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ABC’s John Lyons unable to cover Albanese-Trump meeting after denials from PM’s office

John Lyons, the ABC’s Americas editor, said he couldn’t get in to cover the meeting between Donald Trump and Anthony Albanese in Washington after multiple requests to do so were denied by the prime minister’s office.

I couldn’t get in there, Sally, we tried. You know, usually according to convention, the Washington bureau chief for the ABC is usually part of the team. But on this occasion, we made many requests to the prime minister Albanese’s office and we were declined.

This was by prime minister Albanese’s office, who were the ones who said no. …

As the president said, he described our tariffs as low in the meeting overnight with the prime minister. Having said that, obviously we have a different position.

Australia will continue to engage with the United States in relation to the tariffs. … We’re in the best position, relatively, that we could be. Obviously, Australia remains a country that does believe in open, predictable trading markets.

Source: Guardian - World News