PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF NEWS CONFERENCE, OPERA HOUSE 26 MAY 1989
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JOURNALIST; Another late flight I believe. I'm just
wondering what your thoughts are on the state of our
airlines and why you've bought into the air traffic
controllers, dispute at the moment.
PM: I'm not prepared to allow this haemorrhaging of our
airline system to continue and they need to understand that
we are just not going to stand idly by and al -low it to go
on. So the CAA will be prepared to process those provisions

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COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRALIA
SYDNEY 26 MAY 1989
There are many reasons why it is a pleasure to be here
today. Most immediately, it is a welcome duty for me to launch John
Nieuwenhuysen's book Towards Freer Trade Between Nations.
It is an important book on an important subject, and-having
already expressed my endorsement for it in my Foreword to
the book I appreciate this opportunity, which I shall take

FOR MEDIA 25 MAY 1989
-AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS
JOINT STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER,
THE MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
AND THE MINISTER FOR INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
The Government will no longer tolerate the continuing
campaign of industrial disruption and abuse of sick leave
entitlements by Air Traffic Controllers at Sydney Airport
and other airports.
If this disruption continues the Civil Aviation Authority
( CAA) will immediately process the provisions already in the
award which allow for individual fines and/ or stand-downs.

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 24 MAY 1989
Today, the Hon. Rabbie Namaliu, Prime Minister of Papua New
Guinea and I signed a Treaty on Development Cooperation
between our two countries. This Treaty sets out the
arrangements relating to future development cooperation
between Australia end Papua New Guinea. The Treaty has
been framed in the context of the Joint Declaration of
Principles which our two countries signed in December 1987,
and which we agreed should guide the development of
relations between us. Under the terms of the Treaty,

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PARLIAMENTARY LUNCHEON FOR THE
PRIME MINISTER OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
THE HON. RABBIE NAMALIU
CANBERRA 24 MAY 1989
It is always a great pleasure to welcome a visiting Head of
Government from a neighbouring country. It is, however, a
special pleasure when the visitor happens to be the Head of
Government of Australia's closest neighbour, Papua New
Guinea. I, therefore, most sincerely and warmly welcome
you, Rabbie, your wife Margaret and members of your party to

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TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH PAUL MURPHY, TONIGHT PROGRAM,
SBS, 23 MAY 1989
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0 oMnU RPtHhYe: TonPirgihmte mSihnowi. ster thanks very much indeed for coming
PM: My pleasure. Could I just correct that introduction?
I did not clash with my Foreign Minister.
MURPHY: OK, I'll get to that in a second and to other
foreign policy matters. If I can just put in a domestic
question first.
PM: Sure.
MURPHY: Apparently in Question Time in the Senate this
afternoon Senator John Button said in reply to a question

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 23 MAY 1989
ASSISTANCE FOR AMAZON RAINFOREST PROTECTION
The Australian Government has agreed to make a substantial
donation towards the protection of the Amazon rainforests.
The Government will donate $ 250,000 to the Fundacao Mata
Virgem The Rainforest Foundation in support of its
efforts to establish a 180,000 square kilometre ecological
reserve in the Xingu region of the Amazon Basin.
The Australian donation only the second by a national
government will be a major boost to the campaign, which is

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FEDERAL CHAMBER OF AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES
ANNIVERSARY DINNER
CANBERRA 22 MAY 1989
Ivan Deveson, President,
Ladies and Gentlemen.
At the outset I offer my congratulations to the Federal
Chamber of Automotive Industries as you celebrate your
anniversary. When this Chamber was established in 1939 with the
amalgamation of various independent State Chambers, the
motor vehicle industry was already a significant one for

TRANSCRIPT OF JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE WITH SENATOR THE HON
GARETH EVANS QC AND SENATOR THE HON GRAHAM RICHARDSON,
PARLIAMENT HOUSE, 22 NAY 1989
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PM: I apologise that Senator Richardson has been delayed,
but we understand that you've got some other timetable and
deadline and schedule that you want to adhere to so we
decided it best to start.
The Cabinet considered the question of Antarctic
environment at its meeting this morning and we have decided
that we will not sign the Minerals Convention, but instead

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 22 MAY 1989
JOINT STATEMENT WITH THE MINISTER FOR
FOREIGN AFFAIRS TRADE, SENATOR THE HON GARETH EVANS QC
AND THE MINISTER FOR ARTS, SPORT, THE ENVIRONMENT,
TOURISM TERRITORIES, SENATOR THE HON GRAHAM RICHARDSON
PROTECTION OF THE ANTARCTIC ENVIRONMENT
The Australian Government is dedicated to the comprehensive
protection of the Antarctic environment and in that context
our strong commitment is that no mining at all including
oil drilling should take place in and around the