REVIEW OF FINAN4CIAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
ARRANGEMENTS
MR. GORTON I shall read a statement which has
been prepared for me and which I believe is to be circulated.
The main purpose of this meeting is to further discuss the new
general revenue grants arrangements between the Commonwealth
and the States to apply from the beginning of 1970-71. These
arrangements embrace both the method of determining the annual
general revenue assistance to each State, and the forms of
such assistance, and they are therefore of very great

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
SPEECH BY
The Rt Hon. J. G. GORTON, M. P.
ON
VIETNAM
( Mfiisterial Statement)
( From the ' Parliamentary Debates', 22 April 1970]
Mr GORTON ( Higgins-Prime Minister)
-by leave-Since 1965, Australian ground
formations have been engaged with our
allies in resisting armed attack on the Government
of South Vietnam. Since that time,
the question of whether Australian forces
should have helped resist that attack has
been debated in Australia. This Government,
as previous governments, has

FOR PRESS P. M. No 54/ 1970
PRIME MINISTER'S PROGRAMME FOR JAPAN
The Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton, will have an audience
with the Emperor and be given a Dinner by the Japanee Prime Minister
when he makes a brief visit to Japan next month for Australia's National
Day ( 8 May) at EXPO.
Mr. Gorton will leave Canberra for Tokyo at 10 o'clock on
the night of Tuesday 5 May, after taking part in that day's sitting of
Parliament. He will make the journey in a BAC 111 aircraft of the
RAAF, returning to Canberra in the early hours of Sunday, 10 May.

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRLIA
SPEECH BY
The Rt Hon. J. G. GORTON, M. P.
ON
GLADSTONE POWER STATION AGREEMENT BILL
Second Reading
[ From the ' Parliamentary Debates', 14 April 19701
Mr GORTON ( Higgins-Prime Minister)
[ 4.61-1 move:
That the Bill be now read a second time.
On 26th September last year I announced
to the House that the Commonwealth Government
was prepared to provide a loan
of up to $ 80m to the Queensland Government
to help the State finance the construction
of a proposed large scale power station

" IMEET THE PRESS##
TELEVISION ITWERVIEW GIVEN BY THE
PRIME MINISTER, MR JOHN GORTON, OH
CHANNEL 7, MELBOURNE 12 APRIL 1970
Panel Reg Leonard
Vince Matthews
Trevor Sykes
Chairman Frederick Howard
Chairman: The choice of an opening topic for our discussion with the
Prime Minister was dictated by the echoes that are going round the
country from the disorder in Parliament earlier in the week.
Prime Minister, we would value your comments on that, and I vould
like also to have your opinion on whether there is behind this type of

FOR PRESS:'
EMBARGO: t ot for abling or broadcasting before 1 a. m.
Monday, 13/ 4/ 70 P. M. No 53/ 1970
VISIT BY CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER
The Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. Pierre Trudeau, wil
arrive in Brisbane on 15 May for a five-day visit to Australia.
After a rest period, which will be Spent privately, Mr. Trudeau
will perform official functions in Sydney on the morning of 18 May. Details
of these will be announced later. He will then fly to Canberra for a
formal welcome by the Commonwealth Government.

WEST AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER OF MANUFACTURE~ S
1970 ANNUAL DINNER
PERTH, W. A. 0 APRIL 1970
Speech by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton
Mr. Chairman, Sir David Brand, Distinguished Guests and Gentlemen:
Thank you very much, Sir, for that introduction, and thank you
for the opportunity that you have afforded me to speak tonight to this
very representative gathering of Western Australians.
I don't think there is any point in my detailing to you that which
you all know so well and that is the great and exciting changeO. that are

FOR PRESS: P. M. No t51970
NATIONAL LIBRARY COUNCIL APPOINTMENIT OF CHAIRMAN
AND MEMBERS
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton
The Prime Minister announced today that tiie Governor-
General had re-appointed the Chairman of the National Library Council
and six other Council members for varying terms of office from
23rd March 1970. He explained that the Parliament, as provided
by the National Library Act of 1960, had already elected two Parliamentary
members to the Council in the persons of Sir Alister McMullin,

FOR PRESS P. M. No 51/ 1970
SUSPENSION OF PARLIAMENT
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. Joh:: Gorton
The House of Representatives tonight witne3sed the most
shocking behaviour in the history o Parliamentary government in
Australia. The Opposition, under the direction of Mx. Whitlam, resorted
to planned disruption verging on riot, refused to obey the rulings of the
Chair, refused to leave the service of the House when named, shouted,
rose in a body to defy the Spea. ker, and prevented the business of
Parliament from proceeding.

FOR PRESS: P. M. No 50/ 1970
MR. HOLYOAKE'S VISIT
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton
The Prime Minister of New Zealand will pay an official
visit to Australia from 4 to 11 June. The Prime Minister, Mr. Gorton,
said today that he was delighted that Mr. Holyoake had been able to
accept the invitation, extended to him in March 1968 during Mr. Gorton's
visit to New Zealand. Mr. Gorton said that, although Mr. Holyoake had visited
Australia on a number of occasions for meetings of regional groups, this