Press Office

THU 04 AUGUST 2011

Departmental Secretaries

I am pleased to announce new arrangements for Departmental Secretaries, which will take effect from 5 September 2011. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet: The Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Mr Terry Moran AO, informed...

TUE 26 JULY 2011

Transcript of joint press conference, Melbourne

PM: Good afternoon to everyone and can I offer a very sincere welcome to Tony Blair, who is with me today. Tony is here to speak to Australians in various ways, he will be on a speaking tour, but we’ve had the opportunity today to spend some time together talking about events around our...

MON 11 JULY 2011

Celebrating a century of public service

Prime Minister Julia Gillard today acknowledged an important milestone in Australia’s strong and vibrant democracy as the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) celebrated 100 years of service. ...

THU 07 JULY 2011

Transcript of interview with David Speers, Sky News

HOST: Prime Minister welcome, I want to start with the live cattle trade, it’s now been reopened to Indonesia, are you able to say now that no Australian cattle will be subject to the sort of brutal slaughter that we saw in the Four Corners program? ...

SUN 03 JULY 2011

Transcript of interview with Barrie Cassidy, Insiders

HOST: Prime Minister good morning, welcome. PM: Good morning Barrie HOST: Well Tony Abbott’s talking there about a shattering defeat for Labor off the back of the latest opinion polls. Does that sort of rhetoric make your nervous? ...

MON 27 JUNE 2011

Transcript of interview, 6PR

HOST: Good morning. PM: Good morning. HOST: Did he impress you? PM: I think Eric Ripper’s doing a courageous job leading Labor in Western Australia, I also think he was a great Treasurer of your state- ...

SAT 25 JUNE 2011

Transcript of doorstop interview, Perth

PM: It’s been great to have the opportunity to address the Western Australian Labor Party Conference and it’s been great to be here in Western Australia. I came today to the Western Australian Labor Party Conference with a very simple message: I respect the voice of Western...

SAT 25 JUNE 2011

'My plan for Australia's future is a plan which understands the West', Speech to the ALP Western Australia Branch State Conference

Thanks so much Stephen for that generous introduction. I see my other ministerial and parliamentary colleagues here today - Chris and Gary; Melissa, Glenn, Mark and Louise. ...

SAT 18 JUNE 2011

'Governing well, driven by Labor values', Speech to the Queensland ALP State Conference, Brisbane

Thanks so much, Wayne, for that generous introduction. I see so many of my ministerial and parliamentary colleagues here today, Federal and State, far too many to name; so many friends from Queensland’s great labour movement. ...

MON 13 JUNE 2011

60th Anniversary of the death of Ben Chifley

Julia Gillard has paid tribute to Australia’s 16th Prime Minister, Joseph Benedict (Ben) Chifley, who died in Canberra 60 years ago today. “Ben Chifley was one of our nation’s greatest leaders – a statesman of humility and courage who laid the foundations for...