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The Prime Minister will be on leave from Friday 31 July until Thursday 6 August 2026. During this time, the Deputy Prime Minister will be Acting Prime Minister.

EMMA REBELLATO, HOST:The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, joins us from Parliament House. Prime Minister, thanks for joining us. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:G'day, Emma. Good to be with you. It's very chilly, I must say, here in Canberra this morning. REBELLATO:Yes, Nate has been telling us. Absolutely. Prime Minister, we saw yesterday a fairly welcome dip in inflation, but we know it's still too high, still higher than what the RBA would like. Why are you getting rid of the cut to the f…

MADELEINE KING, MINISTER FOR RESOURCES:Good morning, everybody, and welcome here to the towns of Karratha and Dampier, up here in the north of Western Australia. It's a true honour and a privilege to be here at the Perdaman Urea Plant today, with Chairman Vikas Rambal, and I want to just acknowledge the work you and your whole family to create what is the largest manufacturing project underway in Australia at this moment. And of course, I'm even more delighted to be joined here by Prime Minister…

Working families are in a stronger financial position today than they would otherwise be because of the tireless advocacy and strong leadership of Sally McManus and Michele O’Neil. Sally and Michele secured incredible successes for working people in their eight years together leading Australia’s union movement – the first all-female leadership team in the Australian Council of Trade Unions’ 99-year history. It is fitting that Sally and Michele announce they’re stepping down from their respecti…

The Albanese and Cook Labor Governments have announced they will kick off investigations into building a new oil refinery in Western Australia. The project is proposed by Perdaman, and would help strengthen energy security in Australia. The Prime Minister and Premier travelled to Karratha to announce they will conduct a jointly funded $4 million pre-feasibility study for a new large-scale oil refinery, which would be built by Perdaman. This refinery would create thousands of jobs, boost the lo…

DAVID SPEERS, HOST:Prime Minister, thanks for joining us at this Labor conference. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Good morning. DAVID SPEERS:So a young Anthony Albanese, once came along to these conferences with an aim to change minds and change the party platform. Have you heard anything here these last few days that's going to shift your position on anything? PRIME MINISTER:Well, what we’ve had is really constructive engagement and deliberations done in full public view, broadcast live wi…