Press Office

TUE 13 JULY 2010

Transcript of press conference, Parliament House, Canberra

PM: Today I would like to announce a policy about extending the Education Tax Refund to school uniforms. The Government introduced the Education Tax Refund to help families with cost of getting the kids to school. The costs covered by the Education Tax Refund at the moment includes the cost of...

TUE 13 JULY 2010

Gillard Government to ease schools costs with new tax refund for school uniforms

Prime Minister Julia Gillard today announced the Government will expand the Education Tax Refund scheme so that school uniforms can be included in claims, giving families up to $779 per child each year to help with the costs of sending kids to school. Ms Gillard said that she...

MON 12 JULY 2010

Transcript of doorstop interview, Adelaide

PM: Can I say how pleased I am to be in my hometown of Adelaide, the place I grew up, and where my family still lives. I've taken the opportunity of being in Adelaide today to outline the things that made me and brought me to this moment in time, and obviously, so many of those experiences...

SAT 10 JULY 2010

Transcript of joint press conference, Darwin

PM: Well I'm here today with the Minister for Defence John Faulkner. We are in Darwin to attend to funeral of Scott Palmer, a brave soldier, and we've come to Darwin today to mourn his loss with his family and friends. Overnight I was very saddened to learn that we have lost...

FRI 09 JULY 2010

Western Australia - Going Forward Together

It's a great honour to be here on my first visit to Western Australia as Prime Minister. This visit is special to me because it is a chance to see old friends again. It is also a chance to underline my absolute determination to govern for all Australians, no matter who you are or...

THU 08 JULY 2010

Transcript of interview with Howard Sattler, 6PR

SATTLER: Hello, Prime Minister. How are you? PM: Hello. SATTLER: How does that sound? PM: I think it sounds ok. What do you think? SATTLER: Well, we would have said hello Julia a few weeks ago. PM: Well, feel free to say hello Julia if you would...

WED 07 JULY 2010

Transcript of interview with Deborah Cameron, ABC Sydney

HOST: Good morning, Prime Minister. PM: Good morning, Deborah. HOST: I'd like to, I suppose, hone in a little bit on the Indonesia part of this picture. East Timor, the East Timor strategy also involves very much trading on the co-operation and agreement of Indonesia....

WED 07 JULY 2010

Transcript of interview with Julia Christensen, ABC Darwin

CHRISTENSEN: Julia Gillard, good morning. PM: Good morning, Julia. CHRISTENSEN: Very nice. The Julia and Julia show. PM: That's right. CHRISTENSEN: You've barely been in the- not been in the job for two weeks. Your first visit to Darwin, and I...

WED 07 JULY 2010

Transcript of doorstop interview, Darwin

PM: It's good to be here in Darwin today and to have the opportunity to directly see and experience the remarkable work that is done by our Border Protection Command. We have today been on a training exercise on one of the patrol boats. Obviously we have these patrol boats, we...

WED 07 JULY 2010

Gillard Government to boost resources to border patrols

Prime Minister Julia Gillard today announced the Government will immediately provide extra resources to our regional partners to help wreck the business of people smuggling. The boost to law enforcement agencies in our region is a further step by the Gillard Government to strengthen...