Donald Trump makes fun of Australia ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd during a meeting with Anthony Albanese. Photo: AFP / Saul Loeb
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton looks at Anthony Albanese's long-awaited meeting with Donald Trump and the deal between the US and Australia to mine rare earth metals. It was nearly derailed by the presence of Kevin Rudd... Australia's protested dangerous behaviour by a Chinese jet fighter which released flares near a P-8 aircraft. And could one of Australia's highest profile and most colourful politicians Barnaby Joyce be about to defect to Pauline Hanson's One Nation?
Karen Middleton is a political journalist based in Canberra
