Press Office

THU 04 APRIL 2013

Leighton Holdings CEO Hamish Tyrwhitt to Lead Australia in the Asian Century Strategic Advisory Board

The Australian Government is pleased to announce it has appointed an additional three senior figures with extensive experience in Asia to the Strategic Advisory Board on Australia in the Asian Century. ...

WED 03 APRIL 2013

Transcript of Interview with Marius Benson, ABC News Radio

HOST: Can I begin with the Royal Commission into child abuse that is opening today. It has an indefinite period of sitting, what are you looking to this commission to resolve? ...

SUN 31 MARCH 2013

Prime Minister and Senior Ministers to Visit China

  Prime Minister Julia Gillard will lead the most senior Australian political delegation ever to visit China during a bilateral visit from 5 to 10 April 2013. ...

TUE 26 MARCH 2013

Transcript of Interview with Howard Sattler

HOST: Prime Minister Julia Gillard is visiting Perth for the first time in about four months, I think. She was absent during the state election campaign, we don’t know quite why. We were told that the Labor Party here said don’t come; Tony Abbott came and the...

SAT 23 MARCH 2013

Transcript of Joint Press Conference

PM: I am very much enjoying my morning here with Justine Elliot in her electorate, the electorate of Richmond. And we are here in Murwillumbah and joined by a lot of community members, and thank you very much for coming along. ...

MON 18 MARCH 2013

Transcript of Joint Press Conference

PM: It’s a very great pleasure for me to welcome the visit of President Thein Sein to Australia. ...

MON 18 MARCH 2013

Australia's Support for Reform in Myanmar

Australia will increase its support for reform and engagement with Myanmar, in recognition of the country’s progress towards democracy. ...

FRI 15 MARCH 2013

China's New President and Premier

The Australian Government congratulates Mr Xi Jinping on his appointment as President of the People’s Republic of China and Mr Li Keqiang on his appointment as Premier of China’s State Council during this week’s National People’s Congress in Beijing. ...

FRI 15 MARCH 2013

Address to the Irish Australian Chamber of Commerce

[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OMITTED] We meet today on the traditional country of the Kulin Nation and I offer my respects to their elders past and present. ...

THU 14 MARCH 2013

Joint Statement with the President of Mozambique

Prime Minister Julia Gillard today welcomed the President of the Republic of Mozambique, His Excellency Armando Emílio Guebuza and his delegation to Australia. ...