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L PRIME MINISTER
FOR AEDIA 16 December 1983
The Prime Minister, Mr Hawke, and the Premier of New South
Wales, Mr Wran, today announced an extension of time for
the Royal Commission headed by Mr Justice Stewart to conduct
its inquiries into the activities of the Nugan Hand Group.
Mr Justice Stewart has already presented his first interim
report which covered three of the Royal Commission's terms of
reference. In summary, these terms of reference required an
exairination of whether there had been any improper interference

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PRIME MINISTER
PRIME MINISTER'S EPAC PRESS STATEMENT
The Economic Planning Advisory Council held its
third meeting today.
The Prime Minister said that he had been heartened
by the spirit of co-operation in which today's discussions
had been held. He also emphasised the role of EPAC in
bringing views to the Government.
In this spirit, he had invited the non-Commonwealth
members of the Council to bring forth at the next meeting
papers or ideas on desirable medium to long-term paths to
greater economic growth.

/ 7 PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 4 December 1983
The Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, Mr Everingham,
has clearly won the support of the electors of the Territory.
I congratulate him on the result which he achieved in
yesterday's election.
The Federal Government will now continue to work with the
Northern Territory Government for the interests of all of
the people of the Territory.
While the Federal Government will consult the N. T. Government
on issues relevant to the Territory it will not be deterred from

47-PRIME MINISTER
SPEECH TO TIHE CONFEIl I ON0 A USiTATN I1NND USTIRY, CANBERRA
2 DECEMBER 1983
IT (; IVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO ADDRESS THIS, THE ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING OF THE CONFEDERATION OF AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY,
THE CONFEDERATION HAS FOR MANY YEARS BEEN A FORCEFUL ADVOCATE
OF AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS INTERESTS,
THE PARTICIPATION BY THE CAI IN THE SUMMIT AND DON HUGHLS
INVOLVEMENT IN THE EPAC HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY APPRECIATED,
THE COMMITMENT TO AND UNDERSTANDING OF CONTMPORARY AUSTRALIAN
NEEDS DEMONSTRATED BY CA AND DON HUGHES PERSONALLY IN BOTH

PRIME MINISTER
FFROM TH'II ACTING YPPIME MINISTER, MR LIONEL BOWEN
WEDNESD) AY,_ 23RD NOVEMBER 1983 FOR MEDIA
The. Tasmanian Premier, Mr Gray -has created a false impression
ov ; er the fundincG of $ 5.3 millio.-n w,. orth of imrproVEments in the
South-West and West Coast of the Statc-.
Mr Gray, through the Tasmanian news media, has suggested that
thre State Government is irijec,-.. nJ theo fu:. 1. i into~ the , rea.
In fact, the $ 5.3 million allccatcd in the Federal Budqet
1! Ldn-r the interim financial cremtwihsar.

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PRIME MINISTER
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TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE FOR AUSTRALIAN MEDIA, CHOGM
CONFERENCE CENTRE, NEW DELHI, 29 NOVEMBER 1983
PM: before the end of the day Mr. Ramphal has in mind
that we should have a preliminary brief meeting to work out
what the future course of action should be. I expect that
to happen before I leave tonight.
JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, are you expecting to see President
Reagan, or how are you going to convey the message that
Australia rejects linkage on

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PRIME MINISTER
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TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE FOR FOREIGN PRESS AT CHOGM
CONFERENCE CENTRE, NEW DELHI, 29 NOVEMBER 1983
PM: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Just a couple-* of
preliminary comments that I would like before making myself
available for questions. The first is of course that I'm
not available for a general analysis of the conference,
which, as you will appreciate Mrs. Gandhi and Mr. Ramphal
will be conducting such a conference at the end of proceedings

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TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE, AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSION,
NEW DELHI 8.30 28 NOVEMBER 1983
JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, how would you assess the concept
of Pierre Trudeau going to China now, given the fact that
America and the Soviet Union have virtually cut off relations,
particularly over the NIF?
PM: They haven't cut off relations. In respect of one area
discussions there has been a walk out on the NIF talks and
that specifically related to the decision in regard to the

TRANSCRIPT OF RADIO INTERVIEW, GOA, 27 NOVEMBER 1983
LOMBARD: INAUDIBLE
PM: I don't want to overstate it, we've had some relaxation
aind we've had some tennis and an attempt at windsurfing,
but there has been a lot of work involved, John, yes.
LOMBARD: This is the first international gathering that
you've attended at such level as Prime Minister. How do
you find the contacts you've made here?
PM: Very useful. Very wide ranging and they have been, if you
I-1ke, in two sorts of categories. One, we have to deal with

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PRIME MINISTER
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TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE IN GOA 27 NOVEMBER 1983
PM: Well, you' re aware of the resolution on Cyprus which
JOURNALIST: I don't think we've got the actual working on
PM: I don't think I'm actually entitled to give the working
of it, but I can give you the essence of it. It involved a
condemnation of the attempts to create a secessionist state
and endorsement of Security Council resolution 541 and we
support of the independence of sovereignty and territorial