Can I thank Mick for the Welcome to Country and I also acknowledge the traditional owners and land and pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

To all the distinguished guests who are here today as well.

In February 2024, we were just out there, there was a pile of earth, breaking ground on this new facility.

I said to the Premier of Victoria, whoever's in charge here of getting this infrastructure done, we need to get them in charge of a few of our programs around the country, because this is an extraordinary achievement on time and on budget.

Dingley Village in Melbourne’s south-east is home to new, world-class sporting facilities with the opening of the Kennedy Community Centre.

Opened today, the first stage of the sporting complex includes elite facilities for south-east Melbourne’s AFLW athletes and aspiring girls and boys participating in pathway football programs.

The complex also includes the Harris High Performance Centre, which has a fully flood-lit oval, an indoor training field, aquatic facilities and unisex change rooms.

JACINTA ALLAN, PREMIER OF VICTORIA: It's exciting this morning to be here at our beautiful State Library Station. And I'm joined by Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese and a number of our very proud Federal and State Labor colleagues. I have my state ministerial colleagues, Gabrielle Williams, who, of course, is the Minister responsible for the delivery of the Metro Tunnel project, Harriet Shing, Minister for the Suburban Rail Loop, strong, proud local members of Parliament in Sheena Watt, Sarah Connolly, Natalie Suleyman. And I've done that.

HAMISH MACDONALD, HOST: The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese is here. Good morning, PM.

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

MACDONALD: The Opposition says it wants to fight you on power prices. Are you ready for that fight?

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning. Yesterday I hosted the President of Indonesia, my friend President Prabowo, and we announced a historic agreement that will help make Australia and our region stronger, more secure and more peaceful.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA: Today, I am standing alongside my friend, Indonesian President Bapak Prabowo Subianto, to make what is a historic announcement. The governments of Australia and Indonesia have just substantively concluded negotiations on a new bilateral treaty on our common security. Australia's relationship with Indonesia is based on friendship, trust, mutual respect, and a shared commitment to peace and stability in our region.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will welcome the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, to Australia for an official program on 12 November 2025.

This will be President Prabowo’s first visit to Australia since taking office. President Prabowo most recently visited Australia as Minister of Defence and President‑elect in August 2024.

Prime Minister Albanese met President Prabowo in Jakarta in May this year for the Australia–Indonesia Annual Leaders’ Meeting during the Prime Minister’s first overseas trip following his re‑election.

RAF EPSTEIN, HOST: Fifty years after The Dismissal, a lot of people, a lot of people focus on the rules of that day. Could a Governor-General sack a PM? But not the current Prime Minister. He was talking about the politics in a speech last night at Old Parliament House. He said ‘an old suffocating conservatism’ had removed a government chosen by the voters. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is with you on Mornings. Good morning and welcome.

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

SALLY SARA, HOST: Now it's time to talk to the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, who gave a speech here at Old Parliament House last night. Prime Minister, welcome back to Radio National Breakfast.

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

SARA: In your speech last night you said that the dismissal was not a constitutional crisis, instead calling it a partisan political ambush. Five decades on, could it happen again?

I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and I pay my respect to elders past, present and emerging.

I acknowledge all our distinguished guests.

Including members of the Whitlam family.

And everyone who was in this very building fifty years ago – as members of Parliament, staffers, journalists.

On the 11th of November 1975, I was in Year 7.

Our history teacher, Mr Vince Crow, burst into our classroom and said:

“Our government has been dismissed.”

Our Government.