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'Effectively complicit': Seselja pressured to denounce Pocock-Greens attack

Pressure is mounting on the ACT Liberal senator to denounce a right-wing activist group's "lie" that his senate contender is linked to the Greens.

The Canberra Times

Zed Seselja blames ACT government for policing shortages

ACT Liberal senator Zed Seselja says the AFP's budget and workforce has increased over the past few years.

The Canberra Times

China is exerting ‘enormous pressure’ on Pacific island nations, Scott Morrison says

Morrison dodges questions on whether Australia knew of Solomon Islands-China pact amid ministers’ conflicting accounts

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Morrison in clean-up mode, while Payne assumes an (even lower) profile

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.

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Jacinda Ardern questions motive for China-Solomons security pact

New Zealand PM flags Beijing’s ‘growing assertiveness’ in region, while ‘Pacific stuff-up’ haunts Australia’s governing Coalition going into election

The Guardian - AU

Dutton wary of China plans for Solomons

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

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PM clarifies China security threat insight

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

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Splurging, blunders and controversy - it must be election season

Australia's two prime ministerial candidates will go head-to-head in a televised debate tonight.

Newcastle Herald

Scott Morrison fends off claim Solomon Islands-China pact is worst foreign policy failure since 1945

Prime minister defends Canberra’s ‘calibrated’ approach to Honiara and tries to turn criticism back on Labor

The Guardian - AU

US officials heading to Solomons over China pact worries

The U.S. is sending two top officials to the Solomon Islands following a visit by an Australian senator over concerns that China could establish a military presence in the South Pacific island nation

The Independent UK

Fixes for four of Canberra's worst road black spots

The changes include banning right turns on Isabella Drive and Benham Street in Chisholm, except for emergency vehicles.

The Canberra Times

Higher home buyer scheme price caps welcomed as supply concerns linger

The federal government on Monday announced higher price gaps for its low-deposit home buyer schemes.

The Canberra Times

AEC warns Australian political parties over ‘misleading’ postal vote applications

Forms sent back via political parties can be used to harvest personal information about voters

The Guardian - AU

Seselja hits back at Barr over infrastructure wish list

Zed Seselja has defended his record and taken a swipe at his old Legislative Assembly rival, Chief Minister Andrew Barr.

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Solomons to defend Sino-security pact

The Solomon Islands will seek to explain its China security pact to other nations but says it will not do anything to jeopardise stability in the region.

The Guardian - AU

US military leader warns Chinese security deal with Solomon Islands sounds ‘too good to be true’

General David Berger raises concerns about Chinese influence while Australia’s Pacific minister asks Solomon Islands ‘to consider not signing agreement’

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Australia's Pacific Minister Zed Seselja urges Solomon Islands Prime Minister not to sign China security deal

Australia's Minister for the Pacific uses a visit to Solomon Islands in the middle of the federal election campaign to "respectfully" urge the country's Prime Minister not to sign a controversial security deal with China.

The Independent UK

Australian minister tries to end Solomons-China pact

Australia’s Minister for International Development and the Pacific Zed Seselja has flown to the Solomon Islands in a bid to prevent a China military presence in the South Pacific island nation

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Australia asks Solomon Islands to not sign China security pact

Sydney (AFP) - Australia on Wednesday asked Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to not sign a controversial security pact with China.

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Solomons security pact unease continues

Pacific Minister Zed Seselja is in Solomon Islands to meet with the prime minister as Australia continues to raise concerns over a security pact with China.

Al Jazeera

Australia official in Solomon Islands amid China worries

Visit comes amid concern a proposed security pact with Beijing will undermine regional security.

Reuters

Australia minister arrives in Solomon Islands to discuss China security pact

An Australian government minister arrived in the Solomon Islands on Wednesday for talks on a proposed security agreement between the Pacific islands nation and China that Australia opposes.

AFP

Australia dispatches minister to Solomon Islands over China pact

Sydney (AFP) - Australia's Minister for the Pacific was dispatched to the Solomon Islands on Tuesday over a controversial security pact Western allies fear will enable a Chinese military foothold in the South Pacific.

ABC News

Minister Zed Seselja to make mid-election dash to Honiara as fears grow over Solomon Islands-China military pact

Fears China will exploit Australia's election to secure its controversial military deal with Solomon Islands are prompting a mid-campaign dash to Honiara by a federal Minister.

ABC News

Canberra's AIS Arena to reopen in 2023 after Commonwealth commits to funding upgrade

ACT Liberal senator Zed Seselja announces $11.4 million to upgrade the venue, ending years of argument over whether the Commonwealth or the territory is responsible for its repairs.

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