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China, Australia vie for Pacific influence with duelling visits

China and Australia launched competing Pacific visits on Thursday, with China's foreign minister expressing hope that ties with the Solomon Islands can be a regional model, while his counterpart said Canberra will be a partner that doesn't come with strings attached.

Reuters

Peter Dutton seeks to recast his image as Tanya Plibersek apologises for likening him to Voldemort

The former defence minister says Tanya Plibersek apologised for likening him to the Harry Potter villain and that while he is "not the prettiest bloke on the block" he believes he will be effective as opposition leader, as he seeks to recast his image ahead of a formal party room…

ABC News

Morning mail: US reeling after mass shooting, France’s ‘huge hopes’, Miiesha finds her voice

Thursday: ‘You are all doing nothing,’ Texas governor told after worst attack on a school since Sandy Hook. Plus: what’s the deal with vitamin D?

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Aboriginal Tent Embassy calls on Albanese for consultation on Uluru Statement from the Heart

The Aboriginal Tent Embassy said it does not accept the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

The Canberra Times

Biden pretends to storm out of meeting when Australian PM mentions NRA

Biden says Australia’s prime minister was a ‘brave man’ for going on a ‘full spectrum’ tour of Planned Parenthood and NRA

The Independent UK

'Australia's new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is like Mark Drakeford' | Louise Magee

Former General Secretary of Welsh Labour Louise Magee writes here about her experience in Australia working on Labor's successful campaign

Wales Online

Apocalypse now / Albo room: Inside the 27 May Guardian Weekly

The global food crisis. Plus: Albanese’s Australia.

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How will the Labor government shape foreign policy on China?

After years of disputes, we explore whether the change in government will thaw the deep freeze between Australia and China, and how Labor's approach could impact relationships across the Asia-Pacific region.

ABC News

Australia's government urges China to remove trade barriers

Australia’s new government has urged China to lift trade sanctions if it wants to reset a bilateral relationship that plumbed new depths under the previous administration

The Independent UK

Federal Treasurer reasserts Labor will stick to plans to formally back minimum wage rise

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has clarified that the new Labor government will formally advocate for workers on the minimum wage to get a pay rise.

ABC News

The Herald's Opinion: Labor must resolve container terminal storm

THE HERALD'S OPINION: The foreign ownership issue needs resolving sooner rather than later.

Newcastle Herald

Independent candidate dismisses eligibility concerns – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: power bill update delayed, war crimes, Albanese meets Biden

Wednesday: Australians left in dark about electricity price rises until after election. Plus: Australian-Korean hip-hop crew 1300 shocked by their success

The Guardian - AU

Federal election: Vote count continues as Albanese returns to Australia to finalise frontbench — as it happened

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese looks to finalise his frontbench as Labor inches closer to forming a majority government.

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The New Daily

Lifting the minimum wage is anything but reckless – it’s what low earners need

'Reckless and dangerous': Anthony Albanese is preparing to ask the Fair Work Commission to grant a wage rise big enough to cover inflation.

The New Daily

Michael Pascoe: Opportunity knocks for Australia in China

I suspect Anthony Albanese will be a better PM than he was Opposition Leader – his talents more suited to making things work than tearing things down.

The New Daily

Jacqui Munro: Out with the old, in with the new political script

A party can’t govern forever, though Menzies set a high bar at 16 consecutive years as PM. The Coalition’s nine years is a healthy term.

Los Angeles Times

Travel once energized Biden, but Asia trip offers little relief from political woes

TOKYO — On his fifth and final day in Asia, President Joe Biden voiced amazement that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joined other leaders in Japan just a day after he was sworn in.

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The Canberra Times

Greens press for 'urgent tangible action' for First Nations people beyond a referendum

The Greens are set to have their largest ever presence on the Senate and the party will use its newfound power to push for tangible action.

The Conversation

New Zealand has just joined an overtly anti-China alliance – are the economic risks worth it?

The uncertainty over whether Jacinda Ardern might land a White House meeting and photo opportunity with US President Joe Biden was perhaps fitting, given the lack of clarity about one of their main topics of discussion.

AAP

Labor government hits ground running

The prime minister will focus on his domestic agenda once he returns home from Tokyo but his ministry has already started work to fulfil key election promises.

The Guardian - AU

Labor ran a hyper-local campaign in Western Australia with a separate strategy group and different ads

The plan, hatched after the 2019 election rout, worked and now WA MPs want a larger presence in Anthony Albanese’s cabinet

The Hindu

PM Modi, President Biden launch technology, development finance initiatives at bilateral in Tokyo

Committed to making India-U.S. partnership ‘among closest on Earth’, the U.S. President says.

The Independent UK

Australian prime minister attacks China at Quad and backs Biden’s stand on Taiwan

‘It’s China that has applied sanctions on Australia. There is no justification for doing that’

The New Daily

Tokyo shift: Albanese signals new foreign policy focus

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has named climate change a major regional security issue as he signals a strategic policy shift at the Quad leaders meeting.

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