‘We stand as equals’: Anthony Albanese asserts Labor’s republican agenda in speech marking Queen’s platinum jubilee

Prime minister Anthony Albanese speaks during celebrations of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee in Canberra. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Australia’s prime minister Anthony Albanese has used the occasion of the Queen’s platinum jubilee to declare Australia’s relationship with Britain is now one of “equals” rather than “parent and upstart”.

Albanese also used the event to commit himself to advancing reconciliation with First Nations peoples.