Radio interview - ABC Coffs Coast
FIONA POOLE, HOST: Prime Minister, thanks for being here.
PRIME MINISTER, ANTHONY ALBANESE: Good morning.
POOLE: Will you be getting special prime ministerial construction hat today as you walk around?
FIONA POOLE, HOST: Prime Minister, thanks for being here.
PRIME MINISTER, ANTHONY ALBANESE: Good morning.
POOLE: Will you be getting special prime ministerial construction hat today as you walk around?
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: It's fantastic to be here at the construction site for the Coffs Harbour Bypass, the last piece in the puzzle to fully duplicate the Pacific Highway. This project will make an enormous difference. A project which will consist of three channels, will consist of 14 kilometres of road which is fully duplicated, and which will create some 12,000 direct and indirect jobs, take some 12 minutes off the trip by removing 12,000 vehicles, both cars and heavy vehicles from the centre of Coffs Harbour.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Well, look, it's fantastic to be here on the Gold Coast Light Rail, travelling, as we are, up towards the electorate of Fadden, towards the end of the line at Helensvale. This has been an incredibly fantastic project and shows the difference that a Federal Government that understands infrastructure and investment can make a difference. And as they are saying, we're on our way to Helensvale. And this stock is where Letitia Del Fabbro works here at Griffith University as a nurse educator.
SARAH CUMMING, HOST: Prime Minister, good morning.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, Sarah. It was an absolutely glorious day on the coast there yesterday afternoon. I did a tourism roundtable with business leaders firstly there at Burleigh and it was it was very hard to leave I’ve got to say, having woken up in a very frosty Canberra yesterday morning.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will welcome His Excellency Mr Joko Widodo, President of the Republic of Indonesia and Her Excellency Mrs Iriana Widodo, First Lady, to Sydney from 3 to 5 July.
Indonesia is of vital importance to Australia, as a partner and a neighbour. Underpinned by a warm friendship and strong people-to-people links, our bilateral relationship includes cooperation on climate and clean energy transition, defence, security, economic development, trade, investment and education.
ALEX CULLEN, HOST: We have lost a titan of the Labor Party. How will you be remembering Simon Crean?
Matt Shirvington, Host: We're joined by Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. Good morning to you PM.
Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister: Good Morning, Shirvo.
Shirvington: You've written a beautiful tribute calling Simon Crean, 'a great servant of the labour movement and a wonderful human being'.
ALI MOORE, HOST: Good morning, Prime Minister.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, Ali.
MOORE: A shock to you and a shock to everyone.
HEIDI MURPHY, HOST: Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister, thank you for your time this morning.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, Heidi.
MURPHY: What would you say his greatest legacy is?
The Australian Government will provide a new $110 million assistance package to Ukraine. This assistance will help Ukraine defend and support itself against Russia’s illegal, immoral and unprovoked invasion.
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