Anthony Albanese says Australia isn’t trying to ‘hold back a changing world’ as he defends foreign policy record
by Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspon from World news | The Guardian on (#6H8B3)
Prime minister claims significant progress in the Pacific' and implicitly rejects criticism of his international travel
Anthony Albanese has declared Australia is not trying to hold back a changing world or isolate ourselves from it" as it pursues the Aukus pact while also rebuilding the country's standing in the Pacific.
The prime minister used a keynote foreign policy speech on Tuesday night to claim significant progress in the Pacific" since his government was elected one-and-a-half years ago, including a security agreement with Papua New Guinea.
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