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SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
ACT ALP FUNDRAISING DINNER
CANBERRA 17 FEBRUARY 1989
Ros Kelly,
Rosemary Follett,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
During the few weeks of this election campaign, we are
participating in an historic event in the political histor~ y
of Australia.
With the elections for the first ACT Legislative Assembly,
we will see the final act in the great drama of Australian
democracy which began with the evolution of the colonies in
the last century.

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FAREWELL DINNER FOR THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL
AND LADY STEPHEN
CANBERRA 14 FEBRUARY 1989
Excellencies, Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen.
When in 1982 you, Sir Ninian, announced your decision to
retire from the bench in order to take up the
Governor-Generalship, I remember that many people in the
community expressed surprise, and not a little
disappointment, that Australia would no longer enjoy the
benefit of your wisdom in the law.

-It, AUSTRALIA
PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 13 FEBRUARY 1989
The retiring Governor-General, Sir Ninian Stephen, and Lady
Stephen, will be given a ceremonial farewell from RAAF Base
Fairbairn at 11.30 am on Wednesday 15 February. The Base
will be open to members of the public for the occasion.
I will be farewelling Sir Ninian and Lady Stephen with a
dinner in their honour to be held at Parliament House on 14
February. I wish to express sincere thanks on behalf of the Australian
Government and people to Sir Ninian and Lady Stephen for

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JOURNALIST: Mr Hawke will housing be one of the things
you'll take on now that you are back? I
' PM: Yes, well that will be one of the things we will be
looking at.
JOURNALIST: Mr Elliott, probably one of your dear
friends, has suggested that there is a tax loophole by which
he rents-
PM: Rents his stubbies? I saw that yes.
JOURNALIST: what's your reaction?
PM: Well I don't know. I mean I obviously haven't got all

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JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, you left Canberra hopeful of
opening all sorts of doors for Australian business on this
trip. Have you succeeded?
SPM: Yes, in each of the countries we've been. In the
Republic of Korea and Thailand and Pakistan and India
without any question there are very very many more
opportunities now. In fact, during the course of the visit
specific contracts have been signed and accelerated even
beyond the expectations that we had when we left.

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3RD INDIRA GANDHI MEMORIAL LECTURE
NEW DELHI 10 FEBRUARY 19a9
-Indira Gandhi was a leader of indomitable tenacity and
* courage. I had the privilege of knowing her, wocking with her
indeed, even enjoyinq some differences of emphasis with her
here in this city at the 1983 Commonwealth Heads of
Government Meeting.
Tonight I salute her as a Leader who left an indelible
imprint on the political, economic and social life of T ndia,

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INDIA-AUSTRALIA JOINT BUSINESS COUNCIL
NEW DELHI 10 FEBRUARY 1989
* This is the third time the India-AustraLia Joint Business
Council has met.
Previous meetings, hel. d in 1987 and P988, have witnessed a
substantial and long-overdue expansion in trade between our
two countries. Indeed those meetings have been a significant
cause of that growth.
Because whenever business people of this calibre get
together, with the spirit of constructive endeavour that

PRIME MINISTER1
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JOURNALIST: Last night Prime Minister Gandhi in his speech
at the dinner called on Australia to play it's part with
India in assuring a return to democracy in Fiji. What is
your Government's thinking at this stage in regard to Fiji's
re-entry to the Commonwealth and what more could or should
Australia be doing in regard to Fiji.
* PM: On the first past of the question, obviously we would
share a view with India, and I think a lot of other members:

PRIME MINISTER
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JOURNALIST: There are reports today in the Pakistani press
that R3Jiv Gandhi is very concerned over the recent
successful missile testing and highly unlikely to be drawn to:
signing any non-proliferation treaty.
PM4: I suppose you can understand that. if one side is
Wprepared to make a parti. cular advance the other is going to
be concerned but I tnink the lesson of history is that the
interests of neither side in 311y potential conflict are

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STATE BANQUET
NEW DELHI 9 FEBRUARY 1989
. sTohcei ewtoy rld sees in India a land of rich and ancient culture; a
of profound challenge and almost limitless
opportunity; a nation whose hard won achievement of
independence set an inspiring landmark in the new world order
that emerged after the Second World War; a democracy where
individual liberty and justice are the cherished-attributes
of daily life for hundreds of millions of people.