Australia politics live: Keating says he gave ‘fighting points’ to PM for Trump meeting in case president turned nasty

Former prime minister says Albanese was ‘up for having an Australian punch back’ if necessary. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live politics blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then Krishani will take you through the day’s events.The former prime minister Paul Keating says he provided Anthony Albanese with tips about how to “fight back” against Donald Trump if the US president had turned nasty during their recent meeting. Speaking at the State Library of NSW, Keating also compared Trump to a mafia boss and said that China had won the battle for superpower supremacy with the US “hands down”. More coming up. Continue reading...