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Tess Ikonomou

Australia urged to press Chinese premier on security

Anthony Albanese will meet with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia must use a meeting with China's second in command to raise disputes over the South China Sea during the ASEAN summit in Laos, a security expert says.

The prime minister arrived in the capital Vientiane late on Wednesday night, ahead of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and East Asia Summits.

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