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

TOM STEINFORT, HOST: Welcome back to the MCG and Nine's special presentation of the state funeral for the great Neale Daniher.

ALICIA LOXLEY, HOST: Joining us now is Prime Minister Anthony Albanese who led a wonderful condolence motion for Neale Daniher in Parliament a couple of weeks ago. It's a huge day, isn't it, for the Daniher family, but also the wider Australian community.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: It's a big day for the country. Neale Daniher was a deserved winner of the Australian of the Year award just a couple of years ago and there's never been anything more certain. Normally you don't actually get told as Prime Minister. I t...