The prime minister jokingly suggested the US could share the cost of Australia’s $400 million Pacific police partnership deal,widely seen as countering China.
It was the off again,on again Australia Day celebration in London that almost didn’t happen,and now we’ve got the bill.
Australia’s US ambassador threw an extravagant party soon after arriving in Washington last year,spending $US3000 on balloons,$US7000 on catering – and more than $US3000 on two drag queens.
Penny Wong said today’s milestone would deepen the links between the two countries “and make it easier to foster greater commercial ties” between Australia and the US.
Kevin Rudd may have called him “nuts”,but a re-elected Donald Trump would learn the former PM is a crafty diplomat,not easily intimidated.
Australia’s ambassador to the US also revealed he had contacted the Ohio senator after Trump was almost killed last Saturday to convey his concern.
Expressing shock at the attempt on the life of Donald Trump,the prime minister called on Australians to lower the temperature of public debate.
Canberra is a small town,as the Coalition senator found when she relived a viral moment at the Midwinter Ball.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s rejection of an invitation to attend the NATO summit in Washington joins a growing list of dubious decisions.
The launch of former prime minister Scott Morrison’s book was an unlikely look at what Australia’s diplomatic efforts might look like under a return of Donald Trump.
Assange’s father,John Shipton,arrived in Canberra on Tuesday night in the hope he could embrace his son on Australian soil for the first time in 15 years.