The prime minister is on the last leg of his summit tour of south-east Asia; flooding still causing chaos in New South Wales’s central region
Katharine Murphy on Albanese’s diplomatic dance through Asia: hope at war with dangerDaniel Andrews on placing women at the forefront of the ‘ugliest’ campaign he’s fought as leaderGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast
Morning everyone. Thanks for joining us for live coverage of Australian news this Saturday. Here are a few of the stories likely to make headlines today.
Anthony Albanese will be among the top stories as he has been all week, with the prime minister close to the finishing line in his summit marathon. He is still in Bangkok for the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit where trade will be top of his agenda. A major target is getting China to remove sanctions on trade worth $20bn and there is hope that his meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping earlier in the week at the G20 could help in that goal. He has also been spruiking Australia’s “return to the world stage”. Our political editor Katharine Murphy will be on hand to bring us live updates on his progress.
Continue reading…The prime minister is on the last leg of his summit tour of south-east Asia; flooding still causing chaos in New South Wales’s central regionKatharine Murphy on Albanese’s diplomatic dance through Asia: hope at war with dangerDaniel Andrews on placing women at the forefront of the ‘ugliest’ campaign he’s fought as leaderGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMorning everyone. Thanks for joining us for live coverage of Australian news this Saturday. Here are a few of the stories likely to make headlines today.Anthony Albanese will be among the top stories as he has been all week, with the prime minister close to the finishing line in his summit marathon. He is still in Bangkok for the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit where trade will be top of his agenda. A major target is getting China to remove sanctions on trade worth $20bn and there is hope that his meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping earlier in the week at the G20 could help in that goal. He has also been spruiking Australia’s “return to the world stage”. Our political editor Katharine Murphy will be on hand to bring us live updates on his progress. Continue reading…