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FRI 02 SEPTEMBER 2011

Transcript of interview with Madonna King, ABC Brisbane

HOST: Prime Minister good morning and welcome to 612 ABC Brisbane. PM: Good morning Madonna. HOST: Is it in Labor’s best interests for you to remain leader? PM: Madonna I’m not going anywhere, I’ve got a lot of things to do, I work every day to...

THU 01 SEPTEMBER 2011

Transcript of joint press conference, Brisbane

PM: I’m joined today by Chris Bowen, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship and we’re here today to speak about some of the implications from yesterday’s High Court decision. Can I say at the outset, yesterday’s High Court decision was a deeply disappointing one....

MON 15 AUGUST 2011

Austal to build new Border Protection patrol boats

A West Australian ship builder has been selected to construct and support the next generation of Customs and Border Protection patrol boats. The Australian-owned company Austalhas been awarded the $350 million contract to build and support eight new Customs and Border Protection...

FRI 12 AUGUST 2011

Transcript of joint press conference, Fremantle

PM: I’m very pleased to be here with my ministerial colleagues Minister Brendan O’Connor and Minister Gary Gray. Gary Gray is here in his capacity as representing this part of the world in Western Australia, and we’re here today to celebrate signing a major new contract with...

FRI 12 AUGUST 2011

Agreement with Papua New Guinea

I welcome the comments made today by the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea confirming agreement to establish an assessment centre in Papua New Guinea. The Australian Government thanks Prime Minister O’Neill and his newly formed Cabinet for giving prompt consideration to the...

SAT 06 AUGUST 2011

Transcript of joint doorstop interview, Melbourne

PM: I'm joined today by Ministers Roxon and Shorten and we are here at the Braybrook-Maidstone Neighbourhood House. I've had the opportunity to have a tremendous morning tea with people in this neighbourhood house and to answer their questions about the impacts of carbon pricing on...

MON 01 AUGUST 2011

Transcript of interview with Naomi Woodley, ABC AM

HOST: The Federal Government's Malaysia solution for asylum seekers is facing its first test, with a boat carrying 54 asylum seekers due to arrive at Christmas Island later in the week. The agreement calls for people to be sent to Malaysia within 72 hours of arriving in Australia,...

MON 01 AUGUST 2011

Transcript of door stop interview, Geelong

PM: I’m here at Godfrey Hirst with Darren Cheeseman the member for Corangamite and I’d like to thank everybody, both management and staff, for making us feel so welcome here today. We’ve had the opportunity to tour through and see how they make carpet in this factory....

MON 25 JULY 2011

Transcript of press conference, Canberra

PM: Good afternoon. Earlier today, the Minister for Immigration, Chris Bowen, signed an agreement with his Malaysian counterpart, the Minister for Home Affairs, Minister Hishammuddin. This is the agreement about transferring asylum seekers to Malaysia that has been under negotiations...