Honiara trip for China’s top envoy to sign pact
The Morrison government is bracing for a high-level Chinese delegation to arrive in the Solomon Islands imminently to sign a security pact.
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Sprung: the fake home of an LNP election hopeful
A candidate in Queensland’s most marginal seat has provided false evidence to the electoral commission claiming he is living at an address that is abandoned and unfurnished.
Activists hid live export footage payments
Animals Australia has admitted covering up payments of more than $148,000 to a whistleblower whose footage of distressed and dead sheep shut down Australia’s summer live export trade.
‘China is, on balance, a force for good’: Marles praised Xi
Labor’s deputy leader praised China’s record on human rights, credited Xi Jinping with being an ‘inspirational President’ and said Australia should stay out of disputes in the South China Sea.
Taxpayers funded Marles’ trip to Beijing
Taxpayers paid for the ALP deputy leader to conduct meetings in Beijing organised by Beijing and to give a pro-China speech he cleared with the Chinese embassy.
Marles gave China first look at speech
ALP deputy shared with the Chinese embassy in Canberra the contents of a speech before delivering it in Beijing.
ALP deputy dismissed fears about Pacific bases
Richard Marles, Labor’s proclaimed Pacific guru, only months ago argued that island nations should be free to hook up in any way they liked with Beijing.
Kooyong candidate sorry for Nazi post
The independent candidate for Kooyong Monique Ryan apologises for a social media post she published that trivialised Nazism.
Border drama a highlight in cautious confrontation
The standout moment was Scott Morrison holding Anthony Albanese to account when he tried to rewrite his own history on border protection policy.
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