Live: PM pays tribute to defence personnel for Remembrance Day en route to COP31

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has paid tribute to Australian defence personnel for Remembrance Day in Singapore on his way to COP31 in Türkiye.Follow all the updates in our live blog. Wed 11 Nov 2026 at 7:17amWed 11 Nov 2026 at 7:17amMarles says Qantas decision to cut 850 jobs is 'disappointing'Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles says Qantas' decision to cut 850 corporate jobs by mid-2027 is "disappointing".Qantas will move roles overseas under an outsourcing deal with tech firm Accenture. Some roles will be outsourced to Accenture workers in India.Speaking to ABC News Breakfast, the acting prime minister says it's important Australian jobs remain a focus of companies."It's a disappointing decision. What is really important obviously now is that Qantas is working with them, with their representatives, the unions, to make sure that as many are redeployed as possible," Marles says."We very much understand advances the technology ... but it's really important that Australian jobs are a focus here. And it's really incumbent now on Qantas to make sure they're working with those people and redeploying them where they can."Wed 11 Nov 2026 at 7:15amWed 11 Nov 2026 at 7:15amMarles's great uncle among 11 Australian WWI soldiers identifiedActing Prime Minister Richard Marles says the government has formally identified 11 Australian soldiers who died in World War I.One of those identified included Marles's great uncle Lieutenant Andrew Anderson, who was buried at Hooge Crater Cemetery in Belgium.The acting prime minister has told ABC News Breakfast the discovery of 11 missing soldiers is a relatively large number compared to previous years.He says a reverend from Scotland came across his great uncle's case and submitted a letter to the Australian Army, triggering an investigation."It was a really painstaking matching of records and eyewitness accounts of my great uncle's death, his burial in the trenches, essentially, and then the recovering of his body immediately after the war, that enabled identification of the grave," Marles says.Wed 11 Nov 2026 at 7:12amWed 11 Nov 2026 at 7:12amTaylor pays tribute to serving and fallen Australian defence personnelOpposition Leader Angus Taylor has released a statement honouring Australia's service men and women on Remembrance Day.Taylor says Australians will today remember all who serviced, suffered and sacrificed in wars and military operations for the country.He says his grandfather served in World War I on the Western Front and survived an injury to his leg at Bullecourt."Australia wouldn't be the country it is today but for all those Australians who, across our history, risked all to fight evil, to defend our home, and to preserve our freedoms," Taylor says."Our remembrance rouses responsibility too. The deeds of those who served — and the inheritance they've bequeathed — inspire us to do what we must to protect our way of life. And our remembrance holds us to the mark."Wed 11 Nov 2026 at 7:10amWed 11 Nov 2026 at 7:10am📷PM lays wreath at a chapel for Remembrance Day in SingaporeWed 11 Nov 2026 at 7:04amWed 11 Nov 2026 at 7:04amAlbanese pays tribute to serving Australians for Remembrance Day(ABC News: Ian Cutmore)Anthony Albanese has paid tribute to Australia's serving men and women on Remembrance Day with a visit to a chapel in Singapore dedicated to prisoners of war.The prime minister stopped at the Changi Chapel, where he laid a wreath and toured a museum documenting the plight of allied soldiers held there by Japan during World War II."The 15,000 Australians who were interned here in Changi represent the best of the Australian character. They showed courage, selflessness, sacrifice and mateship," he said."They looked after each other here and then when so many of them were transferred to the Burma-Siam Railway, undergoing horrendous conditions."Among those interned at Changi and sent to work on the railway was Labor legend and mentor to Albanese, Tom Uren."Today we honour all veterans, and we honour all serving personnel in the Australian Defence Force," the prime minister said.Albanese is now travelling to Antalya in Türkiye for COP31, where he is due to speak at the opening of the leaders' summit at the UN climate conference later today.Wed 11 Nov 2026 at 7:00amWed 11 Nov 2026 at 7:00amGood morning 👋Hello and welcome to our federal politics live blog. It's great to have you join us here early on this Wednesday morning!I'm Josh Boscaini, joining you live from Parliament House in Canberra, here and ready to bring you all of today's federal politics news.The PM has made a quick stop in Singapore on his way to COP31 in Türkiye to pay tribute to Australia's serving men and women for Remembrance Day.Let's get right into the day and see what happens!