SPEECH BY THE PRIfME MINISTER,
THE HON, E. G. WHITLAM, MP,
AT THE OPENING OF THE NEW PRINCIPAL OFFICE IN VICTORIA
OF THE COMOi'OWEALTHl BAINKING CORPORATION
MELBOURNE, 8 JULY 1975 ' 1a
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IT IS A VERY GREAT HONOUR TO BE OPENING
THIS SPLENDID NEW BUILDING OF THE COMMONWEALTH BANKS IN
VICTORIA. I HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT MELBOURNE WAS THE GREAT
FINANCIAL AND BANKING CAPITAL OF AUSTRALIA, AT LEAST
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY IN MELBOURNE, AND AS YOU KNOW.
IN ANY SORT OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTION I LIKE TO GET WITH

rIBtAUU: 7 IP. M. OUNDAY
QUEENSLAND BROADCAST NO, 16
THE SENATE
SUNDAY 6 JULY 1975
WHEN SENATOR BERT MILLINER DIED LAST
WEEK QUEENSLAND LOST ONE OF ITS ABLEST AND BEST LOV ED
PARLIAMENTARIANS. BERT MILLINER WAS A FAMILY FRIEND
OF MINE, SO IT'IS NATURAL THAT I SHOULD FEEL STRONGLY.
ABOUT HIM. BUT LET ME JUST SAY THIS: HE SERVED HIS
UNION, HIS PARTY AND THE AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT FOR
MORE THAN A QUARTER OF A CENTURY WITH GREAT
DISTINCTION AND THE UTMOST INTEGRITY. MY COLLEAGUES
ADIWILL M1i33 HIM KEENLY.

PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS CONFERENCE
ADELAIDE
6 JULY 1975
PRIME MINISTER: I believe you wish me to say something about the
elections here next Saturday for your House of Assembly and for
half your Legislative Council.
The sole issue in these elections is whether you.. in South Australia,
are to have the best State Administration anywhere in Australia
replaced by an Opposition which is linked with -the Liberal
negativism and obstruction in Canberra. Because -that's what it
is all about. This election was brought about because of Liberal

PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS CONFERENCE
KIRRIBILLI HOUSE, SYDNEY,
JULY, 1975
PRIME MINISTER: I want to speak to you about the announcement that
-the Speaker of the House of Representatives made -this morning. You
were told that he had notified all members that the House would sit
at 2.30 next Wednesday afternoon. During the week many members of
the Opposition and many of the media have made allegations about
the Government in general and about individual Ministers ccncerning
the propriety of their actions, in particular in respect to the

SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER,
THE HON. E. G, WHITLAM,
AT THE AUSTRALIAN-AM1ERICAN ASSOCIATION BALLA
SYDNEY, 4I JULY 1975
Two YEARS AGO ON 19 JULY 1973 THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES, IN A MESSAGE TO THE PRIME MINISTER
OF AUSTRALIA, INVITED THE AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE TO JOIN
IN COMMEMiORATING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ON ITS
200TH ANNIVERSARY. THE INVITATION SAID IN PART:
" THE PRESIDENT AND PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES HOPE
THAT OUR TWO COUNTRIES CAN USE THE OCCASION TO FOSTER
NOT ONLY PERSONAL CONTACTS BUT THE WIDEST POSSIBLE

SPEECH BY THE PRIM-E MINISTER,
THE HION. E. G. WHITLAM, M. P.,
AT THE OPENING OF THE 1975 AUSTRALIAN LEGAL CONVENTION
CANBERRA, 2-JULY 1975
Many of the matters proposed at earlier
conventions have been debated in the Parliament in this
city since the last convention. Many of the matters I
myself mentioned at that convention have been discussed
here. Some have come to fruition; others have not done so,
at least not yet. At the 10th Australian'Legal Convention
in 1957, Sir Owen Dixon suggested a federal Law Reform

JjAUST ALIA.
PRIME MINISTER Press Statement No. 528
1 July 1975
DR CAIRNS
Yesterday I was shown a letter in the following
terms:-" SECRET ( CREST) TREASURER Parliament House,
Canberra 2600.
March 7, 1975.
Alco International Pty. Ltd.,
6 Southam Court,
BULLEEN, Vic. 3105
Attention: Mr George Harris
Dear Sir,
The Australidi Wvghmoui i itk d ih v hq
available loan funds from overseas. In the event of
a successful negotiation which may be introduced or
arranged by you, and provided the interest rate for

P RI M IF. MNST Press Statement No. 527
I. July 1975
ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS
The Prime Minister today announced that a revised
Administrative Arrangements Order had been approved by the
Executive Council this morning.
The order incorporates new legislation passed during
the recent sittings of Parliament and brings up to date the
citations of Acts which were amended during those sittings.
The Order also consolidates the variou s amendments
which have been approved and gazetted since the last

VICTORIAI FARIERS UNION I
Spepch ro~-tvc ( 7Y I / P,
IN SEVEN WEEKS' TIME WE SHALL BRING DOWN MY GOVERNMENT'S
THIRD BUDGET. CLEARLY IT MUST BE REGARDED AS ONE
OF THE MOST CRUCIAL BUDGETS OF MODERi TIMES, FRAMED
AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF EXTRAORDINARY COMPLEXITY AT
HOME AND ABROAD, LET ME ACKNOWLEDGE AT THE OUTSET
THE GOVERNMENT'S RECOGNITION OF THE HIGH STAKES THAT
AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY HA\ E, NOT JUST IN
THE BUDGET ITSELF, BUT IN THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS WHICH
IT PARTLY CREATES. I SAY " PARTLY" BECAUSE IT SHOULD

J\ USTRAI/ M GoI . N! EiET_ OFFICES
LAST FRIDA':, WITH THE PREMIER OF NEW SOUTH W1ALES AND THE
LORD MfAYOR OF SYDNEY, I SIGNED AN AGREEMENT BY WHICH
THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT WILL PROVIDE $ 17 MILLION FOR
THE RESIDENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT OF OOLOOHOOLOO.
THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THAT
OCCASION TH1I S. BOTH BRING TO AT LEAST PARTIAL
FRUITION, CNERTAKINGS MADE IN 1972.
THOSE UNDERTAKINGS MEANT A REVERSAL OF EXISTING PLANS
UNDER THE PRE'IOUS GOVERNMENT. IT WAS PROPOSED,
YOU WILL RE'EM3ERI THAT NEW COMMONWEALTH OFFICES WERE