PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW, PH-ILLIP ADAMS, 2UE, 3 April 1987
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ADAMS: Good morning, Prime Minister.
PM: Good morning Phillip.
ADAMS: 1 must say 1 thought your April Fool's Day performance
was wonderful letting the Libs and the National Party off
the election. It was a remarkably compassionate Bob Hawke.
PM: That's my nature, you know that.
ADMAS.: Were you tempted really to run early or was it just
teasing them?
PM: No, I was tempted, buL as you know I have a long history

TRANSCRIPT OF? COMENTS, NORTH SYDNEY, 3 APRIL 1987
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JOURNALIST: Mr Hawke, how do you feel about the Opposition
and the Democrats finally combining and rejecting the Australian
Card? PM:. T was saying on-the media this morning that there was
a great comment by Richard lrindley Sheridan, the playwright,
who was also a Whig politician lie used to occasionally
criticise his own party. They . brought in some legislation
once with which he disagreed and he said he had often heard
of people hitting their head against a brick wall but this

PRIME MINISTER
EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY
OPENING OF THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AGENCY
NORTH SYDNEY 3 APRIL 1987
Earlier this week, I tabled in Parliament a report which is
I think unique among all the documents that have come before
the House of Representatives.
The report was titled " Setting the Agenda" and its contents
revealed with great clarity the true concerns and interests
of Australian women as the nation prepares itself for the
1990' s and beyond.
" Setting the Agenda" is based on the expressed opinions of

TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW ON 11.00 AM WITH PAUL LYNEHAM
THURSDAY, 2 APRIL, 1987
LYNEHAM: How do you react to John Howard's comments that you
have been quite pathetic, full of humbug and you have chickened
out of an early election?
PM: I am like the great majority of Australians who find it
increasingly difficult to take seriously anything that this
gentleman says.
LYNEHAM: if your pollster Rod Cameron had told you you were
certain of victory you would have gone like a shot though
wouldn't you?

PRIME MINISTER
EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY
FUND RAISER FOR THE MACQUARIE ELECTORATE CAMPAIGN
2 APRIL 1987
David March, Ladies and Gentlemen.
over the last week or so, David, you and your Macquarie
electorate campaign team may have been wondering whether
tonight's dinner was about to assume a somewhat larger
national significance.
But yesterday as you know I announced my decision not to
call an early election and thereby deprived you of the
pleasure of hearing my first campaign speech in our quest

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PRIME MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF COMMENTS, PARLIAMENT HOUSE THURSDAY 2 APRIL 1987
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PM: I didn't think you'd be interested in me today.
JOURNALIST: Oh no. We're always interested in talking to
you Mr Hawke.
PM: Thank you. You've got a future.
JOURNALIST: Can you tell us, were you at all annoyed by Mr
Howard's statements yesterday that you had backed down?
PM: No. I'm like the great majority of the Australian
electorate, I'm finding it increasingly difficult to take
him seriously.
ends

PRIME MINISTER
EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY
LAUNCHING OF THE NATIONAL APPEAL FOR THE
AUSTRALIAN-HELLENIC MEMORIAL
CANBERRA 1 APRIL 1987
Your ExcellIency, Your Eminence, Sir William Refshauge,
Distinguiched guests, ladies and gentlemen,
The last few weeks have been especially important ones for
the Greek-Aunstralian community.
Just over a fortnight ago, I had the pleasure of opening the
Greek Australian Conference in Melbourne. This was an
important conference, organised by the Victorian Government,

PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 1 APRIL 1987
NO EARLY EL. ECTION
I have Gtcated consistently that I prefer the Parliament to
run its f% 21 term.
The leadegzhip vacuum and chaos within and between the
opposition Parties, together with their imminent rejection
of the Auo(.> ralia Card legislation for a second time, have
presented the option and may I say frankly, the temptation,
of an earl~ y election.
I am confident that Labor would win-an early election. I
have decided, however, that the election will bo held

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TRANSCRIPT OF COMMENTS, PARLIAMENT HOUSE WEDNESDAY 1 APRIL 1987
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JOURNALIST: Good morning Mr Hawke, are you going to have an
early election?
PM: Can't we have a change of track? We've been through
all that yesterday.
JOURNALIST: Have you made up your mind?
PM: No I haven't made up my mind. As I said yesterday at
that lovely press conference, it won't be long before you
know. Now what else do you want to know about?
JOURNALIST: Mr Howard accuses you of being indecisive about
it.

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE, PARLIAMENT HOUSE, 1 APRIL 1987
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PM: I have stated consistently that I prefer the Parliament to
run its full term.
The leadership vacuum and chaos within and between the
Opposition Parties, together with their imminent rejection
of the Australia Card legislation for a second time, have
presented the option and may I say frankly, the temptation,
of an early election.
I am confident that Labor would win an early election. I
have decided, however, that the election will be held