MADELEINE KING, MINISTER FOR RESOURCES: Good morning everyone. Can I say, it's a delight to have the Prime Minister, my friend Anthony Albanese, back here in Perth for, I think it's his 40-something-th time. Thanks so much for being here today, Prime Minister. And also to my very good friend, the Premier of Western Australia, Roger Cook, and my other very good friend here today, Deputy Premier, Minister for Infrastructure and many other things, Rita Saffioti.
The Albanese and Cook Labor Governments are strengthening Western Australia’s supply chain resilience with a landmark $1.1 billion investment for crucial road connections to the proposed future Westport container terminal in Kwinana.
The Australian Government’s investment of $552 million will be delivered through the upcoming Federal Budget and matched by the Western Australian Government.
The Albanese Government is supercharging the transition to faster, more streamlined project assessments and approvals under our historic environmental law reforms.
The Government will provide more than $45 million over 4 years to progress bilateral agreements with states and territories that will reduce duplication.
Thank you very much for that warm introduction.
And I do want to thank Robyn as well for the wonderful Welcome to Country that we just received. It uplifted all of us, didn't hurt anyone. It's about bringing people together. And I thank Robyn and her son for that very warm welcome to her country.
It is always a pleasure to be here in Perth and I’m grateful for the invitation to join you this morning.
OLIVER PETERSON, HOST: This is Drive with Oliver Peterson. And I'm pleased to say that standing opposite me here in the 102.5 ABC Perth Studios is the Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese. Good afternoon.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good afternoon. Fantastic to be back in Perth.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning. Thanks for joining us. Today, Australia pauses to remember the 35 people whose lives and futures were stolen from them at Port Arthur 30 years ago. We think of everyone whose world was shattered by the loss of those innocent victims. We think of, and thank again, the first responders, and we think of the broader Tasmanian community as well. We think of Walter Mikac, who channelled his devastating loss into a call for national action on gun law reform.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will welcome the Prime Minister of Japan, Her Excellency Sanae Takaichi, to Australia from Sunday 3 May to Tuesday 5 May 2026.
This will be Prime Minister Takaichi’s first official visit to Australia since taking office.
This year marks 50 years since the signing of the Basic Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Australia and Japan – the foundation for our relationship of trust and friendship today.
The Albanese Government is taking the next step to ensure Australian journalism is sustainable now and into the future.
Draft legislation to establish a News Bargaining Incentive (NBI) is now available for consultation.
The proposed legislation addresses a limitation in the long-standing News Media Bargaining Code which allows digital platforms to avoid their obligations by removing news from their service.
I am pleased to announce I intend to recommend to the Governor-General that she appoint Ms Meghan Quinn PSM as Secretary of the Department of Defence.
This is a historic appointment with Ms Quinn becoming the first woman to substantively hold the position of Secretary of the Department of Defence.
Ms Quinn has a distinguished career as a senior leader in the Australian Public Service and is currently the Secretary of the Department of Industry, Science and Resources.
Thirty years after the Port Arthur massacre, the terrible, indiscriminate cruelty of that day remains beyond understanding.
Australia pauses today to remember the 35 people whose lives and futures were so pitilessly stolen from them just because they happened to be there.
We think of everyone whose world was shattered by the loss of those who had been the bright centre of their lives, their love left desperately wrapped around an absence.