Good morning. Anthony Albanese will head to France today for a meeting with the French president in Paris on Friday.
Anthony Albanese will have an easier time mending relations with the French “because he is not Scott Morrison and that’s a big advantage”, the former leader Malcolm Turnbull has told journalists in Paris. Turnbull said Albanese was honest and “never had a reputation for being deceitful and untruthful”. This would help in thawing the freeze in relations between Canberra and Paris that followed Morrison cancelling a A$90bn (£48bn) submarine deal with French defence contractor Naval Group last September. Albanese himself said the damaged relationship hurt negotiations for a “critical” trade deal with the EU.
