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PRIME MINISTER
21 OCTOBER 1985
FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT REACHED AT TH4E NASSAU CHOGM
ON SOUTH AFRICA, ENTITLED ' SOUTHERN AFRICA THE COMMONWEALTH
ACCORD-. SOIIH AFRICA
1HE COMMONWEALTH ACCORD ( UNDERI. JNrf))
WE CONSIDER THAT SOLITH AFRICA'S CONTINIIJN(; RF-FII5I TO DISMANTLE
APARTHEID, ITS ILLEGAL. OCCUPATION OF NAMIFrA, AND 17. s A;, RESSIOt,
AGAINST ITS NEIGHBOURS CONSTITUTE A SERIOLIS CHALI.. ENGL TO THE VAILUES
AND PRINCIPLES OF THE COMMONWEALTH, A CHALLENGE WHICH COMMONWEALT'H

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TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE, ARAL SADOR BEACH HOTEL, NASSAU
16 OCTOBER 1995
JOUZZALIMT Mir Hawks, you were talking on the BB-C only
77fZ~ cnaye ago about wide spread ~ adatory rianctions.
Po you feel now you have altered aheada bit-on that?
PY.: Of courso not, : 1 wish you would be fair enough when
y'ou are talking about the position of myself and the Government
to look ot tho whole statement and series of statuuentA we've
mada about ou2 position on this issue and how we would be

SPEECH BY TUB PRIME MINISTER
OPENING CEREMONY OF THE COMMONWEALTH HEADS or GOVERNMENT MEETING
NASSAU# THE BAHAMAS 16 OCTOBER 1965
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We Commonwealth leaders assembled here at Nassau are the
inheritors of a great tradition. It. is the tradition of
a Commonwealth emerged from Empirej like most great traditions
it is not without flaw or blemish.
But the very fact that we are a Commuonwealth that has emerged
from Empire with a greater measure of common purpose is itself
a measure of the strength of this tradition.

FOR MEDIA 15 OCTOBER 1985
STATEMENT BY THE ACTING PRIME MINISTER
I have this morning sent the following message to
President Reagan:
" Dear Mr President
The Government of Australia understands and shares the
deep concern of the Government of the USA at the acts
of the terrorists who illegally seized the
" Achille Lauro" and murdered an American passenger.
It agrees with, and has complete sympathy with, the
declaration of the Government of the USA that
terrorists should be proceeded against according to the

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TRANSCRIPT 0V' PRE~ SS COMMEflNCE CJABLE BEACH HOTEL, NAV
JOURNALIST Goner al? What camxe out of your mQting with the S
PM: Well, we had a ve~ ry usoful discussion about how h õ sai
the structure of tho maeting. And it is quito cloar hatt Ii
the iscuo of Southorn Af rica will be the most inmportzn4 it(
at thia M4octing. 1 we wnt over the tixnetabling of that4
I don't think~ it ia a mattor which will be rooolvodL atithel! 3;
boginning of the motingt although it will come up, : 1 oul.

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TRANSCRIPT INTERVIEW WITH MAX WALSH FOR THE NATIONAL 11 OCT 1985
WALSH: Prime Minister, the news of the day is President Reagan's
hijacking of the hijackers. what comment does the Prime Minister
of Australia have to offer about this amazing episode?
PM: Well, I'm not acquainted with the detail and all the
background. I make the preliminary point that we condemn the
international terrorism which occurred in the case of the
hijacking of the ship and we regret all that flowed from it.

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TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH LAURIE OAKES 11 OCTOBER 1985
OAKES: Prime Minister, how badly do you believe you have
been damaged by the Bicentennial row?
PM: Not at all. I believe the explanations I have given in
the Parliament show that I have acted honourably and appropriately.
And I always make the judgement about politics, Laurie, that the
Australian people have a much greater capacity to get their
priorities and their perspectives in order than does a
bedraggled and increasingly incompetent opposition.

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FOR MEDIA 10 OCTOBER 1985
The United States will participate in Expo 88 in Brisbane.
Following my discussions with President Reagan in Washington
in February, I have received advice from Mr Charles Z. Wick,
Director of the US Information Agency, of official acceptance
of Australia's invitation to take part.
Mr Wick, who discussed Expo 88 and the Bicentenary with me in
Canberra in August, has now informed me that the US Congress
has allocated $ US2.6m as an initial contribution to United
States participation in Expo 88.

6 October 1985

It is great to be here today to officially open, as part of Victoria's 150th Anniversary celebrations, the Merri Creek Pathway amid such magnificant surroundings.

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SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER TO THE
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN/ ADVANCE AUSTRALIA AWARDSOUTHERN
CROSS HOTEL, MELBOURNE
OCTOBER 1985
Thank you for your introduction, Bev.
Mr and Mrs Spencer, Miss Michel, our special guest, US
Astronaut Dr Shannon Lucid, BPW members and guests.
It is a great pleasure for me to be here tonight to
Announce the winners of the Business and Professional
Women/ Advance Australia'Award for 1985.