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MON 25 OCTOBER 2010

Transcript of joint press conference

PM: I'm joined by the Treasurer Wayne Swan and by the Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon, and first and foremost can I just start by marking that it is Pink Ribbon Day for breast cancer. As people are probably aware, around one in nine Australian women will get breast cancer some...

MON 25 OCTOBER 2010

Landmark reforms to Australia's health system

The Gillard Government will introduce landmark legislation this week to secure better hospital services across Australia through fundamental reforms to the health system. For the first time, the Commonwealth Government will take majority funding responsibility for public hospitals and...

THU 14 OCTOBER 2010

Transcript of joint press conference, Melbourne

PM: It's great to be back home in Melbourne and to be here at Austin Hospital. I'm joined by the Minister for Health, Nicola Roxon, and by Jenny Macklin, obviously one of our of ministers that's here today in her capacity as the local member for this area. Yesterday I was...

THU 30 SEPTEMBER 2010

Transcript of joint press conference, Canberra

M: Can I thank everybody for joining us this morning. I'm obviously here with the Minister for Health and also our Minister for Regional Australia, and we're here together to announce that today we are opening the new round of funding under the Health and Hospitals Fund. That new round...

THU 30 SEPTEMBER 2010

Applications Open for Regional Round of Health and Hospitals Fund

Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Minister for Health Nicola Roxon and Minister for Regional Australia Simon Crean today announced that applications for the Regional Priority Round of the Health and Hospitals Fund were now open. This new round of funding will see regional hospitals...

FRI 24 SEPTEMBER 2010

Lifeline Special Event, Sydney

A big thank you to John Brogden, the team at Lifeline and Macquarie Bank for organising and supporting this special event today. And before I begin, I want to pay tribute to Lifeline's CEO, Dawn O'Neill, whose decade of service to this great organisation comes to an end next...

FRI 24 SEPTEMBER 2010

Gillard Government to fund suicide prevention measures at The Gap

Prime Minister Julia Gillard today announced that additional safety measures would be implemented at "The Gap" at Watsons Bay in Sydney to help prevent suicides at the notorious hotspot. The Gap at Watsons Bay is a unique geographical site which has tragically become...

TUE 13 JULY 2010

Transcript of press conference, Parliament House, Canberra

PM: Today I would like to announce a policy about extending the Education Tax Refund to school uniforms. The Government introduced the Education Tax Refund to help families with cost of getting the kids to school. The costs covered by the Education Tax Refund at the moment includes the cost of...

WED 07 JULY 2010

Transcript of interview with Julia Christensen, ABC Darwin

CHRISTENSEN: Julia Gillard, good morning. PM: Good morning, Julia. CHRISTENSEN: Very nice. The Julia and Julia show. PM: That's right. CHRISTENSEN: You've barely been in the- not been in the job for two weeks. Your first visit to Darwin, and I...

WED 30 JUNE 2010

Transcript of interview with Kyle Sandilands and Jackie-O 2Day FM

HOST: Madam Prime Minister, hello madam. PM: Hello, I'm not sure madam's necessary. HOST: I was going to ask you what are people calling you in interviews? PM: They're calling me Prime Minister, sometimes they're calling me Julia, hopefully...

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