E6MB. AOGOO: P M FRIDAY 21 DECEMBErR 1973 Press Statement No. 166
21 December 1973
AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL FOR THE ARTSGRANTS
FOR CRAFTSMEN
The Prime Minister, Mr. Whitlam, has approved grants
totalling $ 199,481 for the crafts.
The grants, which cover all States, were recommended
by the Crafts Board of the Australian Council for the Arts.
The Chairman of the Crafts Board, Mrs. Marea Gazzard,
said that the grants were an expression of the Government's
interest in the crafts as a means of enriching the quality
of life for a broad range of people.

EMBARGO: 7.30 20 DECEMBER 1973
NATIONAL BROADCAST BY THE PRIME MINISTER
DECEMBER, 1973
Good Evening. The other day I spoke in the national Parliament about
the results and achievements of the Government which you, the
Australian people, elected to office just over A ye'ar ago.:
Tonight I want to report to you briefly on some of the things we
have done, some of the things we have attempted to do, and some
of the things we want to achieve in the year ahead.
It has been a year of great and growing prosperity for

PRESS STATEM. ENT NO. 165
19 December 1973
INDUSTRIES ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
The Prime Minister, Mr. Whitlam, announced today
that all reports of the new Industries Assistance Commission
which would not cause damaging speculation would be made public
as soon as they were printed. The new Industries Assistance
Commission will come into operation on 1 January. The Prime
' l1inister also said that he would honour his promise that the
Government should deal with reports from the Commission within

AUS 1IALIA,,-
PRIME MINISTER PRESS STATEP1J2NT NO. 162
17 December 1973
NEW DATA SYSTEM
The Prime Minister, Mr. Whitlam, announced today the
appointment of a Committee to inquire into the development of
a new integrated statistical information system to operate
among departments concerned with the fields of social, welfare
and economic programs.
The committee will report on the general principles
and administrative arrangements that would be necessary for the
operation of such a system.
It will report by 30 -March next year.

EMBARGO: 10.00 am Friday 14th
December
PRIME MINISTER PRESS STATEMENT NO. 159
14 December 1973
JOINT PRESS STATEMEFNT LlY THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE MINISTER FOR
FRItMARY I14DUSTRY
RURAL POLICY
The Prime Minister, Mr E. G. Whitlam, and the Minister for
Primary Industry, Senator K. S. Wriedt, today announced the Australian
Government's decision to hold an inquiry into all aspects of rural
policy in Australia. The inquiry will be conducted by a working
group consisting of:
Sir John Crawford, formerly Secretary of the Department

MIN4I STER IAL STATEMi41T
BY THE PRIME M1HSTER
MRa E. G. WHITLAM, M. P.,
HOUSE OF REPRESENITATIVES,
THURSDAY 13 DECEMBER 197.3
WE HAVE COME TO THE END OF A MOMENTOUS AND MEMORABLE
YEAR IN THE LIFE OF THE AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT. JUST OVER
12 MONTHS AGO THE FIRST NATIONAL LABOR GOVERNMENT IN
23 YEARS WAS ELECTED TO OFFICE. THAT IN ITSELF WAS AN
EVENT OF HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE. IHATEVER THE POLICIES OR
ACTIONS OF THE NEW ADMINISTRATION, A CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT
AFTER SUCH A PROTRACTED INTERVAL OF CONSERVATIVE RULE WAS

PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS CONFERENCE
PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA,
TUESDAY 11 DECEMBER 1973
PRIME MINISTER: There were a couple of appointments made in this
last quarter of an hour by the Executive Council. Mr Jack Neary, MBE,
is to be the Vice-Chairman of the Broadcasting Control Board.
Mrs Anne Lowery a member of the Metric Conversion Board. There were
several other decisions made by Cabinet-yesterday which individual
ministers have already announced. There is one which falls to
me, it concerns the GATT Anti-Dumiping Code. You will recall on the

EMBARGO: 6. OOPM TUESDAY 11 DECEMBER Press Statement No. 160
11 December 1973
AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS THEATRE GRANTS
The Prime Minister, Mr. Whitlam, today approved grants of
$ 47,490 recommended by the Theatre Board of the Australian Council
for the Arts. The grants go to all States and cover drama and
dance development and training, and youth activities.
The Theatre Board in recommending the grants, said that the
emphasis in these grants was on training and development in the
smaller companies, and with the smaller forms of assistance which

SPEECH BY THE PRIME M1INISTER, MR. E. G. WHITLAM, Q. C., o
FOR THE UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION HUMAN RIGHTS DAY, AIN. US,
CANBERRA, 10 DECEMBER, 1973*
TODAY IS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ADOPTION OF THE
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE UNITED NATIONS1
THAT DECLARATION HAS COME TO BE RECOGNISED AS ONE OF
THE GREAT ENLIGHTENED EVENTS IN MODERN HISTORY. ITS ANNIVERSARY
MARKS THE BEGINNING OF AN EQUALLY HOPEFUL AND ENLIGHTENED
MOVEMENT, FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS ALSO DECIDED TO LAUNCH

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1_), AUSTRAL IA
PRIME MINISTER PRESS STATEMENT NO. 158
DECEMBER 1973
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: PARIS CONFERENCE ON ABOLITION
OF TORTURE.
The Prime Minister, Mr E. G. Whitlam, sent the
following message to the Secretary-General, Amnesty International:
" The Australian Government strongly supports the objectives
of Amnesty International in its campaign soeeking-the abolition
of torture and the observance of International Humanitarian Law.
The Government regards acts of torture as breaches of basic