It took an election win, but Anthony Albanese on Monday finally received that much-awaited phone call from US President Donald Trump.
The conversation was “warm and positive,” the prime minister told a news conference, thanking the president for “reaching out”.
“I won’t go into all of the personal comments that he made, but he was very generous in his personal warmth and praise towards myself. He was fully aware of the [election] outcome and he expressed the desire to continue to work with me in the future.”