CANBERRA, ACT, March 31 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:
RAF EPSTEIN, HOST:Anthony Albanese is the Prime Minister of Australia. Good morning, thanks for joining us.
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Good morning. Good to be with you, Raf.
RAF EPSTEIN:I will come to fuel, PM. I just wanted to ask first of all though, what did you think when you heard the news yesterday that Dezi Freeman had been shot dead by police? What did you think?
PRIME MINISTER:Good, in a word. This reprehensible criminal who murdered two police officers, Detective Senior Constable Neal Thompson and Senior Constable Vadim De Waart-Hottart. I attended the funerals of both of those police officers and I'll never forget it. I felt ...