Radio Interview ABC Melbourne – Mornings with Virginia Trioli

VIRGINIA TRIOLI, HOST: Anthony Albanese Prime Minister of Australia joins us now. Good morning, Prime Minister.

PRIME MINISTER ANTHONY ALBANESE: Good morning, Virginia. Thanks for having me on the program.

TRIOLI: So now the hard part. How do you do it? How do you get Australia's biggest emitters that the engine rooms of our economy really to get 5 million tonnes of emissions out of the air by 2050?

ABC 90th Anniversary

It is a true honour and pleasure to come here as Prime Minister and congratulate you on your 90th anniversary.

Through nine decades, the ABC has brought us closer together as a nation.

You’ve added to our identity. You’ve added to our voice.

You’ve brought us laughter and tears.

You’ve exposed hard truths and celebrated triumphs.

You’ve brought sunshine into dark corners.

You’ve sought out the bright moments in order to share the light.

Television Interview - Today show

ALLISON LANGDON, HOST: We have some very exciting news for you here because we have a surprise guest. We have just found the Prime Minister playing rugby league outside Parliament House.

CHARLES CROUCHER, HOST: Naturally. Good morning, PM.

LANGDON: Yay. Look who is it.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: G'day, good to be with you.

CROUCHER: What is going on where you are there?

Defence Strategic Review

Today the Albanese Government announced details of the Defence Strategic Review, including the Terms of Reference and the independent leads who will conduct this Review for government.

In 2020, the Defence Strategic Update identified that changes in Australia’s strategic environment are accelerating more rapidly than predicted in the 2012 Force Posture Review. As our national security landscape changes, it is vital that our defence force remains positioned to meet our global and regional security challenges.

Press conference - Parliament House, Canberra

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Thanks very much, everyone. And I'm pleased also that we're joined today by the Chief of the Defence Force, General Angus Campbell, and the Secretary of the Defence department, Greg Moriarty. Thank you for joining us gentlemen. I'm also pleased to be with my Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, and two gentlemen who are distinguished in their contribution to the defence of this nation and who I will be talking more about in the coming minutes.

Press Conference - Parliament House, Canberra

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Thank you for joining me again today. On May 21, Australians voted for action on climate change. They voted for the Australian Labor Government’s plan, which is a 43 per cent emissions reduction by 2030, for the national energy market to be 82 per cent renewables by 2030. And they voted for the fully costed modelling that we had. With 604,000 new jobs created, five out of every six of them in regional Australia.

Climate Change Bill 2022 - Second Reading

Thanks, very much, Madam Deputy Speaker.

Can I congratulate on your election as Deputy Speaker.

Can I say to the previous speaker, who is not a bad bloke, but, for goodness sake, to speak about facts when it comes to climate change. Wow.

Yet, we should listen to the facts and we should listen to the science. Because the science is very clear, that we need to act. And the facts are very clear that by acting, we can actually create economic activity and create jobs.