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Australia news live: Albanese to set out south-east Asia strategy; Liberals pick Scott Morrison’s successor



Albanese will announce a $2bn scheme at Asean summit in Melbourne today. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our rolling news blog. I’m Martin Farrer, bringing you the overnight headlines before Emily Wind takes the helm.The Liberal party last night chose management consultant Simon Kennedy to contest the Cook byelection created by the resignation of Scott Morrison. Kennedy beat off competition from the mayor of Sutherland shire, Carmelo Pesce, and war widow and veteran family advocate commissioner, Gwen Cherne. But installing Kennedy, who failed to win Bennelong in 2022, means the party won’t boost its small number of women MPs. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2024-03-04 21:31:54

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