Today the Prime Minister led a Cyber Security Roundtable, focused on the whole-of-nation effort required to protect Australians and our economy, with the aim of making Australia the most cyber secure nation by 2030.
We invited leaders from the public service and our intelligence agencies, and independent experts from business, industry and civil society, to share their expertise and experience.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Welcome everyone. I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and pay my respects to elders past, present, and emerging.
And thank you so much for being a part of this Cyber Security Roundtable, and for bringing your insights and your expertise to this process, further developing a new National Cyber Security Strategy.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: This time last year, our nation was in the midst of a major flood disaster. It caused the loss of life, widespread destruction through large areas of Southern Queensland and the Northern Rivers of New South Wales. One year on, our thoughts are with the loved ones who lost their lives during and as a result of these floods, as well as the thousands of people who were dislocated from their homes and from their businesses. Communities like Lismore were doing it really, really tough and continue to do so.
PATRICIA KARVELAS, HOST: Prime Minister, thanks for your time.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, Patricia. Good to be with you.
KARVELAS: You'll take the super tax change to the 2025 election. But the new measure will feature in this year's Budget and be legislated in the current term of this Parliament. The Coalition says that still constitutes a broken promise, is it?
A major upgrade to Peakhurst Park in southern Sydney has been officially opened by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
The valuable community sport and recreation facility received a $473,662 upgrade thanks to funding from the Australian Government and Georges River Council.
The project delivered new turf, a full sub-surface drainage system and a 120,000-litre water storage tank supplying an irrigation system for the entire field.
The Australian Government is delivering on our election commitment to invest $40 million in critical safety upgrades for six Shoalhaven roads.
This project will improve safety by delivering a range of road works, including rehabilitation, re-surfacing, widening and intersection upgrades on:
CHARLES MAXWELL, HOST: Well, the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is coming to the Shoalhaven today, in Callala in fact, and our newsreader, Peter Andrea, caught up with the Prime Minister earlier on, and the subject got onto the roads around the Shoalhaven, and the new bridge.
ALISON BYRNES, MEMBER FOR CUNNINGHAM: Welcome to Wollongong. Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the Dharawal country the land on which we meet today and pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging. I would like to acknowledge my federal colleague Stephen Jones and also Ryan Park and Paul Scully from New South Wales. I would also like to say a very big thank you to our host here today, the University of Wollongong.
FIONA PHILLIPS, MEMBER FOR GILMORE: Hello everyone and welcome to beautiful stunning Callala Bay here on Jerrinja Land. I'm delighted to be here today. Of course, we have Anthony Albanese, the Prime Minister of Australia. Chris Minns, the New South Wales Labor Leader, Liza Butler, our wonderful Labor candidate for South Coast. And Katelin McInerney, our fantastic Labor candidate for Kiama. Look, this is a beautiful spot. It's actually a spot where I've held many picnics with my own children as they've grown up over the years.
I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet. I pay my respect to their elders past, present and emerging.
And I'm very happy to be here at the launch of the football season.
What we've seen in recent times is a 20 per cent increase in the number of football players in this country. This is a code that is exploding.