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Rory Medcalf

Why the next foreign minister will have to hit the ground running

The bipartisanship on foreign policy is just as well. There is not much time to waste on dealing with the regional challenges that Australia now faces.

The recent foreign policy debate between Marise Payne and Penny Wong was long awaited.

Yet their exchange at the National Press Club provided, for this election campaign at least, an unexpectedly civilised genre of political theatre.

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Professor Rory Medcalf is head of the National Security College at the Australian National University.

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