LEIGH SALES, HOST: Prime Minister, welcome to the program.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good evening.
SALES: Do you wake up every day now and go wow, I just had a dream that I'm - wait, I am the Prime Minister!
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to Europe from Sunday 26 June for the NATO Leaders’ Summit in Madrid. The Prime Minister will then travel on to France to accept President Emmanuel Macron’s invitation to meet in Paris.
The NATO Leaders’ Summit comes at a critical time. The conflict in Ukraine has significant consequences that reach far beyond Europe. Australia’s attendance also allows for engagement on strategic priorities for NATO engagement in our region.
JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, what's your main aim at the Summit? And how much stake do we have in this in terms of how it relates to security threats back home?
SABRA LANE, HOST: As you just heard, the Prime Minister is on his way to those NATO talks. In his third overseas trip since winning office just over a month ago, Anthony Albanese is also going to Paris to meet the French President and possibly to Ukraine. But he's left behind a domestic political headache with some crossbench MPs and senators threatening to block legislation because the Government's cut their parliamentary staff from four advisors to one. Before Anthony Albanese flew out last night, I asked him whether he was prepared to reconsider.
PRIME MINISTER, ANTHONY ALBANESE: Good morning. I am very grateful for the opportunity to meet Prime Minister Sanchez today, and I was very honoured to be the first Australian Prime Minister to make a bilateral visit to Spain. Our discussion was very warm and it was productive, reflecting the deep and long standing relationship between our two nations. We discussed the NATO summit, which begins tomorrow and the important role that Australia and its Asia Pacific partners can play.
PETER STEFANOVIC, HOST: Prime Minister, good morning to you. Thank you for your time. So, I will get to health in a moment. I want to start with the energy crisis which is going to dominate, no doubt, your first National Cabinet. I know you have been asked this a few times, but I am going to ask you again. How long do you expect AEMO to keep the market suspension in place?
NATALIE BARR, HOST: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joins me now. Good morning, Prime Minister.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning Nat.
BARR: Power companies have really held this country for ransom this week, haven’t they? We are all going to pay the price down the track. What are you going to do to make sure this never happens again?
ALISON LANGDON, HOST: The Prime Minister joins us now from Canberra. Good morning, Prime Minister. You’d like a night noodle market, wouldn't you?
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning. Night noodle market is pretty sensational. It got suspended there for a couple of years like everything else, but it's very good. I don't mind that.
LANGDON: Good stuff, we're on the same page.
PRIME MINISTER: Is it back in Hyde Park is it?
Today the Prime Minister, along with state and territory First Ministers, met in Canberra to discuss their shared priorities.
They discussed how the National Cabinet can support strong collaborative relationships and drive progress on priorities for the nation.
National Cabinet will build on recent collaborative efforts to support the COVID-19 health response and support the delivery of additional areas of focus.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Today we've had a successful National Cabinet meeting, the first of which have had the great honour and privilege to chair. It was conducted in a very good spirit, a spirit of engagement, one that recognised our common interests and our common purpose to serve people in our respective state and territories, but from my perspective to serve people around the nation.