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FRI 12 NOVEMBER 2010

Transcript of press conference Seoul, Korea

PM: I've just fresh from the family photo, so we've done that bit of the G20. The G20 meeting is still in progress, what happens here matters for Australian families. Big topics on the agenda of this G20 to which we will agree during the course of the meeting do matter for Australian...

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...

FRI 12 NOVEMBER 2010

2010 Prime Minister's Literary Awards

It is a great to join you for the third annual Prime Minister's Literary Awards. A special celebration of ideas and the power of words in the life of our community. This event today is special for me. Not only because we are celebrating the best in...

THU 11 NOVEMBER 2010

Transcript of joint press conference Seoul, Korea

PM: Today is Remembrance Day, it's the day when we remember and honour Australian war dead, Australians who served in so many conflicts and lost their lives. Today I've had the opportunity to lay a wreath here in Korea, accompanied by a Korean war veteran, Jack. We've had an...

THU 11 NOVEMBER 2010

Entry into force of the Australia-Russia Nuclear Cooperation Agreement

Today Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev witnessed the official entry into force of the Agreement between Australia and Russia on Cooperation in the Use of Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Purposes. The Agreement allows for the supply of Australian uranium...

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 10 NOVEMBER 2010

The measure of progress is in the years - Speech to the Rotary Club of Adelaide

It's always good to be in Adelaide. I never feel like a visitor. Adelaide for me is Mum and Dad and Uncle Frank and Aunty Glad, backyard fruit trees and Brown Hill Creek, learning to knit and learning to read ... I'm glad I'm here today. Adelaide's also one of...

TUE 09 NOVEMBER 2010

Tribute for the late Dame Joan Sutherland OM AC DBE

Last month the great and generous life of Dame Joan Sutherland came to its end, and so we gather formally as a nation to express our gratitude and to mourn our loss. But we are also conscious that the family and friends of Dame Joan have lost someone precious and dear and they have...

MON 08 NOVEMBER 2010

Transcript of joint press conference, Melbourne

PM: I'm joined here today by Jenny Macklin in her capacity as Minister for Indigenous Affairs, and by my colleague Robert McClelland the Attorney General, and we're here today to make an announcement related to the commitment of the Government to acknowledge the special place of our...

MON 08 NOVEMBER 2010

Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Constitution

The Gillard Government today announced the first step towards recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution. The Australian Constitution is the foundation document of our system of government, but it fails to recognise the special place of...

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