Labor senator weighs in on the ‘fascinating electoral contest’ in the US

Assistant Trade and Manufacturing Minister Tim Ayres says the 2024 presidential election is shaping up to be a “fascinating electoral contest”. “It is one of the world’s largest and most vibrant democracies, the United States,” Mr Ayres told Sky News Australia. “Our job as representatives of the government, led by the prime minister, is to make sure we are pressing for Australia’s national interest with whoever it is the people of the United States elect as the next president.”