Two foreign policy mind-sets that Labor must now adopt
Prime Minister Albanese has swiftly left for the Quad summit in Tokyo. But getting the instincts right on overseas relations means more than any to-do lists.
In the 1972 film, The Candidate, Robert Redford played a United States Senate hopeful, who, having unexpectedly won, turned to his political strategist and asked, “Marvin, what do we do now?”
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong board a plane for the Quad meeting. Fairfax Media
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John McCarthy is a former ambassador to Vietnam, the United States, Indonesia and Japan, a high commissioner to India, and a senior adviser to Asialink.
