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TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH IAN McMINN, RADIO 3AW, TUESDAY
FEBRUARY, 1990
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McMINN: Good afternoon, Prime Minister.
PM: Good afternoon, Ian.
McMINN: Now you've been given the kiss of death, you know
that? PM: No I don't know that, what's that?.
McMINN: Well, you have. Malcolm Mackerras has done a Lou
Richards on you. You haven't picked it up?
PM: Well, I've seen reference in the Press in the last few
weeks that he said we'd win.
McMINN: He's given you a 60 percent chance of winning.
PM: Yes.

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PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF NEWS CONFERENCE, HYATT HOTEL MELBOURNE,
FEBRUARY 1990
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PM: Welcome to what is going to be the first of regular
morning press conferences at which I will be available to
the media for questioning about the events of the day before
and the day ahead and any questions you want to address to
me at all. Before making myself available to you for
questions now, let me make this point to you that I called
the election last Friday and a very interesting pattern has

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TRANSCRIPT OF DOORSTOP, PARLIAMENT HOUSE, 19 FEBRUARY
1990
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JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, have you been able to
discuss the State Bank situation with Mr Cain or Mr
Jolly? PM: I haven't anything to say about that at this stage.
I had some brief conversation initiated by them, but I
haven't got anything to say about that at this stage.
JOURNALIST: Do you think Mr Jolly should go, Mr Hawke?
PM: No, I saw that beat up on the front page of The Age
for which there is no foundation. Mr Davidson spoke

TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH WARWICK BEUTLER, ABC AM
PRE-RECORDED 18 FEBRUARY 1990 ( TO AIR 19 FEBRUARY 1990)
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THOMPSON: Mr Hawke spoke to Warwick Beutler at The Lodge
in Canberra last night just a few days ahead of the
announcement of the new wages-tax-superannuation deal
with the ACTU. It's expected to deliver a substantial
wage rise next financial year. Mr Hawke wouldn't reveal
the details of the wage deal but he did discuss the
principles on which it was based.
PM: You've got to have decisions which produce the best

FOR MEDIA 18 FEBRUARY 1990
I welcome the efforts of the Australian Medical
Association to develop a practical proposal for the
establishment of a National Road Trauma Authority.
The efforts of the AMA President, Dr Bryce Phillips, and
Sir Dennis Paterson, of the Adelaide Children's Hospital,
are worthy of the full support of all levels of
government. My Goverment will implement this proposal on
re-election and congratulates the AMA on its ability to
pull together the support of the States on this issue.

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JOURNALST: Sunday Age poll. Now does that gel with
your sort of research? What's your assessment of the state
of play? Are there a lot of people that you still have to
convire?
PM: Taking part of your question first Mike, I think
there are a number of people, a considerable number of
people we still have to convince. Under our preferential
system of course, if people are going to cast a valid vote,

FOR MEDIA 16 FEBRUARY 1990
In accordance with normal procedure I release the text of
the letter I wrote to the Governor-General advising a
dissolution of the House of Representatives with a view
to a House of Representatives and half Senate election on
24 March 1990 and the text of the Governor-General's
reply.

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PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 16 FEBRUARY 1990
This morning I called upon the Governor-General and
recommended that the House of Representatives be dissolved
with a view to an election for the House of Representatives
and half the Senate being held on Saturday, 24 March 1990.
The Governor-General has accepted my recommendation.
This election comes after the expiry of a full term of the
current Parliament. With the exception of the 1984 election
which restored the necessary synchronisation of the two