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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

Australian leader won't say who might attend Tokyo summit

Australia’s leader won't say who might represent the nation at a summit with U.S., Indian and Japanese leaders just three days after elections on Saturday

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How Australia's election battle will affect NZ

Prime ministerial candidates borrow from NZ policy – but major trans-Tasman change is unlikely.

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Federal election briefing: Morrison snubs NITV while Albanese walks away from costings queries – and Penny Wong a secret weapon?

Tuesday: The best of Guardian Australia’s 2022 federal election coverage

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: Penny Wong deployed in Liberal seats, US refocus on gun access, sewing storytellers

Tuesday: Labor polling points to opportunity in four electorates. Plus: how visible menders add charm through colourful patches

The Guardian - AU

Labor polling suggests Brisbane, Ryan, Bennelong and Higgins are winnable due to PM’s poor standing

Penny Wong deployed to campaign in Liberal-held seats where angry voters don’t have teal candidates to back

The Guardian - AU

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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

Sky News host Paul Murray in expletive-laden anti-Labor tirade to audience before Peter Dutton interview

Murray urged crowd to vote for Coalition while mocking Penny Wong, trans people and described a regular guest as ‘blow-up clown doll’

The Guardian - AU

‘I am who I am’: Anthony Albanese rushes towards his date with destiny

Can the Labor leader persuade Australians that his passion and emotional investment are the qualities they need in a PM?

The Guardian - AU

Debate sparks over China's interest in Australian election

An Australian debate heated up Thursday when the defense minister said there was evidence the Chinese Communist Party wanted Australia’s government to change at the May 21 election because a center-left Labor Party administration would attempt to appease Beijing

The Independent UK

Australia 'always there' for Solomons: PM

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the nation hasn't failed in the Pacific region as Solomons Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare takes aim at Australia.

AAP

Morrison says Australia still Solomon Islands' first option despite 'secret' security deal with China

Scott Morrison says the government will take a "calm and composed" approach to Solomon Islands if re-elected, after its Prime Minister launched a tirade in parliament about Australia's response to its new security pact with China.

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Penny Wong says annual aid to Solomon Islands is 28 per cent lower on average under the Coalition than it was under Labor. Is she correct?

Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong says the Coalition has spent 28 per cent less on development assistance to the Solomon Islands than Labor did when last in government. Is that correct?

The Guardian - AU

Government’s legacy ‘a toxic miasma of division’, Ryan says – as it happened

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Pauline Hanson’s Wish.com Political Cartoon Has Been Pulled Bc It Depicted Electoral Fraud

The Australian Electoral Commission has asked social media orgs to remove Pauline Hanson's political cartoon for suggesting electoral fraud.

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese pledges to lower cost of PBS medicines and boost EVs at Labor campaign launch

Opposition leader also vows to make gender equity an objective of the Fair Work Act if ALP wins federal election on 21 May

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AEC warns Pauline Hanson’s One Nation over false voter fraud claims in cartoon attacking Labor

An animated cartoon posted by One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is removed from multiple social media platforms after it was flagged for spreading false claims about election fraud in Australia.

The Conversation

A brief history of the US-Australia alliance - and how it might change after the May election

This is part of a foreign policy election series looking at how Australia’s relations with the world have changed since the Morrison government came into power in 2019. You can read the other pieces here and here.

The Independent UK

Australian opposition party vows to train Pacific armies

Australia’s opposition party has promised to establish a Pacific defense school to train neighboring armies in response to China’s potential military presence on the Solomon Islands

ABC News

Labor promises to counter Chinese influence in the Pacific with $525 million step up in foreign aid

Labor will boost foreign aid to the Pacific by more than half a billion dollars, establishing climate and defence training programs and overhauling visa programs, as part of an effort to counter China's influence in the region.

AAP

Labor pledges to restore Pacific relations

Labor has unveiled a plan to restore Australia's standing in the Pacific, but the prime minister claims it is a copy of what his government is already doing.

ABC News

Labor to announce Pacific plan to boost diplomatic relations in region

Following the controversy surrounding the signing of a security pact between Solomon Islands and China, Labor is set to announce a package of reforms to boost Australia's relationship with the Pacific.

The Conversation

View from The Hill: 'The bug' gives Albanese opportunity to sell the team but less time to sell himself

“Well, the boss has got the bug, so you’ve got me.” Labor campaign spokesman Jason Clare fronted the media the morning after Anthony Albanese tested positive for COVID, and the contrast didn’t go unnoticed.

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