HOST: You're on Kiss 101.1 with Jase and Lauren in the morning. Please welcome the next Prime Minister of Australia. Anthony Albanese.
HOST: Wow, good morning everyone. It is just on 18 to eight from DJing to the PM office. Good morning mate. Welcome back to the show.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA: Thanks for having me on the programme.
HOST: Oh good morning Albo, now a lot has changed since we spoke to you last.
PRIME MINISTER: I'm PM Albo now. You need to address me by my official title.
HOST: Yes. Are you getting used to that title Prime Minister Albanese?
PRIME MINISTER: Not quite I'm still certainly just just Albo to my mates and that's a good thing.
HOST: That's awesome. I did hear you saying there was a moment when you realised your life had really changed. And it was when we were all lucky enough to see you on your front doorstep in your pyjamas.
PRIME MINISTER: That was a bit rude wasn't it? You know you're out there collecting the papers in your jammies and your Ugg boots.
HOST: What were the pyjamas by the way?
PRIME MINISTER: An old footy jumper they had little bunnies on them, I'm a South Sydney supporter.
HOST: Gee Putin will be shaking in his boots won't he?
PRIME MINISTER: They have little bunnies on them. It's true. But you know, they weren't they weren't meant to be seen by the public.
HOST: Just keeping it sexy at home.
PRIME MINISTER: And what sort of weirdos taking your photo at 6am in the morning? That's the real question here. What was the photographer wearing?
HOST: Congratulations on taking out the top job. We haven't spoken to you since the election. So and well done. Are you enjoying it?
PRIME MINISTER: I am indeed. Look, it's a great opportunity to make a difference to people's lives on really practical measures. Next week, we'll be having legislation for 10 days paid domestic and family violence leave, we'll have legislation about creating Jobs and Skills Australia to address those issues and give people opportunities and we'll have climate change legislation to hopefully, end the climate wars. So, it's all just a huge opportunity and a great privilege.
HOST: Hey, I've got some questions I want to throw at you about how life might have changed in the last couple of weeks since becoming the Prime Minister. The most the burning one I've got is when you moved into Kirrabilli house, do they change the mattress between Scomo and you? Do you get new linen?
PRIME MINISTER: I'm not sure to tell you the truth. Its all been a bit of a whirlwind, whether it be The Lodge or Kirribilli. I've been at The Lodge in Canberra this week. And last night I've been here in beautiful Melbourne. I will be in Sydney tonight. So maybe I'll maybe I'll ask that question. I should have asked that beforehand shouldn't I.
HOST: Well, I'm tipping that they've just flipped it over. And we're hoping that you've got a new one. My next question is, have you logged on to like UberEATS or something? You know, when you move house and you check the area of the takeaway and what's available. Have you had any takeaway delivered to Kirribilli yet?
PRIME MINISTER: No, I haven't. But I should have mentioned that, it all gets just delivered to the security gate. I'm sure that'll happen. Yeah, at some stage, you know, I'll need a pizza or something delivered. And there it'll come.
HOST: Well you get a few things taken away from you as well, don't you Albo like driving? Are you actually allowed to drive? Or do you need to have a driver full time?
PRIME MINISTER: No, you're not allowed to drive it's a security issue. So it is very strange just wanting to go up the shops and grab something. Grab some dog food for Toto and you need to go with, there's an advance party and then there's a huge kerfuffle.
HOST: What's what's the most random outing, like if you sat there going, Oh, God, I could do some Ben and Jerry's and it's eight o'clock and they've had to clear the servo out, before you walk in.
PRIME MINISTER: Now, you've got to you've got to give them notice to be fair to my hard working members of the AFP and security details. So it requires some notice. And it's sort of strange when you're walking the dog around, I went for a walk around Canberra the other day on a Sunday and people see you know, there's someone in advance and and then there's you. But we've seen, unfortunately, most tragically with what occurred in Japan recently was a bit of a reminder that the security issues are very real and not as much security as I had going into Ukraine, let me tell you.
HOST: I was going to say I saw your beautiful partner, Jodie, who, by the way, I think won all of our hearts in that Channel Seven interview that she did you guys just seem like the most divine ordinary, normal couple, but watching her be so terrified as you went off to Ukraine. That must be hard when you realise the effect that you being the Prime Minister has on your family and your loved ones.
PRIME MINISTER: Oh, absolutely. And that was a risk, of course, going into somewhere where there's a war zone. And the risk had been increased the levels the week before, because missiles dropped pretty close to an around and indeed in Kyiv. But she also was subject I think she got a bit of a little bit of an insight into the amount of security we were taking in. And just a shout out to our special forces and an AFP who do such an incredible job all of the time, but particularly there I got a real insight with the briefings and we went through various scenarios, and these brave men and women, that's what they do. Our country and the people of Ukraine are fighting for us, as well as themselves. If you have in 2022. If we to have a sovereign nation invaded like that so brutally. Then it's just tearing up the international rulebook that we kind of were taking for granted a little bit, I think.
HOST: I forgot you went over there. You've had a busy bloody couple of weeks since taking the job. I'm hearing Yeah.
PRIME MINISTER: It's two months today since the election, I clocked in before. It seems like a lot longer I've gotta say.
HOST: There you go you've nearly lasted your probation. We've got a six month probation here. I don't know how it works at The Lodge.
PRIME MINISTER: Well it's kind of a three year probation period, and guess what, you get a say in three years.
HOST: Albo is joining us on the air this morning and he is about to break protocol. He is about to reveal some highly classified information now to Canberra this morning. Mr. Albanese, I believe you have the next clue to what is the KIIS $100,000 noise.
PRIME MINISTER: I do indeed. And I'm not sure this is as big a deal as solving climate change, but it's big - I accept that. I accept that this is a very big deal.
HOST: Okay, so $100,000 - everyone in Melbourne wants to know what the noise is. I will say clue number one and then Mr. Albanese will give you the bonus part to the clue. So clue number one was: you won't find this outdoors. Albo?
PRIME MINISTER: It's what's inside that counts. A hundred grand?
HOST: Yep, a hundred k.
HOST: That's lot of money, isn't it?
HOST: Yeah, I can't let you have a guess. I think it'll look too dodgy.
PRIME MINISTER: I'm not allowed to win. I won two months ago.
HOST: Albo, we really appreciate the call this morning, mate. You're doing a great job and keep checking in next time you're in Melbourne.
PRIME MINISTER: Thanks very much, guys. Have a great day.
HOST: There is the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joining us on the air.