TRANSCRIPT PRESS CONFERENCE AT TRAVELODGE HOTEL, PORT MORESBY 7
AUGUST 19847 7.30 P. M.
JOURNALIST: -PRIME MINISTER WHAT DID EP'ERGE OUT OF YOUR TALKS WITH MR
LANGE TODAY. THAT HE'S GOT A BIGGER APPETITE-THAN I HAVE. NO, WELL AS YOU
WILL APPRECIATE THEY WERE CONFIDENTIAL DISCUSSIONS AND I DON'T THINK
OU'D REALLY EXPECT ME TO GO INTO THE DETAILS. BUT LET ME REALLY
GIVE YOU THE OUTLINE. THE FIRST THING TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT I WAS
PUTTING TO DAVID OUR ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPORTANCE AND BASIS OF THE

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PRIME M19NISTER
FOR MEDIA 6 AUGUST 1984
Thirty nine years ago today an atomic bomb destroyed the
Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later a second
weapon was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. Nuclear weapons
have not since been used in war but the world's stockpile
of these weapons has grown from a mere handful in 1945 to
in excess of 50,000 today.
The memory of the appalling sacrifices made by the people
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki must never dim. Avoiding nuclear
war has become an absolute imperative. Nothing less than

For media 31 July 1984
I greatly welcome the announcement by the Victorian State
Government and Alcoa of Australia Limited, that agreement
has been reached on the development of the Portland
Aluminium, Smelter.
This project will be important to sustaining the strong
recovery that is evident in the Victorian economy, and the
Australian economy as a whole.
It is an immensely important project in itself, and will
give a particular lift to the construction and heavy
engineering industries. Construction and heavy engineering

4~ USTRLA~
PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT -SUNDAY PROGRAM 28 JULY 1984
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JOURNALIST: It's just two weeks since the Labor Party
National Conference ended in Canberra and the Prime Minister
returned bathed in glory to the task of drawing up a pre-election
Budget. It seems then that the only thing left to do was to
chose a H~ ate for the early election. This week the Government wen-t off the
rails somevhat the Mick Young affair which at first seemed under
control blew up into a major political liability. It's a test

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SPEAKING NOTES FOR THE VICTORIAN ALP DINNER DANCE
MELBOURNE 27 JULY 1984
Two WEEKS AGO THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY! s 36TH BIENNIAL
NATIONAL CONFERENCE ENDED.
THAT CONFERENCE WAS AS SUCCESSFUL AS ANY IN AUSTRALIA'S
HISTORY.
OUR GREAT PARTY, THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, EMERGED WITH
A RENEWED COMMITMENT TO REFORM, RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION.
WE IN THE LABOR PARTY UNQUESTIONABLY HAVE THE POLICIES TO
PILOT AUSTRALIA THROUGH JTHE 1980s AND BEYOND.
WE HAVE THE VISION AND PURPOSE THAT AUSTRALIA NEEDS.

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OPENING OF PICASSO EXHIBITION
MELBOURNE 27 JULY 19834
Mr Premier, Ladies and Gentlemen,-
I am very pleased to have been given the opportunity to open
this Exhibition.
This Exhibition provides Australians with a rare
opportunity: an oppportunity to experience in this country
the full range of work of one of the world's mas~ ter artists
the work of a dominating personality who has significantly
influenced the era in which we live.

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AUSTRALIAN FINANCE CONFERENCE
CANBERRA 25 JULY 1984
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Thank you for inviting me to speak to you tonight.
I do so at a time of far reaching change in the Australian
financial system.
Not change for its own sake. And . not unsettling change
without a clear direction. But carefully managed change,
directed to ensure that the financial system olays its full
part in the dynamic, flexible and productive economy that we

AUST Al AL
FOR MEDIA 15 July 1984
The Prime Minister, Mr. Hawke, and the Pizgemier of New South
Wales, Mr. Wran, today jointly announced-. t-hat rewards
totalling $ 500,000 were being offered for information leading to
the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible
for attacks on members of the Family Court of Australia. These
were The murder of Jus tice Opas
The bombing of the home of Mr. Justice Gee
The bombing of the home of Mr. Justice Watson,
in which Mrs. Watson was murdered.

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MEDIA 15 July 1984
I spoke to David Lange last night and offered him the
warmest congratulations of the Australian Governmnent and
the Australian Labor Party on the New Zealand Labor
Party's handsome electoral victory.
I offered him the fullest co-operation of the Australian
Government in achieving an even stronger relationship
between our two countries.
I look forward to renewing personal contact with Mr. Lange
in Port Moresby and Tuvalu next month.

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TRANSCRIPT TODAY SHOW 13 JULY 1984
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LEIBMAN: Today sees the end of the 1984 Labor Party National
Conference in Canberra and most observers agree that the
Government has emerged with a range of moderate and flexible
policies even though the Conference wasn't all smooth sailing
uranium, East Timor, and to a lesser extent foreign banks
provided the controversy and decisions on those issues didn't
all go the Government's way, providing small embarrassments for