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View from The Hill: Rudd is highly qualified for Washington, but might find the diplomatic corset constricting

In appointing Kevin Rudd as ambassador to the United States, Anthony Albanese is sending someone with all the qualifications, and more, for what is a highly demanding diplomatic job in extremely uncertain times.

The Conversation

‘Starting to warm up’: Chinese state media welcomes Wong visit after Coalition’s ‘stupid’ policies

Foreign minister says in Beijing she will press for detained Australians Cheng Lei and Yang Hengjun ‘to be reunited with their families’

The Guardian - AU

Australia-wide firearms register on national cabinet agenda more than 30 years after first being suggested

Renewed push comes after last week’s fatal shooting of two Queensland police officers and a neighbour in Wieambilla

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Former Australian leader Kevin Rudd appointed US ambassador

Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been chosen as the nation’s next ambassador to the United States

The Independent UK

Australia FM to push for release of citizens during China visit

Australian journalist Cheng Lei was detained in August 2020 and Chinese-born Australian writer Yang Jun in January 2019.

Al Jazeera

Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd appointed ambassador to U.S

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been appointed Australia's next ambassador to the United States at a time when both countries are deepening security cooperation in response to a rising China.

Reuters

PM considers national gun registry reform

The prime minister will ask for a national cabinet briefing alongside state and territory leaders about ways to improve consistency in gun registrations.

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Former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd appointed ambassador to the US

Anthony Albanese told reporters the appointment would be seen within the US as a significant one

The Guardian - AU

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd posted to Washington as Australia's new US ambassador

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd will be sent to Washington DC as Australia's new ambassador to the US.

ABC News

China talks a 'positive' step forward

Foreign Minister Penny Wong is set to visit Beijing for talks with her Chinese counterpart this week, the first bilateral meetings in four years.

AAP

Australia's foreign minister to meet counterpart in China

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong says she will meet with her counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing this week as Australia and China mark 50 years of diplomatic relations

The Independent UK

Wong to visit Beijing as 'strategic dialogue' restarts in new breakthrough in Australia-China relations

Australia’s relations with China will take another major step forward this week with Foreign Minister Penny Wong travelling to Beijing for the resumption of the bilateral Foreign and Strategic Dialogue, which has been on hold since 2018.

The Conversation

Australia foreign minister to visit China as diplomatic ties improve

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong will visit China this week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday, signalling an improvement in diplomatic relations between Beijing and Canberra.

Reuters

Wong to visit China for diplomatic talks

Australia's foreign minister has been invited to visit China this week to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

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Foreign Minister Penny Wong to make first ministerial visit to Beijing since China froze diplomatic relations with Australia

Penny Wong will on Wednesday become the first Australian minister to visit Beijing in China since 2019.

The New Daily

Matthew Franklin: Anthony Albanese has the last laugh in a busy 2022

Anthony Albanese demonstrated patience, discipline and cool-headed strategic thinking, delivering Labor victory in the May election.

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison swept away by political tide as Anthony Albanese fights to fireproof 2023

Labor has enjoyed a honeymoon period with voters after their brutal rejection of Morrison’s government

The Guardian - AU

Broken promises can be toxic for governments, so axing the stage-three tax cuts could be right but risky

It’s going to be a tough call – one of many that await the Labor government in 2023

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The Guardian - AU

Is Labor’s energy price relief plan really a ‘Soviet-style policy’ or an ‘Armageddon’ moment?

With the bill now passed into law, here’s what’s at stake, what is next, and the political backstory of the Australia’s energy price boom

The Guardian - AU

‘Laughable’: Albanese government dismisses gas industry claims of ‘Soviet-style’ energy policy

Energy minister, Chris Bowen, says government’s job is protecting Australians, not maximising LNG companies’ profits

The Conversation

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Albanese flags new progress in China relationship 'in coming weeks'

In this, our last podcast for 2022, we talk with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton. We spoke to each of them on the day the parliament was back to pass the energy package.

The Guardian - AU

NSW Liberals members suspended for ‘elaborate’ branch-stacking scheme – as it happened

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Albanese government’s energy bill passes Senate as Dutton warns price caps will be ‘catastrophic’ for economy

Prime minister says opposition’s stance was a vote for high power prices after package capping gas prices and funding consumer rebates is legislated

AAP

China relationship vital for Pacific: PM

Re-establishing dialogue with China is important for peace and stability, the prime minister has said after an Australian delegation wrapped its Pacific tour.

The New Daily

Alan Kohler: Three broken promises define 2022

Thanks to our unaffordable housing, Philip Lowe might not end up with a recession on his conscious, only the legacy of broken promises.

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