Source: Prime Minister of Australia
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning. Can I begin by acknowledging the bravery of the Socceroos, and they certainly gave everything on the field there in Seattle, and I’m sure I speak on behalf of all Australians. When we say we’re proud of you, we look forward to the game against Paraguay, and to us qualifying through to the next round. So, to Tony Popovic and all the Socceroos, well done. It’s tough having a home game, of course, for the United States, but certainly the way that they played out the entire 90 minutes, plus six, plus a little bit extra for the referee, getting, getting cramped. Something I haven’t seen before on a football field there. It was something that was an extraordinary effort and we are proud of you. And for all the Australians as well, who are there cheering on the Socceroos, it’s fantastic to see such strong support for our national team. And I do note the pride that’s there in them. Chanting out as well that, we have free health care, was a particularly good chant, I think that certainly warmed my heart. It is something that we should be really proud of as a nation and clearly our fans over there are and demonstrated that. I’m joined, of course, by my Minister for the weekly update when it comes to fuel. From the very outset of the conflict in the Middle East, my government has worked really hard to shield Australians from the worst impacts. We’ve said, even though the conflict is on the other side of the world and we were not protagonists, the impact has been felt right around the world with an increase in fuel prices, the greatest the world has ever seen, and an impact, of course, on supply as well. And we’ve worked really hard to ensure that Australia remains resilient and that Australia remains prepared for this. My government is focused on building Australia’s resilience to global challenges and working to deliver cost of living relief. And that includes new cost of living measures coming in from the first of July, including, of course, the tax cut for every single Australian taxpayer. Today I can announce also that Export Finance Australia has secured with the private sector an additional 50 million litres of diesel and that this shipment is now headed for Port Botany. That brings, since February, through Export Finance Australia, the figures of securing nearly 800 million litres of diesel, 155 million litres of jet fuel and 340,000 tonnes of fertiliser. This is a context, of course, where prior to Easter, the Coalition and the right-wing parties were all saying that it was inevitable that there would be restrictions on people’s access to petrol and diesel and that there would be restrictions brought in. What we’ve done is work really hard and I want to pay tribute to the Minister, but also to our private sector partners who’ve made sure that we’ve been able to secure, up to this point, really successfully, the fuel that Australia needs. And since February 28th, of course, we’ve seen an actual increase in the amount of fuel that’s here in Australia compared with then, rather than a decrease. I will go through with the Minister now. We’ll go through every one of the latest weekly figures and then we’re happy to take some questions.
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