Premier of the People’s Republic of China, Your Excellency Li Qiang.
Excellencies,
Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and gentlemen.
It is a great pleasure to be with you at the China International Import Expo today.
This is my seventh visit to the People's Republic of China, but my first as Prime Minister of Australia.
And it is wonderful to be back here in this extraordinarily beautiful global city of Shanghai.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: All Australians' thoughts are with the family, friends, and all who know the brave firefighters who've lost their lives as a result of the fatal air accident that occurred in North Queensland. We know that people who fight fires and stand up in emergency services risk their lives each and every day to assist their fellow Australians and to assist their communities. And today, our hearts go out to them.
LUKE GOSLING, FEDERAL MEMBER FOR SOLOMON: Good morning everyone and welcome out to Charles Darwin University, and it's been great to spend some time with SPEE3D this morning. We're very proud of the advanced manufacturing research that’s happening right here in Darwin. As the federal member for Solomon I'm really proud of all the expert minds that come together here to produce world class products. And it was with great pride that the team hear from SPED3D and Charles Darwin University showed our Prime Minister this morning some of their stuff.
During my visit to Washington DC, President Biden and I spoke about our shared commitment to building an alliance for the future.
Our alliance has been tried, tested, and has thrived over eight decades.
We’ve stood side by side in the most difficult times.
And just a few blocks from the White House and Capitol Hill, I witnessed for myself how Australians and Americans continue to strengthen these bonds.
I was honoured to become the first Head of Government to visit the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Headquarters.
What happens in the world matters at home.
Global dynamics impact our security and our economy, but as we’ve seen through times of Covid and conflict, we also feel the effects in our household bills and jobs.
We feel it every time we visit the shops or the petrol pump. Everything is interlinked.
Never has this been more evident than during my visit to Washington last week.
My meetings there came at a time when our world faces a set of profound challenges.
The Albanese Government is making it easier to see a bulk billing doctor for more than 11 million Australians, with the largest investment in bulk billing in the 40-year history of Medicare.
From today, the incentive that general practitioners receive to bulk bill children under 16, pensioners and other Commonwealth concession cardholders will be tripled for most common GP consults.
It will be easier to find a bulk billing doctor for around 5 million children and their families and 7 million pensioners and other concession cardholders.
I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and I pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging.
It is such a pleasure to celebrate the upgrade of this extraordinary facility with you today. To quote the great Annie Lennox, sweet dreams are made of this.
Speaking as someone who grew up across the street from a factory that made chocolate biscuits, the aromas here almost have a touch of home.
A touch of home is something that the name Darrell Lea has for Australians.
HENRY BATEMAN, CEO CORNERSTONE HEALTH: I’d like to welcome the Prime Minister and Mike Freelander today. It is a privilege to have you here at this fantastic centre on a very great day for Medicare bulk billing and for access for patients.
After a long illness, Deborah Chemke passed away last night.
Our first thoughts today are with Mark Dreyfus, her beloved husband of 44 years, their children Joe, Tom and Laura, and their grandchildren.
Everyone who knows Mark knows he adored Deborah. She was his most trusted source of advice and his constant inspiration. Above all, she was Mark’s great love.
From a chance encounter on a Sydney beach grew an enduring relationship built on love, respect, admiration and profound devotion.
It is an honour to stand here as Labor Leader, and as Prime Minister, and pay respect to all that Bill Hayden did – for his party, and for the country he loved.
Bill gave the Australian Labor Party the chance of a future. Patiently, humbly, courageously, he gave Labor fresh relevance and new focus.
He made it possible for Labor to return to its core mission of governing in the national interest and lifting the lives of Australians.