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PRIME MINISTER PRESS STATEMENT No. 452
14 FEBRUARY 1975
PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO HOBART
The Prime Minister and Mrs Whitlam will visit Hobart
at the weekend.
They will leave Sydney at 12.15 pm on Saturday,
accompanied by the Government Leader in the Senate,
Senator Ken Wriedt and Mrs Wriedt.
On his arrival at 2.00 pm Mr Whitlam will drive to
the Bellerive ferry terminal and meet Eastern Shore
residents and councillors before catching a ferry to the
city. The Prime Minister and Mrs Whitlam will attend a

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PRIME MINISTER Press Statement No. 451
14 February 1975
URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT WITH TASMANIA
The Prime Minister, Mr Whitlam, and the Tasmanian
Premier, Mr Reece, today signed two agreements relating
to the Australian Government's Urban and Regional
Development program.
The two agreements will provide Tasmania with financial
assistance of more than $ 3 million.
Under the Sewerage Program $ 2,300,000 will be made
available to provide environmentally acceptable sewerage

PRESS STATEMENT NO. 450
14 February 1975
U. R. D. AGREEMENT WITH QUEENSLAND
The Prime Minister, Mr. Whitlam, and the Queensland Premier,
Mr. Bjelke-Petersel, today signed three agreements relating
to the Australian Government's Urban and Regional Development
program. The three programs will provide Queensland with up to
$ 15,462,000 in the 1974-75 financial year.
. one agreement will make available $ 12,050,000 to
Queensland for sewerage services; the second provides $ 2,500,000
for area improvement; and the third $ 912,000 for the national

l~ A U STALIA Press Statement No. 449
12 February 1975
SENATE VACANCIES AND THE STATES
Earlier today I released the text of a letter
dated 10 January 1952, from the then Premier of Western
Australia, Sir Ross McLarty to the then Premier of
South Australia the Hon. T. Playford. Mr Eric Reece
has now confirmed that an identical letter was sent
to the then Premier of Tasmania, the Hon. R. Cosgrove,
M. H. A. Mr Cosgrove replied in the following terms:
" I thank you for your letter of 10th January
with regard to the vacancy whic. has arisen

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PRIME MINISTER Pre-Statement No. 448
12 February 1975
SENATE VACANCY
The Prime Minister, Mr Whitlam, today released
the texts of two documents relating to the
question of the Senate vacancy.
CANBERRA. A. C. T.

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PRIME MINISTER Press Statement No. 447
11 February 1975
THE SENATE
The decision of the N. S. W. Cabinet denies the
people of N. S. W. the representation for which they decisively
voted in May 1974. For the second time in nine months the
Liberal and Country Parties have attempted to set aside the
clear verdict of the electors. In April 1974 Liberal and
Country Party Senators set the dangerous precedent of refusing
the elected government the money it needs to govern.
Their counterparts in N. S. W. now propose to override the

PRIME MINISTER PRESS STATEMENT NO. 446
11 FEBRUARY 1975
THE LATE MR A. E. MONK, C. M. G.
I was deeply distressed to learn of the death
of Mr Albert Monk. The length, quality and devotion of
his service to the trade union movement were without
parallel in Australia. He served the A. C. T. U as its
president or secretary for 35 years.
His great achievement was to preserve the
solidarity and integrity of the industrial movement in
Australia at a time when ideological conflicts were
dividing it in other countries and threatening to divide

PRESS STATEMENT NO. 444
9 February 1975
APPOINTMENT TO THE HIGH COURT
The Attorney-General, Senator Lionel Murphy, Q. C.,
has been appointed a Justice of the High Court of
Australia. Senator Murphy, 52, has been Attorney-General,
Minister for Customs and Excise and Leader of the Government
in the Senate since 1972. He was appointed Queen's
Counsel in 1960.
He is the fifth Australian Attorney-General to
become a Justice of the High Court.
Senator Murphy became a Senator for New South Wales

Ministerial Statement
in the House of Representatives by the Prime Minister on
11 February 1975
I wish to report to the House and to the Australian
people on my recent mission abroad. It
was, I believe, the most arduous and comprehensive
overseas visit ever undertaken by an
Australian Prime Minister. It was also among
the most necessary and productive. From
Australia's point of view it was long overdue; in
each of the countries I visited it was welcomed
without reservation. It enabled me to put
Australia's views, to hear the views of our

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PRIME MINISTER Press Statement No. 443
7 February 1975
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NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR
THE HANDICAPPED
The Prime Minister, Mr Whitlam, announced today
the names of the members of the National Advisory Council
for the Handicapped. Mr Whitlam announced in December that the Council
was to be established to advise the Government on all
aspects of its policies affecting the rehabilitation
of the injured and the handicapped, including the
implementation of the rehabilitation aspects of the