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Hawke, Robert

Transcript 6776

CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY '-EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY
FOR THE OPENING OF THE NEW WALTER AND ELIZA HALL
INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH
MELBOURNE 8 NOVEMBER 1985
SIR ANDREW, MR PREMIER, MINISTERS, PROFESSOR NOSSAL,
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I AM GREATLY
HONOURED TO BE HERE TODAY ON THIS MOST SIGNIFICANT OCCASION.
IT IS NOT OFTEN THAT A PRIME MINISTER CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH
AN EVENT INVOLVING AN AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTION ABOUT WHICH
THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT AS TO ITS UNRIVALLED WORLD REPUTATION.

Transcript 6775

CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY SPEECH BY THE
TO THE ADELAIDE CHAMBER
ADELAIDE 8 EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY
PRIME MINISTER
OF COMMERCE ANNUAL DINNER
NOVEMBER 1985
I AM VERY GLAD TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. I WAS LAST IN THIS
SPLENDID CITY JUST FIVE DAYS AGO WHEN ALONG WITH TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF OTHER AUSTRALIANS I HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE OF
ATTENDING THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIAN FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX.
RIGHT AT THE OUTSET, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE JOHN BANNON'S
GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF ADELAIDE ON THE OUTSTANDING
SUCCESS OF THAT EVENT.

Transcript 6774

. JjAUSTALI( AL
FOR MEDIA5 November 1985
EMBARGOED UNTIL MIDNIGHT
I am pleased to be able to announce that the Queen and
the Duke of Edinburgh have agreed to a program for their
visit to Australia between 2 and 13 March 1986.
The Queen will visit South Australia ( as part of that
State's Sesquicentary Celebrations), the ACT, New South
Wales and Victoria.
The Premiers will be releasing details of the State programs.
During her visit to the ACT from March 2 4 the Queen
will unveil a National Naval Memorial in Anzac Parade

Transcript 6773

Ji) AUSTR5 AL
PRIME MINISTER
EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY
SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
INAUGURAL BULLETIN BLACK AND WHITE ARTISTS AWARDS
1 NOVEMBER 1985 SYDNEY
Mr and Mrs Kennedy, Honoured Guests,
I very much appreciate the opportunity to be here tonight
for this, the inaugural national awards for australian
cartooning, sponsored by " the bulletin" and named in honour
of the great Stan Cross.
I say I appreciate the opportunity because, at the very
least, being here tonight gives me the chance to turn the

Transcript 6772

1, USL I(
PRIME MINISTER
CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY
SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
FOR
WESTPAC PRESENTATION TO
SURF LIFE SAVING ASSOCIATION
BONDI
OCTOBER 1985
ALAN WHELPTON ( PRESIDENT, SLSA), GUS STAUNTON ( EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, SLSA), IAN MATHESON ( DEPUTY MANAGING DIRECTOR,
WESTPAC), JOHN CHATTERTON ( GENERAL MANAGER, NSW WESTPAC),
JEANNETTE McHUGH ( MEMBER FOR PHILLIP), JOHN BROWN ( MINISTER FOR
SPORT) AND ALAN SLADE ( DEPUTY MAYOR, WAVERLEY COUNCIL)
FIRST OF ALL, THANKS VERY MUCH IAN, FOR THIS CHEQUE WHICH I

Transcript 6771

PORIME MINISTER
FORMEDI 29 OCTOBER 1985
The Federal1 Government will conduct a nation-wide consultation
with the broad youth community during December.
In my Address To The Nation on the Priority One youth strategy
I undertook to consult with young Australians to review the
strategy. The Government has decided that the most effective m~ eans of
consulting the broad youth community is through youth media
outlets. In early December I will participate in a number of talk-back
sessions on youth radio stations throughout Australia.

Transcript 6770

PRIME MINISTER
EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE BUSINESS COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA
TUESDAY 29 OCTOBER 1985
THIS IS THE THIRD OCCASION ON WHICH I HAVE HAD THE HONOUR TO
ADDRESS THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE BUSINESS COUNCIL
SINCE I-TS INCEPTION IN 1983 THOUGH, I MUST ADMIT, ONLY THE
FIRST OCCASION ON WHICH I HAVE ADDRESSED THE BCA IN TWO
CITIES SIMULTANEOUSLY.
I CONGRATULATE THE BCA ON ITS INITIATIVE IN ARRANGING THIS
DUAL-CITY PRESENTATION.
THIS ADDRESS MARKS THE THIRD YEAR OF FRUITFUL DIALOGUE AND

Transcript 6769

PRIME MINISTER
EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY
SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER FOR
THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF
THE AIS HALLS OF RESIDENCE AND ADMINISTRATION CENTRE,
29 OCTOBER 1985, CANBERRA
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
IN A FEW MINUTES IT WILL BE MY DUTY TO DECLARE OFFICIALLY
OPEN THIS SPLENDID COMPLEX THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF
SPORT'S HALLS OF RESIDENCE AND ADMINISTRATION CENTRE.
BEFORE I DO SO, HOWEVER, I SHOULD LIKE TO REFLECT WITH YOU ON
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SPORT IN AUSTRALIAN LIFE AND TO SHARE

Transcript 6768

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 28 OCTOBER 1985
The Commonwealth Accord on Southern Africa, concluded at
Nassau last week, included as one of its important elements
a decision to establish a small group of eminent
Commonwealth persons to encourage a process of dialogue and
reform.-in South Africa.
Mr Malcolm Fraser has accepted the Government's request to
serve as a member of the group.
The central objective to which I and other Commonwealth
leaders addressed ourselves at Nassau was to see an
effective process of change and reform begun in South