TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH PETER THOMPSON, AM PROGRAM,
JUNE 1989
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THOMPSON: Well the Prime Minister has kept closely in touch
with events in China throughout the weekend and he joins us
now. Good morning Prime Minister. Thanks for joining me
this moning.
PM: Good morning Peter.
THOMPSON: What's your reaction to the massacre in China?
PM: I profoundly deplore it. We had expressed earlier two
points of view. one that we welcome the expressions of the
move towards democracy that was spearheaded by the students

PRIM MTAINISTETRANSCRIPT
OF INTERVIEW WITH PAUL LYNEHAM, 7.30 REPORT,
JUNE 1989
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LYNEHAM: Prime Minister thanks for joining us. I know you
haven't had a lot of sleep lately. Did you ever expect that
the old guard would react with such verocity and bloodshed?
PM: There was always an outside chance. We've been
monitoring the situation continuously and closely. we have
very competent people there. They said in their reporting
that there was a chance that they thought it more likely

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TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH JANA WENDT, A CURRENT AFFAIR,
JUNE 1989
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WENDT: Australia has already lodged a formal protest with
the Chinese over the brutal suppresion of the Beijing
students and Prime Minister Bob Hawke has called off a
planned visit to China later this year. But the Federal
Government has stopped short of severing diplomatic links or
imposing trade sanctions. The Prime Minister joins us now
live from Parliament House in Canberra. Mr Hawke thank you
for your time this evening.
PM: My pleasure.

PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF NEWS CONFERENCE, BRISBANE SHERATON HOTEL,
4 JUNE 1989
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JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, can you give us your reaction
to events in China?
PM: Yes I can. I deeply deplore what has happened in
China. I have said before these most recent events
that we both welcome the democratic push for reform so
that people would have the pleasure of expression in
China and, on the other hand, welcomed also the restraint
with which the authorities in China had dealt with those

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TRANSCRIPT OF DOORSTOP, MARIST COLLEGE, ASHGROVE, BRISBANE
4 JUNE 1989
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JOURNALIST: I wonder if we could have your reaction to Mr
Willis' call to reopen the privatisation debate.
PM: I thought Mr Willis put the issues very fairly and
directly. ends

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PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF DOORSTOP, MARIST COLLEGE, ASHGROVE, BRISBANE
4 JUNE 1989
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JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, is the Government looking
at privatising Qantas as soon as possible?
PM: Well you heard Mr Willis. It's not a question of
looking at it as soon as possible. There are processes
under way, as Mr Willis said, in the Party and I thought
he put the position very fairly and straight.
JOURNALIST: Do you have a problem with Party policy?
PM: That' s a silly question, if I may say so.

PRIMINEI STE
FOR MEDIA 2 JUNE 1989
I will visit France, the United Kingdom, the United States,
the Federal Republic of Germany and Hungary from 16 June to
3 July.
The visit has been carefully targeted to advance Australia's
political and economic interests. I will, for instance, be
visiting four of the G7 members just a matter of weeks
before their annual Summit and three of the leading members
of the EC in the context of the proposed European Single
Market in 1992. In each of the countries being visited I

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 2 JUNE 1989
It was with deep regret that I learned of the death of
Malcolm Scott.
Malcolm Scott served as a Senator for Western Australia from
1950-71. He was Minister for Customs and Excise 1968-69 in
the Gorton Government.
In recognition of Malcolm Scott's distinguished contribution
to Australia and as a mark of respect, the Government will
accord him a State Funeral.
The service will be held at the Anglican Church of St
Michael, Mount Pleasant, Perth, on Wednesday 7 June, at

PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH MIKE CARLTON, RADIO 2GB, 1 JUNE
1989 E 0 E PROOF ONLY
CARLTON: On the line from Canberra the Prime Minister this
morning. Good morning.
PM: Good morning Mike.
CARLTON: Where did we all go wrong?
PM: Well just let's get straight who's wrong. I mean the
presentation that you put, Mike, almost assumes that all
Australian families via the government owe this money and
this is perhaps not surprising seeing the way the opposition
try and put this story. They say ' here's a figure of $ 100B

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PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF NEWS CONFERENCE, PARLIAMENT HOUSE
31 MAY 1989
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JOURNALIST: What's your reaction to the debt Prime
Minister? PM: Well, there are a number of things I want to say about
that and I want to of course get it into perspective.
There'll be a lot of scaremongering undertaken by the
policyless people opposite us, the Hewsons and the Peacocks
and so on. Let's get the perspective right. Now firstly
the net debt of Australia is over $ 100 billion, a very