News and politics live updates: China fires sea-based missile in Pacific after Australia and Fiji sign treaty

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Latika M Bourke analyses how the Prime Minister fell hook, line and sinker into reinforcing Australia’s blokes as boorish and crass, when pushed by Osborne about who he would sexually desire.

“Oh, Kylie, clearly,” the Prime Minister responded. The “clearly” was particularly revealing.

If Scott Morrison had made such a comment, would Senator Wong have found it so difficult to find a microphone to issue her condemnation?

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The Australian Space Agency has identified the source of six “space balls” that have washed up on beaches in Queenslands over recen days.

In a statement the agency said the debris was from a foreign rocket body.

“The recovered objects appear to be pressure vessels from a space launch vehicle. The Agency has identified the likely source,” a spokesperson said.

“The objects’ location and characteristics are consistent with debris from a foreign rocket body that recently re-entered the atmosphere from orbit.

“The Agency is continuing to engage with international authorities to formally confirm the launch vehicle and launching state.”

China test-fired a ballistic missile armed with a dummy warhead in the Pacific Ocean earlier today.

The test was confirmed by state media outlet Xinhua, which reported the test of a “strategic missile” in the Pacific.

It said the missile was launched from a submarine and landed in the target zone.

Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles confirmed the government had been told of the plans.

“We were informed by China today of its intention to do this test,” he said.

He added that Canberra was “very concerned about any actions which undermine the stability, the peace and security of the Pacific.”

The newly signed defence alliance between Australia and Fiji follows a less ambitious agreement Albanese struck with Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat last week.

Albanese will visit Solomon Islands on Wednesday to continue negotiations on a new, comprehensive treaty with counterpart Matthew Wale. Both leaders hope to finalise that agreement by the end of the year.

The signing of the alliance kicks off a busy week of diplomacy that includes a visit to Brisbane by key Pacific leaders and a visit to Melbourne by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce has said Pauline Hanson will be comparing notes with Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in London this week.

In an interview with Sky News on Monday, Mr Joyce said it was prudent for One Nation to collaborate with Reform UK, given the surging popularity of both parties.

“Nigel Farage, according to the polling is about to become the Prime Minister of England. Pauline and One Nation are doing incredibly well, and I suppose they should be crossing notes about where do you go forward from here,” Mr Joyce said.

“I think that’s a very sensible thing to do, making sure that they get all the information you can to do the best job they can is a good thing.

“It’s what politicians should do, is make themselves as informed as possible so they can do the best job for their nation.”

Australia’s inflation rate is officially the second highest in the world.

On Monday, global data aggregator Trading Economics revealed that Australia has the second highest core inflation among advanced economies, with only Iceland facing a higher rate.

Australia’s all important trimmed mean inflation rate – which the Reserve Bank of Australia watches as it strips out volatile items – came in at 3.6 per cent in the 12 months to May.

Meanwhile, headline inflation came in at 4.0 per cent for the 12 months until May, down from 4.2 per cent in April.

Both of these figures are above the Reserve Bank’s target of 2 to 3 per cent inflation.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers said Australia had an inflation problem prior to the war in the Middle East, which the conflict has made even harder.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has criticised Beijing’s actions in conducting a sea-based missile test in the South Pacific, describing the move as “destabilising”.

Reports of the Chinese military activity emerged shortly after Australia signed a new defence treaty with Fiji.

“I can confirm that the Australian Government has been advised by the government of the People’s Republic of China of their intent to conduct a sea-based missile test into the Pacific,” Senator Wong told reporters in Fiji.

“Australia has been clear with China that we regard this as destabilising to the region. Australia has been clear that this proposal, this proposed test, is in the context of a rapid military build-up by China, which is lacking in the transparency and reassurance as to intent, that the region expects.”

One Nation will allegedly use an upcoming by-election for the WA lower house as a practice run for Andrew Hastie’s federal seat in Perth’s south, according to ​the Australian​.

Cook Labor government minister Paul Papalia announced his resignation from politics on Monday afternoon after 19 years - leaving his state seat of Secret Harbour open for a by-election.

Mr Papalia’s state seat sits entirely within the federal boundaries for Canning, which is Mr Hastie’s electorate.

The known leadership aspirant has been the focus of One Nation in his outer Perth seat.

One Nation supporters have also targeted Mr Hastie for his testimony against alleged war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith who Senator Hanson actively and publicly supports.

Two weeks ago, Mr Hastie told his supporters he had declared “war” on One Nation and vowed his party would “not bow the knee to them”.

WA’s Corrective Services Minister Paul Papalia has quit politics after 19 years, revealing a relative’s ill health is behind his early retirement.

“For most of my married life, my family have sacrificed their interests in favour of my service, first in the military, and for much of the last two decades in politics. It’s time they got a better share of my time and energy,” he said.

“Politics and public life can be all consuming, and anyone who knows me understands that I don’t do things by halves, so I can’t continue to give this role everything it demands while also giving my family what they need from me.

“This isn’t what I’d planned. One of my immediate family members has been diagnosed with a very serious illness. This means I need to recalibrate everything.”

The longest-serving MP in WA’s Legislative Assembly, his resignation will trigger a Cabinet re-shuffle and a hotly contested by-election in Secret Harbour.

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