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Australia to engage organised labour as G20 president in 2014 4 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
The Australian Government is very pleased to announce today that ACTU President Gerardine (Ged) Kearney will be the Australian leader of the ‘L20’ process of engagement between organised labour and th...
Australia to engage with youth on G20 issues 4 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
The Australian Government today announced that Australia will host a Youth 20 (Y20) summit next year as part of its G20 presidency. The Y20 will give young people a voice in the G20 discussions.
Transcript of doorstop interview 3 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
PM: In long negotiations over the weekend we’ve concluded an agreement with Western Australia and I spoke to Premier Barnett last night and WA is now going to participate in the DisabilityCare Austral...
Victoria signs up to the Better Schools Plan 3 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Today the Australian and Victorian Governments reached an historic agreement to deliver long term improvements under the Better Schools Plan for each and every one of the 870,000 students in Victoria.
Launch of DisabilityCare Australia in Western Australia 3 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
DisabilityCare Australia, the national disability insurance scheme, will become a truly national scheme with the historic agreement today between the Commonwealth and Western Australian Governments to...
Transcript of joint press conference 2 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
PM: Mr President, you're a very welcome guest in Brisbane, a very welcome guest in Australia, and it's good to see you here representing our good friends in the Republic of Nauru.
Proposed reappointment of departmental secretary 1 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
I am pleased to announce that I will be recommending to the Governor-General, Her Excellency the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO, that she reappoint Mr Roger Wilkins AO as the Secretary of the Attorne...
$19.5 million for new cancer facilities at Chris O'Brien Lifehouse 30 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
The Rudd Government has announced an additional $19.5 million in Government funding to the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse project at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPA) in Camperdown.
Transcript of joint doorstop interview 30 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
MINISTER PLIBERSEK: Thank you everyone for gathering this morning. I want to start by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land that we’re meeting on today, the Cadigal people of the Eora natio...
Launch of Cricket World Cup 2015 29 Jul 2013 | 07:00 pm
The Prime Minister today officially launched the International Cricket Council Cricket World Cup 2015 with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and Federal Minister for Sport Don Farrell.