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The statecraft and strategy of the Albanese government
Posted By Graeme Dobell on November 29, 2023 @ 06:00
A deputy leader typically gets whatever portfolio they want. Insiders say Marles wanted to be the foreign minister but knew it was a job he could never gain while Wong was in the parliament. Many in Labor see Wong as Albanese’s praetorian guard and enforcer, the person tasked with keeping those with leadership aspirations in check (looking at you, Treasurer Jim Chalmers).
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[1] polycrisis: https://aeon.co/essays/the-case-for-polycrisis-as-a-keyword-of-our-interconnected-times
[2] balance of power in the Indo-Pacific: https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/speech/national-press-club-address-australian-interests-regional-balance-power
[3] Washington: https://www.pm.gov.au/media/united-states-australia-joint-leaders-statement-building-innovation-alliance
[4] Beijing: https://www.pm.gov.au/media/statement-joint-outcomes-china-australia-annual-leaders-meeting
[5] talk to: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/after-the-voice-referendum-australia-must-find-a-better-way-to-cut-through-the-noise-online/
[6] history repeating: https://insidestory.org.au/weight-of-history
[7] rejected: https://insidestory.org.au/the-unforgiving-logic-of-labor-referendums
[8] reintroduce: https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2023/11/21/paul-bongiorno-albanese-political-ptsd
[9] redefine: https://theconversation.com/grattan-on-friday-can-the-albanese-government-turn-2024-into-a-happy-new-year-despite-multiple-challenges-218432
[10] fact check: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-17/fact-check-airbus-albo-international-trips-coalition/103113758
[11] foreign minister: https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong
[12] trade minister: https://www.trademinister.gov.au/minister/don-farrell
[13] biggest risks: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/china-slowdown-rate-rises-the-biggest-threats-to-economy-chalmers-20230827-p5dzpg.html
[14] big beast: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26910347
[15] most important revolution: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/aukus-sparks-a-revolution-in-labor-defence-policy/
[16] chronic underfunding: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/fifty-years-of-foreign-affairs-the-scrooge-effect/
[17] anaemia: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/fifty-years-of-foreign-affairs-the-anaemia-problem/
[18] 10 visits to the South Pacific: https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/media-release/visit-new-caledonia-and-tuvalu
[19] Falepili Union: https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/tuvalu/australia-tuvalu-falepili-union
[20] ‘a grand bargain, albeit in microcosm’: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-defence-and-security-implications-of-the-australia-tuvalu-treaty/