PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE WITH PREMIER JOHN
CAIN, NATIONAL TENNIS CENTRE, MELBOURNE 28 JANUARY 1990
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PM: I am very pleased to be ablebbc~ here with the Premier
of Victoria, my friend John Cain, to announce that the
Federal Government has made the decision to allocate $ 125
million should Melbourne be successful in its bid for
the 1996 Olympics. We will make this money available,
it will be indexed according to the CPI, so that we will
then be joining with the Victorian Government to create

PRIME MINISTER
PRIME MINISTER'S AUSTRALIA DAY MESSAGE
JANUARY 26, 1990
Today we are celebrating the first Australia Day of the
1990s. It is a day for looking forward to the challenges of an
exciting new decade for reaffirming our fundamental goals
for Australia as we approach the 21st century.
My goals for Australia are that we should build a modern,
growing economy; become a more self-confident and vigorous
participant in the dynamism of our region; create a
community dedicated more fully not just to the quantity of

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JOU& NALISTi Prie ) inister, what's the situation on
Bougainv lle and what steps is the Government taking?
PIIt Well the situation is obviously tens. there. We
haven't waited for these latest dvelojsmnts. I insisted
some several weaks ago that we should ha-e discussions with
the Government of Papua Ne Guinea so that in the event it's
judged neceesary to mount an operation to proteot and rescue

FOR MEDIA 25 JANUARY 1990
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child will open
for signature in New York on Australia Day. The Australian Acting
Permanent Representative to the United Nations will be present at
the signature ceremony to demonstrate our commitment to it. We
look forward to early signature as part of our continuing efforts
to promote and extend universal standards for the observation of
human rights.
In accordance with the normal procedures for signing international

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MIEDlIA 23January 1990
EMBARGO lAM1 26 JANUARY 1990
The establishment of a new award in the Australian honours
system allows governments to officially recognise
outstanding service by public service officers and other
government employees.
The first recipients of the new award, the Public Service
Medal, are announced in the Australia Day Honours List.
They include nineteen awards for Federal Government
officers. The Queen recently approved the establishment of the Public

PRIME MINISTER
MWASCRIPT OF NEWS CONFERECE, HYAI? W* mCYP ADBL& ZDE
24 JXANURY 1990
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JOURNALIST: What do you say to mr xeating predicting an
early Kay election this morning? Is he right in doing
that? PH*. Be's got a fair chance in being right.
JOURNALIST: Only a fair chance?
PX: Ne's got a fair chance of being right. I mean I
love Adelaide and I'd love to use this occasion to make a
very important announcement and I an not going to.
JOURNALIST: H~ ave you made the decision?
PKE: Not yet.

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CEDA ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW
ADELAIDE 24 JANUARY 1990
I appreciate this opportunity, at the outset of the 1990s,
to present my overview of the Australian political and
economic scene.
CEDA of course has for many years taken a close interest in
both domestic and international policy. I recall with
particular pleasure your conference in Sydney last May at
which I launched the CEDA publication Towards Freer Trade

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PA1tTIAL TAzS1ITOr NEWS CONFERENCE, CLEAN UP AUSTRALIA
HEADQUARTERS, SYDNEY 21 JANUARY 1990
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JOURNALISTi Can you give us an update of the situation in
Bougainvi lle?
PM No, I'll be getting a report, a detailed report in the
morning from my Ministers. But the position of Australia
in regard to Papua New Guinea and Bougo'nville should be
clearly understood. As I've said, there will be no Australian

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 12 JANUARY 1990
The Chairman of the National Selectors, Mr Lawrie Sawle, and
I have selected the following team to represent the
Prime Minister's XI against Pakistan at Manuka Oval on
31 January: Allan Border ( Captain) Queensland
Michael Bevan ACT and South Australia
Jamie Cox Tasmania
Damien Fleming Victoria
Wayne Holdsworth New South Wales
Darren Lehmann South Australia
Joe Scuderi South Australia
Steve Storey Queensland
Mike Veletta Western Australia
Mark Waugh New South Wales

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SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE BICENTENARY
ADELAIDE 31 DECEMBER 1988
John Bannon
John Howard
Jim Kirk
Ladies and Gentlemen
Young Australians
I am delighted to be here in the Adelaide foothills at the
National Australian Scout Jamboree to share with so
many young Australians the closing ceremony of our
Bicentenary. Speaking today to you I speak through you to
young people throughout the nation.