Transcripts by The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP
Doorstop, Austins Ferry, Tasmania
BRENDAN O’CONNOR: Thanks very much. Thanks for coming because this is a fantastic initiative and of course you’ve just heard from Carleen Jacobson, someone who’s…
Election date; Tony Abbot’s Policy Vacuum; National Rental Affordability Scheme; Small Business in Tasmania; Tasmanian bushfires – ABC Hobart
E & OE – Proof only Subject: Election date, Tony Abbot’s Policy Vacuum, National Rental Affordability Scheme, Small Business in Tasmania, Tasmanian bushfires. RYK GODDARD:…
Newstart allowance, bushfires – ABC News 24, Richard Davies
RICHARD DAVIES: Well the Newstart Allowance has been in the headlines this week after the Families Minister Jenny Macklin said she could live on the…
Foreign aid; homelessness; Campbell Newman’s plan to wind back federal industrial laws
KIERAN GILBERT:This morning, the Government’s response to criticism over its decision to divert money from its foreign aid spending to plug holes in the soaring…
Homelessness figures, Seven Network Sunrise with Melissa Doyle
MELISSA DOYLE: New statistics have been released revealing the extent of homelessness in Australia. The figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show…
Workplace relations; small business; Royal Commission into child sexual abuse; AWU; Julie Bishop and asbestos victims; agreement to continue homelessness partnership – ABC TV Insiders with Barrie Cassidy
BARRIE CASSIDY: Well that’s the Sunday papers and we’ll go to our studio guest now, Brendan O’Connor, who is one of the Ministers as I…
Small business advisory services funding; Tony Abbott’s lack of commitment to small business; help for retrenched Queensland public servants; royal commission into child sex abuse; Select Council on Housing and Homelessness meeting
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Well, it’s great to be in Brisbane today to announce those organisations that are in receipt of money to provide advice to businesses…
Housing and homelessness funding; Royal Commission into child sexual abuse – Q&A at National Press Club
LAURIE WILSON: Thank you very much, Minister, for your speech. You mention the fact that social housing is really just one part of the jigsaw,…
Royal Commission into Child Abuse, ABC Newsradio
MARIUS BENSON: Well, the Federal Government’s announcement that it is establishing a royal commission to investigate claims of child abuse in church, state and private institutions…
ABS Homelessness Figures; Affordable Housing; Select Council Meeting on Housing and Homelessness; Royal Commission into Child Abuse
** E&OE – Check against delivery ** ALEXANDRA KIRK: Firstly, how do you view today’s figures, snapshot of homelessness and the fact that it’s showing…
Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse
E&OE CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY RAY HADLEY: As I mentioned earlier, there’s been widespread support, as there should be, for the Prime Minister’s announcement there’ll be…
Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse
E&OE CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY JON FAINE: Brendan O’Connor is speaking on behalf of the Attorney-General (sic) and the Prime Minister on the royal commission issue…
Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse
E&OE – CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY NEIL MITCHELL: In a sense the Prime Minister has preempted the royal commission a little because she referred in her…
Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse
E&OE – Check Against Delivery RUSSELL WOOLF: The Federal Government has today announced there’ll be a royal commission into the way institutions have responded to…
Launch of South Port Social Housing Initiative; Father Bob Maguire; Licensing of Rooming Houses – Doorstop, South Melbourne
QUESTION: Minister, tell us about this new complex. BRENDAN O’CONNOR: Look, this is a fantastic complex, providing 40 separate dwellings for some of the most…
Address to the Community Housing Federation victoria
***CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY*** Acknowledgments I acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we meet today, and pay my respects to their…
Launch of the South Port Social Housing Development
Thank you very much Maurie. Can I firstly acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and pay my respects to their…
Launch of Lifecourse Research
BRENDAN O’CONNOR: Thanks very much John (Murphy). I’d too like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and pay my…
10,000th National Rental Affordability Scheme home
KARREN WALSH: Thank you to our special guest, the Honourable Minister Brendan O’Connor, Bernadette Lynn and Diane from FaHCSIA, Coco Goodson from Contexx, Lesley Dredge…
Asylum seekers, Tony Abbott, Julia Gillard – Weekend Breakfast
ANDREW GEOGHEGAN: The Government’s policy for dealing with refugees has been dealt another blow with yesterday’s High Court ruling that the indefinite detention of a…
Doorstop, Brisbane – Queensland Tenant Advice and Advocacy Service, Alan Jones
BRENDAN O’CONNOR: I’m here today in Brisbane to make an important announcement about the future of the Queensland Tenant Advice and Advocacy Service. This is…
ABC Newsradio – Revised ABS estimates on homelessness
STEVE CHASE: The Bureau of Statistics has just released official estimates of the prevalence of homelessness in Australia for the first time. Now the…
Weekend Breakfast, ABC News 24 – Homelessness, asylum seekers; Afghanistan; school funding
NICK DOLE: Minister, good morning and thanks for joining ABC News 24. BRENDAN O’CONNOR: Happy to be here, thank you. NICK DOLE: This $1.1 billion…
Joint Doorstop with Kevin Rudd, Member for Griffith – Brisbane Common Ground Opening
BRENDAN O’CONNOR: Thank you very much for coming, this is a very important day today. This is the formal opening of Common Ground in Brisbane,…
ABC Radio – Homelessness
E&OE TONY EASTLEY: The Federal Government doesn’t know if it’s on course to meet its target to cut the homelessness rate by 20 per cent…