Can I acknowledge the people of the Yolngu nation.
I recognise all their elders, leaders and families who have given so much to Australia.
In particular, I acknowledge the Gumatj clan whose lands we are meeting on today.
I also acknowledge my parliamentary colleagues from across the spectrum.
I acknowledge union and business leaders, faith and sporting leaders and all of my fellow Australians here today, Indigenous and non-Indigenous coming together.
MATT CUNNINGHAM, HOST: Prime Minister, thanks for your time.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good to be here.
CUNNINGHAM: You said yesterday to the Dilak Council that not only would you be going to this referendum, but that it would succeed. How can you be so confident?
DAVID SPEERS, HOST: Prime Minister, welcome to the program.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good to be here at this rather extraordinary venue.
SPEERS: No, it certainly is. Look, you said, PM, that you wanted to come here to listen. Can I ask, what have you heard?
CRAIG ZONCA, HOST: Prime Minister, good morning.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning. Good to be with you.
ZONCA: Why do you think the Yes campaign is losing traction, particularly here in Queensland?
ED CAVALEE, HOST: You'll know him as the Member for Leichhardt. We know him as the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Good morning.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, that's quite an introduction.
ERIN MOLAN, HOST: What is that music?
DAVE HUGHES, HOST: It's the National Anthem
MOLAN: I thought it was a Royal...
PRIME MINISTER: Erin, please.
MOLAN: We don't hear it as often as we used to, PM.
I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, I pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging.
I’m proud to lead a Government that will give every Australian the opportunity to vote for Constitutional Recognition through a Voice, in a referendum later this year.
In the Territory, there are great local examples of what can be achieved when governments listen to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and work with them: from schools to employment programs to Indigenous Rangers.
The Albanese Government is pleased to announce $6.4 million towards the Yolngu people’s long held vision for a world class tertiary institution in northeast Arnhem Land.
As the 24th annual Garma Festival kicks off, the investment from the Aboriginals Benefit Account (ABA) to support the Yothu Yindi Foundation with Stage One for the design and development of the Garma Institute - a new tertiary and vocational education facility.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Thank you for the warm welcome to your country and for the meeting that we've just had with the Dilak Council. An opportunity to listen. An opportunity to listen about the vision that the community here has on your Yolngu country of education, advancement for their young people of health and better health outcomes of improvements to housing as well on the homelands. This was an opportunity for us to listen. And indeed, in the Dilak Council is an example of exactly how a Voice with local structures can work.
MATT DORAN, HOST: Well back here, and it's been an intense return to Parliament this week as the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader traded barbs over the Voice to Parliament. Anthony Albanese is in the Northern Territory attending the Garma Festival this weekend with the Yes campaign being a key focus.
CLINT STANAWAY, HOST: The Prime Minister joins us from the Garma Festival in Arnhem Land. Good morning to you, PM. Thanks for joining us. What message do you hope to bring to Australians this weekend?