Today we announce the inaugural Advisory Board for the Centre for Australia-India Relations, that will drive greater collaboration between our countries from its new Western Sydney base.
The Centre will work across government, industry, academia and the community to build greater understanding within the Australia-India relationship and support business to seize the opportunities of our economic partnership.
Thank you friends.
I begin by acknowledging the Traditional Owners of the land on which we meet and I pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
And I am proud to lead a government that will give all of you, all Australians, the chance to vote in a referendum to recognise our First Peoples in our nation's Constitution later this year.
And I urge my Indian-Australian friends, vote yes.
It is a huge pleasure to welcome Prime Minister Modi to Australia.
NATALIE BARR, HOST: Anthony Albanese joins us now. Good morning to you.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning.
BARR: Prime Minister, did you get an idea last night of what it would be like to be a rock star?
KARL STEFANOVIC, HOST: Good morning to you. What a rock star. Is he your new boss?
MICHAEL ROWLAND, HOST: We can bring in the Prime Minister from Kirribilli House. PM, good morning.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning. Good to be with you.
ROWLAND: We were just joking, is cricket on the agenda or is that a no-no today?
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Prime Minister Narendra Modi met today in Sydney for bilateral discussions that deepened the friendship between our two nations.
The Australia-India relationship is already strong, but we both see potential for growth and an opportunity shape a better future for our region.
The meeting built on the outcomes from the Australia-India Annual Leaders’ Summit in March and reinforced their commitment to an open, prosperous and secure Indo-Pacific.
Today, we — Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan, and President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. of the United States — met for the third in-person Quad Leaders’ Summit, hosted by Prime Minister Albanese.
We – the Leaders of Australia, India, Japan and the United States – convened to reaffirm our steadfast commitment to work through the Quad to support a free and open Indo-Pacific that is inclusive and resilient.
One year ago, Australia voted for change.
The very next day, the Albanese Labor Government began the work of building a better future.
Every member of the Government is proud of what we have achieved so far:
These are strong foundations for a better future.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: One year ago today I was given the great honour of being elected as Australia's 31st Prime Minister. I want to sincerely thank the Australian people for the opportunity that I've had to represent Australia and to lead the Australian Government. I said on that evening that I'd lead a government with a sense of purpose - and I believe that we have. We've set out to do what we said we would do. To fulfil our promises and commitments we gave to the Australian people in the lead up to the 21st of May 2022.