Anthony Albanese refuses to comment on Trump guilty verdict as minor parties celebrate or condemn result

Greens leader Adam Bandt says Donald Trump unfit to be president' after hush money trial verdict while Nationals senator Matt Canavan claims prosecution was a witch hunt'

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The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has described Donald Trump's guilty verdict as the global story of the day" but says it wouldn't be appropriate to weigh in on the court ruling.

Australian opposition and minor-party politicians were not so reluctant to comment, with some of them amplifying the former US president's claims that the unanimous jury verdict was the result of a political witch hunt".

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