COMMANDER ASHLEIGH PAYNE, CSC, RAN, COMMANDING OFFICER HMAS STALWART: Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. I'm Commander Ashleigh Payne, Commanding Officer of HMAS Stalwart, and it's our privilege to host you here today. I'd now like to introduce the Honourable Anthony Albanese MP, Prime Minister of Australia.

ERNESTO TANMANTIONG, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF JOLLIBEE FOODS CORPORATION: Prime Minister Albanese, it is our joy to welcome you to Jollibee. Distinguished guests, friends from Australia, the Philippines, it’s a jolly good day. You know, Jollibee got a small ice cream parlours in the Philippines. Today, we have gone to nearly 2,000 stores across 17 countries, and we are proud and excited to mark another milestone in our global journey as we bring Jollibee to Australia.

A taste of the Philippines is coming to Australia as the Philippines’ largest restaurant company, Jollibee, expands into the Australian market.

Prime Minister Albanese joined Jollibee Global President and CEO, Ernesto Tanmantiong at a Jollibee restaurant in Manila, to announce two franchise agreements to establish stores in Australia.

Jollibee will open its doors in dozens of locations across New South Wales and Victoria, creating new Australian jobs in retail, logistics and product supply.

Australia is strengthening defence cooperation and maritime security in Southeast Asia to enhance the stability and prosperity of our region.

Following a visit to HMAS Stalwart in Manila today, Prime Minister Albanese witnessed the signing of a new Australia–Philippines Defence Cooperation Arrangement.

I want to thank each and every one of you for giving us the honour of participating in today's roundtable.

But perhaps even more importantly, thank all of you for the investments that you have made in Australia and secondly, and even more importantly than the most important thing, so overtaking that is future investment as well.

And in the informal engagement that I had outside there, certainly that was something that so many of you spoke about in the brief introductions that we had.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA: Thanks for joining us. I'm joined by the Secretary General of the Pacific Island Forum, and also the leaders of Niue, Tonga, FSM, Tuvalu, Palau, Solomon Islands and Fiji is caught up in a meeting. You'll hear from myself and then Minister Bowen, and then on behalf of PIF, President Whipps who is the chair, current chair of the Pacific Island Forum. It is a privilege to be here in Antalya at COP31 with the leaders of our Pacific family.

Australia has focused global attention on the Pacific at the world’s biggest climate conference, COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese highlighted the imminent threat of climate change in the Pacific and called for global support for the Pacific Resilience Facility, a Pacific-owned and led financing institution.

It is a privilege to be here in Antalya at COP31, and I want to acknowledge our friends in Türkiye who are providing such wonderful hospitality with us.

I also want to acknowledge that the objective here, there on the back, wherever you go around this wonderful conference, dialogue, consensus, and action is what we are here for.

Turning climate ambition into practical action, and that's precisely what the Pacific Resilience Facility is about.

Thank you President Erdoğan and Dr Birol for convening this event.

I would also like to thank my friend President Erdoğan for our partnership on COP31 and your leadership in advocating for the 35 by 35 target.

Electrification is fundamental to the clean energy transition.

Backed by renewables it reduces emissions.

Over-time electrifying our economy can reduce global dependence on fossil fuels, enhancing energy security and independence.

My fellow leaders,

Distinguished guests,

UN Secretary-General António Guterres,

President Erdoğan.

This is an historic moment for my country.

Australia is proud to be playing a leading role with Türkiye on climate change negotiations for the world at this United Nations Conference of the Parties.

Proud to be a leader on climate action.

Proud to be a renewable energy leader, creating the clean industries, businesses and jobs of the future.

And proud to be here fighting for the interests of our Pacific family.