Sky News host Sharri Markson says Ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd has “stolen” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s thunder after he announced the President was going to be visiting Australia in the next few months.
“I think that’s already a faux pas because that’s the sort of announcement that
Australian prime ministers would like to make when a US president is coming to visit here.”
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