Press Office

WED 17 OCTOBER 2012

Joint Statement - Prime Minister of Australia and Prime Minister of India

  1.       The Prime Minister of Australia Ms Julia Gillard paid a State Visit to India from 15-17 October, 2012 at the invitation of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. ...

WED 17 OCTOBER 2012

Transcript of Doorstop Interview - New Delhi

  PM: It has been a great honour to be formally welcomed by the Prime Minister of India and I’m looking forward to a day of events. Now the events include a formal meeting with the Prime Minister and a state dinner, they include a business lunch, and I will have the...

WED 17 OCTOBER 2012

Speech to Indian Business Chambers Lunch. "Australia and India: Old Friends, New Partners"

CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY   Thank you for your welcome.  I am delighted to be here with you in Delhi today. The people of Australia and India have long been friends. ...

TUE 16 OCTOBER 2012

Remarks at Launch of Oz Fest

  Tonight, I have the pleasure to open Oz Fest – my country's biggest ever cultural festival in your country.   Oz Fest will bring a touch of Australia to India’s shores. ...

TUE 16 OCTOBER 2012

Transcript of Doorstop Interview - New Delhi

  PM: It’s a great delight to be here India. I have had the opportunity to meet some fantastic kids today.   Education changes lives, it transforms lives. That is true in our country; it is true here in India. ...

MON 15 OCTOBER 2012

Transcript of Press Conference - New Delhi, India

  PM: I am delighted to have just arrived in India and I will be here over the next few days. This is a very important relationship for Australia.   In 2009, we entered into a strategic partnership with India. That was...

SUN 14 OCTOBER 2012

Transcript of Press Conference - Tarin Kot, Afghanistan

  PM: I’ve just had an opportunity to spend some time with our troops here in Afghanistan. I’ve been in Afghanistan today for two reasons. Firstly I wanted to say a big thank you to our troops for everything that they’re doing in such difficult...

SUN 14 OCTOBER 2012

Remarks to Australian Troops in Afghanistan

  Thank you very much and thank you for gathering like this. I’ve actually come here from being in Bali for the ten year commemoration of the bombing on 12 October. And I just wanted to talk to you about that because I think it’s so meaningful to what’s...

SAT 13 OCTOBER 2012

Transcript of Press Conference - Bali

  PRIME MINISTER: I’m standing at what is effectively our ground zero at the site where we lost so many Australian lives. I’ve had the opportunity to lay a wreath and to pay my respects. ...

FRI 12 OCTOBER 2012

Remarks At The Sanglah Hospital

  Can I say what a delight it is to be here with Ibu Nafsiah, the Minister for Health in this hospital, Sanglah Hospital.  ...