PRIME MINISTER
FOR MEDIA 1 APRIL 1987
NO EARLY ELECTION
I have sta~ ted 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 Aucitralia 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 wenan early election. I
have decided, however, that the election will be held

3IPRIME
MINISTER
TRANSCRIPT OF COMMENTS, PARLIAMENT HOUSE MONDAY 30 MARCH 1987
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JOURNALIST: Are you going to go with the knock-out punch on Sir
Joh with an early election?
PM: I thought Sinclair delivered the knock-out blow. That's
what he thought on Sunday wasn't it before Sir Robert had spoken,
then he got the knock-out blow. A real blow for blow
description. JOURNALIST: But Sir Joh is going to regroup his forces and have
another go isn't he?
PM: I think so, yes I think he is.

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TRANSCRIPT OF COMMENTS, MOORABBIN -MELBOURNE,
SUNDAY 29 MARCH 1987
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JOURNALIST: Mr Hawke, what is the likelihood now of an early
election following the Coalition decision to stay together?
PM: I haven't got anything to add to what I said before
about that. I have said all along my preference is that we
go full term. I will have a look at the situation but I
believe the Parliament will go the full term.
JOURNALIST: Do you think the fact that the Coalition has
stayed together changes matters at all?

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SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
INAUCURAL RAURICE BLACKBURN MEMORIAL LECTURE
COBURG 28 MARCH 1987
Ladies and gentlemen, friends.
On 31 Narch, 1944 forty three years ago, almost to the day
Maurice McCrae Blackburn died.
With Blackbvrn's death, at the age of 63, the Labor movement
lost one of its most articulate and tireless advocates, and
the people of Australia lost one of their most dedicated
representatives.
Maurice Blackburn was " one of the great servants of the

TRANSCRIPT OF COMMENTS, QUEANBEYAN FRIDAY 27 MARCH 1987
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JOURNALIST: Will you rule out an early election?
PM: You can't put a question like that will I rule out? I've
got nothing to add to what I've said.
JOURNALIST: Well some of your backbench don't think you can win
an early election.
PM: And a lot of them do, so what's that mean?
JOURNALIST: Can you explain to us why Rod Cameron was asked to
interrupt his Japanese trip to return home?
PM: I didn't know held been asked. I read it in the Financial

TRANSCRIPT OF COMMENTS, PARLIAMENT HOUSE
FRIDAY 27 MARCH 1987
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JOURNALIST: John Howard says you'd be the biggest phoney
ever if you call an early election.
PM: John Howard talking about people being phonies. Honest
John! Really, what we're seeing is the disintegration not
only of the Liberal Party, but the disintegration of the
person of John Howard. He is totally lacking in any
principle. This exercise on the legislation, the equal
opportunity legislation, would have to go down as the

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PAI. AMENI A' L-. A
S.
PRIME MINISTER
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AUSTRALIA JAPAN RELATIONS SYMPOSIUM
24 MARCH 1987 CANBERRA
Your Excellency,
Sir Geoffrey,
Ladies and Gentlemen
In my four years as Prime Minister, this is the nineth
occasion on which I have spoken on Australia-Japan
relations. When the contributions of my ministers are
added, the number increases ten-fold.
That is but one indication of the importance my Government

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PRME FA3NiSTER
FOR MEDIA 20 March 1987
JOINT STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THE TREASURER, MR
PAUL KEATING, MP AND THE MINISTER FOR ARTS, VERITAGE AND
ENVIRONMZNT, MR BARRY COHEN, M?
The Government has decided not to approve a proposal to
develop a silica sand mining project at Shelburne Bay, Cape
York. The project would have satisfied the ownership and control
provisions of the foreign investment guidelines. However,
the Government has decided that the proposed mine at

FOR MIEDIA 13 MiARCHl198 7
1 am pleased to announce the establishment of the Advisory
Council on Multicultural Affairs which will report to me and
to Mr Young as Minister Assisting me on Multicultural
Affairs. The Council will be chaired by the Honourable Sir James
Gobbo of tha Victorian Supreme Court. Sir James has been a
leading figure over many years in the development of
multiculturalism and has served governments and community
groups in many capacities, and I am del~ ighted that he has
agreed tc accept this new and important post.

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INAUGURAL RUBY HUTCHISON MEMORIAL ADDRESS
NATIONAL PRESS CLUB
CANBERRA 13 MARCH 1987
Ladies and Gentlemen
Let me first say a few words about the remarkable
contribution to Australian society made by-Ruby Hutchison:
feminist, Labor Party activist, and pioneer of the
Australian consumer movement.
Ruby Hutchison was the first woman elected to the
Legislative Council of the Western Australian Parliament.