Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joined the Kyle and Jackie O show this morning on KIIS 1065 and 101.1 covering everything from a four-day working week, chatting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and even the viral Coldplay kiss cam moment that has made headlines around the world.
Jackie O: In your feed, do you get a lot of the stuff about the couple that cheated at the Coldplay concert? Because that’s all over everyone’s feed.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese: Oh, that was huge, wasn’t it?
Jackie: Massive! What are your thoughts?
PM: Well, you couldn’t get away from it!
Jackie: I know, the whole world was just captivated by it.
Kyle Sandilands: They were so guilty. They reacted so bad.
Jackie: It was crazy, wasn’t it?
PM: Just a reminder that everything you do these days is, you know, on camera, no matter who you are, whether you’re a public figure or just this this couple, obviously. A couple that [wasn’t] supposed to be a couple at a Coldplay concert. And they ended up – the whole world knows who they are now. So, I think it was a wakeup call.
On meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping:
Kyle: What I wanted to ring you about in between all your important Prime Minister stuff, your G8 summit, your meeting with the Chinese president. How’d that go over there, by the way? Because you’re getting pressure put on you from America saying while you’re over there in China dealing with your most important export partner, what would happen if there was a war started? Bad timing, right? And you ignored it. You dodged that. You dealt with what you had to China. You were on the ground. Did it all go well over there?
PM: What we want to do is engage with people and talk with people. And President XI, the meeting went really well. Our most important trading partner. More than 25% of our trade goes to one country, which is China. And it’s so important for Australian jobs. That is what is in our interests as well as, of course, we all have an interest in peace and security in the region.
And, on the possibility of a four day working week:
Jackie: I know they’ve said you haven’t ruled out the possibility of a four-day working week, but you have said if and should that ever be considered, it would not apply to everyone. Which makes sense.
PM: Well, if people want to negotiate that out through their enterprise bargaining, they of course can. But across the board, I reckon a whole lot of people would welcome a five-day week. I mean, I’d welcome a six-and-a-half-day week in my job.
The Kyle & Jackie O Show can be heard from 6am to 10am on KIIS 1065 in Sydney and KIIS 101.1 in Melbourne, or listen on the free iHeart App