Australian PM jokes about genitalia in hot mic mishap

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Australian PM Anthony Albanese and Chris Bowen caught in crude hot mic joke at COP31 summit in Turkey. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (left) and top climate envoy Chris Bowen were chatting on the sidelines of the COP31 climate summit.

SYDNEY – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his climate minister joked about their genitalia in a crude exchange captured on a hot mic.

In the footage first broadcast by Australia’s Channel Seven on Nov 13, Albanese and top climate envoy Chris Bowen chat on the sidelines of the COP31 climate summit in Antalya, Turkey.

Albanese advises Bowen not to keep his phone next to his heart because “it can interfere with your rhythm”.

The climate minister then replies that he’s more worried about keeping the phone in his pocket, to which Albanese asks: “Because of your dick?”

A spokesperson for Albanese told AFP: “They were having a joke in between meetings”.

Australia is presiding over negotiations at the COP31, but has been accused of hypocrisy given its status as a major exporter of fossil fuels.

Albanese has landed himself in hot water in 2026 over crude banter, raising eyebrows with comments on a podcast in which he said he would “shag” singer Kylie Minogue and an innuendo-filled reference to a gift of melons from the Japanese Prime Minister.

But he is far from the first Australian prime minister to get himself in trouble for joking on a hot mic.

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