GREG JENNETT, HOST: Why don't we introduce now our political panel, and we're delighted to say we have two West Australian guests today, Labor Frontbencher and Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, Patrick Gorman is here. Welcome back, Patrick. And Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds joins us here in the studio. Welcome to you too, Linda. The legacy question; Patrick Gorman to you. First of all - what is it? Is it the pandemic which was obviously reflected on by the Prime Minister and most other commentators in what are we saying the last hour or so?

PATRICK GORMAN, ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER:  I'm Patrick Gorman, the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and the Member for Perth right here in the heart of the Perth electorate standing in Hyde Park, where families everyday come to celebrate important occasions like Mother's Day, children's birthdays, and so many other things. And what we are announcing today is a strategy to make sure that those people we care about most get the high quality care they need.

KIERAN GILBERT, HOST: I'm joined by the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, Patrick Gorman. Thanks very much for your time. Overnight, Minister, Don Farrell, your counterpart, the Trade Minister, met with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Wentao, on the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Detroit. Apparently, Minister Wang confirmed that the recent visit to Beijing had seen the tariffs on timber removed. Is there confidence that more will be seen along these lines?

On Friday 26 May 2023, the Minister for Indigenous Australians and the Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health met with the Referendum Engagement Group.

The meeting was held at Yulara and Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, on the lands of the Yankunytjatjara and Pitjantjatjara peoples.

The Group gathered in the spiritual and geographic centre of the country on the sixth anniversary of the signing of the Uluru Statement from the Heart and on the eve of the historic 1967 Referendum.

Today marks six years since the Uluru Statement from the Heart was issued at Uluru on 26th May 2017.

Along with National Sorry Day and this year’s National Reconciliation Week (27 May to 3 June), it an important time for Australians to reflect.

Six years ago, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders from across the nation issued the Statement from the Heart, inviting their fellow Australians ‘to walk with us in a movement of the Australian people for a better future’.

Today marks six years since the Uluru Statement from the Heart was issued at Uluru on 26th May 2017.

Along with National Sorry Day and this year’s National Reconciliation Week (27 May to 3 June), it an important time for Australians to reflect.

Six years ago, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders from across the nation issued the Statement from the Heart, inviting their fellow Australians ‘to walk with us in a movement of the Australian people for a better future’.

PATRICK GORMAN, ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER:  In Western Australia yesterday we saw an absolutely horrible situation at Atlantis Beach Baptist College. Students have been through an incredibly traumatic night after a shooter attempted to injure students at that school.

NADIA MITSOPOULOS, HOST: Now, what is your level of interest in the Coronation? It's a global event, that's for sure, with a level of pomp and ceremony a lot of us have probably not seen in a lifetime. Now, some of you listening may remember the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II back in 1953. And I wonder If your level of interest is as big as it was back then? Will you watch? Will you pledge allegiance? Or, once the King's had his day, is it time to get on with the business of becoming a republic. Keen on your views, 1300 222 720.

The West Australia 
Saturday 6 May 2023

We love big things in Western Australia. We are proudly Australia's largest State. We have the Super Pit. And today many of us will be glued to the world's biggest official ceremony of 2023.

The coronation of King Charles III in Westminster Abbey will have a special resonance for WA. Along with our constitutional links, England is the most common birthplace of migrants to the West. It is meaningful for every Australian including longstanding monarchists, and for republicans like myself.

PATRICK GORMAN, ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER: This week is about three big speeches. First, the big Budget speech from Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Second is the first speech of Mary Doyle, the new Member for Aston. And then tonight we're gonna see Peter Dutton as Opposition Leader give his Budget Reply.