PPR. 18 ' 66 18: 19 AUSTRALIAN DIPLOMATIC NETWORK p. 07
PRIME MINISTER
E. O. E. POOF ONLY
TRANSCRIPT OP INTERVIEW WITH HEATHER EZWART. WASHINGTON. 16 APRIL 1986
EWART: Mr Hawro, what do you really have to offer Australia
as a result of these talks?
PM: I have a capacity to say to them two things I think are important.
Firstly, that We have a commitment from the people of the United States
that the framework will be available for continued discussions by ua on
behalf of Australian farmers am to the implementation of elements of the

APRf. 17 ' 86 07: 41 AUSTRALIAN DIPLOMATIC NETWORK P. 02
p'h w 5915 I
PRIME MINISTER
zE O. B. PROOF ONLY
TRANSCRIT OF PRESS gONFERENCE, WASHINGTON, 16 APRIL 1986
PM: Ladies and gentlemen, I thought you would appreciate
the opportunity of knowing in advance the contribution
that Australia will be aking this afternoon in the debate
in the Security Council on this issue. And we will be
distrib4ting to you a copy of the statement. I have been
engaged since I have been here in discussions with my

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 16 APRIL 1986
The Australian Permanent Representative to the United Nations,
His Excellency Mr Richard Woolcott, will make the following
statement to the Security Council later today!
" Australia speaks today mindful of the primary responsibility
of the Security Council for the maintenance of international
peace and security. World attention is focussed on this body
and people around the world look to us to take positive action
to achieve a peaceful resolution of the issue before us. We

JQU S RALIA
PRIME MINISTER
E 0 E PROOF ONLY
PRESS CONFERENCE AT RAAF FAIRBAIRN 15 APRIL 1986
JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, why didn't you pledge support for Mr
Reagan's action in Parliament?
PM: My statement was a statement which was relevant to the
circumstances. We were not advised in advance, asked in advance
for support. The statement was carefully calculated to convey the
position of the Australian Government and that is that we want
hostilities to cease. In a discussion that the Foreign Minister

FOR MEDIA15 April 1986
The Australian Government was advised by the US
Administration early this morning of immediately
impending military action against Libya. President
Reagan has since confirmed that the US has taken
military action against targets which it regards as
supporting terrorism.
The Australian Government has counselled restraint by
both the US and Libya in the course of the developing
tensions between them. It deeply regrets that this
conflict has taken place and urges both sides to suspend

CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY
SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
FOR PRIME MINISTER LEE KUAN YEW
PARLIAMENTARY LUNCH 15 APRIL 1986
PRIME MINISTER LEE
I AM DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU WITH US IN AUSTRALIA AGAIN. OVER
THE YEARS YOU HAVE BEEN A FREQUENT VISITOR HERE AND, WHILE I
HOPE THAT YOU HAVE ALWAYS FELT VERY WELCOME, I THINK THAT
YOU WILL HAVE NOTED IN YOUR CONTACTS WITH AUSTRALIANS A
STEADILY INCREASING WARMTH AND INTEREST TOWARDS SINGAPORE
AND TOWARDS EAST AND SOUTH EAST ASIA GENERALLY.

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE -FRIDAY 11 APRIL 1986
E 0 E PROOF ONLY
PM: Ladies and Gentleman this press conference was originally
called to preview the overseas visit I'm undertaking next week.
I'll just give you a brief resume of my views on that. There may
be perhaps some other matters that you want to ask me questions
about, which you can do after I've done that. You will
appreciate that the common theme running through the talks I'll
be having in Washington, London, Brussels, Rome and Athens, that

FOR MEDIA 10 April 1986
Mr Ian Castles, formerly Secretary Department of Finance, has
been appointed Australian Statistician.
As Australia's major statistical authority, the Australian Bureau
of Statistics plays a vital role in providing the information
needed to provide a firm basis for decision-making and for
community understanding of economic and social issues. The
Government is committed to its continuing development as an
objective statistical organisation maintaining the highest
professional standards, thereby ensuring the availability of

FOR MEDIA10 April 1986
Mr G K Kolts, OBE, QC, is to be appointed as Commonwealth
Ombudsman. Mr Kolts has been First Parliamentary Counsel for
over five years, and will take up the position of Ombudsman on
1 July.
Mr Kolts has outstanding qualifications for the Ombudsman
appointment, with a long and sustained involvement in matters
of administrative law.
Until Mr Kolts takes up his new appointment, Air Vice Marshal
J C Jordan, AO will continue to act as Commonwealth Ombudsman.
AUISTRALIA L

PRIME MINISTER
EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY
AUSTRALIAN MADE PHASE II LAUNCH
GREENSBOROUGH 7 APRIL 1986
Last June, when I announced tha Australian Made Campaign I
was confident it would be a success.
I was confident that Australians were waiting for a campaign
like this and were prepared to do their bit for the country
by choosing Australian made products where they represented
value for money.
But I am pleased to say that my high hopes for the campaign
have been well and truly exceeded.