Prime Minister Andy Burnham today welcomed £1bn of new investment in affordable homes across the UK.Meeting with the Prime Minister during today’s visit to Berlin, German investment firm PATRIZIA confirmed plans to add £1bn to its new UK Essential Living Platform, which will deliver u...
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It's wonderful to be here in Fiji and to also be visiting Tuvalu in what is the important meeting leading up to the Climate Change Conference next month. It is important that Pacific voices are heard, because the Pacific is the front line of action on climate change. For many of the nations...
Our nation’s thoughts are with the family, friends and colleagues of the Australian Army soldier who has tragically died during a training exercise in the Northern Territory yesterday. Our thoughts are also with the five other Australian Army soldiers who were injured in the incident...
Today, we pause to remember the devastation that Hamas unleashed in the terrorist attack in Israel on the 7th of October, 2023. On this dark anniversary, we remember the 1200 who were taken from the world, the largest loss of Jewish life on any single day since the Holocaust.We...
I was very sorry to hear of the passing of Richard Morecroft. As the face and the voice of the news of the ABC, Richard became a beloved part of Australian life. Combining a consummate professionalism with an unyielding humanity, Richard was a figure of absolute trust, a warm and fami...
Today marks 25 years since the commencement of Operation Slipper, Australia’s first military contribution to the war in Afghanistan and the beginning of a significant chapter in our nation’s military history. In the wake of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States...
It is a profound honour to join with you today on this landmark anniversary.I acknowledge Her Excellency, the Governor-General of Australia, Sam Mostyn, I acknowledge the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles, and the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Matt Keogh...
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will welcome His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to Australia from 13 to 14 October 2026.Australia and Jordan share a warm relationship, underpinned by defence and security cooperation.Our countries are...
PATRICIA KARVELAS, HOST: The Prime Minister is my lead guest this afternoon, Anthony Albanese, Welcome to the program.ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Goood afternoon. Good to be with you.KARVELAS: In the last couple of weeks, some Labor MPs have been feeling a little bit nerv...
The Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Anthony Albanese MP, and His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan met in Canberra on 14 October 2026 and reaffirmed the enduring friendship between Australia and Jordan built on mutual respect and a shared commitm...