Press Office

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. ...

WED 18 APRIL 2012

Transcript of doorstop interview, Perth

PM: I’m here in Perth today with Senator Chris Evans - with our Minister who has been responsible for the development of the skills agreement that I was able to reach at COAG last week. Can I thank the people from L & M Radiators for having us here today. This a great...

THU 12 APRIL 2012

Business leaders in Canberra for deregulation forum

Leading business figures will head to Canberra tomorrow to attend the inaugural Business Advisory Forum. Today the Government has released the list of 26 representatives who will join the Prime Minister and state and territory leaders at the Forum. The Minister for Finance and...

TUE 10 APRIL 2012

Transcript of interview with Fran Kelly, ABC Radio National

HOST: The Prime Minister, fresh from an Easter break, is in our Parliament House studios. Prime Minister, welcome back to Breakfast. PM: Good morning Fran. HOST: Prime Minister, Alzheimer’s Australia wants $500 million in this budget for dementia awareness and...

SUN 01 APRIL 2012

Transcript of doorstop interview, Canberra

PM: Well I’m happy to take questions, given we’ve already made the announcement, but you may have to get your voices up, you seem quite a long way back. JOURNALIST: How hard will this budget be for families (inaudible)? PM: We are determined – you’re...

SUN 01 APRIL 2012

Transcript of interview with Hugh Riminton, Meet the Press

HOST: Welcome back to the program, Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Good morning. PM: Good morning Hugh. HOST: Now in Korea, as the news was coming in from Queensland and the latest Newspoll was also coming in, you said your job was “to listen and to lead.” As you...

SAT 31 MARCH 2012

Transcript of doorstop interview, Brisbane

PM: I’m joined by Graham Perrett the Member for Moreton and I do want to thank everybody here at Senor touch screen solutions for showing us around today. I'm here in Queensland today, one week after what was a very bad defeat for Labor in the State election. Now whilst the...

THU 29 MARCH 2012

Transcript of joint press conference, Sydney

PM: I’m obviously joined by Minister Conroy, Minister Albanese and Mike Quigley the CEO of NBN Co. We’re in Tanya Plibersek’s electorate and she is here with us as well.   As we have just announced, today we are making available the three year rollout...

TUE 20 MARCH 2012

Spreading the benefits of the mining boom

The Government last night delivered an historic reform to share the benefits of the mining boom and deliver a fair return to Australians from the development of the nation’s resource wealth. The Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT), which was passed last night by the Senate, will...

TUE 20 MARCH 2012

Transcript of joint press conference, Canberra

PM: I’m here with Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan and with the Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism Martin Ferguson. Last night the Parliament finished and passed the Minerals Resource Rent Tax. The Senate passed the mining tax. That means the mining tax...