During his visit to the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced 31 May as the date of entry into force of the Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (A-UKFTA), following the expected completion of UK domestic processes.

Thank you very much Stephen. Thank you to you, as High Commissioner, and to Jane and to all the staff at the High Commission, who have worked really hard so that we can just turn up and do what we need to do without any concerns about about Australia's position.

I've got to say that whenever I travel overseas, you just see Australia punching above their weight in foreign affairs.

And can I can also acknowledge this bloke here, he is an absolute legend. And the other VC winners, of course, who who are here with us.

STEVE CANNANE, HOST: Prime Minister, thanks so much for talking to the ABC.

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

CANNANE: A start date for the Free Trade Agreement has been agreed upon between the UK and Australia. When will that be and what will be the immediate benefits for Australia?

The Albanese Government will legislate a national Net Zero Authority to ensure the workers, industries and communities that have powered Australia for generations can seize the opportunities of Australia’s net zero transformation.

The Authority will have responsibility for promoting the orderly and positive economic transformation associated with achieving net zero emissions.

The global transformation to a net zero economy is a massive source of economic opportunity for Australia, its regions, industries and workers.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Well, look, it's fantastic to be back in Brisbane and back in Queensland. This is my third visit in a week. So, I kind of almost am a local here, Annastacia. It's fantastic to be here with Tony Burke, my Minister for Workplace Relations, and Premier Palaszczuk, Deputy Premier Miles, Minister Grace and all of the team. But most importantly, today is a celebration of workers’ rights.

Well friends, 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.

And I recommit the government I lead to the implementation of the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full, with constitutional recognition enshrined with a Voice to our Parliament.

And we will give Australians the opportunity to vote yes for a better future in the last quarter of this year.

The Commonwealth and Northern Territory Governments will establish two new Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (UCCs) in Palmerston and Alice Springs.

The Northern Territory Government is in advanced stages of negotiations with the Palmerston GP Super Clinic to deliver the Urgent Care Clinic in Darwin and with Central Australian Aboriginal Congress (CAAC) to deliver the Urgent Care Clinic in Alice Springs.

These UCCs will provide bulk billed treatment for urgent but non-life-threatening emergencies. They will be open extended hours, seven days a week.

LUKE GOSLING, MEMBER FOR SOLOMON: G'day, everyone. And welcome to Royal Darwin Hospital and the Alan Walker Cancer Centre here in beautiful Darwin. My name is Luke Gosling. I'm the Federal Member of Parliament that represents this beautiful place, this beautiful Larrakia country. It is with immense pride that we have with us today the Prime Minister. The second time since January he has visited the Top End, for the fourth time since his Government came into being last year.

On behalf of the people of Australia, the Australian Government will make a national contribution of $10,000 to Western Australian charity Friends of the Western Ground Parrot in honour of The King’s Coronation.

This contribution will go towards the conservation of the Western Ground Parrot, a rare and critically endangered bird found in the remote Cape Arid National Park and Nuytsland Nature Reserve, to the east of Esperance.

The Western Ground Parrot is shy and rarely seen, as they spend most of their time on the ground in low dense heathland.

PIERS MORGAN, HOST: Prime Minister, welcome to Britain.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good to be with you and great to be in London.

MORGAN: I have a strict rule. I have to confess, normally I don't fraternise with any Australians in the run up to an Ashes series. But I have made an exception for you.

PRIME MINISTER: Well, it's going to be a cracker of a series. And hopefully, we'll go well.