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MON 03 SEPTEMBER 2012

National Press Club Q&A

JOURNALIST: Could I be so brutal as to go straight to the money question? Now you have got $8 billion for a National Disability Insurance Scheme, you have got $5 billion extra for asylum seekers, you have got $4 billion extra for dental and now we are talking about $6.5 billion for the Gonski...

FRI 31 AUGUST 2012

Transcript of joint press conference, Canberra

I’m joined by the Chief of the Defence Force, General David Hurley. Yesterday was a terrible day of loss for our nation. Today is a day of grief. I know many Australians will be feeling the weight of this loss from yesterday. Still reeling from the shock. Still asking...

WED 29 AUGUST 2012

Australia signs Memorandum of Understanding with Nauru

Australia and Nauru have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the establishment of a regional processing centre in Nauru, Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Chris Bowen announced today. The MOU was signed in Rarotonga earlier today...

TUE 28 AUGUST 2012

Transcript of doorstop interview from Rarotonga, Cook Islands

E & O E – PROOF ONLY PM: It's great to be here in the Cook Islands. I've just arrived for the Pacific Islands Forum. Australia is a Pacific Nation. This is our region. It's our part of the world and it's important to us. We are deeply...

THU 23 AUGUST 2012

Refugee program increased to 20,000 places

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Chris Bowen today announced that the Government will increase Australia’s humanitarian program to 20,000 places in 2012-13, in line with the recommendation of the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers. The...

THU 23 AUGUST 2012

Transcript of press conference, Canberra

E & O E – PROOF ONLY PM: I’m here with Minister Bowen to make an announcement arising from Angus Houston’s report into asylum seeker and refugee issues. There are some other issues today which I will deal with but we will deal with this immigration issue fully...

SUN 19 AUGUST 2012

Transcript of interview with Peter Van Onselen and Paul Kelly, Sky News

E & O E – PROOF ONLY HOST: Prime Minister, thanks very much for your company. PM: Good morning Peter. HOST: About a decade ago you made an observation in the Parliament, slightly sarcastically about whether Nauru would still be up and functioning by now and...

THU 16 AUGUST 2012

Transcript of joint press conference, Canberra

E & O E – PROOF ONLY PM: I'm here with the Minister for Industry and Innovation, Greg Combet, and also with Innes Willox, the leader of the Australian Industry Group and Dave Oliver, the leader of the Australian Council of Trade Unions. They have joined me and Minister...

WED 15 AUGUST 2012

Transcript of interview with Lisa Wilkinson, Channel 9

E & O E – PROOF ONLY HOST: Prime Minister Julia Gillard, good morning to you. PM: Good morning Lisa. HOST: You and I never were good at coordinating each other before you appeared on the show on a Friday so what’s changed? PM: We should have...

WED 15 AUGUST 2012

Transcript of interview with Lisa Wilkinson, Channel 9

E & O E – PROOF ONLY HOST: Prime Minister Julia Gillard, good morning to you. PM: Good morning Lisa. HOST: You and I never were good at coordinating each other before you appeared on the show on a Friday so what’s changed? PM: We should have...

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