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.

TOM CONNELL, HOST: Joining me, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, Patrick Gorman, and the former Liberal MP, Jason Falinski. Thanks both for your time. So, let's just try to figure out what this thing's about. Or you can tell me, Patrick, because you know. The economic roundtable, is it that Labor's still up for bold reform, whatever that might be, but you'll take the changes to an election? Is that the best way of summing up where your head's at at the moment? 

TOM CONNELL, HOST: Joining me, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, Patrick Gorman, and the former Liberal MP, Jason Falinski. Thanks both for your time. So, let's just try to figure out what this thing's about. Or you can tell me, Patrick, because you know. The economic roundtable, is it that Labor's still up for bold reform, whatever that might be, but you'll take the changes to an election? Is that the best way of summing up where your head's at at the moment?

A new $10.5 million culture and arts centre in Gapuwiyak in North East Arnhem Land officially opens its doors to First Nations artists, community and visitors today.

The Albanese Labor Government has invested $8.5 million and the Northern Territory Government $2 million for the centre, which will be a space for artists to create, exhibit and sell their works, as well as a place for the community to come together.

PATRICK GORMAN, ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, I’m Patrick Gorman, the Federal Member for Perth, and the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, and it is delightful to be here at the Resources Technology Showcase here at the Perth Convention Centre with the Prime Minister of Australia, the Resources Minister. And over the course of today, some 20,000 people are going to come through seeing the incredible opportunities and jobs, not just of now, but of the future.