The Greens MP for Brisbane, asking perhaps his final question in the house of representatives, makes sure it is a doozy:

My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, why would you invite Donald Trump it Australia when you have a Temu Trump sitting right opposite you! (He gestures to Peter Dutton)

I had to laugh – I came up with that term some time ago and it has been quite funny watching it be taken up and spread around.

The parliament erupts, but the laughter is quickly pulled up.

Milton Dick makes him reword the question and Bates is obviously ready:

Given Trump’s attacks on democracy and western institutions, and even threatening our allies and even the PBS, why would you invite him to Australia?

This is because Anthony Albanese said again yesterday there was an open invitation for Trump to visit and he had conversations with him where he had reiterated the invitation. Trump has not accepted.

Albanese:

I thank the member for Brisbane for his question. And Australia has a long standing relationship with the United States, it’s been an important ally since the Second World War. President Trump was elected by the American people last October.

We respect democratic outcomes in Australia. It’s something that I’m very proud of, that we have orderly transitions of power, and we had that between when Mr Morrison lost the election, there was an orderly transition of power. I have had two discussions with the President of the United States. Once after he was elected, but secondly, after his inauguration. Both of those conversations were some of that we had and it reflects the respect that Australia has shown with the United States as important allies.

The United States President will always be welcome in Australia. The United States President, I would expect, will attend the Quad meeting which will be hosted here either next year or the year after. This year’s Quad meeting is in India. The President of the United States has given me the courtesy of inviting me to visit the United States. I have returned the courtesy, as is normal practice. I will continue to engage in a respectful way – notwithstanding the fact that I have some different political views with different world leaders. But what I do is, I engage respectfully across-the-board, and I act in Australia’s national interest. And that is what people would expect of me. And I’ll continue to do that. I’ll continue to stand up for Australia’s national interest, including, of course, with issues such as the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, and other things that are uniquely Australian assets. They say a lot about who we are. The PBS is something that was introduced, of course, by the Chifley government.

It is something that the Australian Labor Party is particularly proud, and I’m proud that we’ve strengthened the PBS by not just having the decrease from $42.50 down to $30, but now the further increase that we support down to $25 as well as 60-day scripts and other measures that we have put in place. Just like Medicare, it is something that I will always defend. Because I think that healthcare and accessibility is something that we should be proud of, if you compare our health system with the American health system. And what happens in this country is that people, no matter how wealthy you are or how poor you are, you have access to proper healthcare that’s something that we should be proud of, and that is something that I will always defend.