Press Office

THU 16 AUGUST 2012

Transcript of joint press conference, Canberra

E & O E – PROOF ONLY PM: I'm here with the Minister for Industry and Innovation, Greg Combet, and also with Innes Willox, the leader of the Australian Industry Group and Dave Oliver, the leader of the Australian Council of Trade Unions. They have joined me and Minister...

SUN 05 AUGUST 2012

G20 2012 announcement: Cairns to host a G20 Finance Ministers' and Central Bank Governors' meeting in 2014

Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Treasurer Wayne Swan and Senator for Queensland Jan McLucas today announced that Cairns will host a G20 Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governors’ meeting in 2014. Cairns is a favourite destination for both Australians and tourists from...

SUN 05 AUGUST 2012

Transcript of press conference, Cairns

E & O E – PROOF ONLY PM: I am delighted to be here today with Treasurer Wayne Swan and also with Jan McLucas our Queensland Senator and we are here in her home of Cairns. I’ve been spending the last few days having a wonderful holiday in tropical north Queensland....

THU 26 JULY 2012

Transcript of interview with Linda Mottram, ABC Sydney

E & O E – PROOF ONLY HOST: Prime Minister thank you so much for you time this morning. PM: Good morning Linda. HOST: Now Mr O’Farrell says that he is concerned about a blow out in bureaucracy rather than services out of the $1 billion that...

THU 26 JULY 2012

Transcript of doorstop interview, Canberra

E & O E – PROOF ONLY PM: I’m delighted this morning to be at Black Mountain School. I’m with the Chief Minister for the ACT, Katy Gallagher. I’m also with our local member, Andrew Fraser. Andrew Leigh! The member for Fraser. LEIGH: You’ve...

WED 25 JULY 2012

Transcript of Council of Australian Governments Press Conference

E & O E – PROOF ONLY PM: The Council of Australian Governments meeting has just concluded. The most important item for discussion at this meeting was the launch site arrangements for the National Disability Insurance Scheme. I am in a position to announce that there has been...

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. ...