US President Trump has told Kevin Rudd that “all is forgiven” after a tense moment at the White House when he was reminded of his previous attacks before he was appointed as Australia’s ambassador.

Liberal MP Andrew Hastie has added to backbench dissent against Opposition Leader Sussan Ley, contradicting her calls for US Ambassador Kevin Rudd to be fired.

As the Coalition calls for Kevin Rudd to be sacked, the prime minister sang his praises and found an unlikely ally back home.

Former prime minister Malcoim Turnbull says any talk of removing Kevin Rudd as ambassador to the United States should be ignored.

Sussan Ley has said Kevin Rudd’s position as Australia’s ambassador to the US is “untenable” after Donald Trump gave the former prime minister a verbal lashing.

Albanese is expected to return to Australia today, despite an unscheduled landing in St Louis following a mid-air incident involving a RAAF member knocking their head ( Canberra Times ). Two men drowned after being swept off a pier in Melbourne amid high winds, as New South Wales and Queensland faced scorching heat yesterday.

Donald Trump lavishes praise on Australia and Anthony Albanese during the pair's landmark meeting in Washington, but takes a swipe at a former prime minister in the room.

US President Donald Trump on Monday expressed disdain towards Australia’s ambassador, former prime minister Kevin Rudd, as the two sat face-to-face

A rift has emerged within the Liberal Party over calls for Australia’s Ambassador to the United States Kevin Rudd to be sacked.

First, Trump scolded a camera operator who bumped a priceless, antique, gold mirror. “You’re not allowed to break that. That mirror is 400-years-old,” he lectured. “Aye, aye, aye, I just moved it up here, especially, from the vault.”

There are calls for former PM Kevin Rudd to be stripped of his role as US ambassador after he was embarrassingly roasted by US president Donald Trump.