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The Herald's View September 21, 2025 — 10.32am

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese this week begins an international mission that takes in the United Nations General Assembly, a forum on the world’s climate and a meeting on Australia’s social media laws. It is hoped Albanese will meet US President Donald Trump. But the evidence of the past eight months of Trump’s second term suggests nothing is set in stone in terms of face-to-face meetings between the two leaders.

What is confirmed is that on Monday, Albanese will attend a conference on Palestine, at which Australia will formally recognise its statehood. On Wednesday, he will for the first time address the UN General Assembly on climate change. Under the Paris Agreement, nations have to set

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