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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

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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.

AAP

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.

ABC News

Penny Wong to travel to China this week for 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations

Trip by Australia’s foreign affairs minister comes as tensions ease between two trading partners

The Guardian - AU

McCormack goes 'cross-eyed' drinking kava

Former deputy prime minister Michael McCormack fell ill after drinking kava in Vanuatu and Micronesia while on a Pacific tour with a parliamentary delegation.

AAP

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Nationals MP Michael McCormack describes kava-drinking ordeal that left him 'cross-eyed' in hospital

The former deputy prime minister says he drank five bowls of kava in Vanuatu a day before being rushed to hospital after downing another more potent version of the traditional Pacific drink in Micronesia.

ABC News

‘I went cross-eyed’: Australia’s former deputy PM taken to hospital after drinking entire bowl of kava

Michael McCormack paid a high price for downing, not sipping, the sakau during a Pacific tour, later stating: ‘I was trying to be respectful’

The Guardian - AU

Palau's president wants greater inclusion of Taiwan on world stage despite Chinese pressure

A tiny Pacific nation that has felt the wrath of Beijing for its continuing ties to Taiwan is urging global leaders to also work closely with the democratic island that China claims as its own territory.

ABC News

Pacific investment counters China: expert

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has visited Palau as part of a bipartisan Pacific tour in a bid to deepen Australia's ties with the region's nations.

AAP

Afternoon Update: Australia to impose coal and gas price limits; NSW blocks Byron Bay short-term housing cap; and UK airports ease liquids rule

Labor’s energy bill passes parliament including price caps

The Guardian - AU

Coalition should have heeded calls from Pacific to raise climate targets, Simon Birmingham says

Liberal senator says Australia’s approach to emissions debate had not been ‘ideal’ for Pacific relations

The Guardian - AU

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.

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Australian politicians arrive in Palau, one of the few Pacific nations to diplomatically favour Taiwan over China

The tiny nation of Palau, which continues to defy pressure from Beijing to drop diplomatic ties with Taiwan, has welcomed a bi-partisan delegation from Australia as concerns grow over China's rising presence in the Pacific.

The Guardian - AU

Russian Medibank hackers could be first targets of Australian sanctions against cyber-attackers

Dfat confirms it has provided advice to minister Penny Wong about using cyber-related powers introduced last year

WEKU

Australia vies with China for Pacific influence, signs new security deal

Australia has signed a new security deal with island nation Vanuatu as part of an ongoing competition with China for influence in the Pacific.

The Independent UK

Australia vies for Pacific influence with new security deal

Australia has signed a new security deal with Oceania island country Vanuatu as part of an ongoing competition with China for influence in the Pacific

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The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Details emerge of shocking Queensland police ambush; Violet Coco granted bail; and Ardern’s hot mic

Tributes flow from state and federal leaders after two police officers and a civilian die in shooting

The Guardian - AU

Penny Wong says Vanuatu security deal will be made public unlike China-Solomons agreement

Foreign minister ‘deeply proud’ to announce bilateral pact after ‘40 years of cooperation between our security forces’

The Guardian - AU

Fiji election 2022: what’s happening, why does it matter and will the vote be peaceful?

Fiji goes to the polls in the midst of a strict media blackout that bars any promotion of political candidates or parties

ABC News

Closer security ties flagged with Vanuatu as Australia wrestles with China's Pacific rise

Australia has cemented closer security ties with Vanuatu as the strategically located Pacific nation assures a visiting bi-partisan delegation led by Foreign Minister Penny Wong that it isn't discussing a similar deal with China.

AAP

Wong urges elevation of Pacific voices

A bipartisan group of MPs has landed in Vanuatu as part of a visit to Pacific island nations to discuss climate policy and regional security.

ABC News

Iran accuses Australia of promoting violence and hatred for sanctions over human rights violations, supplying Russia drones for Ukraine war

Iran lashes out at Australia after Penny Wong imposed sanctions for "egregious human rights violations and abuses" over the crackdown against anti-government protesters and the supply of drones to Russia for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

The Guardian - AU

Coalition must listen ‘carefully to Pacific island nations’, Simon Birmingham says before bipartisan tour

Statement comes despite torrid debates during election campaign over policies towards China and its security deal with Solomon Islands

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