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WED 06 FEBRUARY 2013

Statement to the House of Representatives - Closing the Gap

Speaker,   On behalf of the nation, I present the fifth annual Closing the Gap Statement. ...

WED 06 FEBRUARY 2013

Continued Funding For Reconciliation Australia

The Australian Government has today announced funding of $14.4 million over four years for Reconciliation Australia’s work to promote reconciliation and build stronger relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. ...

WED 25 JULY 2012

Transcript of Council of Australian Governments Press Conference

E & O E – PROOF ONLY PM: The Council of Australian Governments meeting has just concluded. The most important item for discussion at this meeting was the launch site arrangements for the National Disability Insurance Scheme. I am in a position to announce that there has been...

WED 18 JULY 2012

Supporting Indigenous families and women in the East Kimberley

Prime Minister Julia Gillard today formally opened the new Wyndham Early Learning Activity Centre in Western Australia, funded through a $1.7 million grant from the Australian Government under the East Kimberley Development Package. This purpose-built facility delivers a great new...

WED 15 FEBRUARY 2012

Prime Ministerial Statement: "Closing the Gap"

Mr Speaker, in the long story of relations among the peoples of our nation –the story of our struggles with each other and of our struggles to reconcile – there have been some good days which we will not forget. ...

THU 19 JANUARY 2012

Handover of the final report to the Government on the Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

PM: Thank you very much to Mark and Patrick for presenting this report to me. Can I start by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and in a spirit of reconciliation, paying my respects to elders past and present, Matilda thank you for the welcome to...

THU 19 JANUARY 2012

Towards Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians

The Australian Government today received the expert panel’s report on the recognition of Indigenous people in the Australian Constitution. Over the past year, the panel of Indigenous and community leaders, constitutional law experts and parliamentary members have led...

MON 17 OCTOBER 2011

Transcript of doorstop interview, Brisbane

PM: I’m here today with the Acting Premier of Queensland, Andrew Fraser, and we’re here at the Queensland Reconstruction Authority and I very much thank the CEO Mr Graeme Newton for his briefing of me and the Acting Premier today and I also thank Richard Wilson for having us here...

THU 30 JUNE 2011

Transcript of interview, ABC Darwin

HOST: Prime Minister Julia Gillard, welcome to the studio. PM: Thank you very much. HOST: Nice to see you here so bright and early. Well, this late for you, isn’t it? ...

WED 29 JUNE 2011

Historic heads of agreement signed for Kenbi land claim

The Australian and the Northern Territory Governments and the Northern Land Council today signed an historic agreement that paves the way for the resolution of the Kenbi (Cox Peninsula) Land Claim. The Kenbi Land Claim, lodged in 1979, is one of the longest running land claims under the...

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