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THU 27 JANUARY 2011

I see what needs to be done and I will do it: Speech to the National Press Club

Yesterday was Australia Day, and in some ways, it was an Australia Day like any other. Picnics and barbecues, tennis and cricket, a new Australian of the Year and new Australian citizens - in so many ways it felt just like last year did and just like next year will. But...

THU 06 JANUARY 2011

Transcript of press conference, Perth

PM: Well, I'm here with the Labor Senate Leader, Chris Evans, a great Western Australian, and I'm here having done a little spot of back-to-school shopping with Peter, with Shelly, April and Hope. Now right around the country families are starting to think about getting the things they...

THU 06 JANUARY 2011

Helping Australian families with Back-to-School expenses

As kids prepare to head back to school, the Gillard Labor Government is encouraging an estimated 1.3 million Australian families to take advantage of the Education Tax Refund to help parents with the pressure of back-to-school costs. Eligible families can claim refunds on a range of...

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...

WED 29 DECEMBER 2010

Transcript of interview, 6PR

  HOST: Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard’s in the studio. Nothing to do with things you may have said in the past. That’s my theme. PM: Well, Howard, as long as you’re not going to ask me to sing, because I think that that would end...

FRI 03 DECEMBER 2010

Transcript of joint doorstop interview, North Lakes QLD

PM: It's a great pleasure to be here today. I'm joined by the Premier of Queensland, Anna Bligh, and joined by the Mayor of the Moreton Bay Council, Alan Sutherland, and we are here to sign this document. Our signatures have been put on the page, a very important document, saying there...

THU 02 DECEMBER 2010

Transcript of doorstop interview, Redcliffe QLD

PM: It's great to be here in Queensland in the federal electorate of Petrie. I'm joined from federal politics by the Minister for Health, Nicola Roxon, and our fantastic local member Yvette D'Ath, and it's also a great pleasure here in Queensland, to be joined by the Treasurer...

WED 17 NOVEMBER 2010

Transcript of joint press conference

PM: Thank you very much, good afternoon. I'm here today with Peter Garrett, our Minister for School Education, and with Barry McGaw who leads our Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority. Earlier this year we launched My School, a website that gave parents more...

WED 17 NOVEMBER 2010

2010 Prime Minister's Prizes for Science

Senator the Honourable Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research and our fellow parliamentary colleagues. Distinguished ambassadors and members of the diplomatic community. Our honoured guests from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Scientists,...

WED 17 NOVEMBER 2010

My School to provide unprecedented school performance data

Parents will get unique access to data which tracks the progress of students in Australian schools with the launch of the new-look My School website. The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, and the Minister for School Education, Peter Garrett, today previewed the site which will be...

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