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Coalition wants focus on the economy but prime minister remains mired in fallout over Solomon Islands

Cost of living pressures will emerge as an election issue, as economic figures are released and a one-off $250 payment will be made to six million Australians.

The wife of an Australian man suspected of being tortured in an Iraqi jail dismisses assurances from the Foreign Minister that her husband has not been forgotten by the federal government.

The government’s lack of attention to the Solomon Islands and the Pacific region in general has made Australia less safe, Anthony Albanese says.

Good morning, early birds. Premier Dominic Perrottet’s comments about transgender children are putting the NSW Coalition minority government at risk, and Prime Minister Scott Morrison has “deeply apologised” for saying he was “blessed” to have children without disability. It’s the news you need to know, with Emma Elsworthy.

Did the opposition call Scott Morrison a ‘racist’ for shutting the border to China at the start of pandemic? Let’s look at the record

A busy day for the prime minister as he tried to clean up a number of messes he himself created. But the Solomons disaster won’t go away.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the government has been aware of a potential Chinese security pact arising in the Indo-Pacific.

Defence Minister Peter Dutton says China does “not play by the same rules” and couldn’t be held to their pledges about militarisation.

Good morning, early birds. Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor Leader Anthony Albanese faced off in a pay-to-watch debate last night, and experts are warning that China could have a military base in the Solomon Islands within four weeks. It’s the news you need to know, with Emma Elsworthy.

The Prime Minister rejects accusations that the Coalition has bungled a key security relationship, after Solomon Islands shrugged off warnings from Australia and signed a new pact with China.