Wouldn’t it be ironic if Donald Trump made us see sense.

In a foreign-policy way.

It has been said before – but it seems we need to say it again – Australia is in desperate need of a Foreign Policy Rethink. But perhaps now, with our closest ally in the grip of a chaotic and corrupt regime, we will be forced to step up to the plate and actually do it. So maybe Trump can be put to good use after all?

It not just cutting the cord with traditional allies, the UK and the US, that warrants attention, it is getting real about the region we live in. The last Census (2021) told us that an increasing number of our citizens come from Asia (17 per cent) and a rapidly declining proportion from Anglo-Celtic nations (51 per cent). So it is not just where we live but who we are.

For years, P&I has........

© Pearls and Irritations