Radio interview - WSFM Sydney

AMANDA KELLER, HOST: Good morning, Prime Minister.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:  Good morning. Great to be with you on a beautiful Sydney day.

BRENDAN JONES, HOST: What a beautiful day.

KELLER: It’s gorgeous.

JONES: We're looking out over the Harbour, it's just beautiful. Where would you live? You wouldn't go anywhere else in the world.

Connecting Western Sydney to the world

Western Sydney International Airport (WSI) has landed its first international airline, with Singapore Airlines confirming its intention to operate from the airport and connect Western Sydney passengers to the world.

This new commercial arrangement allows Singapore Airlines to begin developing its future operations at WSI, helping Australians wing their way to one of the largest transportation hubs in Asia.

With more than 80 per cent of the airport’s construction now complete, WSI is getting closer to take off, welcoming airlines and passengers from late 2026.

Radio interview - Nova

TIM BLACKWELL, HOST: You know who knows Frangos? I know who knows Frangos. The person on the line, I think's got Frangos.

JOEL CREASEY, HOST: What do you mean?

BLACKWELL: I'm just about to – I've organised someone. Um, Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, do you know Frangos?

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: I do know Frangos. Who doesn't know Frangos?

BLACKWELL: These two.

RICKI-LEE, HOST: Good afternoon, Prime Minister.

53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to Tonga from 27 to 29 August 2024 for the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders’ Meeting.

This will be his third PIF Leaders’ Meeting, and his first visit to Tonga as Prime Minister.

The Pacific Islands Forum is our region’s top multilateral body and the PIF Leaders Meeting is the most important annual meeting of leaders of all PIF member states.

Radio interview - ABC Radio Sydney

SARAH MACDONALD, HOST: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joins me now. Good morning, Prime Minister.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning. Good to be with you again.

MACDONALD: Good to have you on. It's the day we can disconnect from work. So, who can turn off their phones, stop reading their emails from today after they finish their job?

Bush Summit Q&A

CHRIS JONES, HOST: Well thank you, Prime Minister, and welcome to Townsville. You wouldn't want to be anywhere else today.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Absolutely. I'll be going back to cold Canberra after this.

JONES: Don't know why you don't stay the weekend.

PRIME MINISTER: Very, very pleasant. I'll speak to my diary people about my schedule.

Press conference - Townsville

EDWINA ANDREW, FEDERAL LABOR CANDIDATE FOR HERBERT: It's an amazing day. I'm very excited myself and the announcements that we're about to hear, but to hand out to the people here who are going to be doing this, I'd like to introduce Senator Green, Senator Chisholm, Minister Plibersek, and of course our Prime Minister.

Radio interview - Triple M Townsville

KATE JEBOULT, HOST: We have literally rolled out the big guns. The biggest gun in Australia, it is the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. Good morning, Albo.

PRIME MINISTER: It is absolutely wonderful to be here in Townsville. It's a little bit warmer than Canberra, I've got to say.

JEBOULT: It's a bit toasty, isn't it?

PRIME MINISTER: Just a lovely day. It's great to be here.