PRIME MINISTER
FOR PRESS PM. NO. 89/ 1972
AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER LONDON
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. William
McMahon, CH, MP
The Australian High Commissioner in London, the
Hon. Sir Alexander Downer, KBE, retires from his post on
Tuisday next, 24 October.
Sir Alexander was appointed High Commissioner in
1964, prior to which he had been Minister for Immigration and
Member for Angas.
The Prime Minister paid tribute to the long and
effective service of Sir Alexander and to his contribution

SPEECH BY THE-PRIME MINISTER, THE RT HION. WILLIA4
McMAHON, CH,. MP, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
CANBERRA
NATIONAL RFTIREMENT BENEFITS 19 October 1972
I wish to announce to the House the terms of reference for
a committee of enquiry into the best way of abolishing the means test
over the next three years and -f responsibly financing this significant
measure in association with the possible introduction of a national
superannuation scheme.
The Government's decision to introduce means-test-free

FOR PRESS PM's 88/ 1972
DOCTORS FEES
Statement _ by te Prime ! inista%.. r, the IRt Hon. William 10c!, ahorn, CH,. MP.
This afternoon i had a meeting with the President of the A. M. A.,
Dr. J. G. Johnson. Dr. Johnson was ac ! rompanied by Dr. L. L. Wilson, the
Treasurer of the and by Dr. ES. Stuclk-ev, the Secretary-General.
The A. M. A. reoresentatives caxv~ to see me at my rcqueast. I had
asked them to Canberra on receint of a report from the 1-iiister for
Health, Sir Kenneth Anderson, yesterday, that th' Feconomic Ldvisnry

PRIME MINISTER
MACQUARIE NETWORK WEEKLY BROADCAST
BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THE RT. HON.
WILLIAM McMAHON 1I,_ MP.
UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES 18 OCTOBER 1972
Interviewer Paul Lynch
* Prime Minister, some weeks ago in your weekly
report on Macquarie stations you said that you would be
pleased with the unemployment figures to be released
this week and that they would be figures not capable of
misinterpretation. The figures have come out and evidently
people on your side of the House in Canberra are very pleased

PM. No. 87/ 1972
RELEASE OF LXND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIVING AND
OTHER AREAS FOR RESIDENT ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES IN_
THE NORTHERN TERRITORY
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. R~ on. William
McMahon, CH, MP. 12 OCTOBER 1972
Following discussions I have had today with Lord
Vestey, the Government has accepted with pleasure the offer by
Lord Vestey to give some 35 square miles of land ( about 22,400 acres)
from the Vestey lease of Wave Hill Station in the Northern
Territory. The offer by Lord Vestey has been taken up in the

AUSTRALIA/ JAPAN MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE OPENING STATEMENT
By the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. William McMahon, CH, MP.
12 October 1972

Good Morning! On behalf of the Australian Government, I welcome to Australa five Japanese Ministers the Foreign Minister, Mr Ohira; the Minister of Agriculture and Fishery, Mr Adachi; the Minister of International Trade and Industry, Mr Nakasone; the Minit.; er of Transport, Sasaki, and the Minister of State for Economic Planning, Mr Arita.

CIECY AGAINST DELIVERY
aAUST RALI
PRIME MINISTER
SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THE RT. HON. WILLIAM
McMAHON, CH, MP, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
CANBERRA
NATIONAL URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY BILL 11 OCTOBER 1972
I move that the Bill be now read a second time.
On 19 September, I made a statement to the House
announcing that the Government proposed to take new initiatives
to work with the States towards urban and regional development
objectives. I said that the Government had decided that it will

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
SPEECH B3Y
The Rt Hon. W. MeMAHON, M. P.
Prime Minister
ON
National Urban and Regional Development
Authority Bill 1972
Second Reading
[ From the ' Parliamentary Debates', 11 October 1972]
Mr McMAHON ( Lowe-Prime Minister)
( 11.40)-1 move:
That the Bill be now read a second time.
On 19th September, I made a statement
to the House announcing that the Government
proposed to take new initiatives to
work with the States towards urban and
regional development objectives. I said that

MACQUARIE NETWORK( WEEKLY BROADCAST
BY THE PRIM4E MINISTER, THE RT. HON.
WILLIAM McMAHON, CH, MP.
IMM4IGRAT ION-11 OCTOBER 1972
Interviewer Paul Lynch
Q. Prime Minister, on Macquarie stations las~ t night, I
conducted what is called a " Five Cent Poll". People were
invited to call in and talk about what they consider to be
the issues of the 1972 election. Many, many people who
called in said they considered immigration to be one of the
major isaues. The ALP, of course, has brought out a number

STATEMENT BY TilE PRICE MINISTER, THE RT.
HON. WILLIAM icHiAHON, H. P.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, CANBERRA.
I REPORT OF THE COMtONWEALTH-STATE OFFICIALS'
COH14ITTEE ON DECENTRALISATION
OCTOBER, 1972
As I have indicated in answers to Parliamentary Questions,
the Commonwealth and State Governments received the Report of the
Commonwealth-State Officials' Committee on Decentralisation in June
of this year. I also indicated that the Commonwealth was agreeable
to the publication of the Report and that I was seeking the