LOUISE PRATT, LABOR SENATOR FOR WESTERN AUSTRALIA: I want to acknowledge that we are here on Noongar country. I'm announcing today that I'll be making way for a new Senator to come forward to represent both WA and WA Labor at the next election. I informed the Prime Minister of my intention a couple of weeks ago. And it's a great honour that you're able to join me here today to make this public. My Senate term, of course, doesn't end until the middle of 2025.

ALLAN ALDWORTH, HOST:  And right now, we have the Prime Minister of the country in the studio. Anthony Albanese, good morning.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning. Wonderful to be here.

ALDWORTH: We feel like we're mates. We see you all the time coming over to WA and hanging out with us.

PRIME MINISTER: This is my 18th visit as Prime Minister.

CARLY PORTCH, HOST: Wow.

PRODUCER: Please welcome the Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese.

MICHELLE, HOST: Welcome.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Nice intro.

XAVIER, HOST: Always, the Big Day Out, you were mentioning.

PRIME MINISTER: First one.

XAVIER: First one, off the bat. And there was a little band that you were interested in seeing.

PETE CURULLI, HOST: Great to have you back at the studio, Prime Minister.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Great to be here with a bit of Blur as the intro.

CURULLI: We know it's one of your favourites.

PRIME MINISTER: It is indeed. It's always guaranteed to get people up and dancing and it's such a happy song.

KYMBA CAHILL, HOST: Isn't it. Look out, we've put something in his water. No, I’m only kidding.

CURULLI: Are you all right?

I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet.

And I pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging.

I want to also acknowledged the Premier of Western Australia, Roger Cook, the former Premier as well, my mate, Mark McGowan.

And I could run through the members of the Caucus of my Government who are here, but basically it might be easier to just name those who aren't here.

A new partnership between the Albanese and Cook Labor Governments will deliver more than 200 new homes in Perth, giving key workers and Western Australians in need, including older women at risk of homelessness, a safe and affordable place to call home.

A new apartment building, to be constructed on Pier St, Perth, will provide 219 new apartments, of which 30 per cent will be new social rental homes (66 apartments) and 20 per cent will be affordable rental homes (44 apartments).

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Hello everyone and welcome, particularly to the Premier of Western Australia, Roger Cook, for what is our third Cabinet meeting here in WA since our election in less than two years ago. I promised to bring Cabinet here twice, so we've exceeded that with two meetings here in Perth and one of course up in Port Hedland. And this is my 18th visit to Western Australia, I've been to Perth and Port Hedland, Karratha, Kalgoorlie, Albany, Bunbury, Fitzroy Crossing, and other places as well in this great state of WA.

NATALIE LOCKE, HOST: Please be up standing. The Prime Minister is in the house.

SHAUN MCMANUS, HOST: Hello, sir. Good to see you.

LOCKE: Welcome back.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Wow. A level of respect I haven't always got in this studio. Moving into these close quarters…

LOCKE: I know, we’ve changed.

PRIME MINISTER: Yeah, you've changed.

NATHAN MORRIS, HOST: Sitting back down now, that's too close to exercising.

MATT KEOGH, MEMBER FOR BURT: Well, it’s great to welcome the Prime Minister here to Thornlie TAFE, the largest TAFE campus in the South Metro, and a really important facility here, providing Fee-Free TAFE courses across my local community here in Burt in the south east suburbs of Perth. We've got over 10,000, 14,000 people that work in trades, technical skills, often on the mines. We've got over 11,000 people working in personal support roles, whether it's NDIS, in our hospitals, aged care facilities, supporting people and kids in early childhood education.

GARY ADSHEAD, HOST: The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese joins me on the line. Thanks very much for your time, Prime Minister.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good to be with you, Gary. And it's wonderful to be back here in Perth.

ADSHEAD: Sorry about the heat wave.