PATRICIA KARVELAS, HOST: So, let's bring in our political panel for today. Patrick Gorman is the Assistant Employment Minister. Garth Hamilton is the LNP MP for Groom in Queensland, who sits in the Liberal Party room. Welcome to both of you.

PATRICK GORMAN, ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER: Thanks for having us. 

GARTH HAMILTON, MEMBER FOR GROOM: Thank you.

The Albanese Government is ensuring rehabilitation continues at Ranger Uranium Mine in the Northern Territory to allow the site to be returned to the Mirarr Traditional Owners.

Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Madeleine King has issued a new rehabilitation authority to Energy Resources Australia (ERA) to continue its rehabilitation activities at the former mine site. 

The Albanese Labor Government will deliver significant investment in First Nations housing through the Housing Australia Future Fund, with $600 million committed in Round 3 to improving housing outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

This commitment further strengthens the community-controlled housing sector and embeds Closing the Gap priorities at the heart of the Government's housing agenda.

JEFF MICHAEL, HOST: Police have upgraded their investigation into an alleged homemade bomb, which was allegedly thrown into the crowd at Perth's Invasion Day rally. It's now a potential terrorist attack. Police were quick to arrest a 31 year old man and search his northern suburbs home. He has faced court. Joining us now is the federal Aboriginal Affairs Minister, Malarndirri McCarthy. Welcome to Noongar Radio.

ROS CHILDS, host: Authorities have confirmed that they're investigating the alleged throwing of a bomb into an Invasion Day rally crowd in Perth as a potential terrorist act. WA Police allege a 31-year-old man threw a device containing screws and ball bearings surrounded by an explosive liquid into the crowd of about two and a half thousand in the heart of Perth’s CBD. Earlier I spoke to Minister for Indigenous Australians, Malarndirri McCarthy.

The Albanese and Crisafulli Governments and Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire Council have made critical progress in restoring a clean drinking water supply to Woorabinda, allowing an 11-month boil water alert to be lifted.

This achievement is thanks to a $36 million First Nations water security project, jointly funded by the Albanese Government, through the National Water Grid Fund, and the Crisafulli Government’s Closing the Gap Priorities Fund.

LUKE GOSLING, MEMBER FOR SOLOMON: Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the Better Health Futures building at CDU. Our government was very proud to put in about $15 million into this building and also to support the Commonwealth funded places that just next week is going to see the first medical program here at CDU start off and see Territorians through the years becoming doctors, and we know that more of them will stay here in the Territory, and that's exactly what we want, and it's all been made possible due to good friend of the Territories, the Prime Minister.

The Albanese Labor Government is strengthening healthcare in the Northern Territory, delivering across the board – from education and training to aged and primary care.

The first cohort of students will commence at Charles Darwin University medical school in February, delivering a major boost to medical training and the doctor pipeline in the Northern Territory.

The Government is investing $24.6 million to deliver the medical school, which will mark a step change for medical training in the Northern Territory.

REBECCA WHITE, ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND AGEING: The Albanese Labor Government is determined to make sure Australians can access the healthcare they need without worrying about whether they can afford it.

In many ways 2025 was the year of Medicare. 

Since being elected in May, I’ve had the privilege of representing my electorate of Lyons in Federal Parliament and seeing firsthand how Labor’s commitment to strengthening Medicare has played out in my home state. 

In my role as Assistant Minister for Health, I’ve spent much of this year listening, to families, to older Tasmanians, to health workers, and to people managing illness alongside the pressures of everyday life.