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

EMMA REBELLATO: Well, there is a lot going on in the world at the moment, a lot going on at home, and I'm very pleased to say the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, joins us in the studio. Welcome.

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Good to be back here.

JAMES GLENDAY: Morning.

REBELLATO: Let's start with what's going on in the Middle East at the moment, because we've just heard that the US has launched retaliatory strikes against Iran for the downing of a US helicopter. How worried are you that this cease fire could just go.

PRIME MINISTER: We're very worried both about the human impact, of course, that comes with war, but also the economic impa...