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Albanese launches bid for UN security council seat and names former Murdoch aide to top diplomatic post
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Australia and Finland are vying for a spot on the council, and the PM needs two thirds of member states to back him Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Anthony Albanese launched a formal bid for Australia to serve a two-year term on powerful UN body in 2029 and 2030. Albanese also unveiled former News Corp head of broadcasting Siobhan McKenna as Australia’s next consul-general to New York.
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The GuardianSource headline and summary supplied via NewsData.io. First collected by NewsJaws on 2026-09-21. This is an automated news brief, not original NewsJaws reporting. Dates reflect the source publication. Feed delays may apply.