PRIME MINISTER
T RAN SCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE, QUEEN ELIZABETH 11 SILVER
JUBILEE TRUST FOR YOUNG AUSTRALIANS, YOUTH BUSINESS
INITIATrvE, COBURG 24 FEBRUARY 1989
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Journalisti Should Simon Crean step down as leader of the
ACTU? Prime Minister: I don't believe so and I can speak with a
certain amount of experience on this I don't think that
there has to be the sort of gap that would be available if
you step down now because the election as I have said could
be as far away as the middle of next year. I have said the

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TRANSCRIPT OF NEWS CONFERENCE, OPENING OF PRINTING AND
KINDRED INDUSTRIES UNION, TASMANIAN BRANCH OFFICE, MOONAH-
24 FEBRUARY 1989
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JOURNALIST: Mr Hawke, do you think that there should be an
economic impact study done on the Wesley Vale development?
PM: Well, there has been. what we'll do when we come to
consider it after the Tasmanian Parliament has made its
decision is to try on all the evidence available to balance,
as I said last night, try and balance the two sets of

TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH MIKE SWINSON, BRUCE MONTGOMERY
AND ANDREW FISHER, 7.30 REPORT, HOBART, 23 FEBRUARY 1989
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JOURNALIST: Can we deal firstly with that issue of child
poverty and I ask you how can you deliver on your very
public commitment made in 1987 when you said that no
Australian child will live in poverty by 1990, given the
results of the Burdekin inquiry?
PM: Well as I made it clear at the time and I made clear
subsequently, what was obviously being conveyed by me then

TRANSCRIPT OF SATELLITE HOOKUP INTERVIEW WITH JOHN HORGAN,
PACRIM CONFERENCE, HONG KONG, 22 FEBRUARY 1989
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PM.: I have just returned from a visit to the region. I
visited Korea, Thailand then Pakistan and India. In each of
those countries that I visited I witnessed the benefits of
the reduction in tension that is being associated with the
dialogue between the United States and the Soviet Union and
also between the Soviet Union and China.
We have a situation now where in Korea the new leadership of

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 21 FEBRUARY 1989
The Government will be recommending to the Governor-General
the following senior appointments:
Mr Alan Rose, an Associate Secretary in the
Attorney-General's portfolio, as Secretary of the
Attorney-General's Department. This follows the
retirement of Mr Brazil from that position. The
appointment of Mr Rose will take effect on 4 March
1989.
Mr Rose has had a varied career with many years in
senior positions in the Department of the Prime
Minister and Cabinet, then a period as Secretary of the

FOR MEDIA 21 FEBRUARY 1989
Their Excellencies the Governor-General and Mrs Hayden will
represent Australia at the funeral of the late Emperor
Hirohito of Japan on Friday 24 February. Their
Excellencies will be out of Australia from 23 to 27
February. They will be accompanied at the funeral by the
Minister for Trade Negotiations, Mr Duffy.
While the Governor-General is absent from Australia, Sir
Donald Beaumont Dunstan, Governor of South Australia, will
act as Administrator of the Commonwealth.

PRIMETRMINITE
TRANSCRIPT OF DOORSTOP, PARLIAMENT HOUSE, 20 FEBRUARY 1989
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JOURNALIST: Prime minister you suggested this morning that
pensioners would have more reason to vote for you at the
next election. Why should that be?
PM: Well I didn't really say something then that I haven't
said before. I've indicated that I have two processes
going. one is the review being conducted now under the
leadership of the Minister, Brian Howe, consulting with
various organisations around the country in the light of the

PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF SATELLITE HOOKUP INTERVIEW WITH JOHN HORGAN,
PACRIM CONFERENCE, HONG KONG, 22 FEBRUARY 1989
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PM: I have just returned from a visit to the region. I
visited Korea, Thailand then Pakistan and India. In each of
those countries that I visited I witnessed the benefits of
the reduction in tension that is being associated with the
dialogue between the United States and the Soviet Union and
also between the Soviet Union and China.
we have a situation now where in Korea the new leadership of

PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF DOORSTOP, FORESTRY OVAL, CANBERRA, 19 FEBRUARY
1989 E 0 E PROOF ONLY
JOURNALIST: What tactics will you be employing today
against PM: Well I hope they will be winning tactics. No, we are
just going to have a good time and see if we can get the
right result, but you people in the Press have a much larger
pool upon which to call than I do from my office so we've
really got our backs to the wall.
JOURNALIST: That sounds like an excuse.
PM: No it's an explanation.

CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY
LAUNCH OF KEITH MURDOCH SOUND ARCHIVE
OF AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF 1939-45
CANBERRA 17 FEBRUARY 1989
Dame Beryl Beaurepaire,
Les Hollings,
Ladies and Gentlemen.
Here in this commemorative courtyard we are reminded
forcefully of the enormous sacrifice Australia has paid in
time of war.
The Roll of Honour lists the names of Australian men and
women who died in the service of our country an awesomfe
list outlining in stark human terms the magnitude of