Eleven new Junior Rangers projects will be created across Australia, as the Albanese Labor Government delivers on its commitment to increase on-Country learning opportunities. 

The Junior Rangers program gives First Nations primary and secondary students the chance to learn on-Country through cultural and education experiences, improving school engagement and retention, and supporting career development.

The following proposed projects have been approved for funding and will align with local needs and priorities. 

TOM CONNELL, HOST: Alright, that time of the week. Let's get to our political panel. Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister Patrick Gorman and former Liberal MP for Mackellar Jason Falinski, who hasn't graced us with his presence. That's not a sledge, Jason. I'm not starting that way. This is my way of saying 'you get to go first.' So, the Donald Trump meeting with Anthony Albanese. How will you or what markers will you consider this meeting a success once it's wrapped up? What does he need to achieve? Or perhaps, what does he need to avoid?

Development of Australia’s first national clinical guidelines for perimenopause and menopause has reached a new milestone with the opening of the tender process to develop the guidelines. 

As the world marks World Menopause Day on 18 October, this announcement highlights the Albanese Labor Government’s commitment to improving the health of women at all stages of life including better diagnosis, treatment and care for perimenopause and menopause.  

Subjects: Low-Cost Essentials Subsidy Scheme, National Agreement on Closing the Gap, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Gallery of Australia, Yipirinya School.

Subjects: Low-Cost Essentials Subsidy Scheme, Indigenous Rangers, Housing, Closing the Gap.

SANDY DANN, HOST: Minister, welcome to Broome.

MALARNDIRRI McCARTHY, MINISTER FOR INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS: Good morning Sandy and good morning to all your listeners. What a beautiful place, and it's lovely to be here with you.

SANDY DANN: Good morning, I hope it's been a beautiful start so far.

Subjects: Derby visit, Junior Rangers, Low-Cost Essentials Subsidy Scheme, Remote Jobs Program

BRAD SHADFORTH, HOST: 97.9 up here in the local Indigenous radio, Larrkardi, and of course in the local Nyikina language, that means a boab tree, and of course, Derby surrounded by boab trees sitting on the end of the King Sound baking on a marsh. And I do have a special guest with us. She's doing a flash trip through this part of the country -  

MALARNDIRRI McCARTHY, MINISTER FOR INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS: Very flash.

The Albanese Labor Government’s Social Housing Accelerator Program (SHAP) is set to deliver 4,251 new social homes—exceeding its original target of 4,000.

Agreed to by National Cabinet in 2023, the $2 billion program is helping states and territories build more social housing for Australians most in need.

This stronger-than-expected outcome means an extra 600 Australians could have a safe and secure place to live.

Importantly the number of homes expected to be delivered for First Nations households has also increased by one-third—from 320 to 427 homes.

The Albanese Government has appointed four new members to the First Nations Digital Inclusion Advisory Group.

The new appointees join the co-chairs, Ms Dot West OAM and Professor Lyndon Ormond-Parker, as well as Mr Adam Manovic, as members of the Advisory Group.

OLIVER PETERSON, HOST: Standing in the middle of the mall this morning was the Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations, Amanda Rishworth, along with the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, Patrick Gorman, as they were discussing the federal government's legislating protections for workers, meaning that overtime and penalty rates cannot be negotiated away when setting award conditions. The timing comes as, of course, Western Australia will move to add an additional two extra public holidays to the calendar in just a couple of years.

EVAN WALLACE HOST: Let's talk about what brought you to Launceston this afternoon. You've said from November that we improved access to affordable IUDs and birth control implants. Does that mean that the insertion and removal of IUDs will now be bulk billed?