The Liberals appear to have have won crossbench support to strip Anthony Albanese’s ‘vindictive’ power to cut the staffing numbers for non-Labor politicians.
Katina Curtis
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed his visit to China from Saturday, when he is heading to Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu.
Anthony Albanese is expected to receive a red carpet reception when he travels to China this weekend to meet President Xi Jinping.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says America’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs will have little impact on Australia and has taken aim at US President Donald Trump’s favourite word.
Anthony Albanese is looking towards a meeting with Donald Trump on the sidelines of a major summit and has raised the prospect of multiple conversations with the President.
The Prime Minister says his government is engaging ‘with everyone in the United States’ in its bid to keep the AUKUS defence pact on track amid a snap review by the Pentagon.
Despite the Prime Minister’s claims of WA’s importance to the government and to the nation, his actions after the election show Canberra is as out of touch with the west as ever before.
Anthony Albanese has held firm that Australia will set its own agenda on defence spending and refused to be drawn on the US placing tariffs pressure on Spain.
Anthony Albanese says Donald Trump’s ‘f…’ bomb - cursed in frustration over a breached Israel-Iran ceasefire - was ‘consistent’ with Australia’s desire for de-escalation in the region.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed news of the ceasefire between Iran and Israel, saying Australia wanted to see ‘dialogue and diplomacy replace any escalation.’
The Opposition has labelled Anthony Albanese ‘vindictive’ after the Prime Minister delivered a further blow to the already diminished Coalition by cutting the number of advisers for its shadow ministers.
Anthony Albanese has backed the US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities — a day after they took place — but it appears Australia did not know about the military plans in advance nor had any involvement.
Defence Minister Richard Marles will represent Australia at next week’s NATO meeting after the Prime Minister decided he wouldn’t attend it after all.
Anthony Albanese has flagged a trip to NATO summit in the Netherlands next week after his meeting with US President Donald Trump on the sideline of the G7 in Canada was canned.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s meeting with Donald Trump has been cancelled after the US President decided to leave the G7 summit a day early because of the escalating conflict in the Middle East.
Anthony Albanese has been advised to disarm Donald Trump in his first meeting with the US President with an opening offer of ‘what can I do to help’.
Australians have main character energy when viewing our relationship with the US: it’s of massive importance to us, so of course Anthony Albanese must be the main priority for Donald Trump this week.
The Israel-Iran conflict is already dominating the meeting of G7 leaders in Canada, with Anthony Albanese discussing the global response with Canada’s PM Mark Carney.
Anthony Albanese will call on US business leaders to respect free and fair trade, with the PM under increasing pressure to secure a tariff exemption for Aussie exports.
Jess Wang
The likelihood of the first face-to-face meeting between Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump is overshadowing the rest of the G7 agenda in Australia.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Government will convene a roundtable in August to hear ideas from all quarters about how to tackle stagnating productivity and propel Australia into a stronger future.
Anthony Albanese says the significant global uncertainty reaches beyond economic instability, meaning governments must deliver for people in a concrete way before they can achieve broader social change.
Australia’s case for exemptions or relief from American tariffs will rest on Anthony Albanese’s meeting next week with US President Donald Trump.
If it’s true that good things come in threes, then Anthony Albanese should be booking a Perth hotel room for 2028 already.
Caitlyn Rintoul and Katina Curtis
