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Cabinet committee blocked plan to double Australia’s support to Pacific, election-eve leak reveals

‘Extraordinary’ revelation about national security decision shows the government is ‘falling apart’, Labor says

The Guardian - AU

Labor's proposed Pacific labour scheme reforms might be good soft diplomacy but will it address worker exploitation?

National security has been a feature of this election campaign, but there’s been little substantive difference on key issues of foreign policy. Last week’s foreign policy debate between Foreign Minister Senator Marise Payne and Shadow Minister Penny Wong barely touched on differences in policy.

The Conversation

China seeks to reset relationship with Australia after election

Chinese diplomatic source says post-election period is ‘good opportunity’ to ease tensions with either re-elected Coalition or new Labor government

The Guardian - AU

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Former Kiribati president slams Australia’s ‘politicisation’ of climate action and power of fossil fuel lobby

Five days before Australian election, Anote Tong urges leaders to understand climate crisis means ‘survival is on the line’ for Pacific islands

The Guardian - AU

Liberals, Labor vow firm footing on China

Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne and Labor's foreign affairs spokeswoman Penny Wong have gone head to head at the National Press Club.

AAP

Federal election: Penny Wong, Marise Payne clash over relationship with Solomon Islands, China — as it happened

Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Labor's Foreign Affairs Shadow Minister Penny Wong clash in a debate at the National Press Club.

ABC News

Australian officials raise 'serious concerns' with China about Solomon Islands deal

Rare talks take place between Australian and Chinese diplomats over Solomon Islands and their security pact with China.

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Marise Payne holds first meeting with Solomon Islands counterpart since China security pact

Anthony Albanese says meeting ‘about time’ as Scott Morrison says Australia reassured Solomons would not host military base

The Guardian - AU

Australia, Solomon Island's Foreign Minister meet for first time since pact signed

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said she met her Solomon Islands counterpart Jeremiah Manele for the first time since his government signed a controversial security pact with China, and agreed Australia remained security partner of choice.

Reuters

Australian, Solomon Islands ministers discuss China pact

Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne has met her Solomon Islands counterpart Jeremiah Manele for the first time since the South Pacific island nation signed a security pact with China

The Independent UK

China tensions dominate Australia-Solomons diplomats’ meeting

Australia used its first face-to-face diplomatic talks with the Solomon Islands since the Pacific nation inked a controversial security agreement with China to outline its “deep concerns” over the new pact.

Bangkok Post

Marise Payne meets with Solomon Islands for first time since Pacific nation signed security pact with China

Foreign Minister Marise Payne has met with her Solomon Islands counterpart for the first time since the Pacific nation signed a controversial pact with China, saying she "reiterated our deep concerns about the security agreement".

ABC News

Daughter of Robert Pether, jailed and feared tortured in Iraq, asks Scott Morrison to intervene in his case

Nala, 9, takes to social media to call on the Australian government to give more help to her father, who has been locked up in a Baghdad prison for more than a year.

ABC News

Downer slams Payne call on UK commissioner

Alexander Downer has criticised Marise Payne for letting the UK high commissioner's posting fall vacant during the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

AAP

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Women fed up with flagrant sexism could swing Australia’s election

Women in Australia have endured more than a year of shocking allegations of misconduct from inside their nation’s parliament revealing a culture that has normalized sexual violence and humiliation.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s foreign minister denounces China’s ‘secret’ security deal with Solomon Islands

Marise Payne says other members of the ‘Pacific family’ share concerns but she rejects claims her government ‘dropped the ball’ in the region

AAP

Labor unveil budget plan, PM touts regions

As Labor outlined its economic strategy, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has made a direct pitch to regional voters as climate divisions loom.

The Guardian - AU

Morrison silent on ‘red line’ for China as Labor continues attack over handling of the Pacific

Coalition wants focus on the economy but prime minister remains mired in fallout over Solomon Islands

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Wife of Australian man jailed and believed tortured in Iraq criticises federal government's response

The wife of an Australian man suspected of being tortured in an Iraqi jail dismisses assurances from the Foreign Minister that her husband has not been forgotten by the federal government.

The Guardian - AU

Factcheck: the Coalition says Labor always ‘takes China’s side’, but are the parties’ positions so different?

Did the opposition call Scott Morrison a ‘racist’ for shutting the border to China at the start of pandemic? Let’s look at the record

AAP

PM clarifies China security threat insight

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the government has been aware of a potential Chinese security pact arising in the Indo-Pacific.

ABC News

Scott Morrison pushes back on claims the government bungled security relationship with Solomon Islands

The Prime Minister rejects accusations that the Coalition has bungled a key security relationship, after Solomon Islands shrugged off warnings from Australia and signed a new pact with China.

AAP

PM defends role in Pacific amid China deal

Labor has attacked the Morrison government for not acting sooner to prevent a security deal from being signed between China and the Solomon Islands.

The Guardian - AU

Trent Zimmerman joins Liberals calling for Scott Morrison to dump Katherine Deves over trans comments

The Liberal MP for North Sydney’s request came before NSW treasurer Matt Kean publicly called for the Warringah candidate to be disendorsed

ABC News

Australians being held in Syria are in conditions that 'meet the standard of torture', UN says

A letter from the UN Human Rights Council says 46 Australian citizens, including 30 children, are believed to be held in sordid conditions in Syrian detention camps.

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