Press Office

TUE 29 MARCH 2011

Strengthening Australia's digital future

Prime Minister Julia Gillard today said the National Broadband Network will offer unprecedented opportunities for West Australian businesses to diversify and tap into new markets.   The Prime Minister witnessed first-hand today how the digital economy has helped transform Perth...

MON 14 MARCH 2011

Transcript of interview with Tony Jones, Q&A

JONES: Good evening and welcome to Q&A. I'm Tony Jones and to answer your questions tonight the Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard. Please welcome the Prime Minister. Okay. Well, Q&A is live from 9.35 Eastern Daylight Savings Time but it's simulcast on ABC News...

SAT 01 JANUARY 2011

Transcript of joint doorstop interview, Sydney

PM: Can I start by saying happy New Year. Happy New Year to Jenny Macklin who has joined me here today and happy New Year to Australians. And today is not only a great day to say to happy New Year, it's a date to be celebrating a historic day for Australians families. Today is the...

MON 20 DECEMBER 2010

Government releases NBN Co Corporate Plan

The Gillard Government today released NBN Co Limited's Corporate Plan, which shows the National Broadband Network (NBN) will provide all Australians with world-class broadband on a financially viable basis at affordable prices. The Corporate Plan shows taxpayers will get their...

MON 20 DECEMBER 2010

NBN Rollout: Statement of Expectations

The Gillard Government today released a statement that sets out its expectations of NBN Co as it rolls out the National Broadband Network (NBN). The Statement of Expectations also comprises the Government's final response to the Implementation Study, which was publicly released on...

MON 29 NOVEMBER 2010

Transcript of joint press conference

PM: Accompanied by the Leader of Government Business, the Leader of the House and Minister for Infrastructure, Anthony Albanese, and by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy. Today in the Parliament the Government has delivered an historic...

THU 25 NOVEMBER 2010

Transcript of interview with Lyndal Curtis, ABC AM

 CURTIS: Prime Minister, welcome to AM. PM: Thank you. CURTIS: If we can go to New Zealand first, two Australians are presumed to have died in the mining tragedy there. Is there any help you can offer the families? PM: Certainly, our condolences go to the...

WED 24 NOVEMBER 2010

Transcript of joint press conference

PM: I'm here with the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, and we are here predominately to talk about the National Broadband Network, and of course the Telstra structural separation Bill in the Senate, but I do, before making those statements, want to make a...

WED 20 OCTOBER 2010

Transcript of joint press conference

PM: I'm joined today by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, and today the Government is reintroducing a landmark Bill that will facilitate the separation of the retail and wholesale arms of Telstra for the benefit of consumers. Those reforms to the...

TUE 19 OCTOBER 2010

Transcript of interview with Leigh Sales,Lateline

SALES: A short time ago I was joined here in Canberra by the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. Prime Minister, welcome to the program once again. PM: Thank you. SALES: Let's begin with Afghanistan. You said today that Australia's engagement in Afghanistan would...