TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH WARWICK BEUTLER, THE WORLD
TODAY, ABC RADIO, 29 MAY 1990
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BEUTLER: Prime Minister, you've spoken to Don Grimes,
the Australian Ambassador, this morning. What's the
latest information?
PM: Warwick, there is no new information that I can give
you as a result of speaking to the Ambassador. He
confirmed what, in a sense, we already knew and assured
me that all consular assistance has been and will
continue to be provided in this matter. They assisted in

PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF NEWS CONFERENCE, PARLIAMENT HOUSE, 16 MAY
1990
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JOURNALIST: Well, how are you feeling, Prime Minister?
PM: I'm feeling very well indeed and I'm very pleased to
report that my specialist and physician report that I'm
in excellent health and I'm just going to go and have
this routine operation which 15 a subject which has
caused a certain amount of ribaldry, if I may say so,
amongst my staff who are showing in these matters even
less discipline than Ministers and they are putting up

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FOR MEDIA16 MAY 1990
I will be entering hospital tomorrow for a routine
operation. I expect to be in hospital for up to five days and to
convalesce for about a week. On medical advice I have
had to postpone my visit to Papua New Guinea.
Mr Keating will act as Prime Minister.

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 15 MAY 1990
Prime Minister Palmer of New Zealand has accepted my
invitation to visit Australia in early July.
The main purpose of the visit is to mark the achievement
of full free trade in goods between Australia and New
Zealand on 1 July and to discuss future directions under
the Close Economic Relations ( CER) Agreement.
I am pleased that progress achieved to date under CER has
been faster and more extensive than had been thought
possible when the Agreement was signed in 1983. Since

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SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
AUSTRALIA PRIZE
CANBERRA 14 MAY 1990
Prize winners,
Distinguished guests,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Not since the new Parliament House was opened two years ago
have we hosted such a significant occasion in this building.
Your presence here tonight for the inaugural award of the
Australia Prize is itself a statement about our nation's
emerging priorities, a recognition of the standing science
now rightly has in our society.

! 3AUBTRALIAL&
FOR MEDIA 8 MAY 1990
At the invitation of Prime Minister Rabbie Namaliu. I shall
make an official visit to Papua New Guinea from Wednesday
May to Saturday 2 June.
Papua New Guinea is one of Australia's most important
regional neighbours, with whom we share many important
strategic, political and economic interests.
My visit to Papua New Guinea will return Mr Namaliu's visit
to Australia last year. During the visit I will hold
discussions with the Prime Minister and members of his

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 7 MAY 1990
When the Ministry was appointed on 4 April 1990, I
advised relevant Ministers to settle the various
responsibilities within their portfolios.
Portfolio Ministers have now advised me concerning the
allocation of responsibilities. A schedule showing the
responsibilities of non-portfolio Ministers is attached.
In order to reflect accurately the responsibilities now
allocated to them, the titles of three non-portfolio
Ministers have been changed. The Governor-General

PRIME MAINISTETRANSCRIPT
OF DOORSTOP, JOHN CURTIN HOUSE, 4 MAY 1990
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JOURNALIST: Mr Hawke, do you agree that
PM: Do I agree with what?
JOURNALIST: That political advertising on television
should be banned.
PM: The only thing I'll say I agree to is that it should
be discussed.
JOURNALIST: Would you support a referendum giving the
Commonwealth more power over the environment?
PM: Of course the Commonwealth should have more power
but we have learnt about referenda that unless the

PRIME MINISTER
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SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
ANNUAL DINNER OF THE
AUSTRALIAN MINING INDUSTRY COUNCIL
CANBERRA 3 MAY 1990
This is my seventh address to the annual dinner of the
Australian Mining Industry Council. The first, delivered
just two months after coming to office, focussed on domestic
economic conditions and mining taxation policy. The second,
third and fourth addresses from 1984 to 1986 dealt with
the international trading cycle and the progressively

PRIME MINISTER
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SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
ENVIRONMENT 1990 CONFERENCE
SYDNEY 2 MAY 1990
Mr Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
All elements of the Australian community must be involved in
this vital task for the 1990s: developing the strategies
for safeguarding the environment that our children will
inherit and demanding of government at all levels, of
industry and of interest groups that those strategies be
implemented. This conference, bringing together a diverse group drawn