MARK BOURIS, HOST: Prime Minister, welcome to Straight Talk.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Great to be with you, Mark.
BOURIS: Well, it's been a long time getting together. By the way, when I was walking up to the studio just now, I got a photo of something which I've got to show it to you, because you’ll probably have a laugh.
PRIME MINISTER: You know, fun fact, while you're getting that together -
BOURIS: Is that your car?
KYLE SANDILANDS, HOST: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Good morning, sir. Long time no chat.
JACKIE ‘O’ HENDERSON, HOST: Good morning.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good to be with you. I'm glad I'm the entree for Cher.
JACKIE O: Oh, you are. Look, listen, can I ask you, what does the Prime Minister do on Christmas Day and where is he?
CRAIG REUCASSEL, HOST: Morning, Prime Minister.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, Craig. Good to be with you.
REUCASSEL: So when were you told about this Dural discovery?
PATRICIA KARVELAS, HOST: Let's bring in the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, to get his reaction to these pretty significant inflation figures. Prime Minister, welcome to Afternoon Briefing for the first time in 2025.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good afternoon, PK.
KARVELAS: Do people with mortgages deserve an interest rate cut in February?
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: It's wonderful to be back in Western Australia with another positive announcement of the cooperation that we see between my Government and the Cook Labor Government here in WA. We're building Australia's future, and Western Australia is a key to that future, because it's driving the present growth. But if you look at where the future economy is going, Western Australia will continue to be such a key role in driving national economic growth as one of the engine rooms of our national economy.
LAURA TINGLE, NATIONAL PRESS CLUB PRESIDENT: Thank you so much, Prime Minister. A couple of observations from your speech. You talked about trying to rebuild during a period of global uncertainty and you marked the anniversary tomorrow of your tax cut announcement here at the Press Club. We've got the ultimate global uncertainty going on at the moment in the White House. A lot of executive orders have been coming out of there this week and indications from President Trump that he's looking at slashing tax rates.
ANDREW CLENNELL, HOST: Prime Minister, thanks so much for joining us.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good to be with you, once again on January.
CLENNELL: Indeed. Well, it's an election year. You're behind in pretty much every poll. Are you the underdog leading into this election?
MARK GIBSON, HOST: The PM has phoned through to chat to you this morning. Good morning.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: G'day, good to be with you. It's great to be back here. I just had a lovely brekkie at Freo. It was a beautiful morning here.
GIBSON: Just stopping off in Freo on the way, a little bit down the freeway there to make this announcement.
PRIME MINISTER: That’s right.
OLIVER PETERSON, HOST: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, good afternoon.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good afternoon, Oly. Wonderful to be able to chat with you again and great to be back here in the great state of WA.
PETERSON: Well, this morning you were out and about with a major road announcement. The Kwinana Freeway to get a $350 million Commonwealth injection on top of a $350 million state injection. What's planned to happen to the Kwinana?
The Albanese and Cook Governments are building Western Australia’s future, driving economic growth and delivering benefits for commuters with a partnership to deliver a $700 million upgrade to the Kwinana Freeway.
The Albanese Government will invest $350 million to ensure this important work gets delivered.
Widening the Kwinana Freeway will add around 50 per cent capacity to the upgraded sections, easing congestion for motorists and improving the efficiency of moving freight on a road that typically carries 100,000 vehicles every day.