NOTES FOR THE PRIME MINISTER
FOR THE OPENING OF EBER BUNKER'S HOUSE, COLLINGWOOD,
LIVERPOOL, 6 SEPTEMBER 1975
1. I IMAGINE IN MELBOURNE TODAY THERE WOULD BE
A MUCH BIGGER CROWD TO SEE COLLINGWOOD THAN
THERE IS HERE IN LIVERPOOL. IN MELBOURNE
THEY HAVE A MUCH GREATER SENSE OF HISTORY.
COLLINGWOOD FANS ARE NUMBERED IN THEIR
THOUSANDS-ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY AFTERNOONS,
2. COLLINGWOOD WAS THE HOME OF CAPTAIN EBER BUNKER,
THE FOUNDER OF THE AUSTRALIAN WHALING INDUSTRY.
I HOPE NO ONE WILL CONFUSE EBER BUNKER

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PRIME MINISTER Press Statement No. 551
2 September 1975
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
The Australian Government has approved the entry
into Australia of 8 South Vietnamese refugees who are on
board a Japanese ship, the Kenkai Maru, which is due to
reach Brisbane tomorrow.
The decision was taken in response to a request
from the Australian representative of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR).
The refugees 3 soldiers and 5 students were
rescued by the Kenkai Maru off the coast of Vietnam. They

SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER Emag8.0pm C
THE HON. E. G. WHITLAM, M. P.,
AT THE OPENING OF THE
WOMEN AND POLITICS CONFERENCE
CANBERRA, 31 AUGUST 1975
For most of this country's history women have
lived without visible political power; they have been excluded
from almost all levels of government in our society. The
momentous decisions of war and peace, of finance and technology,
as well as the everyday decisions which affect how all people live,
have been made by a minority of individuals who happen to be

PRIME MINISTER'S WEEKLY BROADCAST
RELBUDGiET
SUNDAY 31 . AUGUST -1975
I WANT TO DISCUSS WITH YOU SOME ASPECTS OF THE
BUDGET WHICH THE PARLIAMENT HAS BEEN DEBATING DURING
THE PAST WEEK., YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT THE BUDGET MADE A
SWEEPING REFORM OF THE INCOME TAX SYSTEMx IT'S BEEN
PERFECTLY CLEAR FROM THIS WEEK'S DEBATE THAT THE OPPOSITION
HAS NO CREDIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO OUR ECONOMIC STRATEGY AND
CERTAINLY NOTHING TO COMPARE WITH OUR TAX REFORMS
MR FRASER'S PROPOSALS OFFER NOTHING WHATEVER TO THE PEOPLE

2
SPEECH NOTES FOR THE PRIME MINISTER AT THE OPENING OF
MURWILLUMBAH CIVIC A ND CULTURAL CENTRE, 29 AUGUST, 1975,
1. IT GIVES ME VERY GREAT PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU
TODAY FOR THE OPENING OF THIS MAGNIFICENT CIVIC AND CULTURAL*
CENTRE FOR MURWILLUMBAH. IT'S MY SECOND VISIT To DOUG'. ANTHONY'S
ELECTORATE IN TWO MONTHS, SO YOU COULD BE FORGIVEN FOR
THINKING THERE'IS A NEW COALITION IN THE OFFING. WE ARE
CERTAINLY UNITED IN OUR CONCERN FOR THE WELFARE AND PROGRESS
OF COUNTRY REGIONS LIKE THIS NORTHERN RIVERS AREA OF
NEW SOUTH WALES.

INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE PRIME MINISTER AND RICHARD CARLETON
STATE OF THE NATION -28 AUGUST 1975
Q. Well, Mr Whitlam how's it affected your running of this
country having as you do the threat of an election hanging
over your head every day?
Prime Minister: I've got used to it. A year ago it would have been
very oppressive to me now we just go on regardless. And
you know we haven't been frozen in our tracks by this
constant threat, for instance, I think we are still a
very active, I think, creative Government... you know,

INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE PRIME MINISTER AND RICHARD CARLETON 31
" THIS DAY TONIGHT" 28 AUGUST, 1975
CARLETON: Good evening and welcome to This Day Tonight from Canberra.
If there was an election tomorrow then few would give Labor any
chance at all of being returned to power. But of course there's
not going to be an election tomorrow and if Mr Fraser is as good
as his word, there won't be an election at all this year, and
that's possibly just as well for the man who tomorrow celebrates
his 1,000th day as Prime Minister of Australia.

1, A UST ItA LAI( A
PRIME MINISTER Press Statement No. 550
27 August 1975
TIMOR EVACUEES
The Prime Minister, Mr Whitlam, announced tonight
that the Australian Government would take immediate action
to help evacuees from Timor.
He said he had approved a series of charter flights
to bring evacuees from Timor landed in Darwin from the
" Lloyd Bakke" and the " Macdili" to proper facilities in
southern Australia. Darwin does not have facilities to accommodate
those evacuees who do not wish to return immediately to

' 2f~
US1' AL PRESS STATEMENT No, 549
27 August 1975
Medibank MEDIBANK HOSPITALS AGREEMENT, QUEENSLAND
The Prime Minister today signed the Queensland
Hospitals Agreement.
It is expected that the Queensland Premier,
Mr Bjelke Petersen, will sign the agreement on behalf of his
Government by the end of this week.
The signing of the agreement will mean that the
Medibank Hospital Arrangements will be operative in Queensland
as from 1 September. Queensland's public hospitals already

SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THE HON. E. G. WHITLAM, M. P.,
OPENING ADDRESS TO CONFERENCE OF THE CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON
FEDERAL FINANCIAL RELATIONS, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
27 August 1975
THE NEW FEDERALISM:
A REVIEW OF LABOR'S PROGRAMS AND POLICIES
The title given to this Conference itself illustrates
a basic characteristic of Australian federalism and the
approach which Australians have usually taken towards their
federal system. The general title is: " Making Federalism
Work Towards a More Efficient, Equitable and Responsive