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The attached letter was sent to the Tasmnanian Premier,
Mr Gray on May 17, 1983.

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OAF. L: DR1LHES S ! IBAY7, 1IT; n! E PiI-L lI NI STEPR TO '; iE 1983 ANNUAL CONFEK NC?
OF 1! E N I OAL FAIERS' FEDERATI N' 1, U O A" i, ILESDAYJ
1 MIAY 1933
i AM DELIGHTED TO BE HERE TODAY TO ADDRESS AND OFFICIALLY
OPEN THE 1933 ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL FARMERS'
FEDERATION, I HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED BY THE POSITIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE
ROLE PLAYED BY THE FEDERATION SINCE ITS FORMATION IN 1979,
THE OBVIOUS SUCCESS OF THE FEDERATION IN ACTING AS THE
RURAL SECTOR'S VOICE, WITH CLARITY AND FORCEFULNESS,

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PRIME MINISTER
CHECKAINST IE V~ Y
EXTRACTS FROM AN ADDRESS BY 1HE PRIME MINISTER,
MR BOB HAKE, AT THE BRUCE BY-EL-ECTION CAMPAIGN LAUNCH,
SUNDAY 15 MAY, 1983
THE PEOPLE OF BRUCE HAVE BEEN CALLED TO VOTE IN A
BY-ELECTION AT A CRUCiAL POINT IN AUSiRALIAN HISTORY,
IT IS JUST TEN WEEKS SINCE THE PEOPLE OF AUSTRALIA VOTFU
TO END THE SEVEN DIVISIVE YEARS OF LIBERAL GO\' ERIVIENI,
AND ENTRUSTED TO A NEw LAWO GOVERNMENT THE TASK OF
BRINGING; AUSTRALIA TOGETHER,
THE PEOPLE OF AUSTRALI A TE WEEKS AGO DEMONS'T RATCD THAT,

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AUSTRALIA'S ENERGY PROSPECTS FOR THE 1980s
SPEECH DELIVERED
ON BEHALF OF
THE PRIME MINISTER
THE HON R. J. HAWKE
BY
THE MINISTER FOR
SENATOR RESOURCES AND ENERGY
PETER WALSH
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ENERGY/ INSTITUTION
OF ENGINEERS CONFERENCE
" ENERGY ' 83"
CANBERRA
13 MAY 1983

I AM DELIGHTED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS
SO DISTINGUISHED AND REPRESENTATIVE A GROUP FROM THE
AUSTRALIAN MINING INDUSTRY EARLY IN THE LIFE OF MY GOVERNMENT.
SOME OF YOU MADE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS AT THE NATIONAL
ECONOMIC SUJVIT AND FOR THAT, ONCE AGAIN, ALLOW ME TO
THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF
AUSTRALIA, OTHERS HAVE MADE REPRESENTATIONS ON
POLICY ISSUES THROUGH MY MINISTERS. AND WHILE THIS
DINNER ITSELF IS AN ANNUAL AND RELATIVELY FORMAL AFFAIR,
LET ME SAY THAT OCCASIONS LIKE THIS CAN BE USED TO FURTHER

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PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 11 May 1983
The following message has been sent to His Excellency
Mr Zhao Ziyang, Premier of the State Council of the People's
Republic of China:
" Dear Premier Zhao,
My Government welcomes the announcement of your
Government's decision to award contracts for oil
exploration in the South China and Yellow Seas to
a consortium which includes Australia's largest
company, Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd.
In our recent talks, we agreed that there was
considerable scope for further developing

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TRANSCRIPT OF' SPEECH TO TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION FEDERAL COUT-HCIL
9 MAY 1983
First of all, thank you very much for the invitation which was
extended to me to come along and open your Council Meeting. I
apologise for taking a little bit long. There is a Cabinet
meeting going and I have had to leave that a bit early. There
are some matters I had to before leaving.
The f irst thing I want to say is to emphasise to you the very

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TRANSCRIPT FROM DERRYN HINCH PROGRAM, 3AW, MONDAY 9 MAY 1983
HINCH: I am very pleased, because this is the first morning my,
program is going live to Sydney, in the 3AW studios my first
guest'this morning will be the Prime minister of Australia, Mr.
Bob Hawke. It i~ s 2 months since hie came to office and during
that time, some would say unusually for him, he has been keeping
a fairly low media profile and there are some important issues
around this morning
HINCH: Mr. Hawke, Good Morning. I said in my opening comments on

ADDRESS BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THlE 11ON. R. J. L. HAW1KS, A. C.
TO THE NATIONAL FINALS OF WORK SKILL AUSTRALIA
9 M4AY 1983'
I am delighted to be with you on this great
occasion the national finals of the Work Skill Australia
skills competition. Here today are the cream of Australia's young
tradespeople you have successfully competed in
competitions all over Australia to reach these National
Finals, the first in Australia.
This national program of skill competitions -Work
Skill Australia is a new and exciting landmark in

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PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT OF SPEECH AT TEI* UiTLE BETH ISRAEL 8 MAY 1983
It is appropriate that I should say to you at this first
opportunity I have had of being with such a representative
gathering of the Jewish community, to affirm to you the
statement in unequivocal terms that the deference that my
Government has to the integrity and security of the State of
Israel. That the State of Israel is one
in many ways for a long period of time the greatest commitinien:
integrity remains in time the responsibility of the Government