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SAT 19 NOVEMBER 2011

Australia supports sustainable cities in East Asia Summit

The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, today announced that Australian Scientists will work with Indonesia and Vietnam to address challenges of air and water quality and respond to climate change, population growth and rising energy demands in some of the most densely populated cities in the...

SAT 19 NOVEMBER 2011

Helping our region better manage natural disasters

The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, today welcomed the support of East Asia Summit leaders for a joint Indonesia-Australia initiative to help improve regional responses to natural disasters. The initiative will ensure EAS countries are ready to make a coordinated response to natural...

SAT 19 NOVEMBER 2011

Climate change support for South East Asian countries

The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, speaking in Bali at the East Asia Summit, today outlined the practical steps Australia will take to assist South-East Asian countries to address the challenges of climate change. These will include helping some South East Asian countries phase out...

FRI 18 NOVEMBER 2011

Address to the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, Bali

  It is my great pleasure to be here among the ASEAN family –and indeed Australia was proud to become ASEAN’s very first dialogue partner back in 1974. It is my great pleasure to be here in Bali – this beautiful island where the very first ASEAN Summit...

THU 17 NOVEMBER 2011

Remarks to troops at Robertson Barracks, Darwin

Thank you very much. I start by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and in the spirit of reconciliation pay my respects to elders past and present. I’m here to introduce President Obama to you, and I know that you are going to give him a...

THU 17 NOVEMBER 2011

Speech to the Joint Sitting of Australian Parliament in Honour of President Obama, Canberra

President Obama Mr Harry Jenkins, Speaker of the House of Representatives Senator the Honourable John Hogg, President of the Senate The Honourable Tony Abbott, Leader of the Opposition Honourable Members of the Australian Parliament Distinguished...

WED 16 NOVEMBER 2011

Fact Sheet on New Australia-United States Cooperation

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and President Barack Obama met on November 16 in Canberra and announced a series of initiatives to expand and deepen cooperation between Australia and the United States. ...

WED 16 NOVEMBER 2011

"Our shared, restless, forward questing", Speech to the Parliamentary Dinner for President Obama, Canberra

President Obama Mr Harry Jenkins, Speaker of the House of Representatives Senator the Honourable John Hogg, President of the Senate The Honourable Tony Abbott, Leader of the Opposition Honourable Members of the Australian Parliament Distinguished...

WED 16 NOVEMBER 2011

Australia-United States Force Posture Initiatives

Today, Prime Minister Gillard and President Obama announced two new force posture initiatives that will significantly enhance defence cooperation between Australia and the United States. Coming on the 60th anniversary of the ANZUS Alliance, these initiatives strengthen an already...

MON 14 NOVEMBER 2011

Transcript of interview with Sabra Lane, ABC AM

HOST: The leaders of the 21 APEC member nations are in Hawaii, discussing among other things, regulatory reform and cutting tariffs on 'green' products like solar panels.   ...

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