I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and I pay my respect to their elders past, present and emerging.

When I spoke at this dinner last year, the Business Council of Australia had just published the “Seize the Moment” report.

Characteristic of the BCA, the report was broad in its scope and bold in its ambition.

It took stock of the decade past and identified six big changes required to make our economy more productive, competitive, dynamic and prosperous. 

RICHARD GLOVER, HOST: Prime Minister, welcome.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: G'day, Richard, good to be with you.

GLOVER: They say this bill, which will allow the government to take up to 40 per cent of equity in people's houses, therefore help them get the deposit together. They say it'll just push up the price of housing, which is the last thing we want to do.

We the leaders of Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, mark the third anniversary of AUKUS – an enhanced security partnership that promotes a free and open Indo-Pacific that is secure and stable.  We reaffirm our shared commitment to this historic partnership and acknowledge the considerable progress to date. 

TANYA PLIBERSEK, MEMBER FOR SYDNEY: Well, welcome everybody to the federal seat of Sydney. It's so wonderful to have the Prime Minister here today and to have the Housing Minister, Clare O'Neil, here. We've been having a lovely time with Codie, hearing about her exciting journey to home ownership. When my parents came to Australia in the 1950s they came with nothing, and one of the first things they wanted to do was buy a home of their own.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning. Thanks for joining us on this slightly cold morning here in Canberra. This week, the Senate is sitting. This is an opportunity for us to improve housing supply, and we know that this is the key to dealing with affordable issues when it comes to housing. We are building. The Coalition and the Greens have been blocking. Australia does have a housing shortage. We need to build more homes more quickly in more parts of the country. Our Homes for Australia Plan is a $32 billion plan to deliver that. To deliver more home ownership.

The Albanese Labor Government is delivering more than 13,700 new social and affordable homes across Australia to deliver the biggest investment in social and affordable housing in over a decade.

The first round of Labor’s Housing Australia Future Fund and National Housing Accord programs will deliver 4,220 social and 9,522 affordable homes, including 1,267 homes for women and children escaping domestic violence and older women at risk of homelessness.

Parents always worry about their children.

Because we love them, we do everything in our power to keep them safe.

We want our kids to reach adulthood confident and comfortable in their own skin.

Technology has brought society so many advantages.

It allows young people to engage with the world and with one another.

Social platforms allow kids to stay in touch with their friends once the school day ends.

But parents worry social media is making their children anxious.

They worry about bullying, peer pressure and negative body image.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to the United States for the 2024 Quad Leaders’ Summit, to be held on 21 September in Wilmington, Delaware. The Prime Minister will attend with fellow Quad Leaders, the President of the United States Joseph R. Biden Jr., Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, and Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan.

PRIME MINISTER: Good afternoon. Today we are putting the care back into aged care. We're announcing the greatest improvement in aged care in 30 years. At the heart of our Government's aged care reforms are a simple set of principles - providing dignity, choice, respect and quality of care to older Australians. More Australians are living longer, and that's a good thing. But I know that older Australians worry about going into aged care, and I know that their children and grandchildren worry about it too. This is about caring for the generation that cared for us.

The Albanese Government will deliver historic aged care reforms to ensure the viability and quality of aged care, and support growing numbers of older Australians choosing to retain their independence and remain in their homes as they age.

Around 1.4 million Australians will benefit from a new Support at Home program by 2035, helping them remain independent, in their home and their community for longer.

$5.6 billion will be invested in a reform package which represents the greatest improvement to aged care in 30 years, and includes these major changes: