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TUE 03 MAY 2011

Transcript of interview with Melissa Doyle, Sunrise

HOST: Prime Minister Julia Gillard joins us now from Canberra. Prime Minister, good morning to you.   We’re running a phone poll this morning asking our viewers the question whether they feel safer now that bin Laden is gone. 71 per cent are saying no. What advice are...

MON 02 MAY 2011

Transcript of press conference, Canberra

PM: Osama bin Laden declared war on innocent people and today he has paid the price for that declaration. Osama bin Laden was directly responsible for despicable acts of violence against innocent people and he inspired acts of violence by others. ...

MON 02 MAY 2011

Death of Osama bin Laden

President Obama today announced that Osama bin Laden, the leader of the terrorist group al Qaeda, has been killed in an operation conducted by United States forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. ...

THU 28 APRIL 2011

Transcript of interview with Sabra Lane, Beijing

JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, you’ve just wrapped up your meeting with President Hu, what did you talk about and what did he say about human rights? PM: This was a very positive meeting. We talked about the economic relationship between our two countries. We certainly talked about...

MON 25 APRIL 2011

We remember them with our silence, Speech at the ANZAC Day service

We gather here in silence, here in this great free city of Seoul. Here today, as the guests of our friends, the people of the Republic of Korea, we acknowledge the men and women of this nation who have so valiantly served their country. ...

MON 25 APRIL 2011

Joint press statement with the President of the Republic of Korea

1. On 25 April 2011, the President of the Republic of Korea, Lee Myung-bak, and the Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, held bilateral talks at the Blue House. Prime Minister Gillard paid an official visit to Korea on April 23-25, 2011, in commemoration of the Golden Jubilee of...

MON 25 APRIL 2011

Transcript of doorstop interview, Seoul

PM:In Korea this morning I’ve had the opportunity to attend an Anzac Day commemoration. This was a very special event, involving as it did many of the veterans who have been here for a journey to be in Korea, veterans who served here in the Korean War. I spent yesterday with...

SUN 24 APRIL 2011

Transcript of doorstop interview, Kapyong

PM: Well, I’m here today, in Korea, at the site of the battle of Kapyong. This is where it was fought 60 years ago and we’re here to commemorate that very important battle in the Korean War. I’m delighted to have been able to bring with me some Australian war veterans,...

SUN 24 APRIL 2011

Speech to dinner for Korean War veterans

His Excellency Mr Park Sung-choon, Minister for Patriots and Veterans Affairs, and Mrs Park Veterans of the Korean War, and accompanying family members – and I am particularly pleased to see here this evening some of those Korean veterans and family members who fought alongside...

SUN 24 APRIL 2011

Address to the Battle of Kapyong Memorial Service

 Australian veterans of the Korean War. And first in precedence for today veterans of the Battle of Kapyong Members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, 3 RAR. Old Faithfuls. Australians who put Duty First. You, the men of Kapyong, know...

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