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ON TARIFFS AND TRADES
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND 22 OCTOBER 1987
Director-General
Excellencies Ladies and Gentlemen
want at the outset to express my thanks for the oPono: tunitv
you have given me to speak about issues of immense importancethe
profound problems besetting world trade today. I have
spoken on this subject in many forums, but I am very conscious
of the fact that, as representatives of your countries

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ADDRESS BY
ROBERT J. L. HAWKE, M. P.
PRIME MINISTER
OF AUSTRALIA
Wednesday, 21 October 1987

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No-one tonight should be surprised to hear me say that I had somewhat mixed feelings when I saw the America's Cup on display in this hotel.

I don't want to take anything away from Dennis Conner's great sporting achievement in winning back the Cup. Dennis' comeback from 83 to 86, not to mention his long march from New York to San Diego, is one of the great sporting stories of our time.

 8 OCTOBER 1987

Mr David Simmons, member for Calare ( NSW) has been appointed chairman of the Prime minister's Country Task Force. Mr Simmons was previously deputy chairman of the task force. He succeeds Mr Barry Cunningham, Member for McMillan ( Victoria) who has taken on the position of Government Whip. The new deputy of the task force is Mrs Wendy Fatin, Member for Brand ( WA).

6 October 1987

I have decided to recommend to the Administrator that he appoint Professor Ray Martin to. the position of Chairman of the Australian Science and Technology Council ( ASTEC) for a three Year term commencing January 1988.

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PRIME MINISTER
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LAUNCH OF THE BRADMAN ALBUMS
ADELAIDE -5 OCTOBER 1987
Sir Donald Bradman
Lady Bradman
Kevin and Glenda Weldon
Distinguished Guests
Ladies and Gentlemen
Woody Allen has described a nightmare in which, at the point
of death, with his whole life apparently flashing before his
eyes in a split second, he suddenly realises that it is not
his life at all which he is reviewing, but somebody else's.

FOR MEDIA 2 OCTOBER 1987
I will visit Singapore on 27 and 28 November and the
Soviet Union from 29 November to 2 December.
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The visit to the Soviet Union follows an invitation from the
Soviet Government extended by the Soviet Foreign Minister,
Mr Shevardnadze, during his visit to Australia earlier this
year. I will be accompanied by the minister for Foreign Affairs
and Trade, Mr Hayden.
The visit comes at a time of important developments in
Soviet policy and will provide a timely opportunity to

PRIME MINISTER
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OPENING OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE
' GROUP OF 100'
SYDNEY 1 OCTOBER 1987
David Say
Ladies and Gentlemen-
The advent of the Group of 100 onto the national sce * ne is to
be welcomed by all who care for Australia's economic health.
The organisations which make up this Group be they
privately or publicly owned represent a major component of
the nation's economic activity.
So it is a pleasure to address and to open this first

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MACFARLANE BURNET CENTRE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
MELBOURNE 30 , SEPTEMBER 1987
Mr Brian Naylor, Ma * ster of Ceremonies
Professor Ian Gust, Director of the Macfarlane Burnet Centre
for Medical Research
Ladies and gentlemen
For nearly four decades, Fairfield Hospital has devoted
itself to the care of patients suffering infectious diseases
and to the conduct of research into the causes and cures of
those diseases.

PRIME. MINISTER
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OPENING OF " OLD MASTERS NEW VISION" EXHIBITION
CANBERRA -30 SEPTEMBER 1987
Gough Whitlam,
James Mollison,
Ladies and gentlemen
The Phillips Collection in the north-west suburbs of
Washington D. C. has long been recognised as one of the
compulsory stops on any tour of the art galleries of
America. This is nothing less then a superb exhibition. So it should
be: it is drawn from one of the world's great private