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Trump Organisation signs deal to build Australia’s tallest tower on Gold Coast

BEN WILMOT and LISA ALLEN - February 23, 2026

After years of false starts, the Trump family is now promoting a scheme on Queensland’s Gold Coast that will see it team up with a local developer to build the country’s tallest residential and hotel tower.

The Trump brand has been linked to properties since the mid-1980s, when Donald Trump made an unsuccessful bid to build and operate Sydney’s first casino at Darling Harbour.

At the height of his celebrity on The Apprentice television show, he promised to fill stadiums in a tour to Australia, which did not eventuate.

Now the Trump Organisation has struck a deal with Queensland’s Altus Property Group to deliver a branded hotel and tower on the Gold Coast, which has been the brainchild of local developer David Young for almost two decades.

Developers weigh in

The planned tower – which first came to light about a month ago, prompting a mix of derision and scepticism – could cash in on the pick-up in the Gold Coast market, which has seen developers such as Melbourne’s Central Equity reignite four-year-old plans to develop a $1bn tower on the glitter strip.

However, others have not been as lucky, with plans by a coterie of developers, including Princess Beatrice’s husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, who was the design partner for the $250m Masthead Ocean Club on the Gold Coast, coming to naught. In fact the project, encompassing 37 levels, went into receivership late last year.

The Trump tower slated for 3 Trickett St has also drawn scepticism from veteran Gold Coast developer Harry Triguboff, Australia’s largest private apartment developer.

In a recent interview, Mr Triguboff questioned reports that President Trump will proceed with plans to develop an oceanfront tower about three blocks from Mr Triguboff’s latest development, Ocean, one of Australia’s tallest towers.

“I could imagine he would like the Gold Coast. It’s the water. It’s very lively, and people are there all the time. That’s what he likes; that would suit him.”

“But I can’t understand where he finds the time to do anything.”

The design vision for Trump Tower

Meanwhile, the tower, at 340 metres in height and 91 storeys, would be taller than the ‘Australia 108’ building in Melbourne by 15 metres if it were built.

Mr Young said that after the signing of the final agreement with the Trump Organization at Mar-a-Lago, the developer was now deeply into a process of design, engineering, construction and fit-out that will cost a shade under $1.5bn and bring the world’s pre-eminent hotel-resort brand to our shores.

The local company said the building would be Australian-owned and Australian-built, and a unit of Altus will decide on the fit-out, in keeping with the Trump company’s design requirements.

“It will be an Australian, not American, project. It won’t have a Four Seasons or Ritz Carlton brand above the front door, but it will say ‘Trump’. And that means it is a no-expense-spared, highest-possible-quality building – the best in the world,” Altus said.

Mr Young said the project went back to 2007 when he cold-called Ivanka Trump, pitching a project that sports six-star luxury.

Mr Young said the Gold Coast hotel would not have gaudy designs but would instead follow the Trump design manual for the properties it is building in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Middle East.

One third of the building is a 6-star resort hotel, overlooking the Pacific Ocean at Surfers Paradise Beach. Another third is residences – 270 apartments – which are likely to start at $5m, with the penthouse prices not yet determined.

The first five floors of the building will be a retail plaza with high-end brands as tenants and will also include event facilities, a beach club and swimming pool – at the fifth storey with amazing views of the Pacific – Michelin-starred restaurants and lavish bars. There will be 24/7 butlers, valet and town car service, beach cabanas, and the famous Trump concierge service for guests and residents.

There are 139 Trump resorts and towers around the world, and this would be the first in Australia.

The project is funded by undisclosed private investors out of Singapore, Hong Kong, the UAE and the US. Altus said they had contributed a mix of debt and equity – in the form of convertible notes – giving it ‘patient capital’ rather than rushing presales if debt came from Australian banks.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/property/commercial/trump-organisation-signs-deal-to-build-australias-tallest-tower-on-gold-coast/news-story/27234a6e682f0b24f207af37fbd9c1cd

Australian ‘alpha male’ Nick Adams dumped as Trump’s ambassador to Malaysia

Michael Koziol - February 24, 2026

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Washington: US President Donald Trump has dumped controversial Australian-American Nick Adams as his nominee for ambassador to Malaysia, but the self-described “alpha male” says he has been promoted to a new role that will soon be revealed.

Meanwhile, Trump has yet to put forward an ambassador to Australia after 13 months in the Oval Office.

Adams – a MAGA diehard and author, who once served on a Sydney council – was named as Trump’s ambassador to Malaysia last July, but his nomination was never confirmed by the Senate, and lapsed at the end of the year, as per procedure.

Adams was absent from a long list of nominations resubmitted to the Senate in January, including prospective ambassadors to Hungary, Norway and the Philippines. Nor was he on another list submitted this month.

Reached by email, Adams confirmed he would not become US ambassador to Malaysia, but pointed to a new role he said would be announced soon.

“Brilliant detective work, Mick! I’ve been promoted from the role of ambassador!” he told this masthead.

“More details on that will come this upcoming week. I’m sure you’ll see it if you’re looking out for it. You might want to consider waiting a few days so you can break the news to your dozens of readers. Good luck on your hit piece, son.”

Adams did not respond to further questions about his next job. But he teased his social media followers that a “Major Announcement” was coming. The White House did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Adams was born in Sydney and, while a Young Liberal at Sydney University, was elected to the (then) Ashfield Council. At 21, he became the youngest deputy mayor in Australian history.

While on council, he sought to exterminate pigeons from Ashfield to protect against bird flu, and lobbied the state government to ban neighbourhood noise from lawnmowers and leaf blowers on weekend afternoons.

Adams later moved to the US, becoming a naturalised American citizen and a diehard Trump enthusiast. He founded a non-profit organisation called the Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness, which says it teaches “the [nation’s] founding documents and American values to K-12 students”.

He also attracted attention for outlandish statements on social media, particularly his identity as an “alpha male” and defence of certain traits he claimed as being traditionally masculine.

“Alpha males are an endangered species in America and this is a national security crisis,” he said in 2022. In a 2023 video, he stomped on a packet of M&Ms in Times Square after the manufacturer Mars announced packaging that depicted female M&Ms.

“Feminist M&Ms … It is outrageous, it is disgusting, and it must not stand,” Adams said in the video. “Any male that buys a packet of M&Ms from today forward must hand in their man card because they are a soft, woke, beat-up male feminist who has serious, serious problems.”

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In 2024, he told an audience of young Republicans, as reported by The Washington Post: “Never apologise. Never mask up. Never pick up the Fortnite controller. It starts with the Fortnite controller and boneless chicken wings, and ends in gender pronouns and communism. We don’t want that.”

Adams has also made disparaging comments about Islam and the Palestinian cause, causing alarm in Muslim-majority Malaysia upon his nomination.

In his 2016 book Retaking America, he indulged the idea of interning Muslims, saying the policy should be discussed because of “significant evidence of disloyalty … both on the individual and mosque level”.

Dozens protested Adams’ nomination outside the US embassy in Kuala Lumpur in July, carrying signs accusing him of being “anti-Islam and pro-Zionist”.

Trump has yet to appoint an ambassador to Australia. When questioned by this masthead in October, he said he had one or two people in mind, but wanted to appoint somebody Prime Minister Anthony Albanese would like.

“Here’s the good news, everybody wants to be ambassador to Australia,” Trump said at the time.

In his first term, Trump took until February of his second year to name an ambassador to Canberra, Admiral Harry Harris, who was then renominated to become ambassador to South Korea.

Trump then nominated Arthur Culvahouse in November of that year, and he was confirmed by the Senate in January 2019 – two years after Trump took office.

https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/australian-alpha-male-nick-adams-dumped-as-trump-s-ambassador-to-malaysia-20260224-p5o4uc.html

https://www.instagram.com/nickaone/p/DVFlBGVDch2/

https://qresear.ch/?q=Nick+Adams

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Donald Trump nominates Sydney-born influencer Nick Adams as US ambassador to Malaysia

11 July 2025

https://archive.vn/vHdei#23314308

Trump’s Aussie ‘alpha male’ is falling flat in Malaysia

July 24, 2025

https://archive.vn/vHdei#23386791

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Ukraine offers ‘modern warfare’ training to ADF

BEN PACKHAM - 23 February 2026

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Ukraine has offered to teach the Australian Defence Force “how to do modern warfare”, arguing Australian personnel “don’t know how to fight” in the age of killer drones.

On the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv’s top diplomat in Australia thanked the Albanese government for its support for his country’s war effort, urging it to lock in regular financial contributions after a rushed package last ­December.

Ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko said Ukraine could repay Australia for its assistance, given its unmatched experience in fighting one of the world’s toughest enemies.

He said Ukraine could provide Australia with new military technology, “and we can train your combat troops how to fight, because your troops don’t know how to fight”.

“We’re now the most powerful army in Europe … and we learned how to fight,” Mr Myroshny­chenko said.

“And we can teach you how to do modern warfare. So I think there is a vested interest for you. We can help you build your sovereign capabilities in uncrewed systems, in electronic warfare – something which is ­really cutting edge.

“Your industry cannot catch up with the developments in Ukraine. It’s just impossible, because you don’t have a battlefield. We have a battlefield, and we get that integrated immediately into our R&D.

“We’re now training German troops. We’re training Polish troops. We can train Australian troops.”

Australian personnel have trained Ukrainian troops in the UK as part of the nation’s $1.7bn support for the country, but it took until last year for the Albanese government to commission a high-level ADF study on the military lessons of the Ukraine conflict.

Australian Brigadier General Grant Chambers led an expert delegation to Kyiv in September, examining the country’s domestic drone industry, and how its troops deploy and defend against lethal unmanned systems.

Retired Major General Mick Ryan, a regular visitor to Ukraine during the war, said Australia had been “very slow” to take advantage of Ukraine’s battlefield ­experience.

“We’re not the Ukrainians. We don’t need to be exactly like them, but these kinds of insights are valuable for military organisations that want to fight 21st-century wars, not lose by fighting 20th-century wars,” General Ryan said.

He said the ADF could learn from Ukraine’s drone tactics, its large-scale production of “many different classes of drones”, and its system of “rapid learning and adaptation”.

“The ADF is nowhere near the leading edge in many of these areas,” General Ryan said.

He said Ukraine was also a world leader in counter-drone operations, offering valuable expertise for the ADF to tap into.

“When you shoot down 80 to 90 per cent of drones coming at you, that’s better than just about anyone else in the world,” General Ryan said.

“Our bases are largely undefended from these kinds of threats, as are our major critical civil infrastructure, whether it’s power or fuel.”

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Mr Myroshnychenko revealed Ukraine had withdrawn a request for Australia’s retiring Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopters, saying it was instead seeking US-made Apaches.

But he said Ukraine was desperate for more armoured vehicles, including Bendigo-made Bushmasters, and revealed Australian-donated Abrams tanks had already been used in a counteroffensive against Russian forces at Pokrovsk.

Australia made a $95m contribution to Kyiv’s war effort last year, including $50m towards the NATO-backed Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List.

The list has become the focal point for international support for Ukraine as the US winds back direct support for Kyiv.

Mr Myroshnychenko, who was due to meet with Defence Minister Richard Marles late on Monday to discuss Australia’s support, said Ukraine hoped Australia could make monthly or bimonthly contributions to the weapons fund.

“The war is still brutal, still ruthless, and we appreciate that package, which came late last year. (It was) kind of a bit rushed, but it did come,” he said.

“I’m looking for consistency. We appreciate what we get. Don’t get me wrong. I mean, every ­dollar counts. It’s been four years, day in and day out. We lost so many people, and we just can’t stop.”

While Donald Trump has piled pressure on Ukraine to cede land to Russia to end the war, Mr Myroshnychenko said his country was not prepared to give up territory.

“It’s about the people who live there under the Russian occupation,” he said.

“You know how much torture, rape, total erasure of their identity is happening in the occupation. So we are fighting for the people. We are not fighting for the land per se.”

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has argued handing over territory to Russia would amount to an “abandonment” of hundreds of thousands of people, weakening the country’s military positions and dividing its society.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence/ukraine-offers-modern-warfare-training-to-adf/news-story/6eaf9ecb46298a635a19272a3772d8a3

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Australia seals UK defence deal with $300m for AUKUS sub reactors

David Crowe - February 24, 2026

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Australia will deepen its defence ties with Britain by spending $310 million on a new stage of the AUKUS submarine project as well as launching joint work on radar systems, drones and missile tests that could help Ukraine.

The agreement was sealed in London on Monday night in a meeting between Australian and UK ministers that cleared the way for closer links in the defence industry to develop defensive weapons.

Australia has previously pledged $5 billion to help fund the development of the nuclear power systems for the AUKUS fleet, but the new spending is the first payment for equipment from Rolls-Royce to be installed in the first submarines.

The $310 million will buy the first components for the nuclear reactors to be supplied by Rolls-Royce and transferred to South Australia for fitting to the first two AUKUS vessels to be built at the Osborne shipyard.

Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy met his counterpart, UK Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry Luke Pollard, on Monday and announced the funding after their talks.

“This is the start of the construction process for these reactors,” Conroy said in London.

“We’re on track. We’re hitting all major milestones for the AUKUS project.”

As well as claiming progress on the nuclear reactor modules, Conroy pointed to the government’s announcement last week of a $3.9 billion commitment to the construction of the Osborne shipyard, with that cost likely to increase to $30 billion over several decades.

“That announcement, and that $30 billion investment, will build the only submarine yard in the Southern Hemisphere capable of constructing a nuclear-powered submarine,” he said.

“This is a challenging project. This is a project that is the greatest industrial undertaking Australia has ever attempted, but it will also be nation-shaping in terms of modernising our manufacturing sector.”

While AUKUS is fiercely opposed by some members of the Labor Party and rejected by former prime minister Paul Keating and former foreign affairs minister Bob Carr, the government insists it is necessary for national defence and will create 20,000 jobs over the decades.

The agreement relies on help from the United States to supply interim submarines – three Virginia-class vessels – but has a long-term goal of developing a future vessel with the UK.

Australia aims to have five vessels from the early 2040s, using the same SSN-AUKUS design as the UK, which plans to have up to 12 vessels. The project is based on calculations that, without the new fleet, the UK would be more vulnerable to Russia, and Australia would be more vulnerable to China.

Conroy and his UK counterpart emerged from their talks in London with plans for joint work on other projects, including lasers and radar.

The communiqué from the meeting said the two sides would explore the potential for the UK to use radar systems developed in Australia.

Australia has a world-leading radar technology developed by Canberra-based CEA Technologies, which the federal government purchased in 2023 to ensure the intellectual property remained in the country.

On drones, the two sides plan to work on the “Ghost Bat” aerial vehicle, already being produced in Australia, so it could be fitted with missiles that complement the UK and other NATO member states’ arsenals.

“That will potentially facilitate exports of Ghost Bats to European nations who might be interested in it,” Conroy said.

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British missiles set for Australian testing

The agreement in London will also see British missiles tested in Australia to help with the development of new weapons being supplied to Ukraine.

“I won’t comment about the specific UK weapon that may be tested at our weapon ranges, but there’s a number of advanced, long-range weapons that the UK is providing, or looking at providing to Ukraine,” Conroy said.

“Obviously, testing those at our world-class facilities would advantage that process and give Ukraine further assistance in their valiant struggle against Russian aggression.”

The talks also led to an agreement to do more work on laser weapons, to co-operate on the supply of critical minerals and increase the number of Australians who are “embedded” with defence company BAE Systems in the UK to prepare for the construction of the AUKUS fleet.

The joint work on the AUKUS design, with five to be built in South Australia and up to 12 in the UK, is supposed to reduce construction costs compared to each country doing its own design.

Any challenges to the UK construction timetable will have repercussions for Australia because of the shared development.

Rolls-Royce future programs director Rich Palmer told this masthead last October he was “100 per cent” sure the submarines would be delivered, despite the concerns about AUKUS in the US and the strong criticism of the project in Australia.

The British timetable depends on the country’s ability to build one new submarine every 18 months for the existing fleet before it can switch to the new fleet when the AUKUS design is decided. Industry experts are worried that each Astute submarine currently takes about 24 months to build.

https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/australia-seals-uk-defence-deal-with-300m-for-aukus-sub-reactors-20260224-p5o4ue.html

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Bondi Royal Commission intelligence evidence delayed

JAMES DOWLING - 24 February 2026

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Crucial evidence for the security and intelligence portion of the Antisemitism and Social Cohesion Royal Commission has already been delayed due to key agencies seeking legal advice, commissioner Virginia Bell has revealed.

Ms Bell, in her first statement to the royal commission on Tuesday, said the probe would not include evidence related directly to the Bondi mass shooting to avoid prejudicing the criminal trial of alleged terrorist Naveed Akram. It will also avoid public hearings and reports related to his charges.

While the inquiry would interrogate antisemitism as “the oldest religious and ethnic prejudice”, Ms Bell said she was conscious other religions and ethnicities are subject to discrimination and would look at hatred against Jews as a “starting point”.

The commission held its first open hearing at the NSW Supreme Court on Tuesday morning, about six weeks after Anthony Albanese caved to community pressure and announced the federal inquiry in the wake of Australia’s worst terror attack.

The Prime Minister folded a previously-announced review of security and intelligence agencies helmed by former public servant Dennis Richardson into the commission.

But in her opening address on Tuesday, Ms Bell said it was “inevitable” that bringing the Richardson review into her federal inquiry had “led to some delay”.

“Intelligence agencies that might have made material available for an internal review – without the need for getting legal advice – found it necessary to consider questions of public interest immunity, statutory nondisclosure provisions and legal professional privilege when faced with a requirement to produce the same material to an independent royal commission,” Ms Bell said.

“The delays in obtaining and accessing material have made it unlikely that counsel assisting the commission will be in a position to produce evidence concerning the adequacy of the security arrangements for the harmful event … before the deadline for the production of the interim report.

“In that case, it will form part of the final report.”

Ms Bell said she would meet with survivors of the attack and victims’ families in the days after the hearing to explain the reasons she would be “limited” in addressing the attack – primarily to avoid prejudicing a trial.

“One might expect that a Royal Commission set up to inquire into an attack would lead evidence of it: of the heroism of those who sought to confront the shooters, and of those who ran towards the gunfire, to offer medical assistance to the wounded,” Ms Bell said.

“This Commission must do its work without risking any prejudice to that criminal proceeding.

“Leading evidence … from people who may be witnesses in the criminal proceeding would create that risk, and for that reason, it will not occur.”

She said she was “mindful that while antisemitism may be the oldest religious and ethnic prejudice, other religions and ethnicities are also subject to prejudice in Australia”.

“I expect that social cohesion will be advanced by measures that address discrimination against religious faiths, ethnicities and cultures generally.

“Nonetheless, against the background of the massacre of innocent people who appear to have been targeted simply because they were Jewish, I trust everyone will appreciate why the focus of this commission will be on tackling antisemitism as a starting point in strengthening our bonds of social cohesion.”

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Senior Counsel assisting Richard Lancaster said limiting evidence from the Bondi attack would “inevitably” reduce the scope of the inquiry but would “preserve the proper administration of criminal justice.”

The inquiry has already begun issuing notices to produce evidence to government agencies and “organisations of interest”, he said, without specifying any individual recipients.

Mr Richardson and Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal sat in on the proceedings at the NSW Supreme Court.

Liberal Senator Dave Sharma said he expected the “entire co-operation” of ASIO and Australia’s intelligence services, reflecting on the delay to security evidence.

“The Richardson review had commenced its work before it was folded into a Royal Commission, but a Royal Commission will allow the compulsion of intelligence agencies, security agencies and others, to provide information in a way that the Richardson review alone would not,” he said outside court.

“I would defer to the judgment of Ms Bell if she thinks more time is required for … the Richardson review to allow the information to be more fully extracted.”

NSW Jewish Board of Deputies chief executive Michele Goldman said some community members would be disappointed they could not share evidence of how they were directly affected by the Bondi massacre.

“It’s going to be very hard for some people, who have had events happen to them which have created a huge amount of pain and trauma, not to be able to share their experiences,” she said. “Likewise, there’s others who are not ready to do so.”

As first reported by The Australian, law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler on Tuesday announced it would represent a collection of seven major Jewish groups pro bono at the royal commission: the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, Jewish Community Council of Victoria, Zionist Federation of Australia, National Council of Jewish Women of Australia, The Dor Foundation and the Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council.

“Arnold Bloch Leibler has been retained to assist its clients to engage comprehensively, constructively and responsibly with the Royal Commission,” a statement reads. “This includes providing such supporting evidence as the Commission requires including accounts of antisemitism in Australia and the lived experience of those directly affected.”

No future hearing date was set.

Public submissions to the royal commission will be due by May, with any evidence for Dennis Richardson’s interim review of national security and intelligence agencies due by March 13.

The interim report will be released on April 30, and the final report on December 14.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/bondi-royal-commission-intelligence-evidence-delayed/news-story/055be9b0226cb87e80d0bd906720408a

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS6z1oi4g4M

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Opening Hearing Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion

Royal Commission on Antisemitism & Social Cohesion

'Feb 24, 2026

The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion is holding its first public hearing, an opening hearing at 10.30am on Tuesday 24 February 2026.

At the opening hearing, Commissioner Bell AC SC will reflect on the terms of reference of the Royal Commission and provide a sense of how she will conduct her inquiry.

To find out more about the work of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, visit: https://asc.royalcommission.gov.au/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMYccHBq4RI

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Anthony Albanese moves to help keep disgraced Andrew away from the throne in pledge to Keir Starmer

RICHARD FERGUSON and HELEN TRINCA - 24 February 2026

Anthony Albanese has promised to help remove the disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession to the Australian and British thrones, as Governor-General Sam Mostyn declared the King’s brother’s downfall was proof nobody was above the law.

In the unlikely case Prince William, Prince Harry and their children either die or refuse the crown before the reign of Charles III ends, his brother Andrew is still by right the next in line to be Australia’s king.

That is despite Andrew being stripped of his titles, his recent arrest over alleged misconduct in public office, and an email trail proving Elizabeth II’s favourite son had deep relationships with the notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

Any attempt to strip Andrew from the line of succession requires the consent of every parliament that considers the British monarch their head of state. The Prime Minister has now moved to tell his British counterpart, Keir Starmer, that the Australian parliament is ready to remove Andrew’s last vestige of royal power.

“In light of recent events concerning Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, I am writing to confirm that my government would agree to any proposal to remove him from the line of royal succession,” Mr Albanese wrote in a letter to Sir Keir this week.

“I agree with His Majesty that the law must now take its full course and there must be a full, fair and proper investigation. These are grave allegations and Australians take them seriously.”

In an exclusive interview with The Australian on Monday, the Governor-General said the Andrew case was a reminder that power and status do not protect potential criminals in Australia.

“I think (the King) has made the point, and others have made the point, that no one is above the law, and that is the case here in Australia,” she said.

“It’s the same here – no one escapes the law by virtue of status or power. I think that’s what people are actually talking about, and seeing, that this (arrest) demonstrates that absolutely no one is above the law.”

Nearly a week since the King’s brother was arrested over misconduct when he was trade envoy for the British government, Andrew is now facing questions about whether he was involved in any trips Epstein made between the UK and the US that may have involved the trafficking of young women and girls.

Andrew is also facing claims – like disgraced British ambassador to Washington and ex-UK Labour election mastermind Lord Peter Mandelson – that he sent the pedophile financier a number of confidential government documents.

The King, Queen Camilla, William and Princess Catherine have tried to keep up a busy public schedule while their relative threatens the foundations of the monarchy.

At the BAFTA film awards in London, William reportedly told film stars and makers that he could not watch one of the gala’s big winners, the emotional William Shakespeare biopic Hamnet, because he needed to be in a “calm state” to view it and he was not calm at present.

Back in Australia, Ms Mostyn would not comment on whether the arrest was damaging to the reputation of the royal family nor on whether it might speed an Australian republic.

“When I’m asked about the republic, I’m always very, very clear in my response, which is, if the matter is ever put by a parliament of any persuasion back to the Australian people, it will be the determination of Australians,” she said.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/anthony-albanese-moves-to-help-keep-disgraced-andrew-away-from-the-throne-in-pledge-to-keir-starmer/news-story/5ebd67faa90b94ad7af13827fe1a4e85

https://www.smh.com.au/interactive/hub/media/tearout-excerpt/54813/LETTER_zy7odzor.pdf