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TRANSCRIPT OF NEWS CONFERENCE, HYATT ON COLLINS, 25 MARCH
1990 0 E PROOF ONLY
JOURNALIaST: Prime Minister, is there any doubt in your mind
about the outcome?
PM: I believe we're going tO win, but I must observe the
proprieties. The Qoujjt is not finished. What I am saying
ia that on our beat judgement in regard to the seats still
not deoided that the best bet is that we will emerge with a
majority. JOURNALIST: Where did it go wrong for Labor, given that
it's going

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PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF DOORSTOP, COBURG PRIMARY SCHOOL, MELBOURNE,
24 MARCH 1990
E 0 E PROOF ONLY
JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, in the unlikely event that
you lose tonight, is there life after this? What do you
do? PM: Well, I didn't think that I'd be starting of f with a
hypothetical but I'm prepared to. I will do what I've
said during the campaign that I would see what the Party
wanted me to do and I would listen to what they had to
say. If they wanted me to stay on as leader I would

TRRNGCRIPT OF IX?! RVIEW WITH IR3L RICHKRDS, " OFPIG PROGRAM,
ABC, ) 43LBOURNE, 23/ 3/ 00.
3& 310 PROOF ONLY
KRI We have people from around Australia who will talk to you
but a lot of their questions have had to be pro-recorded because
of the difference in time zones, we'll go to some of those first.
While people are calling, if I can start with a question. The
economic downturn recorded in the negative growth figures
released this week. That sconomio downturn in Australia, doss it
make families hurt?

PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH WARWICK BEUTLER, AM PROGRAM,
23 MARCH 1990
E 0 E PROOF ONLY
BEUTLER: Two of three major newspapers have endorsed you
today but the Australian rejects you. But even those
papers that do endorse you, do so reluctantly.
0 PM: Yes, I wouldn't say it was, you know, an absolute
black an white and that's, that's fair enough. I mean, I
don't claim that we have been perfect, nor do I claim
we're perfect now, but politics is about an imperfect
world and the electors of Australia, tomorrow, have a

TRANSCRIPT OF PRIME MINISTER INTERVIEWED BY ANNA MCKAHON ON
BRISBANE CHANNEL 10 22/ 03190.
E 0 Z Proof only.
AM$ The countdown has started, just forty-eight hours to go.
At that point history will be made Andrew Peacock will be
Australia's 17th Prime Minister or Bob Hawke will take the Labor
Party to a record fourth term, On Monday we spoke to Opposition
leader Andrew Peacock when the key issues confronting the
electorate were the environment and, of course, the M. FP. Today
it's back to the main underlying theme of the whole campaign, the

PRIME INISTE
TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH RAY MARTIN, MIDDAY SHOW,
22 MARCH 1990
E 0 E PROOF ONLY
MARTIN: Welcome PM.
PM: Thanks.
MARTIN: You've had seven years in office, you've spent
the best part of 20 million bucks on trying to convince
the electorate that you should win this election. Why
haven't you convinced them?
PM: Well, I thought it was a bit of an even split there,
but we've got, we've got a bit of a hard fight on our
hands. MARTIN: Let's ask again. Those who think Bob Hawke has

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TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW, SYDNEY WITH MIKE GIBSON,
CHANNEL 10, SYDNEY, 22 MARCH 1990
E 0 E PROOF ONLY
GIBSON: Welcome back. In two days time the Federal
elections of 1990 will be over and with me, the man who
may well be Labor Prime Minister for a record fourth
term, Mr Hawke, good evening.
PM: Thanks Mike.
GIBSON: A couple of days to go, how do you feel?
PM: I feel good, Mike. I feel well and I feel relaxed,
not cocky or complacent but I believe I've given it my
best shot and I hope I've done what the people want me to

PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF NEWS CONFERENCE, RADIO 2UE, SYDNEY,
22 MARCH 1990
E 0 E PROOF ONLY
JOURNALIST: Mr Hawke, when will Greg Norman start
commencing TV commercials?
PM: I don't know what the time will be, it will fit in
with his schedule. I think he would do it as soon as his
schedule allowed. All he's concentrating on at the
moment, of course, is preparing for the Masters and I've
wished him the best of luck in that. So it will be a
question of when it can be worked out with the Australian

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TRANSCRIP~ T OF INTERVIEW WITH JOHN I1AWS, RADIO 2US
THURSDAY, 22 MARCH 1990
EW9 PROOF ONLY
LAWS: But in the meantime, miy guest in the studio, the Prime
Minister of Australia, Bob Hawke. Good morning and welcome.
PM: Thank you very much, John. Pleasure to be with you.
LAWS: Good or bad at the moment do you reckon?
PM: Oh, I think we're going along reasonably well. As you know,
I never got cocky or complacent about elections. I've done the
best job I can in the campaign, John, and I'll1 continue to do
that until late tomorrow night.

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