ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Thanks very much for joining us. Today. I was able to join the Premier of Victoria, firstly in Bendigo, to look at the work that emergency services personnel are doing – volunteers as well through the SES – to thank them for their service, but to also look at the quite devastating situation which communities in Victoria are facing at the moment.
VIRGINIA TRIOLI, HOST: The Prime Minister is between Parkes and Forbes in Western New South Wales right now, Prime Minister, good morning.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning Virginia.
TRIOLI: And you were touring some of the flood affected areas here in Victoria over the weekend. Are there any more announcements you can make about payments or support that you can offer? Or perhaps boots on the ground to these flood affected communities?
CHRIS ROYLANCE, DEPUTY MAYOR OF SHIRE COUNCIL: Welcome, everybody. My name is Chris Roylance, Deputy Mayor for Shire Council. And it's with great pleasure to welcome to the PM along to our little flood event we're having today.
More than 400,000 low-paid workers in key industries will take home a bigger pay slip from today, thanks to a 4.6 per cent increase to minimum wages under their awards.
Industries in which workers are set to benefit include hospitality, tourism and aviation, with full-time workers seeing a minimum $40 extra per week.
It will be the first pay cycle for many workers set to get a bump in pay after the change came into effect on 1 October.
Workers under 111 other awards received their pay rise in July.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is pleased to announce that the Governor-General has made four appointments to the Council for the Order of Australia on the Government’s recommendation.
Reconciliation advocate, Ms Shelley Reys AO, has been appointed Chair of the Council for the Order of Australia.
ED HUSIC, MINISTER FOR INDUSTRY AND SCIENCE: Thank you for joining us here today, because here at Pallion, like in communities in different parts of the country, we know that manufacturing makes a difference, creating great firms, generating terrific jobs and adding huge economic value to the nation. We know that after the pandemic we need to be able to find ways to make things that we need at the time that we need them.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic toured ABC Refinery in Marrickville today and viewed the iconic Melbourne Cup trophy.
ABC Refinery is part of Pallion which employs more than 300 people in Marrickville, and hundreds more across Australia, processing, refining and working precious metals.
Pallion employs metallurgists, chemists, assayers, engineers, traders, jewellers and gold and silver smiths.
The Albanese Labor Government will deliver the biggest boost to Australia’s Paid Parental Leave scheme since it was created by the former Labor Government in 2011, giving every family with a new baby more choice, greater security and better support.
Labor will add an additional six weeks of Paid Parental Leave (PPL) for families, bumping the total leave payable up to 26 weeks. A full six months.
I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, I pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging.
And on behalf of the Australian Labor Government that I am proud to lead, I re-commit to the Uluru Statement from the Heart, in full.
Including a constitutionally-enshrined Voice to our National Parliament.
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Delegate Albanese, New South Wales Administrative Committee.
Thank you all very much for that warm welcome.
I have to say, I didn’t always get that sort of universal reception here.
NATALIE BARR, HOST: Joining me now is the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. Tell us what message you have for the family and friends who lost family members on that dreadful day?