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Australia PM Called Ex Qantas Boss For Free Flight Upgrades? He Responds

October 29, 2024 admin

SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday defended free flight upgrades he received from Qantas following allegations he had liaised directly with the national carrier’s former CEO to get him bumped up to business class. Albanese made several direct phone calls to former Qantas CEO Alan Joyce before becoming prime minister, and got his…

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As India and U.S. agree to swap turns, Biden to host Quad Summit at his home State

September 7, 2024 admin

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with USA President Joe Biden, Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese and Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida during the Quad Leaders’ Summit, in Hiroshima. File photo | Photo Credit: PTI India and the United States have “swapped” hosting the Quad Summit so as to allow U.S. President Joseph Biden to…

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Australian PM Says He, His Family Threatened By Teen Terrorist: Report

June 29, 2024 admin

“There is no place for extremism in Australia,” Anthony Albanese said (File) Canberra: Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed he and his family were threatened by an accused teenage terrorist. Albanese said on Friday that he and his family were among those threatened in an extremist manifesto in which 19-year-old Jordan Patten allegedly outlined…

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Australian PM says secretive talks led to Assange deal

June 26, 2024 admin

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese | Photo Credit: Reuters Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on June 26 a string of recent non-disclosed missions to the United States helped to forge the plea deal that freed Julian Assange. The 52-year-old WikiLeaks founder landed in Canberra hours earlier, after earning his liberty by pleading guilty to…

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Australia PM Anthony Albanese Calls Elon Musk ‘Arrogant’ Amid Row Over Sydney Stabbing Video Ban

April 23, 2024 admin

Anthony Albanese said that Elon Musk was fighting to keep violent content on his platform. Sydney: An Australian court has ordered X to hide some posts commenting on the stabbing of a bishop in Sydney, deepening a war of words between the social media platform’s owner Elon Musk and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Australia’s…

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to raise imprisoned democracy blogger during China visit

November 1, 2023 admin

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. File | Photo Credit: AP Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on November 1 he will raise the plight of a detained democracy blogger with Chinese leaders during a state visit to China. Mr. Albanese said he had approved a draft letter to the sons of Yang Hengjun, who has been…

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Biden says progress on India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor could be one of the reasons for Hamas’ attack on Israel

October 26, 2023 admin

President Joe Biden and Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hold a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on, Oct. 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Joe Biden has said that he is convinced that one of the reasons why Hamas launched a terrorist attack on Israel was…

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Australian PM announces China visit hours before leaving for U.S. to meet Biden

October 22, 2023 admin

Australian PM Anthony Albanese to visit China before he flies to the United States to meet with President Joe Biden. File | Photo Credit: AP Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he will visit China in early November, making the announcement Sunday hours before he was to fly to the United States to meet with…

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Australian PM to visit China in November to meet with Xi

October 21, 2023 admin

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Australia’s Prime Minister will visit China in early November to meet President Xi Jinping, Canberra confirmed Sunday, as the two trading partners work to repair a once-frosty relationship. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese locked in the trip — from November 4 to November 7 — after China agreed to suspend…

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Australia PM confirms China visit, Li says ready to resume exchanges

September 7, 2023 admin

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during the bilateral meeting with Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo on the sidelines of the 43rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia on September 7, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Australia’s Prime Minister confirmed on September 7 he will visit China later this year after talks…

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