13 November 2026
Anthony Albanese’s coffee diplomacy can’t remove shadow of domestic politics at Cop31

The Australian prime minister’s use of traditional skills – and free flat whites – has brought success in Turkey. But his country’s fossil fuel industry and its culture wars remain a problem Being cynical comes easy at a UN climate summit, but there was a faint glimmer of something else on the face of the Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese. Pride. Standing to face journalists at his only press conference here at Cop31 in Antalya on Thursday, Albanese was flanked by seven leaders from the Pacific.
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