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At my mc Iia. COII ferc-nIcc-to, wa s a sJ-: d if T vwould rta.' ease
the report s r~ o'ddto : me the M in ister fo( r 4in-nCe
M. 1r D a k ils oni C oo ol P t IL. td ( n 11ic.-i da t io r.
The, % linister sai d to me in his letter, ( copy attachcd-P
" Should vo-u, ever consider it a,, Dtroo,-riate or
ncC2sar'.:, I have no objectionr to the report
being; tabledf or pub_-lishecP.
Fol low inq niv mod l. a conrfe ronce Daw,-ns volunteerec to me
that th is off-er stood w-ithout cual ification. Accordi ncalv

J\ AiSTRA. IA l 16M E
FOR MEDIA 7 October 1983
The Economic Planning Advisory Council ( EPAC) held its
second meeting today.
The meeting was attended by the recently appointed Director,
Geoff Miller, formerly Deputy Secretary of the Department of
Primary Industry.
The Council discussed with Mr Miller the role of EPAC, the
priority areas of EPAC's work in the near future, and the
progress of arrangements for EPAC staffing.
The meeting confirmed that the main role of EPAC is analysing
medium and long-term economic performance in Australia, and

FOR MEDIA 7 OCTOB-R 1983
A competition is to be held to find a design for a
memorial to the Royal Australian Navy.
The Canberra National Memorials Committee has approved the
establishment of the memorial in Anzac Parade, Canberra.
The memorial is to be completed by December 1985, in time
for its official unveiling durinq 1986 to mark the
anniversary of the Royal Australian Navy.
The memorial will be a most appropriate means of marking
the Navy's 75th Anniversary.
The commission for the memorial will be one of the most

6 October 1983

The Prime Minister today sent the following message to Mr Lech Walesa:

" On behalf of the Government and people of Australia I congratulate you warmly on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1983. The courage, determination and dignity with which you have sought to ensure respect for the rights of Polish workers to freedom of association have won the admiration of governments and workers in many parts of the world.

-j AU6 RALIA
PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 5 October 1983
The Leader of the Opposition was briefed this afternoon on the
reasons for, and the timing of, Australian Federal Police
decisions to connect, disconnect, reconnect and disconnect
certain authorised telephone intercepts.
He was briefed in my office by the Commissioner of the Australian
Federal Police, Mr R. A. Grey, as to the facts.
Mr Peacock was told that all decisions to discontinue telephone
intercepts were made by Commuissioner Grey personally and that

EMBARGOED AGAINST DELIVERY
R SIi~ lib, RA 11A,
SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER FOUNDATION STONE CEREMONY
NEW PARLIAMENT HOUSE, 4 OCTOBER 1983
I AM HONOURED TO BE TAKING PART IN THIS IMPORTANT
CEREMONY, SYMBOLISING AS IT DOES OUR CONFIDENCE IN THE
FUTURE OF PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY IN THIS GREAT NATION
OF OURS,
ALTHOUGH A RELATIVELY YOUNG NATION, WE HAVE INHERITED
A FINE TRADITION OF PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY,
THIS IS AN OCCASION TO REAFFIRM OUR BELIEF IN THE
PRIMACY OF PARLIAMENT IN THE AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRATIC
SYSTEM.

SPLECFKQIEIS_ Ehj2 l_ F i: Ii', 1STEi
LAULICA~ ULNIGQ EOILFL QIUHIL JIIEALXUMI LA LIALLAN[ U L"
IT IS WITH PARTICULAR PLEASURE THAT I ACCEPTED
THE INVITATION TO LAUNCH THE " GREAT AUSTRALIAN ANNUAL
Too RARELY WE GET OPPORTUNITIES TO REFLECT ON
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LIVING IN AUSTRALIA AT THIS TIME IN
. OUR HISTORY. EACH OF US WILL HAVE hIS OWN VIEW MOLDED
BY THE PARTICULAR QUALITY OF HIS OR HER OWN EXPERIENCE.
BUT WE ALL SHARE AN INTEREST INl ARE PART OF, AND HAVE
CONTRIBUTED TO WHAT THIS BOOK TRIES TO CAPTURE NAMELY

SPEECH BY THE PRIMIE MINISTER;~ THE HON R. J. HAWKEr-AC, NP,
AT THE QUEENSLAND ELECTION CAflPAIGN OPENING
BRISDANE
2 OCTOBER 1983
THERE'S NO DOUBT AT ALL THAT THE ELECTIONS ON THE
22ND OF OCTOBER ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT IN QUEENSLAND FOR MORE
THAN A QUARTER OF A CENTURY.
THAT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT THIS ELECTION MEANS
TO QUEENSLAND, IT'S WHAT IT MEANS To AUSTRALIA,
BECAUSE, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE AND SUSTAIN
THE FULL ECONOMIC RECOVERY WE ARE WORKING FOR IN AUSTRALIA
FOR THE WHOLE OF AUSTRALIA WITHOUT THE MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTION

CHECK AGAIIN. 3T DELIVERY / L EMBARGOED UNTIL 10 M.
1 OCTOBER 19 83
ADDRESS BY THE PRIIME MINISTER, MR. BOB HAWKE, AT Ti
OPENING OF THE LAKE MACQUARIE POLICE CITIZENS BOYS' CLUB
1 OCTOBER 1982
I AM DELIGHTED TO BE WITH YOU TODAY TO HELP YOU
CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF YOUR NEW CLUB,
IT GIVES ME PARTICULAR PLEASURE TO BE THE FIRST
PRIME MINISTER TO OPEN SUCH A CLUB Ii'THE 46 YEARS
SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE FEDERATION OF. POLICE
CITIZENS BOYS' CLUBS,
I HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY THE LAKE MACQUARiE

30 September 1983

The Federal Government is planning to install the Australian-designed aircraft landing system ‘Interscan’ at a number of airports in Australia

Interscan - which is a world leader in its field  - was  developed as a joint project by the Department of Aviation and CSIRO in the early 1970’s

Submitted  jointly by Australia and the USA, the Interscan  principle was adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)  as the world-wide  standard for future landing systems