FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Press Statement No. 202
11 March 1974
FLOODS
I am profoundly concerned at the renewed flooding
in Queensland and New South Wales and the plight of many
families. I extend the Government's sympathy to all those
affected by the floods.
I have sought immediate and up-to-date reports
on the flood situation. The Leader of the Country Party,
Mr. Anthony, has drawn my attention to the situation in
Lismore and Murwillumbah It is tragic that further flooding
should occur so soon after the recent devastation in Queensland

R; SA 17 LiV~~ GC: 7.3' . M
March 1974
NATIONAL BROADCAST
Good evening. I want to talk to you tonight about some basic issues
of democracy, about your fundamental rights as citizens in a free
society. At the Senate elections later this year the Government
will be putting several referendums to the electors. By voting
YES in those referendums you will be doing two things: you will
be giving a new deal to local government, to the local councils
that provide many of our essential services; and you will be CfaI

SPEECHI BY THE PRI IE MINISTER, [ iR. E. G. WIPITLA:!,
AT THE OPENING OF THE KAISER STUHL ' IIERY CIATEAU, ' URIOPTA
SOUTH AUSTRALIA, FRIflAY 9 11ARCi 1974
JNE OF THE MOST NOTICEABLE CHANGES IN AUSTRALIAN
LIVING IN THE LAST DECADE OR SO HAS 3EEN THE GREAT AND
GROWING POPULARITY OF WINE. IT HAS COME HAND-IN-HAND
WITH A TRANSFORMATION OF OUR EATING HABITS. ARE NO
LONGER A NATION OF PEOPLE WHO EAT STEAK, EGGS AND CHIPS,
WASHED DOWN WITH BEER. MANY AUSTRALIANS ARE NOW AS
LIKELY TO BE FOUND EATING VEAL MARSALA, ACCOMPANIED BY

The Prime Minister, Mr. Whitlam, today announced that he had sent references to the Temporary Assistance Authority and the Industries Assistance Commission on the questions of temporary and long-term assistance for the Australian industry producing mushrooms and prepared or preserved mushrooms.

AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

The Visual Arts Board of the Australian Council for the Arts has embarked on an imaginative project known as " Art in Public". The Board believes it has a responsibility to provide works of art in areas that are culturally underprivileged. It wants these works to be in public places where people will see and enjoy them. 

I am happy to announce that I have approved the first three projects for the " Art in Public" program.

Press Statement No. 197
7 March 1974
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
International Women' s Day will be observed tomorrow.
It is an appropriate time for me to draw attention to the need
for continued efforts to remove discrimination against women.
It is a fundamental objective of the Government to ensure
respect for civil liberties and human rights and for that reason
the Government is committed to the promotion of ecsual rights
for women. Since coming to office, the Government has removed

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NQ DATE
M4/ 36 7 March 1974
PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO SOUTH EAST ASIA
The following is the text of a statement in
the House of Representatives by the Prime Minister,
The Hon. E. G. Whitlam, M4. P., Thursday 7 March 1974:-
Mr Speaker-In this, the first week of the new session of
Parliament, I wish to report to the House and to the Australian
people on my recent visit to South East Asia. I believe that
visit advanced Auistralia's national interests in a region of
c ontinuing and increasing importance to this country.

HN EWS RELEASIE
NQ DATE 6 March 1974
AUSTRAILIA AND ASI A : THE CHALLENGE OF EDUCATION
The following is the text of a speech by the
Prime Minister, The Hon. E. G. Whitlam, MV. P., to the
Asian Seminar during the Centenary Celebrations of the
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Tuesday 5 March, 1974:
" There is something profoundly satisfying, and
essentially contemporary in spirit, in the decision to hold an
Asian Seminar in conjunction with the centenary of this great
University. I can think of no more fitting demonstration of the

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PRESS STATEMENT NO.
March 1974
STATE VISIT TO AUSTRALIA BY PRESIDENT NYERERE OF THE UNITED
REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
At the invitation of the Governor-General, Sir Paul
Hasluck, the President of the United Republic of Tanzania,
Mwamilu Julius Nyerere is to make a State Visit to Australia
later this month, during a tour of the Asian and Pacific Region.
Announcing this today, the Prime Minister, Mr. Whitlam,
said that President Nyerere would visit Canberra and Sydney from
19 March to 23 March.

SPEECH BY THE PRIMIE f1INISTEI E. G. 1HTI C. MP. ,/
FOR THE OPENINHG OF THE SE'HOR ILIAGE LT PROGrAH N~ LOA
GOVERNMENT AT THE CAINUIRRA COLLEGE OF AD CE BJA! U
MO~ D1Y fIC 19/ 1b
IIWELCOME THE INAUGURATION OF THIS IMPORTANT COUr,$'
~* IN THIS IMPORTANT SUBJECT AT THIS IMPORT-ANT INSTITUTTONv
jo IF I HAVE ONE COMPLAINT AGAINST AUSTRALIAN
INSTITUTIONS OF TERTIARY EDUCATION IT IS THIS: THEY HAVE
B3EEN REMARKABLY SLOW TO RECOGNISE THE VALUE OF PRACTICAL.
TRAINING IN GOVERNM1ENT AND PUB3LIC ADMINISTRATION: CAN