Australia and Japan have committed to further strengthen our relationship of deep trust and friendship by establishing the Australia-Japan Leadership Dialogue.

This 1.5 track dialogue will bring together leaders and experts from across government, academia, business and civil society to help address the most important issues in the Australia-Japan relationship.

The Australia-Japan Leadership Dialogue will provide a means to drive practical cooperation between diverse stakeholders, share common perspectives, and advance opportunities to shape the future of the relationship.

Australia and Japan have reached an agreement to further strengthen energy security in our region.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan met in Canberra today and issued the Joint Statement on Energy Security.

Australia and Japan will work together to support the flow of essential goods - including fuel and gas - between our countries.

Australia and Japan have agreed to establish a new partnership that will enable deeper cooperation on complex cyber security challenges.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan met in Canberra today and issued the Australia–Japan Strategic Cyber Partnership.

Australia and Japan are elevating cooperation on critical minerals, supporting onshore processing, refining and related advanced manufacturing.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan met in Canberra today and issued the Joint Statement on Critical Minerals Cooperation.

Australia and Japan have committed to bolstering cooperation on economic security to achieve more resilient supply chains for both countries and the region.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan met in Canberra today and signed the Joint Declaration on Economic Security Cooperation.

JANE NORMAN, HOST: Prime Minister, thanks for your time.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Hey, good to be with you.

NORMAN: Let's get straight to the Budget. You've said this is one of the toughest that you'll be handing down. Just how much has it had to change just in the past couple of months?

The Albanese Government is delivering cost-of-living relief through a major Medicare investment in the upcoming Budget, making Medicare Urgent Care Clinics a permanent part of Australia’s health system.

This significant health measure includes an additional $1.8 billion over five years from 2025-26 and $525.6 million a year ongoing from 2030-31 to keep Medicare Urgent Care Clinics open and free.

NICK BRYANT, HOST: Prime Minister, thanks for joining us on Saturday Extra.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Wonderful to be here.

BRYANT: I would say that Saturday morning in Australia is my favourite time. I just think you see the spirit of Australia. I wonder what the Prime Minister of Australia gets up to on a Saturday morning in Australia.

BEN ENGLISH, EDITOR OF THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Well, congratulations. Well, it has to be acknowledged you did play an instrumental part in getting this over the line. So that was great and also thanks for the money. $72.5 million, it's nothing to sneeze at, is it? I must say, well, I'm taking it, but that will be for the redundancy payments for all those meddling bureaucrats that are holding up developments?

Thanks very much Ben, and I thank the young graduate who was here welcoming us to country. And it's great to have someone from beautiful Thursday Island – it's a long way from Thursday Island, from TI to Western Sydney.

I also want to acknowledge Premier Minns and members of his team who are here.

The Leader of the Opposition Angus Taylor who is here.

Ben, I'll single him out of all the people here, because The Daily Telegraph are of course sponsors of this forum, but more importantly, they have been advocates for this airport for a long period of time.