Press Office

WED 10 OCTOBER 2012

Transcript of remarks to Social & Community Service Workers

  MINISTER COLLINS: Thank you to everyone for coming in today. It’s great to have obviously the Prime Minister, Minister Shorten, Minister Macklin and I understand Minister Plibersek who are also dropping in to say hello. ...

TUE 09 OCTOBER 2012

Speech to the Powerful Women in Politics Breakfast

  Can I thank Katy for her leadership of the ACT. As a part time resident in Canberra I am acutely aware that often we give your beautiful place a bit of a bad name. ...

TUE 09 OCTOBER 2012

Locking in funds for historic equal pay rises

The Gillard Government will introduce legislation tomorrow to ensure its $2.8 billion contribution to equal pay increases for social and community sector (SACS) workers is secure now and into the future. ...

THU 04 OCTOBER 2012

Transcript of Doorstop Interview, Hobart

  PM: I’m delighted to be here at Cosmos. Thank you to everybody who’s shown us round and been so friendly, particularly thank you to Catherine for organising today’s event.   I’m here with Jane Austin, the candidate for...

WED 05 SEPTEMBER 2012

Interview with Jon Faine

HOST: Julia Gillard, good morning to you. ...

TUE 04 SEPTEMBER 2012

Doorstop Interview

PM: I’m absolutely delighted to be here at South Fremantle Senior High School. I’ve been here two times before, this is my third visit and we’re here to celebrate the fact that this is officially Australia’s first carbon neutral school. ...

WED 29 AUGUST 2012

‘Shaping Pacific development', speech at the Pacific Islands Forum

Thank you very much to the Secretary General. I’m pleased to stand here today with my fellow Pacific leaders and with Michelle Bachelet, from UN Women, for an important announcement about gender equality in our region of the world, in the Pacific. We stand here today wanting to...

WED 29 AUGUST 2012

Addressing gender inequality in the Pacific

Pacific island countries will be given assistance to empower women and to promote gender equality, under a major new regional initiative announced today. Announced at the Pacific Islands Forum, the $320 million Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development initiative will expand...

FRI 24 AUGUST 2012

Transcript of joint press conference, Melbourne

E & O E – PROOF ONLY PM: I am delighted to be here in Melbourne Braybrook College with the Minister for School Education, Peter Garrett. I can see a number of the students who have come round with us today as we’ve been on this great school visit. So thank you...

SUN 19 AUGUST 2012

Transcript of interview with Peter Van Onselen and Paul Kelly, Sky News

E & O E – PROOF ONLY HOST: Prime Minister, thanks very much for your company. PM: Good morning Peter. HOST: About a decade ago you made an observation in the Parliament, slightly sarcastically about whether Nauru would still be up and functioning by now and...