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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. ...

MON 04 FEBRUARY 2013

Clean-Up Grants for Severely-Affected Small Businesses and Primary Producers in Queensland: Activation of the Disaster Income Recovery Subsidy

Clean-up and recovery grants of up to $25,000 are now available for small businesses, primary producers and not-for-profit organisations in areas severely affected by flooding in Queensland. ...

SAT 02 FEBRUARY 2013

Vietnamese New Year Festival Opening Ceremony

In 1977, a small wooden vessel threaded its way through the Gulf of Thailand and the waters to our north before finding landfall near Darwin. ...

SAT 02 FEBRUARY 2013

Transcript of Joint Press Conference

PM: I'm here with Senator Chris Evans and with Nicola Roxon, two of my most senior and most valued colleagues. ...

SAT 02 FEBRUARY 2013

Changes to the Ministry

Today I pay tribute to Senator Chris Evans and Attorney General Nicola Roxon who will step down from the Cabinet immediately. ...

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

Transcipt of Joint Press Conference

PM: I’m here in Bundaberg today. I’ve had the opportunity to not only see the damage in Bundaberg itself, in North Bundaberg, I’ve had the opportunity to see the damage at the port, to see it in Burnett Heads, to see it at Bagara. ...

THU 31 JANUARY 2013

Transcipt of Joint Press Conference

PM: I’m here in Bundaberg today. I’ve had the opportunity to not only see the damage in Bundaberg itself, in North Bundaberg, I’ve had the opportunity to see the damage at the port, to see it in Burnett Heads, to see it at Bagara. ...

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

Address to the National Press Club

New years bring new reflections and new work to do. So it is as we get down to business in 2013. ...