A A a
NQ DATE
M/ 119 17 August 1973
FLOOD RELIEF FOR PAKISTAN
The Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Mr Whitlam, announced today that as an immediate measure, the
O Government had arranged for the despatch by air of over 60,000
doses of cholera vaccine and 12 tons of skim milk powder for
the relief of the flood victims in Pakistan,
" We have had reports", Mr Whitlam said, " of the
flooding in the sub-continent and an officer of our Embassy
in Pakistan has visited some of the affected areas." According

NQ DATE 13 August 1973
COMMONEAITT1 HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING, OTTAWA
Attached is the text of the final communique issued
at the conclusion of the Commonwealth Heads of Government
Meeting, Ottawa, 2 10 August, 1973.

NQ DATE
M/ 118 3 August 1973
COMMONWEAITH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING
The following is the text of a statement issued in
* Ottawa on 2 August ( Ottawa time) by the Prime Minister and
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Whitlam, at the opening of the
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting:
" The Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Mr Whitlamr, said in Ottawa this morning that he looked forward to
wide-ranging and substantial discussions about present political
trends in the world, economic issues including trade, monetary

PRESS STATEMENT BY THE ACTING PRIME MINISTER
NUCLEAR FALL-OUT ON AUSTRALIA
The Acting Prime Minister Mr Barnard announced
today that the first fall-out in Australia from this year's
French nuclear testing programme had been detected at the
Laverton Air Filter Sampling Station near Melbourne. Mr
Barnard said that the detection of fall-out verified that recent
French nuclear testing was a clear breach of the ruling
of the world Court.
The fall-out is currently at low levels of concentration
detectable only by the more sensitive devices.

FOR PRESS: COMMENCEMENT OF PRICES JUSTIFICATION ACT
( Statement by the Acting Prime Minister, The Hon. L. H.
Barnard, M. P.)
The Prices Justification Act, which comes into
operation tomorrow, Wednesday, 1 August, is a key element
in the Government's drive against inflation.
The Act covers a large number of major companies,
and these will now be required to notify the Prices
Justification Tribunal of any proposals to increase prices,
unless they have'received appropriate exemptions fr'om the

Press Statement No. 116
31 July 1973
PRICES JUSTIFICATION TRIBUNAL
The Acting Prime Minister announced today the
, appointment of Mr. T. A. Pettigrew to the Prices Justification
Tribunal. Mr. Pettigrew, who has been appointed a full time
member of the Tribunal, has had extensive experience in
business and in retailing in particular.
The Office of the Tribunal has been opened at
4 Treasury Place, East Melbourne and the Chairman,
Members and staff of the Tribunal are attending to
enquiries from companies which will come under the Act

A NQ9 DATE
M/ 115 31 July 1973
PRIME MINISTER'S ADDRESS TO NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, WASHINGTON
The following is the text of an address by the Prime
Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Whitlam, to the
National Press Club, Washington, at 1300 hours ( Washington time)
30 July, 1973: " It is an honor for me to be asked to address representatives
of the world's greatest and most free press in the capital of the
world's greatest and most free democracy.
The strength of each is the strength of both.

NQ DATE
D/ 39 30 July 1973
PRIME MITISmTR'S VISIT TO MEXICO
The following is the text of the communique issued at
0 the conclusion of the visit to Mexico by the Prime Minister and
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Whitlam:-
At the invitation of the President of the Republic, His
Excellency Mr Luis Echevarria, the Prime Minister of Australia, the
Honourable Gough Whitlam, made an official visit to
Mexico from 24 to 28 July 1973. The visit was notable also as the
first by an Australian Prime Minister to a country of Latin America.

Ar AKLNQ DATE
D/ 37 26 July 1973
EMlBARGO: Not to be used or
oublished in any form before
0030 hours Thursday, 26 July
1973o NUCLEAR T7STING: AUSTRALIAN LETTER TO
SECRETARY-ENERAL OF TI UNITED NATIONS
~ The following is the text of a letter presented in New
York early today to the Secretary-General of the United Nations,
Dr Waldheim, by the Australian Ambassador and Permanent
Renresentative to the UoN., Sir Laurence Mclntyre
O " On instructions from my Government I have the honour
to bring the following to Your Excellencyts attention.

j1% A USTHI, -1Al'-PRESS STATEMENT NO. 115
24 July 1973
FLEXIBLE WORKING HOURPS IN THE AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC SERVICE
In line with the Australian Government policy that
employees should have the right to work in conditions
conducive to the development of full human dignity, the
Public Service Board has issued an information paper to
all departments and staff associations drawing attention
to various experiments which are being conducted with
new patterns in working times. The aim of introducing
flexible working hours is to give staff the maximum