SYDNEY: Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appeared to fall off a stage on Thursday during a campaign event for May’s national election, but quickly recovered and insisted he was “sweet” afterwards. The leader of the centre-left Labor party, 62, was posing for photos following his speech at the Mining and Energy Union Conference held in … Read more
Sydney: Donald Trump’s 10-percent tariffs on close ally Australia are “not the act of a friend,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday, but added that his country will not retaliate with its own levies. “This is not the act of a friend,” Albanese told a news conference after Trump’s tariff announcement, saying one-in-four Australian jobs … Read more
Canberra: Australia will hold a general election on May 3, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday, locking in a showdown over climate promises, nuclear power and a runaway housing market. Albanese’s centre-left Labor party took office in May 2022, turfing out a conservative government deeply unpopular after almost a decade in charge. But initial enthusiasm … Read more
Sydney, Australia: Washington’s looming tariffs on steel and aluminium are “entirely unjustified”, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday after failing to secure a last-minute exemption. “This is not a friendly act,” Albanese told reporters, after the White House dashed hopes that Australia would be excluded from blanket 25 percent levies on steel and aluminium. … Read more