FOR MEDIA 22 MAY 1989
On 12 May I announced that, following the introduction of
self-government in the ACT, the responsibilities of the
Minister for the Arts and Territories, the Hon Clyde Holding
MP, would be changed to include tourism matters.
As a consequence, His Excellency the Governor-General, the
Hon Bill Hayden AC, today appointed Mr Holding as Minister
for the Arts, Tourism and Territories within the portfolio
of the Minister for Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism
and Territories, Senator the Hon Graham Richardson.

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PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 21 MAY 1989
JOINT STATEMENT WITH THE HON. JOHN BANNON, MLA
PREMIER OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Thousands more South Australian children will gain access to
child care under a new $ 10 million program announced today
by the Prime Minister and SA Premier John Bannon.
Families, particularly working parents who need quality care
for their children outside school hours, will have access to
twice the present number of places.
The package also provides a boost for parents not in the

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SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
ANNIVERSARY OF
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ALP WOMEN'S POLICY COMMITTEE
ADELAIDE 21 MAY 1989
South Australian women have always held a special place in
the history of women's struggle for equality of opportunity
in this country.
In 1894 ninety five years ago the women of South
Australia became the first in this nation and, after New
Zealanders,. the first in the world, to win the right to
vote. Today we celebrate a more recent anniversary, but one which

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PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF DOORSTOP, WOODVILLE, SA, 20 MAY 1989
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JOURNALIST: First of all, from what the protesters are
O saying out there, the small amount of protesters
PM: Very small.
JOURNALIST: What are you going to do about Kakadu?
PM: That's a matter that will be decided. An you know we've
it's a conservation zone there and therm are
investigations going on in which we're taking into account
the interests of the conservationists, the Aboriginal people
and the home. of the mining Inaterests and we will make a

19 MAY 1989
The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, the
Hon. Rabble Namaliu, will visit Australia from
23 to 28 May 1989 as a Guest of the Government.
The visit by the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, an
important member of the South Pacific region, reflects
the enduring strength of the political, trade and
economic links between Australia and Papua New Guinea,
and both countries' wish to further enhance their
already close relations.
Apart from Canberra, Prime Minister Namaliu will also be

PRIME MINISTER
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JOURNALIST:-Mr Hawks, are you concerned about your chances
in Kingston.
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Government will be returned and he'll be returned with it.
You see just because I go into an electorate, it doesn't
mean that we're worried about it. I mean, since-I've been
Prime Minister, which is over 6 years now, I think there's
probably no Prime Minister who has travelled around the

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PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF OPENING REMARKS TO THE PREMIER'S CONFERENCE,
CANBERRA, 18 MAY 1989
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PM: Premiers and Chief Ministers, I extend a welcome to all
of you, a very warm welcome. There's some special features
about this meeting. Of course it's the first to be held
here in the new Parliament House. It's also the first
meeting to be attended by a representative from the new
Government of the Australian Capital Territory. So we
extend an especially warm welcome to you, Rosemary. Of

TRANSCRIPT OF JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE WITH THE TREASURER,
PARLIAMENT HOUSE, 18 MAY 1989
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PM: We've just completed the Premiers' Conference and Loan
Council meeting and very significant decisions have been
made there.
In essence what has happened is that we have taken $ 2.7
billion off the public sector demand on the community
savings. That's made up by $ 1.15 billion off the borrowing
limits of the Commonwealth's own authorities, $ 1 billion off
the State's globals in respect of their authorities and $ 550

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TRANSCRIPT OF NEWS CONFERENCE, PORT BOTANY, 15 MAY 1989
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JOURNALIST: Nick Greiner has offered to decrease state
borrowings at the next Premiers Conference. What's wrong
with that?
PH: who said there was anything wrong with it? He can
afford to and we'll be making the decisions on Thursday at
Canberra at the Premiers conference and Loan Council
meeting, affecting not only New South Wales but the other
States and the Commonwealth as a whole which are necessary
to see that the welfare of the Australian economy is

TRANSCRIPT OF NEWS CONFERENCE, ROYAL CANBERRA GOLF COURSE
14 MAY 1989
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JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, what does the Tasmanian result
mean for your policies in terms of the environment?
PM: Well it means that clearly the judgement has been made
that as far as the two major parties are concerned the Labor
Party has the best policy on the environment. You see we
held our vote. The great swing to the Independents in
Tasmania has come from the Liberals. This is not surprising
because their record on the environment is disastrous. They