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I have today sent the following message to Mr
Mr Charlie Yankos of the Socceroos: Frank Arok and

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PARLIAMENTARY DINNER IN HONOUR OF THE TAOISEACH,
CHARLES HAUGHEY
CANBERRA 12 JULY 1988
Taoiseach, Distinguished guests,
Ladies and gentlemen.
Some Australians have not a drop of Irish blood flowing in
their veins.
Some Australians have rectified that shortcoming by marrying
into an Irish family and I include myself in this
category.
And some of us have the great good fortune of being able to
claim Irish blood by birth or ancestry. Indeed almost one

PRIME MINISTER
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PRESENTATION OF THE IRISH BICENTENNIAL GIFT
CANBERRA -12 JULY 1988
Taoiseach and Mrs Haughey,
Ladles and gentlemen.
It is a great pleasure on behalf of all Australians to
welcome to Canberra our very good friends, Charles and
Maureen Haughey.
Charles Haughey is the leader not just of a nation with
which Australia has a warm and valuable relationship but
also of a people, a free people, with whom Australians have

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PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 11 JULY 1988
on the advice of the Australian Science and Technology Council
( ASTEC) I am today announcing the amalgamation of ASTEC with its
standing committee, the Technological Change Committee ( TCC).
This integration will ensure that not only the benefits of new
technology, but also its effects on those immediately concerned
and on the wider Australian community, will be fundamental
elements for consideration by ASTEC in all aspects of its work

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FOR MEDIA 8 JULY 1988
In July last I announced that the program of efficiency
scrutinies conducted under the guidance of Mr David Block had
been completed, and that the efficiency scrutiny activity would
be a matter for departments to pursue against the backdrop of the
efficiency dividend required by the Government.
At the same time, I announced that Mr Block would assist the
Government in a number of specific areas of administrative review
over the course of the ensuing months, supported by a small group
within my Department.

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PRIME MINISTER CANDARA
MESSAGE FOR THE BICENTENNIAL PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS'
WEEK 1988
1 welcome the opportunity to provide a message for
Professional Engineers' Week.
My Government has placed much emphasis on the need for
Australian manufacturing industry to become more
internationally competitive. The development of
policies designed to promote this international
competitiveness has brought with it en awareness of the
crucial part to be played by the engineering profession
in this process.

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PRIME MINISTER 4 JULY 1988
Four new members have recently been appointed
Planning Advisory Council. to the Economic
Last year, following a review of tripartite consultation
arrangements by the Government, it was announced that the
Advisory Committee on Prices and Incomes would be abolished and
that EPAC would be responsible for monitoring prices and incomes
policy matters as they affect Australia's growth performance. in
line with its new responsibilities, it was decided that EPAC

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PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 4 JULY 1988
I have sent the following message to Prime Minister Namallu
of Papua New Guinea:
" Dear Rabbie
On behalf of the Australian Government and people I
congratulate you on assuming the office of Prime
Minister. I recall with pleasure our meetings in Port
Moresby and Canberra when you were a Minister in earlier
Governments. I look forward to working closely with you
to further the very important relationship between our
two friendly, neighbouring countries, and to pursuing

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PARLIAMENTARY LUNCHEON FOR THE
PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN
CANBERRA 4 JULY 1988
Mr Prime Minister,
It is my great pleasure to welcome you to Australia, in this
our bicentennial year.
The relationship between Australia and Japan is of profound
and critical importance to both of us. And it is a
relationship which, over the years, we have built into one
which is warm and friendly.

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA1 JULY 1988
Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the opening for
signature of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons ( NPT).
The NPT is the basis of international efforts to prevent the
spread of nuclear weapons. The Treaty makes a major
contribution to international peace and security and is
generally recognised as the single most effective and widely
adhered to nuclear arms control agreement in existence.
Australia ratified the Treaty on 23 January 1973.