Press Office

MON 02 JULY 2012

Transcript of interview with Tim Cox, ABC Brisbane

HOST: Prime Minister, good to talk to you again. Good afternoon. PM: Hi Tim. HOST: Can you tell me first of all about your anticipated agenda meeting with the Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono who’s just arrived Darwin and of course the much-discussed,...

MON 02 JULY 2012

C-130 Hercules aircraft gifted to Indonesia

Australia and Indonesia today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the transfer of four Australian Defence Force C-130 Hercules aircraft to Indonesia. The signing follows the Prime Minister’s offer in November of last year to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang...

MON 02 JULY 2012

Speech at a State Dinner in Honour of the President of Indonesia, Darwin

Pak President, welcome to Australia.  It is so good to see you again. Your visit to this country two years ago and your address to our Parliament in Canberra was a moment of enormous significance in the history of our two nations. ...

THU 28 JUNE 2012

2nd Annual Indonesia-Australia Leaders' Meeting

The President of Indonesia,  H.E. Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, will make an official visit to Darwin as a Guest of the Australian Government from 2-4 July 2012 for the 2nd annual Indonesia-Australia Leaders’ Meeting. ...

FRI 22 JUNE 2012

Address at signing of a partnership between Pacific Hydro and Vale, Rio de Janeiro

I have been here in Brazil over the last few days attending the Rio+20 event and it’s a great credit to Brazil that an international meeting of that magnitude has been held in this wonderful city. ...

FRI 22 JUNE 2012

Transcript of doorstop interview, Rio de Janeiro

PM: As the Rio+20 conference draws to an end I want to speak about what has happened here over the last few days and what has been achieved. This meeting is 20 years on from the original Rio Earth Summit – the time when the world came together to first address, through this...

THU 21 JUNE 2012

Brazil-Australia Strategic Partnership

Her Excellency, the Hon Julia Gillard MP, Prime Minister of Australia, visited Brazil from 20-22 June 2012 at the invitation of Her Excellency President Dilma Rousseff and to attend the Rio+20 conference. The two leaders held official talks on bilateral, regional and international issues of...

THU 21 JUNE 2012

Address to the Rio+20 Nature Conservancy "Blue and Green Economy" Breakfast, Rio de Janeiro

Your Excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. I welcome this historic opportunity to join with leaders of like-minded countries to renew our commitment to the marine environments of the world. ...

THU 21 JUNE 2012

Better access to food and water for world's poor

The Australian Government will partner with non-government organisations to deliver better access to water sanitation methods for more than 1.8 million people across the Pacific, Asia and Africa. The $97 million Civil Society Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Fund is expected to resource...

THU 21 JUNE 2012

Address to the High Level Summit of the Women Leaders' Forum on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Sustainable Development, Rio de Janeiro

That I am here as Australia´s first female Prime Minister – alongside so many other female heads of government and several of the world´s most influential women leaders -  is only because of the extraordinary courage and tenacity of generations of women before us and...