Anthony Albanese has said Pauline Hanson should not be talking the country down as she appears at a string of conservative political events and holidays with billionaire benefactor Gina Rinehart in Europe. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing The Guardian.
The One Nation leader attended the CPAC conference in London at the weekend, after recording a podcast with far-right activist Tommy Robinson. Albanese was asked about her tour during a visit to Tiwi Island on Sunday.
"When I have the opportunity to represent Australia overseas, I talk Australia up. I don't talk Australia down. I go as someone who's proud to represent our nation and proud to talk about what we are as a nation. There's nowhere you'd rather be than Australia and I think that it is up to our representatives, no matter where they stand in the parliament, when they're overseas, to talk Australia up, not talk Australia down," Albanese said.
"We have created in this country an extraordinary nation and it is something that the world is envious of because of what we've created here, and that is why, in my view, it is the responsibility of people when they travel overseas to talk Australia up and to be proud of who we are and what we have created as a nation," he added.