PRIME MINISTER'S-PREJS ReLEASE
PRIME MINISTER'S MISAC-E TO TIIE PEOPLE OF DARWIN
The following is the text of a message
sent from London by the Prime Minister to Mr J. H. Nelson,
Administrator of the Northern Territory, Darwin, and to
Mr HI. Brennan, Mayor of Darwin:
" I am horrified by the appalling loss of life
and the destruction that have befallen Darwin on Christmas
day. The only city on Australian soil to suffer
ex: tensive , daiiage froL,. enemy action in -, ar is now the ocene
of one of our worst natural disasters.

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PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO IRELAND: PRESS CONFERENCE.
FOR MRS DWYER ( ASSISTANT PRESS SECRETARY)
FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS CONFERENCE
IN DUBLIN AFTERNOON OF 23 DECEMBER:
BEGINS:

Ireland Speech by the Prime Minister of Australia at a luncheon given in
his honour by the Taoiseach of Ireland, Mr Liam Cosgrave, in
Dublin on 23 December 1974
I am no stranger to your extraordinary and
beautiful country. This is my fourth visit to
Ireland. Each time I return I take renewed
pleasure from my contact with a country so
close in history and spirit to my own, and whose
valiant and poignant story has so stirred the
imagination of the Australian people. I was last
in Dublin as Leader of the Opposition in January

PRIME MINISTER Press Statement No. 419
21 December 1974
NUCLEAR TESTS CASE
The Prime Minister said that he understood that the
effect of the majority decision of the Court was that the
objective of Australia had been accomplished in as much as
the Court found that by its public statements France had
undertaken the obligation to hold no further nuclear tests
in the atmosphere in the South Pacific. The Court was not
therefore called upon to give a decision.
The Court had also indicated that if the basis of

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TRANSCRIPT PM'S NEWS CONFERENCE 20TH DECEMBER 1974.
HIGH COMMISSIONER: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE PRIME
MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA. ANY QUESTION?
BOB HAUPT ( AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW): DID YOU RECEIVE ANY'

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J, Au.,-, rHAI. IAA PRESS STATEEIiET
19 December 1974
Joint Statement by the Hon. J. F. Cairns, Acting Prime Minister,
and the H7on. J. Bjelke-Fetersen, Premier of Queensland
GREAT BARRIER REEF PFjTROITEUM DRILLIiG ROYPL CO.-AISSIOM3
Dr Cairns and Mr Bjelke-Peter-en announced today that the
Report of the Great Barrier Reef Petroleum Drilling Royal Commissiclns
has been released to the public.
Printing has been completed and copies will be on sale
from Australian Government Pul. ications and Inquiry Centres in all

United Kingdom
Speech by the Prime Minister at the Mansion House, London, on
19 December 1974
I suppose I would be less than human if I did not
feel some sense of awe-even some slight
trepidation-at the prospect of addressing this
august gathering in this historic hall. An Australian
Prime Minister who comes to London is
made very much aware of his country's British
origins and its place in the scheme of things. He
is subtly reminded of the actions and reputations
of his predecessors, of the rich and