Billed as sports comedy, the interview on The Circus appeared to suit the PM, who was on safe territory for much of the hour-long show

The election campaign has all but begun for Anthony Albanese, who has now used a sports podcast to riff on Donald Trump, clicks and conflict in media, Aukus – and his beloved South Sydney Rabbitohs.

In the inaugural episode of The Circus, a spin-off from the popular The Grade Cricketer podcast, the prime minister said the National Rugby League’s expansion into Papua New Guinea was “the best example of soft diplomacy that Australia has ever engaged in” and that he’d had a wide-ranging discussion with the US president about “Aukus, the future of the world – and Greg Norman and Souths juniors”.

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