We've been speaking for some time about the Inflation Reduction Act and what it will do.
I want to thank the President for his support for the Climate, Critical Minerals and Clean Energy Transformation Compact. Yesterday's bilateral with President Biden, as well, was very important. Looking at the way that digital connectivity can work so that you don't need to just pick one provider so that it could work in a coordinated way so as to maximise the benefit which is there. And lastly an open radio access network, that's about making sure that we have, and there'll be a pilot program of that in Palau. So across a range of areas financing, infrastructure development, planning, environmental approvals, all of those matters, where we'll embed people from the region in the public service and also in private sector partners in order to deliver that change. How do we bring residents of Pacific nations and developing nations to our respective four countries, to provide them with the skills and knowledge and expertise that they need to help drive development in their country, particularly when it comes to infrastructure. Our infrastructure fellowships program will be really important as well. Our partnership for cable connectivity and resilience is about allowing countries to access resilient infrastructure, submarine cables, enabling them to connect with the world as well. Our Quad health security partnership builds on the provision of vaccines that we've provided hundreds of millions for the region, ongoing for the pandemic. Our Clean Energy Supply Chains Diversification Program is about accelerating access, particularly in the Indo-Pacific, to clean energy infrastructure. We also put out a joint statement that has some very clear initiatives, because the Quad is about practical initiatives. That this is about providing support - economic support, social support, environmental support - for the countries of our region and about cooperating as four great democracies based in this region. A clear way that says that will work with the Pacific Island Forum, Indian Ocean organisations as well as ASEAN as well. The first is a vision statement for the first time outlining the purpose of Quad in a clear way. Last night's summit came up with some important statements that we have released. It showed that we were an action-based forum, the fact that we're prepared to change to achieve outcomes. I think it was really important that the Quad leaders meetings go ahead. President Biden, of course, because of domestic circumstances was unable to travel to Sydney. I was very pleased last night to have been able to convene that third in-person Quad leaders meeting here in Hiroshima, and I want to thank Prime Minister Kishida for helping to facilitate that but also President Biden and Prime Minister Modi for the collegial way in which we had a discussion. That was a good opportunity to reset Australia's position and our relations based upon our changed position on issues such as climate change, which is the entry fee for credibility when it comes to international relations. And we had arrived that evening in Tokyo for the Quad leaders meeting.
On the 23rd of May, in just a couple of days' time, by the Monday morning after the election on Saturday evening I'd been sworn in as Prime Minister, along with other senior members of my Cabinet. I started running on the 22nd of May and haven't stopped since. I said, as well, that we would hit the ground running. Our relationships with other nations in our region through the Pacific Island Forum, through ASEAN, but also because through the Quad, which is a very important body. And what we're doing is we're investing in our capabilities through the Defence Strategic Review, through AUKUS, but importantly we're investing in our relationships as well. To fulfil our promises and commitments we gave to the Australian people in the lead up to the 21st of May 2022.Īt the centre of that was to restore Australia's relationships with the world.
We've set out to do what we said we would do. I said on that evening that I'd lead a government with a sense of purpose - and I believe that we have. I want to sincerely thank the Australian people for the opportunity that I've had to represent Australia and to lead the Australian Government. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: One year ago today I was given the great honour of being elected as Australia's 31st Prime Minister.
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