Today Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met with the President of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Vuong Dinh Hue, during his visit to Australia as a Guest of the Australian Parliament.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Thank you, Nicholas for taking on this job.
NICHOLAS MOORE, SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA: A great honour, Prime Minister. So thank you very much for asking me. And Minister, thank you very much.
PENNY WONG, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS: We're very pleased.
It’s an honour to be here with all of you this evening to celebrate the hard work and success of the Australian job-creators, employers and entrepreneurs you represent.
I’m grateful for this chance to reflect on the last six months of co-operation and collaboration between our government and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Working together, here and overseas.
ACCI were key representatives of Australian business at the B20 in Indonesia.
A forum that brought together influential business leaders from the G20 economies.
WALEED ALY, HOST: Would you please welcome Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese.
PETER HELLIAR, HOST: PM, we usually reach out to you. You reached out to this time. You're not the most important person in the room today. What would you love to say to Carrie?
SARAH FERGUSON, HOST: Scott Morrison has rejected the censure today as the politics of retribution. What did this achieve apart from the rebuke of a political adversary?
The Albanese Labor Government has delivered on the next step of its plan to lift wages, improve job security and start closing the gender pay gap.
The Government’s Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill – which passed Federal Parliament today – will give Australian workers a better deal and a better future.
After a decade of deliberate wage suppression under the Liberals and Nationals, Australian workers need a pay rise and these new laws will deliver.
The Albanese Government has today delivered on our promise to the Australian people to return integrity, honesty and accountability to government by legislating a powerful, transparent and independent National Anti-Corruption Commission in 2022.
The Albanese Government's National Anti-Corruption Commission will:
The Albanese Government welcomes the final report from the Bell Inquiry, handed down today by the Hon Justice Virginia Bell AC.
The Inquiry examined the appointment of former Prime Minister, the Hon Scott Morrison MP, to administer multiple departments without disclosure to his colleagues or the public.
The unprecedented and inexcusable actions of the former Prime Minister were emblematic of the culture of secrecy in which the previous Government operated.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Yesterday our government was able to pass its National Anti-Corruption Commission legislation through the House of Representatives. It was an important day for integrity and accountability in politics. And so is today. We're shining sunlight on a shadow government that preferred to operate in darkness, a government that operated in a cult of secrecy and a culture of cover-up, which arrogantly dismissed scrutiny from the parliament and the public as a mere inconvenience. A government whose motto was ‘nothing to see here’.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: I would like to start by congratulating my friend Daniel Andrews on an extraordinary result in Victoria. Winning a third term with an absolute majority is an extraordinary achievement. Daniel Andrews has led Victoria through difficult times, in particular the pandemic.