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Hawke, Robert

Transcript 7046

PRIME MINISTER
E OE PROOF ONLY
TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH THE PRIME MINISTER BY HAYDN
SARGENT ( RADIO 4BC BRISBANE) -1/ 12/ 86.
H-S: ( missed the beginning of' the question but it went
along tile lines-)
How has your position on uranium and other things affected
your Government's performance and standing In the
Community? And the call f or restraint?
PM Sure as we come to the end of 1986 there's been an
acceptance and appreciation by those people and others
that they have a government, that's prepared to take

Transcript 7045

FOR MEDIA29 NOVEMBER 1986
In close co-operation and consultation with the Australian
Cricket Board and the Chairman of Selectors, Mr Laurie
Sawle, I have selected the following players to represent
the Prime Minister's XI against England at Manuka Oval,
Canberra, on 23 December 1986:
Allan Border
Glenn Bishop
Roger Brown
Michael Dimattina
Brett Henschell
Tom Moody
Simon O'Donnell
Jamie Siddons
Dirk Tazelaar
Mike Veletta
Michael Whitney
Murray Christie ( Qld) ( Capt)
( SA)
( Tas)
( Vic)
( Qld)
( WA)

Transcript 7044

THE INTERNATIONAL
YEAR OF PEACE
AUSTRALIA'S
CONTRIBUTION
An Address to Parliament by the Prime Minister,
the Hon. R. J. L. Hawke, M. P.
28 November 1986

THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF PEACE
AUSTRALIA'S CONTRIBUTION
An Address to Parliament by the
Prime Minister
the Hon. R. J. L. Hawke, AC, MP
28 November 1986
Australian Government Publishing Service
Canberra 1986

Transcript 7043

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PRIME MINISTER
EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY
CONFEDERATION OF AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY
CANBERRA 27 NOVEMBER 1986
Ladies and gentlemen.
I must start by thanking you, Ken, for your words of welcome
tonight. Since this is your last official function before
handing over the presidency, it's appropriate that I place
on record my Government's profound respect for and
appreciation of your work for the CAI. Under your
, presidency, the Confederation of Australian Industry has

Transcript 7042

PRIME MINISTER
EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY
GOVERNMENT RECEPTION
PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA -24 NOVEMBER 1986
Your Holiness, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen.
it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to our Parliament
House. Your Holiness, the Australian Government and people, and
most especially those of Catholic faith, have long looked
forward to your visiting our country as Pope John Paul II.
We know of course that you visited Australia in 1973 as a
Cardinal for the International Eucharistic Congress. But it

Transcript 7041

PRIME MINISTER
EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY
ARRIVAL OF POPE JOHN PAUL II
RAAF BASE, FAIRBAIRN 24 NOVEMBER 1986
Your Holiness,
Welcome again to Australia.
On behalf of the Australian people and Government, may I
extend to you our best wishes for a most successful visit.
It is an honour to have you here and a pleasure to know that
over the next few days you will experience at first hand the
great warmth and respect that exist for you in this country.
Since you left Rome on 18 November we have watched your

Transcript 7040

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 21 NOVEMBER 1986
Mr Neil Mclnnes has today been appointed Australia's
first Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security.
Legislation establishing the office was recently passed
by the Parliament and is expected to come into operation
in the near future. Creation of the Office flowed from
a recommendation to that effect by Mr Justice Hope in
his Royal Commission reports on the intelligence and
security agencies.
The Inspector-General will occupy a pivotal position
with respect to the accountability of Australia's

Transcript 7039

FOR MEDIA 19 NOVEMBER 1986
At the invitation of the Governors-General of Australia and New
Zealand, Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and His Royal
Highness Prince Henrik, The Prince Consort will pay a State Visit
to Australia from 1 to 9 February 1987 and to New Zealand from 9
to 14 February 1987.
In Australia, Her Majesty and His Royal Highness will visit
Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, the Hunter Valley, Brisbane and
parts of Central Australia.
This visit, the first by a Head of State of Denmark to Australia,

Transcript 7038

r PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA19 November 1986
Mr Howard has shamefully misrepresented my actions at
yesterday's Caucus meeting.
I, quite forcefully and deliberately, demanded of my Caucus
colleagues that they play no part in the rumours circulating
about an Opposition frontbencher.
To his discredit, Mr Howard has been incapable of exercising
such discipline in the ranks of his own Party.
A it

Transcript 7037

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 18 NOVEMBER 1986
I will attend the 1987 Davos Symposium of the World
Economic Forum in Switzerland.
The Symposium is widely recognised as the most important
annual gathering of the world's business and economic
leaders. It is to be attended by around 800 senior
business people, bankers and administrators from top
companies and organisations and senior Government figures
from around the world.
I have accepted an invitation from the organisers to
present the opening keynote address to the Symposium on