CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 12 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:
MATT SMITH, MEMBER FOR LEICHHARDT:Good morning. My name is Matt Smith. I'm the Federal Member of the Leichhardt. With me is Senator Nita Green, Assistant Minister for Tourism, the South Pacific and Northern Australia. And, of course, the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. Prime Minister, thank you for coming along and joining us. He just hopped off the plane from the South Pacific. This is, this is Albo's, fifth or sixth visit since I became a candidate, and now the Member, which is a bit over, sort of 14, 15 months, which, if I think about it, is more often than my parents have come to visit. But it does show how important the far north is to thi...