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WED 17 NOVEMBER 2010

Transcript of joint press conference

PM: Thank you very much, good afternoon. I'm here today with Peter Garrett, our Minister for School Education, and with Barry McGaw who leads our Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority. Earlier this year we launched My School, a website that gave parents more...

WED 17 NOVEMBER 2010

2010 Prime Minister's Prizes for Science

Senator the Honourable Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research and our fellow parliamentary colleagues. Distinguished ambassadors and members of the diplomatic community. Our honoured guests from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Scientists,...

WED 17 NOVEMBER 2010

Royal Engagement

The Prime Minister Julia Gillard today congratulated His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales and Catherine Middleton on the announcement of their engagement. The Prime Minister said it was a happy time for the royal couple who will be married next year. The Prince is well...

WED 17 NOVEMBER 2010

My School to provide unprecedented school performance data

Parents will get unique access to data which tracks the progress of students in Australian schools with the launch of the new-look My School website. The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, and the Minister for School Education, Peter Garrett, today previewed the site which will be...

TUE 16 NOVEMBER 2010

PM's XI to support prostate cancer

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Minister for Sport Mark Arbib today announced the launch of the 2011 Prime Minister's XI cricket match in Canberra next January. The match is a showcase for up and coming Australian cricketers and this year's event will support the Prostate...

TUE 16 NOVEMBER 2010

Hard work brings reward - Speech at the Victorian ALP campaign launch, Bendigo

I am so glad to be back in Victoria. I am so glad to be here in Bendigo. I am so proud to support this Government in this campaign. A government with its best years still to come. This election matters to Victoria. The Liberals would be bad for our state's future. They don't...

SUN 14 NOVEMBER 2010

Transcript of press conference Yokohama, Japan

PM: The APEC Summit has drawn to an end and I wanted to take this opportunity to summarise what has been achieved. Australia was proudly a founding member of APEC, because we saw the economic advantages of greater trade and economic engagement in our region. Here we are 21 years later...

SUN 14 NOVEMBER 2010

Release of Aung San Suu Kyi

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Minister for Foreign Affairs Kevin Rudd today welcomed the release of Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest on behalf of the Australian people. The Prime Minister said the nation had the greatest admiration for Aung San Suu Kyi, who has become the symbol...

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...

SAT 13 NOVEMBER 2010

Transcript of joint press conference with the President of the United States of America, Yokohama, Japan

PRESIDENT OBAMA: The United States does not have a closer or better ally than Australia. We are grateful for all the work that we do together. I expressed my personal thanks to the people of Australia through the Prime Minister for the enormous sacrifices that are being made in Afghanistan by...

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