ROSS GREENWOOD:
Let’s now go to Prime Minster Malcolm Turnbull who is online right now, many thanks for your time Prime Minister.
PRIME MINISTER:
Yeah great to be with you.
ROSS GREENWOOD:
Can I just say the headline of this: ‘Putting Australian Workers First’, it did resonate something of Donald Trump in his inauguration speech, basically saying it was time to put American workers first and America first, is that what you’re trying to pick up?
KIM LANDERS:
New visa arrangements start today to limit which jobs will be open to skilled workers from overseas.
Mr Dennis Richardson AO has advised me that he wishes to tender his resignation as Secretary of the Department of Defence with effect from 12 May 2017.
Good morning, and thank you very much Terry.
The Turnbull Government is repairing gas markets, making sure more and more affordable gas is delivered to Australian homes and businesses.
The Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Ministers Frydenberg, Canavan and Sinodinos today met with gas industry executives and the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) Chief Executive, to work through both the short term and long term challenges facing households and business in getting access to gas at reasonable prices.
The Turnbull Government will strengthen Australian citizenship by putting Australian values at the heart of citizenship processes and requirements.
Our reforms will ensure applicants are competent in English, have been a permanent resident for at least four years and commit to embracing Australian values.
We are as old as our First Australians, as young as the baby in the migrant mother's arms. We're as old as people, the oldest continuous human cultures of our first Australians, and as young as that new migrant. So we're a remarkable nation. Our multicultural society is an example to the world.
The Commonwealth, Tasmania and Launceston City Council have signed an historic City Deal to create jobs, boost wages and drive a strong economic future for the North.
The centrepiece of the deal is the $260 million commitment to move the University of Tasmania’s main Launceston campus to Inveresk near the city centre.
This goes hand-in-hand with the City Deal’s $19.4 million support for Launceston’s City Heart project, which will rejuvenate Launceston’s historic CBD. The first milestone payment is expected in August 2017.
The Turnbull and Hodgman Governments will begin expanding the Tasmanian Hydro System to provide affordable, reliable electricity as we transition to a lower emissions future.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will work with Hydro Tasmania on feasibility studies to assess several new pumped hydro energy storage schemes that could deliver up to 2,500MW of storage capacity for the National Electricity Market, as well as examining expansion of the Tarraleah and Gordon Power Stations.
PRIME MINISTER: Well I welcome everybody and it’s wonderful to be here with you again, Will on your birthday as I’ve noted several times. Never enough, but here at the Trevallyn Power Station. Hydro Tasmania is the largest provider of hydroelectric power in Australia. Larger, produces more hydro power than Snowy Hydro. It is a very big system and its importance has become greater as the energy market has evolved. What we're seeing today is more renewable energy. We're seeing more distributed energy.
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