Sarah Harris, Host: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joins us now. Prime Minister, for those outside Canberra, the past couple of weeks haven't seemed our Parliament's finest. You pledged to change the way we do politics in Australia. But surely that's not it?

Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister: Oh, certainly it hasn't been Parliament's finest weeks. And certainly when it comes to Senator Van, I wasn't aware he was here in the first place and I'd be very comfortable if he never returned.

MICK MOLLOY, HOST: Origin Two is on like a ding dong tonight at Suncorp Stadium, we need to get to the bottom of it. MG, of course, is already on board, but why don't we go right to the top and speak to Australia’s 31st Prime Minister is on the line now. Please welcome Mr Anthony Albanese.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: G’day, how are you going?

MOLLOY: He’s a Swiftie from way back. How are you, Prime Minister? Welcome aboard.

PRIME MINISTER: I'm very well.

WILL MCMAHON, HOST: Woods, we've just been told by the puzzle master that we've got a special guest who's going to help us with our next clue.

WOODY WHITELAW, HOST: I say we just crack in, hello.

MCMAHON: Who you think’s Taylor Swift.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Hey, how you going?

WHITELAW: It's definitely not Taylor Swift. It's not Taylor Swift.

MCMAHON: I think I recognise that voice though.

The Albanese Government is delivering more than $496 million to Victoria to immediately begin boosting social housing stock.

Part of the $2 billion Social Housing Fund Accelerator payment, the funding will be provided to States and Territories within the next two weeks, and will deliver thousands of new social homes across Australia.

Funding has been allocated on a per capita basis with a minimum of $50 million allocated to each State and Territory.

This investment will build more housing, for more Australians, in more parts of our nation.

The Albanese Government is delivering more than $135 million to South Australia to immediately begin boosting social housing stock.

Part of the $2 billion Social Housing Fund Accelerator payment, the funding will be provided to States and Territories within the next two weeks, and will deliver thousands of new social homes across Australia.

Funding has been allocated on a per capita basis with a minimum of $50 million allocated to each State and Territory.

This investment will build more housing, for more Australians, in more parts of our nation.

The Albanese Government is delivering $50 million to the Northern Territory to immediately begin boosting social housing stock.

Part of the $2 billion Social Housing Fund Accelerator payment, the funding will be provided to States and Territories within the next two weeks, and will deliver thousands of new social homes across Australia.

Funding has been allocated on a per capita basis with a minimum of $50 million allocated to each State and Territory.

This investment will build more housing, for more Australians, in more parts of our nation.

The Albanese Government is delivering more than $209 million to Western Australia to immediately begin boosting social housing stock.

Part of the $2 billion Social Housing Fund Accelerator payment, the funding will be provided to States and Territories within the next two weeks, and will deliver thousands of new social homes across Australia.

Funding has been allocated on a per capita basis with a minimum of $50 million allocated to each State and Territory.

This investment will build more housing, for more Australians, in more parts of our nation.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Today, our Parliament has said 'Yes' to holding a referendum. Now, the Australian people will have a chance to say 'Yes' to reconciliation and 'Yes' to constitutional recognition of First Nations people. The Uluru Statement from the Heart begins: "We, gathered at the 2017 National Constitutional Convention coming from all points of the southern sky, make this statement from the heart."

Prime Minister Albanese and His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam met in Canberra today to elevate the Australia-Brunei Darussalam relationship to a Comprehensive Partnership.

The elevation of our bilateral relationship demonstrates the practical steps that Australia is taking to strengthen ties with our Southeast Asian neighbours.

The Comprehensive Partnership articulates our shared aspirations for a peaceful and prosperous region, and our respect for international law, sovereignty, open markets and ASEAN Centrality.

Thank you, Premier, for that introduction, for your leadership and your many decades of friendship.

We are a long way from sharing a really dodgy flat in Queanbeyan.

Colleagues, delegates, true believers.

It's great to be back at Victorian Labor Conference, my first as Australia's Prime Minister.

And it's great that the Victorian Labor Conference is back.

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I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and I pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging.