ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good afternoon. Today, we held a National Cabinet meeting and it was the third that we have had since the conflict in the Middle East began. It was a very constructive meeting, an important one, to provide the states and territories with updates from the Fuel Security Taskforce Commissioner, Anthea Harris, and also from Minister Bowen and myself. Australia remains steady at level two in our National Fuel Security Plan that has been agreed to by the National Cabinet. Australia's fuel supply outlook remains secure in the near term.

BILLI FITZSIMONS: Prime Minister, thank you for joining The Daily Aus.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Great to be here in your new studio.

FITZSIMONS: You are our first guest in our new studio.

PRIME MINISTER: Well, I should be opening something.

FITZSIMONS: Yeah, it's only right that the Prime Minister is our first guest.

PRIME MINISTER: Putting a plaque on the wall or something. Well, congratulations.

HAMISH MACDONALD, HOST: The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, of course, spoke to James Valentine pretty frequently on the Breakfast Show when he was doing that, but throughout the years as well. The Prime Minister is here this morning. Very good morning to you. Sad news to be sharing this morning, Prime Minister.

HAMISH MACDONALD, HOST: The PM and the Energy Minister, Chris Bowen have just wrapped up a media conference at Port Botany in Sydney. The Prime Minister is here this morning. Good morning to you, PM.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, Hamish. Good to be with you.

MACDONALD: You've confirmed four additional cargoes of diesel have been secured for Australia through BP, Viva Energy and Export Finance Australia. Can you explain what that means in practical terms?

PAUL AUGÉ, PRESIDENT, BP AUSTRALIA: Thank you, Prime Minister Albanese and Mr Bowen. It's great to be here today. Today's announcement is all about making sure that Australia has the fuel it needs when it needs it, and also at a time of increased uncertainty and volatility. Thank you, Government, for the responsiveness that they have demonstrated. And the work with the EFA is a demonstration of the Government's action to make sure Australia has the fuel it needs.

Under the Albanese Government’s new Strategic Reserve powers, a further 200 million litres of additional diesel for Australia has been secured, and work has commenced with leading fertiliser companies to secure more supply at this critical time in the growing season.

The Government has partnered with BP Australia and continued our partnership with Viva Energy, taking the total additional diesel secured in the last seven days to approximately 300 million litres or over 1.8 million additional barrels to keep Australia moving.

SARAH FERGUSON, HOST: Prime Minister, welcome to 7.30. 

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good evening. Good to be with you, Sarah.

FERGUSON: The situation in the Strait of Hormuz is volatile, as well as in the Gulf, and thinking about the last time a deal was done with the Iranians over their over their nuclear program, it took a very long time. So, speaking frankly, how bad could the consequences get for Australians?

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning. Shortly, Minister Bowen will provide his weekly update on the Australian Government's Minimum Stockpile Obligation and some broader updates as well. But it certainly has been a very busy week. Last night, I joined the Strait of Hormuz Freedom of Navigation Summit that was hosted by President Macron of France, Prime Minister Starmer of the United Kingdom, and also in person, Chancellor Merz of Germany, and also Giorgia Meloni of Italy.

RICHARD MARLES, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: Welcome everyone today to the Viva refinery in Corio. Obviously, we wish we were here under better circumstances, but we are very pleased to have here, today, the Prime Minister, the Minister for Energy, Libby Coker, the Member for Corangamite, Ella George, who is the Member for Lara, and Scott Wyatt, the CEO of Viva, and Bill Patterson as well. We are enormously thankful that in the midst of all that has occurred here, there have been no injuries as a result of the incident.

THE HON ANWAR IBRAHIM, PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA: We are really encountering post normal times. We discussed this. Developments are unanticipated and continue to haunt us because we are not able to fairly and squarely craft an agenda forward, because many of these issues are quite unresolved. Disruptions to production and supply chains. So, the world certainly looks different today, Prime Minister, than it did when you were here in Kuala Lumpur last October. The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively closed for nearly seven weeks.