Foreign Affairs

  PM: It’s a great delight to be here India. I have had the opportunity to meet some fantastic kids today.   Education changes lives, it transforms lives. That is true in our country; it is true here in India. ...

  PM: I am delighted to have just arrived in India and I will be here over the next few days. This is a very important relationship for Australia.   In 2009, we entered into a strategic partnership with India. That was...

  Thank you very much and thank you for gathering like this. I’ve actually come here from being in Bali for the ten year commemoration of the bombing on 12 October. And I just wanted to talk to you about that because I think it’s so meaningful to what’s...

  PM: I’ve just had an opportunity to spend some time with our troops here in Afghanistan. I’ve been in Afghanistan today for two reasons. Firstly I wanted to say a big thank you to our troops for everything that they’re doing in such difficult...

  PRIME MINISTER: I’m standing at what is effectively our ground zero at the site where we lost so many Australian lives. I’ve had the opportunity to lay a wreath and to pay my respects. ...

  Can I say what a delight it is to be here with Ibu Nafsiah, the Minister for Health in this hospital, Sanglah Hospital.  ...

  Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Indonesian Health Minister Dr Nafsiah Mboi today announced a new health program to improve access to quality primary health care for three million poor Indonesian women and children. ...

CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Today, we gather to commemorate the worst terrorist attack our nation has ever known. 88 Australians died here. And they did not die alone. 38 Indonesians died with them. ...

  PRIME MINISTER GILLARD: I am absolutely delighted to welcome Prime Minister Lee to Canberra on his second official visit to Australia. ...

  Prime Minister Julia Gillard will travel to Laos and Indonesia from 4 to 9 November to attend the 9th Asia-Europe Meeting in Vientiane and the 5th Bali Democracy Forum in Bali.  Australia was invited to attend the Asia-Europe Meeting for the first time in...