Barack Obama meets with Anthony Albanese on a wet Sydney day 

Barack Obama has spent a whirlwind 24 hours in Sydney – his motorcade roaring over the Harbour Bridge for a gathering with Anthony Albanese as he sees among the metropolis’s pure sights and dines at a prime restaurant.

The forty fourth President of the US and his spouse Michelle Obama touched down in Australia’s most populated metropolis by way of a personal jet on Sunday evening earlier than they had been whisked away with a police escort.

Former President Obama crammed his Monday filled with actions amidst a wet morning, first being greeted by John F. Kennedy’s daughter and US ambassador Caroline Kennedy on the 4 Seasons. 

Mr Albanese then hosted Mr Obama at Kirribilli Home. The pair had been all smiles as they posed collectively for the digital camera by the harbour whereas holding black umbrellas amidst the drizzle.  

Barack Obama has met with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after the previous US President arrived in Sydney

The president, alongside along with his spouse Michelle, flew into Sydney by way of a personal jet on Sunday evening

‘Honoured to welcome President @barackobama to Sydney,’ Mr Albanese wrote in a submit to Twitter. 

Mr Obama later went for a stroll alongside the cliffs at Shelly Seashore in Manly – as greater than a dozen police vehicles and a dozen police motorbikes waited by the street close by. 

He then attended a lunch on the Bathers Pavillion restaurant at Balmoral with Ms Kennedy – a witness saying he was eating in a room the place the curtains had been closed to the surface world. 

The president and his spouse are within the nation for his ‘An Night with President Obama’ talking tour, which shall be kick off on the Conscious Tremendous Theatre on Tuesday evening, with the most cost effective tickets $395-per-head.

He’ll then jet all the way down to Melbourne for an additional look at John Cain Area on Wednesday. 

The president will talk about management and international challenges with former Australian international minister, Julie Bishop, who can even average the occasion.

Mr Obama is pictured with the US Ambassador to Australia and John F Kennedy’s daughter, Caroline Kennedy, outdoors a Sydney lodge on Monday

Greater than a dozen police vehicles and a dozen police motorbikes had been on standby because the president went for a stroll by Shelly Seashore

Tour organiser Progress School stated within the occasion description that attendees would hear Mr Obama ‘focus on energy in management and discover methods for navigating an unpredictable future’.

‘In occasions of nice problem and alter, President Obama’s management ushered in a stronger financial system, a extra equal society, a nation safer at house and extra revered all over the world,’ the outline learn.

‘There is not any chief higher outfitted to share their expertise, distinctive technique and knowledge on the altering face of management.’ 

Ticket costs vary from $195 for the standard seat to $895 for a ‘platinum package deal’.

A platinum ticket contains precedence seating, designated entrance, one hour pre-event cocktail social gathering, a duplicate of Mr Obama’s guide ‘A Promised Land’ and a commemorative lanyard and program.

The president and his spouse had been whisked away by a motorcade after they touched down in Sydney on Sunday

President Obama is within the nation for his ‘An Night with President Obama’ talking tour, the place he’ll speak about management and international challenges with former international minister Julie Bishop

President Obama’s final official go to to Australia was for the G20 Summit in Brisbane in November 2014.

He additionally visited in November 2011, the place he addressed a joint sitting of federal parliament in Canberra after he was invited by then=prime minister Julia Gillard.

In his speech, president Obama spoke in regards to the significance of the asia-pacific area. 

Mr Obama served because the forty fourth President of the US from 2009 to 2017.