Acknowledgements

Thank you, Selina, for the welcome to country and also for sharing with us a path out of the Referendum and reminding us of the importance of the continued walk towards Reconciliation in this country. And I would also like to acknowledge the Ngunnawal people as the Traditional Owners on the land that we gather this morning, and I thank them for their ongoing custodianship, their care of this beautiful country that we call home. And I also acknowledge Aunty Agnes Shea, Selina’s grandmother, who we all miss and grieve deeply.

SENATOR THE HON KATY GALLAGHER, MINISTER FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE: I’ve given a long speech. I’m happy to just go to questions.

JOURNALIST: Minister, some people will look at your message today as you running a scare campaign about the Coalition cutting jobs. How do you respond to that?

ROSS SOLLY, HOST: Let’s chat now to Senator Katy Gallagher, who will be delivering the State of the Public Service address this morning at the National Press Club. Senator Gallagher, good morning to you.

SENATOR THE HON KATY GALLAGHER, MINISTER FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE: Good morning, Ross.

SOLLY: God, listeners are unkind sometimes, aren’t they?

GALLAGHER: You’ve got to have a thick skin, you’ve got to have a thick skin.

SOLLY: Yes, you do.

NADIA MITSOPOULOS, HOST: I do want to get to your calls, but first I want to go to Patrick Gorman, who's the Federal Member for Perth and Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister. Patrick, thanks for your time. Good morning. 

PATRICK GORMAN, ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, Nadia, and good morning to your listeners.

MITSOPOULOS: What did you think when you heard what CBA had done here? 

Introduction

Thank you for inviting me today.

It is a real privilege to celebrate your success in the Australian Public Service Indo-Pacific Executive Development Program.

Navigating and stewarding Australia’s future and place in our region. 

Our connection with the Indo-Pacific is not just geographical.

It is steeped in history, and for many, deeply personal.

Let me take you back around 65,000 years into our shared past.

Long before modern maps or borders.

Long before Europeans set foot in Australia.

Good morning. I start by acknowledging the Bunurong people of the Kulin nation as the traditional owners of the land we’re gathered on today.

I’d also like to thank Caroline Martin for your Welcome to Country this morning.

Can I also recognise:

Topics: $2.6 million for Danila Dilba Health Service to support First Nations women, children and families, addressing family and domestic violence, NT Coroner’s recommendations, Central Australia Justice Reinvestment Initiative.

It is my great pleasure to join you in celebrating the Awards for Excellence in Risk Management.

Today, we gather at this iconic venue, the National Museum of Australia — a treasure trove of stories and resilience.

Just imagine, every artefact here has survived challenges of time and circumstance. Floods, fires, and perhaps even a few butter-fingered curators. Reminding us that good risk management is both an art and a science.

The Albanese Labor Government is delivering another initiative as part of the largest commitment to justice reinvestment ever delivered by the Commonwealth.

Following a rigorous assessment process by an independent panel a partnership between Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation, Lhere Artepe Aboriginal Corporation and the Northern Territory Government Community Justice Centre has been selected to deliver the Mparntwe (Alice Springs) Peacemaking Project.

The Albanese Labor Government is investing $2.6 million to trial a new approach to support First Nations women, children and families at risk of, or impacted by, family and domestic violence and reduce the number of children entering the child protection system in the Greater Darwin region. 

Danila Dilba Health Service, an Aboriginal community-controlled organisation based in Darwin, will receive the funding over two years.