Press Office

FRI 16 SEPTEMBER 2011

Transcript of interview with Matthew Winkler, Bloomberg on the Move Asia

NEWSREADER: Australia’s Prime Minister says she expects the Aussie dollar will hold its own against the US currency. Julia Gillard spoke to Bloomberg’s editor-in-chief Matt Winkler. PM: We’ve got to understand where our economy is now. We have record terms of trade...

WED 31 AUGUST 2011

Speech to the Financial Services Council Breakfast, Sydney

Peter Maher, Chairman of the Financial Services Council. John Brogden, Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Services Council I thank Craig for that warm welcome. It’s great to be here to speak with an industry that is so fundamental to the security and...

FRI 26 AUGUST 2011

Robert Garran Memorial Oration to the Institute of Public Administration Australian National Conference

Today we gather to honour the central role of good public administration and sound public policy in shaping our nation’s future. Nobody represents those things more completely than our first great public servant, Robert Garran. Garran was the “trusted confidant...

THU 25 AUGUST 2011

Transcript of press conference, Canberra

PM: [audio break] We are expecting some divisions, so if the division bells go we will of course go and attendto that in the House of Representatives. We’re here today to announce the opening of the next round of the Health and Hospitals Fund. It’s a round dedicated to...

TUE 23 AUGUST 2011

Transcript of interview with Sabra Lane, ABC AM

HOST: Prime Minister good morning and welcome to AM. PM: Good morning.  HOST: First up, your reaction to the events in Libya; will - after the euphoria subsides this country will have to move from a dictatorship to a democracy, will Australia have a role in a...

TUE 23 AUGUST 2011

Transcript of interview with Nick Rheinberger, ABC Illawarra

HOST: Prime Minister Julia Gillard stood up for quite a long time yesterday with Industry Minister Kim Carr as well as Treasurer Wayne Swan to talk about what they’re going to do to support workers and steel communities and the Prime Minister joins us now, you’re at 97.3 ABC...

SAT 06 AUGUST 2011

Transcript of joint doorstop interview, Melbourne

PM: I'm joined today by Ministers Roxon and Shorten and we are here at the Braybrook-Maidstone Neighbourhood House. I've had the opportunity to have a tremendous morning tea with people in this neighbourhood house and to answer their questions about the impacts of carbon pricing on...

MON 01 AUGUST 2011

Transcript of interview with Naomi Woodley, ABC AM

HOST: The Federal Government's Malaysia solution for asylum seekers is facing its first test, with a boat carrying 54 asylum seekers due to arrive at Christmas Island later in the week. The agreement calls for people to be sent to Malaysia within 72 hours of arriving in Australia,...

MON 01 AUGUST 2011

Transcript of interview with Peter Dick and Mary Collier, 4BC

HOST: Good morning Prime Minister. PM: Good morning. HOST: Welcome to the program and thank you for taking all the calls. PM: No problems at all, my pleasure. ...

TUE 12 JULY 2011

Transcript of interview with John Stanley, 2UE

HOST: Julia Gillard, good afternoon to you. PM: Good afternoon. HOST: Now, the Newspoll today shows primary support for Labor down to 27 per cent, that’s a fall of something like 12 per cent on the last election. How are you going to convince, you’ve got to...