MATT GRIFFITH, HOST: Well, it's not often we get to say this, but the Prime Minister of this great nation is in studio with me. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, hello, good morning.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: G'day. Wonderful to be here in Albury.
GRIFFITH: Well, you certainly bought the rain with you, Prime Minister.
AL SHIELD, HOST: But how about we introduce our very special guest, because this is a first for this show.
LU PELIZZARI, HOST: It is. Certainly, a first in the studio too. Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese joins us. Good morning.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Wonderful to be here. And I even got met by the presenter outside. Got to get up the stairs.
PELIZZARI: I was just saying, I've got to get my breath now. It's a long way down there and back up again.
Thank you so much for that generous introduction, and I thank Uncle Michael for his welcome to country, and I join with him in acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we're meeting and pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
I also want to acknowledge my colleagues who are here. Peter Cai, thank you very much for the introduction, the CEO.
Dr John Yu AC, the founding chair.
Daphne Lowe Kelly, the chair of the Museum of Chinese in Australia.
The Lord Mayor of Sydney, at Clover Moore.
The Museum of Chinese in Australia has officially opened in Sydney’s iconic Chinatown today, supported by the Albanese Government.
The Albanese Government is supporting the establishment of the first Chinese focused museum in New South Wales dedicated to preserving and presenting the history, heritage and contributions of Chinese Australians, with $2.6 million in funding.
ANDREW CLENNELL, HOST: Prime Minister, thanks for your time.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good to be with you, Andrew.
CLENNELL: I wanted to ask first about Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. What's your reaction to his arrest?
TOM MCILROY, HOST: This is the Australian Politics Podcast. Well, Anthony Albanese, welcome to the podcast.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Thanks for having me on.
TOM MCILROY: Great to have you with us in Melbourne. Thank you very much for taking the time. We're speaking on Friday morning. It's about 12 hours since news of the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor broke. Could I ask you for your response? And of course, the former prince denies the allegations against him. What's your reaction to the news?
Thanks so much, Correna, and thank you to all of you for a very warm welcome here, including a couple of people over here who have been Souths supporters for years, who I met on the way through.
So, I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we're meeting, and I pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging.
I do acknowledge your federal president, Correna Haythorpe, and to give credit where credit's due, Correna is relentless.
JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, can you comment about how was your visit tonight?
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: It's a fantastic visit. I'm really proud to be here to support this local community and to show my support. Ramadan is a really important time, holy month, for the Islamic community and I'm pleased to offer support.
JOURNALIST: Any particular message to anyone specific?
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Thanks everyone for joining us, and thanks to the Premier for joining us, but more importantly, thanks for the collaboration where we're working well together, as we do with states and territories right around the country. And here in Victoria, at the beginning of last year, was one of the first states to sign up to full and fair funding for every public school, and that funding has started to flow.
Thank you so much.
I'm absolutely delighted to be here, and I want to acknowledge Matt Gregg and the local member, Gabriel Ng, for the extraordinary contribution that they're making already to the Australian Parliament.
I was here in Box Hill North on Election Day last May, less than a year ago, handing out for Gabriel, who has had an impact already and is a champion of this local community.