PREMIERS' CONFERENCE AND LOAN COUNCIL MEETING
JUNE 1 JULY 1983
The heads of government of the Commonwealth of Australia
and of the six states today reached agreement on important
fiscal policy aspects of the Commonwealth Government's
national economic recovery programme.
After two days of discussions in the Premiers' Conference
and the Loan Council, the heads of government agreed that
the Commonwealth Government has designed its macro-economic
policies to promote national economic recovery. In

CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY EMBARGOED UNTIL 10 A. M.
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JUNE 1983 PRIMVE MINISTER
PREMIERS AND MINISTERS
I WELCOME YOU ALL TO THIS THE FIRST PREMIERS' CONFERENCE
THAT I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE AND PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING THE
PLEASURE IS IN NO WAY DIMINISHED BY FINDING MYSELF IN THE CHAIR.
IN PARTICULAR, I EXTEND A WELCOME ON YOUR BEHALF TO THE
NEW PREMIER OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, BRIAN BURKE, WHO, I AM SURE,
WILL SEE MANY CONFERENCES IN THE FUTURE. HE FOLLOWS A LONG
LINE OF WORTHY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE WEST INCLUDING ONE

PRIME -MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 28 June 1983
The Administrative Arrangements are to be altered to give the
Treasurer responsibility for the Australian Taxation office.
This change will mean that both taxation administration and policy
will revert -to being under one Minister.
At present, taxation administration is the responsibility of
the minister for Finance, and taxation policy is the
responsibility of the Treasurer.
Mr Dawkins is to become the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister
for Public Service Matters.

ADDRESS BY THE PRIME MINISTER TO THE
1983 ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE
VICTORIAN FARMERS AND GRAZIERS ASSOCIATION
28 JUNE 1983, DALLAS BROOKS HALL, EAST MELBOURNE
OPEN THE
GRAZIERS I AM DELIGHTED TO BE WITH YOU TODAY TO OFFICIALLY
1983 ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE VICTORIAN FARMERS AND
ASSOC.! ATION.
THE GATHERING HERE TODAY IS CLEAR TESTIMONY TO THE
BENEFITS OF HAVING A SINGLE BODY REPRESENTING VICTORIAN
PRIMARY PRODUCERSTHE VICTORIAN FARMERS AND GRAZIERS ASSOCIATION IS,
OF COURSE, A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL FARMERS' FEDERATION.

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PRIME MINISTER
E. O. E. PROOF ONLY
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS NATIONAL PRESS CLUB 27 JUNE 1983
PETER BOWERS: Mr Hawke, I wish to ask you about the decision
taken by Mr Bowen to commit the two existing uranium miners to
renew negotiations for new export contracts. The day before you
left Australia sir, you said that that ministerial decision was
in conformity with party policy on uranium. Will you now say
which part of that extraordinarily complex new' policy permits the
negotiation of new uranium contracts?

ADDRESS BY THE PRIME MINISTER, HON R, J, HAWKE, AC, MiP,
TO THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, CANBERRA
27 JUNE 1983
THE PRESIDENT'S INVITATION TO ADDRESS THE CLUB
ON THIS OCCASION WAS PUT IN TERMS OF THE FIRST HUNDRED DAYS
OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT. BUT ANYTHING I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE WORK OF
THE FIRST HUNDRED DAYS SHOULD BE PLACED FIRMLY IN THE CONTEXT
OF THE FIRST THOUSAND DAYS THAT ISj THE LONGER TERM
OBJECTIVES THIS LABOR GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO ACHIEVE.
BECAUSE OUR MANDATE AND OUR COMMITMENT IS NOT

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PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 23/ 6/ 83
The Commonwealth Government today offered to reimburse the
Queensland Government for all expenditure on agreed works on
the Burdekin Dam project in the current financial year up
to $ 6.5 million.
The payment will be made by way of a non-repayable grant.
The Commonwealth Government expects shortly to approach the
Queensland Government to begin negotiations for the future
funding of the project.
i understand that to date this year the amount spent on the

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SPEECH BY THE HON. R. J. HAWKE
AT THE EAST-WEST CENTER HONOLULU
SUNDAY, 19 JUNE 1983
IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU
IN HAWAII AND IN PARTICULAR TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THIS
DINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF GOVERNORS. I AM
MOST GRATEFUL TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS,
MR, CHAR, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE CENTER, DR. L, FOR
THEIR THOUGHTFULNESS IN HAVING ORGANISED THIS MOST USEFUL
OCCASION TO LET ME MEET AND TALK WITH YOU.
I SHOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY HOW VERY PLEASED I AM THAT

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ACTING PRHVIE MNIISTER
FOR MEDIA 17 June 1983
The Acting Prime Minister announced today the appointment of
five new members to the Australian Science and Technology
Council, together with the re-appointment of two mem; rbers whose
initial term of service had been completed.
Mr Bowen said that the new members appointed to the Council
were: Professor P. I. Korner, Director of the Baker Medical
Research Institute; Professor J. W. Nevile, Professor of
Electrical Engineering at the University of New South Wales;

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PRIME MINISTER
TEXT OF SPEECH BY T1HE PRIME MINISTER, MR HAKE
TO THE FOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION,
NEW YORK,
16 JUNE.
AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB IN WASHINGTON YESTERDAY I HAD TH-E
OPPORTUNITY OF OUTLINING MY NEW GOVERNMENT'S GENERAL APPROACH TO
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND ITS SPE. CIF-IC APPROACH TO OUR ALL-IMPORTANT
RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES, I STRESSED THEN THE IMPORTANCE OF
OUR MANAGEMENT OF OUR NATIONAL ECONOMY rO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR
FOREIGN POLICY, TODAY I WISH TO DEAL WITH OUR GENERAL APPROACH TO