EMMA COMER, MEMBER FOR PETRIE: Well, welcome everyone. Welcome to a beautiful Queensland winter day, I'm joined here with the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister actually secured the funding as Infrastructure Minister for the Red Cliff Railway Line, which has been an absolute asset to our community, getting people to the city to work right away. And now we've also got fifty cent fares, so that's amazing. And I'll hand over to the Prime Minister.
STEVE AUSTIN, HOST: And look what came in with the cows. The Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Thank you very much. Great to be here, Steve, although I'm not sure about the introduction.
STEVE AUSTIN: Have you been here before?
THERESE TOWNSEND, RESIDENT: Welcome to our home. Brian and I have raised our children here. We've lived here for 33 years in Mansfield, and we've recently installed a solar battery because it's going to save us money. And we were triggered to do it because of the Government rebate, which made it affordable and sensible for us. So I'll introduce Kara Cook. Thank you so much.
SABRA LANE, HOST: Good morning and welcome to AM. I'm Sabra Lane coming to you from Nipaluna, Hobart. The Economic Roundtable at Parliament House in Canberra next week has no shortage of ideas. Suggestions include a cut in the company tax rate, expanding the Goods and Services Tax, a new road user charge to include electric vehicles, and now a four day working week. The Reserve Bank has made sure boosting productivity will be front and centre at the summit.
KATE THWAITES, MEMBER FOR JAGAJAGA: Good morning everyone, and welcome to Rosanna where we are building 45 social and affordable homes. You can see here what a great location this is, just near the train station, shops, near our health precinct in Heidelberg. This is going to be fantastic for women and children leaving family violence, for older women at risk of homelessness. Our government understands that people have better lives when they have a safe and secure roof over their head - and that's what we're delivering here.
KARL STEFANOVIC, HOST: More now on Australia's historic diplomatic shift, announcing plans to formally recognise the state of Palestine.
SARAH ABO, HOST: The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese joins us live now from Melbourne. PM, good morning to you. So, the Palestinian community says this doesn't go far enough. They think -
BRIDGET BRENNAN, HOST: Time now to talk about our top story, that of the Australian Government making the decision that it will recognise a Palestinian state. And the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, joins me now from Melbourne. Good morning to you, Prime Minister.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning. Good to be with you.
BRENNAN: It's taken more than 70 years for a decision like this to be made. How do you think this moment will be remembered in the years to come?
NATALIE BARR, HOST: For more on the Palestine decision, the Prime Minister joins us live in Melbourne. Good morning to you.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning Nat, good to be with you.
BARR: Do you think this announcement that you made yesterday will actually change anything on the ground in Gaza?
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Today, I can confirm that at the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in September, Australia will recognise the State of Palestine. Australia will recognise the right of the Palestinian people to a state of their own, predicated on the commitments Australia has received from the Palestinian Authority. We will work with the international community to make this right a reality.
Australia will recognise the State of Palestine at the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in September, to contribute to international momentum towards a two-state solution, a ceasefire in Gaza and release of the hostages.
Since 1947, Australia has supported Israel’s existence. In that year, Australia’s Foreign Minister Evatt chaired the UN committee that recommended the creation of two states side by side.
Then, as now, the international community understood a two-state solution was the basis of peace and security for the peoples of the region.