FOR PRESS: P. M. No. 74/ 1970
CABINET MEETS TO CONSIDER GAZELLE SIT'UATION
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton
Federal Cabinet met today to consider a series of reports from the
Administrator of Papua and New Guinea.
The reports indicated that the Administrator faced a serious,
potentially dangerous situation on the Gazelle Peninzsula New Britain.
The situation has come about in the following way. The Administration
bought land on the Gazelle Peninsula in order to subdivide it and distribute it

EMBARGO 9. 50 m. Sunday 19 July
CHANNEL 7 NETWORK CURRENT AFFAIRS 0 Jutt
PROGRAMME, " THIS WEEK"
TV INTERVIEW GIVEN BY THE PRIME MINSTER,
MR JOHN GORTON
Interviewer John Boland
Recorded on Friday, 17 July for screenin on Sunday, 19 July
Q. Prime Minister, what were your overall imjressions of your tour of
Papua/ New Guinea?
PM: I think the deepest imprescion 1, ne gets is of the great difficulty in advancing
a country such as the Territory to full self-governmet. This is because

EMBARGO 30 p. m. Friday _ L7 Luly 1970
NEWS INPrERVIEW CN CHANNEL Z7 NETWORK
GIVEN BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. JC NKG1Oj RTON 17 JULY 1970
Interviewer John Boland
Q. Prime Minister, will police troops be used to clear the 1, 000 Tolai
Mataungan Association squatters from the Kerevat area twenty-five miles from
Rabaul?
P M I hadn't heard that there were 1, 000 squatters there-, but I don't think the
actual number matters very much. It fluctuated, I thought, between 100 and 400.

FOR PRESS P. M. No 73/ 1970
DROUGHT ASSISTANCE TO QUEENSLAND
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton
The Commonwealth has agreed to the contin. uation of drought relief
assistance to Queensland in 1970-71 on the same basis as assistance provided
in 1969-The Commonwealth will accordingly share with the State, on a
dollar-for-dollar basis, the cost of agreed drought relief measures up to
$ 4 million andwill meet the full cost in excess of $ 4 m-ilion.
In 1969-70, the Commonwealth provided assistance totalling

VISIT TO PAPUA / NEW GUINEA-: FAREWELL BROADCAST
The Prime Minister, Mr._ John2Gorton_
s peaking over ABC Radio, Port Moretsby XLLY1970
Today I leave the Territory. My visit has, of necessity, been all too
short. But it has included major announcements of new policy, and I have seen
many different places, talked to many different people, and been able to come to
some cc.. nclusions. The major policy changes announced are, of course, that there would be
a significant transfer of power, power to make decisions, from Canberra to elected

JUL 1970 VJSIT TO NEW GUINEA 1970
KIETA, BOUGAINVILLE LOCAL GCVERNMENT COUNCILS
Speech by the Prime Minister, I/ r. J ohn Gorton JULY 1970
I would like to thank the Me mber, Mr. Paul Lapun, for the kind things
which he has said about what Australia has done in general and about the small part
which I was able to play in the time of the troubles, so that between us we were able
to overcome those troubles.
I really cannot give an answer on whether a road to a particular locality

VISIT TO NEW GUINEA 1970
RABAUL QUEEN ELIZABETH PARK
Speech by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton 9 JULY 1970
There is division amongst the Tolai people.... brother's hand is raised
against brother, and instead of people sitting down to try and reach friendly agreement
by discussion, people are hurting and beating those who disagree with them.
Peace is better than that kind of fighting, agreement by discussion is better
than name-calling and hurting each other, and yet this happens today inthe Peninsula.

1 SV30ISJIUTL 1970TO NEW GUINEA 1.970
~ a~ aY RABAUL ( AIRPORT ARRWAL)
Speech by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton
in r ely to Mi. John Kauti 9 JULY 1970
Tolai, I come before you today at a time which should make us all sad and
sorrowful for in this country, on this Peninsula, Tolai is divided against Tolai and
brother's hand is raised against brother. And so people have been hurting each other
instead o' sitting down together to try and reach agreement with each other by discussion,

VISIT TO NEW GUINEA 1970
LAE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS
Speech by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton 9 JULY 1970
Opening remarks not recorded....... and one part of the Territory can
help another. As roads go inland from a town like Lae, the town is helped by that
road and the country opened up by that road is also helped. It is mutual assistance.
So I hope the Territory will progress as a unit the coastal areas, the highlands
and the islands. Clearly this Territory is on the road to self-government and at the end

NEW GUINEA TOUR 1970
NEW STEPS TOWARDS SELF -GOVERNrMENTr IN PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA
peech y the Prime Minister, Mr John Gorton
at Papua Hotel, Port Moresby
S6 JULY 1970
"~ 4fYo onour, Members of the Administrator's Executive Council,
Distinguishd guests, Ladies and Gentlemen.
I think that the Territory of Papua and New Guinea and the other islan 1i
which at the moment make up the whole, faces a most difficult period in its evolution
towards: self-government in the future and towards independence. We have reacael