TluQ IIErDIAT'RE LEASIE:
ALBURY-WVODOGA
INTR ODUCTORY STATE1MTE N 3Y iTE PRIME INIIISTER,
1R. E. G. ' IIIITLAI, ALBURY CIVIC CENTRE,
JAUPJARY 1973
This is an historic meeting. It is the first time on
which the Governments of the two oldest and most important
States have come together with the Commonwealth to plan the
development of a new cityo I trust it will signal the beginning,
not only of similar regional development projects, but of a
new spirit of common enterprise within our Federation. The

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January 1973
STAT2IA 0.-TI2G : 21 i: IuI3j
The Government ha-s decided not to proceed with,' a-ny of the
remaining cha-rges nrisin-~ out of the removal ofC the Aborigin-l Embrassy
from the front of Parlia-Mont HKouse la~ st July.
In ddiono action will be take._ in to collect fines
imposed -for of-fences dluring the demonstraions whichl were notv pa-id
by December 2 li-stu yev-. r.
The Govcrnment has also decided to pay compesation to any
policeman who was injured while th1-e 3rniassy was beingr, remOod_. r

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24 January 1973
FtYN7DMAL 02 F02i"-'-PR: 2SMEITT OF 1123 US
L
The Leader of the G. overnrmont in -Uile Sc-nAe, and the
Lttorney-General, SIenator L. Z. I.. rphy, will represent
the Prirmei Iliinister, hr. -Thitlam, at'U a fumeral service for
thel late Lyndon Johnson in ' Jash--in,,, ton tomorrow ( Thursday,
January). Senator li1urphy is due in the United States today
after a visit to the United Kingdom.
C111 -22A. A. C. T.

PRESS STATEMENT NO. 44
24 January 1973
VISIT BY H. R. H. THE PRINCE OF THE NETHERLANDS
The Prince of the Netherlands, who will be the guest of the
Government for his visit to Australia, will be given a ceremonial
welcome on-arrival at R. A. A. F. Base Fairbairn, at iioon on Thursday,
1 February. His Royal Highness and party will travel in a Netherlands
Government aircraft and make a short transit stop at Darwin and
an overnight stop at Townsville en route to Canberra.
They will remain in Australia until the morning of 8 February,

FRESS STAT-I-NT O. 43
24 January 1973
STATEMENT BY THE PRIME M. INISTER OF AUSTIALIA, i
iTIITLAI, IND TIE CHIEF MIIISTEiR OF PLPUA I. Z. GUIIT2EA,
ILMR. SOMl2E
PAPUA IT] 7 GUIiEA FISHIG . IGHTS GULF OF CAIIPEHITARIA
The Australian Prino Minister, iMr. TJhitlam, and the
Chief Iinister of Papua New Guinea, ir. Somare, today issued
the following statement concerning their discussions in
Canberra on 17 January 1973.
The Chief Minister had raised with Iinisters of the
previous Australian Government the question of the rights of

NQ DATE
M/ 26 24 January 1973
CEASFIE IN VIET-NAM
The Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Whitlam,
made the following statement thi s afternoon welcoming President Nixon's
announcement of a ceasefire agreement in Viet-Nam.
" I am confident all Australians will rejoice at
President Nixon's historic announcement. The Australian
Government greets his statement with full approval andl
the deepest satisfaction.
I personally extend the warmest wishes to President
Nixon on an achievement which establishes him firmly in the

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M 7 O0U NQ DATE
23 January 1973
AUSTRALIAN RATIFICATION OF NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFEATION
AND SEABED ARMS CONTROL TREATIES
0The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr E. G. Whitlam, announced
today that arrangements had been made for Australia to ratify two
Treaties relating to the control of nuclear weapons the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Seabed Arms Control Treaty.
Mr Whitlam said that instruments of ratification were being
deposited today by Australian representatives in the three depository
capitals, London, Washington and Moscow.

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PRIME MINISTER PRESS STATEMENT NO. 176
23 January 1973.
APPOINTMENTS
The Executive Council has approved the following appointments:
Appointed to the Remuneration Tribunal:
Mr Justice Campbell
Mr Andrew Grimwade
Mr R. M. Porter ( General Manager, N. S. W. Government Insurance
Office)
Appointed to Home Loans Investment Corporation ( part-time):
Dr Patricia Apps, Phd. ( Cambridge), M. E. D. ( Yale), B. Arch.
Lecturer in Architecture Sydney University. Age: 32
Re-appointed to the Australian Film Development Corporation

THE PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS CONFERENCE
AT PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA
TUESDAY, 23 JANUARY 1973
PRIME MINISTER: Ladies and gentlemen: I haven't had time to see
today's Australian papers yet, so I am not sure what cover there was
given to the decision by the New Zealand Government at its Cabinet
meeting yesterday which I attended to help the Australian Government
get a start with a Dental Therapist Scheme in the schools a School
Dental Service as they call it in New Zealand. The sum total of it

P2. ESS STATEIiIT NO. 42
23 January 1973
TRIBUTE TO FORiME P2ESIDEiT LYTDON B. JOHNSON
Lyndon Johnson will be remembered as one of the great
reforming Presidents of the United States. Nothing should be
allowed to diminish the memory of this achievement.
He came to office in the most difficult and tragic
circumstances and assumed his great responsibilities with
valour and distinction. HIe went on to secure, in the Presidential
election in 1964, the greatest popular mandate in the history
of the Republic. Under his Administration, the 90th Congress