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Nationals MP says welcome to country ceremony is usually a ‘good part’ of ceremonies
National Member of Parliament Michael McCormack He said he thought the welcomes coming to the town after the opposition leader were generally a “good part” of the ceremonies. Angus Taylorthis weekend he said he thought they were oversized.
Taylor made the comments after incidents of booing at some of Saturday’s Anzac Day dawn ceremonies. McCormack said he believed the booing appeared almost “orchestrated” and was unacceptable. But when asked if he agreed with Taylor’s view on welcoming countries, McCormack told RN Breakfast:
If you have multiple speakers and each spends a lot of time giving a welcome speech, I can do that. If you do it at the beginning, you do it appropriately, I think most people see it as a good part of the ceremony and then you move on to the main point of the event.
And I think that’s probably appropriate.
Wong will visit Japan, China and South Korea to secure fuel supplies
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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Penny WongHe will travel to Japan today as part of another diplomatic tour to secure Australia’s fuel and energy supply chains.
The government has said Australia now has more fuel than before the Iran war after signing off on several additional shipments, but Wong has set out for Asia to make sure supplies keep coming.
Wong will travel to China on Wednesday and Korea on Thursday and said Australia would “continue to work with international partners to secure the supplies we need, including diesel, petrol and fertiliser, and ensure Australia is prioritized as a reliable energy partner”.
Conflict in the Middle East and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz continue to disrupt global energy markets, with Asian refineries and the Indo-Pacific region disproportionately affected. Direct, face-to-face interaction with our regional colleagues will help us coordinate effectively as these disruptions continue to arise.
Earlier this month, Wong traveled to Singapore following the Prime Minister, who also visited Malaysia and Brunei.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Penny WongHe will travel to Japan today as part of a diplomatic trip that will also include visits to China and South Korea to secure fuel supplies. He said the effort would help “ensure Australia is prioritized as a reliable energy partner”.
The government will spend three-quarters of a billion dollars on 268 new armored vehicles to be built in regional Victoria over the next seven years. Secretary of Defence Richard Marles It also announced that it will provide $450 million in funding for improvements to protected mobility vehicles.
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