PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 27 SEPTEMBER 1989
I sincerely regret the statements I made to Mr Bob Bell in
Whyalla. I was upset by the fact that he denied the existence of the
recent tax cuts, and his assertion that I and the
politicians were " lining our pockets" with pay rises when in
fact last year and this year I personally had initiated
action to impede the Parliamentary salary increases which
had been independently determined.
However this was no exduse for the language I used and I
hope that Bob Bell will accept my apology in the spirit in

PRIME MINISTER
CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY
SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
AT THE ASHES DINNER
MELBOURNE, 27 SEPTEMBER 1989
I am delighted to have been asked to join with members of
the Australian Cricket Board and other distinguished guests
who have gathered here this evening to pay tribute to one of
Australia's most successful cricket teams ever to tour
England. I
Your magnificent performances in England brought an extra
inner warmth to the hearts of your fellow Australians during

FOR MEDIA 26 SEPTEMBER 1989
I warmly welcome President Bush's proposals for
eliminating chemical weapons stockpiles made in his
speech to the United Nations General Assembly and which
he detailed in a personal letter to me yesterday.
President Bush's announcements are the latest of three
significant advances towards banning chemical weapons,
which have taken place over the last week.
Australia has just hosted the Government Industry
Conference Against Chemical Weapons a unique event
in which 65 Governments reaffirmed their commitment to a

PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF NEWS CONFERENc, UTILUX FACTORY, SYDNEY
SEPTEMBER 1989
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JOURNALIST: Mr Hawke, I believe you've invited the Raiders
over tomorrow night.
PM: Yes, they'll be coming over, yes.
JOURNALIST: Mr Hawke, three banks have suggested that
the Government drop its 13.5% interest rate ceiling.
Do you see any value in that?
PM: I see they've made the suggestion but I'm not talking
about monetary policy on the run here.
JOURNALIST: What did you think of yesterday's game?

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S JOUJNALST: Can I ask you first, are you concerned that Mr
xeating has said, or do you agree with him that the pilots"
dispute effect on tourism is being overestimated, that
tourism leaders are in danger of talking down their
business? PN: I don't think I agree with Paul in this sense that I
think he was trying to say that if you talk gloom and doom
in any long term sense that doesn't recognise that the
fundamental attractiveness of Australia as a tourism

QUESTION AND ANSWER SEGMENT WITH JOHN
MCINTOSH, SATELLITE HOOK-UP TO TOKYO AUSTRALIAN INVESTMENT
CONFERENCE 22 SEPTEMBER 1989

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MCINTOSH: Good Morning Sir.

PM: Good morning John.

TRANSCRIPT OF DOORSTOP, GULF SHOPPING CENTRE, PORT AUGUSTA,
21 SEPTEMBER 1989
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JOURNALIST: inaudible
PM: It's a free society and I was very pleased to have the
opportunity of talking with the chemist.
JOURNALIST: what did you tell him?
PM: I said these things. Firstly, that we had made an offer
to the chemists early on and they were very close, I think
there was only about one vote or so on their council against
accepting it. So then we had no alternative but to go to the

PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH ANNETTE MARNER, ABC ADELAIDE
21 SEPTEMB3ER 1989
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MARNER: Well your itinerary includes such places as The Whyalla
Workers' Club, the BHP Long Products Division and so forth. Many
people would Bay that that's really the hub of ALP support in
regional Sth Australia and yet many of your critics would argue
they're the very people that have been alienated from the govt
through your tough economic policies. Do you agree?
P14; No I don't know where many of the critics are that

TRANSCRIPT OF NEWS CONFERENCE, COMON WEALTHFFCE, WHYALLA,
SEPTEMER 1989
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JOURNALIST: The latest Bulletin poll shows the ALP'S drop of
to 43. If a poll was in early September you would be
out of Government.
PM: No that's not right. If a poll now was, in my
judgement, we would win and I tell you what if Mr Peacock
could do a swap with me on the polls he would grab it like a
brown hungry dog. But I'm not going to swap with him though.
JOURNALIST: His rating might be down but their Party's up to

PRIME MINISTER
TRbASCRIPT OF DOORSP, Wmg'M" D SIPPIG CEI'RE, YHALLA,
1989
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JOURNALIST: inaudible
PM: You'll excuse me laughing but from day one in this
dispute Mr Peacock and the Opposition is totally supportive
of the pilots. They've put all their questions in the
Parliament, everything they've said has been supportive of
the pilots which is in a sense not surprising because the
pilots are following the Opposition's industrial relations
policy. The Opposition says, ' opt out of the system, if you