TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH VINCENT SMITH, RADIO
9 JULY 1990
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VSt Good morning PM.
PM: Good day Vincent.
VS: How are you.
PMs I'm well mate. Most importantly how are you feeling
yourself? VS: I'm feeling terrific thank you.
PM: I'm glad to hear that and all our thoughts are with you
here. And when I say that I mean not only Mine but the people in
my press office and anyone who knows you, all our thoughts are
with you mate.
VS: It's great tolAl'ack and thank you very much for that letter

TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH ALAN JONES, RADIO 2UE,
9 JULY 1990
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JONES: The Prime Minister, Mr Hawke, has broken many
records during his Prime Ministership and since his
accession to the leadership of the Labor Party. In March
this year he became the only Labor leader in Australian
political history to ever be elected to lead his Party
for a fourth term in office. Today another milestone.
At the end of today he will have served 2,678 days in
office which is a hell of a lot. I think it's seven

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Jim Waley: For once, Labor's numbers men got it wrong.
Wednesday, July 11 was generally felt to be the day Bob
Hawke would go into the record book as Australia's second
longest serving Prime Minister. Perhaps they forgot a leap
year. But when-former Science Minister, Barry Jones,
checked the sums he declared Tuesday the day Mr Hawke

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 6 JULY 1990
The Prime Minister of Malta, the Honourable Edward
Fenech-Adami, accompanied by his wife Mrs Fenech-Adami,
will visit Australia from 5 to 16 August as guest of the
Government. Prime Minister Fenech-Adami will be accompanied by the
Minister for Social Policy, Dr Louis Galea and Mrs Galea.
The delegation will visit Western Australia, South
Australia, Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales as
well as Canberra during the 15-day visit.
During the visit, a Social Security Agreement between

FOR MEDIA 6 JULY 1990
I will attend the 21st South Pacific Forum meeting in
Vanuatu from 29 July 1 August. The South Pacific Forum
is the premier organisation of the region and its annual
meeting provides the opportunity for regional Heads of
Government to exchange views and deliberate on matters of
regional concern.
While in Vanuatu I will hold discussions with Prime
Minister Father Walter Lini and members of his Government
on questions of mutual interest, including bilateral
issues and broader regional developments. Australia has

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 5 JULY 1990
At the invitation of Prime Minister Rabble Namaliu, I
will make an official visit to Papua New Guinea from
Sunday 2 September to Thursday 6 September.
Papua New Guinea is one of Australia's most important
regional neighbours, with which we share many strategic,
political and economic interests.
My visit to Papua New Guinea will return Mr Namaliu's
visit to Australia last year.
During the visit I will hold discussions with the Prime
Minister and members of his government on a range of

FOR MEDIA 3 JULY 1990
It is a long established and important principle in our
system of Government that public servants, particularly
those at senior levels directly advising on policy or
directly administering Government policy, should refrain
from public criticism of Government policy.
In the light of the comments attributed to Dr David Charles,
former Secretary of the Department of Industry, Technology
and Commerce, in yesterday's Australian Financial Review, I
have now considered a report from the Secretary of my

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 2 JULY 1990
JOINT PRIME MINT TERTAL STATEMENT
Joint Statement by the Prime Minister of Australia, the
Honourable Bob Hawke and the Prime Minister of New Zealand,
the Right Honourable Geoffrey Palmer.
THE ACHIEVEMENTS
We are meeting today to mark a milestone in the development
of the CER Agreement.
This Agreement plays a major role in ensuring that our two
economies are well placed to compete in the most dynamic
economic region in the world. It has contributed to the

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SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
PARLIAMENTARY DINNER FOR
NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER,
MR GEOFFREY PALMER
CANBERRA 2 JULY 1990
Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer and Mrs Margaret Palmer,
Excellencies, Parliamentary Colleagues
Ladies and Gentlemen
Historians of the future seeking to understand and describe
the dynamism and the enduring nature of the relationship
between Australia and New Zealand will undoubtedly look back
on the year 1990 with justifiable interest.

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PRIMESTRAINITE
TRANSCRIPT OF JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE WITH GEOFFREY PALMER,
PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND, PARLIAMENT HOUSE
2 JULY 1990
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PM: Ladies and gentlemen, I had the opportunity last
night of having lenghty discussions with my friend and
colleague Geoffrey Palmer, the Prime Minister of New
Zealand. I had further opportunity of one on one with
him this morning for half an hour and then we've just had
a very useful period in the Cabinet with a number of my
Ministers. I think it appropriate Geoffrey as the