He’s not the first prime minister to do it, so why has there been controversy about Anthony Albanese wearing a mining giant’s shirt with his name on it?
Anthony Albanese has been criticised for wearing a mining giant's shirt during a press call.Others have defended the prime minister, saying it was provided for safety purposes.
“As I was standing in the cabin there today watching the iron ore go into the hull of that ship, what I was also watching was funding for schools, funding for hospitals, funding to keep our national economy going that comes from this sector and comes from the hard work that's done by people here in the Pilbara, that is so vital,” he said.
It’s usually standard practice for most leaders to don some kind of uniform, often provided by the company that’s being visited, during press calls like Albanese's Rio Tinto tour.
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