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Right. Starting what will be no doubt become a long thread on reaction to Trump in Canberra. Will wrap in @dfat estimates. In brief: mood feels tense, uncertain. Birmingham asks at estimates if Albanese has spoken with Trump yet. Wong: not yet. "We're obviously seeking a call" 1/
Well. @dfat officials say Ambassador Kevin Rudd has now *deleted* several tweets on his personal account which sharply criticised Trump. Birmingham asks why only now. Jan Adams says it was done out of respect for the "office" of US President now Trump has been re-elected 2/
Here's the full statement from Rudd. Man. The tweets were deleted "to eliminate the possibility of such comments being misconstrued as reflecting his positions as Ambassador and, by extension, the views of the Australian Government" 3/
Wong has done multiple interviews today on Trump and she's used the same word repeatedly- "confidence." She uses it again in estimates: Australians should have "confidence in ourselves, confidence in our place in the world" + ability to work with US, including under Trump 4/
Greens have called for Australia to tear up AUKUS now Trump is back. Senator Jordon Steele-John now running through Trump's history in estimates. Points out Milley called him "fascist to the core." Wong says the Greens are disconnected from the reality of Australia's interests 5/
Back on Rudd: Coalition criticising Rudd's judgement, but also acknowledging he has done some good work. Morrison also says Rudd should stay. Govt standing behind Rudd, and has noted privately that Trump has forgiven plenty of past critics. Wong calls Trump "pretty robust" 6/
This will get totally lost today but Birmingham now grilling @dfat on damning passport office audit. Current APO head (who govt has praised as doing a good job cleaning up the joint since starting last year) gathers her thoughts for a good 12 seconds when asked what went wrong 7/
Craig Maclachlan says he was the senior official which canned the now rather notorious plan to host a P6 passport conference at a resort in far north Queensland: "I said we're not going to Port Douglas. We settled on Canberra." He says the location was "inappropriate" 8/
Birmingham asks why Port Douglas was picked. Maclachlan, with a straight face: "I suspect people were thinking this would be a good way to highlight a piece of regional and rural Australia." He says that'd be fine for high level visits but wasn't appropriate in this case 9/
Right. Starting what will be no doubt become a long thread on reaction to Trump in Canberra. Will wrap in @dfat estimates. In brief: mood feels tense, uncertain. Birmingham asks at estimates if Albanese has spoken with Trump yet. Wong: not yet. "We're obviously seeking a call" 1/Well. @dfat officials say Ambassador Kevin Rudd has now *deleted* several tweets on his personal account which sharply criticised Trump. Birmingham asks why only now. Jan Adams says it was done out of respect for the "office" of US President now Trump has been re-elected 2/Here's the full statement from Rudd. Man. The tweets were deleted "to eliminate the possibility of such comments being misconstrued as reflecting his positions as Ambassador and, by extension, the views of the Australian Government" 3/Wong has done multiple interviews today on Trump and she's used the same word repeatedly- "confidence." She uses it again in estimates: Australians should have "confidence in ourselves, confidence in our place in the world" + ability to work with US, including under Trump 4/Greens have called for Australia to tear up AUKUS now Trump is back. Senator Jordon Steele-John now running through Trump's history in estimates. Points out Milley called him "fascist to the core." Wong says the Greens are disconnected from the reality of Australia's interests 5/Back on Rudd: Coalition criticising Rudd's judgement, but also acknowledging he has done some good work. Morrison also says Rudd should stay. Govt standing behind Rudd, and has noted privately that Trump has forgiven plenty of past critics. Wong calls Trump "pretty robust" 6/This will get totally lost today but Birmingham now grilling @dfat on damning passport office audit. Current APO head (who govt has praised as doing a good job cleaning up the joint since starting last year) gathers her thoughts for a good 12 seconds when asked what went wrong 7/Craig Maclachlan says he was the senior official which canned the now rather notorious plan to host a P6 passport conference at a resort in far north Queensland: "I said we're not going to Port Douglas. We settled on Canberra." He says the location was "inappropriate" 8/Birmingham asks why Port Douglas was picked. Maclachlan, with a straight face: "I suspect people were thinking this would be a good way to highlight a piece of regional and rural Australia." He says that'd be fine for high level visits but wasn't appropriate in this case 9/
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Right. Starting what will be no doubt become a long thread on reaction to Trump in Canberra. Will wrap in @dfat estimates. In brief: mood feels tense, uncertain. Birmingham asks at estimates if Albanese has spoken with Trump yet. Wong: not yet. "We're obviously seeking a call" 1/ ... Well. @dfat officials say Ambassador Kevin Rudd has now *deleted* several tweets on his personal account which sharply criticised Trump. Birmingham asks why only now. Jan Adams says it was done out of respect for the "office" of US President now Trump has been re-elected 2/ ... Here's the full statement from Rudd. Man. The tweets were deleted "to eliminate the possibility of such comments being misconstrued as reflecting his positions as Ambassador and, by extension, the views of the Australian Government" 3/ ... Wong has done multiple interviews today on Trump and she's used the same word repeatedly- "confidence." She uses it again in estimates: Australians should have "confidence in ourselves, confidence in our place in the world" + ability to work with US, including under Trump 4/ ... Greens have called for Australia to tear up AUKUS now Trump is back. Senator Jordon Steele-John now running through Trump's history in estimates. Points out Milley called him "fascist to the core." Wong says the Greens are disconnected from the reality of Australia's interests 5/ ... Back on Rudd: Coalition criticising Rudd's judgement, but also acknowledging he has done some good work. Morrison also says Rudd should stay. Govt standing behind Rudd, and has noted privately that Trump has forgiven plenty of past critics. Wong calls Trump "pretty robust" 6/ ... This will get totally lost today but Birmingham now grilling @dfat on damning passport office audit. Current APO head (who govt has praised as doing a good job cleaning up the joint since starting last year) gathers her thoughts for a good 12 seconds when asked what went wrong 7/ ... Craig Maclachlan says he was the senior official which canned the now rather notorious plan to host a P6 passport conference at a resort in far north Queensland: "I said we're not going to Port Douglas. We settled on Canberra." He says the location was "inappropriate" 8/ ... Birmingham asks why Port Douglas was picked. Maclachlan, with a straight face: "I suspect people were thinking this would be a good way to highlight a piece of regional and rural Australia." He says that'd be fine for high level visits but wasn't appropriate in this case 9/
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