ELECTORATE TALK
One way or another we are a. 1l affected by the worldwide
energy shortage. Fuel shortages and rising oil prices hit
business, farmners, motorists, home owners, factories. Nobcd;
escapes. At the moment governments around -the world are wrestling ih
the problent of how to stretch a dwindling and preciousrecc.
Demand is outstripping supply.
In Australia we Ihave a firmly established energy pJrograLL.--e czni
during the weak Kevin Newman and myself announcad major

PRESS OFFICE TRANSCRIPT FRIDAY, 29 JUNE 1979
PRESS CONFERENCE: FOLLOWING PREMIERS CONFERENCE
( LATE AFTERNOON)
Tape begins as follows:
Prime minister
I think there was a very keen disappointment that the matter
was again held up today.
The Governments of Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania
and the Commonwealth have decided to establish an inquiry into
an integrated south east Australian electricity power group,
through co-operative enterprise and to see whether better
planning arrangements will enable this to take place.

PRESS OFFICE TRANSCRIPT FRIDAY, 29 JUNE 1979
PRIME MINISTER INTERVIEWED FOLLOWING PREMIER'S CONFERENCE
LIVE ON ABC'S
Question The Premiers have been painting you over the last couple of
days, you and your Treasurer I suppose, very much as the
financial villians. How much do you believe though that the
Premiers and the States that they run are capable of reining
in their expenditure in the circumstances in which we all
find ourselves now.
Prime Minister
I believe they could rein in expenditures much more than many

PRESS OFFICE TRANSCRIPT
PRESS CONFERENCE FOLLOWING PREMERS' CONFERENCE. 29 JUNE 1979
There are three aspects of the Premiers' Conference and
Loan Council meeting to this point that I want to mention.
Perhaps I should recall just for a moment two quite significant
mat: ters that were determined yesterday: the very full
o.~-) praL~ flbeLnveen the GS. a-es and the Commonwealth in
relation to energy matters, the willingness of all the States.,
but particularly NSW and South Australia, to reconsider the