Morrison’s Israel trip was ‘showboating’ and PM should focus on domestic affairs, Turnbull says

Former PM dismisses suggestions Anthony Albanese should visit Israel and says he must advance interests of Australians

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Malcolm Turnbull has urged Anthony Albanese to remain focused on domestic affairs and leave the showboating" to Scott Morrison after the former prime minister's trip to Israel.

Morrison travelled to Israel with the former UK prime minister Boris Johnson in what the pair described as a solidarity trip". Neither holds influence over their respective nation's governments.

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