Tasman translation trouble? PM Anthony Albanese has responded after NZ Prime Minister Chris Luxon insinuated Australians are 'stupid' in a joke in parliament.
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00:00Tasman Translation Trouble, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has responded after New Zealand
00:06Prime Minister Chris Luxon insinuated Australians are stupid in a joke in Parliament.
00:11The correspondence was being directed to an Australian minister overseas.
00:16And what I'd say to you in my dealings with Australians, it always pays to be incredibly
00:20simple and clear and use English.
00:22What do you think about Australians?
00:26Whilst we both speak English, sometimes we need interpreters with the Kiwi accent.
00:33From time to time things can be missed between us and that was the case with PM Hipkins and
00:42Ardern before him.
00:45We're great friends and we're great mates, sometimes though we do speak a different language
00:52and that's when we both think we're speaking English.
00:56Tasman Translation Trouble, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has responded after New Zealand
00:58Prime Minister Chris Luxon insinuated Australians are stupid in a joke in Parliament.
01:00The correspondence was being directed to an Australian minister overseas.
01:02And what I'd say to you in my dealings with Australians, it always pays to be incredibly
01:04simple and clear and use English.
01:06From time to time things can be missed between us and that was the case with PM Hipkins and
01:08Ardern before him.
01:10We're great friends and we do speak a different language and that's when we both think we're
01:12speaking English.
01:14Tasman Translation Trouble, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has responded after New Zealand
01:16Prime Minister Chris Luxon insinuated Australians are stupid in a joke in Parliament.
01:18From time to time things can be missed between us and that was the case with PM Hipkins
01:20and Ardern before him.