CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 29 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:
MATT SMITH, MEMBER FOR LEICHHARDT:My name is Matt Smith and I'm the Federal Member for Leichhardt, and I'm here, quite obviously, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Senator Nita Green. It's great for the Prime Minister to be joining us here today, and thank you for stopping in, obviously on the back of a hugely successful trip to Timor-Lese, and with the Pukpuk Treaty as well, he's showing that the world is really starting to pay attention to our region. The Far North is uniquely positioned to take advantage of this, educationally, culturally, in terms of economics, it is a really fantastic time. Never been a more exciting time. We are here ...