No joy for Australia’s Albanese as opposition slams ‘antisemitic’ T-shirt

28/10/2025
No joy for Australia’s Albanese as opposition slams ‘antisemitic’ T-shirt

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Australian opposition leader Sussan Ley on Tuesday condemned Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for wearing a Joy Division T-shirt despite the origin of the UK post-punk band’s name.
Ley said Australians “expect their prime minister to show judgment, respect and leadership” but have “got the opposite” from Albanese.
“Arriving back in Australia from his overseas trip, the prime minister stepped off the plane proudly wearing a T-shirt with the name of a band, Joy Division, whose origins are steeped...

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