Is Australia more than a middle power?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has just returned home from a whirlwind international trip, immediately turning his attention to domestic matters like Labor's first home-buyer deposit scheme.

But from the corridors of the UN to a mosque tour in the UAE - how did the prime minister perform on the global stage? And is Australia now more than just a "bit player" on matters in the Middle East?

Meanwhile,  it was Anthony Albanese's speech at the UK Labour Conference that saw eyebrows raised in the Opposition, with Sussan Ley suggesting the PM had "crossed a line". But was it fair game for a second term prime minister?

Brett Worthington and Melissa Clarke are joined by Matthew Knott, Foreign Affairs and National Security correspondent at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age on The Party Room.

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