HOST: Never thought you'd have your own song did you, Prime Minister?

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Indeed, it’s a bit of spin on the Eagles.

HOST: Yeah, that's right.

HOST: Do you like music?

PRIME MINISTER: I love music.

HOST: I just want you to sing when the music stops for me. Here we go.

[HAWTHORN THEME SONG PLAYS]

PRIME MINISTER: We love our club, and we play to win, riding the bumps with a grin.

KYLE SANDILANDS, HOST: Ladies and gentlemen, would you please be upstanding for the Australian national anthem as Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, is doing the rounds this morning after the Budget was handed down last night. A lot of great news I heard, for a lot of folks in the Budget. Obviously the losers, the other, the other team, the opposition. I don't even know why they, of course they're going to complain and pick holes and things, but I think all in all, I think they've done a great job with this Budget for a lot, a lot, a lot of folks.

FIFI BOX, HOST: It’s one of the busiest days of the year, I imagine, for our Prime Minister, but he joins us now. Anthony Albanese, welcome back to the show.

PRIME MINISTER: Good to be here. It is a very busy day, but you're always a priority.

FIFI: Thank you, Prime Minister. And can we just quickly apologise while you're on hold, our senior producer, James Blake, who is a bit of a pest, was having a chat to you and we could see he was chewing your ear off, so just apologies for that. He’s a bit of a fan.

MICHAEL ROWLAND, HOST: The PM joins us now in the Senate courtyard at Parliament House. Prime Minister, good morning. Thanks for joining us.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, Michael.

ROWLAND: I want to start with the energy bill relief announced by the Treasurer last night. ACOSS, the Australian Council of Social Service, says in this view it's extraordinarily wasteful. Not means testing that giving it to millionaires as well as people struggling. They've got a point, haven't they?

PETER STEFANOVIC, HOST: Every household will see its power bills slashed by $300 as part of a nearly $8 billion cost of living package. It's a move Treasury says will cut inflation by half a percentage point next financial year. Let's go to Canberra now. Joining us live is the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. PM, good to see you. Thanks for your time this morning. So, how much of your reelection hopes are now dependent on inflation being tackled by Christmas?

MATT SHIRVINGTON, HOST: Returning to our top story this morning, the Federal Budget, and I'd like to say good morning to the Prime Minister. Well, the Treasurer has essentially promised that we can have our cake and eat it too, so to speak. You're treading a tightrope at the moment, aren't you? Cost of living measures, trying to get more into the back pockets of Aussies, but also trying not to make inflation worse. Has it worked?

KARL STEFANOVIC, HOST: PM, good morning to you.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: G'day, Karl

STEFANOVIC: How do you explain how Jenny from the block in Yorkeys Knob gets the same power rebate as Gina from Noosa?

RICHARD KING, HOST: Good morning, Prime Minister.

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

KING: Yep, likewise. Jacqui Lambie, the $300 power bill relief, obviously, you know, when we talk about what's in it for me, that's probably number one for everybody. But a lot of people are suggesting it shouldn't be for everybody, Prime Minister.

Helping Australians with the cost of living is our Government’s number one priority.

This Budget delivers a tax cut for every taxpayer, provides new energy bill relief for every household, cuts student debt and increases rent assistance for nearly 1 million households.

The Albanese Labor Government knows many Australians are doing it tough and is focused on easing those pressures.

Our Budget centrepiece is a tax cut for every one of the nation’s 13.6 million taxpayers, which will begin flowing in less than seven weeks.

This is a responsible and restrained Budget which eases cost of living pressures and invests in a Future Made in Australia.

It provides a tax cut for every taxpayer and new help with energy bills, rent and the cost of medicines.

It builds more homes for Australians, reforms our universities, strengthens Medicare and the care economy, and broadens opportunity in our society.

Global economic uncertainty, high but moderating inflation and higher interest rates are contributing to cost of living pressures and combining to slow the economy.