The Albanese government has made a strong impression in foreign policy since its election in May, and can do so again in this month’s international summit season.

The Quad grouping of Japan, India, the US and Australia have maintained cohesion. This mattered given worries over India’s bland response to Russia’s war on Ukraine and the renewed quasi-romance between Russia and China. The government has also laid to rest concerns among Australia’s partners, used to mighty mouse rhetoric from the Morrison government, that we might go soft on China.