As Rudd scrubs Trump social media posts, Albanese to advocate free trade and climate action with president-elect

PM fully briefed on ‘potential outcomes’ of US election and says Australia is prepared for Trump’s policies on security, economic and other issues

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Australia will advocate for free trade and climate action – despite Donald Trump’s agenda against both – and persist with the Aukus alliance including nuclear submarine acquisition, the Albanese government has indicated.

On Thursday the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, and the foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, responded to Trump’s election victory by insisting the government is prepared to engaged with him as president, although Wong acknowledged he had campaigned on “change” and he may therefore do things “differently”.

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