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Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne and Labor's foreign affairs spokeswoman Penny Wong have gone head to head at the National Press Club.

Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Labor's Foreign Affairs Shadow Minister Penny Wong clash in a debate at the National Press Club.

Good morning, early birds. The Liberal Party has preferenced WA One Nation Senate candidate and former Liberal MP Paul Filing who compared Premier Mark McGowan’s vaccine mandates to Nazi Germany, and Labor plans to crack down on modern slavery. It’s the news you need to know, with Emma Elsworthy.

With the cost of living surging and interest rates rising for the first time in more than a decade, a cap on mortgage repayments would come as welcome relief for millions of borrowers. But can it be done and who would end up paying for it?

Has the mining billionaire changed his mind about preferencing the major parties last?

In election debate, Labor’s Brendan O’Connor says defence minister’s line of attack on China is for his own political purposes

Defence Minister Peter Dutton faces off against his counterpart Brendan O'Connor, with the pair agreeing China has changed and Australia must be prepared for war.

China's growing global influence is "quite phenomenal" according to Defence Minister Peter Dutton, who faced off with his Labor counterpart at a debate.

When former Liberal Party treasurer and shrewd political fundraiser Michael Yabsley says big money in politics shreds integrity, it’s a jarring warning from the poacher turned gamekeeper.

Josh Frydenberg and Jim Chalmers have failed to deliver any blows during the treasurers' debate at the National Press Club.

Interest rates, cost-of-living pressures and how each party would start to repay our historic debt dominate the treasury debate. Look back at all the day's politics.