Press Office

MON 03 SEPTEMBER 2012

National Press Club Q&A

JOURNALIST: Could I be so brutal as to go straight to the money question? Now you have got $8 billion for a National Disability Insurance Scheme, you have got $5 billion extra for asylum seekers, you have got $4 billion extra for dental and now we are talking about $6.5 billion for the Gonski...

MON 03 SEPTEMBER 2012

Better Schools: A National Plan for School Improvement

A new national school funding model and increased funding will be tied to concrete improvements in all schools under the Gillard Government’s National Plan for School Improvement, announced today in response to the Gonski Review.  ...

FRI 31 AUGUST 2012

Improving access to tertiary education in the Pacific

Young people in the Pacific will be given the opportunity to develop new skills and gain regionally and internationally recognised tertiary qualifications, under an initiative announced today. Australia will provide $85 million over the next four years to improve access to tertiary...

MON 27 AUGUST 2012

Address at the launch of eSmart cyber safety program, Sydney

[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OMITTED] I’m very proud to be here this morning for the next stage in the journey of the Alannah & Madeleine Foundation. I’ve had a long term association with this Foundation, and I’ve always admired the way in which it’s pursued...

FRI 24 AUGUST 2012

Transcript of joint press conference, Melbourne

E & O E – PROOF ONLY PM: I am delighted to be here in Melbourne Braybrook College with the Minister for School Education, Peter Garrett. I can see a number of the students who have come round with us today as we’ve been on this great school visit. So thank you...

MON 20 AUGUST 2012

“We have a chance to do more than...", address to the Independent Schools National Forum

CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY  [ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OMITTED] Friends, welcome to Canberra. I love your conference logo – the whole world in your hands. It’s so true. You teach our children. You build our future. The whole world is in your hands. No...

SUN 19 AUGUST 2012

Transcript of interview with Peter Van Onselen and Paul Kelly, Sky News

E & O E – PROOF ONLY HOST: Prime Minister, thanks very much for your company. PM: Good morning Peter. HOST: About a decade ago you made an observation in the Parliament, slightly sarcastically about whether Nauru would still be up and functioning by now and...

TUE 10 JULY 2012

Rockhampton Community Celebrates new school facilities

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Member for Capricornia Kirsten Livermore today officially opened the Rockhampton State High School Agricultural Science and Languages Centre and the Engineering and Manufacturing Trade Training Centre. The Federal Government has invested around $3.5...

FRI 15 JUNE 2012

Transcript of doorstop interview, Marrickville

PM: I’m here with Minister Anthony Albanese and we’re at Marrickville West Public School. We’ve had a great morning talking to many of the students, but also talking to many of the parents as well about the Schoolkids Bonus. And from Wednesday next week people will see the...