66/ 161
LIBERAL PARTY DINNER
ROBERTSON ELECTORATE
TERRIGAL, N. S. W. 18 OCTOBER 1968
Speech by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton
Mr. President,. Mr. Bridges-Maxwell, other Members of Parliament
and Members of this Federal Conference:-
it has been very pleasant for me today to come to this
electorate. I was able to meet too few of the people because time was
so short, but, nevertheless, it has been, insofar as I have been able
to meet some people, quite delightful. It has been doubly delightful,

I
FOR PRESS: P. M. No. 85/ 1968
CAPTAIN COOK BI-CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton
Rear Admiral G. C. Oldham, C. B. D. S. has
been appointed Commonwealth Director of the Captain Cook Bi-centenary
Celebrations. A wide range of proposals to celebrate the 200th
anniversary of Captain Cook's discovery and exploration of the
eastern coast of Australia has been received and the Government
proposes to mark the historic occasion in a fitting manner.
The Government is pleased to have obtained the

FLINDERS ELECTORATE LIBERAL PARTY LUNCHEON
MORNINGTON, VIC.
" IA 14 OCTOBER 1968
Speech by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton
Mr. President, Mr. Minister, Councillors and Members and Workers
for the Liberal Party:-
I think perhaps the first thing I should say is that it is
more than pleasant for me to be here in an electorate represented by
Phil Lynch. I suppose it is not inappropriate for a Minister of the
Army to have begun his tasks by having to undergo a certain baptism
of fire, not only from the matters which happened in the Army, not

OPEvii4G OF NATIONAL EXPORT WEEK el OTl96
11 OCTOBER 1968
Seech by the Prime Mviinister, Mr John Gorton
This is a week of the year which . means something to
every Australian. It is one week'% in the year when, I think',, all of us here,
Federal and State representatives, primary producers, manufacturers,
miners, businessmen agree on one thing. Vie need to " export to prosper"
and we need to develop if we are to achieve what is within our grasr. in
national development. For that reason, I am glad to be honoured to be asked to

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AUSTRALIAN'INDI GEOUS CRUDE OIL'
STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MI NISTER
I n September 1965 the Government announced certain policy
decisions regardin--the use of Australian indigenous crude oil.
Those decisions were a re-affirmation of the policy that the
Government was determined that local refineries use all the crude oil produced
in Australia, and an announcement that the price to be paid by refineries for
* Australian crude would be $ 3.14 cents a barrel at the customs port at the

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
SPEECH BY
The Rt Hon. J. G. GORTON, M. P.
ON
OIL PRICING POLICY
Ministerial Statement
[ From the ' Parliamentary Debates,' 10 October 1968]
Mr GORTON ( Higgins-Prime Minister)
-by leave-In September 1965 the
Government announced certain policy
decisions regarding the use of Australian
. indrigeenous acrudfe ofil. i Trhomse decisaions tweireon
of the policy that the
OGovernment was determined that local
refineries use all the crude oil produced in
Australia, and an announcement that the

STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER AND8
CHAIRMAN OF THE AUSTRALIAN LOAN COUNCIL
THE RT. HON. J. G. GORTON, J
AUSTRALIAN LOANS IN THE UNITED-STATES
A series of loan agreements has been successfully
negotiated in the U. S. In total, these borrowings by the
Commonwealth amount to $ US 180 million.
Three of the loans are from the Export-Import
Bank of the United States, and a fourth is a joint loan from
the Export-Import Bank and United States commercial banks.
The Export-Import Bank has agreed to lend the

. COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
j7O~ fl~ SPEECH
L i B AB eRt Hon. J. G. GORTON, M. P.
ON
TARIFF BOARD
Annual Report: Ministerial Statement
,[ From the ' Parliamentary Debates,' 9 October 19681
Mr GORTON ( Higgins-Prime Minister)
-Mr Speaker, I ask leave to make a statement
on the Tariff Board report just tabled.
Mr SPEAKER-There being no objection,
leave is granted.
Mr GORTON-Mr Speaker, in the
course of its last annual report, the Tariff
Board outlined the changes which it considered
to be desirable in its approach to its

QOULBURN LILAC TIME FESTIVAL
CIVIC RECEPTION
GOLJLBURN, N. S. W. 4 OCTOBER 1968
Speech by the-Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton
Mr. Mayor, the Mayoress, Members of Parliament and Distinguished
Guests:-The first thing I must do, Mr. Mayor, is to thank you for
being kind enough to extend to me this civic welcome and to give me the
opportunity to meet some of the leading citizens of Goulburn and its
surroundings. I must make clear though, Mr. Mayor, that this is by no'
means my first visit to this city, although it is my first visit as Prime

PATERSON FEDERAL ELECTORATE CONFERENCE
ANNUAL DINNER AT MAITLAND TOWN HALL
MA rILAND, N. S. W. SEPTYEMBER 1968
Speech by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton
Mr. Chairman, Allen, Sir Alister, Distinguished Guests and Ladies and
Gentlemen: When I first received a suggestion that I might come and
talk to you tonight, I saw with a certain amount of horror that it was
suggested that there should be no limit on my speech.
Before I come to talk to any gathering of this kind, my wife
keeps reminding me of a quatrain which I think it would be a good thing