I. JAUSAL IA0
PRIME MINISTER PRESS STATEMENT NO. 461
March 1975
OFFICIAL VISIT BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND
The Prime Minister, the Hon. E. G. Whitlam, M. P.,
announced today that the Prime Minister of New Zealand, the
Rt. Hon. W. E. Rowling will make an official visit
to Australia from Sunday 23 March to Tuesday 25 March 1975.
He will be accompanied by Mrs Rowling.
It will be the first visit to Australia by Mr.
Rowling since assuming office as-Prime Minister and Minister
of Foreign Affairs and will present a welcome opportunity to

STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THE HON. E. G. WHITLAM, Q. C., M. P. o
AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY ZONE 1 CONFERENCE
LANE COVE TOWN HALL, SUNDAY 9 MARCH 1975
THE POLITICS OF MEDIBANK
THE OPPOSITION'S THREAT TO MEDIBANK SYMBOLIZES AND
ENCAPSULES THEIR WHOLE DESTRUCTIVE AND NEGATIVE APPROACH TO
NATIONAL ISSUES TODAY.
1; IT PERFECTLY ILLUSTRATES THEIR CONTEMPT OF THE WILL
OF THE PEOPLE AND THEIR REFUSAL TO ACCEPT THE PEOPLE S
VERDICT. LABOR'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROPOSALS WERE
FIRST PUT BEFORE THE ELECTORATE IN DETAIL AT THE

( ADDRESS TO BE GIVEN BY THE PRIME MINISTER) 4
NOTES FOR LABOR DAY DINNER SPEECH' 9
VICTORIAN I1RADLS HALL COUNCIL
LOWER MLLBUURNJE TOWN HALL
SATURDAY 8 MA~ RCH, 1975
EIGHT YEARS AGO THIS WEEKEND I FIRST RESPONDED
TO THIS TOAST As LEADER OF THE AUSTRALIAN
LABOR PARTY.
WE AT A CRITICAL STAGE IN THE HISTORY OF
THE MOVEMENT AN. D THE PARTY.
I SAID THEN: " POLITICAL OPPOSITI'ON IS NO
SUBSTITUTE FOR POLITICAL POWER. THE REAL
TEST OF WHAT WE CALL OUR PRINCIPLES IS NOT
THEIR PRESUMED PURITY BUT THEIR PRACTICAL

This day, 8 March, 1975, and this gathering tonight have an historical significance far beyond the occasion. Today, International Women's Day, has been celebrated for well over sixty years as the day on which women, particularly working women, come together to make their voices heard and their problems known.

PRESS STATEMENT NO. 462
7 March 1975
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S YEAR
The Prime Minister will give the opening address at
an International Women's Day reception to be held in Melbourne
tomorrow night.
The function will begin at 7.30 p. m. in the Melbourne
Custom House Ballrocm.
It is in honour of Victorian women pioneers in many
fields of endeavour formerly the province of men.
They include Dr J. Daws, first woman President-elect
of the Ms N. Preston, first woman bus conductor;
Rev. C. Ling,. first woman ordained in Methodist Church and Rev.

PRIME MINISTER PRESS STATEMENT NO. 461
7 MARCH 1975
JOINT STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER AND TASMANIAN PREMIER
( Following their meeting in Canberra on Thursday night
6 March 1975)
The following joint statement was made by
the Australian Prime Minister, the Hon. E. G. Whitlam,
and the Premier of Tasmania, the Hon.
E. E. Reece, following a meeting in Parliament
House last night to discuss matters arising out of the
collapse of the Tasman Bridge in Hobart..
" The immediate problem arisir~ g from the

SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER, 2
THE HON, E. C. WHITLA1l, 0l. C,, M. P.,
FOR THE OPENING OF AUSTRALIA
FESTI\' AL OF CREATIVE ARTS AND SCIENCES,
LAKESIDE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, CANBERRA,
7 MARCH 1975 4
OCCASIONS SUCH AS THIS ARE AMONG THE REWARDS, IF NOT THE
LUXURIES, OF POLITICAL LIFE, WHERE ELSE BUT IN POLITICS
W'OULD ONE FIND MORE CONGENIAL SURROUNDINGS, MORE REFINED
COMPANY, A GATHERING OF SUCH DIVERSE TALENTS AND RARE
MI1NDS, AN ATMOSPHERE OF SUCH LIVELY DEDICATION TO ALL THAT
IS BEST AND MOST CULTIVATED IN OUR SOCIETY? THIS IS A

i, M 10 7 M. rch 1975
AUSTRALIAN GIFT TO TESCO FMtID
The Prime Minister and Acting inister of Foreign Affairs,
Mr E. G. Whitlam, today announced that Australia would contribute
$ A50,000 to the UNESCO Trust Fund for the Restoration and Preservation
of Moenjodaro. The remains of the city of Moenjodaro, dating back scme
5000 years, form one of the most important archaeological sites of
Pakistan and in the world.
The site is now threatened with destruction by
in the nearby Indus River and by atmospheric wethoring.

ADDRESS BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THE HON. E. G. r4HITLAM, M. P.
COMMITTEE FOR. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF AUSTRALIA
MENZIES HOTEL, SYDNEY
FRIDAY, 7 MARCH, 1975
This is the second successive Friday Luncheon
I've spoken to representatives of the Sydney business
community. If there are any here who were also at the
Sydney Chamber of Commerce Luncheon I hope they will bear
with any repetitiousness on my pa . rt because I do think
that my theme itself bears some repetition.
I emphasised there my Government's long-term

. AUSIKALIA~
PRIME MINISTER PRESS STATEMENT NO. 460
March 1975
PASSPORTS
Administration of the Passports Act is to become the
responsibility of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. This
follows a decision in October 1974 that the issue of
travel documents to Australian citizens was appropriately a function
of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, who exercises
responsibility for Consular matters relating to Australian
citizens overseas. The reorganisation follows from a
continuing review of the functions of the former
Department of Immigration.