A~ U S TRA L IA,,
FOR MEDIA 8 SEPTEMBER 1988
Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of York will make
their first official visit to Australia from Wednesday
28 September to Friday 7 October. Their tour will take them to
the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Queensland.
Like the visits of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh in
Apvil/ May and The Prince and Princess of Wales in
January/ February, their program will focus on the Bicentenary.
The Duke of York, as The Queen's personal representative, will

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LUNCHEON IN HONOUR OF THE PRIME MINISTER ALEBUA
OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS
CANBERRA 5 SEPTEMBER 1988
Prime Minister
Parliamentary colleagues
Distinguished guests
Ladies and gentlemen
Australia and the Solomon islands are this year both
celebrating anniversaries.
1988 marks the two hundredth anniversary of the European
settlement of Australia. It also marks the tenth
anniversary of the independence of the Solomon Islands.,

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1988 NATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE
RETURNED SERVICES LEAGUE
CANBERRA 5 SEPTEMBER 1988
Like its predecessors, this 1988 Bicentennial Congress of
the Returned Services League is a proud and significant
event. It reminds us of the great ANZAC tradition the tradition
of selflessness and courage demonstrated by our servicemen
and women in the past.
And it reminds us of the RSL's tradition of service, both to
veterans and to the community at large.

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FOR MEDIA 2 SEPTEMBER 1988
MINISTRY CHANGES
Further to my announcement on 22 August, His Excellency the
Governor-General, Sir Ninian Stephen, has made the following
ministerial appointments this afternoon at Government House:
Senator Gareth Evans as portfolio Minister for Foreign
Affairs and Trade
Mr Ralph Willis as portfolio Minister for Transport and
Communications Mr Peter Morris as portfolio Minister for Industrial
Relations. He will also be Minister assisting me on
Public Service Matters and will continue as Minister

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OPENING OF THE AUSTRALIA TELESCOPE
CULGOORA 2 SEPTEMBER 1988
Neville Wran,
Dr Bob Frater,
Barry Jones,
Distinguished international and Australian guests,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Australia has always, from before its inception as a
European settlement, been ansociated with the attempts of
mankind to explore and to understand the universe.
Aboriginal lore included many stories about the formation

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PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH TO THE VICTORIAN
STATE PARLIAMENTARY PRESS GALLERY
THURSDAY -1 SEPTEMBER 1988
Members of the Press Gallery,
Ladies and gentlemen,
In about thirty six hours time it will be up to Australian
voters to play their part in the great process of
constitutional reform by bringing in their verdict on four
referendum questions.
I believe their verdict will be an historic one that they
will agree to amend the Constitution and to reform the rules

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PARLIAMENTARY LUNCHEON IN HONOUR OF THE
PRIME MINISTER OF WESTERN SAMOA,
TOFILAU ETI ALESANA
CANBERRA 30 AUGUST 1988
Prime minister Tofilau Eti Alesana and Mrs Tofilau
Minister for Economic Affairs Tanuvasa Livi and Mrs Tanuvasa
Distinguished guests
Ladies and gentlemen
Last year I had the pleasure of paying a visit to
Western Samoa to attend the meeting of the South Pacific
Forum. Over the years the Forum has proven an invaluable sounding

J. AUSTRAILIA
PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 29 AUGUST 1988
The King of Tonga will visit Australia in September.
His Majesty, King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, will make a State visit to
Australia from 1-11 September.
It is the second official visit to Australia for His Majesty, who
was last here with Her Majesty the Queen of Tonga in 1979. The
King will be accompanied by his daughter, Her Royal Highness the
Princess Salote Pilolevu. The King has a long association with
Australia, having attended Newington College, Sydney, and

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AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW POST-BUDGET DINNER
SYDNEY 24 AUGUST 1988
As my friend and colleague, Paul Keating, and I have always
agreed, economic management has always been the main game in
town. May I say this has been and remains true, as a solid basis
of our prosperity, as a sound basis for higher levels of
targetted sustainable social justice and let me add, as
Prime Minister as a sure basis for political success.

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STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER TO PARLIAMENT
RESOLUTION ON THE ABORIGINAL AND
TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLE
CANBERRA 23 AUGUST 1988
Madam Speaker,
I move, that this House
acknowledges that:
Australia was occupied by Aborigimes and Torres Strait
Islanders who had settled for thousands of years before
British settlement at Sydney cove on January 26, 1788;
Aborigines and Torres-Strait Islanders suffered
dispossession and dispersal upon acquisition of their