ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Well, it's good to be here in Vientiane for the important regional summits with ASEAN. We're always better when we work together with our close friends and partners. And we know that ASEAN, of course, has an important relationship with Australia. We have our Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040 that was developed by Nicholas Moore, and he, together with other business leaders such as Christine Holgate, will be participating this week as well. Stability, peace and future prosperity cannot be taken for granted.

JUSTIN TRUDEAU, PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA: Morning everyone, what a pleasure it is to sit down with, amongst friends here in Laos for the ASEAN meeting, Prime Minister of Australia and Prime Minister of New Zealand, an opportunity, obviously, to talk about, first of all, all the work that we've been doing together in the region and around the world, on growing our economies, on strengthening trade ties throughout the Indo-Pacific, but around the world as well. We're working on some excellent critical minerals initiatives.

LI QIANG, PREMIER OF CHINA: Prime Minister Albanese, it gives me great pleasure to meet you again. As I also say, I feel very warm to meet an old friend, and I want to thank Mr Prime Minister, and the Australian side for the warm hospitality and thoughtful arrangement during my visit to Australia in June. That visit was a great success, and also attracted a lot of attention in both China and Australia.

representing Australia at the ASEAN Summit, and for the Australia-ASEAN Summit as well. This is an important relationship that Australia has with Southeast Asia. It's our second largest trading partner. There are 500,000 jobs in Australia depend upon our trade in Southeast Asia, and the work that Nicholas Moore has done in developing the 2040 Southeast Asia Economic Strategy is so important for Australia. So the next two days is an important opportunity for us to engage with our neighbours in what is, of course, the fastest growing region of the world in human history.

KIERAN GILBERT, HOST: Prime Minister, thank you for your time.

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

GILBERT: The leaders of two peak Jewish groups have written to you and the Opposition Leader, urging you to preference each other above the Greens given their repugnant position on the Middle East, would you consider that?

The Albanese Government is introducing legislation today to keep the National Broadband Network (NBN) owned by the Australian people - ensuring fast, reliable and affordable internet now and into the future for all Australians.

Our Government committed at the election to deliver accessible internet for all, and today we continue to take that forward.

I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, and I pay my respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

It’s great to be here with you all this evening.

To celebrate the future of Australian science and to look back on a proud history of these awards.

Back in 2000, one of the very first prize winners was Dr Jim Peacock.

A molecular biologist, he would later go on to be Australia’s Chief Scientist.

The 25th anniversary of the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science celebrates the outstanding contribution made by scientists, innovators and teachers to uplifting Australia’s way of life.

Ground-breaking research into children’s anaesthesia, life-saving treatments for blood cancer, and novel paths to creating a net zero future are awarded in this year’s ceremony.

Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, will travel to Vientiane, Laos from 9-11 October for the 4th Annual ASEAN-Australia Summit and 19th East Asia Summit.

This visit is vital to advocating for Australia’s interests for a more prosperous and stable region, and will build on the success of the 2024 ASEAN-Australia Special Summit held in Melbourne in March, where leaders reaffirmed their commitment to securing peace and a sustainable future for the region.

Yesterday, on the first anniversary of the October 7 attacks in Israel, we paused to reflect on the horrific terrorist atrocities that reverberated across the world.

As we did last October, this Parliament comes together again to unequivocally condemn Hamas’s actions on that day.

On October 7, Hamas sought only to kill and to terrify.

They perpetrated their crimes without mercy, and without discrimination.

Men, women and children were subjected to acts of degradation and humiliation that – a year on – remain beyond comprehension.