It’s such a pleasure to be with you here tonight. Thank you to the sponsors who’ve made this event possible, and, of course, the producers who give us such cause to celebrate.

If Beef Week showcases the best beef on the planet to the rest of the world, tonight shines a light on the very best of the best.

I have to say I don’t envy the judges. When the quality is this high across the board, none of them are having an easy time.

For those who didn’t make shortlist this year, may tonight offer that little bit of extra inspiration for 2025.

YVETTE BERRY, DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER OF THE ACT: Good morning everyone, and welcome to Alfred Deakin High School, one of our wonderful public high schools here in the ACT, the nation's capital. I want to acknowledge that this very important announcement today is happening on the land of the Ngunnawal people, and we pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging. And we acknowledge the significant contribution that they make to the life of this city and this region.

My thoughts are with those who have been affected by the incident in the Perth suburb of Willetton overnight.

I have spoken with WA Premier Roger Cook this morning, and I thank the WA Police for acting swiftly to contain the incident.

I have also received a briefing on the situation by the ASIO Director-General and the AFP Commissioner, and I'm advised there is no ongoing threat to the community on the information available.

We are a peace-loving nation and there is no place for violent extremism in Australia.

NATALIE BARR, HOST: Well, Police Ministers and top law officers from around the country will meet today to focus on the issue of violence against women. It follows a National Cabinet meeting this week which led to extra financial help for people fleeing violent relationships, as well as new online laws targeting pornography. But there's been criticism that the new measures don't go far enough. For more, let's cross live to the Prime Minister. Good morning to you. Let's start with the Government pledge of $925 million for a leaving violence program.

PATRICIA KARVELAS, HOST: Prime Minister, welcome to the program.

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

KARVELAS: The $925 million you've announced offers $5,000 in emergency assistance to women who are fleeing violence, but the full scheme does not start until the middle of next year. Why do women have to wait?

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Thanks very much for joining us. Today's National Cabinet was a constructive discussion with the Premiers and Chief Ministers, together with the Family and Domestic Violence Commissioner, Micaela Cronin, who reported to the National Cabinet meeting. Was then followed by a report from the Victorian Premier, Jacinta Allan, about the 2016 Royal Commission and that experience arising out of that. We heard from every state and territory jurisdiction about the work that they were doing in their respective states and territories.

The Albanese Labor Government is committed to ending family, domestic and sexual violence in a generation. This is a national crisis.

We want women to know if they need to leave they can afford to go.

We understand the insidious links between financial insecurity and stress and vulnerability to family and domestic violence. Too often, financial insecurity can be a barrier to escaping violence.

Ending men’s violence against women and tackling misogyny and the harm it creates requires concerted action from all levels of government and all parts of society and we are building on investments already made in this space.

To build on our prevention efforts, the Albanese Government will introduce a suite of online measures to address easy access to pornography for children and young people and tackle extreme online misogyny, which is fuelling harmful attitudes towards women.

National Cabinet met virtually today to discuss the national crisis of gender-based violence.

First Ministers are committed to stopping the homicides and achieving our shared goal of ending violence against women and children in a generation.

National Cabinet agreed to a number of priorities for all our governments, building on efforts under way under the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032, including:

STEVEN MILES, PREMIER OF QUEENSLAND: Good afternoon everyone and welcome to a really important announcement for Queensland and for Australia. I welcome Prime Minister, Minister Husic and Ambassador Kennedy. Good governments focus on the issues of the day and the concerns of the day, but also make sure that they are looking to the future and delivering the outcomes that will create the jobs of the future. And you know, it's a bit over 25 years since Queensland set out to be the smart state, and now today we continue to reap the rewards of those forward thinking decisions.