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PARLIAMENTARY DINNER IN HONOUR OF CHANCELLOR KOHL
PARLIAMENT HOUSE
CANBERRA 4 OCTOBER 1988
Federal Chancellor,
Distinguished guests,
Ladies and gentlemen.
it is a great pleasure to welcome you and Mrs Kohl and the
members of your distinguished party to dinner in the
Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia.
I know this is not your first visit to Australia. In 1972
you visited us in your capacity as Premier of the State of

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LAUNCH OF " YEAR OF CITIZENSHIP"
SYDNEY 30 SEPTEMBER 1988
Exactly four decades ago today, onl 30 September 1948, the
Australian Parliament began to debate the Nationality and
Citizenship Bill the legislation which established for the
first time the principle of Australian citizenship.
I am proud that it was a Minister in a Labor Government
the great Chifley Labor Government who initiated that
debate. Arthur Caiwell, the then Minister for Immigration

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LUNCHEON FOR THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK
CANBERRA -29 SEPTEMBER 1988
Your Royal Highnesses,
Mr President,
Madam Speaker,
Leader of the Opposition,
Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen.
It gives me great pleasure on behalf of the Australian
Government and people to welcome to Australia their Royal
Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York and in particular
to receive them as our guests here in our National

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FOR MEDIA 27 SEPTEMBER 1988
Her Majesty Queen Beatrix and His Royal Highness Prince Claus of
the Netherlands will make an official Visit to Australia from
Monday October 24 to Saturday November
It will be the first time a reigning Dutch monarch will have
visited Australia.
The visit will take the Royal Couple to the Australian Capital
Territory, Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria and New South
wales. It is fitting that Her Majesty and His Royal Highness visit
Australia to honour our Bicentenary, as Dutch navigators played

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COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE
CANBERRA 22 SEPTEMBER 1988
Distinguished guests,
Ladies and gentlemen
This year, Australia celebrates two hundred years of
European settlement of this continent.
This anniversary has given the Australian people the
opportunity to celebrate their achievements, and the
achievements of their forefathers, in building a free,
prosperous and harmonious community in this land. And we

 22 September 1988

The Crown Prince of Thailand, His. Royal Highness Maha Vajiralongkorn, will visit Australia as a guest of the Australian Government from 25-28 September. His Royal Highness will be Thailand's official representative at the Thai National Day at EXPO on 26 September. He will also make a private visit to Hobart and Canberra from 28 September to 4 October where he will be the guest of the Governor of Tasmania and the Governor-General respectively.
 

 22 September 1988

1 am very pleased to announce that the President of Italy, His Excellency the Honourable Francesco Cossiga, will make a State visit to Australia in our Bicentennial year. He will be in Australia from 10-17 October. 

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POINT NEPEAN HANDOVER CEREMONY
PT. NEPEAN 18 SEPTEMBER 1988
ed s Premier John Cain,
Joan Kirner,. Minister for Conservation,
and Forests and Lands,
Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen.
in For the past one hundred and eleven years the people of
Victoria have been unable to enjoy the magnificent landscape
of Point Nepean because this spectacular piece of Victoria's
natural environment has been devoted to defence purposes

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LAUNCH OF ' THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE'
CANBERRA 14 SEPTEMBER 1988
Any scholarly project which draws on the work of dozens of
academics working in different fields, and which coordinates
their research in many cases their new research into a
single publication ranging across historical and
contemporary issues must by definition be a important event.
This book does all that, and it is a credit to its editor,

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PARLIAMENTARY LUNCHEON FOR THE KING OF TONGA
KING TAUFA'AHAU TUPOU IV
CANBERRA THURSDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 1988
Your Majesty,
Your Royal Highness,
Distinguished guests,
I am very pleased to welcome Your Majesty and Your Royal
Highness to Australia in this, our Bicentennial Year. In
this visit, we see the continuation of a personal and family
connection with Australia which goes back fifty years and
which will continue for many note.