Press Statement No. 62
March 1973
ASSISTANCE FOR SOCIAL WORKERS
The Australian Government will give an extra $ 315,000 for
the training of social workers over the next three years. Cabinet
decided today that $ 240,000 would be provided for a training
programme through the University of Melbourne, and $ 75,000 for
training through the University of Sydney. The additional allocations
will cover the years 1973, 1974 and 1975.
Cabinet decided to give further consideration to a submission
from Flinders University regarding the contricution of special

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GOVERNMENT TO ACT ON CONVENTIONS
OPPOSING RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
On the occasion of the International Day for the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Prime Minister and
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Whitlam, has reaffirmed
that the Government was resolved to ratify the International
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
as soon as the necessary legislative and other
measures could be completed.
Mr Whitlam said that as a result of the Sharpeville

PRIME MINISTER
MINERALS AND THE FUTURE
SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
THE HON. E. G. WHITLAM, M. P.,
TO THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE AUSTRALIAN MINING INDUSTRY COUNCIL
LAKESIDE HOTEL, CANBERRA, MONDAY 19 MARCH 1973
In the management of our mineral resources,
the mining industry and the national Government have a common
interest and a common responsibility. We are custodians of
much of the nation's natural wealth. We are custodians
of our country's soil and its physical riches. We have a
joint interest in ensuring that these resources are managed

EMBARGO 5.00PM SUNDAY 18 MARCH 1973:
THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN EDUCATION
SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
THE HON. E. G. WHITLAM, M. P.,
AT THE OPENING OF THE M. B. FLOOD SCIENCE BLOCK OF
ST. PATRICK'S COLLEGE,.. PROSPECT VALE, TASMANIA
SUNDAY 18 MARCH 1973
There has never been any qualification about
my Government s commitment to education. In my
policy speech last November I promised that education
would be the most rapidly growing sector of public
spending under a Labor Government. We see it as the

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M/ 54 16 March 1973
AUSTRPALIAN DELEGATION TO 29TH
ECAFE CONFERENCE
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr E. G. Whitlam,
announced today that the Special Minister of State and Minister
assisting the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Don Willesee,
would lead the Australian Delegation to the 29th Session of the
United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
( ECAFE), to be held in Tokyo beginning on Wednesday 11 April.
Mr Whitlam said that the annual sessions of ECAFE

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M/ 53 16 March 1973
AMBASSADOR APPOINTED FROM THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA
SThe Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Whitlam, announced
today that the Australian Government had given its agreement to
S the appointment of Mr Wang Kuo-ch'uan as the People's Republic
of China's first Ambassador to Australia.
Mr Wang was born in 1911. He was Governor of Jehol
Province until his appointment in 1957 as Ambassador to the German
Democratic Republic, a position which he held for six and a half

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Embargoed until 16 March 1973
8A. M on16
March 1973. APPOINTmENT OF AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR TO BURMA
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr E. G. Whitlam,
announced today the appointment of Mr C. G. Woodard as Australian
O Ambassador to Burma to succeed Mr W. P. J. Handmer who will return
to duty in Canberra. This will be Mr Woodard's first aprointment
as Head of Mission.
Mr Woodard is a career officer of the Department of
Foreign Affairs and was born in 1929. He was educated at Prince

41,4UST A L Press Statement No. 61
March 1973
PROTECTION COMMISSION SUBMISSIONS
The Prime Minister, Mr. Whitlam, said today that
written submissions on the establishment of a Protection
Commission for Australian primary and secondary industries
would be received until 30 April.
Mr. Whitlam said that Sir John Crawford, in
accepting the position of adviser on the establishment of the
Commission, had said he did not wish his enquiry to be public
but would welcome written submissions. The submissions should

THE PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS CONFERENCE
AT PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA
TUESDAY, 13 MARCH 1973
PRIME MINISTER: First there's an Executive Council appointment.
The Executive Member of the National Pipeline Authority will be
Mr James Donald. I can give you details of his career afterwards
if you wish. Next we're sending our first Australian Government
Trade Mission to the People's Republic of China. Dr Cairns will
lead it. The business interests represented in the mission wili
be led by Sir Ian McLennon, the Chairman of B. H. P. The other

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M/ 51 9 March 1973
CREATION OF A S'RCOND ASIA DIVISION
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FORIGN AFFAIRS
~ The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Whitlam, announced
today that a second Asia Division would be established within the
Department Foreign
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It is expected that the new Division will become
operational in April.
Until now, there has been only one Division in the
ODepartment dealing with the whole Asian Continent.
The new divisional structure will enable the Department