JEREMY FERNANDEZ, HOST: Anthony Albanese, welcome to Mardi Gras 45.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: How fantastic is this?
FERNANDEZ: You are no stranger, you have marched in Mardi Gras before.
PRIME MINISTER: I think this is my 35th Mardi Gras. The first one was 1983. I'm showing my age there.
FERNANDEZ: First one as Prime Minister. That is a significant moment.
TIM MCMILLAN, HOST: Prime Minister, welcome back to the West.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good to be here.
MCMILLAN: Obviously, the Voice is the dominant topic in the Australian dialogue at the moment. It was one of the very first things you mention the night you claimed victory.
SARAH HARRIS, HOST: Joining us is the first sitting PM to march in Mardi Gras, Anthony Albanese. Albo, what do you think it means for the country that the Prime Minister is marching in Mardi Gras?
Today the Prime Minister led a Cyber Security Roundtable, focused on the whole-of-nation effort required to protect Australians and our economy, with the aim of making Australia the most cyber secure nation by 2030.
We invited leaders from the public service and our intelligence agencies, and independent experts from business, industry and civil society, to share their expertise and experience.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Welcome everyone. I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and pay my respects to elders past, present, and emerging.
And thank you so much for being a part of this Cyber Security Roundtable, and for bringing your insights and your expertise to this process, further developing a new National Cyber Security Strategy.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: This time last year, our nation was in the midst of a major flood disaster. It caused the loss of life, widespread destruction through large areas of Southern Queensland and the Northern Rivers of New South Wales. One year on, our thoughts are with the loved ones who lost their lives during and as a result of these floods, as well as the thousands of people who were dislocated from their homes and from their businesses. Communities like Lismore were doing it really, really tough and continue to do so.
PATRICIA KARVELAS, HOST: Prime Minister, thanks for your time.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, Patricia. Good to be with you.
KARVELAS: You'll take the super tax change to the 2025 election. But the new measure will feature in this year's Budget and be legislated in the current term of this Parliament. The Coalition says that still constitutes a broken promise, is it?
A major upgrade to Peakhurst Park in southern Sydney has been officially opened by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
The valuable community sport and recreation facility received a $473,662 upgrade thanks to funding from the Australian Government and Georges River Council.
The project delivered new turf, a full sub-surface drainage system and a 120,000-litre water storage tank supplying an irrigation system for the entire field.
The Australian Government is delivering on our election commitment to invest $40 million in critical safety upgrades for six Shoalhaven roads.
This project will improve safety by delivering a range of road works, including rehabilitation, re-surfacing, widening and intersection upgrades on:
CHARLES MAXWELL, HOST: Well, the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is coming to the Shoalhaven today, in Callala in fact, and our newsreader, Peter Andrea, caught up with the Prime Minister earlier on, and the subject got onto the roads around the Shoalhaven, and the new bridge.