Prime Minister Anthony Albanese seems to nonetheless be making a reputation for himself on the world stage.
Throughout a gathering with Canadian chief Justin Trudeau on Thursday in Madrid, his North American counterpart appeared to overlook the newly elected Australian chief's title.
"It is an actual pleasure to be assembly with... an ideal progressive chief," Trudeau stated.
"We're actually, actually excited to have a pal in Australia.
"Australia has been a long-time pal".
Nonetheless, Trudeau ultimately recovered and referred to Albanese by his title.
"With Prime Minister Albanese now we have somebody who we're going to have the ability to dig into on local weather change, on inclusive financial development, on reconciliation, on a spread of points that we all know our residents need us to step up on," he stated.
An identical incident occurred in September final 12 months, when US President Joe Biden appeared to overlook former Prime Minister Scott Morrison's title.
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Biden referred to Morrison as "that fellow Down Beneath, thanks very a lot pal".
Albanese is at present in Madrid throughout the present NATO leaders' summit.