PRIME MINISTERJ
FOR MEDIA 19 may 1987
The Government has previously voiced concern about the
nature and direction of Libyan activities in the South
Pacific region. Some of these activities have been
conducted openly, others many others with varying
degrees of clandestinity. They have become more intense in
the course of this year.
There is no plausible explanation in terms of geography or
legitimate national interest for Libyan activity in this
region, as the Foreign minister and I have both noted in
Parliament and elsewhere.

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ON THE OCCASION OF THE HANDOVER
OF THE FIRST PACIFIC PATROL BOAT TO
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
FREMANTLE. 16 M4AY 1987
Nearly four years ago, in August 1983, I announced that
Australia would develop, in conjunction with a number of
South Pacific nations, a Pacific Patrol Boat to meet our
common aspirations for a peaceful and productive Pacific
region.
It is therefore a tremendous personal pleasure to be here
today to hand over the first of those Patrol Boats.

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CEDA LUNCHEON
MELBOURNE 15 MAY 1987
Mr Chairman, CEDA members and guests,
The May Statement provides further proof that this
Government is determined to carry through the vital task of
economic reconstruction which, as the revival of the steel
industry dramatically proves, has been the central task of
this Government since its first day in office.
It demonstrated again our capacity to take the hard
decisions which are necessary to restore economic

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PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 8 MAY 1987
I am pleased to announce there will be three Royal Visits in 1988
to Australia as part of our Bicentennial celebrations.
The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh have accepted my invitation.
on behalf of the Government and people of Australia to visit for
approximately three weeks in late April and early may. The tour
is expected to include visits to western Australia, Tasmania,
Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales and the ACT.
Her Majesty has kindly agreed to perform the opening ceremony at

PRIME MINISTER
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AUSTRALIAN MINING INDUSTRY COUNCIL ANNUAL DINNER
CANBERRA 7 MAY 1987
Ladies and gentlemen,
within a relatively short time we will be celebrating our
Bicentenary. Undoubtedly this will be an occasion of great
enjoyment. But the Bicentenary also offers the opportunity
for serious reflection about our national achievements
over our first two hundred years and about the national
challenges that await us in the future.
it is important as we approach the Bicentenary that we make

PRIME MINISTER
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AUSTRALIAN FINANCE CONFERENCE ANNUAL DINNER
CANBERRA 4 MAY 1987
Ladies and gentlemen,
It is now nearly three years since I last had the pleasure
of addressing the annual dinner of the Australian Finance
Conference. Perhaps by more than anything else, those three years have
been characterised by an increasing acceptance throughout
the whole nation of the fact that if governments are to
succeed, they must get the economic decisions right.

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SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
VICTORIAN ALP FUNDRAISER
MELBOURNE 2 MAY 1987
Mr Premi. er,
Nancye Cain,
Members of the Victorian Cabinet,
Federal Cabinet colleagues,
Ladies and gentlemen.
It is encouraging to see such a large and distinguished
audience of Melbourne's business leaders and decision makers
here. tonight.
Many of you I know would not Include yourselves among the
traditional supporters of the Labor Party.
But on an occasion such as this, the partisan differences

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BUSINESS COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA
CANBERRA 29 APRIL 1987
Sir Roderick Carnegie
Ladies and gentlemen
It is a more than usual pleasure to be with you tonight.
You can imagine it has been a rather entertaining couple of
days in Parliament, observing from hour to hour an
ever-changing opposition line up.
But I have to state honestly as Prime Minister of a country
which still faces a serious economic challenge that the
chronic shortcomings of the Opposition are disturbing.

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 27 April 1987
JOINT PRESS RELEASE BY THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE MINISTER
FOR TRADE, THE HON J S DAWKINS
The Minister for Trade and I today congratulated the Sydney
company Macdonald Wagner on its recent success in winning a
major consulting contract associated with a massive $ 300m
port redevelopment project at Bahia Blanca in Argentina.
The success of Macdonald Wagner in winning the contract is
an example that other Australian consulting firms should
seek to emulate. Trade in services is a rapidly growing

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ETHNIC COMMUNITIES MEETING
MELBOURNE 26 APRIL 1987
Ladies and Gentlemen, fellow Australians, friends.
Some forty years ago, in the aftermath of war, the Labor
Government led by Ben Chifley took a visionary,
compassionate and historic decision.
It opened the doors of Australia to a great wave of
migration. That was a decision that offered new opportunities in a new
society for a generation of people weary of the warfare and
privation of Europe.