Australia welcomes President Trump’s plan to bring peace to Gaza after almost two years of conflict and a devastating loss of civilian life.

Australia has consistently been part of international calls for a ceasefire, return of the hostages, and flow of aid to Gaza.

I welcomed the opportunity to discuss this plan with other leaders over the past week.

Australia affirms the plan’s commitment to denying Hamas any role in the future governance of Gaza, and calls on Hamas to agree to the plan, lay down its arms and release all remaining hostages.

1. On 29 September 2025, during an Official Visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) marking 50 years of diplomatic relations between Australia and the UAE, the Prime Minister of Australia, the Honourable Anthony Albanese MP, met the President of the UAE, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The Leaders celebrated the strong and enduring friendship between their two countries, which has grown since the establishment of formal diplomatic relations in 1975.

The Albanese Government is delivering on our ambitious trade diversification agenda through the entry into force of the landmark free trade agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 1 October.

This agreement builds on the Government's commitment to create new market access opportunities. It means more trade opportunities for Australian businesses and more high-paying local jobs for Australian workers.

YUSUFF ALI, CHAIRMAN LULU GROUP: I'm very happy to welcome his excellency, the Honourable Prime Minister of Australia, the great personality, and he saw each and every product of Australia. And we are very happy to show all this product from Australia. I showed to your excellency, my first visit is in 1983, 8th of September, I visited Australia first to procure the products, including meat, lamb.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has concluded his official visit to the United Kingdom.

In London, the Prime Minister met with Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Sir Keir Starmer, to discuss defence and security cooperation, climate and energy transition, and trade and investment opportunities.

The Prime Ministers reaffirmed their commitment to the AUKUS partnership, which will expand security, create thousands of jobs in each nation and deliver significant industry and workforce benefits for all partners.

Thank you all, for that very warm Labour Party welcome.

Here in Liverpool we are 10,000 miles from where I joined the Labor Party.

A long and winding road.

But in our mighty global movement, you never walk alone.

And – for balance - a shout-out to all the Everton supporters here as well.

Thank you to my mate, and your leader, Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Thank you for the great honour of inviting me to speak at your conference.

And thank you for your kind introduction.

DAVID SPEERS, HOST: Prime Minister, welcome.

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

SPEERS: How was lunch with the King?

KIERAN GILBERT, HOST: The Prime Minister has been given a royal audience by King Charles at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. The meeting came a day after Anthony Albanese spoke with the UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer. Political editor, Andrew Clennell spoke to me from Scotland.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good afternoon. It's been a very busy day here in London. It began with a meeting with my friend Tony Blair and a catch up here at Stoke Lodge. I then spoke at a conference with the Prime Ministers of Iceland, Canada, the UK, and who was your fourth? Me. And then - it's been a long day. And then I've had bilaterals with the Prime Minister of Spain, the Prime Minister of Canada and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Australia and the United Kingdom have a shared history.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has concluded his first visit to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. During the 80th session he engaged with world leaders and reaffirmed Australia’s commitment to working with partners to address global challenges.  

The Prime Minister delivered Australia’s National Statement to the General Assembly, outlining Australia’s strong support for the UN and the multilateral system.