It’s been announced by the Prime Minister to the House of Representatives at the start of Question Time for today. It’s not like it’s a general press announcement - it’s intended for the Members of Parliament. It’s televised and the press is there as well, so it is certainly a public announcement, but nothing should be read into the fact that it came from the Prime Minister. It’s normal for the ‘Minister Who Has The Call’ (and at the start of Question Time, that’s the senior Minister in the Chamber) to appraise the House of any information of general interest.
Thank you, that makes sense. I did know he told it to the Parliament. Maybe someone was mentioning a press conference but I may be mistaken.
Thank you. I imagine Question Time is not unlike the British version which I used to watch regularly on C-Span.