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OFFCE: OV THE PRIME MINISTER
CAN BERRA
13 June, 1979
WILLESEE INTERVIEW
Because of extensive editing, the text of the interview which
the Prime Minister gave to Mr. Michael Willesee is being issued
in full.
Mr. Wi.;_ llesee-indicated when he sought the interview on the
Government's recent economic statement that it was for a special
programme which was to last the full half hour of his scheduled
broadcast time.
Whe.-the interview was put to air on Monday evening, 11 June, it
was heavily edited. The responses to eight questions were

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PRESS CONFERENCE: WESTERN SUBURBS LEAGUES CLUB, MEETING
WITH ETHNIC PRESS.
Prime Minister
I am delighted to be here supporting Bill Vasseleou and
I would like to make the point that over the last three to
four years the Government has given a very great deal of
attention to ' the needs of migrant families in Australia.
We had the Galbally Inquiry, as you know, into the post-arrival
services available to migrants and we have been implementing

PRESS OFFICE TRANSCRIPT 12 JUNE 1979
INTERVIEW WITH MR. ASOU, YOMIURI SHIMBUN
( JAPANESE CORRESPONDENT)
Mr. Asou
It is only 16 days to the opening of the Tokyo Summit on the
28th of June. This Summit occurring as it does in the midst
of continual oil price increases by the oil producing countries
will have energy problems as its main topic the the extent that
it is being called the energy summit. When you consider the
vast energy situation Australia's every move seems to have a
great capacity to affect the international ( inaudible) the

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PRIME MVINISTE~ R
FOR MEDIA 10 JUNE 1979
ELECTORATE TALK
Australians today, perhaps more than ever before, care about
the physical shape and face of our land. Australia is fortunate
in still possessing a range of wilderness areas which contain
frag~ ile and complex environments.
Australia, too, is the last sanctuary on earth for many natural
species. In a real sense we are the custodians of their
survival. We want to preserve and protect our natural

PRESS OFFICE TRANSCRIP'T7JUE19
DOORSTOP INTERVIEW ON IAN SINCLAIR ' L
Prime Minister:
This whole matter has been sub. ject to the grossest injustice,
perpetrated by the Labor Pa; 7ty and also by some people in NSW.
There is, what is in affect, an inquiry that has judicial
implications, being undertaken by an agency for the NSW Labor
government. Time and time again, some of the evidence has been
leaked out into the Parliament through some Opposition office in
this Parliament. The matter is part heard. Evidence alleged

PRESS OFFICE TRANSCRIPT
INTERVIEW WITH DAVID JENSEN AND BRUCE JONES 27
Question: Prime Minister, southern African seem likely to dominate
CHOGM. You're on record as saying you're advising caution
against of Zimbabwe, and you have: been in contact with Mrs Thatcher
and Joe Clark on this. What progress have you made, or what has
been your response?
Prime Minister:
T he discussions with the United Kingdom really began on this
before the election when Lord Carrington was out here, and we had

PRESS OFFICE TRANSCRIPT 4 JUNE 1979
PRIME MINISTER INTERVIEWED: RADIO STATION 2EA, SYDNE-Y z-
( SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE)
Question-I'm sure you realise it is an honour for the Special Broadcasting
Service to have the Prime Minister of Australia to interview
and of course it is a great pleasure for me personally.
No doubt the world is going through a period of hardship and
economic crisis. Each country more and more comes to the point of
view that something more is needed a vision, a philosophy.

FOR MEDIA 5 JUNE 1979
VISIT BY BRITISH PRIME MINISTER
I am very pleased to announce that the newly elected Prime Minister
of Great Britain, the Rt Hon. Margaret Thatcher, MP, has accepted
an invitation to visit Australia and will be here on 30 June
and 1 July. The visit is particularly welcome, coming as it
does so soon after Mrs Thatcher's assumption of office.
Mrs Thatcher's association with Australia is a long standing one,
which is appreciated by all of us. She visited Australia in
1972 and again in 1976, and her visit on this occasion as Prime

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FOR MEDIA 4 JUNE 1979
PETROLEUM EXPLORATION IN THE GREAT BARRIER REEF.
The Commonwealth Government has taken decisions on the question
of future petroleum exploration in the area of the Great Barrier
Reef. The Royal Commissions into exploratory and production drilling
for petroleum in the area of the Great Barrier Reef reported
in Novem. ber 1974. All Commissioners Sir Gordon Wallace,
the Chairman, Dr J. E. Smith, and Mr V. J. Moroney, the Members
agreed that drilling " should not be permitted on any cay, island,