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December 2008
- Interview - ABC Radio National AM, 23 December, Subject: Zimbabwe
- Interview - Sky News, Australian Agenda, 19 December, Subjects: Afghanistan and Pakistan; asylum seekers and the use of Christmas Island; Japanese whaling
- Q & A with the media, Tokyo, 18 December, Subjects: Asian regional frameworks; USA engagement; China engagement; Free trade agreements; North Korea; Nuclear non-proliferation
- Interview with Australian Media, Tokyo, 18 December, Subjects: North Korea; Japan; Iraq
- Radio Interview with Howard Sattler, 6PR, 17 December, Subjects: Zimbabwe
- Press Conference, Perth, 17 December, Subjects: Japan 2+2, Zimbabwe sanctions, Fiji, People smuggling, Bangladesh elections
- Joint Press Conference of the Pacific Islands Forum Ministerial Contact Group, Fiji, 11 December
- Press Conference - Canberra, 10 December, Subjects: Fiji, Human Rights Day, Sri Lanka, border protection, Afghanistan, Greece, Iraq, Zimbabwe
- Newshour with Jim Middleton, 9 December, Subjects: Fiji, asylum seekers, climate change, appointees to Obama administration, Afghanistan/Pakistan
- Interview - Sky News Agenda, 8 December, Subjects: Economic crisis; asylum seekers; Mumbai; climate change
- Interview with Barrie Cassidy - ABC2, 3 December, Subjects: Thailand, Afghanistan
- Interview - Radio National Breakfast, 3 December, Subjects: Qantas, Zimbabwe, Thailand, Afghanistan
- Interview with La Libre Belgique, Agence Europe, European Voice, Europolitics, Agence France Presse, 2 December
- Interview - 3AW, 2 December, (Simon Crean, Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, Subjects: Thailand; the economy)
- Interview with AP and EFE (Spanish News Agency), 1 December, Subject: signing of the EU-Australia wine agreement
- Interview with Ashleigh Gillon, Sky News Australia, 1 December, Subjects: Mumbai attack aftermath; Bangkok airport demonstrations
- Interview with Stephanie Kennedy - AM Program, ABC Radio National, 1 December, Subject: Mumbai aftermath
November 2008
- Television Interview, BBC World News, 30 November, Subjects: Mumbai bombings; Thailand
- Interview with Barrie Cassidy - Insiders, ABC, 30 November, Subject: Bombings in Mumbai
- Interview - Weekend Sunrise, 30 November, Subject: Bombings in Mumbai, (Simon Crean, Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs)
- Interview - AM Program, ABC, 29 November
- Joint Press conference with Minister for Defence, Joel Fitzgibbon, UK Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, and UK Defence Secretary, John Hutton, 28 November
- Interview with Virginia Trioli, ABC2 Breakfast, 28 November, Subjects: Mumbai
- Interview with Tony Eastley, ABC Radio AM, 28 November, Subjects: Mumbai
- Interview with Fran Kelly, Radio National Breakfast, 28 November, Subjects: Mumbai
- Press conference with Australian correspondents, 27 November, Subjects: Mumbai attacks, Thailand airport protests, AUKMIN
- Interview with Tony Jones, ABC Lateline, 27 November, Subjects: Mumbai
- Press Conference, 27 November, Subject: Bombings in Mumbai (Simon Crean, Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs)
- Question Without Notice: United Kingdom, 25 November
- Interview - Sky News, 25 November - Subjects: Zimbabwe; Russia; Doha Round; Fiji; Hilary Clinton
- Question Without Notice: Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, 24 November
- Joint doorstop interview with Minister for Trade Simon Crean - APEC Ministerial Meeting, 20 November
- Doorstop Interview - APEC, 19 November
- Joint Press Conference with the Foreign Minister of Mexico, Minister Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, 18 November
- Interview in Mexico - ABC Radio, 18 November
- ABC2 Breakfast with Barrie Cassidy, 17 November, Subjects: G20 and APEC
- Question Without Notice - Assistance to Democratic Republic of the Congo, 13 November
- Joint Press Conference with Dr Hassan Wirajuda - Foreign Minister of Indonesia, 12 November
- Question Without Notice - Australia-Indonesia relationship, 12 November
- Question Without Notice - Middle East, 10 November
- Question Without Notice - Indonesia: Travel Advice, 10 November
- Interview - Barrie Cassidy, ABC TV 'Insiders', 9 November, Subject: Bali bombers, New Zealand election, US-Australian relations, Afghanistan
- Press Conference - Perth, 8 November, Subject: Reissue of the travel advice for Indonesia
- Interview - Matthew Abraham and David Bevan - ABC, Adelaide , 6 November, Subject: US election
- Interview - ABC 720 Perth, 6 November, Subject: US Presidential election, China, Bali bombers
- Interview - Steve Price, 2UE , 6 November, Subject: US election; Bali bombers
- Interview - Sky News, 6 November, Subject: US election; Bali bombers
- Interview - Greg Cary, 4BC, 6 November, Subject: US election
- Interview - Ali Moore, ABC Melbourne , 6 November, Subject: US election; Bali bombers
- Interview - PM Program, ABC, 5 November, Subject: US election
- Doorstop Interview, 5 November, Subject: US Presidential election, Australia-US relations, trade, visit of Mr Zhou Yongkang, Chinese investment
- Interview - 9 Television Network 'Sunday', 2 November
October 2008
- Interview - Sky News AM Agenda, 30 October
- Interview - Radio National Breakfast with Fran Kelly, 30 October
- Press conference - Launch of the Australia-EU Partnership Framework , 29 October
- Doorstop Interview with Palestinian Foreign Minister Dr Riyad al-Malki , 28 October
- Joint media conference with The Hon. Markos Kyprianou, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cyprus , 27 October
- Press Conference, 26 October, Subjects: Travel to Cyprus, Israel, the Palestinian Territories and Paris; travel advice to Indonesia
- Questions Without Notice: Cluster Munitions Convention, 21 October
- Questions Without Notice: Nuclear Weapons, 20 October
- Press conference with Slovakian Foreign Minister, Ján Kubiš , 20 October
- Joint Press Conference with the Hon Rohitha Bogollagama, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka , 13 October
- Interview, Meet the Press, 12 October
- Doorstop Interview, ABC TV Newcastle, 11 October
- Doorstop Interview, Newcastle, 11 October
- Joint Press Conference - Philippines-Australia Ministerial Meeting, 9 October
- Interview, ABC PM Program, 9 October
- Press Conference, Sydney, 8 October
- Interview, AM Agenda, Sky News , 8 October
September 2008
- Press conference - Perth, 30 September, Subjects: Consular Cases: Greg Crombie, Thomas McGuinness, Britt Lapthorne; North Korea Nuclear Program; Australians detained in Papua
- Press conference - United Nations General Assembly, New York, 26 September
- Interview – SBS Dateline, 24 September
- Interview – BBC, New York, 23 September
- Interview – Fox & Friends, New York , 23 September
- Interview - World News Australia, 22 September
- Doorstop Interview - United Nations, New York, 22 September
- Interview- Sky News, Subjects: Prime Minister’s attendance at the United Nations General Assembly, 22 September
- Interview - Radio National Breakfast, 22 September
- Questions Without Notice - Iran, 17 September
- Questions Without Notice - Zimbabwe, 16 September
- Interview - ABC NewsRadio, 16 September
- Interview - Australian Agenda, Sky News Australia, 15 September
- Interview - Sky News Australia, 12 September
- Interview - Newshour, Australia Network, 12 September
- Indian Council of World Affairs Q & A, 11 September
- Interview - PM Program, 9 September
- Doorstop interview – Taj Connamera Hotel, Chennai, India , 9 September
- Interview - Sky News, 3 September
- Questions Without Notice: Uranium Exports, 1 September
August 2008
- Media conference, Perth , 31 August
- House of Representatives - Questions Without Notice: Georgia, 27 August
- House of Representatives - Questions Without Notice: Brazil, 27 August
- Joint media conference with Brazilian Minister for External Relations Mr Celso Amorim , 27 August
- Interview - Sky News, 26 August, Subjects: US vice-presidential nomination, Pakistan, Australian kidnapped in Somalia
- Interview with Fran Kelly – Radio National, ABC , 20 August, Subjects: Fiji, Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Interview - 7:30 Report, 20 August, Subjects: Pakistan, Georgia, APEC
- Interview - AM Program, ABC , 19 August, Subject: Pakistan
- Interview - ABC 774, 19 August, Subjects: Musharraf resignation, Pakistan
- Interview - Sky News, 19 August, Subjects: Musharraf resignation, Georgia, Pacific Islands Forum, Fijian elections
- Interview - Jason Morrison, 2GB, 19 August, Subjects: Seasonal Worker Scheme, Pakistan
- Interview - The World Today, 18 August, Subject: Seasonal Worker Scheme
- Media Conference, Perth , 18 August
- Interview - ABC Radio, World Today, 13 August, Subject: Georgia
- Interview - Sky News AM Agenda , 13 August
- Joint media conference with Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda , 11 August
- Question and Answer Session at Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta , 11 August
- Interview with Laurie Oakes on Sunday Morning News , 10 August, Subjects: – Georgia, Pakistan, Visit to Indonesia, NT election
- Interview - Newshour with Jim Middleton, Australia Network, 8 August
- Interview with David Reyne and Kim Watkins, 9am with David and Kim , 8 August
- Interview - Newshour, Australia Network, 7 August, Subjects: Pakistan, Tibet, China Human Rights, Olympics, Bali Bombers
- Interview - AM Agenda, Sky News TV , 6 August
- Interview - PM Program, ABC Radio, 1 August
July 2008
- Joint media conference with Nauru Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Kieren Keke , 31 July
- Announcement on the signing of the Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement , 30 July
- Remarks with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at Mercedes College , 25 July
- Joint Press Conference with Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State, Perth , 25 July
- Joint interview with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in transit from Singapore to Perth , 24 July
- ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference, 23 July
- Media Q&A Session, Singapore , 23 July
- Interview - BBC News, Singapore, 22 July
- Interview - Lateline , 22 July
- Press Conference, 21 July
- Press Conference, 19 July
- Doorstop Interview – The Lowy Institute, Sydney , 18 July
- Press Conference: Forum Ministerial Standing Committee [FMSC], 17 July
- Interview - NewsHour with Jim Middleton, Australia Network , 17 July
- Media Conference by the Forum Ministerial Contact Group at the Forum Secretariat - Suva, 16 July
- Interview - ABC Radio, 15 July
- Interview - ABC Radio National Breakfast, 15 July
- Doorstop Interview - Nausori Airport, Fiji, 14 July
- Interview - Sky News “Sunday Agenda” , 13 July
- Press conference, 13 July
- Interview - Radio Australia, 4 July
- Interview - ABC, 4 July
- Joint media conference, 4 July
- Doorstop Interview - Bangkok, 3 July
- Sky News on the Hour, 2 July
June 2008
- Media Conference, 30 June
- Interview - Shane McLeod, ABC TV (From Kyoto) , 27 June
- Interview - Shane McLeod, ABC Radio (From Kyoto) , 27 June
- Interview - Sky News Newshour , 27 June
- Interview - NewsHour with Jim Middleton, Australia Network , 27 June
- Interview - NHK, Tokyo , 26 June
- Interview - Sky News Agenda , 25 June
- Press Conference, Parliament House, Canberra , 25 June
- Interview - Lateline , 24 June
- Interview - 7.30 Report , 23 June
- Joint Press Conference with Indian Minister for External Affairs , 23 June
- Interview - ABC Radio AM, 23 June
- Interview on Sky News, 23 June
- Interview on ABC Lateline, 17 June
- ABC Insiders Program, 15 June
- Interview, The Times (London) , 12 June
- Interview - ABC Radio AM, 12 June
- Newshour, Australia Network, 6 June
- Newshour, BBC World Service, London, 5 June
- Interview on ABC Lateline, 5 June
- Press Conference, 4 June
- Press Conference, 2 June
May 2008
- House of Representatives - Answer to the House on Cluster Munitions, 29 May
- House of Representatives - Questions Without Notice: Zimbabwe, 27 May
- House of Representatives - Questions Without Notice: Burma, 26 May, Subject: Burma
- Media conference, 20 May, Subjects: Fiji, Burma, China
- Media conference, 11 May, Subject: Aid to the Burmese people
- Doorstop interview, Tokyo, 9 May, Subjects: Japan, whaling, Fiji, Burma
- Interview on ABC Lateline, 8 May
- Doorstop Interview, Tokyo, 8 May
- Interview - ABC Radio AM, 7 May, Subject: Aid for Burma
- Doorstop Interview, Hong Kong, 6 May
- CNN Interview, Hong Kong, 6 May
- Doorstop interview, 5 May
April 2008
- Media conference – 18th Australia-PNG Ministerial Forum, Madang, 24 April
- Interview – Radio National Breakfast, 24 April
- Media conference, 22 April
- Interview on ABC2, 21 April, Subjects: 2020 Summit
- Closing remarks to the 2020 Summit Final Plenary Session, 20 April
- Interview – Meet the Press , 20 April,Subjects: Olympic torch relay, relations with Japan, the Republic, 2020 Summit, Zimbabwe, world food shortage
- Interview - Radio Australia, 16 April
- Interview – Radio National , 10 April, Subjects: Speech on foreign policy and national security, Zimbabwe, PM visit to China, Beijing Olympics
- Insiders - Interview, 6 April, Subjects: Zimbabwe, UN Security Council, Tibet
- Interview – ABC Radio AM – Afghanistan, 4April, Subject: Afghanistan
- Radio Interview, World Today ABC, 2 April, Subjects: Zimbabwe, PM visit to Japan, Fiji
- Television Interview, Lateline ABC, 2 April, Subject: Zimbabwe
- Media conference, and Questions and answers, 2 April, Subjects: Zimbabwe, UN Security Council position, Japan
March 2008
- Perth Press Conference, 31 March, Subjects: Zimbabwe Elections, UN Security Council and other matters
- Television Interview with Jim Middleton, Newshour – Australia Network , 30 March
- Agenda Program with Rawdon Christie, TVNZ, 30 March
- Interview on Sky News, 28 March
- Interview with Fran Kelly – Radio National Breakfast , 26 March, Subjects: Fiji, Tibet, Zimbabwe
- Doorstop interview, 12 March, Subjects: Postponed Pakistan cricket tour, Dr Jayant Patel's extradition, 60th anniversary of Israel as a nation-state, Australian air traffic controllers in Afghanistan
- Interview with Mark Colvin, PM Program , 11 March, Subject: Cancellation of cricket tour to Pakistan
- Press Conference, Perth, 8 March, Subjects: Incidents in the Southern Ocean
- Press Conference, Melbourne, 6 March, Subjects: Australians taken hostage in China, Bali Nine
February 2008
- Interview with Sunday's political editor Laurie Oakes , 24 February
- Joint Press Conference with Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon, US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates and US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte , 23 February, Subjects: AUSMIN Talks
- Interview on ABC Radio National Breakfast program , 21 February
- Interview on Meet The Press, 17 February
- Joint Press Conference with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of East Timor , 12 February, Subject: East Timor
- Interview on ABC Radio PM, 12 February, Subject: East Timor
- Interview on 4BC, 12 February, Subject: East Timor
- Interview on ABC Radio National, 12 February
- Interview on ABC Lateline, 11 February, Subject: East Timor
- Interview on Asia Pacific Focus, 10 February
- Joint Press Conference, Perth - Indonesian Foreign Minister , 7 February, Subjects: Visit of Indonesian Foreign Minister to Australia
- Joint Press Conference with Chinese Foreign Minister , 5 February, Subject: Australia-China relations
- Lateline interview, 4 February, Subjects: Mitsubishi, foreign investment, foreign policy
- Press Conference - Japan National Press Club , 1 February, Subjects: Australia-Japan relations, whaling, environment, energy, FTA
- Interview with Japanese national broadcaster, NHK , 1 February, Subjects: Whaling, Kyoto, Iraq
- Interview with Australian media, 1 February, Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Subjects: Whaling, Security, FTA
January 2008
- 2GB Interview with Alan Jones, 30 January, Subjects: Whaling, Afghanistan and Iraq
- Doorstop interview- Embassy of Australia, Washington DC, 30 January, Subjects: US alliance, United States-India Civil Nuclear arrangement
- Radio National interview, 30 January, Subjects: US alliance, whaling
- Joint Press Conference with US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice , 28 January, Subjects: US alliance, Iran, Palestine, North Korea, Afghanistan
- Red Carpet Doorstop Interview - G’Day USA Gala Ball , 26 January, Subjects: G’Day USA, Heath Ledger
- Doorstop Interview, 25 January, New York, Subjects: Foreign policy, Burma, Iraq, Heath Ledger
- Interview - Sky News, 23 January, Subject: Visit to USA
- Doorstop Interview, 18 January 2008, Subjects: Southern Ocean incident, return of two men to the Steve Irwin
- Interview - Sunrise, 18 January 2008, Subject: Southern Ocean incident
- Interview - Sky News, 18 January 2008, Subject: Southern Ocean incident
- Doorstop Interview, 17 January, Subjects: Southern Ocean Incident
- Doorstop Interview, 17 January, Subjects: Sea Shepherd Incident, India
- Media conference, 16 January, Subjects: Sea Shepherd incident, Japanese whaling
- AM interview, 16 January, Subject: Sea Shepherd incident
- Doorstop Interview, 15 January, Subjects: Attack on Serena Hotel in Kabul, Australia-India relations, budget savings measures
- AM Radio Interview, 11 January, Subjects: Pakistan bombings and cricket
2007 Transcripts
December 2007
- Joint interview with Peter Garrett MP, Canberra, 19 December Subject: Government Actions to Stop Whaling