Ep. 92: Carney in Australia, Iran conflict, NZ PM’s polling numbers

About this episode

The episode discusses Mark Carney's visit to Australia, the ongoing Iran conflict, and the challenges faced by New Zealand's Prime Minister regarding polling numbers.

Canadian PM Mark Carney visited Australia as part of his Indo-Pacific middle powers tour. Iran conflict enters its second week, what is the end game or is there even one? NZ PM is having a tough week trying to clarify NZ’s position on the US-Israel attack on Iran. His poll numbers are not good going into the year end general elections.

People in this episode

Host: Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs

Topics covered

• Indo-Pacific relations
• Iran conflict
• New Zealand politics
• polling numbers
• Canada-Australia relations

Keywords

• Mark Carney
• Iran conflict
• New Zealand PM
• polling numbers
• Indo-Pacific

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Australia, Iran, New Zealand

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