Transcripts

2009

July

Interview on Sky TV, Kieran Gilbert, 1 July. Subjects: Recent violence against Indian students in Australia; updates on Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

June

Interview with TVNZ Wellington, Guyon Espiner, 21 June. Subjects: Australia and New Zealand: immigration, economic relationship, common currency, defence relations; Fiji; China.
Interview: Radio New Zealand Morning Report with Geoff Robinson, 19 June. Topics: Australia-NZ bilateral relationship, Fiji, Pacific Islands Forum.
Interview with Jim Middleton, ABC, 19 June. Subjects: Fiji; whaling.
Interview with Sky News, 19 June. Subject: Protests in Iran; New Zealand announcement on whaling.
Joint press conference with New Zealand Minister for Foreign Affairs, Murray McCully, 18 June. Subjects: Fiji an NSW trade
Press Conference with Botswana's Foreign Minister, Mr Phandu Skelemani, 17 June. Subject: Australia and Botswana's bilateral relationship; New South Wales Budget; Iran; Sri Lanka.
Extract from Question without Notice, 16 June. Subject: Iranian election.
Joint Press Conference with Rosemary Museminali, Rwandan Minister for Foreign Affairs.15 June. Subjects: Minister's visit to Australia; Rwanda's membership of the Commonwealth; purpose of Minister's visit; Australian representation in Rwanda; NSW State Government issues - China; Israel; peacekeeping.
Sky News Australia AM Agenda with Keiran Gilbert, 15 June. Subjects: NSW Government budget; Israel-Palestinian conflict, Iranian election.
ABC2 Breakfast News, 15 June. Subjects: Israeli Prime Minister,Benjamin Netanyahu's speech declaring a two-state solution to the middle east crisis; Iranian elections and Iran's nuclear program; North Korea sanctions; Australian troops in Afghanistan.
Joint Press Conference with Moses Wetang'ula, Kenyan Minister for Foreign Affairs. 12 June. Subjects: Australia Kenya Bilateral meeting; Attacks on Indian students; UNSC sanctions on North Korea; rumored Chinese Government sanctions on Rio and BHP; Australia-Chinese bilateral relations; imprisonment of Damir Dokic; Chinalco-Rio proposal; settlement of the Uighur people; Nasrah Al Shamery.
Joint Press Conference with Mr Sam Abal, Papua New Guinea Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Immigration. 10 June 2009. Subjects: the 19th Australia-Papua New Guinea Ministerial Forum.
Interview with Joe O’Brien : ABC2 News Breakfast, 10 June, Subjects: Indian student attacks, Peshawar bombing, Australia-PNG Ministerial forum
Interview - Sky News, 8 June, Subjects: European elections, Lebanese elections, diplomatic appointments, India
Press Conference, 8 June. Subjects: Papua New Guinea Ministerial Forum; diplomatic appointments; India; foreign investment; elections in Lebanon.
Press Conference, The Hon Stephen Smith MP, and Tongan Prime Minister Dr the Hon Feleti Sevele, Minister for Foreign Affairs, 3 June. Subjects: Pacific Partnership for Development; Fiji; Pacific seasonal worker scheme; constitutional and electoral reform; small Pacific Island countries; PACER Plus; reconstruction of Nuku'alofa.
Question Without Notice: Indian students, 2 June.

May

Meet The Press, 31 May. Subjects: North Korea's missile tests; Schappelle Corby; the Opposition's climate change policy; Guantanomo Bay inmates; Indian students; US Ambassador to Australia; and industry's response to the emissions trading scheme.
Interview - Lateline ABC, 28 May, Subjects: Consular issues; North Korea missile tests; Aung San Suu Kyi; diplomatic appointment of Hugh Borrowman
Interview by Fran Kelly, Radio National AM, 27 May, Subjects: The Copenhagen Conference and the Governments Emissions Trading Scheme; North Korea Nuclear and Missile Tests; Aung San Suu Kyi Trial; Australian Photographer Nigel Brennan.
Press Conference, Canberra, 26 May - Subjects: Nuclear testing by North Korea, Heads of Mission, Nigel Brennan.
Joint Press Conference with Mr Bernard Membe, Tanzanian Foreign Minister, 25 May - Subjects: Trade, investment and economic ties between Australia and Africa, Australia’s bid for a UN Security Council seat, Hugh Borrowman, FTAs and the unions, Somalia, the European Union, whaling envoy, New Zealand and ASEAN FTA and Pakistan.
Interview - 7.30 Report, 25 May, Subjects: North Korea nuclear tests
Question Without Notice: North Korea - 25 May
Interview: Kieran Gilbert, Sky News Agenda, 25 May. Subjects: Ambassador to Sweden; emissions trading; Doha; Burma and Aung San Suu Kyi; Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
Interview: Elizabeth Jackson, ABC 'AM, 23 May Subject: Aftermath of the victory over the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka.
Interview by Matt Brown, Radio National AM, 20 May, Subject: Pakistan.
Interview by David Reyne and Christie Malthouse on Channel 10’s Dave and Kim Show, 20 May, Subjects: Mrs Smoel in Thailand; people smuggling and refugees.
Interview by Kieran Gilbert - Sky News Agenda, 19 May, Subjects: Newspoll results, Sri Lanka; Middle East peace and reconciliation; Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden.
Interview by Virginia Trioli and Joe O'Brien - ABC2 Breakfast News, 19 May, Subjects: Sri Lanka; trial of Aung San Suu Kyi
Interview: Australia Network with Jim Middleton, 18 May, Subject: Sri Lanka, Burma; Indian Election.
Press Conference with Kasit Piromya, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thailand, 8 May. Subjects: Bilateral cooperation, Damir Dokic, piracy, people smuggling, Defence White Paper, Kokoda Track, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Joint Media Conference with Belgian Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Foreign Trade Karel De Gucht, 6 May, Subjects: Australia’s bilateral relations with Belgium, Sri Lanka, AFP Commissioner Mick Keelty, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Fiji.
Joint Press Conference with Mr Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan, 1 May. Subjects: Japan-Australia relations; whaling; Fiji; swine flu.

April

Interview, AM, 29 April, Subjects: Sri Lanka; Afghanistan troop boost.
Interview, Sky, 29 April, Subjects: Swine flu outbreak; troops for Afghanistan; asylum seekers; climate change; Sri Lanka.
Interview, ABC 2, 29 April, Subjects: Australian troops to Afghanistan; Government aid being offered to Sri Lanka; the precautions taken against swine flu in Australia.
Interview, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey, 23 April, Subject: Gallipoli visit.
Doorstop interview, 22 April, Subjects: Comments on the Government's response to the 2020 Summit, Sri Lanka and other issues
Interview - AM program, 20 April, Subjects: Smith calls for patience with boat investigation
Interview with Jim Middleton on Australia Network, 15 April - Subjects: Fiji, Bali process, US-China relations
Joint press conference with Indonesian Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Hassan Wirajuda - Bali, Indonesia, 15 April. Subjects: Bali Process Ministerial Meeting, humanitarian assistance for Rohingya people in Burma, people smuggling co-operation.
Doorstop interview, 15 April, Subjects: Bali Process meeting; new funding for Rohingyas; situation in Thailand; people smuggling cooperation and extraditions.
Joint press conference with Minister for Immigration, Chris Evans; Minister for Home Affairs, Bob Debus, 14 April. Subjects: Bali Process; Thailand, DPRK, Fiji, Asylum Seekers, Rohingyas, Sri Lanka, Australians detained in Papua.
Interview with ABC 2, 14 April 2009, Subjects: Meeting in Bali; people smuggling; trans-national crime.
Interview with ABC Radio AM, 14 April, Subjects: Thailand, Fiji .
Interview with Fran Kelly, ABC Radio National, 14 April, Subjects: Protests in Bangkok and situation in Fiji
Press conference, 13 April, Subjects: Thailand, Fiji, Sri Lanka, Durban review conference, Somali piracy
Joint press conference with Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgibbon, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and U.S. Secretary of Defence Robert Gates, 9 April 2009. Subjects: Maersk ship/piracy; AUSMIN communiqué; Afghanistan; criticism of US supplemental war funding; cybersecurity.
Interview with Kim Landers, ABC, Washington, 8 April, Subjects: Afghanistan, meeting with Secretary Clinton, AUSMIN, East Asia Summit and Thailand, Indonesian and Malaysian elections.
Remarks before meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Washington, 8 April
Interview - Sky News, 7 April, Subjects: Italian earthquake, Afghanistan, North Korea, trial of Garuda airlines pilot.
Interview - Kerry O'Brien, 7.30 Report, 6 April, Subjects: North Korean rocket launch, nuclear disarmament, Afghanistan.
Interview - Fran Kelly, Radio National, 1 April, Subjects: International Conference on Afghanistan, relationship with China.

March

Interview with Scott Bevan, ABC News, 31 March, Subject: International Conference on Afghanistan
Doorstop interview, 30 March, Subject: Attack on Pakistan police
Media Conference, Perth, 30 March, Subjects: Visit to the Netherlands, UN conference on Afghanistan, China.
Interview on Sky News, 30 March, Subjects: Conference on Afghanistan, China.
Press Conference, Beijing, 27 March, 2009, Subjects: Australia-China Strategic Dialogue, Chinese investment in the Australian resources sector, Sudan.
Interview with David Speers, Sky News, 27 March, Subjects: Joel Fitzgibbon, second Strategic Dialogue, China's role in the IMF, UN Security Council, foreign capital investment in Australia.
Interview - Phoenix Television, Beijing, 26 March, Subjects: China’s role in the IMF, regional architecture, Australia-China FTA, Chinese investment in Australia, Australia-China Strategic Dialogue
Interview - Australia Network, Beijing, 26 March, Subjects: Opportunities in western China, global financial crisis, Chinese investment in Australian resources sector
Doorstop Interview, Australian Embassy, Beijing, 26 March, Subjects: Australia-China Strategic Dialogue, Australian investment in western China, Chinese investment in the Australian resources sector
Doorstop Interview, Chongqing, 26 March, Subjects: Foreign investment in Australia, diplomatic representation in China
Doorstop Interview, 25 March, Ju Yuan Fraternity Hospital construction site, Ju Yuan Township, Sichuan Province
Interview with Sichuan TV and Sichuan Daily, 25 March
Interview - Sichuan TV, China, 24 March
Speech (students Q & A) – Sichuan University, China, 24 March
Media conference at Sichuan University, China, 24 March, Subjects: China FTA, Strategic Dialogue
Article published in the UAE newspaper The National, 23 March - Subjects: Australia and the UAE are natural allies - let’s build on that
Australia Network: Interview with Jim Middleton, 20 March - Subjects: Sri Lanka, visit to China, Afghanistan
ABC2 News Breakfast: Interview with Virginia Trioli and Joe O’Brien, 20 March - Subject: Afghanistan
ABC2 Lateline Business: Interview with Ali Moore, 19 March
ABC News Radio: Interview with Marius Benson, 18 March - Subjects: Lowy Institute report, Afghanistan, Durban Conference
Sky News: Interview with Ashleigh Gillon, 18 March - Subjects: Afghanistan, DFAT resourcing, foreign investment
ABC 2 Lateline: Interview with Tony Jones, 17 March - Subjects: Aghanistan, Australians in Merauke
Today on Sunday: Interview with Laurie Oakes, 15 March
Question Without Notice: Durban Review Conference, 12 March
Interview - Sky News, 12 March - Subjects: German School Shooting; Aid for Zimbabwe; Iraqi PM and FM visit to Australia; Afghanistan; Aid for Family Planning
Interview - Joe O’Brien, ABC2 Breakfast, 12 March - Subjects: School shooting in Germany, arrival of the Iraqi Prime Minister, war in Afghanistan and aid for Zimbabwe
Question Without Notice: Zimbabwe, 11 March
Press conference with Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister, 10 March - Subjects: bilateral relations, Cyprus, aid funding, Fiji, Durban review, Tibet
Insiders program, 8 March - Subjects: Attack on Sri Lankan cricket team, Pakistan, Afghanistan, UN Security Council campaign, Zimbabwe, Malcolm Turnbull
Interview - ABC 720 Perth, 4 March - Subjects: attack on Sri Lankan cricket team
Interview - Tony Eastley, AM, ABC Radio , 4 March - Subject: attack on Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan
Press conference, 4 March - Subjects: attack on Sri Lankan cricket team, Bali process, Pakistan, Afghanistan, aid funding
Interview - Afternoons on ABC News Radio, 3 March - Subjects: Donations to Gaza, Afghanistan
Doorstop Interview, 3 March - Subjects: Sri Lanka Cricket Team attack in Lahore, Pakistan
Interview - Ashleigh Gillon, Sky News AM Agenda, 3 March - Subjects: global financial crisis and free trade, Afghanistan, Iran, Israel
Interview - Ann Sanders, Seven Morning News , 3 March - Subject: Afghanistan

February

Media Conference with Malaysian Foreign Minister Dr Rais Yatim , 23 February
Question Without Notice: Harry Nicolaides, 23 February
Interview - Doorstop, 21 February - Subjects: Harry Nicolaides, Cornelia Rau
Interview - Radio National Breakfast, 20 February
Interview - 7.30 Report, 19 February
Opening remarks introducing Indonesia’s Foreign Minister, Dr Hassan Wirajuda, at the 20^th Anniversary of the Australia-Indonesia Institute , 19 February
Joint media conference with Hassan Wirajuda, Foreign Minister of Indonesia, 19 February
Joint media conference with Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi , 16 February
Interview - AM Program, 16 February - Subject: Visit to Pakistan
Interview on ABC Radio, AM, 12 February - Subjects: Subjects: Zimbabwe, Israeli elections, Bushfires
Interview with Sky News , 12 February - Subjects: Victorian bushfires, economic stimulus package, Israeli elections, Zimbabwe
Joint Press Conference with Foreign Minister for Portugal, Luis Amado , 10 February
Interview - BBC, 9 February - Subjects: Bushfires
Interview - Asia Pacific Focus , 8 February
Question Without Notice: Merauke Five, 5 February
Interview - Sky News AM Agenda, 5 February - Subjects: economic stimulus package, trade protectionism, additional aid to Sri Lanka
Remarks at the launch of the OECD's review of Australia's aid program, 4 February

January

Interview with Fran Kelly, Radio National, 30 January, Subjects: Relationship with Africa, aid for Gaza, aid funds for family planning organisations
Response to a speech by Ms Tenagne Lemma, National Director, World Vision Ethiopia, 28 January
Response to a speech by Mr Miguel Barreto, Deputy Country Director, World Food Programme, Ethiopia, 28 January
Response to a speech by Dr Catherine Hamlin, Hamlin College for Midwives, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 28 January
Interview: ABC2 TV News Breakfast, with Joe O’Brien, 27 January - Subjects: Visit to Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Japanese whaling, humanitarian assistance for Gaza.
Press Conference - Perth, 23 January - Subjects: South Korean Foreign Minister's visit, conversation with Hillary Clinton, US alliance, Guantanamo Bay closure, Chinese economic downturn, relationship with South Korea, North Korea.
Joint Media Conference, with New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully – Perth, 21 January - Subjects: Australia - New Zealand relations; Fiji; Barack Obama inauguration; US relations; BHP Billiton announcement in Ravensthorpe.
Joint Media Conference, with Netherlands Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen - Perth, 19 January - Subjects: Australia-Netherlands relations; Afghanistan; Sri Lanka; Japanes whaling; Incoming Obama Administration; Harry Nicolaides on trial in Thailand; Illegal boat arrivals; Australians stranded in Fiji; Gaza; Netherlands troops in Afghanistan; Netherlands photographic exhibition.
Press Conference - Perth, 18 January - Subjects: Gaza; Visit to Australia by Netherlands Foreign Minister; Afghanistan; Israel.
Press Conference - Perth, 16 January - Subjects: Aid to Fiji; Trooper Mark Donaldson; Zimbabwe; Conflict in the Middle East; Japanese whaling; and Australians sentenced in Indonesia.
Press Conference - Parliament House, Canberra, 13 January

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