Australian politician changes his name to 'Aussie Trump'

An Australian politician has legally changed his name to Austin Trump in a move inspired by Donald Trump - in what he said was a protest against the country's ruling center-left Labor Party, Report informs via SkyNews.

Ben Dawkins - who is an independent MP in Western Australia's upper house of parliament where Labor holds a majority - is now listed as "Aussie Trump" on the WA parliamentary website.

He has also changed his username to "Hon. Aussie Trump MLC" on his X account.

"I've launched a political protest against the tyranny and systematic corruption of the Labor government in WA," he wrote, in a post on the social media platform, signing off as "Aussie."

"Vote Labor Out! & Drill Baby Drill!," he wrote in a second post, appearing to echo the US president's plan to increase the extraction of oil and gas in the United States.

"I want to be like Trump in the sense of calling out woke leftist nonsense," he told 9News.

"I would love you to reach out Donald, just ring the office here."