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FRI 03 FEBRUARY 2012

Transcript of remarks to the Prime Minister's XI Cricket Official Luncheon, Canberra

PM: It is always great to be at Manuka Oval even if it is a day when we’re looking at a rain-swept oval rather than one that a game is being played on. It’s a lovely place and I have come to enjoy it a great deal as a football ground but it actually makes an even better cricket...

FRI 03 FEBRUARY 2012

Deregulation: A national effort to build a more productive economy

The COAG Reform Council’s 2010-11 Seamless National Economy Report on Performance, released today, has reported positively on the progress of COAG’s 27 deregulation priorities, with 15 having been completed, including one ahead of schedule. ...

FRI 03 FEBRUARY 2012

Transcript of interview with Mark Parton, 2CC

HOST: Good morning Prime Minister. PM: Good morning and there is a bit of rain around, you’re right. So a delayed start, I don’t think we’re anticipating any play before around about midday. ...

THU 02 FEBRUARY 2012

Transcript of doorstop interview, Melbourne

PM: Yesterday I was talking about the future of the Australian economy and I said then that the fundamentals of our economy are strong, that we have a very strong Australian dollar, and that that strength is driving transformations in our economy, including transformations in...

WED 01 FEBRUARY 2012

Transcript of remarks regarding FWA ruling on SACS case, Melbourne

 PM: Before I get to the substance of my address today, I just want to advise you of something that happened as we were coming in for lunch. And that is a decision was released by the Full Bench of Fair Work Australia literally just a few minutes ago. ...

WED 01 FEBRUARY 2012

"Building a New Australian Economy Together": Speech to the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce Lunch, Melbourne

It’s good to address an audience and a forum which does such great work to promote friendship and co-operation between two great countries, Australia and Israel. Decades after the desert was first made to bloom, Israel is a place where ideas still bloom. And...

WED 01 FEBRUARY 2012

Gillard Government to provide a better deal for thousands of vocational students

Thousands of vocational students would no longer have to pay expensive upfront fees, and others would be guaranteed a subsidised training place worth up to $7800, in sweeping reforms to the Australian vocational education system to be proposed by the Gillard Government to the States and...

WED 01 FEBRUARY 2012

Historic Fair Pay Decision for Low Paid Workers

150,000 of Australia’s lowest paid workers will benefit from substantial pay rises of between 23 and 45 percent as a result of Fair Work Australia’s historic pay equity decision today. ...

TUE 31 JANUARY 2012

Transcript of doorstop interview, Sydney

PM: I’m here in Sydney today and I’ve met with the Governor of the Reserve Bank, Glenn Stevens and received a briefing from him and I'm here at the Stock Exchange and I've been briefed by its chairman and CEO. In each of these briefings we've discussed the...

SUN 29 JANUARY 2012

Joint Statement with the Prime Minister of New Zealand

Prime Ministers Julia Gillard and John Key met for the annual Australia-New Zealand Leaders’ meeting in Melbourne on 29 January.  Their meeting was followed by the second Joint Meeting of Australian and New Zealand Cabinet Ministers. ...

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