PRIlME MW7C PRESS STATEMENT NO. 573
12 October 1975
COAL EXPORTS
The Prime Minister today announced the outcome
of a review, by the Resources Committee of Cabinet, of the
future development of the Australian coal industry.
The Prime Minister recalled that last year
Mr Connor had given an assurance to the Japanese steel
industry that Japanese needs of Austral~ ian coal would be
met. Further talks earlier this year with the steel mills
indicated their intention to purchase the maximum quantity

PRIME MAI~ iSTER PRESS STATEMENT NO. 572
October 1975
THE RANGER URANIUM PROJECT IN THE N4ORTHIERN TERRITORY
The Prime Minister, Mr Whitlaxn, the Minister for
Minerals and Energy, Mr Connor, the. Treasurer, Mr Hayden
and Mr Mackay of Electrolytic Zinc Company of Australasia
Ltd and Mr Proud of Peko Mines Ltd announced today the
results of the discussions they have been having on the
Ranger Uranium Project in the Northern Territory.
On 31 October 1974 the Mini er for I inerals and
Energy announced that agreempnt had b4nreach with

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PIRI ME MWISTEER Press Statement No. 571
October 1975
HIGH COURT JUDGEMENTS
This morning the High Court delivered judgements
on a Queensland Act of Parliament and three Australian Acts
of Parliament. It declared that the Act of the Queensland
Parliament was not valid and the Acts of the Australian
Parliament were valid.
The significance of the judgement on the first of
the Australian Acts of Parliament is that it confirms that the
people of the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital

PRIME MINSTER Press Statement No. 570
7 October 1975
ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS
The Prime Minister today announced that the Governor-
:,? teal had agreed to an amendment to the Administrative
i,-._ ngements Order to transfer to the Department of Urban
-egional Development those property and survey functions
zh were formerly carried out by the Department of Services
11z Property. The Governor-General also agreed to the name
t-e Department of Services and Property being changed to
-; rtment of Administrative Services. The former Minister

Press Statement No. 569
6 October 1975
TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS
IN NEW SOUTH WALES
The Prime Minister, the Hon. Whitlam, and the
Premier of the Hon. T. L. Lewis, announced today that
formal agreement had been reached for the transfer from the
State to the Commonwealth of responsibility for certain
aboriginal affairs in N. S. W. with effect from ist July 1975.
Under the new arrangements, the Australian Government
will assume increased responsibility for the development of

EMBARGO: 5 PM
PRIME MINISTER'S WEEKLY BROADCAST MR FRASER'S DOUBLE TAX PLAN T
SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER 1975
I doubt if there has ever been a more muddled and
dangerous set of policies put forward by the Opposition than
Mr Fraser's latest brainchild on State and Federal taxes.
I say " Mr Fraser's brainchild", though it's well known that
the scheme was dreamt up by Senator Carrick, a Liberal Party
Senator from New South Wales, and seems to have been adopted
by the Opposition with very little thought. It's all been

PRIE N] INISTER' S Q{ ANNiJ -7 BRADCAST BRISaANE, 4 CC FOBER 1975
Last week I told you how the Federal and
Liberal leaders had boycotted the Australian Constitutional
Convention in M* elbourne, and on the opening day had held
a press conference on the other side of the road to
release a policy on federalism. Over the last week,
people have come to realise that this policy on federalism
is really a policy on taxation; it is a proposal to
abandon the system of uniform taxation and to introduce
a system of double taxation, of unequal taxes throughout

flNTERVI-, lW WITH THE P= IME= hSTER BY CY-AIN 7 -BRISBANE 4 OCTOBER 1975
Q( JESIO: Mr hitlam, has the Senate any right to reject Supply?
PM It's very dubious no Senate has ever refused Supply to the
Government in the Australian Parliament, and this would
not now happen anywhere in the world. It's not been
possible, for instance, in Britain for the House of
Lords to do this since 1911.
QUESTION: Supposing they do force an election on these grounds?
PIM : Oh, well when you say force an election, it is for me to

PRIME MINISTER' S SPEECH AT THE SANDGA'TE BOWLING CLUB,
BRISBANE, 3 OCTOBER 1975
Well, ladies and gentlemen, it was some months
ago that Denis Murphy wrote to me and said will you
launch my book on T. J. Ryan? I want to make that plain
from the outset because this visit was arranged a long
time ago in principle;, the date wasn't necessarily
set Some people will be cynical enough to think
that I mnight1--be here f or some political purpose. I resent
that sort of insinuation( interjection: he's not here

PPIPME MNISTER S SPEEQ-1 AT TE= J-7UJNCHTNG OF DITIS MURPHY' S IXK } WYM
BRLSBAZE, 3 OZI'-OBER 1975
1Mr Deputy Vice-Chancellor, ladies and gentlemen.
It's a very great pleasure indeed to be launching another
book written by one of Australia's finest historians, a
distinguished member of thle staff of the University of
Queensland; a book printed, published by the University
of Queensland ? ress; and to launch this book, to support
the author in the house occupied by three Premiers of
Queensland. The last of those Preiers to occupy it"