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THU 22 MARCH 2012

Speech to GM Holden, Canberra

Holden has been a proud part of our nation's story for more than a century. It's an Australian icon. But the truth is in January this year we were at real risk that there would be no more Holden in Australia, that we wouldn't have Holden here producing motor vehicles. Now that...

THU 22 MARCH 2012

Investing in automotive jobs and skills

The Gillard, Weatherill and Baillieu Governments today announced a $275 million co-investment in the future of GM Holden’s car making operations in Australia. In return for this investment, Holden has agreed to inject over $1 billion into car manufacturing in Australia, and to...

WED 07 MARCH 2012

Jeff Lawrence

The Prime Minister today thanked Jeff Lawrence for his contribution to working Australians following his decision not to stand for re-election as the Secretary of the ACTU. ...

FRI 24 FEBRUARY 2012

Remarks at Melbourne Citymission

  This is an occasion to reflect on what we’ve achieved together. We’ve got more to do but we achieved something huge together and that is getting equal pay for the 150,000 people who work in the social and community services sector, 120,000 of them...

THU 02 FEBRUARY 2012

Transcript of doorstop interview, Melbourne

PM: Yesterday I was talking about the future of the Australian economy and I said then that the fundamentals of our economy are strong, that we have a very strong Australian dollar, and that that strength is driving transformations in our economy, including transformations in...

WED 01 FEBRUARY 2012

Transcript of remarks regarding FWA ruling on SACS case, Melbourne

 PM: Before I get to the substance of my address today, I just want to advise you of something that happened as we were coming in for lunch. And that is a decision was released by the Full Bench of Fair Work Australia literally just a few minutes ago. ...

WED 01 FEBRUARY 2012

Historic Fair Pay Decision for Low Paid Workers

150,000 of Australia’s lowest paid workers will benefit from substantial pay rises of between 23 and 45 percent as a result of Fair Work Australia’s historic pay equity decision today. ...

WED 18 JANUARY 2012

Transcript of doorstop interview, Melbourne

PM: I’m joined by Parliamentary Secretary Kate Lundy, who does our work in Immigration and Multicultural Affairs and I’ll have something to say about this man in a moment. ...

TUE 17 JANUARY 2012

Transcript of joint press conference, Broadmedows

PM: I’m here at the Ford factory at Broadmeadows and I’m joined by the Minister for Manufacturing, Kim Carr, and by our local member, Maria Vamvakinou, and I’ve been very pleased to be able to walk though today and to talk to some of the hard-working people here at Ford. ...

SUN 01 JANUARY 2012

Extra help for families with teenagers who stay in school

From today, eligible families with teenagers aged 16 to 19 will get a boost to their family payments of to up to $4,208 per teenager, if their child stays in school or a vocational training equivalent. ...

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