SARAH MACDONALD, HOST: We're starting the morning with the Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese. Good morning to you.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, Sarah. Good to chat with you.

MACDONALD: Good to have you too. What a morning. The Middle East again seeing war and carnage and we've been talking a little bit about that on AM. I know Penny Wong has spoken to the Foreign Minister of Israel. Who have you spoken to and what's your latest thoughts on the conflict?

NATALIE BARR, HOST: Joining me now from his Parliament House office is Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Good morning to you.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, Nat.

BARR: This is obviously very unnerving news for the whole world, isn't it, Prime Minister? Decades of tension in the Middle East exploding. How's Australia going to respond?

CHRIS O'KEEFE, HOST: Prime Minister, thanks for your time.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good afternoon, Chris. Greetings from Port Lincoln.

O'KEEFE: Any update on how Australians are in Israel at the moment?

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

I'm delighted to be in Port Lincoln and very grateful to everyone who has made me so welcome here today.

You live in a special part of Australia, the tens of thousands of tourists you attract each year speak for the beauty of this place and I'm sure the quality of the seafood.

Your community isn't just a magnet for visitors, it's also an engine of our national prosperity.

JULES SCHILLER, HOST: I'm joined now by the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. Welcome, Prime Minister.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good afternoon. Greetings from beautiful Port Lincoln.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: I have been here before many a time, particularly as Minister, I, as the Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Minister. We funded refurbishment of the Royal Flying Doctor Service here. We funded also some heritage buildings and upgrades. There was an arts precinct here as well that we funded, as well as some roads around the district. And prior to that, I was the Water Shadow Minister, at a time where the Menindee lakes didn't look like what they do now as well.

DAVID PENBERTHY, HOST: Prime Minister, good morning to you.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, and Port Lincoln is absolutely stunning this morning.

PENBERTHY: What brings you to Port Lincoln, PM?

KARL STEFANOVIC, HOST: Let's bring in Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, live now in Canberra. PM, good morning to you. It's been a dark, dark 48 hours, hasn't it?

MICHAEL ROWLAND, HOST: PM, good morning.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, Michael.

ROWLAND: Overnight, we've seen the death toll rise in that Hamas-Israel conflict. Some truly horrific scenes on the streets of cities in southern Israel. Israel vowing a deadly response. Are you worried we're about to see this conflict escalate to truly unthinkable levels?

DANICA DE GIORGIO, HOST: Prime Minister, appreciate your time this morning.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning.

DE GIORGIO: The US has offered military assistance without Israel even asking for it. Are we going to give the same support?