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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
Tom McIlroyCanberra Bureau Chief
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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 is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
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