15 OCTOBER 1989

Australia is to offer economic assistance to Poland and Hungary. This year has seen dynamic changes in Eastern Europe with a Solidarity-led Government in Warsaw and important steps in Hungary to move towards a multi-party political system and a market economy.

13 October 1989

All general practitioners in Australia will receive a pamphlet on domestic violence in the next week to assist them to help victims of violence.

The pamphlet, produced as part of the National Domestic violence Education Program, has been issued jointly by the office of the Status of women and the Australian Medical Association.

PRIME MINISTER
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BRADRAN TRUST SPRING DINNER
SYDNEY 13 OCTOBER 1989
Tonight is a very special and precious occasion.
Don Bradman is the greatest sporting figure to have emerged
in this nation of great sportsmen and women. He is the
greatest cricketer of all time. You could include him, with
the likes of Babe Ruth, Jesse Owens, Muhammad Ali and Pole,
among the greatest half dozen sporting legends of the
century. And he is a very great Australian.

PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF NEWS CONFERENCE, MURAL HALL, PARLIAMENT HOUSE
13 OCTOBER 1989
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JOURNALIST: Prime minister, the Liberal Party's tax policy seems to be a bit of an electoral winner.

PRIME MINISTER
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AUSTRALIAN PENSIONERS' FEDERATION
BIENNIAL CONFERENCE
MELBOURNE 11 OCTOBER 1989

Noreen Hewett,

Ladies and gentlemen,

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PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH STEVE RAYMOND, RADIO 2WS
OCTOBER 1989
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RAYMOND: Prime Minister, thank you for your time.
PM: My pleasure Steve.
RAYMOND: The dynamics of setting an election date. I'm
just curious to know the factors preventing you from
completely ruling out December here and now.
PM: It's what I've been saying is that overwhelmingly I
think the election will be next year. I guess no Prime
Minister is ever going to say that there isn't some

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 10 OCTOBER 1989
The Government welcomes the decision of the Australian
Industrial Relations Commission handed down this afternoon.
The Commission's decision is a complete vindication of the
stand taken by the Government from the beginning of this
dispute and of the correctness of the actions taken by the
airlines as responsible employers with the support of the
Government. Furthermore the decision applies to the pilots quite
strictly the guidelines that have been applied to all other

PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH ALAN JONES, RADIO 2UE,
9 OCTOBER 1989
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JONES: My special guest in the studio, nice and early,
pristine in the white shirt too, the Prime Minister. Good
morning. PM: how are you?
JONES: No, mine's not white.
PM: Isn't it? What colour is it?
JONES: I don't know, but it's not white.
PM: Alright.
JONES: Have you backed a winner in the weekend?
PM: Yes, but backed more losers.
JONES: Well, we better start with the Melbourne Cup tip
before we get any further.

PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF NEWS CONFERENCE, PARRAMATTA LEAGUES CLUB,
PARRAMATTA 9 OCTOBER 1989
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JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, why was it necessary to ring
Sir Arvi Parbo comments this morning?
PM: It wasn't necessary. I thought it a reasonable thing
to do because I didnt want there to be an unnecessary
O personal interchange between Sir Arvi and myself on the
question of the telephone call. I must say I am indebted
to Sir Arvi for the fact that he has indicated that my
account of what happened in regard to the telephone call

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 6 OCTOBER 1989

I am pleased to announce that the first meeting of the Prime Minister's Science Council is being held today.

The membership of the Council is included in your press kits.

Today's Discussions
Two topics of considerable importance both to the Government
and to the nation are being discussed at today's meeting.
They are global climatic change and the issues it raises for
Australia, and resources for science and technology and
their utilisation.