CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 10 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:

MARK LEVY, HOST:I thought we'd catch up with Mr Albanese, who's on the line from Canberra. Prime Minister, good morning to you.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Good morning, Mark. Good to be with you, but sorry about the circumstances.

LEVY: Yeah, it's an extremely sad day, isn't it? We've lost a radio legend.

PRIME MINISTER:We certainly have. And John Laws was an iconic voice, but so much more than that. He's someone who, when you were on his program, would allow you to speak, would put his views, and he's someone who was so in touch with Australians for such a long period of time. It's an extraordinary career that I don't think will ever be ...