0. E MBARGO: 7. 15 p. m. RADIO TALK NO. 3
19 69 FEDERAL ELECTION
TALK GIVEN BY THE PRIME MINISTER,
MR. JOHN GORTON, OVER ABC NETWORK
ON FRIDAY 17 OCTOBER
In my previous talk to you, I dealt with the lack of
policy of the ALP in matters of defence and of foreign affairs. Also
I spoke of how I believed their policy of running out of our overseas
obligations and then cutting our own defence forces imperilled
Australia's future security and, indeed, made it quite possible that
the existence of Australia as an independent nation might, in the years

EMBARGO: 8.50 p. m. THURSDAY 16 OCTOBER PARTY TV INTERVIEW NO. 2
1969 FEDERAL ELECTION.
TELEVISION INTERVIEW GIVEN BY THE PRIME
MINISTER, MR. JOHN GORTON, OVER ABC
TELEVISION NETWORK
Interviewer: Mr. George Wilson 16 OCTOBER 1969
Q. Mr. Prime Minister, there has been a lot of rattling
and roaring about this Naval Base at Cockburn Sound. Even Mr.
Caiwell, the former Opposition Leader has said the Labor Party would
have built it ten years ago. Is the building of this Naval Base a real

ElMARGO: 7. 15 p. m. Wednesday 15 October RADIO TALK NO. 2
1969 FEDERAL ELECTION
TALK GIVEN BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. JOHN GORTON,
OVER ABC NETWORK ON WEDNESDAY 15 OCTOBER
In my last talk to you, I spoke of the disastrous effects which
Labor's approaches would have on our own defence and on our overseas
alliances and on Australia's future security generally.
Tonight I will talk of domestic approaches.
The essence of our own approach is that we regard it as our
first task to maintain full employment, to maintain the inflow of overseas

Interviewer: Mr. Patrick Tennison

13 October 1969

Question: . Prime Minister, a first impression from your policy speech was that you were offering us two kinds of soups one lot was clear, the other had a lot of good ingredients though was less clear. For instance, you gave a figure of $ 3 million to set up the Institute of Marine Science at Townsville but you didn't say what would be spent to set up the atomic energy plant at Jervis Bay. Is there a figure?

EMBARGO: 10 p. m. Sunday 12 October 1969
1969 FEDERAL ELECTION
TELEVISION INTERVIEW GIVEN BY THE PRIME
MINISTER, MR. JOHN GORTON, FOR
" KEVIN SANDERS REPORTS" 12 OCTOBER 1969
Q. Mr. Prime Minister, judging from the tempo and the
pace of the campaign to date, it would seem that the Government
expects this to be a tougher fight than the 1966 election. Do you
expect it to be a tougher fight?
PM. I don't think the tempo and pace of the campaign are
any harder and tougher than the 1966 campaign was, so since the

EMBARGO: 7. 15 p. m. 10 October RADIO TALK NO. 1
1969 FEDERAL ELECTION
TALK GIVEN BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. JOHN GORTON,
OVER ABC NETWORK ON FRIDAY 10 OCTOBER
Proper defence is the foundation on which any nation'ss
security is built. If we are to run our own affairs in our own Australian way
if we are in the future to be subjected neither to attack nor the threat of
attack then defence is essential. It is the more essential to us now we
are becoming increasingly isolated, and the adequate defence of Australia

ABORIGINAL POLICY
In-May, 1967, as a result of the Referendum, the Commonwealth
received a new responsibility for Aborigines. During the lifetime of the
last Parliament we have fashioned a policy to meet that responsibility. In
the next Parliament we intend to develop it still further.
My predecessor, the late Harold Holt, first set up the Council
for Aboriginal Affairs, and I took the next step by appointing a Minister-in-
Charge within my own Department.
Our basic aim is to give our Aboriginals the opportunity to be

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POLICY SPEECH
PRESENTED BY THE PRIME MINISTER,
MR. JOHN GORTON
NOT FOR RELEASE BY ANY MEDIA UNTIL 8 P. M.
WEDNESDAY 8 OCTOBER
EMBARGOED. EMBARGOED

TELEVISION INTERVIEW GIVEN BY THE
PRIME MINISTER, MR. JOHN GORTON, FOR
CHANNEL 10 NETWORK
Recorded on 24 September for screening on 5 October 1969
Interviewer: Michael Peterson
Q. Prime Minister, what do you see as being the issues which
will win and lose votes on October
PM. I don't know what will win and lose votes but I think the
issues that are important are the questions of the different approaches
to defence by the Labor Party and ourselves defence and foreign affairs,
the responsibility of the suggestions I made to the Australian people-as

FOR PRESS: P. M. No. 76/ 1969
SURVEY OF MUSICAL COMPOSITION IN AUSTRALIA
In Sydney this afternoon, the Prime Minister, Mr. Gorton,
presented the first set of a Survey of Musical Composition in Australia
to the President of the Fellowship of Austral ian Composers ( Miss
Dorothy Dodd). The presentation took place at a reception arranged by
the Advisory Board, Commonwealth Assistance to Australian Composers.
This Survey project was made possible by Commonwealth
funds provided through the Advisory Board, and has also been supported