ALLISON LANGDON, HOST: We have some very exciting news for you here because we have a surprise guest. We have just found the Prime Minister playing rugby league outside Parliament House.

CHARLES CROUCHER, HOST: Naturally. Good morning, PM.

LANGDON: Yay. Look who is it.

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

CROUCHER: What is going on where you are there?

Today the Albanese Government announced details of the Defence Strategic Review, including the Terms of Reference and the independent leads who will conduct this Review for government.

In 2020, the Defence Strategic Update identified that changes in Australia’s strategic environment are accelerating more rapidly than predicted in the 2012 Force Posture Review. As our national security landscape changes, it is vital that our defence force remains positioned to meet our global and regional security challenges.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Thanks very much, everyone. And I'm pleased also that we're joined today by the Chief of the Defence Force, General Angus Campbell, and the Secretary of the Defence department, Greg Moriarty. Thank you for joining us gentlemen. I'm also pleased to be with my Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, and two gentlemen who are distinguished in their contribution to the defence of this nation and who I will be talking more about in the coming minutes.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Thank you for joining me again today. On May 21, Australians voted for action on climate change. They voted for the Australian Labor Government’s plan, which is a 43 per cent emissions reduction by 2030, for the national energy market to be 82 per cent renewables by 2030. And they voted for the fully costed modelling that we had. With 604,000 new jobs created, five out of every six of them in regional Australia.

Thanks, very much, Madam Deputy Speaker.

Can I congratulate on your election as Deputy Speaker.

Can I say to the previous speaker, who is not a bad bloke, but, for goodness sake, to speak about facts when it comes to climate change. Wow.

Yet, we should listen to the facts and we should listen to the science. Because the science is very clear, that we need to act. And the facts are very clear that by acting, we can actually create economic activity and create jobs.

SARAH FERGUSON, HOST: Prime Minister, welcome to 7.30.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good to be with you, Sarah, and congrats on the new gig.

FERGUSON: Thank you very much. Your day today, new gigs, that was an emotional moment. What was going through your head when you spoke?

The Albanese Labor Government introduced legislation today to deliver our commitments to fix the crisis in aged care, and usher in a new funding model for residential aged care.

The Aged Care Amendment (Implementing Care Reform) Bill 2022 will require a qualified registered nurse to be on site in every residential aged care home 24 hours a day, seven days a week, ensuring older Australians living in residential aged care receive immediate care when needed.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Thank you, Galarrwuy. This is an extraordinary gift. Can I thank the Yolngu people as well for the extraordinary gift. This will take pride of place in my new home. I've moved back into public housing. But that is a very important personal gift. But can I say, and I'll have more to say about this tomorrow, can I thank the dancers for the extraordinary gift that they have just given us.

Ngarra ga Buku guru-pan Gumatj, Yothu Yindi nha go Yolgnu mala.

[Translation: I pay my respect to Gumatj, Yothu Yindi and Yolngu Mala.]

I acknowledge the people of the Yolngu nation. I recognise all the elders, leaders and families who have made great contributions to our nation.

In particular, I acknowledge the Gumatj clan whose lands we are meeting on today.

Last night’s Bungul was a deeply moving moment for me, it was an honour to bear witness to dance and song and story and tradition tracing back some 60,000 years. 

JOHN PAUL JANKE, HOST: Prime Minister, thanks for speaking with us today. In the lead-up to the election and the election campaign, when you spoke about the Uluru Statement, and even now when you talk about it, you get quite emotional about it. What does this Statement mean to you personally?