Advertisements will appear in all major daily newspapers tomorrow calling for applicants for appointment to the office of Commonwealth Ombudsman.

A new Ombudsman is due to be appointed ' later this year following the retirement of Professor Jack Richardson, who will be 65 in September.

Appointed as the inaugural Commonwealth Ombudsman in 1976, Professor Richardson has seen his office grow into a busy  troubleshooter, now handling 20,000 inquiries a year.

I am pleased to mark International Women's Day ( March 8) by announcing the name of 20 women who will receive financial assistance from the Australian Government to attend the Non-Government Organisations' Forum ' 85 to be held in Nairobi, Kenya, in July. The Forum is being held in conjunction with the United Nations World Conference to mark the close of the United Nations Decade for Women.

The women selected are:

Lois O'Donoghue
Aboriginal: Service to Aboriginal women and communities -A. C. T.

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 4 March 1985
As host of the ANZUS Council due to meet in Australia in July the
Government has decided that it is necessary at this point to
announce the postponement of the meeting.
The serious difficulties between the United States and New Zealand
have arisen following the New Zealand Government's decision on
United States naval vessels.
In the light of the New Zealand decision, the United States
response to that decision, and other recent developments including

lb~ AUSTRALIAgñ
PRIME MINISTER
E. O. E. -PROOF ONLY
PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW ON 5AA, ADELAIDE, 4 MARCH 1985
JOURNALIST: Inaudible
PM: Well, that's a very relevant question which doesn't lend
itself to an easy slick answer. Just let me take a little bit of
time on it. The Americans say that they don't want the ANZUS
Treaty to be torn up. They want it to stay in place there so that
if at some later time the New Zealanders change their attitude,
normal relations can be resumed under it. But they say,

-JA1JSTAL A 1,.
PFUME MINSTER
TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE 4 MARCH 1985
E 0 E PROOF ONLY
PM: I have had conveyed today to the representatives of the
government of the United States and New Zealand that Australia as
the host government for the proposed July meeting of the ANZUS
Council, it was decided that that meeting should be postponed
indefinitely. That decision had been made-necessary as a result
of the situation that has arisen following the decision of the New
Zealand Government in regard to the United States Naval vessels.

J) AUSTRALIA
PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE, CANBERRA, 10.15am,
SUNDAY 3 MARCH 1985
E 0 E PROOF ONLY
JOURNALIST: Well, your initial reaction Mr Hawke?
Well I'm basically pleased with the result. That so
called jewel in the crown of liberalism is still looking rat er
tarnished. It's in our hands federally and still very soil---.-
in Mr Cain's hands at the State level. He's lost some sea: s, and
that wasn't entirely unexpected, but he has a very comfortable
working majority. He has therefore created a record in winning

COMMENTS ON BUSHFIRES IN LOCAL AREA 3 March 1985
E 0 E PROOF ONLY
JOURNALIST: effected by the bushfires yesterday.
Yes, I extend on behalf of the Governent my sincere
sympathy to them, particularly of course to the families of the
two dead men. And I trust that with the change in weather
circumstances that have now appeared today that these tragic
fires will be able to be brought under control. And we of course
stand ready, as we do in these circumstances, to provide the
appropriate and necessary assistance according to the normal

. AUS RLIA
PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 27 February 1985
JOINT STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER AND PREMIER OF NEW SOUTH WALES
The Premier, Mr Mulock, Dr Blewett and I met yesterday with
the Federal President of the AMA, Dr Lindsay Thompson, and
other members of his negotiating team.
We give an unequivocal guarantee that it is not the intention
of our Governments, or the Australian Labor Party, to
nationalise medical practice in Australia.
We recognise that it is vital to the continuation of high

EMBARGOED AGAINST
DELI VERY ,4,, AtJST LAUAA
PRIME MINISTER
SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER AT A PARLIAMENTARY DINNER IN
HONOUR OF H. E. SIR KINGSTON DIBELA, GCMG, K. St. J, GOVERNORGENERAL
OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA -26 FEBRUARY 1985
YOUR EXCELLENCY, MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS,
HONOURABLE MEMBERS.
IAM PLEASED TO WELCOME YOUR EXCELLENCY To AUSTRALIA, ON
BEHALF OF ALL THE PARLIAMENTARIANS HERE AND ON BEHALF OF
ALL AUSTRALIANS. I DO SO IN THE SURE KNOWLEDGE THAT
PAPUA NEW GUINEA HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN THE HEARTS OF

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 25 February 1985
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Kent are to
visit Queensland from April 18-25 1985. Their itinerary will
include visits to Brisbane and Toowoomba.
The Premier
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