ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS POLICY
STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER
The Rt Hon. William McMahon
TO THE CONFERENCE OF COMMONWEALTH AND STATE
MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS
AT CAIRNS
23 April1971
I am sorry not to be able today to meet the Ministers responsible for
Aboriginal affairs throughout Australia. It is, however, appropriate that I
should take this opportunity early in the life of my Government to declare
the profound concern I and my Government have for the advancement of

ASSOCIATED CHAMIBERS OF MANUFACTURES OF AUSTRALIA
PRESIDENTS' LUNCHEON
PARKROYAL MOTOR INN, CANBERRA 21 APRIL 1971
õ pieech by the-Prime Minister, Mr. William McMahon
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen
Now, I am not one of those who believe that we should take too unhappy a
view of our future. But I do want to emphasise, and I keep on emphasising it as
often as I can, that the major difficulty that we face today is inflation, and that we
have to keep the forces of inflation whether they are the cost-push type

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FOR PRESS: PNL 4A6Z1971
DEATH OF BRIGADIER SIR FREDERICK GALLEGHAN
Tribute bj the Prime Minister, Mr William McMahon
It was with regret that I learnt of the death of
Brigadier Sir Frederick Galleghan.
He had a long and distinguished career in both
peace and war. The only Australian citizen soldier to have held a
commission for more than fifty years, he will chiefly be remembered
as the man who led Australia's first action in Malaya during World
War II and later became Australian commander at Changi Prison.

QUESTIONS P1. T TO THE PR V1EM M7 ! NSTER AT TH. E NATIONAL
PRESS ' 1971
Q. Vincent Matthews Me itrne Herald. Mr. Prime Minister, could
you tell us, apar. from th 2 wheit the Government is actually doing
or contemplating oic tc -s: 7o of-the China market is
not lost in the future to Aut~ asc~ otindu~ t-;. i, Iand could you perhaps
elaborate on 24ect Jm~ ;~ cndacshcwe had, particularly
the attitaide of the Democratic-La~ iur Party on the Government's approach to
the China problem?
PM If I can answer the second part of your question first. Naturally as

NATIONAL PRESS CLUB LUNCHEON
Hotel Canberra-Rex, Canberra APRIL 1971
~ peeh~ yhe PimeMinister, Mr. William McMahon
Mr. Chairman, Thank you and all members of the Press Club for inviting me here today.
I hope I come back on many, many occasions, not as a vision or a memory, not
as a former, but I hope in the way I have come today, in the capacity to enjoy mlyself
as I am in your immediate company.
And may I too refer to a bit of history because this will be the last occasion
we will see Tony Eggleton here for some time. When I first became the Foreign

FOR PRESS: PM No. 45/ 1971
CORAL SEA GUESTS
Statement by-the Prime Minister, Mr. William McMahon
The Coral Sea Week " Guests of Honour" for the Australian
American Association's celebrations in May 1971 will be Ambassador
Emil Mosbacher, U. S. Chief of Protocol and Mrs. Mosbacher,
Admiral J. S. McCain, U. S. Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific and
Mrs. McCain, and Mr. Lloyd Waring, Vice-President of Kidder/ Peabody
and Company, Brokers, and former Republican State Committee
Chairman of Massachusetts and his daughter Mrs. George J. Roebelen

FOR PRESS: PM No. 44/ 1971
INTEGRATION OF ABORIGINALS IN QUEENSLAND)
Following a meeting today in the Premier's Office between the Prime
Minister ( Mr. M cMahon) and the Minister administering the Department
of the Vice President of the Executive Council ( Sir Alan Hulme) representing
the Commonwealth and the Premier ( Mr. Bjelke-Petersen) and the Treasurer
( Mr. Gordon Chalk) representing Queensland, agreement was reached about
the unresolved issues relating to integration of aboriginals into the Australian

FOR PRESS: PM No. 43/ 1971
FURTHER VIETNAM WITHDRAWALS
Statement ty the Prime Minister, Mr. William McMahon
The Prime Minister, Mr. McMahon said in Brisbane this afternoon that
President Nixon's statement at mid-day clearly indicated the growing capacity
of the Republic of Vietnam to provide its own defence.
It was this growing capability and the success of the total Vietnamisation
programme which had enabled President Nixon to announce the continuing
withdrawals of United States' military personnel.

FOR PRESS: PM No. 42/ 197 1
PREMIERS' CONFERENCE
Statement by the Pr! ime Minister, Mr. William McMahon
There have been frank discussions today between the State Premiers and the
Commonwealth Treasurer ( Mr. Snedden) and me relating to the financial position of the
States during the Budget year 1970/ 71.
Unanimous agreement has been reached on amounts of special additional
financial assistance to be provided to the States by the Commonwealth in respect of that
year. There was agreement about the need for continued strong resistance to the

FOR PRESS: PM No. 41/ 1971
VISIT OF THE KING AND QUEEN
OF NEPAL
Statement by the Pr ime Minister, Mr. William McMahon
At the invitation of the Governor-General, Their Majesties
The K~ ing and Queen of Nepal will visit Australia from Friday
23 April to Friday, 30 April.
The visit of IKing Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva and
Queen Ratna Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah will give impetus to the
steady development of the friendly relations between our two
countries which has taken place in recent years and which has