PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 19 AUGUST 1985
JOINT STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THE PREMIER OF NSW,
THE PREMIER OF VICTORIA, AND THE PREMIER OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
ministers from the Commonwealth, New South Wales, Victoria
and South Australia will meet in Adelaide in November to
consider more effective ways of managing the Murray River
and its Basin.
In announcing the historic meeting today, the Prime
Minister and the Premiers of the three States said there
was serious concern about water and land salinity in the

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PRIME MINISTER'S ADDRESS TO THE NATION 18 AUGUST 1985
Tonight I want to speak to you about the Australia we live
in today.
And the kind of Australia I believe we should be living in,
in the future.
There's not a country on the face of this eatth that doesn't
have problems of one kind or another.
in Australia we have fewer than most, but problems
nevertheless.
We still have unemployment.
It is improving. As you will have seen in the figures

FOR MEDIA 16 August 1985
With the agreement of Her Majesty The Queen, the Commonwealth
and the United Kingdom Governments, and the Governments of all
Australian States, the way has been opened for the major
historical step of severing remaining constitutional links
between Australia and the United Kingdom.
The Australian Government and the Governments of all the
Australian States have held extensive consultations over a number
of years with a view to removing the outmoded links between
Australia and the United Kingdom parliamentary, government and

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BHP CENTENARY DINNER MELBOURNE 13 AUGUST 1985
Ladies and gentlemen. I very much appreciate this
opportunity to join you tonight.
This celebration by BHP of its centenary is a very
special occasion.
The last 100 years have seen BHIP prosper.
It is now the largest Australian company, and a
very large company by world standards, rating equal
to some of the companies in the top 50 US
corporations.

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" WHEN THE LUCK RUNS OUTO
SYDNEY 13 AUGUST 1985
It is my pleasure today to launch Fred Hilmer's book
" When the Luck Runs Out The Future for Australians at
Work. It enables me not only to congratulate Fred on a
stimulating book, but also to make some relevant points
about the task of management in this country.
The crucial role in the industrial, economic and social
affairs of our nation played by labor relations is

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FEDERATED IRON WORKERS ASSOCIATION
SYDNEY 13 AUGUST 1985
I am very pleased to have been able to Join you here today
for the opening of the Federated Iron Workers new
headquarters.
This new headquarters is a great achievement on the part of
both the FIA leadership and its members. Coming at the
same time as the historic campaign for the amalgamation of
the FIA and the Australasian Society of Engineers nears its
climax gives added point to the occasion.

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PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 12 AUGUST 1985
SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER PARLIAMENTARY LUNCHEON
HIS EXCELLENCY RATU SIR PENAIA KANABUTU GANILAU
GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF FIJI CANBERRA 12 AUGUST 1985
Your Excellency, Adi Mai, Mr high
Commissioner, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and
Gent lemen.
Your State visit to Australia, following Sir Ninian
Stephen's visit to Fiji, marks a further stage in the
maturing relationship between our countries.
Since achieving independence, Fiji has won great respect

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JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, thanks for joining us.
PM: My pleasure, Robert.
JOURNALIST: " Je've had further evidence on the economic
front this week of good news, yet the public standing of
your government remains bad news. Why do you think that
is?
PM: We've been locked up in Canberra for the first six
months of this year on the two issues tax, most of the
time, getting the May expenditure statement ready and

PRIME MINISTER
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JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, are you confident that the
Labor Party will stop this factional problem that has
been going on in Canberra?
PM: Yes. I believe that they realise that the Opposition
hasn't put a glove on us this year. And we have been very
much tied up with our own problems of tax and so on, and a
bit too much factionalism. There is a very good feeling
now in the Party. And the problems in the Liberal Party

FOR THE MEDIA 8 AUGUST 1985
His Majesty King Ibirendra of Nepal will make a State visit
to Australia from Sunday, 1 September to Sunday, 8 September
1985. He will be accompanied by Her Majesty Queen Laxmi Jevi Shah.
Their Majesties are visiting at the invitation of the
Governor-General Sir Ninian Stephen and Lady Stephen.
The Australian Government welcomes the visit as an opportunity
to strengthen the relationship between Australia and Nepal.
Detailed planning of the itinerary and program is under way