Australia is once again pushing for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council, alongside Finland and Mongolia, because ‘a safer world is one governed by rules, not power and force alone’. While Australia consistently talks the talk on supporting the international rules-based order, it only walks the walk occasionally. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made

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The Australia Institute congratulates the Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her government for collecting more revenue from Australian gas exports than Australia has.