Anthony Albanese has pushed back on isolationism and issued a veiled criticism of Donald Trump’s rejection of climate science , warning the United Nations that leaders who walk away from big challenges risk being trusted by no one.

In a major speech to the UN general assembly in New York on Thursday, Australian time, the prime minister called for countries to recommit to international cooperation, to end wars and save the planet from dangerous climate change.

Albanese also resurrected a bid for Australia to win a temporary seat on the UN security council and called for the organisation to undergo sweeping reforms.

“If we resign ourselves to the idea that war is inevitable, or relegate ourselves to the status of disinterested bystanders, if our only response to every crisis is to ins

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