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SUN 09 SEPTEMBER 2012

Transcript of Interview with Jim Middleton

HOST: Prime Minister, welcome back to the program. PM: Thanks Jim. HOST: Let’s deal with this first – the PNG Prime Minister says he wants asylum seekers processed on Manus Island as speedily as possible. You say they’re to get no advantage over other...

SAT 08 SEPTEMBER 2012

Transcript of Doorstop Interview

PM: I’m joined by the Trade and Competitiveness Minister Dr Craig Emerson this morning, here at APEC in Vladivostok. I’ve had the opportunity to meet with my counterpart, Prime Minister O’Neill from PNG. We, today, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding between...

FRI 07 SEPTEMBER 2012

Transcript of Doorstop Interview

PM: I’ve just arrived in Vladivostok for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum and I’m pleased to be here after what has been quite a long flight. I’m looking forward to the two days of meetings to come. APEC is important to the Australian economy. I come here...

FRI 31 AUGUST 2012

Adapting to climate change in the Pacific

Pacific island countries will receive assistance to become more resilient to climate change and to help save lives when disasters strike, under an announcement made today at the Pacific Islands Forum. Low-lying Pacific countries are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate...

FRI 31 AUGUST 2012

Improving access to tertiary education in the Pacific

Young people in the Pacific will be given the opportunity to develop new skills and gain regionally and internationally recognised tertiary qualifications, under an initiative announced today. Australia will provide $85 million over the next four years to improve access to tertiary...

FRI 31 AUGUST 2012

Saving Pacific fish stocks and ecosystems

Pacific communities will receive support to manage and conserve their valuable fish stocks and marine ecosystems. The Gillard Government will support strengthened regional efforts to ensure valuable tuna stocks are not over-fished by foreign fishing fleets. The Government...

FRI 31 AUGUST 2012

A stronger voice for island states at climate change talks

Island countries at the forefront of climate change impacts will be given a stronger voice in international talks, through a training initiative announced today. A new $750,000 training program will help to develop the negotiating skills of government officers in Pacific, Indian and...

WED 29 AUGUST 2012

‘Shaping Pacific development', speech at the Pacific Islands Forum

Thank you very much to the Secretary General. I’m pleased to stand here today with my fellow Pacific leaders and with Michelle Bachelet, from UN Women, for an important announcement about gender equality in our region of the world, in the Pacific. We stand here today wanting to...

WED 29 AUGUST 2012

Australia signs Memorandum of Understanding with Nauru

Australia and Nauru have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the establishment of a regional processing centre in Nauru, Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Chris Bowen announced today. The MOU was signed in Rarotonga earlier today...

WED 29 AUGUST 2012

Addressing gender inequality in the Pacific

Pacific island countries will be given assistance to empower women and to promote gender equality, under a major new regional initiative announced today. Announced at the Pacific Islands Forum, the $320 million Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development initiative will expand...

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