PRIME MINISTER
OFFICIAL OPENING OF NABALCO PTY. LTD. ALUMINA PLANT
GOVE, N. T. 1 JULY 1972
Speech by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. William McMahon
CH, MP.
Many of you have come from other parts of the world
for this ceremony, and many more of you have flown in from
" down South". I have come from Darwin and Kununurra, where I
have had the pleasure of inaugurating several other northern
development projects. I want to thank you, Mr Meyer, the Chairman of Swiss
Aluminium Limited of Zurich, and the Australian partners, for

OPENING OF THE ORD RIVER DAM
KUNUNURRA, W. A.
Speech by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon
William McMahon, C. H., M. P. June, 1972.
Mr. Premier, Mr. Chairman, Sir Reginald, Sir Charles, my " ther
Parliamentary Colleagues, Distinguished Guest, including my own
Minister for the Interior, Hunt, Ladies and Gentlemen.
Before us as you can see stretch the waters of the greatest
man-made lake that has ever been built in Australia. It is a
unique and imaginative enterprise.
For years we have talked about the Ord Irrigation Scheme

OFFICI2'. L OP.' ui OF THE DRIWI RIVER
DARWIN, N. T.
S2eech by the Pripic Minister,. thze Rt. Hion. William
Mci-Iahon, M-I. P. 29 June, 1972.
May I apologise to you for the delay in getting hare th~ is
afternoon. I am not any good at arithmetic, but I am -told that
we had a headwind of betw., een 100 and 22* 0 milas ner hour, ane2 that
delayed us for an hour.
I ho-e your rcmarks about your own P1. rc-mier turn out to be
wrong. I you havc your new Lcader and your new Statehood, not

MACQUARIENETWORK WEEKLY BROADCAST
BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THE RT. HON. WILLIAM McMAHON
CH, MP 28 JUNE 1972
COM1MONWEALTH/ STATE RELATIONS
Good Evening You will remember that last week we had a meeting
in Canberra between the State Premiers and the Commonweath. This
was a very important meeting because it was the first step in setting
the course for the Commonwealth and the State Budgets for the new
financial year which begins on Saturday.
It was my fourth meeting with the Premiers as Prime

OPENING OF SEVENTEENTH SEATO COUNCIL MEETING
Speech by the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon. William McMahon
M. P. 27 June, 1972.
Gentlemen: I welcome you as distinguished delegates to the 17th meeting
of the Council of the South East Asia Treaty Organisation.
Although we are in the depths of winter here in Canberra, I assure
you that our welcome to delegates and their wives, and staff, is
a warm and sincere one. I particularly want to welcome General
Vargas, the retiring Secretary-General. We have known him as a

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FOR PRESS: PM No 65/ 1972
UNITED STATES MEAT IMPORTS
St~ atemnent by the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon. William M4cMahon, C. H., M. P.
I have received advice that the President of the United
States has decided that restrictions on imports of meat will be
suspended for the remainder of 1972.
Australia welcomes this decision by the President. It has
been made in the light of rising meat prices in the United States
because of shortages in domestic supplies.

PRIME MINISTER
" THIS WEEK"
Television Interview given by the Prime Minister,
T e Rt. Hon. William McMahon, for HSV7.
MELBOURNE
Interviewers John Boland
Max Grant JUNE 1972
Introduction Good Evening and welcome to " This Week" this week.
Much of our programme this evening is devoted to the first in-depth
interview the Prime Minister, ' r McMahon, has given since he returned
from his trip to South-East Asia.
Now to question the Prime Minister tonight, John Boland,
and Maxwell Grant of the " Herald".

Premiers' Conference and Loan Council Meetin!)-
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon.
William Mcahion, C. li iP
22 June 1972
This has been my fourth meeting with the Premiers in
this forum since I became Prime Minister.
The three previous meetings were all characterized
by a genuine effort by all parties to reach accommodations
which took account of the problems of all of us. I am
delighted to be able to say that the same atmosphere of
warm and friendly co-operation has once again characterized

PREMIERS' CONFERENCE
OPENING STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER R
22 JUNE 1972
A large number of items have been listed for
consideration at this Conference, and there is also a
full quota of Loan Council business to be transacted.
It is our hope and I presume that it would also
be the hope of the Premiers that, while giving the
matters before us the attention their importance warrants,
we will be able to conduct our discussions on them
expeditiously, and with mutually satisfactory results.
The central object of our attention will, of

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PRIME MINISTER
MACQUARIE NETWORK WEEKLY BROADCAST
BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THE RT. HON. WILLIAM McMAHON, CH, MP
NUCLEAR TESTS 21 JUNE J972
Goodnight Lately there has bean considerable public comment and
controversy about the current series of French nuclear tests in the
Pacific. I want to explain to you, as clearly as I can, what
the facts are about tho Government's policy both on the French
nuclear tests, and on all nuclear tests in the atmosphere, as well.