Joe Biden attended the first two but skipped Bangkok so he could attend his granddaughter’s wedding. He sent Vice-President Kamala Harris to APEC instead. Similarly, Biden pulled out at the last minute from attending the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue in Sydney in May to stay home and sort out the deadlock in Congress over the debt ceiling. Domestic issues are important, and Biden made a choice. In deciding not to skip APEC, so did Albanese and, in doing so, the longstanding bipartisan support for prime ministerial travel was shattered. For months, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has been dropping the odd bon...