“Here, middle powers and smaller countries can express and realize our ambitions. That’s why Australia is pursuing a seat on the UN Security Council for the 2029-30 period.”

The countries currently elected for a two-year term include Algeria, Denmark, Greece, Guyana, Pakistan, Panama, South Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, and Somalia.

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This appeal followed findings by security agencies that Iran was behind two antisemitic incidents in Australia, such as the arson attack at the Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne last December.

Unlike US President Donald Trump, who recently dismissed climate change as “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world,” Albanese described it as an “existential threat.”

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Donald Trump are set to meet at the White House next month. Source: Supplied / Instagram

Hours after welcoming China’s first emissions reduction target of 7 to 10 per cent by 2035, Albanese reaffirmed his government’s commitment to a 2035 target for reducing carbon emissions by 62 to 70 per cent, first announced last week.

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