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TRANSCRIPT: " Willesee" l Program, TCN Channel Nine, Sydney.
Mike Willesee interviews the Prime Minister,
Mr. Hiawke.
DATE: Tuesday 23rd April 1985
TO AIR: 6.30 pm
. WILLESEE:
At a time when the whole nation is waiting to see ' what you are
going to do about changing the manne r in-which we are all taxed
you have suddenly added four cents a litre to the price of
petrol. Why?
' PRIME MINISTER:
Because it is the-policy which has been followed by successive

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HARRISON: the Prime Minister, Mr Hawke, to talk about
some of the unpopular decisions which camne out of Canberra
yesterday petrol up by 4 cents a litre, and that will give the
Government a nice dividend of another $ 640 or so million in a
full year, and there are to be cuts in Government spending
up around a $ 1 billion. Mr-Hawke did not specify where these
cuts would be made. They're to be announced in what's described

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I have advised the Council of Procedural Specialists
that the Commonwealth Government will not be represented
at the Council's meeting on Saturday 27 April.
I understand that the Federal Branch of the Australian
Medical Association has also declined to attend the
meeting. The Council should abide by the wishes of the
overwhelming majority of the medical profession and
resume duty in the New South Wales public hospital
system.
Attached is a letter that was today sent to
Dr Bruce Shepherd, President of the Council of

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MEDIA Monday 22 April 1985
Cabinet decided today that the Government would present a major
statement on expenditure to the Parliament in May.
The statement will cover major expenditure savings decisions,
contributing to a reduction of at least one billion dollars in
1985-86 Commonwealth outlays.
The statement is to be made in May rather than in the August
Budget to secure savings over the full financial year commencing
1 July 1985.
The statement will not cover matters related to Federal-State

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TRANSCRIPT OF PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS CONFERENCE 22 APRIL 1985
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PM: The Cabinet today endorsed the decision of the Expenditure
Review Committee to the effect that a major statement will
be made in the Parliament in May indicating a cut of at least
$ 1 billion in 1985-86 Commonwealth Government outlays. I
can put this in the simplest possible terms. This community
can not simply go on running up debts and living beyond its
means. This is a position which we realised as soon. as we

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TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE 17 April 1985
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JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, the New Zealand Rugby Union team is
going to South Africa.
PM: Yes.
JOURNALIST: Do you have any comment on that.
PM: I think it's very sad. I applauded in the Parliament
yesterday the attempts by Mr Lange to dissuade the New Zealand
Rugby Union from that course of action. I regret that they have
not seen fit to accede to his strong advice in this respect. In

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PRESS COMMUNIQUE ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN CHINA AND
AUSTRALIA
His Excellency Mr Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the
Chinese Communist Party and the Honourable R. J. L. Hawke,
Prime Minister of Australia held extensive discussions in
Canberra on 16 April 185-n-the-cntook. for economic
cooperation between the t~ o countries.
The Australian Prime minister said that it was an underlying
goal of Australian economic policy to establish a more
outward-looking industrial structure, to foster industries

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PARLIAMENTARY LUNCHEON IN HONOUR UF HU YAUBANG
GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE
COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA
CANBERRA 15 APRIL 1985
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The Hon. Sir Joh Bjelke-Peterson, KICXG
Premier cf Queensland
Executive Building
100 George Street
6R: SbASE QLL) 4000
My dear Premicr
ran writing to Intorn you cf tthe acute concern of my
Cover-ncrjt at your Goverraicnt'!; handlig of the
industrial dispute is the electricity industry in your
State.
Altho( 4gh I appreciate the great inpcrtaa. ze of etuijrng c
reliable supply of electricity, I do not believe it is

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DECISION MAKERS LUNCHEON PERTH 12 APRIL 1985
Ladies and Gentlemen,
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I Thank you for inviting me here today to address your
" Decision makers" luncheon. It is a pleasure once again to
visit a State where there are so many exciting economic
developments taking place.
This weeks news from the business world has focussed
attention on progress towards the launching of the largest
private project in Australia's history the export phase of