The Albanese Labor Government recognises 50 years since the Gurindji land handback, a turning point in the struggle for Aboriginal land rights.

On 16 August 1975, Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam poured soil into Vincent Lingiari’s hands, during an official handover ceremony which formally granted the Gurindji people a lease to a parcel of land at Wave Hill cattle station.

It would become an iconic image of land rights and a defining moment in Australian history.

Eighty years ago, Prime Minister Ben Chifley began his address to the nation with a sentence of perfect simplicity – and infinite power:

Fellow citizens, the war is over.

The signing of the surrender was some weeks off, but the darkness that had engulfed the world – and made its last stand in the Pacific – was at last lifted.

Here in Sydney – as they did in towns and cities across Australia – crowds poured into the streets. They sang and danced amid a joyous blizzard of paper.

RAFAEL EPSTEIN, HOST: Anthony Albanese is the Prime Minister of Australia. Good morning, thanks for joining us.

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

EPSTEIN: The ABC reported on Tuesday about a male child care worker in Melbourne, as we heard in the headlines, accused of grooming, banned from working in childcare. Reported on Tuesday, the system we've got on Friday, he still has a working with children check. Like, can you believe that?

HOST: Triple M good times, greatest hits. Marto, Margaux and Dan with you, please be up standing for the national anthem. The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, joins us in the studio. Good morning, Albo.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good to be with you. I, unlike Marto, have turned up in person.

HOST: I know.

HOST: Look who's here. We saw him eating up a storm yesterday at the EKKA, and he's in the studio this morning. Albo, the Prime Minister. Good morning.

PRIME MINISTER: Great to be with you. The diet went out the window yesterday, I've got to say.

HOST: It's always a headlines, isn't it, where how you eat the strawberry sundae –

EMMA COMER, MEMBER FOR PETRIE: Well, welcome everyone. Welcome to a beautiful Queensland winter day, I'm joined here with the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister actually secured the funding as Infrastructure Minister for the Red Cliff Railway Line, which has been an absolute asset to our community, getting people to the city to work right away. And now we've also got fifty cent fares, so that's amazing. And I'll hand over to the Prime Minister.

STEVE AUSTIN, HOST: And look what came in with the cows. The Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Thank you very much. Great to be here, Steve, although I'm not sure about the introduction.

STEVE AUSTIN: Have you been here before?

THERESE TOWNSEND, RESIDENT: Welcome to our home. Brian and I have raised our children here. We've lived here for 33 years in Mansfield, and we've recently installed a solar battery because it's going to save us money. And we were triggered to do it because of the Government rebate, which made it affordable and sensible for us. So I'll introduce Kara Cook. Thank you so much.

SABRA LANE, HOST: Good morning and welcome to AM. I'm Sabra Lane coming to you from Nipaluna, Hobart. The Economic Roundtable at Parliament House in Canberra next week has no shortage of ideas. Suggestions include a cut in the company tax rate, expanding the Goods and Services Tax, a new road user charge to include electric vehicles, and now a four day working week. The Reserve Bank has made sure boosting productivity will be front and centre at the summit.

KATE THWAITES, MEMBER FOR JAGAJAGA: Good morning everyone, and welcome to Rosanna where we are building 45 social and affordable homes. You can see here what a great location this is, just near the train station, shops, near our health precinct in Heidelberg. This is going to be fantastic for women and children leaving family violence, for older women at risk of homelessness. Our government understands that people have better lives when they have a safe and secure roof over their head - and that's what we're delivering here.