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A record-high number of people are seeking help via the National Debt Helpline, as financial counsellors say anyone can seek support.

This week's back-and-forth over AUKUS adds to the hubbub in June about whether it was a major setback that Australia's future Virginia Class submarines will be used US boats rather than some fresh off the construction dock.

It's not just that some of the strongmen don't seem so strong anymore. It's that there is a new conflation of factors proving to be just as important, if not more so, in driving world events in increasingly disturbing directions.