The Albanese Government has appointed a new Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) Council.

Mr Karl Hampton, a Warlpiri, Ngulakan and Mara man is the new AIATSIS Chairperson. He is co-founder of the Warlpiri Project, which has repatriated hundreds of cultural heritage items from around Australia and the world to the Warlpiri community.

Mums and babies across Australia are receiving more up-to-date, appropriate care thanks to the Australian Government’s Living Evidence for Australian Pregnancy and Postnatal Care (LEAPP) project.

Today marks two years of the project, which has already developed or updated 250 clinical care guidelines to better support new mums and their babies.

LEAAP has developed the first ever Australian Postnatal Care Guidelines for Australia with 95 new recommendations published. These guidelines cover discharge planning, mental health screening, perineal healing and bereavement support.

Australia is making significant gains on workplace gender equality, with more policies in place, more flexible work options available, and greater representation of women across the workforce. But the latest Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) Progress Report makes it clear there’s still a long way to go, particularly on leadership representation, closing the gender pay gap, and tackling workplace harassment.

TOM CONNELL, HOST: Joining me now the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, Patrick Gorman. Thanks for your time. Look, on net zero, there's a lot of broad support for it, but the idea itself is something we only know broadly about. I mean, Barnaby Joyce talks about regional areas - so let's say there's a cattle farmer out there right now in his electorate. They don't have any real idea exactly what they'll be asked to do by 2030 or 2035, do they?

For those of you who do not know me, I am the Member for Perth. My community is fantastic, vibrant, beautiful and unique.

It is also 3,088 kilometres away.

To put that into perspective, the distance between Moscow and Dublin is 2,795 kilometres. Australia is huge. And that presents a unique set of challenges.

Hundreds of years ago one of the major challenges was communication. Settlers of the early colony of New South Wales had an almost eight month wait on their letters to reach their English home.

PATRICK GORMAN, ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER: Happy National Skills Week. Skills Week is all about making sure that we hand down better opportunities to the next generation and give people the opportunity to fulfil their goals for their careers and the contribution they want to make to Australia. Already, we have seen some 650,000 Australians enrol in Labor's Free TAFE initiative across the states and territories.

The Albanese Government welcomes the appointment of Mr Shane Hamilton as the new Chief Executive Officer for Aboriginal Hostels Limited (AHL).

Mr Hamilton is a proud Wakka Wakka and Bundjalung man from Queensland with extensive experience across the public and private sectors.

He is currently the Deputy Secretary, Aboriginal Affairs in the New South Wales Premier’s Department and in that role has led many large-scale transformation projects with a clear connection to cultural integrity and strategic reform.

PATRICK GORMAN, ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER: I am Patrick Gorman, Federal Member for Perth, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and someone who is passionate about building more homes for more Australians. Great to be here with the Housing Minister, John Carey and my colleague, Senator Dorinda Cox. We are here at this project on Pier Street in the heart of Perth, because this is proof that our government, working with the states and territories, is building more homes for more Australians. Part of a $43 billion package of work for building homes.

The Albanese Government welcomes the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer for Indigenous Business Australia (IBA).

Mr David Knights is a senior executive with more than 25 years experience across the banking, superannuation, management consulting and engineering sectors.

Mr Knights spent two decades with the National Australia Bank in various executive roles and is currently a partner of Entregar Partners.

Hello everyone, it’s Malarndirri McCarthy, coming to you from the lands of the Ngunnawal people.

As a Saltwater woman from the Yanyuwa Garrwa people I acknowledge that you’re gathered on Gadigal Country and pay my respects to Elders past and present.

Thank you for all you to do drive Indigenous business growth and create opportunities.

Through your innovation, resilience and leadership, you are making a powerful impact, not just in your communities, but across the country.