Opinion
Albanese must be a global prime minister
Since we developed our own foreign policies after World War II, we have never been lazy as international players – but we always tended to run out of puff. Now is the time to make a global statement.
John McCarthyFormer Australian ambassadorAn Australian prime minister who travels is always fair game, a target for those who argue that the leader’s job is to keep the home fires burning and the foreign stuff a glamorous distant second.
It may have always been so. No longer. In spending many of his early days in the job meeting other global leaders, Anthony Albanese has got his priorities right.
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