UNOFFICIAL The Hon. Scott Morrison MP Prime Minister The Hon. Angus Taylor MP Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction The Hon. Stuart Robert MP Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Thursday 5 May 2022 A STRONGER FUTURE FOR AUSTRALIAN SMALL BUSINESS A re-elected Morrison Government will help create 400,000 small and family businesses and back programs to help them cut their overhead costs. The new pledge to support the creation of 400,000 new small and family businesses over the next five years comes as the Morrison Government invests $17.9 million in the Business Energy Advice Program (BEAP) to help businesses navigate the electricity retail market and adopt more efficient technologies to reduce their energy cost. “When we create small businesses, we create jobs,” the Prime Minister said. “Our plan for a strong economy and a stronger future for all Australians relies on strong ...

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UNOFFICIAL The Hon. Scott Morrison MP Prime Minister The Hon. Paul Fletcher MP Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Sunday 1 May 2022 OUR PLAN TO KEEP AUSTRALIAN FAMILIES SAFE ONLINE A re-elected Morrison Government will continue its world-leading reforms that protect children, women and families online including by significantly enhancing eSafety capability in schools, ensuring strong parental controls are available on devices and legislating our tough anti-trolling laws. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the Coalition had stood up to big tech and social media giants to make Australia a world-leader in online safety, but there was much more to be done. “Our kids should be able to learn, be entertained, or connect with their friends and family without facing abuse, humiliation or online predators,” the Prime Minister said. “The online world cannot be a cowards’ cavern where the rules of the real world ...

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The Hon. Scott Morrison Prime Minister – Message – Sinhala and Tamil New Year PRIME MINISTER   MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER SINHALA AND TAMIL NEW YEAR 2022 I’m pleased to send my best wishes to everyone celebrating Sinhala and Tamil New Year. As you come together for this tremendous family and community event, you share in a festival of language and culture. Steeped in ancient tradition, Sinhala and Tamil New Year inspires goodwill, thankfulness, and renewal. As we farewell another tough year, this is a message that speaks to all Australians. Here in Australia — a country of acceptance and inclusion — we practise our beliefs and customs free from persecution and discrimination. We are free to celebrate faith and community in ways that bring joy to our hearts. We are an open, free and accepting nation — the most successful multicultural nation on earth. In the words of Queensland’s ...

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UNOFFICIAL The Hon. Scott Morrison MP Prime Minister MEDIA STATEMENT Wednesday 14 July 2021 UPDATE ON NSW COVID-19 DISASTER PAYMENTS FOR EXTENSION OF GREATER SYDNEY LOCKDOWN Eligible workers across the first seven local government areas in New South Wales to go into lockdown will be able to apply for the Federal Government’s increased COVID-19 Disaster Payments from tomorrow, Thursday July 15, enabling payments to be made from Friday, July 16. Residents in Bayside, City of Sydney, Canada Bay, Inner West, Randwick, Waverley and Woollahra will be able to apply for the recurring COVID-19 Disaster Payment tomorrow, while the wider Greater Sydney region under lockdown and right across NSW can make an application from Sunday July 18, enabling payments to be made from Monday, July 19. ...

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UNOFFICIAL The Hon. Scott Morrison MP Prime Minister MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER AUSTRALIA DAY 2021 As Australians, our fates have always been bound together. During this past year, we have been reminded once again of our shared fortunes. How much we depend on each other. In a year where much of the world has struggled under the strain of the global pandemic, Australians, together, have prevailed, in our own Australian way. ...

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Prime Minister – Joint Media Release – Australia’s 2020 Cyber Security Strategy – Thursday 6 August 2020 UNOFFICIAL The Hon. Scott Morrison MP Prime Minister  The Hon. Peter Dutton MP Minister for Home Affairs JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Thursday 6 August 2020 AUSTRALIA’S 2020 CYBER SECURITY STRATEGY Keeping Australians secure online is key to protecting our economy, national security and sovereignty. The Morrison Government’s 2020 Cyber Security Strategy outlines how we will keep Australian families and businesses secure online, protect and strengthen the security and resilience of Australia’s critical infrastructure and ensure law enforcement agencies have the powers and technical capabilities to detect, target, investigate and disrupt cybercrime, including on the dark web. The 2020 Cyber Security Strategy is the largest ever Australian Government financial commitment to cyber security and builds on the strong foundations established by its predecessor.   ...

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Prime Minister – Joint Media Release – Support for Victorian families, childcare workers and services The Hon. Scott Morrison MP Prime Minister  The Hon. Dan Tehan MP Minister for Education JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday 5 August 2020 SUPPORT FOR VICTORIAN FAMILIES, CHILDCARE WORKERS AND SERVICES The Morrison Government has stepped up to provide childcare relief for thousands of Victorian families while ensuring services can remain viable and staff are retained during the Stage four lockdown. From today, the Victorian Government’s restrictions mean children, except for vulnerable children and those of permitted workers, in metropolitan Melbourne will no longer be able to attend childcare for six weeks. ...

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The Hon. Scott Morrison MP Prime Minister Senator the Hon. Michaelia Cash Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business  JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Thursday 16 July 2020 JOBTRAINER SKILLS PACKAGE FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND GROWTH The Morrison Government will invest $2 billion to give hundreds of thousands of Australians access to new skills by retraining and upskilling them into sectors with job opportunities, as the economy recovers from COVID-19. The JobTrainer skills package will also guarantee support for thousands of apprentices in jobs across the country by subsidising their wages to keep them employed and their training secured.     ...

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The Hon. Scott Morrison MP Prime Minister The Hon. Gladys Berejiklian MP Premier of New South Wales The Hon. Michael McCormack MP Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development The Hon. Alan Tudge MP Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure The Hon. Hon Andrew Constance MP NSW Minister for Transport The Hon. Hon Paul Toole MP NSW Minister for Regional Transport and Roads  JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Monday 29 June 2020 $1 BILLION TO UNLOCK THOUSANDS OF INFRASTRUCTURE JOBS IN NSW The Federal and State Liberal and Nationals Governments will support nearly 5,500 jobs across New South Wales through a joint $1 billion investment in shovel-ready infrastructure projects and road safety upgrades. The funding will be allocated to three key priorities: $240 million to fix 11 congestion hotspots around Sydney, supporting 1,000 direct and indirect jobs; $382 million to help local councils upgrade roads across regional NSW, ...

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UNOFFICIAL The Hon. Scott Morrison MP Prime Minister TRANSCRIPT ADDRESS, NATIONAL PRESS CLUB NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, ACT TUESDAY 26 MAY 2020 EO&E… PRIME MINISTER: Well thank you very much Sabra. I begin by acknowledging the Ngunnawal people, their elders past, present, and those who are emerging. Can I also acknowledge any servicemen and women and veterans who may be joining us today either here or through the broadcast and can I simply say to you, thank you for your service. A year ago I said: “How good is Australia” and “how good are Australians.” And over the past year, Australians have proved this time and again. We are an amazing country. A view shared by all of my Government, I’m sure all of the parliament, my colleagues here with me today, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Treasurer, the Leader of the Government in the Senate, my many colleagues, we believe this ...

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