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9 March 1973
AMBASSADOR TO AR. ENTINA, PERU
AND URUGUAY
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Whitlam, announced
today the appointment of Mr H. A. Dunn as Australian Ambassador to
Argentina, Pern and Uruguay with residence in Buenos Aires, to
succeed Mr H. W. Bullock whose appointment as High Commissioner to
Fiji, Western Samoa and Tonga was announced recently.
Mr Dunn, who was born in 1923, was educated at Brisbane
Boys' College and the Uiiversity of Queensland. He was a member of

NQ DATE
M/ 49 7 March 1973
FOREIGN MINTST7R OF TANZANIA
TO VISIT APSTRAIIA
The Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Mr Whitlam, said today that he was looking forward to the visit
of the Foreign Minister of Tanzania, Mr John Malecela, who will
be arriving in Australia on 9 March for what he has described as
a goodwill visit.
It is understood that one of the purposes of Mr Malecela's
visit is to convey to the Prime Minister a personal message from
the President of Tanzania, Mr Julius Nyerere. He has also intimated

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NO DATE
M/ 48 7 March 1973
RATIFICATION OF ILO CONVENTIONS
( This corrects our statement of yesterday,
which inadvertently referred in the second
paragraph to the Conventions, " numbers 87
and 108". The correct numbers are 87 and
98.)
The Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Mr Whitlam, said today he was pleased to announce that Australia
had deposited instruments of ratification of two Conventions of
the International Labour Organisation with the Director-General
of the ITO in Geneva.

PRESS RELEASE the Prime Minister will officially open the
recently completed Australian Government Centre in
Arm Street, Brisbane, adjoining Anzac Square, on
23 March at 3.30 p. m.
Mr. Fred Daly, the Minister for Services and
Property and Leader of the IHou announcing this today,
said that invitations to the opening had been sent to
the Federal Minister for Works, Senator J. Cavanagh,
the Premier of Queensland, the Hon. J. Bjelke-Petersen,
the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Mr. Clem Jones, Federal
members of Parliament and State M. P. s, senior public

THE PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS CONFERENCE
AT PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA
TUESDAY, 6 MARCH 1973
PRIME MINISTER: This is very much more pleasant lighting and
accommodation. I might mention it's by favour of the President
that we are able to use this Committee Room.
Gentlemen, the Cabinet this morning made some appointments.
First of all, there were two vacancies on the Board of the
Commonwealth Trading Bank within the Commonwealth Banking
Corporation. One of ' the retiring men, Sir Brian Massy-Greene,

NO DATE
M/ 47 5 March 1973
PRIME TINTISTER'S PIESSAGES TO BELGIUM
AND U. AFTER KHARTOUM KILLINGS
In special messages to the United States Secretary of
State, Mr Rogers, and to the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Mr Van Elslande, the Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign
0 Affairs, Mr WVhitlam, said today that he and his colleagues had
been deeply shocked at the cold blooded assassination in Khartoum
of two members of the United States Foreign Service and the
Belgian Charge d'Affaires.
Mr Whitlam said: " Such unwarranted attacks against

EXTRACTS FROM A SPEECH AT THE TASMANIAN A. L. P.
CONFERENCE, DEVONPORT, TASMANIA.
4 MARCH 1973, BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THE HON. E. G. WHITLAM,
M. P.
LEADER OF THE FEDERAL PARLIAMENTARY LABOR PARTY
1. Exactly six years ago 16 March 1967
I made my first address to an A. L. P. Conference as the
Party's leader, here at Devonport.
2. It was a critical time in thehistory and
fortunes of our Party. We had just emerged from our
worst defeat. There were people inside and outside the
Party who genuinely questioned whether the A. L. P. could

PRESS STATEMENT NO.
2 March 1973
RIVER MURRAY COMMISSION
The Prime Minister announced today that at the request
of the Premier of South Australia a meeting had been held
between the Premiers of New South Wales, Victoria and South
Australia and himself concerning the River Murray, the existing
powers of the River Murray Commission and the problems which had
arisen in ensuring water quality in the River Murray. The meeting
was also attended by the Hon. Moss Cass, Australian Minister
for the Environment and Conservation, the Hon. G. F. Freudenste'n,

4JAUSTRIALIAPRESS STATEMENT NO. 59
2 March 1973
DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD SCHEME
In October The Duke of Edinburgh will arrive in Australia
a few days in advance of The Queen to attend an Australian/ Pacific
Conference for the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme.
The Conference is to take place in Canberra on Monday
and Tuesday 16 October and it is hoped that a number of Pacific
Islands will be represented.
After The Queen's departure from Australia following the
opening of the Sydney Opera House His Royal Highness plans to

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14, AUSTRALIA Pres's Statement' No.-58
1 March 1973
AUSTRALIAN FILM AND TELEVISION SCHOOL
The Government will make grants totalling
$ 19,270 as part of its programme of assistance to
film and television in Australia. The grants were
recommended by the Interim Council for the Australian
Film and Television School.
The grants will go to:-
1. ROLAND CANTLEY of Thursday Island, Torres Strait-,,
North Australia $ 3,000 to assist him in the
preparation of the final shooting script and
provisional narrative script for the film