Press Office

WED 30 JUNE 2010

Transcript of interview on 4BC

HOST: Well, Julia Gillard welcome to the show. PM: Thank you very much. Now, I am old enough to remember the Mary Tyler Moore Show, where you got that song from. Love is all around, no need to fake it, all of that kind of stuff, but thank you for the re-write, that's very generous...

WED 30 JUNE 2010

Transcript of interview with Alan Jones, 2GB

JONES: Prime Minister, good morning. PM: Good morning, Alan. JONES: Congratulations. PM: Thank you very much. JONES: You've given a tiny Welsh mining village a bit of a flutter in the last week. How do you pronounce C-W-M-G-W-R-A-C-H? PM: Well,...

TUE 29 JUNE 2010

Transcript of Interview with Jon Faine, ABC 774

FAINE: Julia Gillard, good morning to you and congratulations. PM: Good morning Jon, thank you very much. FAINE: It's an Australian political cliché but do you have blood on your hands? PM: Well, it is an Australian political cliché and of course...

TUE 29 JUNE 2010

Transcript of interview with Leon Byner, 5AA

BYNER : Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard, good morning. PM: Well thank you very much. BYNER: Now we obviously have a challenge in front of us in the country because we had recently one of your chief advisors Bruce Hawker describe Kevin Rudd, only days before his...

TUE 29 JUNE 2010

Transcript of interview with Madonna King, ABC 612

KING: Prime Minister, good morning and welcome to 612 ABC Brisbane. PM: Good morning Madonna. KING: Kevin Rudd wanted a job in your Cabinet. He's served as Prime Minister. Why did you say no? PM: I thought the appropriate thing at this time, Madonna, was for me...

MON 28 JUNE 2010

Transcript of press conference, Canberra

PM: Thank you very much to the assembled throng and their capacity for sound effects, that was very impressive. I'm here today with Simon Crean and with Stephen Smith to announce the details of my reshuffled ministry. Obviously I became Prime Minister because I believed it was...

MON 28 JUNE 2010

Prime Minister announces new Cabinet

Prime Minister Julia Gillard today announced the new Ministry of the Gillard Government. The new Ministry will work as a team to progress the interests of the nation and the interests of all Australians so we can become a fairer, stronger, smarter Australia. Minister Simon...

SUN 27 JUNE 2010

Transcript of interview with Laurie Oakes, Weekend Today

OAKES: Prime Minister, welcome to the program. PM: Good morning, Laurie. OAKES: And congratulations, of course. PM: Thank you very much. OAKES: But I've got to ask you the question Richard Carlton famously asked Bob Hawke - how does it feel to have blood...

FRI 25 JUNE 2010

Transcript of press conference, Canberra

PM: Good morning and given it's a cold Canberra morning and I think you are standing in the rain we'll get on straight with the job. Today obviously is my first day as Prime Minister. Today I will conduct the first Cabinet meeting of the Gillard Government. Whilst of course I will not...

FRI 25 JUNE 2010

Prime Minister holds introductory discussions with world leaders

The Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has begun phone discussions with the world's leaders including a call this morning with the President of the United States, Barack Obama. Ms Gillard spoke to President Obama at about 9:00am this morning for around 20 minutes. The...