FOR MEDIA 4 AUGUST 1988
I was shocked and saddened to learn of today's tragic
building site accident in Brisbane.
My thoughts and I am sure those of all Australians are
with the families and friends of those who have suffered the
loss of their loved ones. To these people I convey my
deepest sympathy.
My best wishes go to those people injured, with the hope
that they are each able to make a speedy and full recovery. 8

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FOR MEDIA 4 AUGUST 1988
The Government has given very careful consideration to the b
issues involved in the future of the Lemonthyme and Southern
Forests of Tasmania. M
It has decided that it will secure protection of those areas w
defined in the proposal put forward by the Minister for the d
Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories,
Senator Richardson. This will be built on the industry
package developed by the minister for Resources, t
Senator Cook.

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OPENING OF NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVE'S
' TAKE 88' EXHIBITION
CHATSWOOD 1 AUGUST 1988
We are launching today a unique new venture in Australia's
cultural life the first travelling exhibition mounted by
the Australian National Film and Sound Archive.
In a very real sense movies and television programmes and
radio broadcasts are the essence of our popular culture.
Living in 1988 we are accustomed to being entertained and

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 28 JULY 1988
Mr A. K. Wrigley has today been re-appointed to the position of
Director-General of ASIO.
The Government's expectation, however, is that Mr Wrigley will
continue to serve in that post for a few weeks only before taking
on a new appointment.
Mr Wrigley's new appointment will be as Special Adviser to the
Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce on the development
of the multifunction polls project.
This is a major exercise for the Government and for Australia

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His Excellency President Hammer Deroburt of the Republic of
Nauru will visit Australia 8-16 August at the invitation of
the Australian Government.
Australia and Nauru have a longstanding and beneficial
association and I am pleased that President Deroburt will be
joining us as we celebrate our Bicentenary, the more so as
1988 also marks twenty years of independence for the
Republic. He will have the opportunity to visit World
Expo 88 in Brisbane, attend the 5th Festival of Pacific Arts

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OPENING OF OTHE FACE OF AUSTRALIAO
EXHIBITION AND RE-OPENING OF THE BALLARAT
FINE ART GALLERY
BALLARAT 22 JULY 1988
Mr Mayor,
John Mildren,
Councillor Coghian ( Chairman, Gallery Board of Management),
Dr Griffiths ( Chairman, Gallery Building Appeal),
John Utz ( Trustee, Rothmans Foundation),
Peter Sarah ( ABA),
Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen.
At the opening of this Gallery in 1890 the future Prime

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CITIZENSHIP CEREMONY
PRESTON 19 JULY 1988
At the outset, I want to offer my congratulations to the
true guests of honor of today's ceremony the 103 people
who are about to become citizens of Australia.
As a group, you represent an enormous diversity of people
and nations. You have come from twenty five different
countries from Europe, Asia, the Pacific and the Americas;
from countries as large as the United States and as

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CWA NATIONAL CONFERENCE
BRISBANE 18 JULY 1988
Your Excellency Lady Stephen,
Dorothy Ross,
Members of the Country Women's Association.
In '. 1922, the Bushwomen's Conference was held at the Royal
Easter Show in Sydney.
From those small beginnings, the Country Women's Association
has grown to become the largest women's organisation in
Australia, with 56,000 members in all States and

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JOINT STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR HAWKE, THE PRIME
MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND, MR LANGE AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF
IRELAND, MR HAUGHEY.
" Nelson Mandela celebrates his 70th birthday. Although he
has been held in a South African jail for 25 years Nelson
Mandela remains a potent symbol of freedom for all those
living under the vicious regime of apartheid."
These are the comments made by the Prime minister of New
Zealand, Rt Hon. David Lange, the Prime Minister of Ireland,

PRIME MINISTER
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Monday 18 July is the 70th birthday of Nelson M~ andela.
Tragically, as with so many of his other birthdays, he will
be celebrating it in gaol.
I would like to use the occasion to appeal once again to the
South African Government to release unconditionally Mandela
and the numerous other political prisoners who have been
gaoled for their opposition to apartheid.
The release of the prisoners would be an important gesture
of goodwill by the South African Government and could have a