Press Office

TUE 26 APRIL 2011

Bilateral meeting furthers Australia's economic ties with China

Prime Minister Julia Gillard today met Premier Wen Jiabao to discuss ways to advance the growing relationship between Australia and China in her first official visit to Beijing as Prime Minister. ...

FRI 22 APRIL 2011

Transcript of question and answer session following speech to the Japan National Press Club, Tokyo

JOURNALIST: The Asahi Shimbun. Thank you very much for your kind and encouraging messages. I am greatly impressed. I think Australia should be regarded as a founder, or maybe co founder of the APEC, so may I have your views or future projections on the APEC? I think the idea of free trade zone...

MON 10 JANUARY 2011

Transcript of press conference, Canberra

PM: I'm here today to make an announcement about assistance for Australians who are doing it tough as the nation battles floodwaters. Already as Prime Minister I have triggered the payment of emergency money to Australians who are doing it tough - the Australian Government Disaster...

THU 06 JANUARY 2011

Transcript of press conference, Perth

PM: Well, I'm here with the Labor Senate Leader, Chris Evans, a great Western Australian, and I'm here having done a little spot of back-to-school shopping with Peter, with Shelly, April and Hope. Now right around the country families are starting to think about getting the things they...

TUE 07 DECEMBER 2010

Transcript of interview with Matthew Abraham and David Bevan ABC

HOST: Prime Minister Julia Gillard joins us on 891 Mornings. Good morning, Prime Minister. PM: Good morning. HOST: Prime Minister, you're coming back to Adelaide for Christmas. You'll be working, and are you staying with mum and dad, and have they still got your room...

SAT 04 DECEMBER 2010

Commonwealth assistance for New South Wales flood-affected communities

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Attorney-General Robert McClelland today announced the Federal Government would provide financial assistance to NSW communities affected by flooding in the state's west. The Prime Minister said the Commonwealth assistance was designed to help out...

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...

SAT 06 NOVEMBER 2010

Investment gives farmers and Murray River more water

The Prime Minister Julia Gillard today announced Commonwealth Government support worth nearly $1 billion to help support the Murray River and provide more water for farmers in northern Victoria. The announcement is part of an historic agreement reached between the Commonwealth and the...

TUE 19 OCTOBER 2010

Transcript of interview with Leigh Sales,Lateline

SALES: A short time ago I was joined here in Canberra by the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. Prime Minister, welcome to the program once again. PM: Thank you. SALES: Let's begin with Afghanistan. You said today that Australia's engagement in Afghanistan would...