Press Statement No. 505
28 May 1975
MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
The Prime Minister today announced the membership of
the Ministerial Committee established to co-ordinate the
Government's programs on science and technology.
The Committee will be the channel through which the Australian
Science and Technology Council ( ASTEC) will advise the
Government on matters relating to the development and
utilisation of science and technology.
The members are:
The Minister for Science ( Chairman)
The Treasurer

CONSTITU'TION AlTERAl ION STIULTANOUS ELECT IONS,) i1 1 97
SECOND R) EADING SPEECH
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TH'. E HONOUIRABIE G. WHITLAN. C. P.
PR?. IME MINISTER
MR SPEAKER, I MOVE:
T'IAT THIS BILL BIE READ A SECOND TIME.
THIS BILL IS IDENTICAL WITH ' THAT INTRODUCI: I) INTO TillS
HOUSE BY ME ON 11 FEBRUARY 1975 AND PASSEI: D BY AN ABISOLUTE
MAJORITY ON 18 FEPR?. UARY. THIE SENATE RECEIVED TiHAT IPTL . ON
19 FEBRUARY AND REFUSED IT A SECOND REA1) DING ON 25 F. VB3UARYo
I SHALL NOT TAKE THE TIME OF THE HOUSE TO PUT

PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH AT SWEDISH TELEPHONE LINK-UP
ON MONDAY, 26TH MAY, 1975
I'm to open Swedish Technical Week, but that's not what is
worr ying me it is this phone call which I have to take
immediately I have opened the Week.
I sometimes have the feeling, I suppose all of you do, that
when you are making phone calls, somebody may be listening in.
Well, on this occasion, I know they are,-hundreds of you.
Of course, this means that the phone call will have to be
exceptionally discreet and formal. I hope you will pardon

THE PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH AT THlE LAUNCHING OF
' THE AUSTRA\ LIAN CONSTITUTION' BY GEOFFREY SAWYER
ON MONDAY, 26TH MAY, 1975
I suppose I have been brought in to launch this book to
direct some attention to it and I'm very happy to fulfil
that purpose. I'm certain that anybody looking at the
book will find it interesting. It will be accessible to
a degree that very few books can be accessible because it
is being published by the Australian Government Publishing
Service and it will be available at all its outlets. It will

ONE
SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR E, G. WHITLAM, M, P.
TO THE FEDERATED MUNICIPAL AND SHIRE COUNCIL EMPLOYEES'UNION
26 MAY 1975
No GROUP OF AUSTRALIAN EMPLOYEES HAVE HAD GREATER
RESPONSIBILITIES IMPOSED UPON THEM THROUGH-THE POLICIES
OF MY GOVERNMENT THAN EMPLOYEES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. EQUALLY,
NO GROUP OF AUSTRALIAN EMPLOYEES HAVE HAD THEIR OPPORTUNITIES
MORE ENHANCED THAN THOSE EMPLOYED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT$
IN ACCEPTING YOUR INVITATION I ACKNOWLEDGE THIS, ACKNOWLEDGE
OUR DEBT AND AFFIRM OUR MUTUAL OPPORTUNITIES. THE POLICIES

QUEENSLAND BROADCAST NO.
THE ENVIRONMENT MAY 1975
ON FRIDAY I ANNOUNCED A MOST IMPORTANT
DECISION BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT FOR THE PROTECTION
OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF. THE GOVERNMENT HAD BEFORE IT
THE REPORT OF ROYAL COMMISSIONS WHICH WERE APPOINTED,
YOU'LL REMEMBER, IN 1970 TO CONSIDER THE PROBLEM
OF OIL DRILLING ON THE REEF. THAT REPORT MADE IT CLEAR
THAT WE ARE STILL VERY MUCH IN THE DARK SCIENTIFICALLY
SPEAKING ABOUT THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF OIL ON
THE REEF AND ITS ORGANISMS. I DON'T WANT TO OVERSIMPLIFY

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Press Release for Queensland
24 May 1975
EMPLOYMENT IN QUEENSLAND
The Prime Minister, Mr Whitlam, predicted today that
-the employment situation in Queensland would soon improve.
He said traditionally, Queensland had higher unemployment than
other States, but the present rate was unacceptably severe.
He said legislation introduced last Wednesday would
enable Queensland beef producers to obtain carry-on finance
at 3k per cent interest.
The Australian Government would make available

Press Statement No. 504
23 May 1975,
GREAT BARRIER REEF PETROLEUM DRILLING
ROYAL COMMISSIONS
The Prime Minister, Mr. E. G. Whitlan, Q. C.,
announced today that the Australian Government had taken
decisions on the recommendations of the Report of the
Great Barrier Reef Petroleum Drilling Royal Commissions.
The Government agreed with the stand of the
Chairman of the Commissions on the principal -term
of reference ( No 3) that no drilling should be
permitted in the area of the Reef until such time as

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Press Statement
j w~ 23 May 1975
The Prime Minister and member for Werriwa, Mr Gough
Whitlam has reminded pensioners that they can soon
expect lump sumR payments of pension benefit/ increases
backdated to I May. The pension increases had been
del. ayed by Opposition tactics in -the Senate, and
reflected the low priority the Opposition parties gave
to social welfare payments.
" The standard rate of pension for aged persons,
invalids, widows and supporting mothers has risen by
a week. to $ 36 a week," Mr Whitlam said. " The rate

NOTES FOR THE PRIME fIINISTER,
FOR THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE
BRISBANE DEUTSCHER TURN-VEREIN,
BRISBANE, FRIDAY 23 MAY 1975
1. ONE OF THE GREAT FEATURES OF MIGRANT LIFE IN AUSTRALIA,
IS THE STRENGTH OF ETHNIC SOCIAL CLUBS AND OTHER
COMMUNITY GROUPS. IN EVERY CITY I VISIT I FIND
FLOURISHING MIGRANT ORGANISATIONS, CLUBS, SPORTING
GROUPS AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS. I HAVE SPENT
MANY HAPPY HOURS AMONG ITALIANS, GREEKS, GERMANS
AND OTHER NATIONALITIES IN SURROUNDINGS SUCH AS THESE.
EVERYWHERE THE ATMOSPHERE IS WARM AND THE HOSPITALITY