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At a media conference in Tonga, Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese responds to journalists after he was filmed joking with US deputy secretary of state Kurt Campbell about going 'halvies' on the cost of a newly announced Pacific policing plan.
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Campbell appeared to suggest in the video that the US had been planning to pursue an unspecified security-related proposal but had been encouraged by Australia not to proceed. Albanese said he was aware 'of the video of a private conversation' before saying he was not prepared to give any insight into what initiative Australia had asked the US not to pursue. Albanese said it was up to the individual who filmed the exchange 'to think about their own ethics'. Mark Stevens, the chief news officer for Radio New Zealand, said the broadcaster 'stands by its reporter and its reporting' and there was nothing to suggest they acted unethically
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At a media conference in Tonga, Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese responds to journalists after he was filmed joking with US deputy secretary of state Kurt Campbell about going 'halvies' on the cost of a newly announced Pacific policing plan.
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Campbell appeared to suggest in the video that the US had been planning to pursue an unspecified security-related proposal but had been encouraged by Australia not to proceed. Albanese said he was aware 'of the video of a private conversation' before saying he was not prepared to give any insight into what initiative Australia had asked the US not to pursue. Albanese said it was up to the individual who filmed the exchange 'to think about their own ethics'. Mark Stevens, the chief news officer for Radio New Zealand, said the broadcaster 'stands by its reporter and its reporting' and there was nothing to suggest they acted unethically
Australian PM caught on camera joking with senior US official over funding of Pacific policing plan ► theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/29/australian-pm-caught-on-camera-joking-with-senior-us-official-over-funding-of-pacific-policing-plan
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