PRIME MINISTER
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JOURNALIST: Mr Hawke, did it take much, I mean you've had
two Cabinet Ministers now talking about resignation from the
Cabinet PM: Now, don't let's blow up this latest one. There was
all the, Barry was a little bit concerned that, you know,
perhaps not enough was going to be done in the science
area. He had a talk to me about it and everything's happy,
no problems at all. So you're really battling to make much

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LAUNCH OF THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HEALTH POLICY
WESTMEAD HOSPITAL 20 APRIL 1989
We are making history today as we launch Australia's first
national women's health policy.
Australia is one of the very few countries in the world to
have determined to find out, and then to address, the
special health needs and priorities of women.
And we could hardly be celebrating this launch at a more
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I have today launched Australia's first National Women's Health Policy at Westmead
Hospital, Sydney.
Based on the views of more than one million women around Australia, the policy
provides a blueprint for improving the health and well-being of Australian women
into the twenty-first century.
The seven major issues identified by Australian women during one of the widest
consultative processes undertaken in this country are reproductive health and
sexuality; the health of ageing women; women's emotional and mental health;

PRIME MINISTER
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CENTRE AND TRAINING, 19 APRIL 1989
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PM' because the decisions which we took in the April
Statement will put noQ pressure on interest rates because we've
financed the very substantial tax cuts and family allowances
out of the surplus that we generated by the previous tough
decisions that we've taken. The level of demand that
characterised the previous twelve months will not be theta in
the same proportions because there won't be the great surge of

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18 APRIL 1989
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JOURNALIST: If the trend continues on the balance of
payments do you don't think there'll be pressure on the
currency today?
PM: We'll leave that to the markets.
JOURNALIST:, You don't think that you'll stop interest rates
rising in the dollar?
PM: I don't want to talk about that. The very subject
you're talking about, what we'd do would of itself have an
effect. I'm not into that business.
JOURNALIST: The Opposition has said that you're trying to

PRIME MINISTER
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PREMIER'S BUSINESS LUNCH
ADELAIDE 17 APRIL 1989
John Bannon,
Neal Blewett,
Ladies and Gentlemen.
Back on 2 March 1983, in the final week of the life of the
Fraser Government, the then-Treasurer John Howard issued one
of his last press statements before the election.
In the light of the achievements of last Wednesday's
Economic Statement, it is worth recalling today the words of
that near-final ministerial utterance of Mr Howard.

PRIME MINISTER
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MIDDLETON, 4 CORNERS, 17 APRIL 1989
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OLLE: Within the next 12 months and possibly a lot sooner
Australians must choose their next Prime Minister. There
are just two serious contenders for the position and tonight
they're both here in our Sydney studios for job interviews.
The direct comparison should help us ensure the country's
placed in the very best of hands. To ensure the
questioning's in the very best of hands I'm joined by ABC

TRANSCRIPT OF UNEDITED INTERVIEW WITH TOM O'BYRNE, TAS TV,
14 APRIL 1989
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O'BYRNE: Well Mr Hawke, you've ruled out an election this
year. Have you ruled that election out simply because of
the vote of cynicism about this wage and tax package?
PM: Voted it out for the very simple reason that it's not
due in any sense. The fact of the matter is that it was a
year ago that I promised the people of Australia, Tom, that
there would be tax cuts from July 1, 1989, provided that
there'd been wage restraint in 88/ 89 and that we got

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CARY: Good morning Mr Hawke. The question is was* this the
right time to honour the promise?
PM: Well it is the time I said I'd deliver the promise, I ' said
last year 12 months ago that we would deliver tax cuts from
July 1 1989. It's not a question of whether it's the right time,
it's the time I promised, therefore, it is the time it was
delivered. CARY: Yes, even given the promise, if it wasn't economically

Transcript of Interview with Howard Sattler, 6PR Sattler rile
13th April, 1989
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Sattler: Well on July lot Australian households will be awash with new
money, $ 5.7 billion of it as tax cuts announced by Treasurer Paul
Keating last night begin to flow through pay packets. Family
allowances and dependent rebates will go up, pensioners will be able to
earn more tax free money than they have been at the moment, go and get
a f ew little jobs or if Lhey have got investments Lhey woI t be hit by