Television interview - ABC Insiders

DAVID SPEERS, HOST: The Prime Minister is with me now. Anthony Albanese, from the honeymoon to the Insiders studio. Congratulations, firstly, on your wedding.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, David. Thank you very much, and can I take the opportunity to thank Australians for the very warm wishes that we have received. It's been quite heartening, and it was a wonderful marriage and then a four-day honeymoon is short, but it was wonderful to have a bit of time off together.

Press conference - Behind the news

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning.

STUDENTS: Good morning.

PRIME MINISTER: You can do better than that. Good morning.

STUDENTS: Good morning.

ANIKA WELLS, MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS: Good morning, PM.

PRIME MINISTER: Anika Wells is the Minister for Communications, and I'm the Prime Minister, and welcome to Parliament House.

Leave arrangements

The Prime Minister will be on leave for five days from Monday 1 December 2025.

During most of this time, the Deputy Prime Minister will be Acting Prime Minister. 

The Deputy Prime Minister is expected to travel to Papua New Guinea from Tuesday morning to Wednesday afternoon. During this time Minister Wong will be Acting Prime Minister.

Appointment of new Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

I am pleased to announce the Governor-General has appointed Ms Victoria Anderson as the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

Ms Anderson has an extensive career in the Australian Public Service, most recently as Deputy Secretary of the Small Business, Corporate and Law Group at the Department of the Treasury.

Prior to this, Ms Anderson held senior roles in the Department of Education, Skills and Employment and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

Press conference - Canberra

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: When we came to government, we promised we would reform Australia's broken environmental laws. Today, we deliver that promise. The sensible, responsible and balanced laws are good for business and good for the environment. Today, I can announce our Government's landmark environmental law reform will pass the Parliament today, heralding a new era for the environment and productivity in Australia. We have consulted extensively with the business community, with environmental groups and with community organisations.

Albanese Government to pass historic environmental reforms

The Albanese Government’s landmark environmental law reforms will pass the Parliament this week, heralding a new era for the environment and productivity in Australia.

More than five years after Professor Graeme Samuel handed down his independent review into the nation’s 25-year-old environmental laws, the Government’s Environment Protection Reform Bill will be passed with the support of the Greens in the Senate.

More than three million Australians about to receive 20 per cent student debt cut

More than 3 million Australians will have their student debt cut by 20 per cent by the end of next week, wiping almost $16 billion in total.

Today alone, more than 1.5 million Australians will see their student debts cut by 20 per cent. That’s around half of all people with a student debt.

It continues the ATO’s roll out of the Albanese Labor Government’s cut to student debt.

For someone with the average HELP debt of $27,600 this will see around $5,520 wiped from their debt.