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MON 14 MAY 2012

Transition in Afghanistan

  The Gillard Government today welcomed the announcement by Afghanistan’s President, Hamid Karzai, that a third tranche of provinces and districts would begin transition to Afghan-led security responsibility from the middle of the year. ...

THU 03 MAY 2012

Transcript of joint press conference, Canberra

PM: I’m very pleased to be here today with the Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith, and with the Minister for Defence Materiel, Jason Clare, to make some important announcements about defence policy and defence capability. ...

THU 03 MAY 2012

Release of final Defence Force Posture Review report

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Minister for Defence Stephen Smith today released the final report of the Defence Force Posture Review.  The report finds that our changing strategic environment does not require widespread changes in the location of our Defence Force bases, but...

THU 03 MAY 2012

Next stage of future submarine project announced

Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare today announced the Government would provide $214 million for the next stage of the Future Submarine Project. This funding will go towards further detailed studies and...

THU 03 MAY 2012

New Defence White Paper 2013

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Defence Minister Stephen Smith today announced that the Government will start work on a new Defence White Paper, to be delivered in the first half of 2013. There have been a number of significant developments internationally and domestically since the...

WED 25 APRIL 2012

Transcript of doorstop interview, Gallipoli

PM: I have been very moved and very honoured this morning to attend the Dawn Service here at Gallipoli.  It’s given me an incredible impression about what our Anzacs went through, landing here in the darkness experiencing that start of the light and that start of the warfare which...

WED 25 APRIL 2012

Lone Pine Ceremony, Gallipoli

They landed on this day in a land “ancient and implacable”. They were young and raw. Few were professionals, most new to battle. They were called the Australian Imperial Force. But before these 240 days of hell were over, they owned a name among...

MON 23 APRIL 2012

New pins to recognise defence families

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Defence Science and Personnel Minister Warren Snowdon announced today a new pin of recognition for defence families. Speaking at Kranji War Memorial in Singapore the Prime Minister said the new pin would recognise the special role family members take...

WED 18 APRIL 2012

New Anzac Centre to commemorate the Centenary of Anzac

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on the Centenary of Anzac Warren Snowdon today announced an additional $5 million for the establishment of an Anzac Interpretive Centre on Mount Clarence in Albany, Western Australia. ...

TUE 17 APRIL 2012

Transcript of questions and answers: Address to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and Boeing National Security Luncheon

COMPERE: Prime Minister, thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen the floor is now open for questions. We’ve got about quarter of an hour available for that and could I stress that we invite questions from everybody in the room, invited guests as well as the media, who will probably...

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