PRIME * MINISTER
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INAUGURATION OF NORTH WEST SHELF STAGE 2
PERTH -19 SEPTEMBER 1989
Premier Dowding,
Distinguished guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen.
Forty years ago, on the other side of this vast continent,
the Australian people began construction of one of the
largest and most complex engineering projects in the world:
the Snowy Mountains Scheme.
Today, we celebrate a milestone in another massive feat of
Australian engineering: the North West Shelf project. It's

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PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF NEWS CONFERENCE, SHERATON HOTEL, PERTH, 19
SEPTEMBER 1989
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JOURNALIST: Mr Hawke, John Halfpenny's been very critical
today of you bringing in the military to help sort out the
civil aviation
PM: Well I didn't have any doubts before this that I was
right and if Mr Halfpenny's criticised me, that just
reassures me that I'm right.
JOURNALIST: He says though that your bad handling of the
situation has deliberately worsened the dispute.

PRIME MINISTER
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OPENING DINNER
GOVERNMENT-INDUSTRY CONFERENCE
AGAINST CHEMICAL WEAPONS
CANBERRA 18 SEPTEMBER 1989
Excellencies Distinguished guests
Parliamentary Colleagues
Ladies and Gentlemen
Three quarters of a century ago, the nations of the world
were plunged into the first truly global conflict.
The trauma, brutality and horror of that war are still
scorched into the collective memory of us all.
Not least among the barbarisms that man inflicted on his

PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH JOHN MCKENZIE, 4CA CAIRNS,
18 SEPTEMBER 1989
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MCKENZIE: Thank you for joining me.
PM: My pleasure.
MCKENZIE: Today you are to talk to us in far north
Queensland. You have probably just heard me talking to Bill
Ludwick, the Branch Secretary of the AWU in Brisbane.
PM: I just heard the very end of it, John.
MCKENZIE: People suffering here in far north Queensland, as
you would be well aware, over the years of your tenure as
Prime Minister. I suppose one thing you have really been

PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF DOORSTOP, SYDNEY CONVENTION CENTRE, DARLING
HARBOUR, 17 SEPTEMBER 1989
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JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, the cannon fire interrupted
your speech a little bit there# but what do you think will
attract most Australians to this campaign?
PM: I think the obviously increasing concern of Australians
with environmental issues gener~ ally and, at times, I think
Australians wonder ' well, what is there that we can do about
protecting our environment'. This program offers each

16 September 1989

The Australian Government warmly welcomes Pakistan back into the Commonwealth after an absence of eighteen years.

During my visit to Pakistan in February this year, following Pakistan's return to democratic government, I raised with Prime minister Bhutto the qe-estion of Pakistan rejoining the Commonwealth. I am delighted, therefore that Pakistan is now back in the Commonwealth. This move will broaden the friendly ties between Australia and Pakistan through our work together in the. Commonwealth's many. institutions and forums.

PRIME MINISTER
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JOURNALIST: What can you say to an industry that you can't
compensate PM: Well, let me say first of all, that I have greatly
appreciated the constructive way in which the
representatives of the tourist industry here assembled, have
asked to see me today and the spirit in which they've put
their position. You mentioned compensation, let me say they
haven't asked for compensation and I appreciate that point.

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TRANSCRIPT OF NEWS CONFERENCE, PARLIAMENT HOUSE, 13
SEPTEMBER 1989
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PM: I apologise for keeping you waiting. A couple of
things that have just arisen. I just want to make a brief
statement against the background of the written statement
that you have.
The first thing I want to say is that the situation that
we're dealing with is one of a national emergency. The
pilots and their Federation have created an abnormal
situation and that requires the responses appropriate to

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PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 13 SEPTEMBER 1989
The Australian economy is facin g an exceptionally
serious challenge it is a situation of national
emergency. The Government, the airlines and the
responsible union movement are meeting this in the only
way possible.
The challenge arises because the Australian Federation
of Air Pilots ( AFAP') refuses to negotiate within the
wage fixing guidelines. They have repeatedly stated
that they seek a resolution of their demands outside the
guidelines and the umbrella of the Industrial Relations

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TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH ALLAN DICK, PACIFIC RADIO, NEW
ZEALAND, 12 SEPTEMBER 1989
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DICK: We dithered a lot in this country over the purchase
of the two frigates. Are you pretty satisfied with what
we've done?
PM4: Yes, I am. It's the purchase of two with an option of
a further two. I'm pleased with that and I certainly want
to make it clear to your listeners there, Allan, that this
has not been a case of Australia standing over or attempting