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THU 05 JULY 2012

Speech to launch the Australian of the Year Awards, Melbourne

I thank Joy Murphy Wandin for the welcome to country, and join her in honouring the First Australians with whom we share this land in a spirit of Reconciliation. Mr Adam Gilchrist, Chair, National Australia Day Council; my Parliamentary Secretary, Senator the Hon. Jan McLucas; other...

WED 25 APRIL 2012

Transcript of doorstop interview, Gallipoli

PM: I have been very moved and very honoured this morning to attend the Dawn Service here at Gallipoli.  It’s given me an incredible impression about what our Anzacs went through, landing here in the darkness experiencing that start of the light and that start of the warfare which...

WED 25 APRIL 2012

Lone Pine Ceremony, Gallipoli

They landed on this day in a land “ancient and implacable”. They were young and raw. Few were professionals, most new to battle. They were called the Australian Imperial Force. But before these 240 days of hell were over, they owned a name among...

WED 25 APRIL 2012

Dawn Service, Gallipoli

They were strangers in a strange land. Men who came from “the ends of the earth” in an enterprise of hope to end a far-off, dreadful war. But it was not to be. Even at dawn, the shadows were already falling over this fate-filled day. Here on...

TUE 24 APRIL 2012

Transcript of doorstop interview, Singapore

PM: Tomorrow, around Australia and around the world, Australians will gather to commemorate Anzac Day. I will have the opportunity to be with the thousands of Australians who make the pilgrimage to Gallipoli to commemorate Anzac Day on that very sacred soil. Anzac Day, every year, is...

MON 23 APRIL 2012

Transcript of press conference, Singapore

PM: I’m very pleased to be making my first visit to Singapore as Prime Minister, and I’ve started the day here at the Kranji War Memorial and I do want to say a few words about that as we are in the days in the lead up to ANZAC Day. ...

WED 18 APRIL 2012

Transcript of joint doorstop interview, Albany

PM: I’m here today in Albany and I’m joined by Tony Crook, the federal member, the Member for O’Connor, and I’m also joined by Peter Watson, the local state Member for Albany. I’m having a great day here and I’m here for a very important announcement...

WED 18 APRIL 2012

New Anzac Centre to commemorate the Centenary of Anzac

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on the Centenary of Anzac Warren Snowdon today announced an additional $5 million for the establishment of an Anzac Interpretive Centre on Mount Clarence in Albany, Western Australia. ...

MON 16 APRIL 2012

Transcript of joint doorstop interview, Canberra

PM: I am very pleased to be here at the War Memorial this morning. I’m joined by Warren Snowdon, our Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, by Rear Admiral Ken Doolan, Chairman of the Council of the Australian War Memorial, Ms Nola Anderson, the Acting Director of the Australian War...

SUN 15 APRIL 2012

Passing of Murray Rose

Australia has lost one of our greatest Olympians today with the passing of Murray Rose, following his courageous battle with cancer.   Murray was a true pioneer of Australian swimming and his impressive feats in the pool helped to shape Australia's destiny as a...

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