Press Office

SAT 13 NOVEMBER 2010

Transcript of press conference Yokohama, Japan

PM: Today, obviously, has been the start of the APEC meeting. I'm very glad to be here at this important meeting of economies in our region. And APEC has, for two decades, been driving regional openness and prosperity. It's the kind of work that the G20 is now doing globally. The...

SAT 13 NOVEMBER 2010

Transcript of joint press conference with the President of the United States of America, Yokohama, Japan

PRESIDENT OBAMA: The United States does not have a closer or better ally than Australia. We are grateful for all the work that we do together. I expressed my personal thanks to the people of Australia through the Prime Minister for the enormous sacrifices that are being made in Afghanistan by...

FRI 12 NOVEMBER 2010

Transcript of press conference Seoul, Korea

PM: The G20 Summit has obviously come to an end and I am very pleased by the outcomes of the Summit. I was pleased to be here representing Australia, and I'm very pleased at what has been achieved. The G20 was the forum that made leaders work together so that the world didn't tip from...

THU 11 NOVEMBER 2010

Entry into force of the Australia-Russia Nuclear Cooperation Agreement

Today Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev witnessed the official entry into force of the Agreement between Australia and Russia on Cooperation in the Use of Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Purposes. The Agreement allows for the supply of Australian uranium...

WED 10 NOVEMBER 2010

The measure of progress is in the years - Speech to the Rotary Club of Adelaide

It's always good to be in Adelaide. I never feel like a visitor. Adelaide for me is Mum and Dad and Uncle Frank and Aunty Glad, backyard fruit trees and Brown Hill Creek, learning to knit and learning to read ... I'm glad I'm here today. Adelaide's also one of...

SUN 07 NOVEMBER 2010

Transcript of interview with Laurie Oakes

HOST: Prime Minister welcome to the program. PM: Thank you Laurie. HOST: Why did you allow Joe Hockey to steal a political march on you over the banks? PM: I'm not necessarily going to accept that analysis Laurie, but what I would say is this. The Government, for...

SUN 07 NOVEMBER 2010

Interview with Laurie Oakes, Today Show

HOST: Prime Minister welcome to the program. PM: Thank you Laurie. HOST: Why did you allow Joe Hockey to steal a political march on you over the banks? PM: I'm not necessarily going to accept that analysis Laurie, but what I would say is this. The Government, for...

SUN 07 NOVEMBER 2010

Transcript of joint press conference, Melbourne

PM: Can I thank Daniel Grollo for having us here today, and it's obviously a great pleasure for me to be here with Secretary of State Clinton and with our ambassadors, both the US Ambassador to Australia, Ambassador Bleich, and of course our very old friend and our Ambassador to the United...

SAT 06 NOVEMBER 2010

Transcript of joint press conference, Melbourne

PM: It's great to be here today with Premier John Brumby, I'm also joined by the Federal Water Minister, Tony Burke, and by the Victorian Water Minister Tim Holding, and we're here today to make an important announcement. We have been working together, and the Federal Government...

THU 04 NOVEMBER 2010

Transcript of interview with Karl Stefanovic, Today Show

STEFANOVIC: Welcome home, Prime Minister. PM: Thanks, Karl. STEFANOVIC: Nice to see you again, now we went to the news this morning, our dollar has launched through parity and that's where it's standing right now, first of all your thoughts on that. PM: This...