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Albanese retraces history, promotes Asia’s collective power

The prime minister says Australia’s peace and prosperity resides firmly in South-East Asia.

Tom McIlroy
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Vientiane | Anthony Albanese first visited Laos nearly 40 years ago, arriving as a young research officer for Labor legend Tom Uren.

The future Australian prime minister was on one of his first trips overseas, attending a conference organised by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia – a diplomatic mouthful known as ESCAP.

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Tom McIlroy was the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief.
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    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/albanese-retraces-history-promotes-asia-s-collective-power-20241011-p5khla