Press Office

FRI 01 FEBRUARY 2013

Extra Disaster Assistance for Queenslanders Severely Affected by Floods

Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payments (AGDRP) have now been extended to people severely affected by flooding in the Lockyer Valley and North Burnett local government areas in Queensland. ...

THU 31 JANUARY 2013

Transcript of Interview with David Koch, Sunrise

HOST: Good morning to you. The date is almost eight months away. Virtually the entire population of Australia is groaning saying, "Having you mob in our faces for eight months.” Why call it now and not a couple of months? ...

WED 30 JANUARY 2013

Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payments Now Available for Bundaberg Flood Victims

Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payments (AGDRP) have now been extended to people severely affected by flooding in Bundaberg. ...

TUE 29 JANUARY 2013

Natural Disasters Declared Following Flooding Across Northern NSW

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell have today announced ten Local Government Areas will have access to jointly-funded national disaster assistance following extensive flooding. ...

MON 28 JANUARY 2013

Transcript of Joint Press Conference

PM: Today, we've been accompanied by Premier Baillieu, with Deputy Premier Peter Ryan, with local Member Darren Chester and we’ve been accompanied too today by the local Mayor Scott Rossetti. ...

MON 28 JANUARY 2013

Transcript of Joint Press Conference

PM: Today, we've been accompanied by Premier Baillieu, with Deputy Premier Peter Ryan, with local Member Darren Chester and we’ve been accompanied too today by the local Mayor Scott Rossetti. ...

SUN 27 JANUARY 2013

Severe Weather in Queensland

The thoughts of the nation are today with the people of Queensland who are battling a new round of natural disasters. ...

FRI 25 JANUARY 2013

Transcript of Interview with Alex Sloan, ABC Canberra

HOST: Happy Australia Day eve.   PM: Thank you very much, to you too. ...

WED 23 JANUARY 2013

Australia's National Security Beyond the 9/11 Decade

CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY [ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OMITTED] In Coonabarabran recently I met a woman who told me with tears in her eyes that she had lost her home. The next thing she said was, ‘but the family’s all safe and that’s what matters’. ...

WED 23 JANUARY 2013

A Strategy for Australia's National Security

Australia’s first National Security Strategy highlights the dramatic economic and strategic shift towards the Asia-Pacific region and provides a blueprint for national security over the next decade. ...