Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and His Excellency Mr Joko Widodo, President of the Republic of Indonesia, met today in Sydney for the Australia-Indonesia Annual Leaders’ Meeting.
During the meeting, Leaders agreed to practical steps to strengthen the Australia Indonesia relationship to ensure it is ready to meet the challenges and opportunities of the future.
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.
I’m proud to lead a Government that will give every Australian the opportunity to vote for Constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in a referendum in the last quarter of this year.
On that note, I want to thank the AFL and the Swans for their longstanding support for Constitutional Recognition and their public backing of a Yes vote.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Well, these are fantastic facilities for the Sydney Swans here at Moore Park. An important facility not just to assist with the future success of the Swans, both their men's and women's teams, but also an important community facility, where community activity will occur. Everything from the Red Cross, to basketball, to charity events, including of course, the Clontarf Foundation that's so important for giving Indigenous young people those educational opportunities to succeed in life.
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. Thankyou to Auntie Annie for her Welcome to Country.
I will say that I'm very proud to lead a government that will give Australians the opportunity to recognise that privilege we have sharing this beautiful country over half with the oldest continuous culture on Earth, and recognising them in our Constitution in a referendum that will be held in the last quarter of this year.
WARWICK LONG, HOST: Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese, welcome.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good to be with you, Warwick.
LONG: Why were you in Horsham today?
RAF EPSTEIN, HOST: Anthony Albanese is the Labor Member for the seat of Grayndler in Sydney. He's the Prime Minister of Australia. Thanks for coming in.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good to be here.
EPSTEIN: Child care, there will be more subsidies flowing through to a ton of parents. But the costs aren't dropping, the cost parents actually pay. Why not?
GED KEARNEY, ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND AGED CARE: Well good morning everybody. Thank you for coming to my wonderful electorate of Cooper. We are here at the Merri Community Childcare and Kindergarten Centre right in the heart of Cooper because as of July, for every Australian family, early childhood subsidies, our new cheaper childcare policy, kicks in. This is an amazing policy, it will really change lives. It's a game changer. I know for the people of Cooper it means that 6200 families will access cheaper childcare.
Michael Moffett, Host: Anthony Albanese is on the line right now. Prime Minister, good morning.
Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister: G'day. Good to be with you.
Moffett: How's it feel being, you know, coming on the show and us cutting off Ed Sheeran for you?
Prime Minister: You didn't need to do that. I don't mind Ed Sheeran.
Moffett: Mate, just look, firstly.
Prime Minister: We won't tell him. We'll keep it between us, hey.
PAUL GALE, HOST: An exclusive guest this morning, you've probably heard of our Prime Minister.
EMILY JADE O'KEEFFE, HOST: Hello. Do we call your Prime Minister? What are we? What do we call you?
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Whatever you like.
GALE: Well, it's a relaxed show. So, we'll call you Albo.
PRIME MINISTER: That is fine.
O'KEEFFE: Your Grace. Your Excellency. Your Highness.
FIONA POOLE, HOST: Prime Minister, thanks for being here.
PRIME MINISTER, ANTHONY ALBANESE: Good morning.
POOLE: Will you be getting special prime ministerial construction hat today as you walk around?