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FOR MEDIA21 July 1986
The Gove: rnor-General, accompanied by Lady Stephen, has
left Australia to attend the Royal Wedding in London.
The Goveznor-General will be away for approximately
one week.
Sir James Rowland, Governor of New South Wales, will
serve as Administrator during the Governor-General's
absence.

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LOCAL EMlPLOYMIENT INITIATIVES CONFERENCE
16 JULY 1986 CANBERRA
Disting~ uished international guests, ladies and gentlemen,
First I t me congratulate the National Advisory Groupoon
Local rployment Initiatives for organising this conference.
on behE'Af of the Government I also extend a warm welcome to
out ovorseaz visitors.
It has long been my view that effective solutions to
problelas are more likely to be achieved when there are

FOR MEDIA 12 JULY 1986
JOINT STATEE-NT BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR HAWKE, AND THE
PRESIDENT 07? THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, DR ALFONSIN
This first v sit to Australia by a Head of State from Latin
America has provided the opportunity for very friendly and useful
discussionG. Although our two countries are geographically
distant we are both democracies with important common interests
on major international issues and recognise the potential which
exists for ethanced bilateral co-operation.
we share deep concerns with recent developments in international

7 July 1986

President Alfonsin of Argentina will make a working visit to Australia on 12-13 July. I will have talks with him in Canberra on 12 July.

It will be the first visit to Australia by a Latin American Head of State. The President will be accompanied by Foreign Minister Caputo and Economy Minister Sourrouille.

AUSTRALIA.,
PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 4 JULY 1986
Agreement has been reached with Vatican authorities on the
program for the visit to Australia by Pope John Paul II.
In the course of his stay, the Pope will visit Canberra and all
State capital cities. In the Northern Territory, he will visit
both Darwin and Alice Springs. In Canberra, which will be the
Pope's point of arrival in Australia, the Government will hold a
reception in his honour.
The Government is delighted that the Pope is able to make the

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TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFE~ RENCE, -ABC STUDIO,. HOBART
4 JULY 1986
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JOURNALIST: money market, why do you think that
PM: Well, I suppose you have got to assume that in some caseso
there are people who believe that they will make a killing out
of what they calculate will be the reaction to such rumours.
NOw, I guess this is the price that you have to pay when you
free up the market. I regret it, that those sort of things
happen, but it is the price you have to pay. I Wish that

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TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE IN SYDNEY 2 JULY 1986
JOURNALIST: Mr Hawke, would you like to see a national
superannuation scheme?
PM: Well, what I would like to see is this sort of situation
emerge. First of all let's take the fact. The fact is that about
of the Australian workforce currently enjoys superannuation.
So it is an inevitable fact of life, whatever political
persuasion or wherever you are, it is the fact of life that in
the coming years it will be natural that the people who haven't

FOR MEDIA2 July 1986
On behalf of the Government, I have sent a message of
congratulationa to the young Adelaide violinist, Jane
Peters, on winning the Third Prize in the 1986 Tchaikovsky
Competition in Moscow.
Jane's outstanding achievement in the face of international
competition ox the highest calibre follows the successful
European tour by the Australian Youth Orchestra in 1984. It
is a further convincing demonstration of the capacities of
young Australians to achieve excellence in the international
arena. JA& jfALka
AU) I=

FOR MEDIA 1 JULY 1986
The Government has rejected an increase of 11.7 per cent in
salaries payable to Parliamentarians recommended by the
Remuneration Tribunal's 1986 review.
The Tribunal, which reviews the remuneration payable to
Ministers* Senators and Members, Judges, Members of the
Inter-state Commission, Secretaries of Commonwealth
Departments and holders of public offices, presented its
report to the Government last week. It has recdmmended no
change in the general levels of salaries except in relation

PRIME MINISTER
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TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH BERT NEWTON 3DB 30 JUNE 1986
N Of course the big political news over the weekend is that Don Chipp is
retiring from politics, I had him on this morning and he spoke very glowingly.
df you as he always has done. How do you think history will remember him?
He t think they will remember him well for a number of reasons. Firstly
it'to a very remarkable achielffnt to have resigned fromn a party andS
established another one which a relatively short time assumed the