Hockey's AUKUS jitters: just ring Trump, mate

SMH · Matthew Knott · Tuesday 26 May 2026

Hockey's AUKUS jitters: just ring Trump, mate

Former ambassador Joe Hockey says he's nervous about AUKUS and reckons the fix is Albanese cold-calling Donald Trump to build the relationship.

Hockey wants Albanese to cold-call Trump like he's flogging solar panels in Penrith. The man who couldn't sell a budget to his own party room is now selling phone diplomacy. Talleyrand built alliances through cunning. We're building ours through the redial button.

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