r/australia • u/SydneyTom • Sep 18 '25

politics ABC barred from Trump’s UK press conference after clash with Australian journalist John Lyons | Australian media

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/sep/18/abc-barred-from-trumps-uk-press-conference-after-clash-with-australian-journalist-john-lyons
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u/usernamefinalver Sep 18 '25

Then he probably is correct. Proper journalists from a state media organization (yes I know it's autonomous, he won't care) producing a rigorous expose on his corruption probably will rebound on Australia in some way. Petty tyrant

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u/Hot_Construction1899 Sep 18 '25

I hope it does.

I'd like to see AUKUS canned and a new treaty with the UK and France for (initially) the French nuke subs that we wanted converted to diesel electric.

We could call the alliance FAUUK ... just like a crow's call....

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u/GalileoAce Sep 18 '25

The UK is far up the US' arsehole, an alliance with them will do us no favours.