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FRI 07 OCTOBER 2011

New education and training facilities for regional Australia

Prime Minister Julia Gillard today opened a $500 million fund to build world class education and training facilities for students in regional Australia. The special Regional Priorities Round of the Education Investment Fund will provide a major boost to higher education institutions...

WED 05 OCTOBER 2011

Australian Nobel Prize winner congratulated

The Gillard Government is today delighted to congratulate Professor Brian Schmidt of the Australian National University for winning the 2011 Nobel Prize for Physics, shared with his two fellow laureates, Americans Saul Perlmutter and Adam Riess. ...

TUE 13 SEPTEMBER 2011

Address to the Australian Steel Convention, Canberra

I thank you for your welcome today and for the opportunity to speak with you at a time when the Australian steel industry is thinking deeply about what the future holds. Steel, of course, is a major player in the national economy. In 2006-07 all major Australian steel...

TUE 30 AUGUST 2011

Working together to secure the Illawarra's future

Prime Minister Julia Gillard met with BlueScope Steel workers, business leaders and union heads in the Illawarra today to discuss plans to keep the region strong and prosperous. After listening to workers at BlueScope Steel’s plant at Port Kembla, the Prime Minister hosted a...

MON 22 AUGUST 2011

Supporting jobs and a strong future for Australian steel

The Gillard Labor Government will introduce a new advance facility into its Steel Transformation Plan (STP) to provide further support for Australian jobs and to help ensure the future of the Australian steel industry. This new facility will allow eligible participants to draw down an...

THU 18 AUGUST 2011

Transforming industry for a greener future

Australia’s leading clean technology companies were showcased today at an event launched by Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Innovation Minister Senator Kim Carr. The Clean Technology Showcase presented work from innovative Australian companies who are already at the...

SAT 18 JUNE 2011

Australia's largest solar thermal research hub opens for business

Australia will be at the forefront of global solar thermal research with the launch of a new facility in Newcastle today. Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Minister for Resources and Energy, Martin Ferguson and Member for Newcastle, Sharon Grierson officially opened...

FRI 17 JUNE 2011

Improving our lives through medical bionics

Australian researchers could make many world-first breakthroughs that would treat and heal injured and sick people across the globe thanks to the new Bionics Institute in Victoria. Announcing the Institute by video message, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Australia had a proud...

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. ...

TUE 19 APRIL 2011

Professor Ian Chubb Australia’s new Chief Scientist

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Minister for Innovation Senator Kim Carr today announced the appointment of Professor Ian Chubb AC as Australia’s new Chief Scientist. ...

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