GEORGE SEYMOUR, MAYOR OF FRASER COAST REGIONAL COUNCIL: I want to thank the Prime Minister for visiting Hervey Bay today. We were severely impacted by those floods - we had flash flooding right across Hervey Bay. There were more than 100 businesses affected, and many more residences. People are recovering. We have the Recovery Centre at the Library and the business recovery now in Main Street. We are working very closely with the Federal Government. We appreciate their support through the ADF, through Services Australia, and other means.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Thank you so much, mate. And I want to, it's great to be here, and to have got a briefing this morning about the effort to recover from what was a pretty serious disaster that you had to deal with. I'm joined by Senator Anthony Chisholm here and Trish Mears, who's our candidate here in Hinkler. And I just wanted to drop in, I was talking to Chis last week, he was here, and I wanted to drop in just to show my support for the community.

The Albanese Labor Government unequivocally condemns and stands against antisemitism in all its forms.

The rise of antisemitism is abhorrent and there is no place for the kind of hate speech and attacks we have seen recently in our country.

The firebombing of the Adass Israel Synagogue was a crime of cowardice and prejudice.

It was an attempt to threaten and silence the Jewish community, in Melbourne and right around Australia.

We won’t stand for that.

We are committed to ensuring that this community rebuilds.

HELEN MADELL, LABOR CANDIDATE FOR FLYNN: Good morning, everyone. And welcome to the Boyne Smelter. It’s a great morning that we have here this morning in town, and it’s great to have all of you with us. My name is Helen Mandell, I’m the Labor Candidate for Flynn. I’m a mother, wife, veteran, small business owner, and Queenslander who has lived here in this region for over 20 years, and I've worked entirely through my time and will continue with the high intention to practice integrity.

The Australian Government condemns the recent horrific violence in Syria’s coastal region.

We are deeply concerned by UN reports that many civilians from the Alawite community were summarily executed and understand the community’s distress. Our thoughts are with them at this time.

Australia condemns the murder of innocent civilians. All minorities must be protected, including those from the Alawite, Christian, Druze and Kurdish communities. 

The Government has urged all parties to protect civilians, exercise restraint and prioritise dialogue.

JODIE BELYEA, MEMBER FOR DUNKLEY: Good morning everyone, and welcome to the electorate of Dunkley. I'm Jodie Belyea, the Federal MP for Dunkley, and it's an absolute pleasure to be here this morning at Bruce Park. I've been in this role for 12 months as the federal MP, and throughout that time, I've heard relentlessly from the Bruce Park clubs about the need for the redevelopment of this incredible facility and community. So I'm very pleased to be here this morning with the community.

The Albanese and Allan Labor Governments are fixing roads across Victoria, improving safety and better connecting Melbourne’s suburbs, Victoria’s regions, and surrounds.

The Australian and Victorian Governments will deliver two new road projects in a big win for the south-east:

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia joined a Coalition of the Willing virtual meeting hosted by Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom, along with President Zelenskyy and leaders from Europe, Canada and New Zealand.

Prime Minister Albanese reiterated Australia’s strong and steadfast support for Ukraine and restated that Australia will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes.

Leaders agreed to continue working on delivering concrete actions to support Ukraine now and into the future.

SHAUN MCMANUS, HOST: The Prime Minister is just sitting down next to you – now the Prime Minister has to know a lot about everything, of course. And I just want to ask him straight off the bat. Good morning to you, Albo. It's great to have you in here. Jeremy McGovern, six time All Australian from the West Coast Eagles. What can you tell me about him?

ZANETA MASCARENHAS, MEMBER FOR SWAN: Alright, I’ll start by acknowledging the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nations and their elders past, present and emerging. I would like to welcome Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Minister Ed Husic for coming to Curtin University. I was born in Kalgoorlie, I grew up in Kambalda, I worked in a nickel mining town. This is a state that can not just mine things, but we can manufacture things as well. As a chemical engineer that studied at this very university, I know the potential that WA has.