Press Office

MON 08 APRIL 2013

Transcript of Remarks to Australian Business Breakfast

[ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OMITTED] PM: It’s a really very great pleasure to be here this morning, in Shanghai, China’s financial capital and a home away from home for so many Australians and so many of our most go-ahead companies. ...

MON 08 APRIL 2013

Transcript of Joint Press Conference

PM: I’m absolutely delighted to be here in Shanghai and as you can see I’m joined by two of our banking chiefs, by Gail Kelly from Westpac, by Mike Smith from ANZ, and I’m also joined by my ministerial colleagues Dr Emerson, the Minister for Trade, and Bill Shorten who is...

MON 08 APRIL 2013

Statement on the Death of Baroness Thatcher

  I learned this evening in Beijing of the death of Baroness Thatcher.   ...

MON 08 APRIL 2013

Address to CELAP

It is a pleasure to visit CELAP for the first time today – on my second visit to China as Prime Minister. Since my last visit in 2011, we have celebrated the important milestone of 40 years of our diplomatic relations. ...

MON 08 APRIL 2013

Australia Week in China

A new campaign to promote Australian tourism, trade and investment opportunities to the rapidly growing Chinese market will be brought to Shanghai following the success of the G’Day USA program. Australia Week in China will be based in Shanghai –...

SUN 07 APRIL 2013

Transcript of Press Conference

PM: I’m pleased to be here with Senator Carr and with Dr Emerson. We have just concluded a meeting with China’s new President, with President Xi. It was a very positive discussion, a substantive discussion, and it has left me with a real sense of confidence, not just about...

SUN 07 APRIL 2013

Speech to Bo'ao Forum for Asia Plenary Session

The evolution of this Bo’ao Forum for Asia is a striking symbol of the evolution of our region itself: both of the successes and challenges which have endured and of the new challenges and opportunities which have emerged. Here two great enduring responsibilities are discussed:...

SAT 06 APRIL 2013

Transcript of Doorstop Interview

PM: It is good to be here in the home of the Bo’ao Forum, and to have started my program today. I am joined here by Minister Emerson, and during the course of the morning I have also been accompanied by the Foreign Minister, by Senator Carr. ...

SAT 06 APRIL 2013

Applications Open for AsiaBound Study

Australian tertiary students will get the opportunity to study in Asia as part of the new AsiaBound program, which opens today to higher education and vocational education and training (VET) institutions. Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Tertiary Education Minister Craig Emerson said...

FRI 05 APRIL 2013

Transcript of Doorstop Interview

PM: Well I am delighted to be back here in China and over the next two days I will be here attending the Bo’ao Forum with Ministers Emerson and Carr. I will during the course of this forum have the opportunity to meet with President Xi of China. I will also have the...