Early Childhood

  PM: I’ve called this meeting to get to the bottom of the childcare affordability issue. To get feedback as to what was happening in childcare today, and to make sure that we can be working to get the best possible deal for families for the future. I’ve been...

  HOST: Prime Minister, lovely to see you, thanks for your company. PM: Good morning Linda. HOST: You’ve moved quickly after that weekend red flag from the childcare sector about what’s happening with costs and people leaving the sector. Now...

PM: I’m here today with Daryl Melham, the Member for Banks, and I’d like to say a big thank you to all the parents and workers at this childcare centre, a Good Start centre, that we’ve had the opportunity to talk to today and we’ve also had the opportunity to play some...

  PM: It’s great to be here today with Jenny Macklin and with our local members Andrew Leigh and Gai Brodtmann. On Tuesday night when the Budget is delivered people will see a budget surplus. A budget surplus is the clearest sign we can send of the strength of the...

  The Gillard Government today announced that 1.3 million Australian families with children at school will get a new cash payment to help make ends meet. Each year, families will receive a new Schoolkids Bonus worth: $410 for each child in primary...

PM: I’m here today with the Acting Premier of Queensland, Andrew Fraser, and we’re here at the Queensland Reconstruction Authority and I very much thank the CEO Mr Graeme Newton for his briefing of me and the Acting Premier today and I also thank Richard Wilson for having us here...

The Prime Minister Julia Gillard is encouraging South Australians to make schools the heart of their local communities following a record Government investment in new facilities and equipment. More than 600 South Australian schools have built education and recreation facilities which...

PM: I’m having a fantastic morning at my old primary school. I’ve brought with me Chris Evans and also Senator Don Farrell, we’ve all walked to school together with some very enthusiastic kids. This is where I went to school in Mitcham, Mitcham School, it was a great school...

  HOST: Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard’s in the studio. Nothing to do with things you may have said in the past. That’s my theme. PM: Well, Howard, as long as you’re not going to ask me to sing, because I think that that would end...