Mainstream thinking accepts that the main tenets of Australian foreign policy are the US alliance, engagement with the Indo-Pacific and our global interests. We differ over emphasis and approach, but we are fortunate to have broad agreement on the component parts. This is one reason why foreign policy often plays a marginal role in Australian...

On 31 May, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development, the Hon. Tanya Plibersek MP, spoke at the Lowy Institute on how Australia can be a better international citizen.