The Albanese Government has today announced more than 15,000 Aussie families have been connected with free internet as part of the School Student Broadband Initiative - delivering real cost of living support for families doing it tough.

The SSBI – launched in February last year – fulfils an election commitment to help to narrow the digital divide for families who otherwise have no access to broadband at home.

Since its launch the SSBI has:    

CRAIG REUCASSEL, HOST: Morning, Prime Minister.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning. Good to be with you.

REUCASSEL: So, who are the families who get free broadband through this School Student Broadband Initiative? How do they apply?

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning. Good to be with you.

DAVE HUGHES, HOST: Was the Taylor Swift concert one of the best nights of your life, Prime Minister?

PRIME MINISTER: It was pretty awesome, I've got to say. Such a long performance, which had no sort of downs. It was, she's a remarkable performer and everyone in the stadium just having a great time. A real, really positive vibe. Not just in the stadium, but I think in the whole city and the whole country while she was here.

DEAN CLAIRS, HOST: You never know who's going to call.

LISA SHAW, HOST: You never know who is going to call. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is with us this morning, hello.

CLAIRS: Mr. PM.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning. And I was just really enjoying listening to that song that I haven't heard for a very long period of time.

CLAIRS: A bit of The Mentals.

SHAW: Mental As Anything.

NATALIE LOCKE, HOST:  Welcome to the show, our friend, Anthony Albanese. Good morning.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning. I hope you're standing up for the anthem there.

SHAUN MCMANUS, HOST: Always, Prime Minister. Always for you.

NATHAN MORRIS, HOST: Are you kidding me? We don't even understand what a chair is when we speak to you.

PRIME MINISTER: And have you sorted out the new studio?

LOCKE: Yeah, mostly.

JACKIE O, HOST: An impromptu call out of the blue, just to have a chat and say ‘hi’, it's our Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Hey, how you going?

JACKIE O: How you going?

PRIME MINISTER: How are you enjoying the Olympics?

JACKIE O: Oh, you're not allowed to say that word. You're gonna get censored.

PRIME MINISTER: I am allowed to say that word!

LINDSAY MCDOUGALL, HOST: We are now joined by the Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese. Thank you for being with us.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: G'day, Lindsay. Good to be with you.

MCDOUGALL: So, yesterday you said of Barnaby Joyce, get your act together or move on. Not quite sure what this bloke's got to do to be moved on. Do you still think the Member for New England needs to be moved on by the Coalition?

I’m delighted to be here today to help launch Michael Easson’s thoughtful and important book.

Among all these distinguished guests, can I give a special acknowledgement to the members of the Watson family who are here with us.

It is strange to think that the first Federal Leader of Australia’s oldest political party and the Prime Minister in the world’s first Labor Government remains something of a mystery.

This book shows us John Christian Watson is a mystery well worth investigating.

DR MIKE FREELANDER, MEMBER FOR MACARTHUR: It's been fantastic to have the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese out to the Macarthur electorate today to open the Shepherd Center in Macarthur, which is world's best practice hearing management for children with hearing loss, including babies born with congenital deafness. And really great day today, a fantastic group of people, fantastic group of kids in the most fertile area of New South Wales. So wonderful to have Anthony Albanese here today. I'm very grateful to him for the support he's giving to kids and young families.

Parents in southwest Sydney will get better hearing support for their children, thanks to the delivery of an Albanese Government election commitment to help fund the opening of The Shepherd Centre in Oran Park.

The Shepherd Centre in Oran Park was officially opened today to help children with hearing loss develop their listening, spoken language, literacy, and social skills.