Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said China notified Australia on Friday that live rock-lobster trade between the countries can restart immediately.

China has notified Australia the rock lobster trade can recommence effective immediately. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong have celebrated the win for the $450 million dollar industry.

China has lifted a ban on imports of Australian live rock lobsters, Canberra said Friday, demolishing the final barrier in a broader, multibillion-dollar trade war between the countries. "This is great news for our live rock lobster producers and fishers here in Australia,

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has addressed “concerning” footage of a 32-year-old Australian being interrogated by a Russian soldier in the Donbas region of Ukraine, with an old classmate from Melbourne Grammar School revealing what the prisoner of war was like during his school years.

For a government elected almost three years ago, the decline in Labor’s fortunes has been steep, and proportional to cost-of-living pressures that have driven out incumbents around the globe.

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Strategic Analysis Australia founding director Michael Shoebridge believes China’s police presence in the Solomon Islands will stay.

Lowy Institute International Security Program Director Sam Roggeveen says it would be “disastrous” for Australia if China establishes a military presence in the Pacific.

SYDNEY (Reuters) -- Australian exports of live rock lobster to China can restart immediately, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday following a notification from China.

In separate agreements with Nauru, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, Australia is attempting to edge out China’s influence in the region.

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