The Albanese Government is pleased to announce Ms Melissa Doyle AM as the new Chair of the National Australia Day Council Board.

Ms Doyle has had a distinguished career as a television presenter, author and journalist, with more than 30 years of experience.

In the 2016 Australia Day Honours List, Ms Doyle was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia, recognising her significant service to the community through roles with a range of charities and in broadcast media.

Today marks 25 years since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, which claimed the lives of thousands of innocent people in the United States and from countries around the world.

On this solemn day, we remember the 2,977 people killed in New York, Washington DC and in Pennsylvania, including 10 Australians whose lives were tragically cut short far from home.

We acknowledge the grief carried by their loved ones. We also honour the courage and selflessness shown in the face of unimaginable horror.

MERYL SWANSON, MEMBER FOR PATERSON: Well, good morning everyone and welcome to the M1 here at – well, we’re kind of at Tarro at the moment, but it’s on its way to Raymond Terrace. But what is most exciting is that the people of the Hunter and the people of New South Wales and the Eastern Seaboard of Australia are going to be on their way within 48 hours on this magnificent piece of road infrastructure. Success has many parents, but let me tell you, Labor has delivered this road. And I cannot wait for the people of Australia to be driving on it in less than 48 hours.

MATT SHIRVINGTON, HOST: Well, the way that each and every Australian uses social media could be about to change forever. Every Aussie may soon have the power to opt out of algorithms online. There are the systems that analyse massive amounts of online data to feed you the posts that will be keeping you scrolling.

JAMES GLENDAY, HOST: Well, the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is out and about this morning and he's happy to say that he's joining us live from north of Newcastle on a road. Prime Minister, welcome back to the program. It's a Sitting Week in Canberra but you've skipped town. Why are you up near Newcastle?

After more than four million hours of construction, the Hunter’s largest road infrastructure project will open to traffic in the early hours of 11 September, delivering a new 15-kilometre motorway connection between Black Hill and Raymond Terrace.

The opening of the M1 Pacific Motorway extension marks a major milestone for the Hunter, closing a missing link in the Sydney to Brisbane economic corridor and strengthening one of Australia’s most important freight routes.

TOM STEINFORT, HOST: Well, the Labor Government is once again waging war on tech giants, releasing a draft Digital Duty of Care bill that allows Australians to opt out of addictive algorithms.

SYLVIA JEFFREYS, HOST: To discuss, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joins us now from New South Wales. Good morning to you, PM, and thank you for your time.

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

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Thank you. We're here today to talk about empowerment and choice. And I'm joined by Tess Fuller from Teach Us Consent, from Sarah Davies from the Alannah & Madeline Foundation, by Lucy Thomas from PROJECT ROCKIT, Jim Hungerford from the Butterfly Foundation, Jason Trethowan from Headspace, Vikki Ryall from Headspace, Wayne Holdsworth, who was Mac's father, from SmackTalk, Emma Mason, who is very familiar to many of you, Tilly's mum, who's been one of the spearheads of the Let Them Be Kids campaign.

The Albanese Government is taking the next step following its world leading social media age ban to ensure Australians have more choice online, with draft legislation for the Digital Duty of Care released today for targeted consultation.

These new laws will put the onus on digital service providers to provide a safe online environment, setting minimum standards for the features and tools they use.

This will include an Australian first, “My Feed, My Way,” initiative which will give Australians control over their social media algorithms.

Last year, Australia took world-leading action by banning children under the age of 16 from having social media accounts.

It was one of the biggest social and cultural changes our country has ever faced, and it
was led by Australian parents protecting children.

When we proposed and introduced the ban, there were sceptics, there still are.

We didn’t lead the world for the sake of it.

We took action because the community said enough was enough and we would no longer let Australian kids be treated as commodities instead of children.