FOR PRESS: PM No. 53/ 1971
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. William McMahon
The Prime Minister, Mr. William McMahon,
announced today that the Minister for Labour and National
Service ( Mr. Lynch) had now assumed control of industrial
relations policy in addition to his other departmental
duties. CA NBERRA
12 May 1971

FOR PRESS: PM No. 52/ 197 1
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINJA
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. William McMahon--
T he A us t rali an G overnment has noted the rapid
succession of events which suggest a marked development in the willingness
of the People's Republic of China to deal with the rest of the world.
We have already stated that it is our long term objective to
normalise our bilateral relations with the Government of the People's
Republic of China and we have further decided that we will now explore

FOR PRESS: PM No. 51/ 1971
MINISTERIAL COMM ITTEE ON ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS
Statement bythe Prime Minister, Mr. William McMahon
In my statement to the meeting of Commonwealth and State Ministers
responsible for Aboriginal Affairs in Cairns on 23rd April 1971 1 said that I wou. ld
establish within the Commonwealth a Ministerial Committee to assist the Minister
responsible for Aboriginal Affairs to develop and co-ordinate policies for Aboriginal
advancement and to prepare material dealing with these policies for Government

AUST RALIA -JAPAN BUSINESS GO-OPERATION COMM= TEE
ACADEM/-Y OF SC IENCE, CA NERRA, A. C. T. 6 MAY 1971
Spechbthe Prime Minister, Mr. William McMahon
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Now may I make some comments to you formally. And the first I would
like to make, and I will put it in three different classifications, is the importance in
aim trpaodritnagn csee nthsaet oJfa pJaanp acna nto pulas, y tahse ai mpoploitritcaanlc ein folfu eJanpcaen foinr at hwe orrilgdh ctso notfe xtht ea npde oapllseos tohfe'

FOR PRESS: PM No. 50 / 1971
APPOINTr1MENT OF SIR WILLIAM REESHAUGE
AS PRESIDENT OF WORLD HEALTH
O A ASSE'AW9 RfL: Y
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. William McMahon
The Prime Minister, Mr. William McMahon, announced today that
the Commonwealth Director-General of Health, Sir William Refshauge, had
been appointed President of the 24th World Health Assembly.
Mr. McMahon said " The election of Sir William Refshauge to
preside over the 24th World Health Assembly is a very great honour, both
for Australia and for Sir William personally.

POR PRESS: PM No. 49/ 1971
TASMANIAN SHIPPING CRISIS
Statemnt . y tePieMinister, Mr. William McMahon
A deputation led by the Acting Premier of Tasmania, the Honourable
K, C. Lyons, M. H. A. had discussions with the Commonwealth Government in Canberra
thlis morning. In addition to the Acting Premier, the deputation included the Leader of
the Opposition, Mr. E. t. Reece, M. H. Mr. A. N. Currie, President of the
Tasmanian Trades Labour Council and Mr. M. J. Overland, Secretary/ Manager

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
SPEECH BY
TheRt Hon. W. McMAHON, M. P.
ON
MINISTERS OF STATE BILL 1971
Second Reading
[ From the ' Parliamentary Debates', 29 April 1971]
MINISTERS OF STATE BILL 1971
Bill presented by Mr McMahon, and
read a first time. Second Reading
Mr McMAHON ( Lowe-Prime Minister)
( 2.15)-l move:
That the Bill be now read a second time.
The purpose of this Bill is to obtain parliamentary
authority to increase the number
of Ministers by 1. Section 65 of the Constitution,
coupled with section 51, placitumn

PRIME MINISTER
OFFICIAL OPENING OF " CONSTRUCTION HOUSE
CANBERRA 27 APRIL 1971
Speech by the Prime Minister,. The Rt lHon. William Mc~ ahon, M. P.
I would also like to thank Mr. Williams and Mr. Box on your
behalf, and on behalf of myj wife and myself as well, for inviting
us today. It is most appropriate that the building and construction
industry should decide to build this magnificent national headquarters
building in Canberra. It's hard to imagine a more apt way
for the industry to display its presence in the national capital.

FOR PRESS: PM No. 48/ 1971
DEATH OF SIR RODERICK MILLER
Statement by _ the Prime Minister, Mr. William McMahon
It is with regret that I learnt of the death of
Sir Roderick Miller. Chairman and Managing Director of
R. W. Miller ( Holdings) Limited, Sir Roderick was one
of Australia's leading businessmen.
Amongst other achievements Sir Roderick
Miller was instrumental in revolutionising the handling
of oil in the Australian coastal shipping trade.
He was an outstanding Australian.
Sir Roderick, a New South Wales rugby

PARLLAMEhTT'ARY LUNCHEON R4 HONGUR OF THE
KING AND QUEEN OF N, EPAL
CANBERRA, A. C. T. 23 APRIL 1971
õ peechby the Prime Minister, Mr. William McMahon
Your Maje.; ties, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Ladies and Gentlemen
Sir, this is the first time a reigning monarch from Nepal has come to Australia,
arid the first time that a reigning monarch from Nepal has been in the Parliament House
of the Commonwealth. We welcome you and we welcome your wife.
Sir, you should know that there has been a long association in one way or