PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 27 SEPTEMBER 1985
Tne Economic Planning Advisory Council ( EPAC) met in
Canberra to~ iay. The main items on the Agenda were
reports by. the Treasurer and Minister for Employment and
Industrial Relations on current economic conditions and
consideration by the Council of a series of papers
prepared by the Office of EPAC on issues related to the
regeneration of Australian industries; and size of
government. Under regeneration of Australian industries, Council
considered papers on the international outlook, the

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TRANSCRIPT OF TERRY WILLESEE TONIGHT 27 SEPTEMBER 1985
WILLESEE: Do you know as yet whether any of the monies paid
to Dr Armstrong can be recovered?
PM: Well, I have sent now all the papers to the Solicitor-
General, I can't answer that question until I get an answer
from the Solicitor-General.
WILLESEE: Would you like to recover those monies?
PMl: I ' would like the appropriate processes of the law
and morality to apply and I can't respond in respect to the

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TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE, 26 SEPTEMBER 1985
PM: Ladies and Gentlemen, after lengthy discussions with Mr
Reid tonight I came to the conclusion that I had not received
a satisfactory response to my letter of the 17th September to
Mr Reid in which I had said to him inter alia. " So that there
can be no confusion let me state in the clearest possible terms
that I seek from you an assurance that Dr Armstrong's settlement
was not a device contrived to avoid or to minimise taxation.'

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WARWICK COMMUNITY DINNER
WARWICK 25 SEPTEMBER 1985
Marianne Beddall, David Beddall, Stan Walsh and Members of
the Queensland Parliament.
Thank you very much for being here and may I say while I am
talking about Members of Parliament from the other side of
politics, I do appreciate you being here. I am also very
pleased to be able to say that an ex-Federal Member of
Parliament, again from the other side of the fence, Syd
Barnes, who was the Minister for Territories and who I knew

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Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a great pleasure to be here today.
The pleasure is not only because it gives me the
opportunity to see at first hand the needs of this area.
It is also because nationally we are at a crucial stage
in the economic development of this great country.
Particularly here in Queensland we should be reflecting
on what is happening in the economy. At the national

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PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW, REGIONAL TV, 25 SEPTEMBER 1985
JOURNALIST: Have you been speaking to Mr Hayden at all this
morning? PM: NOt this morning, no.
JOURNALIST: Or last night at all?
PM: Oh, I could have been.
JOURNALIST: What about the possibility of a Cabinet re-shuffle?
PM: Not
JOURNALIST: what about a domestic portfolio for Mr Hayden?
PM: No, look. I love the Australian political media, as you know.
They are delightful people. They have this tendency which, sort of,

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PRIME MINISTER 0ON ZUE ALAN IJONES -24 September 1985
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' JONES: Well the tax package has been launched and the tax
debate about its merits has begun. To see how the Prime Minister
is bearing up under the challenge of selling it, he's with me
this morning. Godd morning, Prime Minister.
PM: Good morning, Alan.
JONESs Prime Minister can we just go right to the hub of the
thing, do you think this is a proposal, the tax change, where
there are considerable risks for you but not a lot of rewards.

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THE OPENING OF COM4MONWEALTH GOVERNMENT CENTRE,
TOWNSVILJLE, 24 SEPTEMBER 1985
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
IT IS A GREAT PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU TODAY.
I HAVE ALWAYS ENJOYED COMING TO QUEENSLAND, AND
PARTICULARLY TO TOWNSVILLJE.
IT WAS NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO THAT I TURNED THE FIRST SOD
OF THIS NEW BUILDING A PHYSICAL TESTAMENTr TO THE
COMMONWEALTH'S INTEREST IN AND INVOLVEMENT WITH THIS

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T. J. RYAN MEMORIAL LECTURE
" THE DIRECTION FOR AUSTRALIA"
24 September 1985
Distinguished Guests, Members of the Queensland University ALP,
Ladies and Gentlemen.
I am deeply honoured that you have invited me to deliver the sixth
in a series of the T J Ryan Memorial Lectures.
The late Denis Murphy, at the conclusion of his masterful
biography on Thomas John Ryan, observed that Ryan remained

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TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE, 24 SEPTEMBER 198S, BRISBANE SHERATON
JOURNALIST:.. you insist on Dr Armstrong's resignation?
PM: I have nothing to say about that at this stage. All I have to
say about current circumstances is that I spoke to Mr Reid today at
his request on the phone in Townsville. I will be seeing him on
Thursday-in Canberra. I have nothing to add.
JOURNALIST: Do you have confidence in Mr -Reid' still as Chai-rman of the
AuthorityY PM: That's not fatir, Michiellv, at this stage. I have answered that