Australia Day is an opportunity to celebrate everything we've built together and be optimistic for the future we can shape together.

Whether you are someone whose ancestors have loved and cared for this land for 60,000 years, or whether you are making the pledge of commitment as a new citizen today, all of us belong to the greatest country on Earth, and all of us can take pride in a national story written by the courage of our people.

From those who serve in uniform and keep us safe to farmers battling unforgiving country.

Thank you, Laura, and can I join in paying my respects to the memory of Ken Randall and offer my condolences to his family and friends.

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 acknowledge all my colleagues joining me here today.

Everywhere we’ve been this summer, the work of building Australia’s future is underway.

A $7.2 billion investment to boost productivity and make the Bruce Highway safer.

The Albanese Labor Government and Allan Labor Government have come to an historic agreement that will put all public schools in Victoria on a path to full and fair funding.

As part of the agreement, the Commonwealth will provide an additional 5 per cent of the Schooling Resource Standard (SRS) to Victorian public schools.

This will lift the Commonwealth’s contribution from 20 per cent to 25 per cent of the SRS by 2034.

This will see around an estimated $2.5 billion in additional Commonwealth funding to Victorian public schools over the next 10 years.

The Albanese Labor Government and the South Australian Labor Government have come to an historic agreement that will put all public schools in South Australia on a path to full and fair funding.

As part of the Heads of Agreement signed today, the Commonwealth will provide an additional 5 per cent of the Schooling Resource Standard (SRS) to South Australian public schools.

This will lift the Commonwealth’s contribution from 20 per cent to 25 per cent of the SRS by 2034.

The Albanese Labor Government is building the workforce Australia needs for the future by backing apprentices to complete their trade in the residential housing sector.

The Government will provide a $10,000 incentive payment – doubling the current level of support – to encourage Australians to train for jobs in this critical sector.

The new Key Apprenticeship Program will establish a Housing Construction Apprenticeship stream in response to the Strategic Review of the Australian Apprenticeship Incentive System.

The Albanese Government is building Australia’s Future providing an additional $2 billion to the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to support Australian households, workers and businesses capitalize on our natural resources and make the shift to cheaper, clean, reliable, renewable energy.

This new investment, provisioned for in MYEFO, means the CEFC can also offer significant savings for households and small businesses making the switch to renewable energy.

ANDREW CHARLTON, MEMBER FOR PARRAMATTA: Welcome everybody, I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet the Burramattagal people of the Dharug nation. It's terrific to be here with the Prime Minister today announcing this vital Commonwealth contribution to Parramatta Civic Link project funded through the Federal Government's Housing Support Program.

CLAIRE KIMBALL, HOST: Prime Minister, thank you so much for being here with us.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Great to be here.

KIMBALL: It's your first podcast interview in a run of interviews, no doubt, that you'll do as we head into an election campaign at some point this year. Why do it?

PRIME MINISTER: It's a format where you're not under pressure to give a grab or to stick to a script. So I quite like it, because it's real.

CRAIG REUCASSEL, HOST: We have the Prime Minister on the line, bring him up now. Morning, Prime Minister.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, Craig. Good to be with you. Good to be in Parramatta.

REUCASSEL: Good to be with you. Yes, joining us in Parramatta. So, your press conference you’re about to speak about, the National Cabinet last night, what do you think was achieved by that?

The Albanese Labor Government is building Australia’s future and boosting New South Wales’ housing supply by investing more than $182 million in critical infrastructure that will unlock more than 25,000 new homes across the state.

Nine projects will be allocated funding through the Albanese Government’s Housing Support Program to fast-track housing in regional and metropolitan growth areas.

Funding will be used on enabling infrastructure works such as roads, sewage and water, and to support new homes with connections to transport links and public open spaces.