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Barack and Michelle Obama tour Sydney ahead of speaking tour (9News)

Former US president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle met with prime minister Anthony Albanese to talk ab...

The Obamas are in the country for Barack's "An Evening with President Obama" tour. "I had a very positive meeting with President Obama this morning in Sydney, talking about the global economy and what was occurring," Albanese said. Albanese said he and Obama had a "very positive meeting" where they discussed the invasion of Ukraine and the global supply constraints.

Barack Obama meets with Anthony Albanese on a rainy Sydney day (Daily Mail)

Barack Obama has met with Anthony Albanese and the US Ambassador to Australia after the former US President arrived in Australia for a speaking tour.

The president and his wife were whisked away by a motorcade after they touched down in Sydney on Sunday More than a dozen police cars and a dozen police motorbikes were on standby as the president went for a walk by Shelly Beach The 44th President of the United States and his wife Michelle Obama touched down in Australia's most populated city via a private jet on Sunday night before they were whisked away with a police escort.

Barack Obama's Aussie trip sparks frenzy (NEWS.com.au)

Hundreds of people have braved wet weather to catch a glimpse of the 44th US president as he arrives in Australia to kick off a speaking tour.

These were Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull. Hundreds of people have braved wet weather to catch a glimpse of the 44th US president as he arrives in Australia to kick off a speaking tour. Hundreds of people have waited in the Sydney rain to see Barack Obama arrive Down Under to kick off his speaking tour.

Here's why former US president Barack Obama is in Australia (SBS)

Barack Obama jetted into Sydney overnight and is here with his wife Michelle. Anthony Albanese and Barrack Obama standing in front of Sydney Harbour, each ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met with Barack Obama at Kirribilli House on Monday. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese posted a photo of himself beaming alongside former Mr Obama as they stood under umbrellas against the backdrop of a rainy Sydney Harbour on Monday. - Mr Obama met with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday.

Exclusive Pictures: Former US President Barack Obama chooses ... (Mosman Collective)

Photo Exclusive: Barack Obama and wife Michelle paid a visit to Bathers Pavilion at Balmoral Beach for lunch on Monday. By ANNA USHER.

Aussies with tickets to the event have forked out almost $200 for a standard seat, with tickets priced at a whopping $895 for a “platinum” spot. The Obama’s flew into Sydney with a fleet of security on Sunday night and are in Australia for Barack’s “An Evening with President Obama” tour. The party left the restaurant at 2:15pm sharp, with Mrs Obama entering the rear seat of the BMW on the left-hand side, and her husband walking around to the opposite side of the vehicle.

Obama brought false hope, but America was in big trouble before ... (The Sydney Morning Herald)

America's 44th president is in Australia this week. Though it was heady to report on the country's first black president, I was not completely intoxicated.

[Nick Bryant](/by/nick-bryant-p5363d)is a senior policy fellow at Sydney University and the author of The Rise and Fall of Australia: How a Great Nation Lost Its Way. Unable to make good his promise of a “United States of America”, he became the leader of one nation divisible, a deeply fractured land. After the rise of Barack Obama, it manifested in the rise of Donald Trump. But rather than being a unifying president, his presence in the White House merely brought centuries-old divisions to the fore. Vladimir Putin was given a green light to escalate Russia’s involvement in Syria, which emboldened him first in Crimea and then the rest of Ukraine. Here was a once-in-a-generation leader who embodied the ideal of American exceptionalism.