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SUN 05 AUGUST 2012

Transcript of press conference, Cairns

E & O E – PROOF ONLY PM: I am delighted to be here today with Treasurer Wayne Swan and also with Jan McLucas our Queensland Senator and we are here in her home of Cairns. I’ve been spending the last few days having a wonderful holiday in tropical north Queensland....

FRI 27 JULY 2012

Transcript of joint doorstop interview, Geelong

E & O E – PROOF ONLY PM: Can I say what a genuine delight it is to be here today, and we’ve met some remarkable Australians. I’m joined by Jenny Macklin, the Minister for Disability Reform, and I’m joined by our local members here, Darren Cheeseman the...

THU 26 JULY 2012

Speech at Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation event, Jewish Holocaust Centre

E & OE proof only [ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OMITTED] Friends, we are here today because of those who are not. We are here to be the voice of those whose voice was stilled by the greatest crime humanity has ever known: the Shoah, the Holocaust. It was of such...

THU 26 JULY 2012

Australia to contribute to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation

The Gillard Government will make a $500,000 contribution to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation to assist with the preservation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Site in Poland. The Auschwitz concentration camp is an important place of reflection and memory.  It continues...

TUE 24 JULY 2012

Passing of John Treloar

Australia has lost one of our greatest track athletes with the passing of John Treloar on the eve of the 30th Olympiad.   John was the first Australian to qualify for a 100 yard final at an Olympic Games and will always be remembered as a remarkable trailblazer for athletics...

TUE 24 JULY 2012

Transcript of doorstop interview, Sydney

PM: If I can start by saying what a great pleasure it is to be here in such fine company, to have a look around the set of Wolverine. I am very proud to be here because this is a tremendous venture but it also means Australian jobs. Last week, I was in WA and there...

MON 23 JULY 2012

Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, National Library of Australia, Canberra

I was here in February, and since then you’ve had a real triumph with the exhibition to honour Patrick White’s centenary, which closed relatively recently on 8 July. That was a vivid reminder that this building’s life-force is drawn from words – millions and...

MON 23 JULY 2012

Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2012 winners announced

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Arts Minister Simon Crean today announced the winners of the 2012 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. The inaugural poetry award went to Interferon Psalms byLuke Davies. Gillian Mears was awarded the 2012 fiction award for her...

TUE 26 JUNE 2012

Speech at the launch of the London 2012 Paralympic Team, Canberra

Well, friends after four years the preparation and the hard work are ending. The countdown’s on, London 2012 is now just an airline flight away. And of course, for all these years, all, these months, every day, you’ve trained as individuals. But today,...

TUE 05 JUNE 2012

Resignation of David Gallop

The Australian Rugby League community owes David Gallop a debt of gratitude for his stewardship of the game following the announcement that he will step down from the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC). ...

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