1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,560 Speaker 1: You are listening to Mix one O four nine's three 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:06,760 Speaker 1: sixty now. Anthony Albanzi as well as the Opposition leader 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 1: Peter Dutton. They were among friends, family and community members 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: who joined your news speakers at the memorial for land 5 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:20,280 Speaker 1: rights giant Unipingu in northeast arnam Land yesterday. Dignitaries joined 6 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:24,319 Speaker 1: Unipingu's family to pay their respects at that service. The 7 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: Prime Minister Anthony Albanzi joined me on the line a 8 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: little bit earlier this morning after attending the service yesterday. 9 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 1: Good morning to you, Prime Minister. 10 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:37,240 Speaker 2: Good morning Katie. It's good to be back in Darwin. 11 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 2: And it was a magnificent memorial for a great Australian 12 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 2: and a great Indigenous leader in Unipingu yesterday afternoon. I 13 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 2: regarded as an incredible honor to have been there. 14 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: Prime Minister Unipingu was remembered fondly for his ability to 15 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: walk in two worlds, as well as his advocacy for 16 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: Indigenous people. How would you like Australians to remember Unipingu. 17 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 2: As someone who was committed to raising up the aspirations 18 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 2: of his people, as someone who was an extraordinary leader 19 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 2: who's connected with the land rights movement. A direct connection 20 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 2: through the Barunga statement, through the Ikala Park petition, through 21 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,400 Speaker 2: the Ularu statement from the heart, but someone who was 22 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 2: absolutely committed to reconciliation. The Gama Festival is an extraordinary 23 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 2: celebration of First Nations culture and all of us who 24 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 2: live in Australia have the great privilege of sharing this 25 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 2: beautiful continent with the oldest continuous culture on earth. That's 26 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 2: something that should be a source of pride for all 27 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 2: of us. And Unipingu, of course, was absolutely committed to 28 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 2: recognition in our constitution and in the discussion that I 29 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 2: had with him on the very day that we had 30 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 2: our press conference with the Referendum Working Group in Canberra 31 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 2: to declare the wording that would be in the legislation 32 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 2: that would go to the Parliament, he was very pleased 33 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 2: that that had occurred and really wanted to bring Australians 34 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 2: together and in a spirit of unity. And I think 35 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 2: that is why he was so widely respected by all Australians. 36 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 2: I think it is one thing to be a great 37 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 2: leader of your own people. He was a great Australian 38 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 2: leader of all of us. 39 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 1: I think a lot of Australians will agree and the 40 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: work that he has done over the years has been phenomenal. 41 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 1: I will go back to the voice in just a moment. 42 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: We very much appreciate the fact that you're in the 43 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: territory at the moment, taking some time to speak to 44 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: me on your way to Japan. I want to ask, though, 45 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: there's been a lot of calls from the community for 46 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: you to be here to help out with some of 47 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 1: the really serious issues that we've been experiencing around crime. 48 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 1: Since the beginning of the year, we've had a terrible 49 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 1: situation where we've had four people brutally killed in different situations, 50 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 1: but one of those we saw a man assaulted at 51 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: Rapid Creek who lost his life, A young bottle shop 52 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: worker was allegedly stabbed on the job, a woman killed 53 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 1: in a domestic violence incident which your Indigenous Affairs Minister 54 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: and staff actually rendered aid in that incident, and then 55 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 1: just two weeks ago, we were in a terrible situation 56 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: where an international student was allegedly murdered inside the home 57 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: in which he was staying. It's safe to say that 58 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: we as a community are feeling really quite broken at 59 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: the moment when it comes to crime. Are you concerned 60 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: about what's happening in the Northern Territory. 61 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 2: Well, I certainly am very conscious of the concerns that 62 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 2: are here in the territory, and I met with the 63 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:23,280 Speaker 2: Chief Minister just yesterday. Of course we had a discussion. 64 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 2: Natasha came back with me on the plane to Darwin 65 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 2: from MILUMBOI and of course we handed down a budget 66 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,479 Speaker 2: just a couple of weeks ago now that had in 67 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 2: it a significant package of support for crime, including two 68 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 2: new national partnerships to deliver additional police officers and community 69 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 2: safety support here in the territory. We continue to work 70 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:00,559 Speaker 2: closely with the Anti government to tackle crime, to keep 71 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 2: women and children safe, and to support young people. 72 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 1: Looking from the outside in to the Northern Territory right now, 73 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 1: do you feel as though the Northern Territory government's got 74 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 1: control of this. 75 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 2: I do, and they have plans to go forward and 76 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 2: they're implementing them in partnership with the funding that we're 77 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 2: put forward. We had of course a two hundred and 78 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 2: fifty million dollar LA plan for a better safer future 79 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 2: for Central Australia. But we're also working with the Northern 80 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 2: Territory government about these issues around the territory and I'm 81 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 2: very confident in Natasha Files. I think that she has 82 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 2: really emerged as a very effective Chief Minister here in 83 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 2: the Northern Territory in the relatively short time that both 84 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 2: of us have held our role Prime Minister. 85 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: There's going to be a lot of people listening this 86 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:01,359 Speaker 1: morning who don't feel the same way. They're going to 87 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: be thinking to themselves. We've got these really violent situations. 88 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 1: Even last week, we've got a situation where there's twenty 89 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:13,160 Speaker 1: nine cars stolen in one week, then more than thirty 90 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 1: homes broken into. That's in Darwin alone. We also know 91 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: that Alice Springs continues to grapple with these really serious, 92 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 1: serious situations on a daily basis. Could the federal government 93 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,919 Speaker 1: be doing more or are you doing enough to support 94 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 1: the Northern Territory government. 95 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 2: Well, we're providing every bit of support that is requested 96 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 2: for the Northern Territory government. Some of the proposals that 97 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 2: have been put forward aren't ones I don't believe that 98 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 2: are the right solutions. It's important. 99 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 1: Is that like calling in the federal police, or. 100 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:58,160 Speaker 2: How is calling in federal police going to assist the 101 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:02,039 Speaker 2: NT police to do their job? That has not been 102 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 2: put forward that's a slogan rather than a plan to 103 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 2: deal with the issues. We need to make sure that 104 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 2: local communities are empowered in this process, that the police 105 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 2: are given every support that they need going forward, and 106 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 2: that we work these issues through. And when I've met 107 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 2: with the NT police in Alice Springs, when I visited there, 108 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 2: they certainly were not calling for that, And the people 109 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 2: I met with last night here in Darwen were also 110 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 2: not calling for that. 111 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 1: Are you speaking to everyday people, Are you speaking to 112 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 1: those victims of crime, because that's been one of the 113 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: real criticisms I think after your trip to Alice Springs 114 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: was that you didn't spend enough time in Alice Springs. 115 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: People are wanting you to spend more time in the 116 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 1: Northern Territory to I had a real gauge of how 117 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: broken they're feeling, Katie. 118 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 2: I've been in the Northern Territory six times since I've 119 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 2: been Prime Minister one year ago. I compare that with 120 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 2: my predecessors who very rarely visited, and indeed with the 121 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 2: leader of the Oppositions record on how many times he 122 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 2: visited in the time in the nine years that he 123 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 2: was the senior minister in the government. 124 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 1: So not planning on another more extensive troop at this point. 125 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:36,959 Speaker 2: Well, I am, and I regularly visit here and we 126 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 2: do have further visits in the schedule, including visits to 127 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 2: communities with the Chief Minister. 128 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:47,199 Speaker 1: Prime Minister. I know you very pressed for time this morning. 129 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: I do want to ask there has been some discussion 130 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:54,319 Speaker 1: raised over the last few weeks Marion Strimjaw, your member 131 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 1: Filingiari has been really strong on this area, and she's 132 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 1: spoken about whether there needs to be some discussions around quarantining, 133 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:06,079 Speaker 1: welfare and the like. Is that something that you'd look 134 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 1: at doing well. 135 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 2: We're continuing to discuss issues, including through our local members 136 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 2: Mary and Scrimjaw, and of course Senator Malanderira McCarthy and 137 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 2: also Luke Gosling, and we are constantly looking at solutions 138 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 2: to issues as they arrive and will continue to do so. 139 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 2: It's good that we have such local members who are 140 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 2: very much in touch with what is happening in their electorates. 141 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 1: Last week, Marion Scrimjaw acknowledge that we have got a 142 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 1: crime crisis on our hands here in the territory. Is 143 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 1: that how you would describe it? 144 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 2: Well, I don't paraphrase Mary and Scrimjaw, I think that 145 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:57,679 Speaker 2: she is perfectly positioned to comment on what is happening 146 00:09:57,800 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 2: in her electorate. 147 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 1: A very quick one. We need to have a quick 148 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 1: discussion about. We know there's a lot going on on 149 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 1: a national stage, but there are a lot of Territorians 150 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 1: who are quite skeptical about the voice actually making a difference. 151 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: How could the voice actually help to deal with the 152 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 1: very serious issues that we are grappling with here in 153 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:19,199 Speaker 1: the territory right now. 154 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 2: Well, if you look at where justice reinvestment, for example, 155 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 2: has worked, something that's come from the bottom up in 156 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 2: Indigenous community. So I've seen firsthand how successful it's been 157 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 2: in Indigenous communities such as Maury and work in New 158 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 2: South Wales in reducing crime rates, in diverting young people 159 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 2: at risk of falling into a life of crime into 160 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 2: a different a different pathway. And when you engage with 161 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 2: people you get better outcomes. If you look at the 162 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 2: successful programs in the Indigenous Ranges programs, if you look 163 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 2: at community health programs, the ones that have been most 164 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:15,679 Speaker 2: successful have been ones where Indigenous people have been listened to, 165 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 2: where programs have been developed with Indigenous people rather than 166 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 2: for them. 167 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 1: Prime Minister to the people of the territory today, as 168 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: I said, that are feeling very broken around this issue. 169 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 1: They're feeling really concerned around their public safety, the continuous 170 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 1: issues that we've been grappling with. I mean, what is 171 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: your message as the Prime Minister of Australia to those territorians. 172 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:42,319 Speaker 2: Well, my message is we're working each and every day 173 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 2: together with the Northern Territory Government to resolve these issues, 174 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:52,199 Speaker 2: to produce better solutions. Many of the issues that we're 175 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:58,559 Speaker 2: dealing with are intergenerational, their complex issues. They go to 176 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 2: a intergener generational disadvantage that has led to issues being 177 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 2: created on the ground. You can't turn them around instantly. 178 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 2: But there are successful programs as well of our street 179 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 2: to businesses last night, that we're working with, for example 180 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 2: indigenous ranges in places like Man and Gritter that make 181 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 2: a difference going forward, and will continue to work constructively, 182 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:35,400 Speaker 2: will continue to engage in the Commalce. Government, will continue 183 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 2: to have a presence here through local members as well 184 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:45,720 Speaker 2: as with the regular visits that my Cabinet ministers are undertaken. 185 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 2: Just this week you have today Brendan O'Connor is here 186 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 2: in Darwen in the territory talking about skills and they 187 00:12:56,679 --> 00:13:01,320 Speaker 2: need to give people opportunities into employment, into those pathways. 188 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:03,680 Speaker 2: It'll make a big difference for them. 189 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 1: I do want to move on. You've got two of 190 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 1: your Indigenous parliamentary members voicing concerns around fracking at the moment, 191 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 1: Marion Scrimjaw and MALANDERI McCarthy both raising those concerns. We 192 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: know the Labor government announced earlier this month here in 193 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 1: the territory that it would allow full scale onshore gas 194 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 1: industry that industry to go ahead in the region, saying 195 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 1: it had adopted all one hundred and thirty five recommendations 196 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 1: of an inquiry now the Federal Labor lingiarimp as we know. 197 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 1: Marion Scrimjaw said that traditional owners, pastoralists as well as 198 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:42,359 Speaker 1: environmentalists were seriously concerned that some of those key recommendations 199 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:46,680 Speaker 1: had not been properly addressed, particularly around water use. We 200 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 1: know that fracking and certainly the gas industry is going 201 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:53,960 Speaker 1: to assist with the nation's energy needs. Where do you 202 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 1: think we need to go to from here? 203 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:59,839 Speaker 2: Well, my government will continue to work with the Ent 204 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 2: government on the implementation of the Peppery view that was 205 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 2: handed down the NT government have said that they support 206 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 2: every single one of the recommendations and that provides a 207 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 2: plan for the b Toloo. The government will support projects 208 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 2: that meet environmental and regulatory approvals. That's the task that 209 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 2: we have and will continue to do that. 210 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 1: Of course, does there need to be a wholes though 211 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: until those water needs a meat or those water concerns 212 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 1: the meat. 213 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 2: Well, currently there are no projects in the Bterloo Booth 214 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 2: base and that are currently seeking these approvals for the government. 215 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 2: So we have committed to expanding the water trigger to 216 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 2: all forms of unconventional gas and that's part of what 217 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 2: we're we called the Nature Positive Plan legislation that we're 218 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 2: releasing for consultations this year. 219 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 1: Projectso in the b Toloo need to go ahead to 220 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 1: help Australia to meet those energy needs. 221 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 2: Well, we certainly need to increase the supply of gas. 222 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 2: We know that that is an issue. But as I said, 223 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 2: we are bringing forward our Nature Positive Plan legislation and 224 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 2: that will expand the water trigger to all forms of 225 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 2: unconventional gas. 226 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:28,280 Speaker 1: Prime Minister, I know I'm going to have to let 227 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 1: you go very quick. One China trade. We know that 228 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 1: Beijing well top diplomats with their top diplomat in Australia 229 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 1: has revealed that talks are underway for you to visit 230 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 1: China as quickly as possible. Are you going to head across. 231 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 2: Well. I welcome the improved relations between Australia and China. 232 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:52,200 Speaker 2: It's a good thing that you have dialogue and with 233 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 2: Our Foreign minister has visited, our Trade minister has visited, 234 00:15:56,640 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 2: and I will be working with the appropriate authorities in 235 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 2: China to determine a date in which I could visit China. 236 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 2: I have said that we need to deal with the 237 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 2: impediments to trade which are still in place, and there 238 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 2: are other issues, of course that are still there. But 239 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 2: I've made it very clear on behalf of my government 240 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 2: that will cooperate with China where we can, will disagree 241 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 2: where we must as well. But China is our major 242 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 2: trading partner and it is in both China and Australia's 243 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 2: interest for us to have any impediments to trade removed. 244 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 2: It's a good thing that yesterday it was announced that 245 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 2: the impediment that was there to timber has been removed, 246 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 2: but we want to see it removed as well for 247 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 2: products like barlei and Wine. 248 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 1: Prime Minister, you are about to board a plane to 249 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 1: the G seven Summers in Japan. What is on the agenda. 250 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 2: It will be a huge medium of course of the 251 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:08,399 Speaker 2: seven largest economies and they are dealing with, of course 252 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 2: the fallout global inflation from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 253 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:17,359 Speaker 2: It's having a real impact and we'll be discussing that 254 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 2: in terms of the future of the economy and also 255 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 2: the issues of international security as in addition to that, 256 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:28,200 Speaker 2: I'll be meeting with the Quad leaders of the United States, 257 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 2: President Biden, Prime Minister Consuter of Japan and Prime Minister 258 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:38,119 Speaker 2: Modi as well about our ongoing relationship and the QUAD. 259 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:42,919 Speaker 2: That's an important body to ensure cooperation and peace and 260 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:45,920 Speaker 2: security and stability in the Indo Pacific. 261 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:49,439 Speaker 1: Well, Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi, we better let you get 262 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 1: on that plane. Thanks so much for your time this morning. 263 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 2: Thanks very much, Katie, Thank you. 264 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:58,360 Speaker 1: That is the Prime Minister of Australia. There, Anthony Albanesi. 265 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:00,680 Speaker 1: You are listening to Mix one for nine.