PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF NEWS CONFERENCE, SOUTH MELBOURNE
MAY 1989
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JOURNALIST: Are you saddened by the news of the killing of
the Kanak leader?
PM: I'm very saddened by it. Of course I've met the late
Mr Tjibaou and I express to his family and the family of the
other assassinated leader my personal sorrow and that of the
Government and the people of Australia. It's particularly
unfortunate coming as it does at a time when in a sense they
were celebrating the achievement of the Matignon Agreement

PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCIPT OF NEWS CONFERENCE, PARLIAMENT HOUSE, 4 MAY 1989
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JOURNALIST: Mr Hawke, what's your reaction to the CPI
figure or figures today?
PM: Well, I have two reactions. one is that it's at the, I
think, at the lower end of expectations and it shows that
the underlying rate of inflation at 6.8 percent, 6.8 to 6.9,
is lower than the sort of figure that had been talked about
before. But having said that, the second thing I want to
say is that I think the, while that underlying rate is lower

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SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
ANNUAL DINNER OF THE
AUSTRALIAN MINING INDUSTRY COUNCIL
CANBERRA 3 MAY 1989
Tomorrow you will be conducting your annual seminar under
the title ' minerals Sustaining the Future'.
It can be predicted with confidence that Australia's future
will remain reliant for many years to come on the export
earnings of our two largest and oldest industries
agriculture and mining.
After all, in 1987-88, processed and unprocessed minerals

PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF NEWS CONFERENCE, TWEEDSXUIR USTAURANTp
BRISBANE 20 APRIL 1989
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JOURNALIST: Your response last night to the disturbance
which greeted Mr Howard.
PM: I don't like demonstrations which reach the point where
there's same danger to people against whom the demonstration
is directed. I don't draw any pleasure or comfort from any
situation if there's been any hurt to Mr Howard or anyone
associated with him. I disagree with him very much on most
issues but I wish him no physical danger at all.

PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF NEWS CONFERENCE, CABOOLATURE TAVERN, CABOOLTURE
27 APRIL 1989
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JOURNALIST: Mr Hawke, can you tell us the results of
your trade talks with Vice-President Quayle yesterday?
PM: The Vice-President is now very well acquainted with
the facts of the adverse impact upon Australia of the
operation of the Export Enhancement Program. I think
he had the belief until he'd spoken to me that the Export
Enhancement Program was not adversely affecting Australia,

PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT OF DOORSTOP, SHRINE OF REMEMBRANCE,
MELBOURNE 25 APRIL 1989
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JOURNALIST: On the eve of today's service in New Zealand
the Prime Minister, David Lange said that there was no hope
of ANZUS ever being resurrected, that the formal ties would
be severed altogether. Does that sadden you?
PM: Yes, well I don't want to inject political
considerations into today. But if that's their decision,
that's their decision. Our commitment to the Alliance is as
strong and constructive as it has ever been, a fact which is

TRANSCRIPT OfV NEWS CONPKEREC, TM HON PETER STAPLES' Pp
ELECTORATE/ MZNISTERIAL OFFICE, HEIDELBERG, 24 APRIL 1989
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JOURNALIST: Mr Hawks how do you feel about Mr Fraser's
comments over the weekend?
PMts Well I feel much more relaxed about them than John
Howard does. I think it was a fairly obvious statement, the
fact that the Liberal Party was going to have any chance it
has got to be representative of much broader strands than
the way it's going. It is as Mr Macphee says, all the

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SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
OPENING OF THE EXTENSIONS AT THE
HEIDELBERG REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL
MELBOURNE 24 APRIL 1989
On the eve of Anzac Day 1989, Australians once again recall,
with sorrow and with pride, the sacrifices made by our
servicemen and women in defence of liberty and peace around
the world.
At Gallipoli and in France, at El Alamein and Tobruk, in
Greece and Crete, at Kokoda, in the Coral Sea, and at Long
Tan, and at hundreds of other battle fields throughout the

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PRIME MINISTER1
FOR MEDIA 21 APRIL 1989
I have announced today that Australia will participate in
the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
sponsored by the United Nations.
The Director General of the Department of Defence's Natural
Disasters Organisation ( NDO), Ma jor General Brian Howarde
wil. l chair the Australian co-ord inating committee for the
International Decade.
The United Nations General Assembly decided at its 42nd
session to designate the 1990' s as an international Decade

PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF AN INTERVIEW/ TALKBACK WITH BOB MAUMILLf RADIO 2UE.
APRIL 1989.
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MAUMILLt We'll get straight into this. Will I get a couple of
the questions over that, sort of, they don't let you become a
member of the AJA, unless you ask?
PM: OK.
MAUMILL: OK. Are you taller than John Howard, and is there
going to be an early election?
PM: Scintillating.
MAUMILL: Everyone seems to ask that. I want my eight cents a
day back because Andrew Olle's one of my idols and I saw you with