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APPOINTMENT OF AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR TO AFGHANISTAN
0 The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Whitlam, announced
today that Mr A. M. Morris, whose appointment as Australian
Ambassador to Pakistan w-s announced on 1 May, has also been
concurrently appointed as Australian Ambassador to Afghanistan.
Mr Morris will be resident in Islamabad but will Day visits to
Afghanistan from time to time.
Mr Morris was born in 1919 and was educated at Geelong
Grammar School and the University of Oxford. He served with the

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Press StatementC No. 88
6 May 1973
COML14ITTEE TO EXAMINE CITIZENSHIP PROBLEM
Federal Cabinet: at'-its meeting in Sydney toCiay
decided to refer invzcstigation of the problema of dual
nationality of Australian citizens t'Lo the Defence anQ,
Foreign Affairs Coccictee.
CANBERRA, A. C. T.

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Press Statement No. 87
6 May ' 1973
SALARY INCREASES FOR NoT. COUNCILLORS
Federal Cabinet today decided to give salary
increases to all members of t-he Northern Territory
Legislative Council.
The increases are the largest in the Council's
history. The salary for ordinary Council members will
rise from $ 2,750 $ 7,250.
The salary of the Chairman will rise from $ 3,350
to $ 8,700. There will also be increases in expenses of
Council members. The rises are the first for the Council since

NEW SOUTH WALES-ZIONIST COUNCIL.
CELEBRATIONS OF ISRAEL's 25TH ANNIVERSARY
ADDRESS'BY THE PRIME MINISTER.-MR E. G. WHITLAM
SYDNEY TOWN HALL 6 MAY 1973.
THE REQUIREMENTS OF INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY DO
NOT ALWAYS PERMIT THE FULL EXPRESSION OF A NATION'IS DEEPER
FEELINGS ABOUT INTERNAT. IONAL AFFAIRS.". FOR EXAMPLE, THE.
POLICY ON THE MIDDLE EAST DISPUTE OF THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTMY
OWN AND ALL THOSE WHO PRECEDED IT IN THE LAST TWO DECADESHAS
BEEN OFFICIALLY EXPRESSED IN THESE TERMS:-
" AUSTRALIA'S POLICY TOWARDS THE MIDDLE EAST DISPUTE

.), AUST11AII Press Statement No. 86
6 May 1973
CO-OPERATION IN SPACE PROJECT
Australia will have access to special information
obtained through America's proposed " Skylab" manned space
laboratory. Federal Cabinet today was told that access to the.
information would be provided under the Australian/ U. S.
agreement on scientific co-operation through the new
Ministry of Science.
The channelling of the information through the
Science Ministry will mark the start of an overall move of
projects associated with the U. S. National Aeronautics an

SPEECIH BY. THE PRIME MINISTER,
1TE lION, E. G, WHITLAM, M. P,,
AT THE i'ITH ANNUAL CONVIENTION OF THE
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SOCIETY OF N. SW.,
HOTEL FLORIDA, TERRIGAL, N, SJW., 5 MAY 1973
PRICES, INCOMES AND INFLATION
IT IS TEMPTING TO BELI'EVE THAT A SUCCESSFUL PRICES
AND INCOMES POLICY CAN BE A MAGIC REMEDY, NOT ONLY FOR
INFLATION, BUT FOR ALL THE ILLS OF SOCIETY, IF ONLY
-GOVERNMENTS COULD CONTROL PRICES AND WAGES SO THE ARGUMENT
GOES WE WOULD BE WELL ON THE WAY TO A MORE JUST AND
PROSPEROUS NATION. THE DILIGENCE WITH WHICH PRICES AND

SAUSIRA. LIALPress Statement No.
4 May 1973
Re-Appointment of Chairman of the Tariff Board
The Prime Minister announced today that the
Executive Council had approved the re-appointment of
Mr. G. A. Rattigan, as Chairman of the Tariff
Board after his existing appointment ends on 15 May 1973.
In accordance with Mr. Rattigan's wish his extended term
of service would be until 15 November 1976 instead of a
full five year term.
The Prime Minister expressed the Australian
Government's appreciation of the continuation of

O7 AUSTIAI. IAPRESS STATEMENT NO. 84
4 May, 1973
STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER
The Hon. E. G. Whitlam M. P.
PUBLIC SERVICE AGE LIMITS
The Prime Minister announced today that the upper age
limits applying to appointments to the Commonwealth Service as
Clerk, Clerical Assistant and Typist have been removed. This
move will greatly increase the opportunities for employment of
middle-aged and married women in the service.
The age limits have been 28 for clerks, 30 for clerical
assistants and between 30 and 45 ( depending on circumstancks)

PRESS STATEMENT No. 83
3 May, 1973
ABORIGINAL ARTS BOARD
Aboriginals have been given full responsibility for
developing their own programs in the arts under a new Government
policy to revitalise cultural activities through the Australian
Council for the Arts. Artists and craftsmen from remote centres,
towns and cities have been appointed to the Aboriginal Arts Boar6
of the Council. The Board's Chairman, as previously announced,
is the Aboriginal author and artist, Mr Dick Roughsey, of
Mornington Island.
The members of the board are:-

J A UST A L AL PRESS STATEMENT NO. 82
3 May, 1973
APPOINTMENT OF MR. D. L. LINEHAN AS A
COMMISSIONER OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD
The Prime Minister ( Mr E. G. Whitlam) today announced ' the
appointment of Mr D. L. Linehan to succeed Mr A. B. McFarlane
as a Commissioner of the Public Service Board.
Mr Linehan, aged 46, is an ex-serviceman, an Associate
of the Australian Society of Accountants and a Member of the
Industrial Relations Society.
Mr Linehan, who joined the Public Service in 1945,