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When Anthony Albanese met his Canadian counterpart, Mark Carney, in Calgary on Sunday, the Australian leader came with an unusual gift.

Along with an Akubra hat, Albanese presented Carney with framed memorabilia from the 1981 Australian film Gallipoli. Directed by Peter Weir, the war story is a favourite of the former central banker. The gift had been arranged with help from Canberra’s National Film and Sound Archive.