Press Office

THU 14 MARCH 2013

Address To The ACTU Community Summit On Creating Secure Jobs And A Better Society

[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OMITTED] The topic you are here to discuss, creating secure jobs, has moved to the centre of national debate this week. ...

FRI 08 MARCH 2013

Transcript of Interview with Adam Spencer, ABC Sydney

HOST: The Prime Minister is our guest, Julia Gillard, thank you so much for your time this morning. ...

THU 07 MARCH 2013

Transcript of Doorstop Interview

  PM: It's great to be here in Liverpool. I'm joined by the Minister for Employment Bill Shorten, by Chris Hayes, the Member for Fowler, and by Laurie Ferguson, the Member for Werriwa. ...

WED 06 MARCH 2013

Transcript of Joint Doorstop Interview

  PM: I am delighted to be here.   I am joined by the Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, the Minister for Home Affairs Jason Clare, Tony Burke who is here in his capacity as local member for where we are standing right now in the electorate of Watson and Daryl...

SAT 26 JANUARY 2013

Australia Day Flag Raising and Citizenship Ceremony

I begin by honouring the traditional owners of this country upon which we gather, and in the same spirit of friendship, I greet all indigenous Australians. ...

WED 07 NOVEMBER 2012

Transcript of Press Conference

PM: It’s been a very great delight to visit this school today. I’d like to say a very big thank you to the principal and the kids, to the teachers here at Hom Neua School. We’re here today to mark the friendship between our two countries. And as I frequently say in...

WED 19 SEPTEMBER 2012

Australian Multicultural Council Lecture - Introductory Remarks

In 2012 the process of post-war migration reached 'retirement' age - 65 - the full span of a working life. Sixty-five years since the first post-war migrants landed on our shores and began the greatest change to our country's texture and fortunes since European...

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...

SAT 08 SEPTEMBER 2012

Australia and Papua New Guinea Sign Updated Memorandum of Understanding

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Chris Bowen today announced that Australia and Papua New Guinea have entered into a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in relation to regional processing arrangements on Manus Island. PNG Foreign Minister...