Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has departed Sydney for a pre-COP31 meeting in Fiji, a prelude to the UN climate conference in Turkey next month.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has left Sydney for a climate meeting in Fiji that SBS described as a prelude to the official UN COP conference in Turkey next month.
SBS News led its 5 October evening bulletin with the departure, saying Australia's climate credentials are under scrutiny at the pre-COP31 summit. The Fiji gathering is not the main COP session. Turkey is due to host that meeting next month.
The same bulletin noted domestic political argument over the trip's context. Federal National Party leader Matt Canavan criticised government changes to visa rules for backpackers, saying Australia risks missing their labour. That labour dispute is separate from the Fiji agenda.
SBS did not publish a list of new climate commitments from the departure itself. The Australian Conservation Foundation has placed advertisements in Fijian papers urging the prime minister to reject a proposed mine, SBS Indonesian reported on Monday, without detailing a government response in that item.
Albanese's programme in Fiji is the next public step. No outcome statement from the meeting was available in the bulletin used here.