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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews’ signing of a BRI agreement with China angered the Morrison government. Mr Andrews is pictured in Beijing in 2015.

The call never came: Victoria’s China deal was done through Premier Daniel Andrews’ office

Had Daniel Andrews consulted more widely as he pursued a Belt and Road agreement with the Chinese government, he might have been told the politics on China was rapidly changing.

  • Anthony Galloway

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Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said Australia won't compromise its values in its relationship with China.

Australia could partner with China on Belt and Road Initiative projects

The Trade Minister has left the door open to Australia partnering with China on infrastructure projects in other countries under an agreement signed in 2017.

  • Anthony Galloway
Turf dispute on China: Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews.

Andrews cops a belting but keeps his eyes on the road

There is a disconnect between how Melbourne and Canberra understand the signature foreign and economic policy of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

  • Chip Le Grand
Hamish Macdonald: “Australians are pretty alert to the talking-point culture of our politics, and as a very base point my job is to get beyond that."

There's something about Hamish: TV's It boy reveals how being bullied shaped his career

A familiar face on The Project and recognisable voice on ABC radio, the normally guarded Hamish Macdonald is about to begin one of the toughest gigs on television.

  • Jacqueline Maley and Michael Lallo
LNP candidate for Moncrieff Angie Bell with LNP vice president Cynthia Harding, president David Hutchinson and outgoing MP Steven Ciobo.

LNP picks Angie Bell to replace Steven Ciobo on the Gold Coast

Ms Bell was preselected at a meeting on Saturday as the candidate to fill the seat held by Mr Ciobo since 2001.

  • Robyn Wuth
Assistant Home Affairs Minister will become the Defence Industry Minister.

Linda Reynolds to enter cabinet following retirements of Christopher Pyne and Steve Ciobo

Linda Reynolds will be catapulted into cabinet after Christopher Pyne and Steve Ciobo decided to quit at the next election.

  • Bevan Shields
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Defence Minister Christopher Pyne.

Pyne's exit points to Liberal Party's grim election hopes

Christopher Pyne’s resignation removes one of the foundations of the whole Coalition edifice.

  • David Wroe
Minister for Defence Industry and Leader of the House Christopher Pyne addresses the media on citizenship issues during a press conferene at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 9 May 2018. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Morrison government bracing for fresh cabinet retirements ahead of election

Focus is shifting to the future of Defence Minister Christopher Pyne and Defence Industry Minister Steve Ciobo.

  • Bevan Shields
Illustration: John Shakespeare

An Aussie crowd on the slopes as Davos talkfest nears

No less than three Morrison government ministers head off to Switzerland as the election season kicks off, leaving a fourth Liberal, Julie Bishop, behind.

  • Kylar Loussikian & Samantha Hutchinson
Cormann concedes Coalition was 'in a more competitive position' when Turnbull knifed

Cormann concedes Coalition was 'in a more competitive position' when Turnbull knifed

The senior minister said he had never seen internal polling showing the government ahead 52-48 in marginal seats.

  • Michael Koziol & Nicole Hasham

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