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Press Statement No. 548
27 August 1975
NEW MEMBERS OF* THE AU'STRAL'IA COUNCIL AND * ITS'CONSTITUENT BOARDS
The Prime Minister today announced the names of
new members orf the Australia Council and its constituent boards.
Mr r/, Iitam said that on 30 June 1974 he had
implemented the principle of an annual rotation of membership
for the new orcanization and normally one third of the membership
positions would have been filled now. When the Australia-Council

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PR8SVE S~ S Press Statement No. 548
27 August 1975
NEW MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL AND ITS CONSTITUENT BOARDS
The Prime Minister today announced the names of
new members of the Australia Council and its constituent boards.
Mr Whitlam said that on 30 June 1974 he had
implemented the principle of an annual rotation of membership
for the new organization and normally one third of the membership
positions would have been filled now. When the Australia Council

SECOND READING SPEECH BY
HON. E. G. WHITLAM, M. lP.
TASMAN BRIDGE RESTORATION BILL ( NO, 2) 1975
HONOURABLE MEMBERS WILL RECALL THAT ON
APRIL 1975 I INTRODUCED A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE
RESTORATION OF THE TASMAN BRIDGE FOLLOWING ITS COLLAPSE
INTO THE DERWENT RIVER AFTER THE S. S, " LAKE ILLAWARRA"
HAD COLLIDED WITH IT, THE BILL WAS PASSED BY BOTH
HousEs OF THE PARLIAMENT AND RECEIVED THE ROYAL ASSENT
ON 19 MAY 1975. THE TASMAN BRIDGE RESTORATION ACT 1975
PROVIDED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT TASMAN BRIDGE

PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS CONFERENCE
PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA
TUESDAY, 26 AUGUST 1975
PRIME MINISTER: I thought I might say a few things about the
Budget at the outset. Tonight the Leader of the Opposition will
have an opportunity to be precise in his criticisms of the Budget.
He has made some general criticisms thatit'sa bad Budget and so
on. He has also lamented many of the changes'brought about,
particularly in the tax system. This seems to strike home very
grievously to him, but anyrate he will be able to be precise. tonight,

Personal Explanation
Medibank is not available in the or that
the patient cannot have the doctor of his choice
in the hospitals of the which of course is
quite false. There is no financial disadvantage to
either of them, if they want private hospital treatment,
in having it in the A. C. T.
I suggest to patients in the A. C. T. that, if at any
time a doctor says that there is no way that they
can get free hospital treatment in the A. C. T. and
then come back to him as private patients after
hospital treatment, they should ask that doctor

Press Statement No. 547
August 1975
NAMIBIA DAY
Acting Foreign Minister, Mr Whitlam, reiterated
today Australia's moral and material support to the people
of Namibia. In a statement to mark Namibia Day on 26 August the
Acting Minister said that Namibia Day had been designatdd by
the United Nations at the General Assembly session in 1973 as
an annual reminder of the illegal jurisdiction of South Africa
over the territory. The Australian Government, he said, was particularly
concerned about the deprivation of basic human rights and the

SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
THE HON E. G. WHITLAM4, M. P.,
AT THE WOMEN AND HEALTH CONFERENCE,.
BRISBANE, 25 August 1975
one of the regular activities of the United
Nations is to designate a" Ayear to focus attention upon
a particular topic, to create an awareness of a*
particular problem. With this end in view the United
Nations proclaimed 1975 as International Wlomens Year
in order to recognise the important contribution which
women have made to the social, political, economic and
cultural life of their countries and to intensify the

PRIME MINISTER'S WEEKLY BROADCAST ,3
THE NEW TAX SYSTEM
SUNDAY 24 AUGUST 1975
THE PART OF THE BUDGET THAT NATURALLY INTERESTS
US MOST AS TAXPAYERS IS THAT DEALING WITH INCOME TAX
REFORM, THERE WAS SO MUCH OF IMPORTANCE IN BILL HAYDEN'S
BUDGET LAST TUESDAY NIGHT THAT THE FULL SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE TAX REFORMS MAY EASILY HAVE ESCAPED YOU,
IT'S WORTH REFLECTING FOR A MOMENT ON JUST WHAT THESE
CHANGES MEAN, I HAVE NO HESITATION IN SAYING THAT BY
MEANS OF-THIS BUDGET WE HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT THE MOST
SWEEPING REFORM OF-THE TAX SYSTEM EVER MADE.

SPEECH BY THE HRilf 1EfINIiSTERT
TUE HON, E. G. WHITLAN,
FOR THE ONEThING OF THE 18THl BIENNIAL CONFEREINCE
OF THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATIo~ OF AUISTRALIA
H1E L3 OUIN~ E. 24 AUGUST 1975
ICONGRATUL ATE . THE ORGAN ISERS OF THIS CONFERENJCE O N
BRI-NGING TOGET,-]"-HER SUCH A R EP RE SETAT I~ A ND. D IST INGUISHED
* GATHERING OF LIB3RARIAiNS, ADM' N1STRATORS AIND AL L T HOSE CONCERN'ED
W IT H T iiE 2/ LOPMENTf OF LIBRARIES IN LlUS RA L IA, THE_ SIZE AND

SPEECH NOTES FOR PRIME MINISTER, FOR OPENING OF ST BASIL'S HOMES,
LOURANTOS VILLAGE, LAKENBA, N, S. W,
23 AUGUST 1975
1. IT GIVES ME VERY GREAT PLEASURE INDEED TO BE PRESENT FOR
THE OFFICIAL OPENING AND BLESSING OF THIS MAGNIFICENT
LOURANTOS VILLAGE WHICH OPERATES UNDER THE AUSPICES
OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH FIFTH LARGEST DENOMINATION
IN AUSTRALIA. YOU HAVE AS YOUR PATRON His EMINENCE
ARCHBISHOP STYLIANOS WHO HAS ONLY BEEN IN THIS
COUNTRY SINCE APRIL THIS YEAR, BUT WHO FEELS SO FIRMLY
COMMITTED TO THE PASTORAL NEEDS OF GREEK-BORNUSTRALIANS