Muscat meets Australia's deputy PM, ministers

Labour leader Joseph Muscat today had meetings with Australia’s deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard as well as a number of ministers including Chris Bowen, the Financial Services and Pensions minister whose wife is Maltese. Dr Muscat also had a meeting...

Labour leader Joseph Muscat today had meetings with Australia’s deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard as well as a number of ministers including Chris Bowen, the Financial Services and Pensions minister whose wife is Maltese.

Dr Muscat also had a meeting with the deputy leader of the Opposition and of the Liberal Party Julie Bishop.

Yesterday he had a meeting with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

The PL’s delegation was invited for an event held for the small Maltese community in Canberra by Malta’s High Commissioner in Australia Francis Tabone.

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