3  September 1987  

ABC TEXTRA (Territory Extra)  

8.00 am

Prime Minister Hawke has for the first time foreshadowed a treaty, or compact  understanding with Aborigines, in the lead-up to Australia's BiCentennial year. Mr Hawke made the surprise announcement yesterday at the start of his two day visit to the Territory. Louise Maher spoke with him in Alice Springs, here’s her report

PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH THE MINISTER FOR ABORIGINAL
AFFAIRS, MR GERRY HAND, KATHERINE GORGE, THURSDAY 3 SEPTEMBER
1987

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JOURNALIST:
Prime Minister, do you anticipate that Katherine Gorge will be returned to the J~ antribe?

TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH PAUL LYNEHAM, IN KATHERINE, FOR
7.30 REPORT 3 SEPTEMBER 1987
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LYNEHAM: The Prime Minister's suggestion of a compact
between white and black Australia came during an interview
on Aboriginal community radio in Alice Springs and the
timing of his public comments caught everyone, including
Gerry Hand, the new Aboriginal Affairs Minister, by surprise
not that Mr Hand was anything other than delighted.
Indeed as the day wore on, taking the Hawke entourage north

 2 SEPTEMBER 1987

It was with the deepest regret that I learned of the death of Alan Reid after a prolonged illness.

Alan Reid was one of Australia's most respected political journalists and the doyen of the Canberra Press Gallery for many years.

His trademarks were his professionalism, his perception, the accuracy and clarity of his reporting, and his personal Integrity.

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PRIME MINISTER l(
TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW. CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL
MEDIA ASSOCIATION, ALICE SPRINGS, WEDNESDAY 2 SEPTEM'BER
1987
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FM: as the Aboriginal people come to understand that
we are increasingly accepting their observations And~ 4h&+ 4
Aboriginal people in turn will recognise and accept that
so that together we can move faster in the task that we
have of rectifying many of the injustices that have accummulated
owprt thn nearly 200 years of European settlement in this

PRIME MINISTERL4S
TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE, ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT,
WEDNESDAY 2 SEPTEMBER 1987
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JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, we missed the earlier comments you
made about the compact or treaty. What exactly are you
aiming for?
PM; I think the word is not Important, the concept Is
though. I want to see a situation where before the end
of this year, before we go into 1988, that there be a
sense of understanding in the Australian community as
a whole that next year we are celebrating 200 years of

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PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA1 SEPTEMBER 1987
The Government will recommend the appointment of the
Honourable Mr Justice James Henry Muirhead as Royal
Commissioner to head the joint Commonwealth, State and
Northern Territory Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths
in Custody.
All States and the Northern Territory have given their
support to the Royal Commission and to Mr Justice Muirhead's
appointment as Commissioner. The Government is pleased that
he is available to conduct this inquiry into a matter which

PRIME MINISTER
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SPEECH BY THE PRhIZ MINISTER
RSL IHATIOM'AL CON~ GRESS
SUR~ FERS PARZADISE 31 AUGUST 1987
Your FVncellency, Sir Walter Campbell,
Sir t ." liam Keys,
Sir cln Hines,
Sir Elbert Abbot,
John Z2-ward,
Diot.,' nuished gueots,
Ladloo and Gentlemen.
Thank~ you for your invitation to addreGS the flSL National
Congrer3i3 again.
on JUIJ 1' ny Governmient wao returned to office following
one cO tho nost di1~ ficult tnd challenging pariodo of

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SPEECH BY THB PRBE MINISTER
CONFERENCE OF CONOMISTS
auF3RS PARADISE 26 AUGUST 1987
John racLood, Federal PrecAdent of the
Economie Soicety of Australiag
Jon Stanford, Quoensland Presidcntl
Ladies and goatle2en.
Your invitP~ i to addross the 16th annual Conference of
Economirsto ivec me ay first opportunity since the July 11
election to crticulate publicly the Government's thinking on
issues of oconomic management.
By nominating as your conference thcmo the issue of

PRIME MINISTER
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SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
VICTORIAN ALP CONFERENCE
MELBOURNE 23 AUGUST 1987
You have done mn a great honour by presenting me with this
badge reprecenting my forty years as a member of the
Auctralian Labor ? arty.
Forty yoaro ago I was a student at the University of Western
Australia aod became the foundation President of the
University ALP Club.
The decisi'o to join the Party was probably the easiest
political docscion I have over made. I had parents who had