Peter Dutton calls out Anthony Albanese for not attending NATO summit

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has criticised Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for not attending the upcoming NATO summit as it would be in Australia’s “national interest”.

“There’s war in Europe, there’s war in the Middle East, there’s a great prospect of war spreading further into Europe,” Mr Dutton said during a media conference on Tuesday.

“Now is the time to engage with world leaders like-minded and to send a very clear message to Putin to send a very clear message to North Korea, to Iran, to Hezbollah and others that we stand with countries who share our values, and we always will.”

Peter Dutton calls out Anthony Albanese for not attending NATO summit