KIERAN GILBERT, HOST: The Prime Minister has been given a royal audience by King Charles at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. The meeting came a day after Anthony Albanese spoke with the UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer. Political editor, Andrew Clennell spoke to me from Scotland.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good afternoon. It's been a very busy day here in London. It began with a meeting with my friend Tony Blair and a catch up here at Stoke Lodge. I then spoke at a conference with the Prime Ministers of Iceland, Canada, the UK, and who was your fourth? Me. And then - it's been a long day. And then I've had bilaterals with the Prime Minister of Spain, the Prime Minister of Canada and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Australia and the United Kingdom have a shared history.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has concluded his first visit to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. During the 80th session he engaged with world leaders and reaffirmed Australia’s commitment to working with partners to address global challenges.  

The Prime Minister delivered Australia’s National Statement to the General Assembly, outlining Australia’s strong support for the UN and the multilateral system.

Eighty years ago, the people of our nations came together and put their trust in each other’s humanity.

An act of faith all the more extraordinary when we recall the devastation that still gripped their world.

Yet out of the grief and ruin of war, that generation found the courage, the wisdom and the compassion to work together for a better peace.

To build a world governed by rights and rules, not fear or force.

Where the sovereignty of every nation is respected.

The essential dignity and equality of every man, woman and child upheld.

Secretary-General

Colleagues

This is the decisive decade for acting on the environmental challenge of climate change – and seizing the economic opportunities of clean energy.

We all grasp the scale and the urgency of our task.

We all understand the consequences of inaction: for our environment, for our economies, for our people’s way of life and for our children’s future.

Australians know the toll taken by extreme weather events becoming more frequent and more intense.

ANIKA WELLS, MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS: From a grassroots campaign of 127,000 parents whose fervent wish was that somebody would do something, we are now at the UN showing our world leading laws and helping other countries who have great interest in taking up this same mission. We are so grateful to parents like Emma Mason and Let Them Be Kids and the 36 Months campaign who brought those 127,000 parents to Parliament and allowed the Prime Minister to pass these world leading laws.

It is good to be here with you today to talk about this serious subject.

All of us appreciate the benefits the internet has brought us. Yet we are also aware that, within its transformative gift of connectivity, there are risks to our children.

The challenge we face is constantly evolving, and different countries are tackling it in different ways.

I want to talk about our way – and listen to the approaches being taken by others.

On the 10th of December, Australia will introduce social media age restrictions that go further than any country has before.

HEATHER RIDOUT, CONSUL-GENERAL IN NEW YORK: It's great to have you all in New York. You don't come here enough, actually. But anyway, it's my real pleasure to introduce our Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, who's also coming to New York for the first time since I've been Consul-General and Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen.

Thank you all for being here this afternoon.

I thank our hosts Macquarie, a great Australian success story.

Among many distinguished guests, I acknowledge our Ambassador, Kevin Rudd and Australia’s Consul-General to New York, Heather Ridout.

When I had the privilege of serving in Kevin’s Cabinet as Minister for Infrastructure, we asked Heather to join the board of a new body we were establishing: Infrastructure Australia.

President Macron.

Your Royal Highness.

Secretary-General.

Colleagues.

Nearly 78 years ago, Australia was proud to be the first member of the United Nations to vote for the plan that made the modern state of Israel possible.

The international community’s vision for a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, always encompassed two states.

A state of Israel and a state of Palestine.

Living side by side, within internationally-recognised borders.

And recognising each other’s right to live in peace and security.