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TUE 09 APRIL 2013

Address to AustCham – Australia China Business Council

[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OMITTED] Today let me pay tribute to the work of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Beijing – AustCham.  ...

MON 08 APRIL 2013

Transcript of Q&A with China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong

QUESTION: [Inaudible – Chinese]   PM: Thank you, just finishing the translation. Thank you very much for the question. I don’t have many opportunities to address three separate issues you raised. ...

MON 08 APRIL 2013

Transcript of Remarks to Australian Business Breakfast

[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OMITTED] PM: It’s a really very great pleasure to be here this morning, in Shanghai, China’s financial capital and a home away from home for so many Australians and so many of our most go-ahead companies. ...

MON 08 APRIL 2013

Address to CELAP

It is a pleasure to visit CELAP for the first time today – on my second visit to China as Prime Minister. Since my last visit in 2011, we have celebrated the important milestone of 40 years of our diplomatic relations. ...

MON 08 APRIL 2013

Australia Week in China

A new campaign to promote Australian tourism, trade and investment opportunities to the rapidly growing Chinese market will be brought to Shanghai following the success of the G’Day USA program. Australia Week in China will be based in Shanghai –...

SUN 07 APRIL 2013

Speech to Bo'ao Forum for Asia Plenary Session

The evolution of this Bo’ao Forum for Asia is a striking symbol of the evolution of our region itself: both of the successes and challenges which have endured and of the new challenges and opportunities which have emerged. Here two great enduring responsibilities are discussed:...

SAT 06 APRIL 2013

Transcript of Doorstop Interview

PM: It is good to be here in the home of the Bo’ao Forum, and to have started my program today. I am joined here by Minister Emerson, and during the course of the morning I have also been accompanied by the Foreign Minister, by Senator Carr. ...

FRI 05 APRIL 2013

Transcript of Doorstop Interview

PM: Well I am delighted to be back here in China and over the next two days I will be here attending the Bo’ao Forum with Ministers Emerson and Carr. I will during the course of this forum have the opportunity to meet with President Xi of China. I will also have the...

THU 04 APRIL 2013

Transcript of Q and A Session - Foreign Correspondents' Association Newsmaker Lunch

HOST: Thank you very much, Prime Minister. I might kick off the Q and A session with the first question. You mentioned several of the economic indicators of the Australian economy. There is this 21 years of constant growth, relatively low unemployment rate, very...

THU 04 APRIL 2013

Foreign Correspondents' Association Newsmaker Lunch

CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY 2013 is a decisive year for our nation.   So today, I want to speak about two things – the facts and the future. ...