AMP was established the same year Australia’s first Prime Minister, Edmund Barton was born.

Both in Sydney. Just 18 days apart.

For as long as any of us can remember, AMP has been a fixture of Australian life.

For their millions of customers, AMP has been a source of security and prosperity.

And for everyone else; a symbol of confidence in Australia’s future.

If you are a more mature millennial like me…

Or, as some might say, a ‘geriatric millennial’

You probably recall how AMP was everywhere during the Sydney Olympics.

The Albanese Government has made significant progress on reforms to restore trust and accountability in public administration following the unlawful Robodebt Scheme.

On 13 November 2023 the Government released its response to the Robodebt Royal Commission report.

PATRICK GORMAN, ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER: Like the Prime Minister and all ministers of the Albanese Government, I congratulate President Trump on his election to office. Many in Australia watch the United States and their democracy very closely, and what we've seen again is they've gone through that process, elected their president, and we look forward to continuing our strong bilateral relationship with our friends in the United States under the Trump presidency.

Struggling to get a full breath. Every night with a nebuliser. Spending hours with doctors as I struggled with asthma.

I was a chronic asthmatic as a child, spending far too long at Fremantle Hospital and at my local GP Dr David Nelson's clinic on Canning Highway.

Thankfully, thanks to Australia's health system, asthma doesn't bother me much these days.

Medicare and I both have our 40th birthdays this year. We both have a bit to celebrate.

The Albanese Labor Government continues to work with manufacturers and producers to explore options to improve food security and affordability of food and other essentials in remote First Nations communities.

The Minister for Indigenous Australians, Senator Malarndirri McCarthy, will today host a roundtable in Canberra with the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Catherine King, bringing together industry, remote retailers and the National Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisation.

TOM CONNELL, HOST: Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister Patrick Gorman, is the result, [of the US election] you would almost fear most a Democrat win and Donald Trump not accepting it and the chaos that could result?

Despite the ever-increasing demands and complexity of APS work, it's Groundhog Day again with APS services and jobs shaping up to be front and centre of the upcoming election contest.

While the Albanese government has spent the last two years repairing and rebuilding the APS after a decade of damage and disrespect, the Coalition have already said they will cut 36,000 jobs - almost 20 per cent of the entire public service - if they win government again.

A new report released today shows the progress the Australian Public Service (APS) is making to bring core work back in-house and reducing the reliance on external contractors and consultants.

For more than a decade, the Liberal’s supressed the true size of the public service by outsourcing core public service work to more expensive contractors and maintaining an artificial and arbitrary cap on public service numbers.

In 2023, as part of the Albanese Government’s efforts to rebuild the APS, the Strategic Commissioning Framework was released.

Thank you to the Youth Mill Performing Arts Company for the wonderful Welcome to Country.

And thank you Professor Cass for the warm introduction and the invitation to speak today.

As a Saltwater woman from the Yanyuwa Garrawa people, I pay my respects to the Larrakia people.

It was just 3 months ago that I was sworn in as the Minister for Indigenous Australians - an incredible honour.

My priority, as part of the Albanese Labor Government, is on Closing the Gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and our fellow Australians.

LARISSA BEHRENDT, HOST: This is Speaking Out, I'm Larissa Behrendt. It's been more than 12 months since the failed referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. In the time since, many Australians have been looking for clarity as to what the national agenda will be for Indigenous affairs moving forward. Malarndirri McCarthy has been working in politics for more than two decades. In 2016, she was elected as a Senator for the Northern Territory. Before entering politics, she was a successful journalist and broadcaster.