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Why Brazil is too big and too important for Australia to ignore

Brazil’s future will be incredibly important for Australia as it tries to forge closer relationships in a tense world.

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This November, about 50,000 people will converge on Belem – a small city at the mouth of the Amazon.

Brazil is hosting the global COP30 climate change gathering this year – just as Australia hopes to do in Adelaide next year. Even Brazilians are alarmed at how a city with limited infrastructure, transport and accommodation will cope.

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Jennifer Hewett is the national affairs columnist. She writes a daily column on politics, business and the economy. Connect with Jennifer on Twitter. Email Jennifer at jennifer.hewett@afr.com
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