F~ OR MEDIA 23 SEPTEMBER 1985
JOINT STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER~ AND THE MINISTER FOR
PRIMARY INDUSTRY
The Federal Government has today approved a total 8sst3flcC
package for the sugar industry including price support,
adjustment assistance and research funding.
On price support the Federal Government will guarantee a
No 1 Pool price higher than that proposed by the Savage report.
The Federal Governmrent's decision recognises the serious plight
of the sugar industry and that government assistance

22 September 1985

The Australian Government will give $ A750,000 as a cash contribution towards relief operations in Mexico. All Australians will have been shocked by the extent of the disaster and the human toll resulting from the earthquakes over the last few days.

The Australian Ambassador in Mexico City has already announced an initial contribution of $ USl00,000  Tonight's donation will be in addition to that. 

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PRIME MINISTER
EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY
ADDRESS BY THE PRIME MINISTER
AT " THE LIGHT ON THE HILL" INAUGURAL DINNER
BATHURST 21 SEPTEMBER 1985
Here, in the city of his birth one hundred years ago
tomorrow, we come together to honour the memory of
Joseph Benedict Chifley.
The great themes of Ben Chifley's career, the loves and
loyalties of his life, were clear and simple. First and
last, there was his love for and faith in Australia and
its people. Inseparable from this, was his love for and

PRIME MINISTER
EMBARGOED AGAINST DELIVERY CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY
PRIME MINISTER'S RESPONSE TO THE MAYORAL WELCOME
AT THE CITY OF BATHURST,
21 SEPTEMBER 1985
Mr Mayor, Distinguished Guests, my colleague, David
Simmons, M-ember for Calare, Ladies and Gentlemen.
I thank you for your welcoming comments Mr Mayor. I am
most pleased to be here in Australia's oldest inland
city ( founded in 1815) for the celebrations of the Ben
Chifley Centenary. It is indeed a great day.
Ben Chifley needs no introduction to you. He was a

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PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 20 SEPTEMBER 1985
I am sending the following message to His Excellency
Miguel de lapadrid, President of Mexico:
On behalf of the Australian Government and people
may I express our sorrow and deepest sympathy at
the tragic consequences of the appalling earthquake
in Mexico.
Australians share the grief of those who have lost
relatives and friends in this disaster.

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TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH KEN BEGG ON 11AM 20 SEPTEMBER 1985
BEGG: Good Morning Prime Minister, welcome to 11AM.
PM: Thank you Ken.
BEGG: It would seem on the face of it that this is a package
that gives more than it takes. Is that right?
PM: Very much more. every cent that will be raised is raised
from those basically who in one way or another have been avoiding
their tax payments and we are giving that back and more so that
the average taxpayer next year, in the first year, will get about

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PRIM'E MINISTER ON l1A 13UT' 1' IKSE ZKY 20 September 1985e11
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BUTTROSE: Everyone in Australia knows that reform of the tax
system was necessary. And the previous Governments have ducked
and dodged the issue for years. So, no-one in Australia
can deny that the tax system needed reform and I believe the
Government is to be congratulated for having the guts to bring
about the reforms. The Prime Minister has been giving interviews
almost non-stop since Treasurer Keating delivered the tax

PRIME MINISTER
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TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW ON AM 20 SEPTEMBER 1985
Warwick Beutler asks the Prime Minister first if, in line with
what he calls his ninth principle oftax reform, this package
has widespread support.
PM: Well, what we were talking about there was a package. Now
you would never have a situation where any package you brought
down it would be -the case that for every single element in the
package that you would have broad community support. You really
had to hav'e-in regard to the fundamentals of your approach,[

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TRANSCRIPT OF iNTERVIEW WITH MIKE WILLESEE 19 SEPTEMBER 1985
WILLESEE: It's been a long time coming, but the Federal
Government's promised reforms of our tax system are finally
on the table Prime Minister, thank you for coming.
PM: My pleasure, M1ike.
WILLESEE: Today was the long awaited tax reform statement,
but there was a tension of a kind if I can divert for a moment
given to you defending yourself on the half million dollar
payout for Mr Armstrong, the former head of the Dr Armstrong,

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TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW, TERRY WILLESEE, 19 SEPTEMBER 1985
WILLESEE: Well, the tax changes have been quite a bold. move
by the Government. Arid, as we suggested last night, carried
out at a somewhat calculated political risk. But the Hawke
Government has done it. Mr Prime Minister, thanks for joining
US. PM: MY pleasure, Terry.
WILLESEE: Any reservations tonight.
PM: No, no reservations, Terry. I think that we have gone
through a long period now where we have met our commitment to