Press Office

MON 02 JULY 2012

Transcript of interview ith Ben Fordham, 2GB

HOST: Prime Minister, good afternoon. PM: Good afternoon. HOST: Thank you for taking the time to talk to us. I know you are proud about bringing in the carbon tax yesterday, but you also feel any element of guilt considering you told the Australian people we wouldn’t be...

MON 02 JULY 2012

Transcript of interview with Leon Byner, 5AA

HOST: Let’s welcome the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. Prime Minister, thanks for joining us. PM: Good morning Leon. HOST: Now, we’ve done a bit of homework and found out that the cost of refrigerant gas is to go up about four times, which means a domestic air...

MON 02 JULY 2012

Transcript of interview with John Laws, 2SM

HOST: Prime Minister good morning. PM: Good morning John. HOST: The latest polls show support for the carbon tax is at the lowest it’s been since the idea was announced. That makes it pretty tough for you, doesn’t it ...

MON 02 JULY 2012

Transcript of interview ith Kyle and Jackie O, 2DayFM

HOSTS: Good morning Prime Minister, do you get sick of hearing that? They do play it a lot. You know, over and over. ...

MON 02 JULY 2012

Transcript of interview with Sabra Lane, ABC AM

HOST: Prime Minister good morning, welcome back to AM. PM: Good morning Sabra. HOST: Nielsen pollster John Stirton, you just heard him there, he says Labor has more problems than just the carbon tax; that voters consider the broken promise a separate issue and they're dark...

MON 02 JULY 2012

Transcript of interview with Neil Mitchell, 3AW

HOST: Ms Gillard good morning. PM: Good morning Neil. HOST: Okay to be a little bit specific, a cup of coffee, how much will that go up? PM: Oh look, Neil, it’s not like the GST where there was a price impact item by item, that’s not what carbon pricing...

MON 02 JULY 2012

Transcript of interview with Paul Henry, Channel 10 Breakfast

HOST: Julia Gillard joins me now. Prime Minister, good morning to you. PM: Good morning. HOST: Are you going to be fresh for your meeting with the President, given that you were kept up all last night with fireworks? ...

MON 02 JULY 2012

Transcript of interview with David Koch, Sunrise

HOST: Prime Minister thanks for joining us. The latest Fairfax/Nielsen poll has found support for the carbon price and the carbon tax has fallen four points to 33 per cent. Fifty-one per cent of people believe they are going to be worse off. The message just isn’t getting through that...

SUN 01 JULY 2012

Transcript of interview with Barry Cassidy

HOST: Prime Minister, good morning, welcome.   PM: Good morning, Barrie.   HOST: So that's what you face if Tony Abbott has his way, a...

SUN 01 JULY 2012

Transcript of joint doorstop interview, Melbourne

PM: I'm here today with Jenny Macklin and we're actually in her local electorate, so thank you very much Jenny, and to everybody who has come in to say hello today. It is 1 July, carbon pricing starts today, and Australians can look around and see the sky hasn't fallen...