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PRIME MINISTER Press Statement ' No. 177
23 January 1974
TARIFFS ON DOMESTIC APPLIANCES
' he Prime Minister, Mr. Whitlam, today announced
details of the Government's acceptance, with minor variations,
of the report of the Tariff Baord ( now Industries Assistance
Commission) on domestic appliances, heating and cooling
equipment, etc.
Mr. Whitlam said that in general, the Tariff Board
has recommended a tariff duty of 25% for the goods under reference.
However, there are several exceptions to this whereby some products

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PRIME MINISTER PRESS STATEMENT NO. 176
23 January 1973.
APPOINTMENTS
The Executive Council has approved the following appointments:
Appointed to the Remuneration Tribunal:
Mr Justice Campbell
Mr Andrew Grimwade
Mr R. M. Porter ( General Manager, N. S. W. Government Insurance
Office)
Appointed to Home Loans Investment Corporation ( part-time):
Dr Patricia Apps, Phd. ( Cambridge), M. E. D. ( Yale), B. Arch.
Lecturer in Architecture Sydney University. Age: 32
Re-appointed to the Australian Film Development Corporation

PRIME MINISTER CANBERRA
Embargo: 6 p~ m PRESS STATEMENT NO. 74
23 January 1974
The Prime Minister today approved grants for the crafts, totalling
$ 139,284.
The grants were recommended by the Crafts Board of the Australian
Council for the Arts, and go to all States.
The Chairman of the Crafts Board, Mrs Marea Gazzard, said that
these, as well as last year's grants of $ 199,481, showed a welcome
revival of interest in craft activities. The Board is again calling
for applications for grants from craftsmen throughout Australia to

PRESS STATEMENT NO. 175
22 January 1974
AUSTRALIAN INVESTMENT OVERSEAS
The Prime minister, Mr Whitlan announced today a new
Australian Government policy for overseas investment, especially
in developing countries.
Mr Whitlam said that much Australian investment would take
place in any case in overseas countries and it was the intention of
the Australian Govwrnment to encourage investment which would meet the
type of criteria applied to investment in Australia.
It was the intention of the Australian Government to do all it

ADDRESS BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. E. G. WHITLAM, M, P.,
TO THE 46TH ANNUAL WESTERN AUSTRALIAN SUMMER SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA FRIDAY 18 JANUARY 1974
A SOCIAL SERVICE APPROACH TO HEALTH
LAST MONDAY I WAS ABLE TO TELL A NATIONAL CONVENTION OF
TEACHERS OF MY SPECIAL SATISFACTION AT THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION IN THE LAST YEAR.
IDESCRIBED HOW IT HAD TAKEN AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTS NEARLY 100-YEARS
TO ESTABLISH THE PRINCIPLE THAT EDUCATION IS A NATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

PRESS STATEMENT NO. 172
18 January 1974..
VISIT OVERSEAS BY ELIZABETH REID
Elizabeth Reid, Adviser to the Prime rMinistdr,
left today for a study tour that will take her to ten major
European and North American cities. While away she will
also represent Australia at a United Nations forum on the
Role of Women in Population and Development.
The purpose of her visit will be to establish
contact with women and groups in other countries who are
working in the same field and to inform I'erself of developments

PRIME MINISTER PRESS STATMENT NO. 171
16 JANUARY 1974
CONSTITUTIONAL COMMITTEE
The Prime Minister, Mr E. G. Whitlam, said that
Standing Committee appointed by resolution of the Constitutional
Convention to consider in detail the matters raised at the Convention
in relation to the financial provisions of the Constitution, the powers
of Governments to manage the economy and the place of Local Governmrent
under the Constitution, had met in Canberra today.
The meeting commenced under the Chairmanship of

NOTES FOR A SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER AT A D
CIVIC LUNCH CASINO-MONDAY 14 JANUARY 1974
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR. ANTHONY FOR'INTRODUCING
ME. I HAVE OBSERVED WITH INTEREST IN THE LAST WEERKTHE MOVES
FOR HIS PARTY TO MERGE WITH ANOTHER SMALLER GROUP INTO WHAT
IS BEING TERMED THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE. THESE MOVES HAVE THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF SEEING THE SECOND NATIONAL ALLIANCE . TO COME
ON TO THE POLITICAL SCENE IN AUSTRALIA. ' THOSE TWO WORDS COULD
EASILY HAVE BEEN USED TO DESCRIBE THE LABOR PARTY FOR MANY

0 I PRIME MINISTER Press Statement No. 170
11 January 1974
AUSTRALIAN GOVERINMENT OFFERS OF ASSISTANCE IN
N. S. W. AND QUEENSLAND FLOODS
The Prime Minister today expressed the Australian Government's
concern about the damage and the personal distress being suffered by
people in Iew South Wales and Queensland as a result of the floods in
these States. The Prime Minister said that the defence services are
co-operating with the State Civil Defence and emergency services in
providing assistance and that any requests for assistance submitted

PRESS STATEMENT
PRICE INCREASES BY
GENERAL MOTORS-HOLDEN'S PTY. LIMITED
AND
GENERAL MOTORS-HOLDEN'S SALES PTY. LIMITED
STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER
THE HONOURABLE E. G. WI{ ITLki, M. P.
In accordance with the Prices Justification
Act 1973 1 have today been notified by General
Motors-Holden's Pty. Limited and G * eneral Notors-iolde.'.
Sales Pty. Limited that they propose to increase the
prices of H-olden, Statesman and Torana motor vehicles
and their optional equipment by an overall weighted