Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says the Australian prime minister ‘has to stand up’ to Donald Trump. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastStill on Birmingham on the ABC, host Patricia Karvelas asks whether he thinks cost of living, immigration, abortion and character of the candidate will shape Australia’s next election, as it did the US’s. Birmingham says cost of living will be the number one issue, and Karvelas presses him on abortion, and whether he would vote to remove an anti-abortion bill brought in by his colleagues Matt Canavan and Alex Antic. He says he would personally vote in favour to remove it, and:We have been clear, in terms of the Liberal Party leadership, that Peter Dutton and the Liberal Party have no plans, no intentions, to see any changes to abortion laws, that we respect the states’ rights in that regard, and I am very clear in terms of my respect for women’s reproductive rights.That is clearly mutually beneficial to both of our nations and, when it comes indeed to the strength of our two economies, it is mutually beneficial for us each to be as strong as one another, to be able to underpin those security considerations.And they are some of the key arguments you’d advance when it comes to dealing with trade and tariff agendas, or with ensuring that we are actually delivering upon those Aukus commitments that have been made and secured.This is something that enjoys strong bipartisan support in both of our countries. It was launched and, of course, initially negotiated by the Morrison government with the Biden administration, but has enjoyed support across the parliament in Australia, across the Congress in the United States, and it has done so because of those mutually beneficial aspects. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-11-06 21:03:55
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