On Australian politics: A despatch from Canberra

Australia is the next AUKUS country to face voters and Labor is in trouble.

I have just returned home to London from a couple of weeks in Sydney and Canberra, Australia where I had the chance to catch up with a range of contacts in the government, Liberal party, think tanks and the like.

My time back coincided with the US election and was timed for the Australian Institute of International Affairs conference in Canberra where I…