Press Office

TUE 26 OCTOBER 2010

Speech to the Australian Industry Group

I'm very pleased to be able to speak at the Australian Industry Group's annual dinner. As Deputy Prime Minister, as Minister for Education and Minister for Workplace Relations, and as a Labor frontbencher since 2001, I've long had dealings with the Australian Industry...

TUE 26 OCTOBER 2010

Biggest investment in Australia’s history to fight preventable diseases

Campaigns to combat obesity, drug and alcohol abuse and smoking will be key priorities for a new National Preventative Health Agency if legislation is supported in Parliament this week. The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard and Health Minister, Nicola Roxon today joined forces with peak...

MON 25 OCTOBER 2010

Transcript of joint press conference

PM: I'm joined by the Treasurer Wayne Swan and by the Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon, and first and foremost can I just start by marking that it is Pink Ribbon Day for breast cancer. As people are probably aware, around one in nine Australian women will get breast cancer some...

MON 25 OCTOBER 2010

Landmark reforms to Australia's health system

The Gillard Government will introduce landmark legislation this week to secure better hospital services across Australia through fundamental reforms to the health system. For the first time, the Commonwealth Government will take majority funding responsibility for public hospitals and...

SAT 23 OCTOBER 2010

State funeral service for the Hon Kenneth Wriedt

The Prime Minister Julia Gillard today announced there would be a State Funeral Service for the Honourable Kenneth Shaw Wriedt, a highly respected member of the Australian Labor Party and of the Federal and Tasmanian Parliaments. Mr Wriedt was a Senator for Tasmania from 1967 to 1980...

FRI 22 OCTOBER 2010

Dame Joan Sutherland

The Prime Minister today joined Australians around the nation to mourn the death of Dame Joan Sutherland - a great Australian and one of the nation's greatest voices. Dame Joan Sutherland died peacefully at the age of 83 with her family by her side in Switzerland. Dame...

FRI 22 OCTOBER 2010

Prime Minister's overseas trip extended to Malaysia and Indonesia

The Prime Minister will travel to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Jakarta, Indonesia following the East Asian Summit in Vietnam at the end of this month. From 31 October to 1 November the Prime Minister will make an official visit to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to hold meetings with Prime...

THU 21 OCTOBER 2010

Enhanced protections for indicia of Mary MacKillop

The Prime Minister today announced that the Australian Government will provide special legislative protection to control the use of names associated with Mary MacKillop, who will become Australia's first Saint on 17 October 2010. The decision to grant additional protections...

THU 21 OCTOBER 2010

Opening of the Counter-Terrorism Control Centre

The Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Attorney-General Robert McClelland today officially opened the Australian Government's Counter Terrorism Control Centre (CTCC). The CTCC will play a lead role in strengthening the coordination of Australia's counter-terrorism intelligence...

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...

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