“In any case, the dinner hosted by Prime Minister Albanese during the Prime Minister’s visit to Australia this May was held in a very relaxed atmosphere, and we believe it helped build a personal trust relationship between the two leaders.” The following day The Nightly revealed a senior Japanese official was “surprised” that the confidential correspondence between the Japanese Prime Minister’s office and Anthony Albanese was leaked to Australian media outlets. The PM, however, refused to provide a direct answer when questioned by shadow foreign minister Ted O’Brien in Parliament about the correspondence: “Can the Prime Minister assure the House that neither his office nor his department leaked official and private correspondence from the government of Japan?”