Anthony Albanese has spruiked Australia’s role as a formidable middle power, prioritising the Indo-Pacific in a speech lauding Labor’s foreign policy inroads over the past 18 months. The Prime Minister delivered the annual Lowy address at the Lowy Institute on Tuesday night. In a speech titled “Australia in the world”, he declared Australia’s future security and prosperity would depend on prioritising its own backyard over the rest of the world. “Without any doubt, Australia’s future security and prosperity will be defined by the strength and success of our engagement in the region we call home,” he said. Mr Albanese used his…
