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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

Prominent Australians urge Albanese government to adopt activist middle power role to head off war between US and China

Anthony Albanese shakes hands with Xi Jinping
Anthony Albanese meets Chinese president Xi Jinping in Beijing in November. The Australian prime minister has been asked to step up diplomatic efforts to avert war between China and the US. Photograph: Lukas Coch/EPA

Australia must step up diplomatic efforts to “avert the horror of great power conflict” and reduce the risk of being dragged into a war between the US and China, according to 50 prominent Australians.

The group, who include the former foreign ministers Bob Carr and Gareth Evans, is urging the Albanese government to play an “activist middle power” role to reduce tensions between Australia’s top security ally and its biggest trading partner.

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