It is my curse to have to cover this debate:

On the need to diversify Australia’s international economic engagement, Rudd said: “We have become too China-dependent. We need to diversify further to Japan, India, Indonesia, Europe and Africa – the next continent with a rising middle class with more than a billion consumers. We must equally diversify our economy itself.”

Rudd argued strongly for Australia to continue to consolidate its alliance with the United States.

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