Press Office

MON 03 JANUARY 2011

Assistance for flood-affected small business and primary producers

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Premier Anna Bligh today announced additional Commonwealth-State disaster assistance to help small businesses and primary producers impacted by Queensland's flood crisis. The Prime Minister said today's announcement would see small businesses...

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...

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...

WED 10 NOVEMBER 2010

Transcript of press conference Seoul, Korea

PM: Well, I am glad to be here in Seoul, too, to have joined you all today, but most particularly, of course, I have had the opportunity to meet the President of Korea. We have discussed the strong friendship between our two countries. We have discussed our mutual desire to rapidly conclude...

WED 20 OCTOBER 2010

Transcript of joint press conference

PM: I'm joined today by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, and today the Government is reintroducing a landmark Bill that will facilitate the separation of the retail and wholesale arms of Telstra for the benefit of consumers. Those reforms to the...

FRI 15 OCTOBER 2010

Transcript of joint press conference Melbourne

PM: This is good news for Australian families. It's good news for our country overall, and employees and employers can register for the scheme now. Registrations have been open from 1 October. Families can register so that instead of doing the paperwork at the time of the birth of...

TUE 05 OCTOBER 2010

Transcript of interview with Karen Middleton, SBS World News

HOST: Prime Minister thanks for joining us. You joked in your dinner speech about your accent, now you're not really having trouble being understood here are you? PM: No I'm not, but I thought a joke was worthwhile so I did say even the English language speakers might want to...

MON 04 OCTOBER 2010

Transcript of interview with Emma Alberici, ABC AM

HOST: What was your impression of the situation in Afghanistan? PM: Well, my impression was that our troops are making progress there. It is very, very tough. It is tough terrain. It is difficult work but they are training the Afghan National Army and they are making progress and of...

MON 04 OCTOBER 2010

Prime Minister arrives in Brussels for Australia’s first Asia-Europe meeting

The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, will be representing Australia at the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels as part of her first international trip as Prime Minister. ASEM brings together every two years the leaders from 46 countries in Asia and Europe - two regions of vital...

FRI 02 JULY 2010

Transcript of joint press conference, Canberra

PM: Well as you know the Government's been engaged in detailed negotiations with the mining industry this week and I'm pleased to report to the Australian people that today we have a breakthrough agreement that moves Australia forward. It moves our mining industry forward with...