FOR PRESS: P. M. No 66/ 1970
PREMIERS' CONFERENCE AND AUSTRALIAN
LOAN COUNCIL
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton
Arrangements have now been completed with the State
Premiers for meetings of the Premiers' Conference and the Australian
Loan Council to be held in Canberra on Thursday, 25 June and
continuing, if necessary, on Friday, 26 June.
I will preside at the Premiers' Conference and Mr. Bury,
as Treasurer, will be Chairman of the Loan Council.
CANBERRA 11 June 1970

FOR PRESS"' -PM. No. 65,1970
RECEIPM DUTlY: OPPOSITON CHALLENGE
Comment by the Prime Minister, Mr John Gorton
Mr Whitlam seems to be under two false impressions. One
is that it is he and not the Government which decides what are election
issues. The other is that he is thwarting the Commonwealth
Government when in fact he is thwarting the States.
He is apparently threatening that the Labor Party in the
States House, the Senate, will deny the States access to a field of
growth tax to which they want access, and trying to claim that this

FEDERAL COUNCIL MEETING OF THE
LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA
Canberra, A. C. T. 8 JUNE 1970
õ peech! th_ ePrime Minister, Mr. 14ohngorton
Mr. President, Parliamentary Colleagues and Ladies and Gentlemen:
It will be twenty-one years next December since the
Liberal Country Party coalition assumed the Governme.. of this nation.
They are twenty-one years in which there have been three wars Korea,
the Malayan emergency and now Vietnam; twenty-one years of great
national development and industrial progress. There has been an

PARLIAMENTARY LUNCHEON IN HONOUR OF
THE RT. HON. KEITH HOLYQAKE, CH MP
CANBERRA, ACT JUNE 1970
Speech by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. J. G. Gorton, MP
Mr Prime Minister, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have welcomed many Heads of Government at Parliamentary
Luncheons, but I think that none has been more welcome than our Guest
of Honour here today. In one way, because we know him so well and
we have had such close associations with him and with New Zealand,
this official function may seem a little peculiar; for after all, Mvr

FOR DREjS Jfpg
P. M. No 64/ 1970
THE TASMAN PARTNERSHIP
Statement Issued b1y the Prime Ministers c Australia
and New Zealapdat Canberra on 5 June, 1970
We have reviewed the community of purpose which inspires
all our dealings as partners across the Tasman. We believe that our
two Nations have attained a degree of harmcny unique in international
relations. We believe also that as our two countries l~ ace up to the
challenges of a rapidly changing world they must nurture the full

-5JUN D9ElP0
FOR PRESS: P. M. No 63/ 1970
RE-APPOINTMENT OF SIR ALEXAINDER DOWNER
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton
Sir Alexander Downer, K. B. lhas been re-appointed as
High Commissioner for Australia in the United Kingdom for a further
term until 24 October 1971.
Sir Alexander has given distinguished service as High
Commissioner since his appointment on 25 October 1964, and I am
grateful that he has agreed to serve our interests in the United
Kingdom for an extended period.
CANBERRA 2 June 1970

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ELECTION RESULTfS
Comment by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton
My warmest congratulations go to Sir Henry Bolte on leading
his Liberal Government back for its sixth term of office. Victoria can
be sure of a continuation of" stable, responsible and progressive Government
with Sir Henry and his Liberal team returned to the Treasury Benches.
I am sorry that Mr. Steele Hall was unsuccessful in South Australia.
He was a vigorous champion for his State, and had achieved much in his

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FOR PRESS: P. M. No 61/ 1970
VISIT BY THE POPE
Statement by the Prime Minister, John Gorton
The Prime Minister, Mr. Gorton, said tonight that he was
delighted that the Pope would be visiting Australia.
It would be an historic occasion for Australia and for the
Catholic Church. It would be the first time the Po0pe had travelled so
far from the Holy City.
Mr. Gorton said he felt sure the visit would be warmly welcomed,
not only by the large Roman Catholic community, but by all Australians.
CANBERRA 29 May, 1970

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FOR PRESS PM. No. 60/ 1970.
HAROLD HOLT PORTRAIT FOR KING'S HALL
The Prime Minister, as Chairman of the
Historic Memorials Committee, announced today that, on the advice
of the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board, the Committee had accepted
a portrait of the former Prime Minister, Mr Harold Holt.
The portrait will hang in King's Hall at Parliament
House, Canberra. It was the work of the Sydney artist, Mr W. E.
Pidgeon, who had to do the painting from photographs and films of the

FOR PRESS P. M. No 58/ 1970
( FFSHORE MINERALS LEGISLATION Y
StateMent bytePrm inister, Mr. John Gorton
The Prime Minister, Mr. Gorton, announced today that the
Mmister for National Development as President of the Australian Minerals
Council had invited the State Ministers for Mines to attend a meeting of the
Council which would be held in Adelaide on Tuesday 9th June.
Early next week and well prior to the meeting of 9th June, the
Commonwealth would send to the States the draft Offshore M1ining Bill together