The Albanese Labor Government will secure the future of Australia’s most cherished cultural and historical institutions in this year’s Federal Budget – restoring them as a source of national pride and reversing a decade of decline under the Liberals and Nationals.

The Government will invest $535.3 million towards the nine National Collecting Institutions over four years – addressing the decade of chronic underfunding inflicted by the former Coalition Government.

NICK MITZEVICH, NATIONAL GALLERY DIRECTOR: Good morning everybody and welcome to the National Gallery.

SIMON MARNIE, HOST: Today, the Federal Liberal Party rejected what they've characterised as the 'Canberra Voice'. They say they want local and regional bodies to be the focus. So, whilst not saying they won't support the Voice, they're saying they won't support the Voice in this form. Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, joins us on the line. Prime Minister, what's the likelihood that the referendum on the Voice to Parliament will now fail?

DAVE MARCHESE, HOST: Anthony Albanese, welcome back to Hack.

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

MARCHESE: Prime Minister, a referendum has never succeeded in Australia without bipartisan support. You've said yourself you've wanted bipartisanship to give it a better chance. How are you going to get this across the line if you've got the Opposition Leader, the Nationals, people on all sides of politics out there actively campaigning against it?

Thank you to ANIC for inviting me to your National Iftar. I’m honoured to join you all.

I’d like to make special note of Minister Ed Husic, Minister Anne Aly and the newly announced Minister Jihad Dib – I’m honoured to join you as you break your fast.

I am proud to lead a Government that includes Australia’s first Muslim ministers, and represents and celebrates the diversity of beliefs and experiences of modern Australia.

JANE HUNTER, TRITUM: Good morning, everyone and welcome to Tritium's Brisbane campus here in Brisbane. Tritium is an advanced manufacturing company that designs builds and sells electric vehicle chargers. And we actually have the number two global market share across Europe, North America and Australia, New Zealand. So this is a successful export business. We've been exporting chargers from the factory two minutes across the road here in Murrarie, since 2014. And in that time we've now created a thousand jobs.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Look, it's an absolute pleasure to be here at the Shepherd Centre here in Hobart, one of two centres that we will be having here in Tasmania. The Shepherd Centre does extraordinary work for giving young people at the earliest of ages, giving them hearing, effectively, is what happens. Allowing them to hear is something that isn't just a skill, it's a part of life. And what that does this enable them to fully participate in society. It's quite extraordinary that cochlear implants, of course, were discovered and built here in Australia.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Well, I'm so pleased to welcome Mary Doyle as the newest member of the Federal Labor Caucus. Mary Doyle's compassion, dignity and just common decency really shone through during the campaign. She wants to make a difference as the local member for Aston and I'm absolutely certain that Mary Doyle will. This is very much a proud moment. Mary Doyle will concentrate on delivering for her local community. On being a strong advocate and representative for the people of outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne.

MATT KEOGH, MINISTER FOR VETERANS’ AFFAIRS & DEFENCE PERSONNEL: Well, everybody, it's fantastic to be here at the Resources Technology Showcase in Perth. And even more amazing to have the Prime Minister join us after a busy morning out in the seat of Aston, of course, where we've had the by-election on yesterday. But what's important here is the Resources Technology Showcase, highlighting the amazing technology across our resources sector, but also how that technology plays a role in our defence industry, and in space as well.

Yunupingu walked in two worlds with authority, power and grace, and he worked to make them whole — together.

What he could see was not the reinvention of Australia, but the realisation of a greater one.

With his passing, consider what we have lost.

A leader. A statesman.

A painter. A dancer. A singer and musician who always carried his father’s clapsticks and felt the power they carried within them.

Australian of the Year in 1978. Member of the Order of Australia. National treasure.

A remarkable member of a remarkable family.