MARK OLSEN, CEO OF TOURISM TROPICAL NORTH QUEENSLAND: Good morning everybody and welcome. We gather here on the lands of the Djabugay people with some of the most important decision makers in the country. On behalf of the tourism industry here in tropical North Queensland we’re breathing a sigh of relief for many businesses have been cut off for as many as 28 days. Today we're announcing, the Prime Minister, the Premier, and this incredible raft of decision makers, including the Treasurer, are here to support the tourism industry in their time of need.

The Albanese Government has appointed Dr Craig Emerson to lead the 2023-24 review of the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct (the Code) to ensure that the supermarket sector is working as it should.

The Food and Grocery code is prescribed under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010. Aldi, Coles, Woolworths and Metcash are signatories to the Code and are bound by it.

The Code was introduced to improve standards of business behaviour in the food and grocery sector.

The Code regulates the conduct of these retailers and wholesalers towards suppliers.

The Albanese and Miles Governments are delivering further disaster assistance to help Far North Queensland continue its recovery following ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper.

The exceptional circumstances assistance is jointly-funded by the Albanese and Miles Governments through the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).

Today’s announcement will further support local tourism, clean-up efforts and invest in specialised recovery staff:

MONIQUE WRIGHT, HOST: Good morning to you, Prime Minister. Thanks so much for being with us. Gosh, it's been a difficult time with the weather for lots of people. I know that you toured the area there yesterday. You've announced a $50 million support package to Queenslanders impacted by the recent wild weather - that's great. We know you're off to Victoria today to visit some of the areas there who have also been ravaged. Will you announce a similar package for Victorians?

MICHAEL ROWLAND, HOST: Somebody else who has seen firsthand the results of the floods and the cyclones in various parts of Queensland is the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. He joins us now from Cairns. PM, very good morning to you.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, Michael.

ROWLAND: You have seen the devastation that Michael Rennie just referred to in and around the Gold Coast, similarly in Cairns. What help is the Federal Government providing with Queenslanders so hard-hit by these natural disasters?

JAYNE AZZOPARDI, HOST: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in the disaster zone, bringing $20 million in federal funding to help residents and councils recover, and he's also flagged that Victorians can expect similar treatment in days to come. And the PM joins us now from Cairns. Good morning to you, Prime Minister. This feels to us like the summer of disasters. From what you've seen in Queensland over the last twenty-four hours, how long will it take the state to recover?

DANICA DE GIORGIO, HOST: Prime Minister, thank you so much for joining us. You've been in Far north Queensland today, which was of course ravaged by floods over the last few weeks. Have you got an update on the recovery efforts?

The Albanese Government is supporting the recovery effort in Far North Queensland (FNQ), following ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper.

At the request of the Queensland Government, Australian Defence Force personnel will be deployed to assist Queensland authorities in the Douglas, Cook and Wujal Wujal regions.

SPIDA EVERITT, HOST: A big name on the show right now.

SEAN FLANAGAN, HOST: Well, it is. It's a very long name, Anthony Albanese, the Prime Minister, it is two words, of this country at a time where the Gold Coast is facing easily our biggest challenge in terms of clean ups after a storm in the hinterlands. Prime Minister, good morning and thank you very much for joining us.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Thanks for joining us. It's good to be here with the Premier, Steven Miles, with my Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, my Minister, Murray Watt, the Queensland Treasurer, Cameron Dick, and Nikki Boyd, the state Minister for Fire and Disaster Recovery, and also the Mayor of the Gold Coast, Tom Tate, who will speak after the Premier.